Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
2 illustrated stories
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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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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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