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The six images are reworkings of famous Japanese ghost stories, such as Tokaido Yotsuya Ghost Story and Kohata Koheiji Ghost Story, which were rendered in woodblocks by Edo artists. [33] Also creating contemporary yūrei-zu in a traditional style is American-born, Japanese-resident artist Matthew Meyer.
An infant ghost that licks the oil out of andon lamps. Abura-sumashi A large-headed spirit that lives in the mountain passes of Kumamoto Prefecture, thought to be the reincarnation of a person who stole oil and then fled into the woods. Agubanba (あぐばんば, lit. ' ash crone ') A blind, cannibalistic female yōkai who hails from Akita ...
Japanese bathroom ghosts (5 P) R. Reportedly haunted locations in Japan (4 P) Pages in category "Japanese ghosts" The following 35 pages are in this category, out of ...
Yūrei from the Hyakkai Zukan, c. 1737. Yūrei are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts.The name consists of two kanji, 幽 (yū), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 (rei), meaning "soul" or "spirit".
Japanese urban legends, enduring modern Japanese folktales; La Llorona, the ghost of a woman in Latin American folklore; Madam Koi Koi, an African urban legend about the ghost of a dead teacher; Ouni, a Japanese yōkai with a face like that of a demon woman (kijo) torn from mouth to ear
Female Ghost is an ukiyo-e woodblock print dating to 1852 by celebrated Edo period artist Utagawa Kunisada, also known as Toyokuni III. Female Ghost exemplifies the nineteenth century Japanese vogue for the supernatural and superstitious in the literary and visual arts.
Onryō are used as subjects in various traditional Japanese performing arts such as Noh, Kabuki, and Rakugo; for example, hannya is a Noh mask representing a female onryō. [5] The Japanese people's reverence for onryō has been passed down to the present day.
One of the most popular suicide sites in Japan, [13] [14] reputed to be haunted by the yūrei of those died there. [15] [16] Oiran Buchi According to a legend during the Warring States period, there was a gold mine in the area. The 55 prostitutes working there were killed to prevent them from sharing information about the gold. [17] [18]