#Japanese faceless ghost

[my-plastic-life]

Today's #dolltober2023 theme on Instagram is "Sheet Ghost." Kiyomi Haunterly is the daughter of the Noppera-bō (Japanese faceless ghost).

The Noppera-bō (のっぺらぼう), or faceless ghost, is a Japanese yōkai (strange apparition) that looks like a human but has no face. They are known primarily for frightening humans, but are usually otherwise harmless. They appear at first as ordinary human beings, sometimes impersonating someone familiar to the victim, before causing their features to disappear, leaving a blank, smooth sheet of skin where their face should be. Hence today's theme!

Noppera-bō are sometimes mistakenly referred to as a mujina, an old Japanese word for a badger or raccoon dog. Although the mujina can assume the form of the other, noppera-bō are usually disguised as humans. Such creatures were thought to sometimes transform themselves into noppera-bō in order to frighten humans.

#my plastic life #tenderwolf #doll photography #one sixth scale #monster high #kiyomi haunterly #monster high kiyomi #japanese faceless ghost #Noppera-bō #ghost #dolltober2023 #myfroggystufffanpics

[briefbestiary]

Yokai with a penchant for mobilizing in large groups in order to frighten unsuspecting people. They are quite dramatic in doing so, "I saw a person with no face," the victim might say, and the response "You mean like this?" as they wipe off their own disguise.

#BriefBestiary #bestiary #digital art #fantasy #folklore #legend #myth #mythology #noppera-bō #nopperabo #japanese folklore #japanese urban legend #yokai #youkai #faceless #urban legend #japanese ghost story

[weeklythings]

🐉 mythical being of the week: Noppera-bō

 a Japanese yōkai that looks like a human but has no face, known for frightening humans, but usually harmless. they can also be a disguise of a mujina, a fox kitsune, or a tanuki.

#mythical creatures #mythical creature #mythical being #mythical beings #mythical being of the week #nopperabo #noppera bo #ghost #faceless #faceless ghost #japanese ghost #japanese ghosts #tw ed #tw horror

[darksilvania]

Kroelian RALTS, KIRLIA, GARDEVOIR, Mega GARDEVOIR, GALLADE & Mega GALLADE RALTS, KIRLIA, GARDEVOIR & Mega GARDEVOIR are Ghost/Psychic type GALLADE & Mega GALLADE are Ghost/Fighting type

RALTS is based on a Yurei, a traditional japanese ghost, they can be found wandering during the nights and when they found a person they like, they will start following them from afar, they can do this for hours, and even follow them home

KIRLIA is based on 2 Yokai, a mix of the Rokurokubi, the long necked female yokai and Taka-Onna, a yokai that could stretch her body to spy through windows, this pokemon likes to spy people it likes through their windows, stretching their necks to reach them if they are too high, some people say their necks cant stretch several stories high.

GARDEVOIR is based on the modern urban legend of Hachishakusama, the 8ft tall woman, it likes to follow people around, specially children which she protects and play with Mega GARDEVOIR is inspired in the RE8 character of Alcina Dimitrescu who is also partially inspired in the Hachishakusama legend, so it felt right, like gardevoir it also likes to follow and protect children, but it is more aggresive when it comes to protecting them, being able to stretch its fingers into long sharp claws

GALLADE is based on a mix of the Noppera-bō, a faceless yokai that likes to scare people, and the urban legend of slenderman, to mirror GARDEVOIR being based also in a modern urban legend Mega GALLADE is based on the Gashadokuro, a giant skeleton yokai, mostly to keep the theme of being really tall, it is even taller than Mega GARDEVOIR

#pokemon #fakemon #fake pokemon #yokai #japanese mythology #urban legend #cryptid #ghost pokemon #ghost fakemon #ghost type #psychic type #psychic pokemon #psychic fakemon #fighting type #fighting pokemon #fighting fakemon #slenderman #lady dimistrecu #alcina dimitrescu #regional form #regional variant

[dolljunk]

I've been searching for a Kiyomi without her limbs missing for a not too costly price, and I eventually found one. I know she's a super popular character, and prices tend to reflect that, but I knew if I got one, I had to repaint her because I was never a fan of her face, even when it was brand new.

