Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
9 illustrated stories
Jakotsu-babaa
蛇骨婆
Yokai
In a valley nestled between the mountains, where the wind whispers secrets to the trees, there lived an elderly woman kn...
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Jatai
蛇帯
Yokai
In the twilight hours, when the fireflies danced around the lanterns of the humble inn, a traveler named Kaito settled i...
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Jibakurei
地縛霊
Yurei
In the depths of autumn's haze, when sunlight filtered through cherry blossoms like bloodstained fingers, a hospital on...
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Jikininki
食人鬼
Yurei
In the depths of rural mountains, where mist-shrouded villages whispered secrets to the wind, there lived a young monk n...
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Jinmenju
人面樹
Yokai
In the heart of a mist-shrouded valley, where the morning sun struggled to penetrate the grey veil, there stood an ancie...
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Jinmenken
人面犬
Yokai
In the depths of winter, when snowflakes danced in the city's alleys, a lone figure wandered the streets under the pale...
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Jishin-namazu
地震鯰
Yokai
In the depths of the Inland Sea, where the sunlight barely reaches, the Jishin-namazu stirred its massive body. The eart...
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Jorōgumo
絡新婦
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded mountains of Izu, where the roar of the Jōren Falls echoed through the valleys, there lived a beaut...
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Jubokko
樹木子
Yokai
In the twilight hours, when shadows stretched long and dark across the mountainside, I chanced upon a village shrouded i...
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