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Ashinaga-Tenaga 足長手長 | Drawing Japanese Yokai #Yokai #ashinagatenaga #ukiyoe #art

Ashinaga-tenaga
Long Legs
Long Arms

This is not a single yōkai but a pair that helps each other out when they go fishing. The Ashinaga carries the Tenaga as it catches its prey.
The long-legged one, Ashinagajin 足長人, hails from Long-legged Country 足長国 and has legs over 2 jō 2丈 or 6 meters long (19.88 ft),
while the other one,
Tenagajin 手長人, as you can probably guess,
from Long-armed Country 手長国,
has arms that can reach over 3 jō 3丈 or 9 meters long (29.83ft).
These lengths are based on the Wakan Sanzai Zue 和漢三才図会 or Illustrated Sino-Japanese Encyclopedia.

While, according to the 26th volume of an Edo Period (1603 to 1868) essay, "Kasshiyawa" 甲子夜話. There was a man who went fishing under the moonlit night, and there on the shore was a being roughly 2.7 meters high (9 Feet). Soon after, the weather turned sour, and a downpour ensued. The man's attendant claimed that an Ashinaga's appearance accompanies a sudden change in the weather.

Bad weather aside, can you imagine this yōkai playing basketball? o.O

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