#hyaku monogatari

[ruiniel]

Toriyama, Sekien Konjaku Hyakki Shui (Even More Demons From Times of Old) 1780

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Sarayashiki (The House of Broken Plates), from the series One Hundred Ghost Tales by  Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 1831-1832 woodblock print, via Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art

[richo1915]

Katsushika Hokusai's series of prints 'One Hundred Stories (Hyaku Monogatari),' is based on a popular game of Edo period Japan thought to have been created by the samurai as a test of courage.

The game begins at nightfall, with participants lighting 100 candles in a room. They then take turns telling ghost stories, many of which teach a moral lesson.

A candle is blown out after each story, making the room grow darker and darker. It is thought that spirits are conjured once the final candle is blown out and the room is pitch black.

[sytalice]

Some Kyosuke Chinai video game art.

-  Koden Kōreijutsu Hyaku Monogatari (SEGA Saturn)

- Kuon (Playstation 2)

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[zipofcloud]

[jigokuyeah]

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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