Comments on: A-Yokai-A-Day: Okiku (The Dish Mansion at Bancho) https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:52:24 +0000 hourly 1 By: A-Yokai-A-Day: The Ghost of Kiku, Maidservant of Kumamoto Shuri | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/comment-page-1/#comment-40921 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 09:52:24 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6283#comment-40921 […] familiar. There’s a clear connection to one of Japan’s most famous ghost tales, Sarayashiki. Everything from the ghost’s name (Kiku), to the setting (Himeji castle; mentioned later on […]

]]> By: A-Yokai-A-Day: Okikumushi | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/comment-page-1/#comment-14942 Mon, 02 Oct 2017 07:41:39 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6283#comment-14942 […] Stories of Japan. One of these, Okiku, is so famous that she spawned a number of other yokai. While Okiku has appeared on A-Yokai-A-Day before, the new painting of her will appear in The Book of the Hakutaku, along with the other ghosts we […]

]]> By: A-Yokai-A-Day: Kyokotsu | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/comment-page-1/#comment-13800 Mon, 31 Oct 2016 01:49:06 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6283#comment-13800 […] about Japanese ghosts in wells, it’s hard to ignore the most famous well-ghost of all, Okiku. A number of other less-known well stories exist, though, like the ghost of the violet well, and […]

]]> By: A-Yokai-A-Day: Ikiryō | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/comment-page-1/#comment-9842 Thu, 31 Oct 2013 03:07:04 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6283#comment-9842 […] there are many types of ghosts in Japanese folklore and urban legend, (not to mention demon ghosts and yokai ghosts and all of the yokai […]

]]> By: Matt https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/comment-page-1/#comment-8047 Mon, 01 Nov 2010 01:39:35 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6283#comment-8047 In reply to Vicki.

Thanks a lot. 🙂

]]> By: Vicki https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/comment-page-1/#comment-8045 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 21:27:36 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6283#comment-8045 Part one is here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkE4RA6nSnI
Part two is here -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0uYhSU71z8

There are no speaking lines for the actors, but the girl narrating is the one who adapted the story for American sensibilities… i.e. Okiku finds peace. She took different versions of the story and sort of took the parts she liked and created her own version.

]]> By: Matt https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/comment-page-1/#comment-8044 Sun, 31 Oct 2010 00:47:41 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6283#comment-8044 In reply to Vicki.

Wow, that sounds like a lot of fun! Break a leg! 🙂

And please do link that youtube page here. I’d love to see!

]]> By: Vicki https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2010/10/30/a-yokai-a-day-okiku-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho/comment-page-1/#comment-8043 Sat, 30 Oct 2010 20:05:52 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=6283#comment-8043 This is so awesome. I am in a troupe of amateur actors that performs Japanese Fairy Tales at anime conventions in Florida and this is one of the plays that we do. Actually, I’m excited since I play Okiku in our version. The writer made some artistic changes to the story but the main parts are the same. I’m particularly fond of the shriek I get to do, scaring the pants off half the audience. If you’re interested, I can link you to a youtube video of one of our performances of it.

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