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<blockquote data-quote="gamerprinter" data-source="post: 6670901" data-attributes="member: 50895">That long nosed human version of the tengu is an Edo Period derivation (post 1600), sometimes attributed to a daitengu (tengu king), while the original tengu was a crow based humanoid. The folklore used by Kaidan is generally the older, original traditions from the start of the feudal period up to the Sengoku Period (1185 - 1590) retold in hyakumonogatari kaidan kai - a ghost story-telling game from the 15th century. I've been to Japan on more than one vacation (visiting family) and I've always been a tengu fan. Strictly speaking the tengu tradition has always been popular, and artists depictions of the human-looking tengu was a modern derivation to modernize the concept, first appearing in Japanese folk art in 1700's (so very late in cultural development). Tengu were often considered fallen monks, who reincarnate into the crow version of tengu in the next life as a kind of social punishment.Actually the modern humanoid tengu (red faced man with long nose) came from their use for Noh dance theater, which was an 18th century invention.Doing tengu as the more humanoid version is a step away from its Japanese folklore origins. The crow based tengu, is the truer form by tradition, sometimes called karasu tengu - karasu literally means &quot;crow&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gamerprinter, post: 6670901, member: 50895"] That long nosed human version of the tengu is an Edo Period derivation (post 1600), sometimes attributed to a daitengu (tengu king), while the original tengu was a crow based humanoid. The folklore used by Kaidan is generally the older, original traditions from the start of the feudal period up to the Sengoku Period (1185 - 1590) retold in hyakumonogatari kaidan kai - a ghost story-telling game from the 15th century. I've been to Japan on more than one vacation (visiting family) and I've always been a tengu fan. Strictly speaking the tengu tradition has always been popular, and artists depictions of the human-looking tengu was a modern derivation to modernize the concept, first appearing in Japanese folk art in 1700's (so very late in cultural development). Tengu were often considered fallen monks, who reincarnate into the crow version of tengu in the next life as a kind of social punishment. Actually the modern humanoid tengu (red faced man with long nose) came from their use for Noh dance theater, which was an 18th century invention. Doing tengu as the more humanoid version is a step away from its Japanese folklore origins. The crow based tengu, is the truer form by tradition, sometimes called karasu tengu - karasu literally means "crow". [/QUOTE]

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