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According to some versions of the famous ghost story, Okiku worked as a maid at Japan's Himeji Castle but was framed for losing a valuable plate, an offense punishable by death. Her body was then thrown down a well, which her spirit haunted as a vengeful ghost. #WyrdWednesday
📷: Shino Nakamura
#Folklore #Okiku #Ghost #Yūrei #HimejiCastle #GhostStory #Paranormal #Japan #JapaneseFolklore
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The ghost of the maid #Okiku who was killed and thrown in the well after she broke one of her lord's plates rising up, #Hokusai, from One Hundred Ghost Tales, ca. 1830s, #Japanese color #WoodblockPrint (#ukiyoe), seen in the #Museum of #EastAsian #Art #Cologne.
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Okikus Onryo. - 皿屋敷 "Banchō Sarayashiki" (The Manor of Dishes) - The spirit of a young dishwasher from himeji castle. Tricked into believing that she lost a valuable plate by a samurai who wanted her as a lover, she rejected him & was dropped down the old well... now she rises each night & cries out mourning for the lost plate... 🏯 Full story: https://samkalensky.com/products/okikus-onryo-bancho-sarayashiki-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho-yurei-yokai-sticker
Happy Yurei no hi! 👻
#folklore #Yokai #yurei
#banchosarayashiki #Okiku #Himejicastle #ghost #Yureinohi -
Okikus Onryo. - 皿屋敷 "Banchō Sarayashiki" (The Manor of Dishes) - The spirit of a young dishwasher from himeji castle. Tricked into believing that she lost a valuable plate by a samurai who wanted her as a lover, she rejected him & was dropped down the old well... now she rises each night & cries out mourning for the lost plate... 🏯 Full story: https://samkalensky.com/products/okikus-onryo-bancho-sarayashiki-the-dish-mansion-at-bancho-yurei-yokai-sticker
Happy Yurei no hi! 👻
#folklore #Yokai #yurei
#banchosarayashiki #Okiku #Himejicastle #ghost #Yureinohi