I really like the concept of her being a faceless ghost, but I wasn't a fan of how her heavily sculpted eyelid interacted with her paint or how flat it seemed, so I opted to keep her brows and lips but doing things to my taste.

One of the things I really liked about Kiyomi's sculpt is that everything below her eyes is a pretty close sculpt to the G1 Draculaura head, and I really wanted to lean into that when doing her face.

For her face, I actually looked into Japanese gyaru makeup as I felt the white makeup was a good touchstone to approaching the face as well as referencing Draculaura for her face too.

I decided not to give her upper lashes but rather emphasise her eyelids as she was a faceless ghost and had no other features to really push when doing her.

I'm really happy with how she turned out though as I know she's a popular character and I wanted to honour her character as best I could.

[marmotish]

Yo Freyja be cuddling up to a noppera-bō

(*pulled from wikipedia* The noppera-bō (のっぺらぼう) or 野箆坊, or faceless ghost, is a Japanese yōkai that looks like a human but has no face. )

Bro decided to have fun for one night and is now confused by the courting customs of modern-day British human magic folk bc he happened to sit next to the wrong drunk witch 😆😆😆😆😆

Bro is never going back to that bar again 😂😂

like he just wanted to chill out and maybe meet some cool people and now he’s stuck with a drunk witch who’s singing the Cranberries

((as soon as I read “faceless ghost” I immediately thought of No-Face from Spirited Away so I gave him a mask to wear so he wouldn’t scare people outside with his empty face 😅))

#hogwarts mystery #hphm mc #freyja young #ask #anonymous #i read the wiki article on noppera-bō and apart from freaking people out with their blank faces they’re kinda harmless? #just scaring people for shits and giggles seems to be their deal idk

[papiliomame]

Comic: Reflections of Hearts Desire

Ectoberweek 2022

31. Folk Tales

Hey Paulina, have you heard about this rumor of how to summon Phantom? He will come to you and will fulfill your deepest desires! It goes like this…

Full comic under the cut. Contains face horror and mirror scare!

Longpost warning!

Was this all a dream after all? Or was it just a simple prank of one mischievous ghost of the many ghost who visits Amity Park? Or is it a completely different entity behind all this who is planning something more sinister…?

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Have you ever wondered what happened to Paulinas mother? Yeah, me neither… until two and a half weeks ago! After my horror video for ectoberhaunt this idea popped into my head and I was working on it until now. The folk tales which inspired this comic are the urban legend of " Bloody Mary" and the japanese ghost story about the Noppera-bō (faceless yokai). The japanese folk tales are collected in the "Kwaidan" by Lafcadio Hearn for the western audience, this is like the japanese version of the "Brothers Grimm" stories from european folk lore. The Noppera-bō are described as mischievous yokais who appear as ordinary humans before scare the humans by showing their faceless face head to get a good laugh. After reading this I thought thats like 100% Amorphos personality! I headcanon that Amorphos ghost lair is a room full of mask (with the appearance of his past victims) or full of mirrors to remind himself that he has no face and can be anyone or no one. This is where the "Bloody Mary" tale comes into play. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed my little comic and happy Halloween!

#ectoberweek2022 #day 31 #folk tales #fan comic #ectober 2022 #paulina sanchez #danny phantom #ghost zone #cw mirror scare #cw face horror #fan art #my comic #long post #digital art #horror comic #the true horror is how much I needed to compress the gif so that I can upload it #my art

[5ecardaday]

Yokaitober, Days 9-12

Helping to shorten the gap between the current date and how many yokai I've actually posted, here's Days 9-12 of my Yokaitober project. This set includes the kamakiri, a goblin cosplaying Edward Scissorhands who's obsessed with cutting hair; the shirime, a spooky faceless ghost that's desperate to flash you its eye; the tenjoname, a naked monster covered in paper strips who licks the grim off your ceilings; and the maikubi, the severed heads of three samurai who just couldn't stop fighting.

