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Rokurokubi and Mikoshi-nyudo, Japanese Demons

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Title: Rokurokubi and Mikoshi-nyudo, Japanese Demons

Caption: Ukiyo-e print illustration showing Rokurokubi and Mikoshi-nyudo, demons from Japanese folklore, frightening noodle shop customers to illustrate the proverb that "resistance is futile." Rokurokubi is a tale from Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan. It features a monster by the same name (in reality it features a nukekubi, not a rokurokubi). Mikoshi-nyudo is a type of bald-headed yokai "goblin" with an ever-extending neck who will frighten people who look over the top of things such as byobu folding screens. Woodcut by Kyosai Kawanabe, 1860s.

Category: History: Middle Ages • Culture: Mythology

Credit: Album / LOC/Science Source

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Image size: 2954 × 4500 px | 38.0 MB

Print size: 25.0 × 38.1 cm | 1163.0 × 1771.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 19TH CENTURY • APPARITION • ART • ARTWORK • ASIAN • CELEBRITIES • CELEBRITY • CULTURE: MYTHOLOGY • CUSTOMERS • DEMON • DRAWING • FAMOUS PEOPLE • FAMOUS • FOLKLORE • FOLKLORIC • GHOST • GOBLIN • HAUNTING • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • HISTORY: MIDDLE AGES • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMPORTANT • JAPAN • JAPANESE • KYOSAI KAWANABE • LEGEND • LEGENDARY • LORE • MALE • MAN • MEN • MIKOSHI-NYUDO • MYTH • MYTHIC • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NOODLE SHOP • NOODLESHOP • NOTABLE • ONI • PHANTOM • RELIGION • RELIGIOUS • RESTAURANT • ROKUROKUBI • SPIRIT • SPOOK (GHOST) • SPOOK • WELL-KNOWN • WOODBLOCK PRINT • WOODBLOCK • WOODCARVING • WOODCUT • XYLOGRAPHY • YOKAI