#ghostmonth — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ghostmonth, aggregated by home.social.
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S1E4: Dead Man Dating
I have to admit I'm surprised! I kinda expected that the #GhostMonth and the chinese hell gatekeeper #Yama were made up, but a quick research shows that both of these exist. That's more respect towards Asian cultures than I expected in #1998 TV show.
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#Charmed #Rewarch #GhostMonth #Yama #1998 -
...exorcism scrolls from onmyoji spell-casters. But the safest option is to stay inside! The night parade was a popular subject in art, especially during the Edo period. 🎨Hyakki Yagyo by: 1. Yuko Shimizu 2. Matthew Meyer @yokai.com 3. Itaya Keii Hironaga #JapaneseArt #GhostMonth 3/3
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In Japan there is a famous tale about Oiwa whose husband disfigured her so he could remarry. This #ukiyoe print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1852) shows the vengeful ghost of Oiwa squeezing blood from her hair, watched by her terrified husband who she endlessly haunted. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'The Earth Spider Generates Monsters at the Mansion of Lord Minamoto Yorimitsu' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1843. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection. Single panel (left) of triptych print. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt 1/2
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'Actor Onoe Matsusuke as a ghost' cut from a sheet showing Matsusuke in various roles - Utagawa Toyokuni I, Edo period Japan. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'The Mansion of the Plates' from the series 'One Hundred Ghost Stories' - Katsushika Hokusai, 1831-32. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'Oya Taro Mitsukuni' from the series 'One Hundred Ghost Stories from China and Japan' - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'A Female Ghost'- Kitagawa Utamaro. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'Female Ghost with Sword' from 'The Complete Works of Chikamatsu' - Uemura Shoen, 1923. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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This print by Toyohara Chikanobu (1886) shows Lady Iga who was in service to Emperor GoDaigo. His palace in the mountains was haunted by a vengeful ghost. She confronted the spirit, and due to her bravery it disappeared and did not return. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt #JapaneseFolklore
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The ghosts and monsters of folklore often find their way into the nightmares of children, or is it perhaps the other way around? Is it the nightmares of children that become the ghosts and monsters of folklore? #MythologyMonday #GhostMonth 🎨'Child's Nightmare of Ghosts' - Kitagawa Utamaro, 1801.
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'Poem by Dainagon Tsunenobu' from the series 'One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1840. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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A Japanese ghost by Katsukawa Shunsho, 1776. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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A woman encounters a winged ghost in this ukiyo-e print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1886) titled 'Mt. Yoshino Midnight Moon' from the series 'One Hundred Aspects of the Moon.' #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'The Ghost of Asakura Togo' - Utagawa Kuniyoshi, ca. 1850. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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'Iga no Tsubone and the Ghost of Fujiwara Nakanari' from the series 'One Hundred Ghost Stories from China and Japan' - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, 1865. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection. #GhostMonth #ukiyoe #JapaneseArt
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In #JapaneseFolklore Oitekebori is a strange apparition that takes the form of a human ghost. One evening, two fishermen were fishing in a canal in Tokyo and they were catching more fish than usual. As they were preparing to go home they heard an eerie voice coming from the canal... #GhostMonth 1/3
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'A Female Ghost'- Kitagawa Utamaro. #JapaneseArt #ukiyoe #GhostMonth
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Bitcoin 'ghost month' started with a 20% BTC price flash crash — What's next? - Bitcoin prices have seen flash crashes during each ghost month since 201... - https://cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-ghost-month-start-20-btc-price-flash-crash #bitcoinprice #ghostmonth #btcprice #bitcoin
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Tomorrow's new moon marks the start of the 7th month of the traditional Chinese lunisolar calendar. In #Taiwan it is also known as #GhostMonth. 👻
There are fascinating cultural rules to follow during this month:
• Don't mention the word "ghost".
• Don't go near open water.
• Don't turn around if you hear someone call your name from behind.
• Don't tap on others' shoulders.
• Serve a feast of delicious snack foods for the ghosts to party!Want to learn more? Just watch:
https://youtu.be/SKWgj92tQY8