Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
14 illustrated stories
Oboro-guruma
朧車
Yokai
In the depths of winter, when snowflakes fell gently upon Kyoto's tiled roofs, a young merchant named Kaito dwelled in h...
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Ohaguro-bettari
お歯黒べったり
Yokai
In the depths of the moonless night, when the lanterns of the temple district flickered like fireflies, a young samurai...
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Oiwa
お岩
Yokai
In the mist-shrouded mountains above Kiso Village, there lived a woodcutter named Hiroji. He toiled from dawn till dusk,...
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Ōkamuro
大顔
Yokai
In the sleepy town of Shirakawa, where cherry blossoms bloomed in every corner and misty rain veiled the streets at dusk...
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Okiku
お菊
Yurei
In the sleepy village of Tsuru no Sato, where cherry blossoms bloomed in silence under the moon's silver glow, there sto...
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Ōkubi
大首
Yokai
In a small village nestled in the mist-shrouded mountains, there lived a young woman named Emiko. She was known for her...
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Okuri-inu
送り犬
Yokai
In the village of Hakone, nestled between the mist-shrouded peaks of the Fuji range, there lived an old man named Kaito....
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Ōmukade
大百足
Yokai
In the depths of autumn, when the wind whispers secrets to the mountains, I chanced upon a village beset by darkness. Th...
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Oni
鬼
Yokai
In a village nestled between two great mountains, where cherry blossoms bloomed in pink abundance and autumn leaves rust...
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Onibi
鬼火
Yokai
Deep in the forest, where ancient cedars whispered secrets to one another, there lived an old traveler named Kaito. He h...
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Onikuma
鬼熊
Yokai
In the depths of Akakawa village, where the mountains pierced the sky and the rivers sang lullabies to the valleys below...
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Onmoraki
陰摩羅鬼
Yokai
In the village of Kakamura, nestled between two great mountains, there stood an ancient temple dedicated to the venerati...
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Onryō
怨霊
Spirit
In the mist-shrouded village of Akakawa, where cherry blossoms bloomed in the dead of winter, there lived a young weaver...
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Otoroshi
おとろし
Yokai
In the depths of winter, when snowflakes danced around the torii gates of Kiyomizu Temple, a traveler named Kenji made h...
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