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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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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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Neko Musume – Cat Daughter
Translated and Sourced From Ansei Zakki, Gegege no Kitaro DVD Magazine, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources Part Cat / Part Human, the Neko Musume are interesting and unique creatures in Japan’s...
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On Cutting a Spider’s Leg During a Game of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai
Translated from Tonoigusa The brave young men had gathered together for a single purpose. “Tonight, we will exchange 100 stories and see if the legends are true; see if something terrifying awaits us...
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Neko No Kai – The Cat Mystery
Translated from Edo Tokyo Kaii Hyakumonogatari March 17th: A black-spotted, two-tailed cat appeared suddenly, slinking around the Motoyoshi family farmhouse. The son of the family, Genjiro, was fond...
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Suppon on Onryo – The Vengeful Ghosts of the Turtles
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara and Japanese Wikipedia You can still see turtle restaurants in Japan today offering a full-course suppon meal, including a glass of blood served...
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Suppon no Yurei – The Turtle Ghost
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara and Japanese Wikipedia The big cities in the Edo period were full of shops that specialized in the soft shell turtle dishes called suppon. If the...
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Shio no Choji – Salty Choji
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Ehon Hyakumonogatari, and Japanese Wikipedia In Kaga province (modern day Ishikawa prefecture), there lived a wealthy man known as “Salty Choji”...
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Tajima no Sorei – The Poltergeist of Tajima
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Taihei Hyakumonogatari, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources This is a tale of the Edo period, from Tajima province (modern day Hyogo...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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