If you're unfamiliar with Japanese folklore, this assemblage of creatures probably reads like a demonic fever-dream. If you have even a passing knowledge of yokai, then you know these are really just par for the course. Okay, so maybe the shirime is pretty out there, but it's also not the strangest example of Japanese humor.

Regardless of whether you find these yokai creepy, funny, or unexplainably cute, they're all here for you to use in your own games of 5e. If you're interested in more yokai like these, as well as other 5th edition homebrew including subclasses, magic items, other monsters, and more, be sure to check out my Patreon. You can choose to support me there for as little as $2/month, or even just sign up to follow me and get alerts about when I release new stuff.

#dnd #dnd 5e #yokai #dnd homebrew #promptober #yokaitober #monster #cr 1 #fiend #kamakiri #cr 2 #humanoid #shirime #cr 4 #monstrosity #tenjoname #cr 9 #undead #maikubi

[dionaeafl]

回路！

In Kiyoshi Kurosawa's 2001 horror film "Pulse" (known in Japanese as 回路かいろ "Kairo"), the internet isn't just a place to connect – it's a yawning abyss of loneliness, threatening to swallow any user whole. The story unfolds in Tokyo, the most populous and densely-packed city on the face of the Earth, yet where our characters feel utterly alone. This isolation fuels a supernatural horror unlike any other, where ghosts aren't confined to graveyards, but slither through the very cables promising connection.

Pulse follows several characters, their paths converging as a strange phenomenon grips the city. Many residents begin inexplicably taking their own lives, and those left behind are plagued by disturbing visions – pale, faceless figures appearing on computer screens. This imagery isn't just jump scares; it's a slow, creeping dread. The faces represent a surge of loneliness, a hollowness that spills out of the internet and into the real world.

Michi, a young woman working at a computer help desk, witnesses this firsthand. People call in, their voices laced with terror, describing the spectral encounters. The internet, supposed to bridge distances, has begun its transformation into the existential garbage disposal we know today. Meanwhile, Ryosuke, a hacker, stumbles upon a disturbing website promising a connection so complete, it erases your very existence. This website embodies the film's central fear: the internet as a Faustian bargain: it can connect you to anyone in the world instantaneously but at the cost of your sense of self and reality.

Kurosawa's cinematography is absolutely on point for the whole film. We see characters dwarfed by empty apartments, their faces illuminated by the cold glow of computer screens. The sterile hum of technology underscores the lack of human connection. The ghosts themselves are unsettling – distorted figures with vacant eyes, mirroring the emptiness they represent. The hollowness of their eyes showing clearly the yawning gap between reality and internet simulation they experienced before dying.

The film doesn't shy away from the dark side of human connection in the digital age. We see people using the internet for fleeting moments of intimacy in online chatrooms, only to be left feeling more isolated afterward. The characters yearn for connection, yet their attempts through technology only push them further away. Like a digital Chinese finger trap: the harder you try to force it, the worse you're stuck.

Pulse isn't a film that relies on gore or jump scares. It's a slow burn, a meditation on the anxieties of a hyper-connected world. It forces us to confront the chilling possibility that the very tool designed to bring us together might be driving us apart (honestly "might" isn't even necessary). Even today, the film feels eerily relevant. Social media can be a breeding ground for loneliness, with carefully curated online personas masking the emptiness underneath. A neologism for this phenomenon is "parasocial". Pulse serves as a stark reminder of the importance of face-to-face human connection in a world entirely dominated by screens. It's a film that will stay with me like Ghost in the Shell or Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade have.

#japanese film

[barbiechick]

Kiyomi Haunterly, Monster High, Haunted: Student Spirits Series, 2014 👻💙💜

I always knew she was a ghost, but i never knew that she was the daughter of the Noppera-bo – a faceless Japanese ghost, thats so cool!!!

