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鬼隠し~Carried Away by Demons~

Saturday, July 13, 2013

Japanese Incense Culture

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Happy New Year!! ...I'm a little late, aren't I?  In all honesty, I began this last December and was just that lazy getting aroun...
Sunday, November 25, 2012

Kawanabe Kyōsai, Painter of Insanity

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I have been asked to do my best to explain this : I'd love to tell you about the ironic subtleties included to mock the upper crus...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Ubume, the Yōkai Who Was Once Human

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And now we have come to the end of our week of element-based yōkai.  Today's yōkai features that most crucial element of all, the human...
Monday, October 29, 2012

Raijū, the Shinto Storm God's Lightning Companion

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So now it's Day 6 of Yōkai Week, and I've run out of the Five Elements of Chinese Philosophy. "Well, that's obvious,...
Sunday, October 28, 2012

Umi-bōzu, Monster Monks from the Sea

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Our next element is water, 水.  I did a water ghost before, and in fact, the Funa-Yūrei have a bit in common with today's yōkai, but t...
Saturday, October 27, 2012

Tesso, the Iron Rat

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Today's yōkai represents the Chinese element 金.  As we've seen before, this means gold.  However, since I've already talked abo...
Friday, October 26, 2012

Konaki Jijii, A Yōkai Ripe with Superstition

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Today's element is earth, 土.  Today's yōkai is also kind of popular in Japan.  Though perhaps best known from the ever-popular and ...
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Dr. Yokai
I blog mostly about Japanese history, culture, folklore, music, and movies, in a meager effort to spread information to English-speakers. I like to write. A lot.

Not to say I won't have completely out-there entries that have nothing to do with that and make no sense at all. You'll get used to it.

I was born in Japan and I'm currently living in NC, America, where I am a freshman in college. I play video games too much and read textbooks for fun.

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