The Ghosts of Hokusai
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- Опубліковано 3 лют 2022
- Whilst the Japanese printmaker Hokusai is best known for his masterpiece "Under the Wave off Kanagawa", dig a little deeper and you'll find his wonderfully eerie ghost illustrations. Also known as yokai, his monster prints have been plucked from Japanese folklore.
In his old age, Hokusai made a print series called One Hundred Ghost Stories. His five images have their own legend to accompany them. From the story of Oiwa, a possessed lantern who haunts her treacherous husband. To the Kohada Koheiji, a vengeful corpse that peers over the curtain to watch you sleep.
Where do these monsters come from? And why was Hokusai so fixated by Ghost stories? All this and more, as we step into the ghoulish art of supernatural Japan.
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Further Reading:
Hokusai - Wiki
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Hokusai's Supernatural World
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The Bakemono Zukushi "Monster" Scroll (18th-19th century)
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Hey! What's your favourite yokai?
You.
you are the best
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Hello, I’m a Japanese high school student. I really like Hokusai’s works. I could understand not all English but I’m so happy to have their attraction known by many people on this great video !! Thank you so much!!
Your English is quite good, it is clear what you are saying. Thank you for learning our language!
@@dand4139 Thanks!! I entered a university of foreign language and take classes in English from this spring. Here I’ll learn more about Japan and other countries then I want to get a job to spread Japanese attractions globally in the future!! Sorry for the long reply 🙇♀️
@@tokoha115 your English seems better than it did 2 months ago, better grammar mainly
Your English is great, don’t worry!
@Vini Yellow lmfao
Yama isn't evil, he's just the judge of the souls of the dead. He's generally considered a severe, but fair, god. He's even considered one of the 12 Guardian Devas of Japanese Buddhism.
He actually originated from the hindu god Yama , who is the god of death , he comes to Earth to take your soul to the heaven/hell .
@@shukrantpatil Same metaphysical being; different cultural interpretations.
So, then why was the lady named Oiwa "condemned to roam the earth" as a ghost? The poor woman was poisoned by her crook husband. Why did she have to suffer further?
@@StopFear Does King Yama appear in the story of Oiwa? No, so I'm not sure how that would be relevant, even if it weren't made up for a play and not an ancient folktale.
Sounds like a wicked piece of junk. Filthy underworld myth.
A funny thing about the great wave print: there's a pretty big mistake in almost all its representations. If you look at the boat in the back, the one near mount Fuji, you will see the part at the front is dark grey, while the same part on the front boat is white.
This is basically a mistake in the woodblocks. At one point, either Hokusai or other printmakers put this part of the boat on the same layer as the sky layer, giving it the same dark grey as the sky.
It's a detail you can't miss once you know it.
Cool!! Nice
This happens to this very day in those JoJo colored scans goddammit
@@fellinuxvi3541 LMAO
@@fellinuxvi3541 yeah like somebody misprinted Giorno's lady bug brooch with Diavolo's skin and accidentally made the lady bug skin colored
Find it funny that misprints of color are still that common over there
Neat!
Hokusai's animal sketches are the best - so full of life and character.
As far as i know, Yama the god of death isn't evil in eastern mythology. He does his job of collecting the dead, there's nothing evil about him.
It's like associating the Netherworld with Hell; it's rooted in a lot of modern beliefs of the Underworld or Death being associated with Hell. Even though this is not always the case.
He origins from the hindu god of death and justice , who is named Yama as well .
So he's like a bus driver, just doing his job.
This was on an episode of charmed
The quality of these videos is unmatched by anything I have ever seen on the UA-cam platform. keep up the great work.
FACTS, i just wished he uploaded more often and somehow come up with crazier things to go off about ❤️❤️
Agreed!
Check out NerdWriter, arguably even higher quality.
Lol you must watch some garbage if this channel is the best you've seen on here.
Check out Blind Dweller
Yama isn't always seen as evil. He's in many traditions an administrator of the afterworld.
A more no nonsense version of the god Hades in some aspect.
Sometimes there's versions where he's helped by two spirits. One in dark robes, one in white.
These two escort the spirit to appear before Yama to be judged.
Sometimes these two would recount the deeds of the dead for Yama to hear, or in some versions they'd add additional info to the circumstances to why the dead did what they did in life.
Then Yama's judgement comes. If you're sent to go through the left door, you're bound for some form of punishment. If you go to the right, you're receiving your rewards.
