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{{short description|Japanese mythological creature}}
{{short description|Japanese mythological creature}}
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[[File:SekienAoando.jpg|thumb|155px|right|[[Toriyama Sekien]]'s ''Aoandō''.]]
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[[File:SekienAoando.jpg|thumb|155px|right|[[Toriyama Sekien]]'s ''Aoandō''. ]]


'''Aoandon''', or '''Aoandō''' ({{ruby|青|あお}}{{ruby|行|あん}}{{ruby|灯|どん}} or 青行燈, "blue ''andon''") is a creature illustrated by [[Toriyama Sekien]] in his ''[[Konjaku Hyakki Shūi]]''. It was meant to represent the spirit that appeared during the game [[Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai]], after the last story was told. {{citation needed|date=November 2011}} The candles in the room during these meetings were often placed in blue-paper ''[[Traditional lighting equipment of Japan|andon]]'' lamps in order to create an eerie atmosphere, hence this creature's name.
'''Aoandon''', or '''Aoandō''' ({{ruby|青|あお}}{{ruby|行|あん}}{{ruby|灯|どん}} or 青行燈, "blue ''andon''") is a creature illustrated by [[Toriyama Sekien]] in his ''[[Konjaku Hyakki Shūi]]''. It was meant to represent the spirit that appeared during the game [[Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai]], after the last story was told.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Davisson |first=Zack |date=2012-11-28 |title=Aoandon – The Blue Lantern Ghost |url=https://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/11/28/aoandon-the-blue-lantern-ghost/ |access-date=2023-04-02 |website=百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai |language=en}}</ref> The candles in the room during these meetings were often placed in blue-paper ''[[Traditional lighting equipment of Japan#Andon|andon]]'' lamps in order to create an eerie atmosphere, hence this creature's name.


It appears as a human with a blue complexion and twin horns from its brow, and sharp teeth.[4]
It appears as a woman with a blue complexion and twin horns from its brow, and sharp teeth.<ref name=":0" />


==Popular Culture==
==Popular culture==
In the mobile game ''[[Onmyōji]]'', Aoandon is a shikigami who loves storytelling.
* In the mobile game ''Onmyōji'', Aoandon is a [[shikigami]] who loves storytelling.
* The [[Bioluminescence|bioluminescent]] [[marine worm]] ''[[Polycirrus aoandon]]'' is named after the creature.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Jimi |first1=Naoto |last2=Bessho-Uehara |first2=Manabu |last3=Nakamura |first3=Koji |last4=Sakata |first4=Masahiko |last5=Hayashi |first5=Taro |last6=Kanie |first6=Shusei |last7=Mitani |first7=Yasuo |last8=Ohmiya |first8=Yoshihiro |last9=Tsuyuki |first9=Aoi |last10=Ota |first10=Yuzo |last11=Woo |first11=Sau Pinn |last12=Ogoh |first12=Katsunori |date=March 2023 |title=Investigating the diversity of bioluminescent marine worm Polycirrus (Annelida), with description of three new species from the Western Pacific |journal=Royal Society Open Science |language=en |volume=10 |issue=3 |pages=230039 |doi=10.1098/rsos.230039 |issn=2054-5703 |pmc=10049758 |pmid=36998762|bibcode=2023RSOS...1030039J }}</ref>


==References==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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[http://park.org/Japan/CSK/hyakki/zukan/jyuui/kiri/aoando.html]
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[https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153745/http://home4.highway.ne.jp/deadsoul/a/aoandou.html]
[http://www.pandaemonium.net/menu/devil/aoandon.html]
[http://www.obakemono.com/obake/aoandon/]


==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://park.org/Japan/CSK/hyakki/zukan/jyuui/kiri/aoando.html 百鬼図譜「今昔百鬼拾遺霧之巻」あおあんどう (in Japanese)]
*[http://hyakumonogatari.com/2012/11/28/aoandon-the-blue-lantern-ghost/ Aoandon – The Blue Lantern Ghost] at hyakumonogatari.com(English)
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070930153745/http://home4.highway.ne.jp/deadsoul/a/aoandou.html 【青行灯】 (in Japanese)]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120205191224/http://www.pandaemonium.net/menu/devil/aoandon.html 青行燈（あおあんどん）(in Japanese)]


[[Category:Yōkai]]
[[Category:Yōkai]]

Latest revision as of 09:40, 5 July 2023

Toriyama Sekien's Aoandō.

Aoandon, or Aoandō (青(あお)行(あん)灯(どん) or 青行燈, "blue andon") is a creature illustrated by Toriyama Sekien in his Konjaku Hyakki Shūi. It was meant to represent the spirit that appeared during the game Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, after the last story was told.[1] The candles in the room during these meetings were often placed in blue-paper andon lamps in order to create an eerie atmosphere, hence this creature's name.

It appears as a woman with a blue complexion and twin horns from its brow, and sharp teeth.[1]

Popular culture[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Davisson, Zack (2012-11-28). "Aoandon – The Blue Lantern Ghost". 百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai. Retrieved 2023-04-02.
  2. ^ Jimi, Naoto; Bessho-Uehara, Manabu; Nakamura, Koji; Sakata, Masahiko; Hayashi, Taro; Kanie, Shusei; Mitani, Yasuo; Ohmiya, Yoshihiro; Tsuyuki, Aoi; Ota, Yuzo; Woo, Sau Pinn; Ogoh, Katsunori (March 2023). "Investigating the diversity of bioluminescent marine worm Polycirrus (Annelida), with description of three new species from the Western Pacific". Royal Society Open Science. 10 (3): 230039. Bibcode:2023RSOS...1030039J. doi:10.1098/rsos.230039. ISSN 2054-5703. PMC 10049758. PMID 36998762.

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