Folktales

Illustrated yokai folktales

Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.

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Uma-no-ashi

馬の脚

Yokai

In the heart of Akakawa Forest, where the mist-shrouded mountains whispered secrets to the wind, travelers often spoke i...

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海女房

Yokai

In the mist-shrouded coves of Awa Province, where the waves caress the shore with a soothing melody, there lived a young...

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海坊主

Yokai

In the village of Kurobayashi, where the sea met the shore in a soft caress, fishermen whispered tales of the Umibōzu's...

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雲外鏡

Yokai

In the twilight hours, when shadows danced upon the walls and the wind whispered secrets through the trees, a young monk...

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牛鬼

Yokai

In the misty coves of Sanuki's eastern shore, where the pines stood sentinel over the restless sea, there lived a fisher...

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