Japanese Folklore Gallery
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ex0skeletal-undead:Chupacabra by Esao Andrews
More Scary Japanese Monsters — The ShirimeIn old times, this was a yokai (creature) found on t
Scary Japanese Monsters — The Giant Firebreathing ChickenIn Medieval Japanese folklore the Bas
Medieval Japanese monster folklore, the AkanameThe akaname is a yokai (mythical creature) that is sa
Japanese Folklore — The Two FrogsOnce upon a time in the country of Japan there lived two frog
Settai Komura (1887-1940) — Momotarō by Sazanami Iwaya (woodblock print,1927)
Kensuke Koike aka 小池健輔 (Japanese, b. 1980, Nagoya, Japan) - Hyakume / Hyakki Yakou (Night parade of
pirate: In Japanese folklore, Gashadokuro, also known as Odokuro, are giant skeletons, fifteen times
Inktober 2016: 31 WitchesOct 1 - Seasonal WitchA Kijo to start off! I really like the Momijigari leg
Katsukawa Shunshō aka Shunshō Katsukawa aka Katsumiyagawa Yūsuke (original name) aka 勝川春章 (Japanese,
lawlu:In Japanese folklore, Gashadokuro, also known as Odokuro, are giant skeletons, fifteen times t
Yuki-onna (snow woman) a tall, beautiful woman with long black hair and blue lips.In many stories, Y
kokodrawings:I’m officially in the middle of a Japanese folklore mood, so here’s samurai!Sasuke and
ukiyoecats:Hyakki yagyō 百鬼夜行, literally “night parade of 100 demons,” refers to a folklore motif tha
pirate:In Japanese folklore, Gashadokuro, also known as Odokuro, are giant skeletons, fifteen times
netals:“Mother… are you a cat or a ghost?” Kuroneko ‘藪の中の黒猫’ 1968 · dir. Kaneto Shindō
Raishin, from the series One Hundred Ghost Stories from China and Japan by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1865
Spooky Folklore from Medieval Japan — The Legend of the Ubume,In Medieval Japanese folklore, t
Ancient Japanese WTF— The ShirimeAccording to medieval Japanese folklore a Samurai was traveli
Utagawa Kuninaga (-1829), ‘Raikō Shitennō and the earth spider’, 1804Source
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (Taiso) (1839-1892), ‘Ibaraki’, 1880-90Source
Kumai Taro Fighting a Bear by Utagawa Yoshitora (1852)
The next こわい話 (kowai hanashi, scary story) is called のっぺらぼう (nopperabou). What is a のっぺらぼう? Oh, that
The Oboroguruma is a Yokai found in Kyoto Japan. The Oboroguruma is described as an oxcart with a gi
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