#monster high #kiyomi haunterly #haunted #my dolls #monster high dolls #monster high collector #monster high collection #monster high kiyomi haunterly

[timhak13x]

Fan-made Short Wars Clone

Name: Clone Mythology Guy/Misorogui - Misorogui is a Noppera-bō a faceless ghost species from Japanese Mythology - Mimics the creator The Mythology Guy - Joins the Boss to take over both Youtube Shorts and Tiktok - He takes The Mythology Guy's Tiktok and Shorts' account over and when recording mimics The Mythology Guy features - Just sounds really sick when mimicking someone

#shorts wars #fan-made clone #the mythology guy #fan made characters

[mediaevalmusereads]

Japanese Ghost Stories. By Lafcadio Hearn (ed. Paul Murray). Penguin Books, 2019.

Rating: 4/5 stars

Genre: Japanese folklore, late 19th-early 20th century literature

Series: N/A

Summary: In this collection of classic ghost stories from Japan, beautiful princesses turn out to be frogs, paintings come alive, deadly spectral brides haunt the living, and a samurai delivers the baby of a Shinto goddess with mystical help. Here are all the phantoms and ghouls of Japanese folklore: 'rokuro-kubi', whose heads separate from their bodies at night; 'jikininki', or flesh-eating goblins; and terrifying faceless 'mujina' who haunt lonely neighbourhoods. Lafcadio Hearn, a master storyteller, drew on traditional Japanese folklore, infused with memories of his own haunted childhood in Ireland, to create these chilling tales. They are today regarded in Japan as classics in their own right.

***Full review below.***

Content Warnings: blood, body horror, violence

Since this book is an anthology, my review will be structured a little different from normal.

I picked up this book on a whim. I saw it at a book store, and I generally like Penguin Classics, so I figured I'd expand on my knowledge of spooky stuff and give Japanese Ghost Stories a whirl.

Overall, I think this is a good collection, particularly because it focuses on the work of one historic writer/translator: Lafcadio Hearn. I didn't know anything about him going into this book, but the introduction gives readers a pretty good overview about his life, so I found it very helpful. The intro also helped me to orient myself in the time period and literary movements in which Hearn was working and reminded me that what we're reading isn't necessarily Japanese literature written by Japanese people (though it kind of is), but a late 19th-early 20th century translator's interpretation of Japanese tales. While we may have some qualms over who is allowed to tell what stories, I do think studying the work of translators like Hearn tells us something about the literary movements of the time and the way Orientalism may or may not function, so for that, this book is incredibly useful.

But that being said, I can't say I walked away with a greater understanding of Japanese folklore. I gleaned what I could through osmosis, but I found it very difficult to understand certain parts of the tales because infornation is split between footnotes and endnotes. There also wasn't a lot of critical apparata to help assist me with putting Hearn's work in a Japanese context, so it was difficult to connect individual stories to particular aspects of Japanese history or culture. Perhaps this is beyond the scope of the book, though, because it's not really a collection of Japanese Ghost Stories but a collection of Hearn's Japanese Ghost Stories. I think that distinction is important and will affect how readers approach this volume.

TL;DR: Japanese Ghost Stories is a good collection of tales that focuses on the translation work of a single author at the turn of the century. While the Penguin edition offers little in terms of critical support and can be difficult to read because of the split between footnotes and endnotes, overall, the selection is good and each tale is short enough for readers to get a quick scare between other reads or at free moments throughout the day.

[fullmoonfireball]

finally snapped and decided to Monster High-ify some of the monster AU designs because I’ve had that idea rotating in my brain for a while now

some notes under the cut if you’re inch rested

Jazz:

Aspmine is... a real stretch of a pun, I know, but I couldn’t come up with anything better. I considered “Jaserpent”, but that felt way too clumsy. and yes it DOES feel weird to spell her name with an E at the end, but “Aspmin” didn’t look right. also I changed his last name/parentage to fit MH’s continuity better.

