In #JapaneseFolklore hyakki yagyo is the night parade of one hundred demons. On inauspicious nights, all the #yokai, ghosts and other supernatural creatures parade through the streets of #Japan, singing and dancing wildly. For anyone foolish enough to be outside, or even to peek out of their window, an encounter with the pandemonium of the dreaded night parade will result in death, or being spirited away by malevolent yokai.
#folklore #japodon #hyakkiyagyo @folklore
🎨Yuko Shimizu

Wanyūdō – 輪入道 – [Yokai] - Once a tyrannical lord, now condemned to roll in constant agony. Merciless, simply glancing at one is enough to make it run you down and steal your soul. The faster it spins, the hotter it burns. That’s hellfire baby!!! 🔥
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• Stickers: https://etsy.me/2WgkR44
#mastoart #folklore #japanesefolklore #yokai #Hyakkiyagyo

Biwabokuboku - 琵琶牧々 - [yokai] A top of the line, wooden biwa lute which has come to life after 100 years of neglect from its owners: a once famous, mournful for not being played, now it wanders as a blind monk, playin' for tips.
• Full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/biwa-bokuboku

#yokai #mastoart #Biwa #hyakkiyagyo

Shami-chōrō - 三味長老 - [yokai] 
A finely crafted, antique Shamisen: it plays a forlorn melody, lamenting the time that it was played by an adept hand. This sad century old shamisen has fallen out of tune.. ✨🪕✨
•🪕 Shamichoro: https://samkalensky.com/products/shami-choro

•🎸 Biwabokuboku: https://samkalensky.com/products/biwa-bokuboku
•🎻Koto-Furunushi: https://samkalensky.com/products/kotofurunushi
#yokai #instruments #folklore #japanesefolklore #bestiary #hyakkiyagyo #bandcampfriday

KotoFurunushi - 琴古主 - [yokai] - The koto is japans national instrument! The wooden board is also called “ryuko” (dragons back) due to its long appearance 🐉 as a Tsukumogami, it sprouts legs and a wild mane: it plays a haunting refrain...
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• Etsy: https://etsy.me/3ubhQEK
#yokai #HyakkiYagyō #folklore

Seto Taishō - 瀬戸大将 - [yokai] - “General Seto” - A small ceramic samurai ready to wage war on your kitchen! - an aggressive amalgamate Tsukumogami made of old shattered Setoware ceramics, cracked dishes & broken cups, with a sake bottle for a face!!

:white_tea: Full post:https://samkalensky.com/products/seto-taisho
🍶Etsy: https://etsy.me/3u5sxXB
🍜Club: https://Patreon.com/samkalensky

#hyakkiyagyo #yokai #folklore #tsukumogami #mastoart

Seto Taishō - 瀬戸大将 - [yokai] - “General Seto” - A small ceramic samurai ready to wage war on your kitchen! - an aggressive amalgamate Tsukumogami made of old shattered Setoware ceramics, cracked dishes & broken cups, with a sake bottle for a face!!

:white_tea: Full post:https://samkalensky.com/products/seto-taisho
🍶Etsy: https://etsy.me/3u5sxXB
🍜Club: https://Patreon.com/samkalensky

#hyakkiyagyo #yokai #tsukumogami

I never mentioned it here yet so: why not? I have a zine series all about yokai! Hyakki yagyo part 1 & 2 are freshly restocked and ready to send out, you can order them with art stickers included or not! Part 3 is still coming soon!!
• Get em here: https://samkalensky.com/collections/books-zines
• Part 1: https://etsy.me/3wphjPF 
• Part 2: https://etsy.me/3m6NDlx
#yokai #japan #folklore #cryptids #urbanlegends #HyakkiYagyō #MastoArt

I never mentioned it here yet so: why not? I have a zine all about yokai! Hyakki yagyo part 1 & 2 are freshly restocked and ready to send out you can order them with art stickers included or not!
• Get em here: https://samkalensky.com/collections/books-zines
• Part 1: https://etsy.me/3wphjPF
• Part 2: https://etsy.me/3m6NDlx
#yokai #japan #folklore #cryptids #urbanlegends #HyakkiYagyō #MastoArt

