Fire Cat or Fire Cart? The History of Japan’s Kasha | Monstrum by Storied
Starring Hiroko Yoda! The co-author of Japandemonium Illustrated: The Encyclopedias of Toriyama Sekien, Yokai Attack: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide and Yurei Attack: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide! If you don’t have those books already why don’t you?
New comic book ! The Shadow Festival / La Fête des ombres
The 1st copies of The Shadow Festival have arrived at our publisher’s and they look splendid. It’s such a relief to see how beautifully printed they are. We can’t wait to get our own copies! Preorder the book: https://www.issekinicho.fr/editions/
*** Les 1ers exemplaires de La Fête des ombres sont arrivés chez notre éditeur et ils ont l'air superbes. Quel soulagement de constater une telle qualité d'impression et de façonnage ! On a hâte de les avoir dans les mains ! Et il est toujours temps de précommander le livre ici : http://issekinicho.fr/editions/
The Shiro Ukari is a ghost-like Yokai found in Japan. The Shiro Ukari is a ghost-like Yokai that is white in color with a long, bright yellow eyes, and whiskers. The Shiro Ukari only appeared in a few scrolls from the Edo period and it was created by an artist and everything about it and its origin are unknown.
The Nando Babā is a small humanoid Yokai found living in storerooms in Japan. The Nando Babā is described as a short old woman who is slightly balding ad she is usually seen wearing weathered clothes. The Nando Babā loves living in dark and dirty places especially storerooms and she is very shy and jumpy so when the door to the storeroom is opened, they hide but sometimes they are caught by surprise and scream and chase people who open the door to their hiding place and if they get hit on the head with a broom they get disoriented then hide underneath the floor boards. The name Nando Babā translates to “Storeroom Hag.”
The Aosagibi is a heron-like Yokai found in Japan. The Aosagibi is described as a Black-Crowned Night Heron that started to glow as it got older in age. The Aosagibi is said to breathe ball of bluish-white fire that don’t burn or cause any damage. The Aosagibi are said to be peaceful and are easily frightened by people.
Story: In Japanese folklore there is a story of the crane wife. One day a man saves an injured crane while he is out walking. Soon afterwards he meets a beautiful woman and they get married. She is able to weave beautiful cloth each night which they sell at the market to make money. The man’s wife makes him promise not to look at her while she works and each night she shuts herself away in a room.
As time passes, the man notices that she is looking increasingly unwell. One night he decides to take a peek into her weaving room and to his surprise, he discovers that she is actually the grateful crane in disguise, plucking out her feathers each night to weave into the beautiful cloth. Because he has now seen her she can no longer stay with him and so flies off leaving him heartbroken.
Title:Companion Rating:All Audience Warnings:None Characters & ships: Eustas Kid x Trafalgar Law Word count: 4208 Summary:As an old powerful Kitsune, Trafalgar Law can’t stand to see his people and race cower before a mere human. He decides to kill the nuisance and famous hunter and end with the stupid mess. The problem is that the human might not be so easy to kill as he expected.
Tsuchiyama in Ômi Province: The Sorcery of Chikata; Fujiwara Chikata and Demons, from the series Calligraphy and Pictures for the Fifty-three Stations of the Tôkaidô by Utagawa Yoshitora (1872)
I… like translating stuff about/from Japanese folklore, so I ended up digging around for info on Suzuka Gozen (鈴鹿御前). There are a LOT of stories surrounding her, depending how far back you go, and I found a ton of sites. I figured I’d include this in the Hakuouki tag, since it’s (somewhat?) relevant and the fandom seems interested in learning about these legends anyway, sooo.
I might add more stuff if I get around to translating more. @_@;
