Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
38 illustrated stories
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Aobōzu
青坊主
Yokai
In the mountains where the cherry blossoms bloomed white as snow, there lived a young boy named Kaito. He was always fas...
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Aonyōbō
青女房
Yokai
In twilight's hush, where shadows danced upon the walls of Akakawa Manor, a lone figure sat amidst the silence. Her skin...
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Aosaginohi
青鷺の火
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded hills of rural Akakawa, where cherry blossoms bloomed with eerie silence, there lived an elderly he...
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Arikura-no-baba
有倉の婆
Yokai
In the misty mountains of Akaishi, where the air was sweet with cherry blossoms and the trees whispered secrets to the w...
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Ashiaraiyashiki
足洗邸
Yokai
In a small village nestled between two great cedar trees, there stood an old manor known as Ashiaraiyashiki – the Washin...
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Ashimagari
足曲がり
Yokai
In days long past, when misty dawn crept over the mountains of Ōita, a young traveler named Kaito set out to find his wa...
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Ashinagatenaga
足長手長
Yokai
In the depths of Shikoku's rugged coast, where sea spray danced with moonlight, two gentle giants wandered the shoreline...
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Asobibi
遊火
Yokai
In the depths of Kōchi's rural heart, where rice fields swayed like golden seas under the summer sun, and forested roads...
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Ato-oi-kozō
後追い小僧
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded hills of Akakawa village, where cedars swayed like sentinels and cherry blossoms bloomed with an et...
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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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