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Occasional artist of dinosaurs and Touhou characters.
Visitor from the Land Hidden by Gods and Immortals - 神仙の隠れたる国の客
但馬 菓（たじまのこのみ）
Tajima no Konomi
Species: Ancestral God of Candy - 菓祖神
Ability: Capable of crossing countless waves and fording distant rivers - 万里の波を踏み、遙かに弱水を度る程度の能力
A Touhou OC I made for a contest, based on Tajimamori.
#東方Project
但馬 菓（たじまのこのみ）
Tajima no Konomi
Species: Ancestral God of Candy - 菓祖神
Ability: Capable of crossing countless waves and fording distant rivers - 万里の波を踏み、遙かに弱水を度る程度の能力
A Touhou OC I made for a contest, based on Tajimamori.
#東方Project
August 10, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Visitor from the Land Hidden by Gods and Immortals - 神仙の隠れたる国の客
但馬 菓（たじまのこのみ）
Tajima no Konomi
Species: Ancestral God of Candy - 菓祖神
Ability: Capable of crossing countless waves and fording distant rivers - 万里の波を踏み、遙かに弱水を度る程度の能力
A Touhou OC I made for a contest, based on Tajimamori.
#東方Project
但馬 菓（たじまのこのみ）
Tajima no Konomi
Species: Ancestral God of Candy - 菓祖神
Ability: Capable of crossing countless waves and fording distant rivers - 万里の波を踏み、遙かに弱水を度る程度の能力
A Touhou OC I made for a contest, based on Tajimamori.
#東方Project
The creature she is accompanied with is based on a depiction of the White Tiger from the Kitora Tumulus. A statue based on this depiction was notably also installed at Chōgosonshi Temple, which is the irl basis for the Myōren Temple.
August 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The creature she is accompanied with is based on a depiction of the White Tiger from the Kitora Tumulus. A statue based on this depiction was notably also installed at Chōgosonshi Temple, which is the irl basis for the Myōren Temple.
The unnamed red demon from earlier night parade scrolls, that Sekien appears to have based the Chirizuka Kaio off of, was already depicted alongside Tsukumogami. So i'd wager that it was just included in the Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro for that reason, with Sekien giving it with a name and description.
May 9, 2025 at 7:19 AM
The unnamed red demon from earlier night parade scrolls, that Sekien appears to have based the Chirizuka Kaio off of, was already depicted alongside Tsukumogami. So i'd wager that it was just included in the Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro for that reason, with Sekien giving it with a name and description.
Foxes and snakes were also associated with each-other via agriculture, hence why Ugajin features commonly alongside Dakiniten, so I would figure that has something to do with Dakiniten's iconography featuring snakes.
May 5, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Foxes and snakes were also associated with each-other via agriculture, hence why Ugajin features commonly alongside Dakiniten, so I would figure that has something to do with Dakiniten's iconography featuring snakes.
Betting right now that the incident ties into Mount Minakami (皆神山, which is notably located within Nagano).
May 5, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Betting right now that the incident ties into Mount Minakami (皆神山, which is notably located within Nagano).
I love that the crest of Nareko's head seems to be a reference to the paired figures depicted on dosojin statues
May 5, 2025 at 5:16 AM
I love that the crest of Nareko's head seems to be a reference to the paired figures depicted on dosojin statues
Last second character prediction for Fossilized Wonders:
Living Fossil from the Age of the Gods - 神代の生きた化石
Kamui Mukawa (鵡川 冠依, Mukawa Kamui)
Based on Kamuysaurus, a hadrosaurid dinosaur known from the Hakobuchi Formation of Hokkaido, Japan, named after the Kamuy of Ainu belief.
#東方Project
#東方錦上京
Living Fossil from the Age of the Gods - 神代の生きた化石
Kamui Mukawa (鵡川 冠依, Mukawa Kamui)
Based on Kamuysaurus, a hadrosaurid dinosaur known from the Hakobuchi Formation of Hokkaido, Japan, named after the Kamuy of Ainu belief.
#東方Project
#東方錦上京
May 4, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Last second character prediction for Fossilized Wonders:
Living Fossil from the Age of the Gods - 神代の生きた化石
Kamui Mukawa (鵡川 冠依, Mukawa Kamui)
Based on Kamuysaurus, a hadrosaurid dinosaur known from the Hakobuchi Formation of Hokkaido, Japan, named after the Kamuy of Ainu belief.
#東方Project
#東方錦上京
Living Fossil from the Age of the Gods - 神代の生きた化石
Kamui Mukawa (鵡川 冠依, Mukawa Kamui)
Based on Kamuysaurus, a hadrosaurid dinosaur known from the Hakobuchi Formation of Hokkaido, Japan, named after the Kamuy of Ainu belief.
