http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/ Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:00:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-249651 Fredrik Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:16:47 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-249651 This creature might be a kappa i mean they is prette look a like.But myth legend or truth whos know maybe it´s also a bluff but im not the man who can tell you. But if it would be a kappa it would had to travel a very far bit to come to the states http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00699/seamonster1_699174w.jpg check it out guys This creature might be a kappa i mean they is prette look a like.But myth legend or truth whos know maybe it´s also a bluff but im not the man who can tell you. But if it would be a kappa it would had to travel a very far bit to come to the states http://gfx.aftonbladet.se/multimedia/archive/00699/seamonster1_699174w.jpg check it out guys

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-209524 Seven mysterious creatures of Japan ::: Pink Tentacle Tue, 27 May 2008 10:51:49 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-209524 [...] Kappa (river imps) have appeared in countless stories and folk legends for centuries, and they rank among Japan’s most well-known cryptids. While most people nowadays regard the amphibious child-sized troublemakers as pure myth, stories of kappa encounters still crop up from time to time, such as the following two reports from Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. [...] […] Kappa (river imps) have appeared in countless stories and folk legends for centuries, and they rank among Japan’s most well-known cryptids. While most people nowadays regard the amphibious child-sized troublemakers as pure myth, stories of kappa encounters still crop up from time to time, such as the following two reports from Japan’s southern island of Kyushu. […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-181961 Video: Mononoke Dance ::: Pink Tentacle Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:45:56 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-181961 [...] Jizo (guardian deity of children), Noppera-bo (faceless ghost), Rokurokubi (long-necked monster), Kappa (water imp), Hoichi the Earless, someone who dances like Yoshio Kojima, and many [...] […] Jizo (guardian deity of children), Noppera-bo (faceless ghost), Rokurokubi (long-necked monster), Kappa (water imp), Hoichi the Earless, someone who dances like Yoshio Kojima, and many […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-159749 Sawaki Suushi - Often Imitated, Never Duplicated « Girl Tears Sat, 01 Mar 2008 05:19:38 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-159749 [...] (a.k.a. Yama-waro) are hairy, one-eyed Garappa (a variety of Kappa found in Kumamoto prefecture) who have gone into the mountains for the winter. These child-sized [...] […] (a.k.a. Yama-waro) are hairy, one-eyed Garappa (a variety of Kappa found in Kumamoto prefecture) who have gone into the mountains for the winter. These child-sized […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-154780 Edo-period monster paintings by Sawaki Suushi ::: Pink Tentacle Mon, 18 Feb 2008 10:27:36 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-154780 [...] (a.k.a. Yama-waro) are hairy, one-eyed Garappa (a variety of Kappa found in Kumamoto prefecture) who have gone into the mountains for the winter. These child-sized [...] […] (a.k.a. Yama-waro) are hairy, one-eyed Garappa (a variety of Kappa found in Kumamoto prefecture) who have gone into the mountains for the winter. These child-sized […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-33780 Episode 58 - Mysterious Universe « Mysterious Universe Wed, 04 Apr 2007 05:46:54 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-33780 [...] Edo Period Sketches of the Kappa [...] […] Edo Period Sketches of the Kappa […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-33307 robuzo Mon, 02 Apr 2007 09:24:36 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-33307 Does anyone else share my suspicion that the origin of the kappa myth might be the Japanese Giant Salamander, which is "typically about the size of a child and greenish in color" and has "skin [that] is moist and slick." Giant Salamander skeletons have been mistakenly identified as human, and in fact the Latin name is Andrias japonicus, andrias meaning "image of man". Inokashira-koen zoo aquarium in Tokyo has a couple of them on display for those wanting to see this increasingly rare animal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_salamander Does anyone else share my suspicion that the origin of the kappa myth might be the Japanese Giant Salamander, which is “typically about the size of a child and greenish in color” and has “skin [that] is moist and slick.” Giant Salamander skeletons have been mistakenly identified as human, and in fact the Latin name is Andrias japonicus, andrias meaning “image of man”. Inokashira-koen zoo aquarium in Tokyo has a couple of them on display for those wanting to see this increasingly rare animal. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_giant_salamander

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-30349 Japundit » One More Thing to Worry About Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:00:21 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-30349 [...] Pink Tentacle is showing a number of Edo-period kappa drawings. Kappa are mischievous river imps notorious for luring people — particularly children — into the water to drown and eat them. They smell like fish, enjoy cucumbers and sumo, and are said to be very courteous despite their malicious tendencies. Apparently the Edo period (1603 to 1867) saw some serious scientific literature devoted to the study of these (regarded as mythical) creatures. Suikokouryaku (1820), for example, is a compendium of kappa-related information gathered from a variety of sources from Japan and China. The book, which is housed in the Iwase Bunko Library, includes kappa sketches by artist Kurimoto Tanshu. [...] […] Pink Tentacle is showing a number of Edo-period kappa drawings. Kappa are mischievous river imps notorious for luring people — particularly children — into the water to drown and eat them. They smell like fish, enjoy cucumbers and sumo, and are said to be very courteous despite their malicious tendencies. Apparently the Edo period (1603 to 1867) saw some serious scientific literature devoted to the study of these (regarded as mythical) creatures. Suikokouryaku (1820), for example, is a compendium of kappa-related information gathered from a variety of sources from Japan and China. The book, which is housed in the Iwase Bunko Library, includes kappa sketches by artist Kurimoto Tanshu. […]

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-29920 cualquier.chica Tue, 20 Mar 2007 04:31:55 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-29920 love this post.. a few months ago a japanese girl told me about kappa, i couldn't believe her when she told me it was a myth, lol is so cute love this post.. a few months ago a japanese girl told me about kappa, i couldn’t believe her when she told me it was a myth, lol is so cute

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-28622 Yubi Sun, 11 Mar 2007 07:56:33 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-28622 Was it through you, that I had come to this "modern" treaty of how to raise a Kappa? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVfYB4S1RsA Was it through you, that I had come to this “modern” treaty of how to raise a Kappa?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVfYB4S1RsA

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-27572 zunya Tue, 06 Mar 2007 03:56:06 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-27572 Excellent Excellent

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-26926 peacay Sat, 03 Mar 2007 04:10:53 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-26926 Great post. I think I've actually posted most of those images before but had not teased out the back story. Cheers. Great post. I think I’ve actually posted most of those images before but had not teased out the back story. Cheers.

]]> http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-26920 Kappa-mania! » Japan Probe Sat, 03 Mar 2007 03:54:19 +0000 http://www.pinktentacle.com/2007/03/edo-period-kappa-sketches/#comment-26920 [...] In the Edo period serious scientific literature devoted to the study of the Kappa, a child-eating water imp said to live in Japanese lakes and rivers. Included in these studies were a variety of odd and creepy artwork of kappa, and Pink Tentacle has posted quite a few such pictures, along with lots of great links to Kappa information sites: Check it out! [...] […] In the Edo period serious scientific literature devoted to the study of the Kappa, a child-eating water imp said to live in Japanese lakes and rivers. Included in these studies were a variety of odd and creepy artwork of kappa, and Pink Tentacle has posted quite a few such pictures, along with lots of great links to Kappa information sites: Check it out! […]

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