curious ordinary
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Sharing Japanese and supernatural folklore, mythology, yokai, culture and art. Also love books, cats, crows and trees.
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- More for Setsubun. 👹
- Another print depicting the Setsubun bean throwing ritual which is believed to chase away bad luck and welcome good fortune for the year ahead. 🎨‘Young Man Throwing Beans at Setsubun’ - Suzuki Harunobu, 1768. #JapaneseArt #JapaneseFolklore
- This ukiyo-e print titled ‘Inviting Fortune’ by Toyohara Chikanobu (1889) depicts the Setsubun mamemaki (bean-throwing) ritual undertaken to banish misfortune and welcome good luck for the year ahead. #JapaneseArt #JapaneseFolklore
- Today is Setsubun! 👹 open.substack.com/pub/curiouso...
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- 'Torii in Snow' from the series 'Famous Places in Kyoto' - Utagawa Hiroshige, originally from Edo period, republished early 1900s. #ToriiTuesday #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
- Yuki onna is a fearful #yokai appearing on snowy winter nights. She glides across the snow with her blue lips and transparent skin. Beware as her icy gaze can be deadly and she will suck the life force out of you and leave you to die in the snow. #LegendaryWednesday #JapaneseFolklore 🎨Shigeru Mizuki
- Tsurube Otoshi are bizarre #yokai that take the form of disembodied heads. They live in treetops waiting for victims. More info below. #WyrdWednesday #JapaneseFolklore
- If you hear a knock on your door during a snow storm be very careful, it could be amazake baba. #LegendaryWednesday #yokai
- 'The Fox Kuzunoha and the Abe Baby' from the series 'Ogura Imitations of One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1845-48 (detail). A great thread below by @camelliakyoto.bsky.social all about Abe no Seimei and his shrine in Kyoto. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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- 'Snow at Miyajima' - Tsuchiya Koitsu, 1937. #ToriiTuesday #JapaneseArt
- AI is really pissing me off today! What is the point of writing or sharing anything online anymore when everything is just stolen and repurposed for AI slop? Even AI summaries (which I try to ignore) quote my own work back to me amongst a jumble of misinformation. I'm honestly ready to give up. 😮💨
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- In Japanese mythology Amaterasu is the kami (goddess) of the Sun. She is the chief Shinto kami, ruler of the heavenly realm, and the mythical divine ancestress of the Japanese Imperial family. I've written about her most famous myth in the thread below. 🎨 Utagawa Kunisada (detail). #MythologyMonday
- 'Crow' - Yamamoto Shunkyo, ca. 1890-1900. #JapaneseArt
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- Another #yokai in #JapaneseFolklore that is said to deliver prophecies is yogen no tori, a two-headed crow. Looking at their image was also said to protect you from harm. The card below is by @yokaiparade.bsky.social (link in comments). #WyrdWednesday
- In #JapaneseFolklore kamikakushi is the concept of being spirited away by the kami, or gods. Sometimes when people disappeared it was blamed on evil #yokai who may have taken the person to the spirit world. The Ghibli film Spirited Away is based on this concept. #LegendaryWednesday
- A prophetic #yokai for today's #WyrdWednesday is kudagitsune. They are miniature fox familiars but they can also assist with divination, curses and prophecies. More in the thread below. This extremely cute sticker kudagitsune is by amazing yokai artist @samkalensky.com.
- There is a very bizarre tale from #JapaneseFolklore about todaiki, which is when a sorcerer used dark magic to transform their enemy into a human candle in order to keep them trapped, unable to either move or speak. #LegendaryWednesday #yokai
- Here is another prophetic mermaid #yokai for #WyrdWednesday.
- In #JapaneseFolklore mermaids are known as ningyo and they also have prophetic abilities. More info in thread 👇 #WyrdWednesday #yokai
- A very mysterious #yokai for #LegendaryWednesday.
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