Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
6 illustrated stories
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Zennyo Ryūō
善如龍王
Dragon
In the mountains of Kyoto, where the misty veil of dawn still clung to the valleys, a young acolyte named Kenji tended t...
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Suzaku
朱雀
Dragon
In the sweltering heat of summer's peak, when the sun blazed like a thousand tiny fires across the parched fields and te...
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Seiryū
青龍
Dragon
In a time long past, when cherry blossoms still held their delicate petals in reverence for the gentle rains of spring,...
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Ryū
竜
Dragon
In the misty dawn, when dew-kissed rice fields sparkled like a thousand tiny mirrors, the villagers of Akakawa whispered...
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Genbu
玄武
Dragon
In a village nestled between two great mountains, there lived an elderly woman named Kiyomi. She was known throughout th...
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Byakko
白虎
Dragon
In the realm of Akakawa, where the sun dips into the horizon and paints the sky with hues of crimson and gold, there liv...
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