Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
4 illustrated stories
Raijin
雷神
God
In the village of Akakawa, nestled between two great mountains, there lived a young apprentice blacksmith named Kaito. H...
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Raijū
雷獣
Yokai
In the depths of summer, when the air hung heavy with the scent of blooming yamabuki and the sun beat down upon the eart...
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Rokurokubi
ろくろ首
Yokai
In the misty hills of Akakawa village, where the cherry blossoms bloomed in silence, there lived a young woman named Emi...
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Ryū
竜
Dragon
In the misty dawn, when dew-kissed rice fields sparkled like a thousand tiny mirrors, the villagers of Akakawa whispered...
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