remove the labels - Gadgets and Life » terror images http://www.removethelabels.com Gadgets, Graphics, VoIP, Video Games, Deals, Rumors, Rants, Reviews and such. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 22:31:19 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Japanese Yokai Portraits http://www.removethelabels.com/2009/10/24/japanese-yokai-portraits/ http://www.removethelabels.com/2009/10/24/japanese-yokai-portraits/#comments Sat, 24 Oct 2009 14:56:49 +0000 William http://www.removethelabels.com/?p=24863 This month, in the spirit of Halloween, Fukui-based yōkai painter Matt Meyer is creating daily portraits of Japan’s traditional monsters and adding them to his A-Yokai-A-Day collection. Here are a few images from the site, which will be updated with a lovely new terror each day until the end of October.

Kuchisakeonna, the severed-mouth woman --
Kuchisake-onna — slit-mouth woman

Akaname, the bathroom scum licker --
Akaname — bathroom scum licker

Nurarihyon, leader of the yokai --
Nurarihyon — yōkai boss

Yamamba, the mountain hag --
Yama-uba — mountain hag

Hyosube --
Hyōsube — river imp

[Link: A-Yokai-A-Day]

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