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Yūrei ( 幽 霊 , ゆうれ い )

Yūrei ( 幽 霊 , ゆうれ い ). Definition. Usually translated as ghosts, but the category is much broader in the Japanese mind frame. Spirits may be a better approximation of the word. Different Types. Tailing boy 後追い小僧 (Ato-oi-kozou) Ghost Fire 人魂 (Hito-dama) Doppleganger 生霊 (Ikiryou)

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Yūrei ( 幽 霊 , ゆうれ い )

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  1. Yūrei (幽霊, ゆうれい)

  2. Definition Usually translated as ghosts, but the category is much broader in the Japanese mind frame. Spirits may be a better approximation of the word.

  3. Different Types • Tailing boy 後追い小僧 (Ato-oi-kozou) • Ghost Fire 人魂 (Hito-dama) • Doppleganger 生霊 (Ikiryou) • Specter 死霊 (Shiryou) • Laboring Maiden 産女 (Ubu-me) • Snow Woman 雪女 (Yuki-Onna) • General Ghost 幽霊 (Yuurei)

  4. Tailing boy 後追い小僧 (Ato-oi-kozou) • Mountain spirits of deceased children originally from anywhere, not just mt. • Young children (4-10) • Dressed in rags and furs • No footprints • Harmless • Get rid of by leaving some food on a rock or stump

  5. Ghost Fire 人魂 (Hito-dama) • Floating ball of fire • Occurs when organic matter decomposes, giving off phosphorous gases • Roaming spirit of dead person

  6. Doppleganger 生霊 (Ikiryou) • Spirits of living people • Looks just like person they originated from • Visible or invisible • Intense negative emotions (envy, jealousy, hate, anger, etc.) • Living person rarely aware • Haunt house of target

  7. Specter 死霊 (Shiryou) • Grotesque • Show signs of death • Extremely violent deaths • Not social or interested in talking • Haunt area, not person

  8. Laboring Maiden 産女 (Ubu-me) • Woman holding baby in arms wearing red skirt, dyed red from recently giving birth • When woman dies during childbirth • Appears near rivers and bridges on rainy nights • Ask stranger to hold baby; if strong enough to hold baby for awhile, freed from ghost condition

  9. Snow Woman 雪女 (Yuki-Onna) • Beautiful young lady • Pale skin • White kimono • Travel around snowy countryside • Freezes people during cold winter nights

  10. General Ghost 幽霊 (Yuurei) • Wandering ghost • Female Is the norm • Beautiful young woman w/ long flowing hair • No legs & lame hands • White kimono • Hitakakushi (triangular piece of paper) • Put on forehead to allow reikon to reunite w/ ancestors

  11. Edo Period Yūrei Ghost Paintings

  12. Maruyama Okyo (1733-1795), The Ghost of Oyuki, Eighteenth Century • Tribute to one of deceased lovers • Scroll painting • Based on dream after woman’s death • Reflection of love and adoration • Beauty of woman in memory and haunting spirit in death

  13. Long straight hair • Erect body • Beckoning hands • Pale clothing • Fragile figure • Fading form

  14. Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861), The Nightly Weeping Rock

  15. Local folktale • Stone marked along Tokaido roadway • Ghost of mother (murdered on road) returns her saved child to husband

  16. Husband • face marked by compassion for murdered wife & the gift of returning their child • Leans away from the ghost due to fear and loathing of the specter

  17. Ghost: • Sadness for her murder, happiness for the rescue of child • Emotional expressions & attitudes are manifestations of their suffering

  18. Contrasting colors • Blue sash of father • Orange robe of baby • Contrasting light • Moon & flame of ghost • Darkness of night • Tension & movement • Duality

  19. Utagawa Kuniyoshi, The Ghost of Oiwa

  20. The Ghost Story of Yotsuya • Avenge death • Fire = anger and desire for revenge • Balding head, disfigured face as result of poison

  21. Continuity • Long black hair • Floating body • Change • More gruesome and vengeful • Hunched position • Explanations • Violence, social upheaval • Empowerment of women

  22. Meiji PeriodPaintings & Scrolls

  23. Kawanabe Kyosai (1830 - 1889) • Known for paintings of ghosts, demons, and supernatural • Different versions of the Night Procession of the Hundred Deomns • Aspects of Buddhist hell • Ghost scrolls, influential in kabuki costume

  24. Buddhist Scrolls • 12th-14th century scrolls painted by Buddhist monks • Depictions of gruesome scenes of Hell • Show Buddhist followers what would happen to them if they committed sins in their earthly lives.  

  25. Kaidan/Kwaidan

  26. Today

  27. Movies

  28. Dark Water (2002) • Koji Suzuki’s short story “Floating Water” • Mitsuko, child ghost, • Appearance • Corpse • Same clothes she died in • Grotesque and disfigured face • No grudge

  29. Ju-On (2003) • Curse of murdered housewife • Appearance • White skin • Big black eyes • Black hair • Solid figures

  30. Kairo (2001) • Appearance: • Solid • Blurred features • Dark

  31. Ringu (1998) • Sadako Yamamura • Appearance: • Long black hair • White dress • Visible limbs • Solid

  32. Anime/Manga

  33. Continuity & Change • Continuity • Transparent, pale, white • Vengeful • Change • Movement away from excessively horrific and gruesome images • Kawaii culture • Change in Audience • Not all bent on revenge

  34. Gakko no Kaidan (Ghost Stories)

  35. Ghost Hound

  36. Ghost Only

  37. I Can’t Sleep Alone

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