Linfamy

📜 Things Are Not As They Seem…

Things are not quite as they seem in this mysterious piece of Japanese artwork, drawn on a fan. What do the 3 shadows look like to you?

Upon first glance, the one on the right looks like a lion, the middle a horned owl, and the third a hannya mask (demon mask).

But if you flip over the fan (second picture), you see that they’re actually cats! How dumb do you feel right now?

1 month ago | [YT] | 1,734



@laurabustos6560

I don't feel all that dumb because I figured it was another in the Linfamy 'kitties gone all sorts of ways' series...

1 month ago | 89

@theGypsyViking

I saw an oni, a cat, and a bottle of sake with a Kabuto helmet.

4 weeks ago | 2

@mightyfetheredone

IT'S PIKACHU!!!

1 month ago | 35

@stephanietift3196

It kinda reminds me of those pictures that seem to show one subject but can be another. For example, there’s a picture where you either see two face profiles or a vase.

4 weeks ago | 1

@1TakoyakiStore

Didn't know the Japanese were putting Austin Powers jokes on fans hundreds of years ago. 😂

1 month ago | 16

@voraito

Is there a precedent of a bunch of cats looking like a big monster in Japanese art? Something similar to this piece happens in Muramasa: The Demon Blade, a game that is full of references to Japanese art and folklore. Miike, a cat that becomes a Nekomata is able to summon a bunch of cats to all come together to look like a massive head of a cat spewing balls of fire from its "mouth"

4 weeks ago | 0

@genericamerican7574

😹Those cats 🐈 🐈‍⬛🐈 just playing around and trying to entertain as us

3 weeks ago | 0

@zat-1-fury

I mean there is a game where the cat you bring home does demonic things so… I could still see it as terrifying 😰

1 month ago | 7

@share.theworld

I feel so dumb but I LOVE IT

4 weeks ago | 1

@dorkinabubble7772

I thought it was Charizard and Blastoise fighting while Pikachu mediates 😅

1 month ago | 7

@XartiXV

Thought it was two dragons duking it out. While a bunny watches the action.🤣

4 weeks ago | 0

@MrGksarathy

I personally thought the shadows were a hanya mask, a slug, and a dragon. I saw no lions or horned owls.

4 weeks ago | 0

@Dumpsterfiregrace

Its Timo the Samurai Cat and her friends! 🥰✌

1 month ago | 3

@nakoruruwantspepsi1556

The cat in the middle makes me think of the "Suburashi" meme idk why

1 month ago | 1

@alb91878

That is so neat!

1 month ago | 5

@bensoncheung2801

Pareidolia

1 month ago | 1

@craftydemon529

I was just thinking that I was expecting more "cat works" after the last post was non cat-related

1 month ago | 5

@toxicdermyillunary4103

I still see demons...

4 weeks ago | 0

@dragonslayer3552

Things are worst than they seem considering how those cats are built XD

1 month ago | 0

@kennethknoppik5408

Why does medieval Japan have what seems to be a cat fetish? 🤣

1 month ago | 1