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Chōchin'obake
or is a Japanese of (a type of lantern), "[the] lantern-spook () ... a stock character in the pantheon of ghouls and earned mention in the definitive demonology of 1784". They can also be called simply , , , and . They appear in the , , and card games like starting from the Edo period to the early 20th century (and still in use today), as well as in Meiji and Taishō toys, children's books, and haunted house attractions. Description An old would split upwards and downwards, and the part that got split would become a mouth and stick out a long tongue, and the is commonly considered not to have one eye in its upper half, but two. Sometimes, the would also grow a face, hands, a torso, and wings. In pictures from the Edo period, both bucket-shaped and cylindrical were depicted. In the by Sekien Toriyama, a lantern-shaped under the name of was depicted. They are also known from such as Katsushika Hokusai's from the ''One Hundred Ghost Stories'', and Utagawa Kuniyos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsukumogami
In Japanese folklore, ''tsukumogami'' (付喪神 or つくも神, lit. "tool ''kami''") are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. According to an annotated version of ''The Tales of Ise'' titled ''Ise Monogatari Shō'', there is a theory originally from the ''Onmyōki'' (陰陽記) that Foxes in Japanese folklore, foxes and Japanese raccoon dog, tanuki, among other beings, that have lived for at least a hundred years and changed forms are considered ''tsukumogami''. In modern times, the term can also be written 九十九神 (literally ninety-nine ''kami''), to emphasize the agedness. According to Komatsu Kazuhiko, the idea of a ''tsukumogami'' or a ''yōkai'' of tools spread mostly in the Japanese Middle Ages and declined in more recent generations. Komatsu infers that despite the depictions in Bakumatsu period ukiyo-e art leading to a resurfacing of the idea, these were all produced in an era cut off from any actual belief in the idea of ''tsukumogami''. Because the term ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tbs Chochinobake
TBS may stand for: Broadcasting * Taipei Broadcasting Station, a radio station in Taipei, Taiwan * TBS Holdings (formerly Tokyo Broadcasting System), a stock holding company in Tokyo, Japan ** TBS Television (Japan), a television station ** TBS Radio, a radio station ** BS-TBS, a satellite broadcasting station in Tokyo, Japan * Turner Broadcasting System, media company in the United States ** TBS (American TV channel), a cable television channel in the United States ** TBS (Latin American TV channel), a defunct Latin American channel * Traffic Broadcasting System, a radio and television broadcaster in Seoul, South Korea Entertainment * Taking Back Sunday, an American rock band from Long Island, New York * The Burbank Studios, a 1972, Warner Bros. joint venture with Columbia Pictures on the Warner Bros. Studios Burbank lot Education * TBS Education, France. The ''Grande école'' formerly known as: Toulouse Business School * Tau Beta Sigma, an honorary band sorority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heibonsha
Heibonsha (平凡社) is a Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo, which publishes encyclopedias, dictionaries and books in the fields of science and philosophy. Since 1945 it has also published books on art and literature."Heibonsha, Ltd, Publishers" (entry) in: ''Japan: An Illustrated Encyclopedia'', Tokyo and New York, N.Y.: Kodansha, 1993, vol. 1, p. 521. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Similarly to the Iwanami Shoten and the Chikuma Shobō publishing houses, its publishing program is directed primarily at an academic audience and features well-illustrated publications.Yasuko ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Obake
and are a class of ''yōkai'', preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore. Literally, the terms mean ''a thing that changes'', referring to a state of transformation or shapeshifting. These words are often translated as "ghost", but primarily they refer to living things or supernatural beings who have taken on a temporary transformation, and these ''bakemono'' are distinct from the spirits of the dead. However, as a secondary usage, the term ''obake'' can be a synonym for ''yūrei'', the ghost of a deceased human being. A ''bakemono's'' true form may be an animal such as a fox ('' kitsune''), a raccoon dog ('' bake-danuki''), a badger ('' mujina''), a transforming cat ('' bakeneko''), the spirit of a plant—such as a '' kodama'', or an inanimate object which may possess a soul in Shinto and other animistic traditions. ''Obake'' derived from household objects are often called '' tsukumogami''. A ''bakemono'' usually either disguises itself as a human or appears in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karakasa
An oil-paper umbrella (, ) is a type of paper umbrella that originated in China. It subsequently spread across several East, South and Southeast Asian countries such as Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, where it was further developed with distinct characteristics. In addition to being used for shade, Washi, oil-paper umbrellas are also traditional wedding items. In traditional Chinese and Japanese weddings, the bridesmaid, matron of honor would cover the bride with a red oil-paper umbrella upon her arrival to ward off evil spirits. Purple umbrellas are a symbol of longevity for elders, while white umbrellas are used in funerals. Oil-paper umbrellas are also used as props in Japanese traditional dances and tea ceremonies. In the early Hakka society, two umbrellas were usually given as dowry, due to the "paper" () and "child" () homonym in the language (Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: ), symbolizing a blessing for the woman to "give birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
