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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Shibaten
Kappa
In the heart of Shikoku's misty mountains, where the river Awa flows gentle as a maiden's song, there lived a Shibaten n...
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Seko
セコ
Kappa
Deep in the mountains of western Japan, where the sun dips into the valleys and paints the rocks with hues of crimson an...
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Kawatarō
川太郎
Kappa
In the depths of summer, when the sun beats down upon the rice fields and the river's waters seem to shimmer with heat h...
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Hyōsube
兵主部
Kappa
In a small village nestled between two great rivers, there lived an innkeeper named Kaito. His family had run the humble...
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Hairy Kappa
毛河童
Kappa
In the misty mountains of Hyōsube's ancestral home, where the rivers flowed with a gentle song, there lived a young girl...
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Garappa
がらっぱ
Kappa
In the village of Yatsushiro, nestled between the swirling waters of the Shimono River and the rugged hills of Kyūshū, t...
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Enkō
猿猴
Kappa
In the misty dawn, where the rice paddies lay tranquil, a young farmer named Kaito toiled in the wet soil. His family's...
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