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The Supernatural

  • Kobayakawa Takakage debating with the goblin priest (Tengu) on Mount Hiko
  • The old devil woman retrieving her arm. From the series 'New forms of thrity-six ghosts'
  • The actor Onoe Baiko VI as the Demon Princess in the play 'The maple viewing party'
  • The moon on Musashi Plain. From the series 'One hundred aspects of the moon'
  • Two brave men on the roof of Horyukaku
  • The eight canine heroes of the house of Satomi
  • Theatrical scene: the cat-spectre in the old temple
  • The enlightenment of Jigoku-dayu
  • Ichikawa Udanji as the ghost of Sogoro in the play Sakura Sogoro
  • The actor Bando Hirosaburo in two roles: the ghost of Kohada Koheiji and his sleeping wife Otawa in the play Iroiri Otogigusa
  • The actor Onoe Baiko IV as Yasukata no Borei, the Ghost of Yasukata
  • The ghost of Kamata Matahachi

Supernatural Japan is a world where

foxes can turn into beautiful women. Where your aunt can turn into a demon or your dog become your husband. Dead lovers can return as ghosts and those ghosts might protect you or destroy you.

It is a place where cats can be sorcerers, snakes can be illusory and you may not know your own brother until it is too late. Revenge, treachery and magic. Wonder, mystery and enlightenment. All of these things are part of life. Beautiful women might spell your doom, or the gods themselves may save you.

Anything is possible.

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