Yokai Monsters Art Motives

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. hariko 張子 papermachee dolls .



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. nue 鵺, 鵼 the Nue monster .
Nue is a monster beast with the head of a monkey, breast of a Tanuki badger, scales like a dragon, a tail of a serpent and hands and feet like a tiger. His voice was that of a Nue.

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. kokeshi こけし wooden dolls .



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. tsuchi ningyoo 土人形 tsuchiningyo clay dolls .




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. dorei どれい / 土鈴 clay bells .



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. maneki neko, manekineko 招き猫 beckoning cat .



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saruoni, saru-oni　猿鬼 at Iwaido Shrine
This is an old shrine dedicated to Ônamuchi-no-Mikoto (or Iwatsukuwake no mikoto, according to another theory) and Kukurihime-no-Kami.
It is not known when the shrine was founded, but it is known as a shrine related to the legend of Saru-oni, which has been passed down from generation to generation in Yanagida, Noto Town. The legend goes like this:
Once upon a time,
a monster or preternatural creature called Saru-oni that lived in a rock cave bit cows and horses to death and did evil to humans. Then Keta Myojin (a gracious deity) of the highest ranking shrine in Noto shot Saru-oni in the eye. His corpse was buried in the cave and a shrine was built.
Iwaido Shrine has its origins in the legend. Local people call it “Saru-oni-no-miya” or “the shrine of Saru-oni”. There are places in the neighborhood that have names related to the legend.
The name “Tôme” (hit in the eye) comes from the legend according to which an arrow hit Saru-oni in the eye. The name “Kuro-kawa” (black river) is derived from a story according to which a river of Saru-oni’s black blood was formed. In addition, Saru-oni, who had his eye shot with an arrow, cleansed his eyes with ôbako (a kind of herb), which gave the name Ôbako to a local area.
source : noto-satoyamasatoumi.jp/detail

. oni uchi matsuri, oniuchi 鬼打ち祭 Festival of hitting Monkey Demon .
木住神社 Kizumi Shrine, Ishikawa

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妖怪と絵馬と七福神 - Yokai and Ema and the Seven Gods of Good Luck
岩井宏実 Iwai Hiromi
- 「妖怪の軌跡」「絵馬の系譜」「七福神の来歴」-
第１章　異界からの使者―妖怪（妖怪の軌跡；妖怪の王者―鬼・天狗・河童　ほか）
第２章　祈りの記念物―絵馬（絵馬の系譜；本音の世界―小絵馬　ほか）
第３章　福を授ける群神―七福神（七福神の来歴；七福神めぐり）
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. temari 手まり、手毬 hand ball, round decoration ball .


手まり寿司の妖怪 temari sushi and yokai

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. Netsuke 根付 with Daruma san .









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. ukiyo-e 浮世絵　"pictures of the floating world" .



Kawanabe Kyosai 河鍋暁斎 (1831-1889)
Dancing Yokai monsters, including the mogura !



「怪談累ヶ淵」Kasanegafuchi, Kasane-ga-Fuchi

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chawan 茶碗　tea bowls and rice bowls with Yokai monsterlin



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sara 皿 plates with Yokai monsters




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ヨウカイ達磨　 Yokai Daruma

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zui un auspicious clouds

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zui-un moyo 瑞雲文様 auspicious cloud art motives
sai-un, saiun, sai un 彩雲 "colorful clouds"


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. kumo (un) 曇 cloud, clouds in Japanese Culture .
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Auspicious clouds were used as amulets to make sure the rain falls regularly
to sustain the growing of a good rice harvest.

. ame 雨 rain in Japanese Culture .
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. amagoi 雨乞 rain rituals .
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Yakumo (eight clouds) is another name for
cloud iridescence, zui-un 瑞雲 or sai-un 彩雲.

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source :　kamigata-ginka.
「八雲」は「弥雲」Yagumo
誉田屋源兵衛の帯展 Obi exhibition by Kondaya Genbei

. Yamanashi Folk Art - 山梨県　 .