In another version you're given a passport of sort based on the weighing of two reports, if your bad left side report is bigger than your good right one, you'll be handed a passport that is given to your left hand and you'll face repercussions. If the good one is better, you get one on your right and you'll face rewards.
Depending on who you ask, this could mean some time in a form of purgatory or bliss, an eternal form of either or both after the punishment is given, or the rewards and punishments is given when you reincarnate.
This is not a complete version of the whole process, there's variations to it and some variations (or parts of the story) have also managed to find their way in other beliefs that probably do not have anything of an equivalent to Yama and his court.
You might not find all this in books or something that's written down because lots of them are handed down through word of mouth. So there's that angle.
Apologies if there's something wrong or incorrect or incomplete in what I've written. No offense was intended.
I believe it's just due to the bad reputation of being associated with the Underworld or the Netherworld that gives these gods or deities some bad rep. Thanks to our modern society associating the Netherworld or Underworld as Hell, we too, associate Yama or Hades or Anubis and any other gods that may relate to hell as evil.
@@louisantonio2462 yama is actually a hindu god of death and justice and in India we respect him and there are also a few festivals dedicated to that god . He went on to be a buddhist god and then a shinto god later on .
That is interesting. So is Yama the inspiration behind Enma or is that different?
I am a big fan of Hokusai. Thank you for covering his art in such depth. Also here is some trivia. The origin of Yama dates back to Hindu mythology. Yama was originally the Hindu God of underworld, spirits, and death. He is accompanied by a black bull.
Hokusai's work really inspired the way I draw landscapes when I saw them as a kid. I was super into traditional Japanese art as a child thanks to getting into anime young, and alot of that interest has stuck with me into adulthood.
Oooh, spooky Japanese stuff is my jam!
Edit: I hadn't heard of the game "hyakumonogatari" but a fun fact is that the name literally translates to "hundred stories" so that's cool! Also, thank you for also showing the kanji when you put a word like that on screen, it's useful for those learning Japanese, too!
Same
the tenth episode of xxxholic is about the hyakumonogatari. it's a great episode if you're interested.
Lol basically it's what Americans do on campouts but with a touch of the Bloody Mary game.
love these videos, hochelaga! and for some reason, it's your voice that ties it all together. i can't help but wonder that if you had any other sort of accent or pitch, it wouldn't be as perfect as it is. your voice is incredibly soothing and unique, and your editing and scripting and everything else is superb. please keep up the good work, i love it.
His accent IMO makes him sound instantly, smart.
I love your mythology videos, you always bring a really insightful knowledge of culture and stories! I can’t wait to hear more from you and see what my friend (I’m sending this to them) thinks of this.
with mythology and folklore like this, it’s no wonder anime is so strange
So you’re saying steven universe, gravity falls, Rick and morty or even regular show are not strange?
@@Stevie-J they probably think America is the only country that’s “normal”
@@Stevie-J couldn’t agree with you more my guy. I just can’t handle close minded people lol
Incredible video. I really like the idea of the telling ghost stories blowing candles out after each one.
Greatly put together video with super narration and great animation. I’m currently obsessing over yokai, yurei and the art of Hiroshige and Hokusai.
I just attended Katsucon, and one of the presenters there was my friend Charles Dunbar. He had a panel about yokai and yurei, and recommended looking into Hokusai's yokai art. So this got recommended to me at the perfect time.
aww snap! as a nikkei-jin I'm very excited that hochelaga is covering Japanese folklore
Ukiyo-e prints were one of the reasons I ended up as a printmaking major in college. Love the style and great video as always. Another great Edo period artist to check out is Itō Jakuchū
Have you seen _David Bull’s_ channel?
I hopped on UA-cam specifically to watch one of your vids just now. What a treat to find this new one!! Thank you, my friend.
Loving the Yokai! Love seeing this kind of content
I adore this chanel so freaking much I didn't expect to see Japanese related videos but am so glad I did !! I hope we know more about their folklore through this channel .
Your videos are always such a treat. Keep 'em coming sir.
Awesome vid! I love the world of Yokai, the creatures and their stories are always so interesting
I love that the channels intro is short and sweet. Not time padding or obnoxious. Havent paid much attention til now after 10's of videos .
Thanks for making these videos! They are so exciting! Cant wait for your next vids!
Stumbled upon this channel and I’m so grateful.
Continue the wonderful work!
This is magnificent work. You're the most professional UA-camr I've ever encountered.
I love old Japanese folklore stuff like this, especially yokai! This video was phenomenal.
