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'Blue Bird and Pink Flowers' - Nakayama Sugakudo, 1859.
#ukiyoe #art #Japan #nature

Scene from A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Oberon, Titania and Puck with Fairies Dancing) - William Blake, 1825.
#FairyTaleTuesday #fairies

In East Asia the black tortoise is one of the four celestial animals and is guardian of the north & winter. Despite its name, it is actually a tortoise snake chimera. In Japan it is known as Genbu & is one of four guardian spirits that protect the city of Kyoto.
#MythologyMonday

'Yashima in Summer' - Okumura Koichi, 1952.
#ukiyoe #art #Japan #summer

In Japanese folklore, tales are told of yonaki-ishi or night-crying stones. These stones cry loudly at night and it is believed to be because they are possessed by a spirit, usually of someone who has been murdered and is seeking revenge.
#FolkloreThursday #JapaneseFolklore
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In Norse mythology, Freyja is the goddess of love, beauty, fertility, war and death. She owned the magical necklace Brisingamen & a cloak of falcon feathers that gave its wearers the gift of flight. She is accompanied by the golden boar Hildisvini & rides in...
#WyrdWednesday
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...and home, they are relatively benign, with no known fatalities reported.
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🎨1. Mizuki Shigeru?
2. Takehara Shunsensai, Ehon Hyaku Monogatari.
3. Matthew Meyer via https://t.co/xobtRY1SJl
4. Brian Jones
5. Unknown
6. Modern depiction by Lili Chin @Yokai_Parade

Jubokko are trees found on battlefields in Japan. It is believed that because they absorb the blood of slaughtered bodies through their roots, they transform into #yokai. They then snatch passers by, pierce their skin and drain every last drop of their blood.
#FolkloreThursday

'The Bathing Pool' - Hubert Robert, 1777-1780.
#art #romanticism #weekendvibes

'Monkey and Bee' - Ohara Koson, ca. 1900s.
#ukiyoe #art #Japan #WorldBeeDay