Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
12 illustrated stories
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Maikubi
舞首
Yokai
In the depths of autumn, when night's veil shrouds the world in darkness, travelers on the mountain roads often speak of...
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Makura-gaeshi
枕返し
Yokai
In the depths of Akakawa Village, where the mountains dipped into the valley and the air was thick with cherry blossom s...
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Mekurabe
目競
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded hills of Akashi, where the wind whispers secrets to the pines, there lived a samurai named Hiro. He...
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Miage-nyūdō
見上げ入道
Yokai
In the village of Katsuragi, where the mountains rose like giant's shoulders and the forests whispered secrets to the wi...
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Mikoshi-nyūdō
見越し入道
Yokai
Deep in the mountains, where the trees grew twisted and gnarled, there lived a young traveler named Hiro. He had set out...
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Mizuchi
蛟
Yokai
In the depths of Shinano's great river, where willows weep and cedars whisper secrets to the wind, there dwelled a Mizuc...
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Mokumokuren
目目連
Yokai
In the sleepy village of Kakamura, where rice paddies stretched towards the mist-shrouded mountains, there stood an anci...
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Momonjii
百々爺
Yokai
Deep within the mountains, where misty veils shrouded the valleys and ancient trees whispered secrets to each other, the...
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Morinji-no-kama
茂林寺の釜
Yokai
In the whispering hills of Tatebayashi, where cherry blossoms danced in spring and autumn leaves rustled with gentle whi...
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Mōryō
魍魎
Yokai
In the shadowy depths of the ancient graveyard, where the wind whispered secrets to the stones, there lived a Mōryō name...
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Mujina
貉
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded hills of Akakawa, where ancient forests whispered secrets to the wind, there lived a mujina named K...
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Myōbu
命婦
Yokai
In the village nestled between two great hills, where the cherry blossoms bloomed in soft pastel hues and the rice paddi...
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