#gagoze

[mayamiyamaillustration]

A Yokai a month. Gagoze is a ghost that looks ugly and is a youkai who has settled at Genkoji Temple in Nara. The story is very old, dating to the Asuka era. The first time this monster was depicted is "Hyakki Yoko" by Toriyama Sekien, and Gagoze is depicted as a demon dressed as a monk.

[nightmaresyrup]

Yokai Inktober #11: Gagoze

His namesake is derived from his haunting ground, the Gango-ji temple in Nara. He is a Reiki, a vengeful ghost of a slain Oni. That’s right, if you fell an Oni it gets MEANER and STRONGER! The only catch is it’s bound to it’s haunting ground unless it eats and kills enough people. Ok, I may have added that previous statement. He’s featured in a tale within the Nihon Ryoiki(A Record of Strange Ghostly happenings in Japan,) but that’s another story.

I paraphrase my sources from Japandemonium illustrated and yokai.com. Make sure to check those out. They’re more professionally written :3

[theotherrealm]

Yokai of Japanese Mythology, Volume Two!

Yokai of Japanese Mythology, Volume Two! #Yokai #JapaneseMythology #Japan #Infographic #Mythology #MrPsMythopedia

[ericrobertnolan]

Depiction of a Gagoze demon from the Bakemono-Zukushi, Edo Period From Bakemono-Zukushi (“The Monster Scroll,”) Edo Period (17th to 19th centuries).

[yami-shibai]

Gagoze

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[itadaki-ma]

Gagoze, v.02