Comments on: A-Yokai-A-Day: Ao-bōzu | 妖怪シリーズ：青坊主 https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-ao-bozu/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Thu, 22 Aug 2024 05:57:55 +0000 hourly 1 By: Matt https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-ao-bozu/comment-page-1/#comment-9588 Fri, 12 Oct 2012 00:51:42 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8254#comment-9588 Jizo is a priest/god that protects children and travelers, but he is sort of in a different realm of folklore than most yokai. I have never heard of the kurotabō (黒田坊) before, and I wasn’t able to find anything traditional by searching. There are a number of yokai with “black” and “priest” in their names — 黒仏、黒坊主、黒入道 — but none of these match the description of kurotabō you gave. My guess is that it is probably an invention for the manga/anime Nurarihyon no Mago.

I’ll keep looking around and if I find anything more about him I’ll post something here, but I suspect he may be a modern invention rather than an obscure ancient one.

]]> By: Filip Källman https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-ao-bozu/comment-page-1/#comment-9587 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 19:20:41 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8254#comment-9587 Here. Kutotabō. http://nurarihyonnomago.wikia.com/wiki/Kurotab%C5%8D

]]> By: vilajunkie https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-ao-bozu/comment-page-1/#comment-9586 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 17:01:15 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8254#comment-9586 @Matt:

It could have been Jizo, the boddhisattva/bosatsu who protects children in the afterlife from evil spirits.

]]> By: Matt https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-ao-bozu/comment-page-1/#comment-9585 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:31:43 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8254#comment-9585 Thank you. 🙂
Hmm, do you know the name of the manga or of the yokai? That’s a pretty broad pool to draw from. It’s entirely possible that it is either a creation of the author or else an “authentic” yokai, but I would have to hear more about it before saying either way. There are hundreds and hundreds of yokai, after all, yet inventing new ones is also a common practice.

]]> By: Filip Källman https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-ao-bozu/comment-page-1/#comment-9584 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 14:21:23 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8254#comment-9584 Great work as always, especially considering how little is known about this one. Also, I have a question; in a manga I once read there was a story of a yōkai in the shape of a black-clothed priest that protected children. Have you ever hear of it before or was it simply a character created for that series?

]]> By: Matt https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-ao-bozu/comment-page-1/#comment-9583 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 13:28:54 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8254#comment-9583 コメントありがとうございます。こうやってコメントを頂けると、とても励みになります！
妖怪達が10月のハロウィーンシーズンの雰囲気作りのお役にたてれば幸いです。
今年は特別に妖怪当てクイズのようなものもしていますので、もし良ければ考えてみて下さい！（http://matthewmeyer.net/ja/blog/2012/09/29/announcing-a-yokai-a-day-for-the-month-of-october-2012-edition）
これからもどうぞよろしくお願いします。

]]> By: ふじむら　ゆかこ https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-ao-bozu/comment-page-1/#comment-9580 Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:20:35 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8254#comment-9580 幼い頃は青坊主は、一つ目小僧のように子供の妖怪だと思っていました。あの頃よりも成長した今では、名前から想像できることも感じ方もずいぶん違いますね。妖怪のこともっと詳しく知りたくなりました!これからも毎日の更新に期待します!

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