Asp’s style is overall wintery, with a bit of greek influence and a healthy does of accessories (pins, patches, etc.)

the hair+hat was inspired by Deb from The Guy Who Didn’t Like Musicals, because their normal “haircut” didn’t quite fit the MH vibe unfortunately 😔

I know logically I should’ve made their mouth look more cute/feminine with lipstick and such (probably something comparable to Venus McFlytrap’s mouth), but I’m too attached to monster!Jazz’s =} face to draw him any other way

the ‘snake’ around Asp’s neck isn’t real. it’s just a fancy knit scarf. the belt, however, is snakeskin! or it’s supposed to look like it, at least.

the other Gorgon characters have legs, I know, but hear me out. I hate drawing high heels. Deuce and Viperine look pretty different in terms of monstrous features, and there are Monster High dolls with tails instead of legs, so I think I can keep her shape the same, as a treat. plus it reflects the og AU’s Weirdness in their family (with having some cockatrice in the family, which helps a little to explain how her cousin is a siren)

Guy:

yeah I... couldn’t figure out a good pun for him. I tried to work in a “John Doe” angle because of how “Guy” (pronounced like “gi”) looks like the word “guy”, and noppera-bō are faceless, but I couldn’t make it flow right. so instead, his last name is just “whose face” (誰の顔) bc it was the best thing I could come up with

unlike Jazz, I didn’t decide to tweak his family to be related to Kiyomi Haunterly. nothing against her (I haven’t even seen Haunted), but noppera-bō are generic yōkai and as opposed to specific individuals like the Gorgon sisters, and if other generic creatures can have multiple unrelated characters, so can they.

I had to give ONE of these boys that Generic Manster Drip™, and with Guy being a jock who I often portray in a letterman jacket... yeah, he was the obvious target. I think I managed to spice it up enough to 1) show that he’s fashionable “despite” being a jock, and 2) add enough monstrous flare to it, though.

I thought about adding more distinctly Japanese elements to their outfit (kind of like Kiyomi’s sailor collar necklace...thing) but I wasn’t sure how to go about it. the popular male school uniform didn’t combine well with the letterman jacket look, and putting a buttonup shirt under the jacket made him look too formal for these purposes.

yes, the back pack is meant to be a stand-in for JPG’s.. JP. not much to say about it other than the fact I’m probably a little too proud of the transparency effect with it and his hand.

speaking of the transparency, I’m actually pretty happy with how it looks on him! I usually portray monster!Guy as just a normal-looking guy until he wipes his face off, since that’s how noppera-bō are, but the more ghostly elements were really fun to add, honestly. the white lines for the face especially were a little tricky, but look really satisfying!

I also made his hair lighter and a bit ‘cloudy’ to capture the look that most MH ghosts have with their flowy hair, while still keeping it the texture intact.

Rookie:

coming up with a good name for him was a pain in the ass. I tried to do something based off “transform” (bc heehee he’s trans), but it didn’t feel right. I also tried using “Buddy” as his ‘nickname’ for a while since Dog, but I eventually settled on using his original ‘nickname’, because it offered a funny bit of irony when paired with him being a werewolf. the last name also might have been stolen from an ancient MH OC of mine, but we don’t need to delve into that.

I still don’t really know how his family situation works in the actual AU, but here he and his siblings (a harpy and a merrow) are the adoptive children of a shapeshifter and... probably a living sculpture? I haven’t actually decided for sure what Polaris and Callie Graphee are in the main AU yet.

technically, Rookie’s a wulver and not a werewolf in the monster AU, but even ignoring some jokes I’ve made about the idea of his AU self being a werewolf... he’s literally a werewolf in canon. I’m allowed to take this “liberty”.

okay, onto actual design notes! I tried to keep his summery Funnie Guy fashion style from canon but... he turned out a lot more alt than I intended? I don’t dislike it, but it’s interesting that the look ended up taking such a turn without my intent.

at first I tried to give him the letterman jacket, because I think it’s an underrated look for him, but... yeah no. too plain, and it felt redundant with Guy.

the suspenders were inspired by SCPPS’s design for Director!Rookie, because I think the loose suspenders are very charming on him!

decided to go with torn capris instead of his typical shorts to fit the MH vibe (since shorts are usually relegated to sport or beach lines), as well as emphasize the werewolf vibe.

to finish off that werewolf vibe, I decided to give him a collar choker, mostly inspired by the werewolves in Fright On!, albeit styled more like a normal dog collar than the spiked ones they have.

