In 2019, images of “Momo,” a Japanese man’s work of art, were misused to scare children and young people!

After it was quiet about “Momo” for a few months, the hysteria started again when at least one video appeared on YouTube in which the fantasy figure was edited into. Since there were many questions about “Momo”, we summarized the most important ones in one article .

The beginnings of “Momo”

Keisuke Aiso is a 43-year-old artist from Japan. In 2016, he created a statue he called “Mother Bird” for an art gallery in Tokyo. Some visitors had their photos taken with the statue, which was nicknamed “Momo,” and the first images of the bizarre bird creature found their way onto the Internet.

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Two years later, photos of “Momo” were used , claiming that she was a child who died years ago and was now asking users via WhatsApp to share her message, otherwise she would appear as a ghost and kill them.

The End of “Momo”

Reporters from The Sun visited Momos creator Keisuke Aiso in his studio on the outskirts of Tokyo. There they learned from Aiso that “Momo” no longer exists .

“It was broken and I threw it away.
The children can rest assured, Momo is dead – she no longer exists and the curse has been broken.”

The artist was very unhappy that images of his artwork were misused in this way. He felt responsible that his statue caused so much fear to children around the world.

What was “Momo” exactly?

Keisuke Aiso told The Sun that the character looked so terrible on purpose.
“Momo,” whose head and torso depict a traumatized woman with bird legs, was inspired by a Japanese ghost story.
This story is about a woman who dies giving birth to her child and appears as a bird woman where she died to look for her child.

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The story is based on the Yokai (traditional Japanese spirit creature) “ Ubume ”.

“She is a ghoul, a woman who died in childbirth. In a way it's supposed to scare children, but not like that! It was never intended to encourage children to harm themselves or others!”

...said the artist.

Conclusion

The gallery in Japan hosts an exhibition every year where artists show their interpretations of Japanese folklore spirits. Normally no photos are allowed to be taken there, "Momo" was an exception in 2016.
Since belief in ghosts is firmly anchored in Japan's culture and the artist feels responsible for the fact that so many children are now afraid of her through his sculpture, he has her finally destroyed “ to break the curse ”.

So “Momo” only exists in videos made by people who want to make a bad joke and scare children.
However, the “real” Momo is now finally dead.


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