#chōchin

[briefbestiary]

Like kasa-obake, these paper lantern tsukumogami are relatively harmless object yokai.

[love1kimono]

Geisha and Attendant 1908

A Meiji period woodblock print calendar for the Month of June 1908 showing a geiko (geisha) dressed in the Genroku style, a fashion craze which was at the height of its popularity between 1905 and 1908. She is followed by an attendant who is carrying what appears to be a biwa (short-necked lute) wrapped in a furoshiki (wrapping cloth) and a teppō-chōchin (cylindrical lantern) in one hand. While they each hold a bangasa (sturdy paper umbrella) to protect them from the rain and both wear taka-ashida geta (wet weather sandals). The geiko elegantly lifts the hem of her kosode (small-sleeved kimono) to protect the expensive silk brocade.

[anxietypossumart]

Freehand friday returns

[netmors]

YOKAI Summoning Book

Stages of final work from the Smirnov School course "CG Basic".

[aniflowersartblog]

-See the pictures below the "read more" line! ^^ -

A work colouge gifted me a tiny book with blank pages last year, becouse she didn't have any use for it, and I mentioned that I found it cute. (It has sunflowers on the cover!)

I took it as an oportunity to doodle some Yokai, using only fine liner ^^

1st: Kasa Obake, 6.11.2023

2nd: Yatagarasu, 8.11.2023

I wanted to practice drawing ravens/crows, but also keep the Yokai theme. That beeing said, this has to be the most borring looking yokai out there! It's just a crow with three feet! They couldn't gibe it something cool, like a third eye, or four wings?!

3rd: Chōchin Obake, 9.11.2023

Drew this during my work places early celebration of "Sankt Martin", a lantern parade/"festival" based on a roman soldier that shared his cloak with a homeless dude, and which official is on the 11th of November. So, I drew this to keep with the lantern theme.

[doomboy911]

Theme Yokai (Chōchin-obake)

Prompt List

Creature Codex Art Challenge

Commentary

Well I already made my favorite wall yokai so I might as well double back and make my second favorite Tsukumogami I love the idea of something gaining sentience after getting enough time and I really wish there was a yokai for stuffed animals lovingly passed down from one child to the next. I like the idea so much I'm working on a feat for constructs that allow them to become awakened after living long enough. Just a neat idea. For this piece I kept it simple and used only 4 colors and while I initially used a bright white I had in the eye I settled instead for the dark reddish brown for the body.

I encourage everyone hear to search Creature Codex Year of Yokai masterpost because its full of great beasties.

Palette picked

[oriondagger]

sketched a few things on my phone before dinner

[lauritanaomystery]

August was japanese spirits time! Mystery and his new power, and yes with his tsukumogami crakle in chōchin form, bleeehehehhe!!!

Mystery in the new transformation, yep more mature? ha ha!!! Funny expressions too and with his tsukumogami "Crackle" in his kiseru form (As is known, in the world of anime pipes and kitsunes are elements that combine by obligation!) Mystery can transform his slave spirit into anything but the most typical is chōchin🏮

Shiromori here is reborn 2.0 or Shiro-little-mori✨

[konjaku]

蛍袋[Hotarubukuro] Campanula punctata var. punctata

蛍[Hotaru] : Firefly

袋[-bukuro|Fukuro] : Bag

It grows on the sunny edges of mountains and fields. The grass is about 40 to 70 centimeters tall, white or reddish-purple flowers about 5 centimeters long bloom in early summer, when fireflies begin to fly. It is said to be so named because children put fireflies in the flowers and played with them.

It also has an alias of 狐の提灯[Kitsune no chōchin], the lantern of the fox. https://asia.si.edu/explore-art-culture/collections/search/edanmdm:fsg_S2003.8.3361/

It also has another alias of 釣鐘草[Tsuriganesō], the temple bell grass. This is mainly used as a general term for plants with temple bell-shaped flowers, including the genus Campanula today. https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/A_2005-0630-0-30

[itsnotmourn]

Wait the thieves were dressed as yokai??

That- actually makes sense for TT now that I'm thinking about it, but for the longest time I thought they were dressed as an umbrella and a propane tank 💀

HAHA YES !!! and honestly, you're not completely wrong because one of them IS an umbrella!!

[ from sr pelo's newsground ]

I believe Thin Thief is a kasa-obake (umbrella ghost) and Fat Thief is a chōchin-obake (paper lantern ghost)!

[ from the unofficial spooky month wiki ]

Here, I think Pump's Mother is also a kasa-obake, but accompanied by a yukata worn the funeral way: right over left. Susie seems to be a generic oni (ogre) with a kanabō-inspired weapon, and Pump is a kappa (river child).