#東方Project
#東方錦上京
A redesign of Okina Matara, inspired by Japanese depictions of Mahakala.
#東方Project
#東方Project
April 30, 2025 at 6:47 PM
A redesign of Okina Matara, inspired by Japanese depictions of Mahakala.
#東方Project
#東方Project
Urumi Ushizaki, plus a Dunkleosteus.
#東方Project
#東方Project
April 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Urumi Ushizaki, plus a Dunkleosteus.
#東方Project
#東方Project
Yue Lunong, a Touhou OC belonging to @kaliistic.bsky.social.
April 30, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Yue Lunong, a Touhou OC belonging to @kaliistic.bsky.social.
Kanako Yasaka and Eika Ebisu. Based on the fact that the gods Takeminakata (who is the basis for Kanako) and Kotoshironushi (who is identified with Ebisu, the basis for Eika) are brothers.
#東方Project
#東方Project
April 30, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Kanako Yasaka and Eika Ebisu. Based on the fact that the gods Takeminakata (who is the basis for Kanako) and Kotoshironushi (who is identified with Ebisu, the basis for Eika) are brothers.
#東方Project
#東方Project
another variant of this story also describes Ame-no-Sagume as an earthly god (despite her name indicating her as being "of heaven"), hence why ZUN presented being both a heavenly and earthly god in Touhou (and why she only has one wing).
March 17, 2025 at 4:09 PM
another variant of this story also describes Ame-no-Sagume as an earthly god (despite her name indicating her as being "of heaven"), hence why ZUN presented being both a heavenly and earthly god in Touhou (and why she only has one wing).
Sagume's ability, essentially causing her to jinx any events she talkes about, serves as a fun reflection of Ame-no-Sagume's appearance in the Nihon Shoki. Whereby her attempt to warn Ame-no-Wakahiko ultimately wound up getting him killed in ironic fashion.
March 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Sagume's ability, essentially causing her to jinx any events she talkes about, serves as a fun reflection of Ame-no-Sagume's appearance in the Nihon Shoki. Whereby her attempt to warn Ame-no-Wakahiko ultimately wound up getting him killed in ironic fashion.
it's also possible that the motif has its roots in earlier patterns present on Liangzhu vessels.
March 11, 2025 at 8:22 PM
it's also possible that the motif has its roots in earlier patterns present on Liangzhu vessels.
There’s also much debate over what, if anything, the Taotie motif itself is supposed to represent. The forms it appears in are also far too varied to represent something as concrete as the mythological Taotie.
March 11, 2025 at 8:13 PM
There’s also much debate over what, if anything, the Taotie motif itself is supposed to represent. The forms it appears in are also far too varied to represent something as concrete as the mythological Taotie.
and the earlier Lüshi Chunqiu (吕氏春秋; “Master Lü’s Spring and Autumn Annals”) states that the image of the Taotie was attached to bronze vessels.
However Lu Dalin is the most influential to the modern identification of the Taotie with the motif.
However Lu Dalin is the most influential to the modern identification of the Taotie with the motif.
March 11, 2025 at 8:12 PM
and the earlier Lüshi Chunqiu (吕氏春秋; “Master Lü’s Spring and Autumn Annals”) states that the image of the Taotie was attached to bronze vessels.
However Lu Dalin is the most influential to the modern identification of the Taotie with the motif.
However Lu Dalin is the most influential to the modern identification of the Taotie with the motif.
Brief addendum, the association of the mythical Taotie with bronze vessels didn't originate with Lu Dalin, Guo Pu had already associated the Paoxiao (and by extension the Taotie) with bronze vessels in his commentary on the Shanhaijing...
March 11, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Brief addendum, the association of the mythical Taotie with bronze vessels didn't originate with Lu Dalin, Guo Pu had already associated the Paoxiao (and by extension the Taotie) with bronze vessels in his commentary on the Shanhaijing...
As a bonus, the mention of Nuo exorcism actually brings up another member of the Four Perils, the Qiongqi (窮奇), who was invoked as one of twelve apotropaic creatures in the Great Exorcism ceremony. Furthermore the deity of Nuo rituals (儺神, Nuoshen) is also known as Qiongqi (窮奇).
March 11, 2025 at 12:25 PM
As a bonus, the mention of Nuo exorcism actually brings up another member of the Four Perils, the Qiongqi (窮奇), who was invoked as one of twelve apotropaic creatures in the Great Exorcism ceremony. Furthermore the deity of Nuo rituals (儺神, Nuoshen) is also known as Qiongqi (窮奇).