27 Jun 2014

DARUMA - cat monsters

LINK
http://fudosama.blogspot.jp/2008/07/nekotsuki.html

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Monsters from the Kaibutsu Ehon
The Kaibutsu Ehon ("Illustrated Book of Monsters") is an 1881 book featuring woodblock prints of yōkai, or creatures from Japanese folklore. Illustrated by painter Nabeta Gyokuei, the book is modeled after the influential works of Toriyama Sekien, an 18th-century scholar and ukiyo-e artist known for his attempt to catalog the many species of yōkai in Japan.


Kasha -- Cat-like demon that descends from the sky to feed on corpses before cremation



Nekomata -- Fork-tailed cat with a host of supernatural abilities

- source : pinktentacle.com/2011


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Ghost Stories, kaidan 怪談


Monsters and Ghosts of Japan

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