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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Osaka cafe sketching: lion dance playing cards from my Legendary Bay Area watercolor playing card deck. 大阪カフェで獅子舞の絵を描きました 🎨 🦁

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Legendary Bay Area watercolor poker deck is now available at Schmidt's Pub in Albany, CA. Joining years of my Pub scribbles tucked in various nooks & corners. Special price coming over to the Pub to get it. 🍺 Thank you! #customplayingcards #bayareaart

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Yokai Akaname 垢嘗 muck-licker of the moldy bathhouse! Its often drawn in beastly or boyish form but who's to say the ladie's side doesn't get dirty enough to get its own roachlike yokai? Oil pastel sketching at an Osaka cafe.

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

垢舐めは現代でもよく描かれる妖怪だけど、生息地は珍しくなってきた。江戸時代の汚い湯船から生まれたと言われている。その変な、爪が一本しかない足では、現代の浴室の床でしっかり踏ん張ることはできないでしょう！特にヌルヌルしたカビが生えているような場所では！垢舐めはよく男性のような体で描かれるけど、女性用の浴場も汚くなって、妖怪に憑かれることがあったかもしれない。 #yokaiart #akaname #垢嘗 #oilpastel

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Akaname (muck-licker), born of grimey Edo-period floating boathouses. It may have flourished in wooden spaces, but modern bathing rooms aren't as sustaining. That toe-foot could grip into moldy wood, but slick plastic or stone? Oft depicted as a boy but a bathhouse ladies' side can get grimey too!

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

分福茶釜, Falstaffian version. The classic Japanese tale of the favor-repaying tanuki who turns into a teapot & up lives it up with monks is as jolly & universal as tea itself. I imagine he'd be just as well-received at a European salon. 分福茶釜(ヨーロッパ風): テーポットに化けたタヌキなら、ティーパーティーでも同じように歓迎されることでしょう watercolor

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Mothman: Follows a long human tradition of weird half-seen creatures from dubious anecdotes that may or may not foretell disaster / just be a normal creature (in this case, a sandhill crane) that some intoxicated or distressed guy saw in bad lighting. モスマン、米国の未確認動物。アマビエ・件のような予言獣か普通のカナダヅルか確認できません。

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

the joy of cafe sketching Osaka カフェでのデッサン

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Watercolor: Puss in Boots aka Le Chat Botté aka Il gatto con gli stivali (with appearance by medieval killer rabbit, look it up). OG wingman, originally 16th century Italy, made famous by "Shararu" 😆 Perrault. 長ぐつをはいた猫。もともとイタリアのおとぎ話、フランスのチヤルル・ペローのヴァージョンで有名。ファッション+殺されたウサギ+嘘=成功というモラルです。

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

Setsubun 節分 let's chase out the demons & welcome in good fortune 鬼は外福は内水彩画　ニャンちゃんの節分

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Pinterestの画像は、作者を特定できないことが多くて悲しい。投稿者はそれを隠したいかのようだ。ましてAI Slopだらけだ。

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

丙午のしめ飾り (プラ版で作った😄) Happy New Year of the (Pink Pegasus) Fire Horse

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

Handprinting New Year Postcards for 2026 Year of the Firehorse 丙午の版画年賀状の制作 HAPPY NEW YEAR! 🐎

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Reading a 30-year-old book about mindfulness, it's amazing how the clouded default state of fixation on personal problems, past & present, is one we would aspire to, unable to resist the escape from thinking of our phones. The floor is so much lower since social media took over. 📚💙

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

Vampire Watercolor 水彩画: ヴァンパイアはカラーで夢を見るのだろうか？影の中をうろつき、赤の雫しかなくても、眠るときには懐かしく緑や金を思うに違いない。

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

いよいよ水彩画のテープを剥がす Watercolor: finally taking off the tape

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

What I read for Halloween 📚💙 こわいやさん The Buffalo Hunter Hunter 怪談レストランナビ Dracula Good times

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Halloween: The joy of cafe sketching at a Japan patisserie. Vampire art and spooky goodies. 大阪のパティシエで吸血鬼のを描く

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

たぬきのフッション、天王寺 Tanuki fashion, Osaka

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Kovvmory vampiric bat monster oil pastel process. 吸血鬼みたいな怪物の絵 finishing up the Halloween #drawtober illustration

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

I love spooky season. 🎃 I wish it could go on longer. I used to think stores that put up Christmas decorations before Halloween were crazy but now that I have holiday merch I see customers really do start buying Christmas stuff mid-October!

