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Yunnan in
southwest China which has an
edible corm. It is also
known as
konjaku,
konnyaku potato, devil's tongue,
voodoo lily,
snake palm, or elephant...
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Konjaku Monogatarishū (今昔物語集, lit.
Anthology of
Tales from the Past), also
known as the
Konjaku Monogatari (今昔物語) is a ****anese
collection of over one...
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Konjaku Gazu Zoku
Hyakki (今昔画図続百鬼, "The
Illustrated One
Hundred Demons from the
Present and the Past") is the
second book of ****anese
artist Toriyama...
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Konjaku Hyakki Shūi (今昔百鬼拾遺, "Supplement to The
Hundred Demons from the
Present and the Past") is the
third book of ****anese
artist Toriyama Sekien's...
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reptilian bird
featured in the ****anese
collection of Yōkai pictures, the
Konjaku Gazu Zoku
Hyakki by
Toriyama Sekien published in 1779. Its
picture has...
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Shirataki (****anese: 白滝,
often written with the
hiragana しらたき) are translucent,
gelatinous ****anese
noodles made from the corm of the
konjac plant. They...
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human heads. It
notably appears in the Edo
period Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by
Toriyama Sekien. The
Konjaku Hyakki Shūi
depicts it as a tree
blooming with flowers...
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multiple volumes,
starting with
publications such as the
Nihon Ryōiki and the
Konjaku Monogatarishū, and in
these publications,
mentions of
phenomena such as...
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Diverted by a
Master of
Divination In this tale from the
medieval collection Konjaku Monogatarishū, an
abandoned wife is
found dead with a full head of hair...
- to move, so
ayakashi is used as a
synonym for this type of fish. In the
Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by
Sekien Toriyama, the
ayakashi are
represented by a large...
