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Shiryo from Mizuki Shigeru’s "Yokai Daihyakka". Shiryo are the spirits of those who died and did not receive the proper respect after death. From this, they change to become a form of yokai.
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Kokoku (Japan) Fox Disguised as Priest, mid-19th century Netsuke, Wood with lacquer, inlays, 2 1/8 x 7/8 x 7/8 in. (5.4 x 2.2 x 2.2 cm) Raymond and Frances Bushell Collection (AC1998.249.122) Japanese Art Department.
I don't know the artist. The image apparently shows a Japanese onmyouji, possibly Abe no Seimei, who seems to be encountering the Niútóumǎmiàn -- the ox-headed, horse-faced guards of China's afterlife. So, transnational. I can't identif the blue lion.
T’is neither here nor there.
Uwan is a creature that inhabits abandoned buildings. The Bakemono Zukushi Handscroll, Unknown Artist, Edo Period (18th-19th Century)
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ぶんぶく茶釜 (Bunbuku Chagama) Bunbuku Chagama is a Japanese folktale about a tanuki that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer for his kindness. A poor man finds a tanuki caught in a trap. Feeling sorry for the animal, he sets it free. That night, the tanuki comes to the poor man’s house to thank him for his kindness. The tanuki transforms itself into a chagama (tea kettle) and tells the man to sell him for money. The man sells the tanuki-teapot to a monk, who takes it home and,
El Yokai Diario
El Yokai Diario: Ao-andon (Fantasma de la Lámpara Azul).
A-Yokai-A-Day: Wanyudo | MatthewMeyer.net
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