Folktales
Illustrated yokai folktales
Panel-art retellings from Japanese folklore. Each tale lives on its creature’s page.
3 illustrated stories
Zashiki-warashi
座敷童子
Spirit
In the mist-shrouded mountains of Iwate's countryside, there stood an old inn, its wooden sign creaking in the gentle br...
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Zennyo Ryūō
善如龍王
Dragon
In the mountains of Kyoto, where the misty veil of dawn still clung to the valleys, a young acolyte named Kenji tended t...
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Zunbera-bō
ずんべら坊
Yokai
In the quiet village of Akakawa, where the misty dawn often lingered into morning, there lived a young man named Kaito....
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