Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
29 illustrated stories
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Ayakashi
綾かし
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded waters off the coast of Nagasaki, there lived an old fisherman named Hiroshi. He had spent his life...
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Ayakashi-no-ayashibi
綾かしの怪火
Yokai
In the fog-shrouded hills of Hokuriku, where the sea meets the land and the rice fields stretch far and wide, there live...
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Azukiarai
小豆洗い
Yokai
In a valley nestled between two great mountains, where a crystal clear stream ran through the heart of the village, ther...
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Azukibabaa
小豆婆々
Yokai
In the depths of winter, when snowflakes danced in the valley below, a young boy named Kaito ventured into the forest al...
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Azukitogi
小豆とぎ
Yokai
In the depths of rural Kōchi Prefecture, where the misty veil of the mountains meets the whispers of the forest, there l...
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