The island of Shōdoshima hosts an annual competition inviting artists to invent modern examples of these creatures, with entries such as a fleshy, toothed pair of heels. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name these supernatural Japanese beings. Toriyama Sekien’s illustrated encyclopedias feature classic examples of these beings like kitsune, as well as others he may have invented entirely.
ANSWER: yōkai [accept ayakashi; or mononoke; or mamono; or bakemono; or obake]
[10m] GeGeGe no Kitarō, a manga that popularized modern spins on yokai, follows the title half-human boy from a tribe of these yokai. Hokusai depicted Oiwa, one of these yokai from a popular kaidan, emerging from a lantern.
ANSWER: ghosts [or yūrei; accept spirits; accept onryō or shiryō or ubume or goryō or funayūrei or fuyūrei or zashiki-warashi; prompt on obake; reject “ikiryō”]
[10h] Images of the amabie, a long-haired, scaly yokai with a beak, circulate online to prevent this phenomenon. Dolls of Shōjō and Daruma were thought to prevent this phenomenon caused by hōsōgami.
ANSWER: illness [accept equivalents like disease, plague, or sickness; accept COVID-19; accept smallpox; reject “death”] (The amabie became popular online in 2020.).
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