...and then there's Pump's Father, who doesn't seem to be dressed as anything for that Halloween. He must be a busy guy! :3c

[revelry-in-severity]

Alright, I figured it out

I don't know a thing about the upcoming event, but I'm assuming they all stay a night on whatever trip they're going on. Well, let's make the place haunted and the sekai kids all wake up in a labyrinth after they fall asleep, separated from each other. This place could even be a sekai with how some of the vocaloid songs turn out. They've had some of their character development, but let's bring back some of their older problems and make them face it. Of course, they also have to deal with the spirits chasing them around as they try to figure out what happened. I want this to be a full on Kikuo psychological horror rather than a thriller

They can eventually figure out they're not alone when they shout through the walls, but there's no way to just go straight through them, so they have to actually find their way around

Airi- Pretty simple considering she's the 2*, I've always kind of seen Airi as the guide of the group even when she was uncertain of herself, especially around Minori, except will-o-wisps are meant to lead people away from from destinations which causes her problems when they keep popping up because it seems they know the only path to go through, and she doesn't know where she is in this swamp anymore

Mafuyu- i think she would start off fairly calm considering the circumstances. She likes the quiet and almost considers not leaving immediately. Until the shadows start showing up, asking for help. Only, they sound pretty similar to some of her classmates and she becomes practically hopeless when the hand of her mother follows her between dimensions. Which leads her to believe that she'll never escape no matter how much she walks away

Shizuku- From what I looked up, the spirit next to her might be a Zashiki Warashi? Houses they guard will prosper and if the household manages to drive one away then the house will fall to ruin. Families would take take of their reception rooms so the spirit wouldn't be driven away, but Shizuku isn't exactly in a house right now which partially keeps driving the spirit away from her and bringing bad luck. The spirt would look like a normal little girl in this world and I think she would fall back on her perfect image in order to keep what she thinks is a lost girl safe, especially if the spirit does stay close afterwards

There's a discussion with Tsukasa waiting here

Tsukasa- This is the perfect devil/angel over your shoulder situation which would drive him crazy. He automatically wants to side with the prim and proper kitsune, but sometimes his instincts drive him over to the tanuki, and he's having a really hard time finding a balance. Only, they start talking about all his friends and how they would think when he leaves them behind to get out of here. Again. I know it's an umbrella spirit that represents abandoned items, but what if the sekai plushies start showing up too, wondering why he abandoned them. They're both a recent reminder and items from the past. He tries to reassure them that he didn't do so, only to be thrown off when the kitsune and fox ask who he's talking too

Who's he acting for if there's no one else around here, other than himself, to notice?

Rui-  As I don't think Rui has killed a whole bunch of people, I'm going with the anger option of the Gashadokuro. What if Rui has this built up anger, that he doesn't even realize? Anger over being feared and isolated for simply being himself. Maybe he's even angry about considering the disband of WxS. Only he never wanted or meant to be angry because the lantern spirits, the Chōchin obake, are meant for entertaining children— which is exactly what he wants to continue to do with everyone else. There's a few too many to be comfortable as he tries to run away from the Gashadokuro though

Read that the Gashadokuro could be repelled with specific charms, and what if a certain kitsune disappears from Tsukasa's side sometimes to appear next to Rui. These times just so happen to coincide with the quietness from the bones backing away, and the times where Tsukasa can get hurt or something. Really drive in how much he puts others before himself, or Rui could see him as a lucky charm that continues to save him. Could be both

@emuwu, @2-kakimiko-1 Is this enough of a jrpg/au start? :)

[swarmoftumbleweeds]

Another one of my trainer OCs! And the last one, for now. This time from Pokémon Legends: Arceus. If I was doing a character breakdown like I did for my other trainers, here's how I would do it:

Name: Python

Region: Hisui

Favourite Type: Ghost

Starter: Hisuian Typhlosion

And then his team breakdown would be:

Yūrei (♀️ Hisuian Zoroark, Docile, Wingball)

Chōchin (♂️ Hisuian Typhlosion, Serious, Pokéball)

Naginata (♂️ Hisuian Lilligant, Hasty, Featherball)

Kunoichi (♀️ Sneasler, Quirky, Leadenball)

Jinrō (♀️ Ursaluna, Quiet, Heavyball)

Kendama (⚡ Hisuian Electrode, Brave, Greatball)

As for his story, I know canonically the trainer in Legends: Arceus is a time-traveler from modern day Sinnoh, but I like thinking of my trainer as being from Hisui from the get-go.

I also headcanon Python as being the ancient ancestor of Delphi (my Shining Pearl trainer). I just feel like there's room for a really cool story where Delphi discovered her great-great-several-more-times-great grandfather's old journals, meets his ghost, learns about the plotline of Legends: Arceus. Who knows, maybe she even inherits his Zoroark.

