Лара (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} 0rchid_thief) wrote,@ 2008-06-24 16:25:00 |
|
| Entry tags: | ghost, japan, vintage illustration, yoshitoshi |
Legendary creatures of Japan (3)
Они же Thirty-six Ghosts series by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (да, в архивах журнала еще есть его 100 Aspects of the Moon).
Мой любимый сюжет из этой серии: прогуливаясь в горах, господин Коремочи встретил прекрасную девушку, которая предложила ему вместе полюбоваться листопадом и угостила его саке. Во время беседы он случайно увидел в чаше с саке ее отражение - не прекрасной девы, а безобразного демона (в Японии существует поверье, что зеркало показывает истинную сущность человека). Через мгновение Коремочи выхватит свой меч...
The Demon of Mount Togakushi - Taira no Koremochi Notices the Demon’s Reflection in a Saké Cup
Jigoku-dayu, a former courtesan, who is shown the errors of her past occupation by a parade of ghost courtesans
Young Benkei and the Carp Monster That Ate His Mother
The beautiful courtesan Sakurahime haunted by a ghost at the Seigen shrine
Takeda Katsuchiyo Kills an Old Badger in the Moonlight
The young Takeda Katsuchiyo (who later became the great general Takeda Shingen). An earnest student without much of a sense of humor, Takeda was practicing swordsmanship in the moonlight one evening when he heard the wooden horse on which he stored his saddle speak to him. Realizing something was not right, he struck the saddle horse as hard as he could, and an old badger (tanuki) fell dead at his feet. In Japanese legend, badgers are portrayed as mischievous creatures with supernatural powers; this one chose the wrong person on whom to play a trick.
A demon being threatened by Sadanobu in the palace at night
Kobayakawa Takakage debating with the Tengu of Mount Hiko
Minamoto no Tametomo driving away demons
Omori Hikoshichi carrying a woman across a river, as he does so, he sees that she has horns in her reflection
The Killing of a Nue - Ii no Hayata killing a Nue at the imperial palace
Toki Motosada, the servant of Gamo Sadahide, throws a Phantom Temple Guardian to the ground at Inohana Mountain
Shoki the "Demon Queller", who relieves the emperor's sleep by driving demons from his dreams
The ghost of Okiku - accused of stealing a dish, she was killed and thrown into a well by her master, Aoyama Tessan
Fujiwara no Hidesato
The story of Watanabe no Tsuna and Ibaraki, the Demon of Rashomon. After Watanabe cut off Ibaraki’s arm, the demon took the form of the hero’s old aunt to seize it back. Here it flies off triumphantly. Her clawed foot can clearly be seen—unlike Japanese ghosts, who have no feet, demons are substantive beings, who can be cut with a sword.
Kiyomori seeing hundreds of skulls at Furuhara
Kiyohime transforming into a serpent on the banks of the Hidaka River so that she may pursue her lover, the monk Anchin
Nitta Tadatsune seeing an apparition in a cave
the ghost of Minamoto no Yoshihira attacking his killer, Namba Jiro, at Nunobiki Waterfall
the poet Ariwara Narihira looking for the ghost of Komachi on an autumn night
The spirit of the vengeful priest Raigo returns as a plague of rats and destroys the Mii Temple
Tamamo no Mae, a concubine, transforming into the Death Stone of Nasu Moor
Sogi, priest and poet, writing a couplet for a ghost
Minamoto no Yorimitsu attacking a ground spider monster
The ghost of Taira no Tomomori appearing at Daimotsu Bay
The Yotsuya Ghost Story
Fujiwara no Sanekata's Obsession with the Sparrows
the nurse Otsuji praying to the god Kompira to save the life of a boy named Botaro
The Heavy Basket - a number of monsters attacking an old woman
Mori no Ranmaru encountering a mysterious sago palm
The foxfires of Nijushiko
The Spirit of the Komachi Cherry Tree
увы, четырех изображений не хватает)
