Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
7 illustrated stories
Gagoze
元興寺
Yokai
In the misty hours before dawn, when the temple's lanterns flickered with a soft, ethereal glow, the novice Kaito would...
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Gaki
餓鬼
Yokai
In the shadowed alleys of a small rural town, where cherry blossoms bloomed pale and sparse in the spring, there lived a...
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Gangi-kozō
岸小僧
Yokai
In the sleepy fishing village of Katsuragi, where the misty dawn rose over the tranquil waters, there lived an elderly f...
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Gashadokuro
がしゃどくろ
Yokai
In the depths of winter, when snowflakes fell like feathers from the dark sky, travelers avoided the desolate path that...
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Goryō
御霊
Yokai
In the misty twilight of autumn, when the wind whispers secrets through the pines, a village lay shrouded in unease. The...
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Guhin
狗賓
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded mountains of Akō, where cedar trees pierced the sky and rivers sang their lullabies, there lived a...
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Gyūki
牛鬼
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded valleys of Shikoku's eastern coast, where the mountains meet the sea, there lived an elderly fisher...
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