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Yamajijii
Yamajijii (山爺) or Yamachichi (山父)市原1977年、45-49頁。 (or, depending on the area, "yamanjii") is a type of yōkai. Summary It is said to be a yōkai that takes on the appearance of an old man with one eye and one leg. According to the published by the Tosa Folkloristics Department, with the Kōchi Prefecture being the first, it was passed down in Shikoku. It has a height of about three to four shaku (about 90–120 centimeters) with gray hair growing all over its body and, although it has two eyes, since one of them is large and the other is unusually small, it is seen as having just one eye. It is said that the legend where it has one eye is a misunderstanding of these two eyes that were seen as one eye and then passed down. Since it has teeth that could easily crush the bones of wild boar or a monkey, etc., hunters would tame this yamajijii with bait and use it to drive away wolves. It would appear on roads where humans come and go, but they don't appear before p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tosa Obake Zōshi
The Tosa Obake Zōshi is a Japanese yōkai emaki. Set in the Tosa Province (now Kōchi Prefecture), and 16 sections about yōkai in total, its creation period has been determined to be from the Edo period. Its author is unknown. There are two kinds, the private collection, and the collection of the Sakawa Education Committee of Sakawa, Kōchi Prefecture. Summary At the opening of all sixteen yōkai tales, yōkai from each area of Japan gather at Tosa, and in the end, at dawn, the yōkai disperse and bring the scene to a conclusion. The yōkai are presented with a rich local colouring but it is a work that has attracted deep interest as an iconization of the yōkai tales of those times. The depictions present the yōkai in an aspect of mischievous naivety and playfulness, allowing the reader to feel close to the yōkai rather than showing their dreadfulness. The fact that it takes in folktales told in Tosa in the Edo period like the Kechibi and the Yamajijii among others is another ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