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. ema 絵馬 votive tablets .



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source :　kumano.net

At the shrine Kumano Hayatama Taisha 熊野速玉大社 the head priest commissioned a large ema in 2004. The crow is made of silver and produces a divine golden shine (mihikari 神光) from its back, enlightening all around it.
The crow carries a brand of the sacred shrine tree (nagi no ki 梛の木 / 凪の木) . It is walking on auspicious red clouds, which appear on special situations (zui-un 瑞雲).
This votive tablet was offered with the wish for a better life of all mankind.

. Kumano Shrines Wakayama .


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. kimono 着物 robes and obi 帯 sash .

Robes of noble ladies were often lavishly decorated with these clouds, to make sure their Lord would get necessary rain in his domaine.



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source : huuraiki.exblog.jp

楽焼鉢「瑞雲に桐鳳凰紋万年青鉢」　　

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- Legends about zui-un from the Prefectures

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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Kamakura 鎌倉市

A priest named Yuusoo 祐崇 Yuso (1426 - 1509) had walked all around the Eastern Regions and studied hard before coming to 光明寺 Komyo-ji as head priest, where he lectured about the sutras. When he got older he decided to recite the Nenbutsu prayer for 10 nights at the beginning of winter. But after the first day he felt ill and saw 瑞雲 a lot of auspicious clouds hovering around him. Now he knew he was about to die. So he corrected his position, sat straight, recited his last Nenbutsu and passed over to the next world.

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Once upon a time a messenger from Korea was on his way to Kyoto. He came from Naniwa via the river 淀川 Yodogawa and looked out for the Imperial Palace far away in the North-East. There he felt a premonition and knew that on the Imperial Throne there would always be 天然の瑞雲 natural auspicious clouds.


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. Ennin 円仁 Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 .

When Jigaku Daishi set out for a pilgrimage to the East he stayed first some time at 浅草寺 the Asakusa Temple. Once day an old man with white hair appeared and told him, that in the East there was 霊地 a sacred place where he should place a statue of himself. So he prepared a statue and set off to the East. Suddenly he saw auspicious clouds all in one place and then a 青竜 green dragon in the clouds.
So Ennin founded a temple here for the dragon. The dragon was happy about this and then his features dissolved again in the sky.
But from time to time there were 竜燈 dragon lights in the area now.

. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 竜燈 "dragon lantern" .
A phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.
It is also seen in other parts of Japan as a light that the Dragon God sends out to honor the deities of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan.

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年あたらし瑞雲彫りし八雲琴
nen atarashi zui-un-borishi yagumogoto

a new year starts -
this Yagumogoto
with cloud pattern carvings

下田稔 Shimoda Minoru




yagumogoto, yagumo-goto 八雲琴 two-string zither

. koto 琴 Koto, Japanese zither .

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瑞雲の壁画の広間名刺受
千原草之

大玻璃の瑞雲見惚れ四月馬鹿
榛谷美枝子

丑年の牛に瑞雲の畑となる
阿部みどり女

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Zui-Un Kaku Cemetery 瑞雲閣
Nagoya 名古屋大須の万松寺
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- - - - - 瑞雲寺 Zui-Un-Ji temples
金龍山 瑞雲寺
龍光山 瑞雲寺
羽黒山 瑞雲寺
醫王山 瑞雲寺
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Plate by Imaizumi Imaemon 13th -
十三代 今泉今右衛門 染錦 somenishiki 瑞雲模様 zui-un moyo
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. karakusa 唐草　/ からくさ　Karakusa art motives .
Some look quite similar to the rain cloud patterns.


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ebi - lobster art

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ebi　えび　/　海老　/ 蝦 lobster, prawn, shrimp art motives

Boiled lobsters with their red color are an auspicious symbol.

kazari-ebi, kazariebi 飾海老 lobster-decoration
for the New Year

. WKD : ise-ebi 伊勢海老 lobster from Ise .

