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Akashita is a #yokai appearing as a dark cloud with sharp claws, a beast's face & long red tongue. If rice farmers divert & steal water from neighbours during droughts, akashita punishes them by draining their water & snatching them with its long red tongue.
#FolkloreThursday
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In Ibaraki prefecture, Japan there is a #yokai known as hiyoribo who summons the sun and ensures good weather. It lives in the mountains & is only visible on sunny days. It is believed to be a variant of the Chinese weather spirit hiderigami.
#FolkloreThursday
Art: Matthew Meyer.

Yuki-onna (Snow Lady) is a Japanese yurei (ghost) who appears as a beautiful woman during snowstorms, often without legs, drifting across the the snow. One glance at her can cripple you & if you look at her she’ll suck the life from you via your mouth.
#FolkloreThursday #yokai

Some beautiful birds in #ukiyoe art for #FairyTaleTuesday.
1: 'Shrike and Bluebird with Begonia & Wild Strawberry' - Hokusai, 1834.
2: 'White Herons & Willow' - Shoson Ohara, 1926.
3: 'Blue Bird on a Branch' - Seiko, Ca. 1900.
4: 'Crows in Moonlight' - Shoson Ohara, 1927.

'Playing with a Cat' - Kodama Takamura, Ca. 1930.
#Caturday #ukiyoe #art #cats

'Tama' - Shotei Takahashi, 1924.
#Caturday #ukiyoe #cat #art

Long associated with childbirth, the stork is a fertility symbol that is also linked to birth & springtime. The tale of storks delivering newborn babies to their mothers is told to children throughout North America & Europe.
#FolkloreThursday
Vintage illustration, source unknown.

Magical, fairytale art by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite.
#FairyTaleTuesday #magic

Detail.

'Love Among the Ruins' - Edward Burne-Jones, 1873 (watercolour).
#preraphaelite #art