Just a heads up: I'm going to
be bold and start merging all the creatures
Toriyama Sekien seems to have made up into their respective tomes.
Kotengu 小天狗 00:10, 22 April 2007 (UTC)reply
Not sure if anyone is still interested in this group, but I have been updating the sections of Japanese ghosts recently. Working on
yurei now, and created
Goryō.
MightyAtom 14:17, 28 August 2006 (UTC)reply
Merged
Emma-o into
Yama. Wasn't much to merge except for the fact that some anime character or another has a move named after the god. :) —
BrianSmithson 15:10, 15 March 2006 (UTC)reply
Added kana readings for most of Brian's great karuta images
[1]. The pre-simplification hiragana ("yi," "ye," etc.) still need to be done.
MikeDockery 08:09, 15 March 2006 (UTC)reply
Identified 1-02 and 1-08 as well, see talk page.
Shimeru 06:24, 15 March 2006 (UTC)reply
Just wote
Obake karuta. Now I wonder if it should be merged with
karuta, though. See
Talk:Karuta to discuss. I also uploaded a bunch of obake karuta images to Commons (see
the category). The creatures and hiragana in these need to be identified in their description pages. And they make great illustrations for articles! —
BrianSmithson 20:53, 14 March 2006 (UTC)reply
I posted a question regarding the naming convention of kami with long names. I'd like to standardize it or set up something like a manual of style. Please join the discussion and go to Talk page. --
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talk) 17:22, 28 March 2011 (UTC)reply
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