You should look up the anime (or manga if you don’t like anime) Mushishi about mushi. Mushi are like natural spirits that are more like animals unlike yokai which are more human like. Think like pests or bugs or infections but no cruel intentions. It follows a man named Ginko who is kinda like a mushi doctor as he travels around areas and helps people with mushi issues. It’s all non violent and slow paced and is very folklore oriented.
@@thomascoolidge2161 funnily enough, I’ve been planning on watching that actually. I’ll definitely watch it soon.
@@ballboats2719 Its amazing and worth it!
@@thomascoolidge2161 good to hear!
Your Channel is easily one of my favorites right now, the videos are so good !!
Thank you for including that Batman slapping Robin panel, which I have seen used elsewhere. I suspect it came from one of those "imaginary stories" DC Comics published when I was a child (I'm 68). For myself, that was a bonus. I also thank you for showing more of Hokusai's artwork and the context.
This one felt so short! Please make another one featuring the karakasa obake, the nekomata, and others!
Hochelaga and Wendigoon are the only UA-camrs that make me audibly gasp out of excitement when they release new content
Hokusai is so damn good
He's my favorite
Solid content as always. I'm so glad to have found your channel.
Very good editing.
I mean when literally anything can become a yokai even umbrellas or shoes, and you have so many other demons to choose from you are kinda supersaturated with inspiration, no wonder he made so many cool cuts
Oh thank you for another wonderful video !! you gave us another dose of knowledge !!! best wishes from Poland !!🥰
Love all the stuff you put out especially this. Great content.
I cannot believe I have not found your channel sooner. Excellent quality and incredible content. 👏
Great content as always! I didn't know about Hokusai's work on yokai so thanks a lot!
Thank you for this! I really enjoyed it, as I do all of your content. 💜💜💜
Thank you for the art info, they are beautiful works that I did not know had a connection.
One thing, this is according to a channel I follow run by a guy from and in Japan who focuses on Japans culture, history and current social issues. The channel is "Ask Shogo" just you know my source:
Yokai is not defined as a ghost, Yurei is the word for ghost. At least according to Shogo who is from japan and his videos discuss japanese social culture, history, traditions, etc. Yokai can be literally anything from a tree to a shoe to a lantern to a chimera to a monster, or "things that have souls in them" whereas Yurei are specifically the souls of the deceased. In Kanji "Yu" means confinement or imprisonment and "Rei" means spirit according to Shogo which he said was an easy way to remember it.
Yokai is believed to be rooted in Shinto which is polytheistic and believes even ordinary objects can take on a soul of their own, Yokai are believed to have been thought up as a means of explaining the unknown like noises in the night or creaking floor boards in an otherwise empty house.
He has a video specifically on the difference between the two if you want to investigate, maybe even collab as he seems to be a very good natured guy with a lot of knowledge on Japanese culture and more. Always love seeing collabs between educational channels.
As for a favorite Yokai Im gonna have to go with the Kamaitachi, I loved swords and the many ways warriors used them and how they regarded them and always have since I was very little so a large Razor weasel whos tail and claws are all long sharp blades and they can move so fast they look like small tornados. They are NOT friendly but they are very cool (and have appeared in anime before) which is basically a rule you apply to most wildlife anyway, respect their power and appreciate their amazing capabilities but be aware you are just food to them as is the way of nature, nothing personal.
I am not Japanese, just an American millennial who grew up with Toonami animes and a fascination with the Samurai, developed an appreciation for the culture and its people. I imagine a common story for a lot of us who grew up in the 90s and 2000s in the US.
awesome video! glad this stuff was introduced to me
I watched the film Miss Hokusai and I remember seeing one spooky part involving spirits. Really interesting vid!
Great video once again, thanks for all the effort!
Such a wonderful video and great taste in choosing the best possible manga as an example
Love your channel!!
Phenomenal production quality. You never disappoint
Loved this video, very well put together
I always liked Japanese art, but thanks to this video I dove into the work of Hokusai. The end result: now I have the horse rider from Shika Shashin-kyo tattooed on my arm. His work - and especially that one - really spoke to me.
I watched a t.v. documentary on the Great Wave Print. 1 interesting story mentioned is that Hokusai the Artist had a grandson who was addicted to gambling, so addicted that he gambled away most of the family posessions much to his grandfather's dismay. It took old Hokusai a great amount of time & effort to get back on stable footing.
