Amabie cardboard sculpture, by artist Odaka MasakiAmabie is a prophetic youkai though to appear duri
Amabie cardboard sculpture, by artist Odaka MasakiAmabie is a prophetic youkai though to appear during epidemies. As for the akae, Edo period people used prints depicting this strange monster as amulets to ward off diseases and evil. -- source link
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