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Sketching the vampire monster Kovvmory with its bat friends & munching delicious hamburger steak & Japanese dessert at a cute Osaka cafe. 西宮の可愛いカフェで吸血系モンスターを描く。ハンバーグ、カスタードケーキ大福、ふわふわのきなこミルクが美味しい。 Music: pixabay.com/users/melodi...

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Recarving & reprinting double-sided yokai Nekomata postcard design 猫又の版画のハガキを刷り増した

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

After tearing through ~380 pages in 2 days, I'm 60 pages from the end of The Buffalo Hunter Hunter and I would just stop. Now. To wait a couple weeks for someone to catch up & discuss it with me. One of these days I'll join a suitable book club.

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Shrine cat, Osaka. 神社の猫

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

オイルパステル。Kovvmoryについてはほとんど何も知られていない。吸血鬼の一種と言われるが、実際には互いよりも、彼らが共に行動するコウモリに近い存在かもしれない。真の吸血鬼たちはKovvmoryを恥ずかしく思っているようだ。それが昆虫(だけ?)を食べる食性のせいか、それとも知性のなさのためかもしれない。低い青い光を放つことで昆虫を引き寄せる。「ムーンフィッシュ」とも名付けている…ただしその名はよくない由来から来た可能性もある。（サンフィッシュ＝マンボウ、鈍さで有名な動物。）作品を引用して敬意を表すことが多から、この絵の細部では、河鍋暁斎と歌川広重への敬意を込めてコウモリを2匹引用した。

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Oil pastel. Little is known about the Kovvmory, widely said to be a kind of vampire. Kovvmory seem to be in a stupor or dream as they bob heavily thru the night sky. Japanese art often pays homage by directly referencing other works so I included bat poses from Kawanabe Kyosai and Utagawa Hiroshige.

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

I block anything that's a blend of cartoony and suggestive and sometimes I feel like I'm blocking all of Bluesky. Is this what Twitter was like?

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

It's already mid October so I've picked up The Buffalo Hunter Hunter to multitask with a seasonal Halloween read & best new books of 2025 lister in one 📚💙

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

cafe sketching in Sumiyoshi Osaka カフェでのデッサン、大阪

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

可愛くて美味しいカフェのおやつ　西宮市 delicious and cute cafe goodies Nishinomiya

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Cozy creepy cute 🦇 Cafe sketching Japan 可愛くてこわいカフェでのデッサン

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

秋の空 The beauty of an early morning Autumn sky in Japan

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

My nephews have the sounds for the Japanese words for "hawk" & "elephant" in their names so I designed this logo & made some prints & bags for my sister 甥っ子の名前はケンゾーとタカシなので妹の誕生日のためにこのロゴをデザインして版画の作品を作った Printmaking

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

WIP fat yokai Nekoshō Can't get 3 tails out of my sketchbook 又妖怪の猫魈の版画

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

かわいいだるま　中井神社　大阪 Cute daruma, Nakai Shrine, Higashisumiyoshi, Osaka

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Communal drawing, sharing the yokai love 久しぶりにパステル！垢舐め

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

すねる "suneru" = sulk (英語の「カタツムリ」と日本語の拗ねる」 Never forget by learning with Japanese-English puns! オヤジギャグで学ぼう! Ink drawing sketchbook snail 🐌

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Yes! As they come to me, or by others' suggestions!

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

"ba-né" = spring; coil Learn Japanese with Japanese-English puns 🐰 オヤジギャグで学ぼう! Ink sketchbook bunny rabbit drawing

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

lighthouse = tōdai = "toad eye" Learn Japanese with Japanese-English puns 🐸 オヤジギャグで学ぼう! ヒキガエルの目 Ink drawing flashcard

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

生国魂神社行宮・大阪本町

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

夏の通勤はあまりに蒸し暑くて、いくら気を付けても、オフィスに着くと汗びっしょりだ。

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

妖怪の猫魈の版画 Printmaking, the yokai Nekoshō on different colors of paper

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

My family is returning to Goodreads after 8 months trying @thestorygraph & @fableapp I appreciate they're offering an alternative to Bezos but unfortunately it's regularly impossible to input non-English books & difficult to enjoy reviews from our community. Got to fight the oligarchy from the top.

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Nekoshō is a Bakeneko with 3 tails! 猫魈は3本の尻尾を持つ化け猫です！

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

猫魈 Nekoshō blockprint 版画 If you see a very old cat with an oddly fat tail, it may be this boss level, extremely rare yokai. Even today it's rare for a cat to live the perquisite 30 years. 化け猫は三十年生きると猫魈になると言われ、とても珍しい妖怪です。もしとても年老いた猫に太い尻尾を見つけたら、この妖怪かもしれません。

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the yō kind @theyokind.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

版画, 猫魈 Printmaking, 3 surfaces.

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