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All Japanese ghosts are called yūrei, and there are several types within this classification. However, a given ghost may be described by more than one of the following terms, as the following terms are used differently depending on which elements of a ghost's characteristics are focused on:
An infant ghost that licks the oil out of andon lamps. Abura-sumashi A large-headed spirit that lives in the mountain passes of Kumamoto Prefecture, thought to be the reincarnation of a person who stole oil and then fled into the woods. Agubanba (あぐばんば, lit. ' ash crone ') A blind, cannibalistic female yōkai who hails from Akita ...
Ikiryō (生霊) from the 1776 book Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama. Ikiryō (生霊, lit. "living ghost"), also known as shōryō (しょうりょう), seirei (せいれい), or ikisudama (いきすだま), [1] is a disembodied spirit or ghost in Japanese popular belief and fiction that leaves the body of a living person and subsequently haunts other people or places, sometimes across ...
Japanese bathroom ghosts (5 P) R. Reportedly haunted locations in Japan (4 P) Pages in category "Japanese ghosts" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of ...
The six images are reworkings of famous Japanese ghost stories, such as Tokaido Yotsuya Ghost Story and Kohata Koheiji Ghost Story, which were rendered in woodblocks by Edo artists. [ 33 ] Also creating contemporary yūrei-zu in a traditional style is American-born, Japanese-resident artist Matthew Meyer.
A figure of a kasa-obake from the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters A two-legged kasa-obake from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō. [1]Kasa-obake (Japanese: 傘おばけ) [2] [3] are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore.
Japanese urban legends, enduring modern Japanese folktales; La Llorona, the ghost of a woman in Latin American folklore; Madam Koi Koi, an African urban legend about the ghost of a dead teacher; Ouni, a Japanese yōkai with a face like that of a demon woman (kijo) torn from mouth to ear
Botan Dōrō (牡丹燈籠, The Peony Lantern) is a Japanese ghost story and one of the most famous kaidan in Japan. The plot involves sex with the dead and the consequences of loving a ghost. It is sometimes known as Kaidan Botan Dōrō ( 怪談牡丹灯籠 , Tales of the Peony Lantern ) , based on the kabuki version of the story; this title ...