Love your video hochelaga ,but I felt need to note that yama was the king of the underworld but he is not an evil diety he was just a judge that decide whether you are going to be punished in hell (jigoku) or not ,he wasn't evil I've just fear people will get misinform with this small sentence since a sentence can change a person perspective (I didn't want any changes or edit toward this video I love it )anyway here is just a small notice about yama so that misinformation won't be spread especially with the concept about the underworld deity (we don't want people to see that every underworld deity as an evil deity,its just felt wrong doing this)
Anyway in case you read this I've hope you will be able to make some video about some eastern culture there always alot of interesting stuff in it's legend and myth but it's always up to you
This video was awesome 🤩 it was informative and aesthetically pleasing! Thx for sharing
Yesssss, one of my favourite topics and one of my favourite artists!!
Now THIS is what I like to see! Keep up the good work, man!
Love your content dude, keep it up
Really nice solid video, thank you for your effort!
That was amazing, but at the same time, so terrifying. Great video!
I loved this video man. Keep em coming!
This channel can't be more underrated.
Beautiful quality of your video!
So….. it’s 2023 and I remember this premiering on tv and I was barely a teenager but fell in love with this song and for years could not remember who sung it lol 😅 all I remembered were the beach views and the voice but here I am now vibing to dis song look how far we’ve come
two videos within a single week? We are truly being spoiled by hochelaga.
Hi! I found you Channel last week and I love your videos. They are so well thought out and presented ❤️😊
Excellent video mate.
I got so see some original woodblock art in a gallery of the Hokusais yokai once.
Definitely a highlight of my life.
(I went twice)
The Kohada Koheiji one is my favorite
BRo your stuff is next level Really enjoyed bingeing your channel!
I love your videos ! Your channel is one of my favorites! 🙂💖
I have always loved yokais and yureis.
And also... Damn... I forgot the name... Okudoku?
I love Hokusai’s work, great video!
it's gotten to a point where whenever you post a new video, I just automatically like it. I won't be able to watch this until later tonight, but your content is amazing. Thank you!
What a lovely video Idea! Very entertaining! Consider making a series out of this! Much Love🤍
Really great video! Interesting info, very well presented. Nice work!
Just found your channel today and i am really enjoying the videos keep up the amazing work
Videos like this are actually a brilliant resource for teaching English to Japanese English students because they can relate to what's being taught, they get to learn something about their own culture that's often new to them, they get to learn how their culture is viewed outside of Japan and they get to learn it via a native English speaker.
Way better than doing grammar and pronunciation drills.
This is the only UA-cam channel I look forward to. Ironically also the only UA-cam channel where I must wait to watch a new upload with my gf
I love this but I am fascinated by folklore and the supernatural, so this is right up my alley!
a hochelaga video about my favorite japanese artist? must be my lucky day
Nice and interesting videos, in some moment I felt you tube recommendations were boring and then I got here, I hope you can get more subscribers your content is excellent
I've seen that wave painting before but didn't know the origin. Thanks for letting me know
Hochelaga you keep amazing me with every video you make, you are a dream come true of a UA-cam channel, and I have a suggestion for you. Please make a tome of all of these amazing historical curiosities, I’ve always dreamt of making one myself but haven’t has the chance to, I would love to see even a series of books made by you with all of these!
I love the differences between Hokusai and Kunishige
i love this channel so much, keep it up ✌️
Fascinating, thank you 🙏
Yay I'm early today, I love your channel 💗💗💗
lmao the caption at 3:04 "because of course it does"
Thanks Hoochielogo!
really enjoy this one
good job bro
Brilliant video!
Always loved ukiyo-e. Appreciate the vid
Love the content!!! :)
I NEED MOREEEEEEEEE. THE VOICE AND THE INFO AND EVERYTHING. I WANT ALL OF ITTTT
Fantastic video!
THIS IS SUCH GOOD CONTENT 😭😭
Quality keeps skyrocketing, congrats my guy
this is one of the coolest videos i’ve ever seen on youtube
I truly wish your videos were longer, specially in the description of the yokai or on any topic while we’re at it
interesting is the blue pigment used by hokusai was invented in germany and called berliner blau, arrived to japan through china in the 1700... so withouth europe chemistry these beautiful blue pictures would not be there in the first place
How did you know that I was researching this?! I love everything about ancient art, and I was so excited to see that he had also done some of the coolest demon paintings I've ever seen. Please do more like this, I would love to see some ancient Hindu or Islamic art, all of it is so interesting!