Amikiri - 網切 - “net cutter” - a strange, flying lobster like yokai loves that nothing more than snipping up fishnets and mosquito netting. (Any mesh will do) - It’s a cousin of the hair cutting “kamikiri.”
• full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/amikiri
🦞Etsy: https://etsy.me/3eExLUV 
✂️More: https://patreon.com/samkalensky
#mastoart #samkalenskyart #HyakkiYagyō #amikiri #yokai

Keukegen - 毛羽毛現 - [Yokai]
A yokai which resembles a shizu. Thrives where dust & hairballs accumulate, it grows intimidatingly taller the more it sweeps. it might look like a fluffy puppy but don’t pet it, its terribly greasy. It’s presence might attract other disease spirits…
•Full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/keukegen?utm_medium=product-links&utm_content=ios&utm_source=copyToPasteboard
Etsy: https://etsy.me/2NeLXW3
#HyakkiYagyō #yokai #MastoArt #samkalenskyart #bestiary

Furutsubaki no rei - 古椿の霊 - [yokai] - the spirit of a century-old camellia - Manifests as a woman, Turns people into bees & takes their souls when they pollinate her. Camellia flowers fall off all at once so they’re often associated with decapitation.

•Full info post: https://samkalensky.com/products/furutsubaki-no-rei
•Etsy: https://etsy.me/3k3nyEY

Art Stickers by @samkalensky (yo, thats me! 👋 ) part of my #HyakkiYagyō: night parade of 100 Yokai series, check my shop for 250+ more!

#bestiary #MastoArt #yokai #folklore

Shirime - 尻目 - [yokai] Long ago near Kyoto: A Samurai was walking late at night. Suddenly, a tall figure appeared: “do you have a moment?” It asked. Before he could reply: it disrobed & bent over: a Big glowing eye in place of its anus. The hero ran away screaming.

•Full info post: https://samkalensky.com/products/shirime?_pos=4&_sid=10596a30b&_ss=r
• Etsy: https://etsy.me/2qYirZS

Art Stickers by @samkalensky (yo, thats me.) part of my #HyakkiYagyō: Night Parade of 100 Yokai series!
#artistictoots #MastoArt #yokai #ghost #bestiary

Chikushou - チクシャウ - [yokai] - "DAMN! a skeleton deer?!" - A mysterious yokai from showa period "Yokai Zukushi Emaki - "妖怪尽くし絵巻”- no context was included, just a name and a drawing. Roughly translated his name could mean: “damn it!”, “beast” or “animal."

•Full info post: https://samkalensky.com/collections/oni-other-demons/products/chikushou
•Etsy: https://etsy.me/3hWsJaN

Art Stickers by @samkalensky (yo, thats me.) part of my #HyakkiYagyō: night parade of 100 Yokai series, check my shop for 250+ more!
#MastoArt #yokai #ghost #bestiary

Chikushou - チクシャウ - "skeleton deer" [yokai] - a mysterious yokai from showa period "Yokai Zukushi Emaki - "妖怪尽くし絵巻”- no context was included, just a name and a drawing. Roughly translated his name could mean: “damn it!”, “beast” or “animal."

•Full info post: https://samkalensky.com/collections/oni-other-demons/products/chikushou
•Etsy: https://etsy.me/3hWsJaN

Art Stickers by @samkalensky (yo, thats me.) part of my #HyakkiYagyō: night parade of 100 Yokai series, check my shop for 250+ more!
#MastoArt #yokai #ghost #bestiary

BakeKujira – 化鯨 – [Yokai]
The vengeful spirit of a skeletal whale that supposedly haunts the coast of shimane prefecture: it’s followed by a parade of strange birds and fish, those that encounter it are doomed…

• Full Info Post: https://samkalensky.com/collections/yurei/products/bakekujira
• Etsy: https://t.co/YvlRN3CZgW

Art Stickers by @samkalensky (yo, thats me.) part of my #HyakkiYagyō: night parade of 100 Yokai series, check my shop for 250+ more!

#artistictoots #MastoArt #yokai #ghost #bestiary