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. tsuchi ningyoo 土人形 clay dolls .



source :　chokinbako.no-blog.jp/blog

chokinbako 海老の土人形貯金箱 - piggy bank


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. maneki neko, manekineko 招き猫 beckoning cat .


source :　minomusi.exblog.jp

cat holding an Ise lobster

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. ema 絵馬 votive tablets .


tairyoo kigan 大漁祈願 with a wish for a good catch



source :　www.miyazaki-c.ed.jp
From Tsukishima Island, Miyazaki 築島 -宮崎県

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. tsurushibina, tsurushi bina つるし雛 / 吊るし雛 small hanging hina dolls .



Usually with a bent body as a wish for a long and healthy life of the child.

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- ABC - List of ebi shrimp art motives from the Prefectures

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source :　www.asahi-net.or.jp

Lobsters have thinner legs than crabs and therefore making their legs for papermachee dolls is quite difficult.


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source :　www.asahi-net.or.jp

ebiguruma 海老車 shrimp on wheels
ebikko エビッコ in the local dialect
When moving, the antennae (hige ひげ) move in and out.
This one is about 6 cm high.

宮城県遠刈田温泉 Toogatta onsen hot spring

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. . . . . . . . . . Shizuoka


source :　www.asahi-net.or.jp

papermachee dolls
Their eyes are quite protruding - me ga deru - as an auspicious pun with having good luck　(眼が出る).
They look like an "old man from the sea" 海の老人 and show the origin of the Chinese character for EBI 海老.


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momo - peach

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momo 桃 peach fruit art motives

. momo 桃 peach - hakuto 白桃 "white peach" .
momo no mi 桃の実 fruit of the peach
kigo for early autumn


. Momotaroo 桃太郎 Momotaro the Peach Boy - toys .



yakuyoke momo 厄除桃 peach to ward off evil
at 清明神社 Seimei Jinja
. Abe no Seimei 阿倍晴明 .

. momo no hana　桃の花 peach blossom art motives .


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. dorei どれい【土鈴】 clay bells .




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Most are related to the Momotaro Legend.


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. maneki neko, manekineko 招き猫 beckoning cat .



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A clay doll from the Maneki Neko Festival in Kurashiki, Okayama
敷まねき猫まつり
- source : www.from-yamato.com/yamatono_dorei


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. ema 絵馬 votive tablets .


source :　blogs.yahoo.co.jp/aikento33
「神桃」"Divine Peach"

Haritsuna Jinja Inuyama, Aichi 針網神社 - 愛知県犬山市 -




from Miidera - 三井寺絵馬

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- ABC - List of peach fruit art motives from the Prefectures

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kokeshi from Tsuchiyu Onsen (Fukushima) - Momoko モモコ from Tsugaru
They started a "Momoko project" to revive the region and help Aomori.

source :　blogs.yahoo.co.jp/spa_tsuchiyu

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The peach has supernatural powers and can keep away bad influence. It prolongs life.
The peach blooms early and has large fruit, so for a girl it is added with the wish to have many children of her own.

source : onjuku.or.jp/tsurushibina


. tsurushibina, tsurushi bina つるし雛 / 吊るし雛 small hanging hina dolls .

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source :　nino-art.at.webry.

peach clay bell 幽宮神桃鈴

When Izanagi entered the Nether World to look for his wife, he was able to withstand the demons there by eating peaches.
This amulet prevents evil influence and catastrophy and wards off demons.

. Izanagi Jingu 伊弉諾神宮 Awaji Island .


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. . . . . . . . . . Okayama, Kurashiki town


source :　www11.ocn.ne.jp/~popyah/okayama

momo nose uma 桃乗せ馬 horse carrying a Peach


Okayama is famous for
. Momotaroo 桃太郎 Momotaro the Peach Boy - toys .


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source :　sanbigaoka.blogspot.jp


. kamon 家紋 family crests .


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momo no omamori 桃 お守り amulets with a peach



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