The Miyoshi Mononoke Museum, also known as the Yumoto Koichi Memorial Japan Yōkai Museum, or shortened to the Yōkai Museum, is located in
Miyoshi,
Hiroshima Prefecture, on the island of
Shikoku
is the smallest of the List of islands of Japan#Main islands, four main islands of Japan. It is long and between at its widest. It has a population of 3.8 million, the least populated of Japan's four main islands. It is south of Honshu ...
in Japan.
The museum collection holds over 5,000 artworks and objects that represent
yōkai
are a class of supernatural entities and Spirit (supernatural entity) , spirits in Japanese folklore. The kanji representation of the word comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", and while the Japanese name is simply ...
, supernatural beings in Japanese folklore.
The museum was founded in 2019 by
Yumoto Kōichi,
a scholar of yōkai who has also written numerous books on the subject of Japanese monsters and supernatural entities and mythological creatures.
The museum is located at 1691-4 Miyoshimachi, in
Miyoshi City. The two-story museum building is constructed in steel, and was designed by K Structural Research Institute.
The ground floor of the museum features an entrance hall, reception area, museum shop and an exhibition hall that houses the permanent collection as well as changing special exhibitions and a "hands-on" gallery. The second floor of the museum includes a conference room, work and training room and collection storage.
Examples of Yōkai
File:Shunkosai Hokuei Obake.jpg, Shunkosai Hokuei Obake (haunted lantern)
File:Yokai without a head.jpg, Yōkai without a head
File:Torin Nukaribe.jpg, Nurikabe
The ( or , literally "plastered wall", ) is a ''yōkai'', or spirit, from Japanese folklore.
It is said to manifest as an invisible wall that impedes or misdirects travelers walking at night. This ''yōkai'' is described as quite tall, to pr ...
a haunted plaster wall Yōkai
File:Kyosai, Yokai image.jpg, Yōkai supernatural creatures
See also
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Ayakashi (yōkai)
is the collective name for ''yōkai'' that appear above the surface of a body of water.
In Nagasaki Prefecture, the atmospheric ghost lights that appear above water are called ayakashi, and so are the funayūrei in Yamaguchi Prefecture and Saga ...
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Japanese folklore
Japanese folklore encompasses the informally learned folk traditions of Japan and the Japanese people as expressed in its oral traditions, Tradition, customs, and material culture.
In Japanese, the term is used to describe folklore. The Folklor ...
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List of legendary creatures from Japan
The following is a list of Akuma (demons), Yūrei (ghosts), Yōkai (spirits), Kami and other legendary creatures that are notable in Japanese folklore and mythology.
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Shodoshima Yokai Art Museum
The Shodoshima Yokai Art Museum, also known as the Yokai Bijutsukan Art Museum is a small museum in Kagawa prefecture, which is focused on yōkai, supernatural entities in Japanese folklore.
Description
The museum, directed by Yagyu Chuebi, contai ...
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Mononoke
are vengeful spirits (onryō), dead spirits (shiryō), live spirits (ikiryō), or spirits in Japanese classical literature and folk religion that were said to do things like possess individuals and make them suffer, cause disease, or even cause ...
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Yōkai
are a class of supernatural entities and Spirit (supernatural entity) , spirits in Japanese folklore. The kanji representation of the word comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", and while the Japanese name is simply ...
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Yōsei
is a Japanese word that is generally synonymous with the English term . Today, this word usually refers to spirits from Western legends, but occasionally it may also denote a creature from native Japanese folklore. For example, according to an ...
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Yūrei
are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts. The name consists of two kanji, (''yū''), meaning "faint" or "dim" and (''rei''), meaning "soul" or "spirit". Alternative names include , meaning ruined or departed ...
References
Museums in Hiroshima Prefecture
Yōkai
Museums established in 2019
Folklore
Museums of Japanese culture
2019 establishments in Japan
Miyoshi, Hiroshima
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