Jigoku Yeah!

A blog for Japanese monster folklore. Hell yeah yokai! Submissions welcome. Twitter: @JigokuYeah Blog Moderator: Cattype

[almostmaya]

four mythological babes for a group zine project! i need to pick two of them to finish…..

[pamandjapan-blog]

おとろし (Otoroshi)

Otoroshi is a hairy creature sitting on top of a torii gate, thought to be a guardian of the shrine.

[jigokuyeah]

Art work by Matthew Meyer. See more of his art and learn more about yokai on his website Yokai.com. He’s basically the English speaking Toriyama Sekien.

[pamandjapan-blog]

山颪 (Yamaoroshi)

Yamaoroshi is a possessed vegetable grater. It is almost porcupine-like in appearance.

[pamandjapan-blog]

高女 (Tall Woman)

Taka-Onna is a female monster who stretches itself to peer into the second story of a house.

[mi-tu-me]

[irezumiaddicts]

Artist: Makada

[nightmaresyrup]

Practice: I Can’t Figure Out this Software

Live2d looks fun but, sometimes I can’t get things to work the way I want to. Oh well, have an Ittan Momen Loop.

The Software is pretty pricey, fortunately there’s a free version for amateurs like me to practice with.

[the-evil-clergyman]

Battle at the bottom of the sea off Daimotsu Beach by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1847-52)

[petermorwood]

This is 1/3 of a triptych.

It’s inspired by the famous sea battle at Dan-no-ura during the Genpei War, when clan Minamoto defeated clan Taira.

Once defeat was inevitable many of the losing side committed suicide - in this instance by jumping into the sea - including the child emperor, who was “assisted” overboard by his Taira grandmother.

The spirits of the dead Taira warriors supposedly entered the bodies of crabs, whose shells took on the form of their angry faces.

The Imperial regalia of sword, mirror and jewel, were also lost. Whether those which currently exist are originals or reconstructions isn’t certain, since (like the presumed bones of the Princes in the Tower) historical verification isn’t allowed.

Attacks on Minamoto heroes like Benkei and Yoshitsune by vengeful Taira ghosts - either crabs or spectral samurai - are a popular theme in woodblock art.

They’re illustrations for the sort of story whose characters wilfully go to or accidentally end up in That One Place They Should Have Avoided.

And as a result, Excitement Ensues.

And yes, I have indeed been binging on the new version of “Shogun”.

Why do you ask?

:->

[sketchmenot-art]

Mizore Ito and Hachishaku-sama

My character Mizore Ito (Misery-chan) with Hachishaku-sama (Miss Eight Feet Tall)

I was inspired by the song Oyashiro-sama from the Higurashi OST while working on Part 1:

Kenji Kawai - Oyashiro-sama

For Part 2, I was inspired by the song Amaku Kagayakashiku from the Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu Sukeroku Futatabi Hen OST:

Kana Shibue - Amaku Kagayakashiku

Mizore's Toyhouse Profile

Done with Clip Studio Paint EX August 2023

[jigokuyeah]

Fables and Folktales: Yuki-Onna by Overly Sarcastic Productions

[sidedoorside]

This is my interpretation of a kunekune, a spectre that appears in Japanese countryside and drives people inside just by its appearance.

Media used: Fineliners and graphite powder.

[miniaturegalaxyalpaca]

[jigokuyeah]

9 Most Alcohol-Crazy Yokai (Many You’ve Never Heard Of) by Linfamy

[cinnastray]

kappa sketches!

[justin7798]

“Hachishakusama” By. Me

[voynich-exists]

the kuchisake onna thing

SOOOOOO basically most English sources claim Kuchisake onna was killed by her husband but i have no idea where that backstory came from because i can't find one Japanese source that has a origin even close to that... it's generally one one of these:

Failed plastic surgery

by the dentist

Car crash

accidents with garden tools

Or she did it herself

[jigokuyeah]

The Fox's Wedding by Computer Arts and Technology USF