Talk:Akaname

The Obakemono Project?

So ... this is what exactly? Because it doesn't look like ... you know, actual research. Just saying, before I start deleting ... it gets a bit tiring, people, trying to see what has actual historical Japanese relevance and what got put here by some 13 year old because it once appeared in an InuYasha episode. Duende-Poetry (talk) 17:17, 27 November 2011 (UTC)

Where Does This Information Come From?

I'm not saying that this isn't a real figure from ancient, Japanese folklore, but I am saying that one of the two resources where this information came from was a deadlink (Gould, Robert Jay. Japan Culture Research Project 2003 Topic: Youkai and Kaidan) and that the only other independent book I can find with reference to Akaname (Stevens, Ben. A Gaijin's Guide to Japan: an Alternative Look at Japanese Life, History and Culture. HarperCollins UK) cites Wiki as to where it got it's information. So ... how much value are we putting on this article? Duende-Poetry (talk) 22:19, 1 December 2011 (UTC)

Not sure what this newbie (now inactive) user Duende-Poetry was complaining about. It is clear from the edit he saw here that akaname was listed in one of Toriyama Sekien's works, with an image from it clearly labeled "akaname" (垢嘗, in Japanese), so there was no reason whatsoever to authenticity as a yōkai.

My guess is that the complaint was about the dearth of English-language sources. But there it is not a rule that a Wikipedia article must be built on English sources. There are plenty of creatures from folklore that are plenty hard to find English-language resources on, like Category:Basque legendary creatures or Category:Romanian legendary creatures. --Kiyoweap (talk) 02:50, 27 November 2019 (UTC)