[1]From whimsical to utterly terrifying, Japanese folklore has a
  monster for everyone:

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  Image: PIE International

  I love monsters of all sorts, but some of my favorites are the
  traditional monsters from Japanese folklore collectively referred to as
  yōkai. These creatures vary wildly in size and temperament from
  anthropomorphized household objects like karakasa-a lost umbrella with
  one eye and a long, floppy tongue that hops around looking for its
  owner-to the large and terrifying Gashadokuro, gigantic skeletons that
  wander battlefields and other areas where corpses have been left to rot
  without proper burials, snatching up and biting the heads off of unwary
  travelers just for fun.

  If you want to look deeper into this endlessly fascinating (and
  frequently delightful) animistic tradition, the online [2]yokai
  database is fun to click around, and there are several books on the
  subject in English, like PEI International's [3]Yokai Museum and
  [4]Yokai Wonderland, collections of yokai-inspired art from the Edo
  period through the present day from Koichi Yumoto, Japan's premier
  collector of yokai art. On the fictional front, manga artist [5]Shigeru
  Mizuki, who died in 2015, made a career of interpreting traditional
  monsters for a modern audience; his most famous creation, GeGeGe No
  Kitarō, has inspired countless comics, six different anime adaptations,
  and a series of live-action films. Personally, I like the live-action
  Yokai Monsters movie series from the late '60s, whose kitschy creature
  design should hit the sweet spot for fans of Sid and Marty Krofft.

  (Via [6]The A.V. Club)
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  My original entry is here: [7]From whimsical to utterly terrifying,
  Japanese folklore has a monster for everyone. It posted Sun, 10 Jun
  2018 03:41:58 +0000.
  Filed under: Japan,

References

  1. https://www.avclub.com/from-whimsical-to-utterly-terrifying-japanese-folklore-1826535152
  2. http://yokai.com/
  3. http://pie.co.jp/english/search/detail.php?ID=4337
  4. http://pie.co.jp/english/search/detail.php?ID=4973
  5. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/shigeru-mizukis-war-haunted-creatures
  6. https://www.avclub.com/rss
  7. https://www.prjorgensen.com/?p=1211

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