[yokaizuna-sumo]

Here's a preview of a helper yōkai that will be implemented in the game with the power-up rework. Keep an eye out for the Chōchin Obake if you want a buff!

「 Demo / Twitter / Discord 」

[stuckinthewrongworld]

Thank you @the-east-art for updating Nikkomon's In-Training level for me! I'll have to update my poster now. Meet Chouchimon. Named after chōchin lanterns.

[saffronmidnightparade]

There goes Valerie's takoyaki! "What the- a giant pokemon?!" Internally, she is cursing her acrylics. She can't use her capture styler with them. Too late to be mad at that, she has to act!

And her faithful rotom is ready to fight! "Styler, let's go! Shadow ball!"

[1]

Styler leaps out of their pokeball ready to fight.... And then also gets distracted by the flying food and myriad things they could possibly zip into.

In fact that paper lantern on the strings looking REAL Cozy, they're gonna go jump in that and play around- Look, Valerie! They're a Chōchin obake!

[3/10]

[naradivision]

“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” —Lao Tzu

Introduction 🏮

Yuuya Kanata (夏向 勇矢) is the leader of the Nara Division rap battle team, Miraitabi. Easily recognized for his outstanding raw but clear voice, he regularly goes by the moniker “ARROW” in rap battles. A hard-working people person who loves attending so many different part-time jobs in his free time, in fact, his presence in the D.R.B. wasn’t on the government’s plan to begin with. His choice to join the fray is purely coming from a resolve to protect his beloved hometown and a hope to find a way for reuniting with his older sister, but little does he know, this decision will rope him into a bigger issue than he would imagine…

The art belongs to picrew created by pono_trpg (my edit parts: ahoge, left side streak, eye color, momiji pendant, background)

Yuuya is a 19-year-old freshly graduated from high school. He has shaggy and natural reddish hair that descends to the base of his neck with curtain bangs and a left side streak dyed in bright orange color. His hairstyle usually ends up with something like a half-up ponytail. Despite being bestowed with a pretty look, his physique is in a good shape. He has sharp ‘sunset’ colored eyes and slightly long lashes compared to other boys. He also has his lobe piercing on both ears. Outside of his school hours, he prefers wearing something casual, like a t-shirt paired with his favorite jacket, which he may tie around his waist at times. He wears dark gray three-quarter pants along with a pair of black-and-magenta sneakers and color-matched socks. His wrists have several wristbands and hair ties circling aound. Sometimes he also keeps a fanny pack, but what has become his usual trademark is the bronze omamori pendant around his neck. The necklace itself is a memento of his departed father and also carries a symbol of his team, a momiji leaf, thus it means a whole lot to him.

Etymology

Yuuya is written “courage” (勇) and “arrow” (矢)

His name more or less allude to Hamaya (破魔矢), the Demon Breaking Arrow, one of Japanese lucky charms.

Kanata is written “summer” (夏) and “towards” (向)

Aliases

YuuYu  -  Asahi 

Brat / Idiot  -  Saigo

Aniki  -  his classmates

Kanata-kun  -  Gentaro

“Nara boy”

“Siscon”

“Summer” (Figuratively)

— Biographical Info —

Gender:  Male

Age:  19

Ethnicity:  Japanese

Hair Color:  Reddish Orange

Eye Color:  Magenta/ Orange

Height:  175 cm (5’9”)

Weight:  60 kg (132 lbs)

Bloodtype:  A

Birthday:  June 21 (Summer solstice)

Zodiac:  Gemini ♊️ 

Piercings:  Lobes

Markings:  N/A

Headcanon Voiceclaim:  あらき-ARAKI (Rapping)

Family:  

Father (deceased)

Mother (divorced, moved out)

Older sister (moved out)

— D.R.B. Info —

MC Name:  ARROW

Occupation:  University student / Part-timer (various jobs)

Color Theme:  #FE6F5E (Bittersweet)

Division:  Nara

Team:  Miraitabi

Position:  1st member (Leader)

Hypnosis Microphone

Yuuya’s Microphone is a handheld red-orange megaphone scattered with a number of cartoon stickers, featuring attractions in Nara. It reminds him of the device he used when working as a tour guide, the job he takes pride in the most.

His Speakers take after a miniature Shinto shrine which has both left and right side accompanied by two large red pinwheels with round speakers planted at their center. Each side of its eaves is also decorated with double speakers attached to the huge chōchin (paper lantern). But since the shrine’s doors remain closed, what is kept behind them turns into a complete mystery to both himself and everyone. When Yuuya starts rapping, the pinwheels begin to spin. Vibrant fireworks can be seen setting off in the background, their coherent shots are in sync with the tempo of his lyrics. On a further note, the shrine itself seems to display an eerie glow in the dark.

