Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
7 illustrated stories
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Tanuki
狸
Animal Spirit
In the village nestled between two great mountains, where cherry blossoms bloomed in every corner and koi swam in the qu...
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Nekomata
猫又
Animal Spirit
In the depths of rural Japan, where mist-shrouded valleys met the whispering woods, there lived an elderly cat breeder n...
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Kudan
件
Animal Spirit
In the villages nestled between the mist-shrouded mountains and the rice paddies of old Kiso, there lived a farmer named...
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Kitsune
狐
Animal Spirit
In the mist-shrouded mountains, where cedar trees whispered secrets to the wind, there lived a young hunter named Kaito....
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Inugami
犬神
Animal Spirit
In a village nestled between the mist-shrouded hills of Shikoku, where the wind whispers secrets to the trees, there liv...
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Bakeneko
化け猫
Animal Spirit
In the village of Kurohime, where cherry blossoms bloomed in every corner and the night air carried the scent of incense...
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Akabeko
赤べこ
Animal Spirit
In the village nestled at the foot of the misty mountain, there lived an elderly woodcarver named Kaito. For years, he h...
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