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Japan: A 'kokugo' is a type of yokai (supernatural monster) that guards shrines. If a...

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Japan: A 'kokugo' is a type of yokai (supernatural monster) that guards shrines. If a human damages or defaces a shrine, the kokugo will collapse the torii or shrine gateway on the head of the offender. Sawaki Suushi, 'Hyakkai Zukan', 1737
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Hyakki Yagyo, variation: hyakki yako, (lit. 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons') is a concept in Japanese folklore. It is a parade which is composed of a hundred kinds of yokai (supernatural monsters). Legend has it that every year the yokai Nurarihyon, will lead all of the yokai through the streets of Japan during summer nights. Anyone who comes across the procession will perish or be spirited away by the yokai, unless protected by handwritten scrolls by anti-yokai onmyoji spellcasters. According to the account in the Shugaisho, a medieval Japanese encyclopedia, the only way to be kept safe from the night parade if it comes by your house is to stay inside on the specific nights associated with the Chinese zodiac or to chant a magic spell.

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Japan / Asia / monster / fantastic creature / superstition / ghosts / strange beings / arts / spirit / ghost / asia / historical images / art / historical / sawak suushi / shrine guardian / asian / supernatural / spirits / suushi sawak / hyakkai zukan / japanese / historical pictures / monsters / paintings / painting / history / yokai / hyakki yagyo / kokugo / hyakki yako

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