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Decorated tray holding beans for a Setsubun ceremony in a Japanese woodblock print

Setsubun

Setsubun marks a seasonal boundary in Japan through bean throwing, words of expulsion and welcome, and diverse household and public customs.

Long painted procession of varied supernatural beings and animated objects

Kami, Yōkai, Oni and Yūrei

Kami, yōkai, oni, and yūrei are overlapping Japanese categories distinguished by relation, ritual, origin, and narrative function rather than appearance alone.