Comments on: A-Yokai-A-Day: Oni | 妖怪シリーズ：鬼 https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-oni/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Thu, 22 Aug 2024 05:54:48 +0000 hourly 1 By: A-Yokai-A-Day: Ouni | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-oni/comment-page-1/#comment-9823 Fri, 25 Oct 2013 03:45:12 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8460#comment-9823 […] have to be careful not to get ouni mixed up with the oni. The names look and sound almost exactly the same, but they are very different […]

]]> By: A-Yokai-A-Day: Yanari | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-oni/comment-page-1/#comment-9805 Tue, 22 Oct 2013 23:30:02 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8460#comment-9805 […] name is pretty befitting their status. Since the Edo period they have been depicted as tiny little oni (Japanese demons), wearing tiny animal skins and rough-spun tunics, carrying tiny mallets and iron […]

]]> By: A-Yokai-A-Day: Hashihime | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-oni/comment-page-1/#comment-9744 Sat, 05 Oct 2013 04:37:35 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8460#comment-9744 […] time, her love turns into jealously, and then into mad rage, and she transforms into a horrible demon — sometimes throwing herself into the river to drown first, sometimes transforming while […]

]]> By: A-Yokai-A-Day: The Witch of Togakushi Mountain (Momiji) | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-oni/comment-page-1/#comment-9664 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:49:12 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8460#comment-9664 […] this time, a samurai named Taira no Koremochi was charged by a local Hachiman shrine with hunting oni. His hunt had taken him to Togakushi mountain, where a particularly nasty kijo (a female oni) was […]

]]> By: A-Yokai-A-Day: Sazae-oni | MatthewMeyer.net https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-oni/comment-page-1/#comment-9658 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 01:08:34 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8460#comment-9658 […] into different animals (sparrows become clams, rats become quails), and so why not snails becoming oni, right? Another way is if a lustful young woman is thrown into the sea, she will transform into a […]

]]> By: Matt https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-oni/comment-page-1/#comment-9643 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 12:56:08 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8460#comment-9643 It’s hard to say what exactly counts as a yokai. The term is vague, and since these aren’t actually real creatures it’s impossible to accurately classify them, as every account is slightly different than the next and there is no “original” account. For those reasons, pretty much any strange and supernatural entity could count as a yokai if you like. There are plenty of people who would argue that this or that is not a yokai because of this or that reason, and they’re not necessarily wrong… but it’s just hart to make a case with legendary accounts. It’s like arguing whether the invisible unicorn is invisible pink or invisible blue.

I would consider Lord Enma more of a god than a yokai just because his status seems to afford him a higher title. However, I wouldn’t argue with anyone calling him a yokai either. I’ll hopefully be able to fit him into the next book, but even that will be hard to narrow down to just one hundred…

]]> By: Filip Källman https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2012/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-oni/comment-page-1/#comment-9642 Fri, 26 Oct 2012 09:26:10 +0000 http://matthewmeyer.net/?p=8460#comment-9642 How about Great King Enma? Or does he even count as a yokai?

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