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Heiji's plan was so successful that his neighbor tried to copy his idea! "He covered his wife’s ugly, bird-like face in white makeup and then had her wear a koinobori from the waist down to make her look like a mermaid." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/25/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-24

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"Follow the rhythm, and lick her to the beat! Let’s follow the rhythm, and lick to the beat! Lick like she’s water candy, hishio, kinzanji miso! Sesame miso, yuzu miso, sweet miso!" "Okay, next customer!" -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/24/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-23

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If eating mermaid meat grants eternal life, what about just licking a mermaid? Surely that must have some effect. So he hung up a sign in front of his house that said “Life Extension Treatment: Mermaid Licking Spot" -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/23/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-22

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New (free!) post up on my Patreon page: The Willow Spirit. This is a folk tale from Fukui Prefecture, made famous in Lafcadio Hearn's book Kwaidan. My translation is at the link below: patreon.com/posts/willow-spirit-122960626

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Unfit to work at a brothel, the mermaid is returned to Heiji. She doesn’t seem to mind; she looks happy as a clam to see Heiji once again, despite her misadventure. And Heiji, sweetheart that he is, never judges her. -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/22/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-21

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"He hid behind a folding screen and acted as her arms, lighting her pipe, smoking it, and so on. Somehow the illusion worked and she passed as a human. In the end she still smelled like a fish and her client couldn't bear it." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/21/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-20

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“So that’s the new prostitute, huh? She really does have a pretty face! But her walking style is a little funny. Don’t you think so, Kokugashi?” -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/20/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-19

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Wow. I just took a look at Pinksky. If Bluesky is Twitter, Pinksky is your Bluesky account reformatted as Instagram. This is ingenious! pinksky.app/profile/yoka...

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Apologies for the occasional non-yokai post, but I thought that everyone probably would want to know that today (2/22) in Japan is officially Ninja Day. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egeq...

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With the false legs and the help of a stagehand, the disguise is complete, legs, arms, and all! Our little mermaid makes her debut as an oiran today. Congratulations! -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/19/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-18

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Why don't mermaids make good prostitutes? Obviously it's the lack of legs. But don't worry, Denzo has a solution for that! Read more here -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/18/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-17

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"Denzō, the owner of the brothel Maizuruya, purchased the mermaid for the sum of seven and a half ryō. He was the kind of man who wanted to do something strange and unique that nobody else had done before." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/17/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-16

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Just received my copy of Matthew Meyer's (@yokai.com )The Palace of the Dragon King today. 😺

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"The mermaid signed a contract with Denzō while Heiji was away. She wanted to leave a note with the money she had received, but she had no arms so she couldn’t write." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/16/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-15

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"He had spied the mermaid’s beautiful face from a distance and thought he could make good money if she would work for him as a courtesan. Since her body was a fish, her fee would only be the head price." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/15/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-14

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"I may be a lowly mermaid, but my love for my husband is no less than Umegae’s. I’m sure there’s someone out there with three hundred ryō who would be willing to give me seven or eight." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/14/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-13

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"In this day and age when even humans are struggling to make ends meet, how can a mermaid earn a few coins? Having grown up underwater, the obvious idea of making money as a freak show attraction never even occurred to her." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/13/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-12

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"Heiji struggled to think of what he could feed her, until it finally dawned on him: mosquito larvae! But this was a mistake on Heiji’s part; he had confused mermaids with goldfish." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/12/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-11

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"The mermaid looked up from the deck and implored Heiji: 'I just am a mermaid, nothing fishy. Please, would you make me your wife? Please, won’t you hold me and sleep with me? Don’t you like me?'" -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/10/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-9

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This week's illustration and translated folktale from Fukui Prefecture, available free on my Patreon! Check it out below: -> www.patreon.com/posts/122323...

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"The mermaid was now 17 or 18 years old; right at the bloom of youth for human girls. Her face was beautiful. Despite having the body of a fish, Heiji couldn’t help but think she was actually kind of attractive." -> matthewmeyer.net/blog/2021/10/09/a-yokai-a-day-hakoiri-musume-page-8

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Happy Valentine's Day, yokai lovers! May you all find someone who makes you feel like this! (yokai.com/nikusui)

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