Apr 14, 2017
Ao-andon
青行灯 (あおあんどん)
Blue Lamp Ghost
other names: Ao-andō
From the now defunct website Obakemono Project:
In the Edo period, a popular pastime was hyaku monogatari, or "a hundred stories". A crowd of people would gather in a room where a hundred candles were burning inside andon lamps, which had been covered in blue paper to create an eerie atmosphere. Then a hundred frightening supernatural tales would be told, and after each one was finished, a candle would be put out. When the last story was told and the room went dark, the demon called ao-andon was said to appear.
Art by S.H.Morgan
Learn more about Ao-andon at
Hyakumonogatari.com
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