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Akashita
is a Japanese yōkai that appears in yōkai emaki in the Edo Period, among other places. They are depicted as a beast with clawed hands and a very hairy face covered with dark clouds, but its full body appearance is unknown. In its opened mouth is a big tongue. Sekien did not attach an explanatory note about this ''yōkai'', but its origins are identifiable as Akaguchi which appears in older Edo period ''yōkai'' scrolls such as ''Bakemono no e''. This ''yōkai'' is known interchangeably as Akaguchi and Akashita. Origin theory Usually, they are not depicted accompanied with anything other than a black cloud, but in the ''Gazu Hyakki Yagyō'' by Toriyama Sekien, they are depicted on top of a sluice. However, there is no accompanying explanation, so details about it are unknown. Concerning the name "akashita", the modern literary scholar Atsunobu Inada among others suggest that they are related to the shakuzetsujin (赤舌神) and shakuzetsunichi (赤舌日), who protect the weste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bakemono No E
''Bakemono no e'' (化物之繪, "Illustrations of Supernatural Creatures"), also known by its alternate title ''Bakemonozukushie'' (化物尽繪, "Illustrated Index of Supernatural Creatures"), is a Japanese handscroll of the Edo period depicting 35 bakemono from Japanese folklore. The figures are hand-painted on paper in vivid pigments with accents in gold pigment. Each bakemono is labeled with its name in hand-brushed ink. There is no other writing on the scroll, no colophon, and no artist's signature or seal. Provenance ''Bakemono no e'' is held by the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, US and is part of the Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese rare books and manuscripts. It is thought that Harry F. Bruning (1886–1975) acquired the scroll from Charles E. Tuttle (1915–1993). ''Bakemono no e'' is thought to have been produced in the late 17th or early 18th century. Most of the bakemono illustrated ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
