Chōchin-obake Contents Description Notes Suggested reading See also Navigation menueexpanding ite
Japanese mythology stubsTsukumogami
Tsukumogamiobake karutaEdo periodchōchin
Chōchin-obake (提灯お化け, "paper lantern ghost") is a type of Tsukumogami,[1]"[the] lantern-spook (chochinobake) ... a stock character in the pantheon of ghouls and earned mention in the definitive demonology of 1784."[2] The Chōchin-obake also appears in the obake karuta card game, popular from the Edo period to the early 20th century (and still in use today). [3]
Contents
1 Description
2 Notes
3 Suggested reading
4 See also
Description
The Chōchin-obake in particular was created from a chōchin lantern[citation needed] composed of "bamboo and paper or silk."[4] They are portrayed with "one eye, and a long tongue protruding from an open mouth."[5]
Notes
^ Bush, 109.
^ Screech, 109
^ Kenji Murakami, Yōkai Jiten
^ Bakechochin, 57.
^ Bakechochin, 57.
Suggested reading
- "Bakechochin." The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World. Harper Element. (2006)
- Bush, Lawrence. Asian horror encyclopedia: Asian horror culture in literature, manga and folklore. Writers Club Press. (2001)
- Kenkyūsho, Nihon Shakai Shisō. Japan interpreter: Volumes 8-9. (Tokyo, Japan), Nihon Shakai Shisō Kenkyūsho, Tokyo. (1974)
- Murakami, Kenji (ed.). Yōkai Jiten (妖怪事典). Mainichi Shimbun (2000).
The Element Encyclopedia of the Psychic World. Harper Element. (2006)- Screech, Timon. The lens within the heart: the Western scientific gaze and popular imagery in later Edo Japan. University of Hawaii Press (2002)
See also
- Obake
- Yōkai
- Karakasa
- Tsukumogami
ja:不落不落 ('Burabura', possibly a type of Chōchin-obake)
This article relating to Japanese mythology is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Japanese mythology stubs, TsukumogamiUncategorized