#Vesper's Art #Ace #Vesper's OCs #Jasmin #Jet Pack Guy #Rookie #monster AU #miscellaneous unnamed AUs #bc this is technically AU of an AU #Club Penguin #might do this w/ some of the other characters if people like this #these three are just the ones i had Ideas™ for

[lovelyllamasblog]

Kiyomi Haunterly 👻

Daughter of the Noppera-bō (のっぺらぼう), Japanese Faceless Ghost

Birthday: March 24

Star Sign: Aries ♈

Fun Fact: Her name, "Kiyomi", can either mean "holy, sacred" (聖) or "pure, clean" (清) (kiyo) and "beautiful" (美) (mi) depending on how you write it.

#my posts #aesthetic board #kiyomi haunterly #monster high #mh #haunted #noppera-bo #faceless ghost

[myths-n-legends]

Noppera-Bo

Hi I'm back aging. I was supposed to make a post around a month ago but I was out of ideas, anyways sorry for vanishing for a long time. Enjoy the story tho.

The Noppera-bo (のっぺらぼう) or faceless ghost, is a Japanese yokai that looks like a human but has no face. They are sometimes mistakenly referred to as a mujina, an old Japanese word for a badger or raccoon dog. Although the mujina can assume the form of the other, noppera-bo are usually disguised as humans. Such creatures were thought to sometimes transform themselves into noppera-bo in order to frighten humans. Lafcadio Hearn used the animals' name as the title of his story about faceless monsters, probably resulting in the misused terminology.

Noppera-bo are known primarily for frightening humans, but are usually otherwise harmless. They appear at first as ordinary human beings, sometimes impersonating someone familiar to the victim, before causing their features to disappear, leaving a blank, smooth sheet of skin where their face should be.

A/n: Disclaimer!! I do not own any of there pictures I got them from google so don't come after me. Owners of these pictures if you want me to take off the picture just let me know.

Anyways thats all for today. Have a good day or a good night. Byeee and take care.

#legends & myths #legend #japanese legend #nopperabo #The facelees ghost #yokai

[legend-collection]

Obake

Obake and bakemono are a class of yōkai, preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore. Literally, the terms mean a thing that changes, referring to a state of transformation or shapeshifting.

These words are often translated as "ghost", but primarily they refer to living things or supernatural beings who have taken on a temporary transformation, and these bakemono are distinct from the spirits of the dead. However, as a secondary usage, the term obake can be a synonym for yūrei, the ghost of a deceased human being.

Kasa-obake Yokai by Voidzurf on DeviantArt

A bakemono's true form may be an animal such as a fox (kitsune), a raccoon dog (bake-danuki), a badger (mujina), a transforming cat (bakeneko), the spirit of a plant—such as a kodama, or an inanimate object which may possess a soul in Shinto and other animistic traditions. Obake derived from household objects are often called tsukumogami.

A bakemono usually either disguises itself as a human or appears in a strange or terrifying form such as a hitotsume-kozō, an ōnyūdō, or a noppera-bō. In common usage, any bizarre apparition can be referred to as a bakemono or an obake whether or not it is believed to have some other form, making the terms roughly synonymous with yōkai.

Due to the influence of a large number of Hawaiian population with Japanese ancestry, on the islands of Hawaii the term obake has found its way into the dialect of the local people. Some Japanese stories concerning these creatures have found their way into local culture in Hawaii: numerous sightings of kappa have been reported on the islands, and the Japanese faceless ghosts called noppera-bō have also become well known in Hawaii under the name mujina. This name confusion seems to have stemmed from a story by Lafcadio Hearn titled "Mujina", a story about a badger (mujina) which takes the form of a noppera-bō, rather than being one itself, which first introduced the faceless ghost to the Western world.

Hawaiian folklorist Glen Grant was known for his Obake Files, a series of reports he developed about supernatural incidents in Hawaii. The grand bulk of these incidents and reports were of Japanese origin or concerned obake.

#Obake #japan #asia