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Motoi Yamamoto - FOREST OF BEYOND. salt (2011)
Solo Exhibition To the White Forest, The Hakone Open-Air Museum, Kanagawa, Japan
Photo : Makoto Morisawa
Funayūrei (“marine spirit”) are ghosts of people who have died at sea. They are sometimes depicted as scaly fish-like humanoids and some may even have a form similar to that of a mermaid or merman. They approach people on boats and ask to borrow a Hishaku (a utensil for scooping up water). If they are given a ladle, they will pour sea water into the boat until it sinks.
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