[Yesterday’s] #ayokaiaday is onyudo! A giant monk that stands in front of you and becomes even

[Yesterday’s] #ayokaiaday is onyudo! A giant monk that stands in front of you and becomes even more giant until you fall ill or break your neck from looking up at it. Sometimes he’s just a really big guy, sometimes he’s a shadowy person-shaped mass, sometimes he has a long neck as seen here. This onyudo is an artist card I painted a long long time ago. It’s based on giant mechanical puppet used in a festival in Yokkaichi in Mie prefecture. I learned about it from a wonderful website on Japanese culture called Pink Tentacle. It stopped updating in 2011 but despite being seemingly abandoned, the URL hasn’t expired. Can websites be yokai? Here’s the link if you’re curious: http://pinktentacle.com/2007/08/giant-mechanical-o-nyudo-doll/ #onyudo #yokai #japanesemonster #folklore #artistcard #insaart ＃妖怪 https://www.instagram.com/p/CVhcnvWrCfa/?utm_medium=tumblr -- source link

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