挿絵付き妖怪昔話

Kawa-akago

川赤子

Yokai

In the depths of spring's awakening, when cherry blossoms first began to unfurl, a young traveler named Kaito chanced up...

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Katsura-otoko

桂男

Yokai

In the village nestled between two great rivers, there lived a young woman named Emiko. She was a weaver of exquisite be...

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Katawa-guruma

片輪車

Yokai

In the depths of winter's chill, when darkness fell like a shroud over the villages, there lived a young woman named Emi...

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Kashanbō

かしゃんぼう

Yokai

In the depths of winter, when snowflakes danced in the village's streets and fireplace smoke swirled in the air, rumors...

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Kasha

火車

Yokai

In the autumn of the year when leaves rustled with an otherworldly voice, a young monk named Kaito tended to the cremati...

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Kasa-obake

傘お化け

Yokai

In the village of Shinoda, where cherry blossoms bloomed in the misty dawn, there lived an old man named Kaito. He was k...

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Karasu-tengu

烏天狗

Yokai

In the mist-shrouded mountains of Akakawa, where the air is sweet with the scent of cherry blossoms and the sound of win...

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Kappa

河童

Yokai

In the depths of winter, when the misty veil of dawn still lingered over the river, a young apprentice fisherman named K...

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Kanedama

金玉

Yokai

In a small village nestled between two great mountains, there lived a young merchant named Kaito. He was known for his h...

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Kanbari-nyūdō

かんばり入道

Yokai

In the depths of winter, when snowflakes danced outside the windows and the air was crisp with the scent of woodsmoke, i...

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Kamikiri

髪切り

Yokai

In the lantern-lit streets of Edo's pleasure quarter, where geishas with kimonos as red as cherry blossoms strolled unde...

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Kameosa

瓶長

Tsukumogami

In the village of Ashikaga, where the cherry blossoms bloomed like pink and white silk, there lived an elderly potter na...

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Kamaitachi

鎌鼬

Yokai

In the mist-shrouded mountains of Akakawa, where the wind whispers secrets to the trees, there lived an elderly woodcutt...

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Kahaku

河伯

Yokai

In the mist-shrouded valleys of our mountains, where the rivers wind and twist like living serpents, there dwelled a Kah...

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Kage-onna

影女

Yokai

In the village of Akakawa, where cherry blossoms bloomed in profusion and willows wept for the seasons' passage, there s...

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Jubokko

樹木子

Yokai

In the twilight hours, when shadows stretched long and dark across the mountainside, I chanced upon a village shrouded i...

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Jorōgumo

絡新婦

Yokai

In the mist-shrouded mountains of Izu, where the roar of the Jōren Falls echoed through the valleys, there lived a beaut...

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Jishin-namazu

地震鯰

Yokai

In the depths of the Inland Sea, where the sunlight barely reaches, the Jishin-namazu stirred its massive body. The eart...

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Jinmenken

人面犬

Yokai

In the depths of winter, when snowflakes danced in the city's alleys, a lone figure wandered the streets under the pale...

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Jinmenju

人面樹

Yokai

In the heart of a mist-shrouded valley, where the morning sun struggled to penetrate the grey veil, there stood an ancie...

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Jikininki

食人鬼

Yurei

In the depths of rural mountains, where mist-shrouded villages whispered secrets to the wind, there lived a young monk n...

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Jibakurei

地縛霊

Yurei

In the depths of autumn's haze, when sunlight filtered through cherry blossoms like bloodstained fingers, a hospital on...

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Jatai

蛇帯

Yokai

In the twilight hours, when the fireflies danced around the lanterns of the humble inn, a traveler named Kaito settled i...

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Jakotsu-babaa

蛇骨婆

Yokai

In a valley nestled between the mountains, where the wind whispers secrets to the trees, there lived an elderly woman kn...

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