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The Snake’s Curse
Translated from Edo Tokyo Kaii Hyakumonogatari In North Toyoshima, in the town of Oji, a dealer in hardware named Kumatani Harumachi had a house where five people died in the month of March. In fear...
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The Appearance of the Spirit Turtle
Translated from Edo Tokyo Kaii Hyakumonogatari In the 2nd year of Koka (1845), there was a turtle who was worshiped in Lake Shinobazu, in Ueno. This turtle was different from normal turtles. Its shell...
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Nure Onago – The Soaked Woman
Translated from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujara In Tsushima in Nagasaki prefecture, when the rain falls at night, the bakemono known as the Nure Onago appears. The Nure Onago can appear near any body of...
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Nekomata – The Split-Tailed Cat
Translated and sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujara, Yokai Jiten, Japanese Wikipedia, and other sources Beware of keeping your sweet and patient house cat for too long. According to Japanese folklore,...
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Kasha – The Corpse-Eating Cat Demon
Sourced and translated from Mizuki Shigeru’s Hyakumonogatari, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, Yokai Jiten, Nihon Kokugo Dai-ten, and Other Sources If you have been a bad person all...
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Iriomote Oyamaneko – The Iriomote Great Mountain Cat
Translated from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara Iriomote Island in the Okinawa island chain is sometimes called the Galapagos Island of the East. When the Iriomote yamaneko (Iriomote mountain cat; 西表山猫) was...
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Bakeneko – The Changing Cat
Sourced and translated from Mizuki Shigeru’s Hyakumonogatari, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, Yokai Jiten, Nihon Kokugo Dai-ten, and Other Sources Late at night, a sublimely beautiful...
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Baku – The Dream Eater
Translated from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujara and Japanese Wikipedia When a child in Japan wakes shaking from a nightmare, she knows what to do. Hugging her face in her pillow, she whispers three times...
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Bakeneko Yujo – The Bakeneko Prostitutes of Edo
Sourced and Translated from Japanese Wikipedia and Other Sources After enjoying the delights of one of the famed courtesans of the Yoshiwara pleasure district, a young samurai settles into his futon...
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Gotokoneko – The Trivet Cat
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara and Japanese Wikipedia If you wake up on a cold morning to see a fire mysteriously roaring in what should be a cold fireplace, don’t be afraid. It...
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Tesso – The Iron Rat
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources In Japanese folklore, if you make a promise you had better keep it—even if you...
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Bakekujira and Japan’s Whale Cults
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources Legends of a Great White Whale usually bring to mind Moby Dick, but the white of...
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Onikuma – Demon Bear
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources What walks on its hind legs like a human, is covered in fur, and hauls off...
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Ijuu – The Strange Beast
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources If you are wandering through the forests of Japan and happen across a beast that...
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Nezumi Otoko – Rat Man
Translated and sourced from Kitaro’s Daihyaka, Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Japanese Wikipedia, and various Gegege no Kitaro comics Half yokai. Half human. All scoundrel. Nezumi Otoko is the trickster...
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Sazae Oni – The Turban Shell Demon
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Kaii Yokai Densho Database, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources The Sazae Oni may not look like much—just a giant shellfish with an odd set of...
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Tsukimono – The Possessing Thing
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, The Catalpa Bow, Myths and Legends of Japan, Occult Japan, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources There are eight million gods and monsters in...
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Kori no Tatakai – Kitsune/Tanuki Battles
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, The Fox and the Badger in Japanese Folklore, Japanese Wikipedia, and OnMarkProductions. Kitsune (foxes) and tanuki share much in common. They are...
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What Does Ayakashi Mean in English?
Translated and sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Japanese Wikipedia, Kaii Yokai Densho Database Japanese Performing Arts Resource Center, and Other Sources A sea serpent so massive it takes three...
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Tanuki no Kintama – Tanuki’s Giant Balls
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Japanese Wikipedia, Japan Times, OnMark Productions, and Kaii Yokai Densho Database Who’s got big balls? Tanuki have big balls! Anyone who has...
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