Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
11 illustrated stories
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Senpoku-Kanpoku
せんぽくかんぽく
Spirit
In the village of Katsuragi, where mist veiled the mountains and autumn leaves whispered secrets to the wind, there live...
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Shiki-ōji
式王子
Spirit
In twilight's hush, where cherry blossoms swayed like delicate fingers on the wind, a young priestess named Kiyomi wande...
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Shikigami
式神
Spirit
In the depths of autumn's twilight, when cypress and maple leaves rustled in the faint breeze, Onmyōji Akira stood befor...
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Shikome
醜女
Spirit
In a forgotten valley, where the sun dipped into the horizon and painted the sky with hues of crimson and gold, there li...
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Shiro-bōzu
白坊主
Spirit
In the depths of rural Akita, where mist-shrouded valleys whispered secrets to one another, there lived an elderly weave...
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Shōjō
猩々
Spirit
In the twilight hour, when the sun's fiery orb dipped into the waves and painted the sea with hues of crimson and gold,...
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Shōkera
しょうけら
Spirit
In the depths of winter, when snowflakes danced in the wind and candles burned brightly within homes, there lived a youn...
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Shunoban
朱の番
Spirit
In the dead of night, when the village was shrouded in darkness and the wind whispered through the bamboo groves, there...
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Sodehiki-kozō
袖引小僧
Spirit
In twilight's hush, where temple grounds whispered secrets to the wind, a lone traveler made his way through the winding...
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Sorobanbōzu
算盤坊主
Spirit
In the forgotten recesses of the old temple's library, where dusty tomes and yellowed scrolls lay stacked upon shelves t...
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Sunakake-baba
砂かけ婆
Spirit
In the hills of Tottori, where the misty dawn clings to the thatched roofs, there lived an elderly woman named Kikuno. S...
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