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	Podcast:		Uncanny Japan - Folklore and Culture
	Episode:		Episode 18: The God of Smallpox (Housougami)
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:10:10
	Publish Date:		2018-05-18 09:08:31
	Description:		Welcome to May’s Uncanny Japan. In this episode I talk about the God of Smallpox (housougami/疱瘡神). Come listen to the beliefs in this fearsome god and how dogs and the color red kept him at bay. In the above picture you can see a child sick with smallpox and all the talismans placed around him for protection. Notice all the red and the taisha, too. The above photo is of an aka-e (red picture) of a taisha (sea bream car). Above is the samurai Tametomo scaring away the God of Smallpox. Notes: The intro/outro music of Uncanny Japan is a song by Christiaan Virant (“Yi Gui” from Ting Shuo). The whole album is just gorgeous as it everything else by FM3. The post Episode 18: The God of Smallpox (Housougami) appeared first on Uncanny Japan.
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