His rap ability, Breakthrough, will auto-activate once he gets exposed to the foreign abilities not originating from his allies, granting him a self-authority to dispel whatever effects enemies try to put on him. If arming this ability with his attacks, it will guarantee a 100% chance of reaching the targets with their amplified potential. His ability can be used infinitely in battle; but the more he gets worked up, the more it will take a drastic toll on his health, both physically and mentally.

Contrasting to his usual homie vibes, Yuuya is no doubt blessed with such a clear and strong voice which goes best with thumping beats and aggressive rhythms. He is pretty creative and decisive at utilizing his talent by showcasing the ability to arrange keys or harmonies on his own whenever he sees fit. His rap themes mostly revolve around his unwavering love for his hometown, his friends, his zest for music, and how this world is so vast you can always find new experiences everyday. Most importantly; he often makes his raps refer to the vibrant yet fleeting impressions of “summer” —sometimes with the melancholic undertone as he mentions people to cherish the time with their loved ones as much as they can before things get too late.

— Personality —

Given the punky looks and reddish hair with a showy streak, people might have a false opinion of him being no more than a delinquent or an average playboy at first. However, the reality is quite the opposite.

Despite his badass feats during the rap battle; Yuuya actually is a responsible, considerate, and hard-working boy who doesn’t mind running around lending his hand to those in need. He sees the best in others and is willing to give his all doing what he can to bring out their potentials. Besides his warm charisma, the passion he has for anything related to ‘music’ isn’t just something to ignore. It first manifests from his father’s influence but soon develops into his own flair. A bit regretful that he seems not likely to keep a high profile, anyone can nonetheless feel captivated by the impression he nails through his performance.

Anyway, being tender to everyone doesn’t mean he is a naive person. He may not be the best in academics (it’s not like he isn’t trying), but he is shown to be quite sharp and perceptive beyond his benign front... His extraordinary people skills are another thing that helps him easily get along with just anybody. Then, what’s more beneath his character? After he has forced himself to become mature earlier in childhood, there he develops a tendency to put on a tough façade, seeking to conceal all the parts he deems to be weak or ‘unpleasant’ to others because deep-down he is only a depressed child who secretly struggle to cope up with his past grief and insecurities. And for your own sake: please refrain from stepping on a landmine by insulting someone he holds dear. Whilst personally hating to hold a grudge toward anyone, he is indeed fiercely protective of those he cares about.

His set of ethics and his wish to grow up as his own individuality are often clashing with a desire to be likeable to others, that’s probably why he appears to be somewhat drawn-back and seems to carry some sense of idealism than most socializers you know.

It is implied in the event of his birthday 2024 that he is prone to be deeply attached to people whom he wants to bond with; for the obvious example, toward his own family. He still harbors this tendency in him but now in the more subdued version of it since he also feels ashamed and afriad of being too needy.

— Fun Facts —

Handedness: Right

Favorite Food: Cup noodles(?), Anything homemade

Least Favorite Food: Anything relate insects

Likes: Diverse genres of music, Animals (esp. fluffy ones), His family and friends, His hometown, Singing, Taking care of others, People, Ramune, Festivals, Fair weather, Discounts

Dislikes: Violence, Dirty jokes, Cigarettes & their smoke, Ghost stories, His weaknesses, Saigo’s annoying attitude, Being babied (except by his older sister), Feeling alone and worthless

— Background —

*To be continued*

Hint: He has a certain link with some canon and horrendous Chuohku member, but the problem is he isn’t yet aware of it.

Trivia

As his surname stands for “summer” season, his birthday is around the arrival of summer when the Northern Hemisphere happens to have the longest period of daylight called “Summer solstice” or “夏至 (Geshi)” in Japan. It is reveled in the event of his birthday 2024 that his birthday is also an anniversary of his father’s death.

He can ride… a bicycle and uses it to go to other places on a regular basis.

He can play both electric and acoustic guitar. The acoustic one he owned is inherited from his father. Moreover, he used to be an active member of his school’s music club. He is also open to do the commissions of mixing audio tracks for clients.

He is currently adopting one Siamese kitten whom he and his team named “Ojou-chan (Milady)” into his care until they could find her real owner —Unbeknownst to them, the kitten also brings her strange “buddy” along from nowhere, who eventually becomes Yuuya’s other roommate and his plus-one to almost every moment of his life.

He is scared of horror things but lately seemed to gain some immune thanks to a certain roommate who loves to pull a prank on him.

He is a big softie with animals and most kinds of them find his presence rather comfortable to be around. Even the aggressive Nara deer are somehow obedient to him.

He is called “Aniki (Big bro)” among peers at school because he used to be the oldest in the class. At the same time because of his friendly and helpful nature, practically everyone in his class or even in the entire town is kinda fond of him. Hence he knows a lot of people as a result.

It looks like Gentaro Yumeno knows his father to some extent, but how?