The sea monster from folklore has emerged in art, food and fashion as a symbol of hope and pop culture mascot. Its first depiction was in 1846, telling people to draw it and 'be free from disease.'
The words appear to come straight from the beak of a creature with a bird's head, human hair and a fish's scaly body, in a recent public serviceIn the fight against COVID-19, a sea monster has emerged from 19th century Japanese folklore in countless new iterations — from art to food to fashion — as a symbol of hope, an internet"In 1846, Amabie emerged from the ocean and spoke in human language, predicting six years of good harvests, followed by a wave of diseases," says, an...
The creature advised:"Draw me and show to the people, so that you can be free from disease," Komatsu says., Japanese news sheets printed using clay or wood blocks., the earliest written records of which date back some 1,200 years, Komatsu explains. He adds that the Japanese have traditionally drawn yokai through a cathartic process of bringing fears and hopes out of the subconscious and onto paper."In the Edo era, people began to think that yokai do not really exist, and are created by humans," explains Komatsu."And at the same time, people started to enjoy pictures of yokai.""We are in the same situation as the Edo era," Komatsu says."A new disease has come up, and people are terrified.
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