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Kokugaku scholar Hirata Atsutane featured in national history museum

CHIBA, Japan - A special exhibition to explore the renowned ''kokugaku'' (national learning) scholar Hirata Atsutane has opened at the National Museum of Japanese History, featuring hundreds of materials previously not shown to the public. Photo shows a painting depicting the world of Tengu, or the long-nosed Japanese mountain goblins, based on Atsutane's recollection of the story of a boy who said he had seen the world of Tengu.

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Kokugaku scholar Hirata Atsutane featured in national history mu

CHIBA, Japan - A special exhibition to explore the renowned ''kokugaku'' (national learning) scholar Hirata Atsutane has opened at the National Museum of Japanese History, featuring hundreds of materials previously not shown to the public. Photo shows a painting depicting the world of Tengu, or the long-nosed Japanese mountain goblins, based on Atsutane's recollection of the story of a boy who said he had seen the world of Tengu. (Kyodo)

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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Red Cap & Goblins Film: The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) Director: Mark Waters 15 February 2008 Date: 15 February 2008

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The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008)

Red Cap & Goblins Film: The Spiderwick Chronicles (2008) Director: Mark Waters 15 February 2008 Date: 15 February 2008

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LABYRINTH

LABYRINTH [US 1986] DAVID BOWIE as Jareth the Goblin King Date: 1986

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS : PART 2

HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS : PART 2 WARWICK DAVIS as Griphook, JON KEY as Bogrod, EMMA WATSON as Hermionie Granger HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS : PART 2 [BR / US 2011] [L-R] WARWICK DAVIS as Griphook, JON KEY as Bogrod, EMMA WATSON as Hermionie Granger Date: 2011

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Hand-drawn goblins popular at Shinto shrine in eastern Japan

Atsushi Ikeguchi, a junior Shinto priest at the Furumine Shrine in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, draws a long-nosed goblin, the shrine's symbol, on a notebook brought by a visitor with a vermilion ink brush on April 20, 2015. The shrine is popular among visitors obsessed with a booming collection of shrine and temple seals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Various hand-drawn goblins shown at eastern Japan shrine

A board is filled with hand-drawn pictures of various red- and black-colored long-nosed goblins at the Furumine Shrine in Kanuma, Tochigi Prefecture, north of Tokyo, on April 20, 2015. The shrine is popular among visitors obsessed with a booming collection of shrine and temple seals. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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The Lantern Spectre by Katsushika Hokusai

Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) - The Lantern Spectre. A burning paper lamp takes on the aspect of a spectral face - one of a set of Ghosts and Goblins. Date: circa 1810

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Museum for cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki

Yuka Mido (R), a 35-year-old housewife from Okayama Prefecture, poses for a photo after becoming the 4 millionth visitor to the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan, a museum that opened in 2003 in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, in honor of the Japanese cartoonist. A specialist in stories of traditional Japanese ghouls and goblins, Mizuki, best known for his manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, died at 93 in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Museum for cartoonist Shigeru Mizuki

Yuka Mido (front row, R), a 35-year-old housewife from Okayama Prefecture, poses for a photo after becoming the 4 millionth visitor to the Mizuki Shigeru Kinenkan, a museum that opened in 2003 in Sakaiminato in Tottori Prefecture, western Japan, in honor of the Japanese cartoonist. A specialist in stories of traditional Japanese ghouls and goblins, Mizuki, best known for his manga series Ge Ge Ge no Kitaro, died at 93 in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo