Funayūrei
Sign in to saveright|thumb|180px|"Funayūrei" from the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki by [[Sekien Toriyama]] right|thumb|240px|Kawanabe Kyōsai's "Boatman and Funayūrei". An example of a funayūrei rendered as an umibōzu-like yokai. right|thumb|260px|An example of a funayūrei appearing as mysterious flames. From the Tosa Bakemono Ehon.
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Legends
- Classics
- Modern examples
- From the view of folkloristics
- Theories on their true identity
- By area
- Similar legends outside Japan
- References
right|thumb|180px|"Funayūrei" from the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki by [[Sekien Toriyama]] right|thumb|240px|Kawanabe Kyōsai's "Boatman and Funayūrei". An example of a funayūrei rendered as an umibōzu-like yokai. right|thumb|260px|An example of a funayūrei appearing as mysterious flames. From the Tosa Bakemono Ehon.
are spirits (yūrei) that have become vengeful ghosts (onryō) at sea. They have been passed down in the folklore of various areas of Japan. They frequently appear in ghost stories and miscellaneous writings from the Edo Period as well as in modern folk customs. In Yamaguchi Prefecture and Saga Prefecture, they are called Ayakashi.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Funayūrei” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.