Results for "Japanese yōkai"
34 entries found.
🇯🇵 JapanNurarihyon滑瓢 or ぬらりひょん
A slippery Japanese monster that slips away and haunts homes in folklore and pop culture.Being · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanUwanうわん
A Japanese yōkai with an unknown identity and a loud voiceBeing Historical
🇯🇵 JapanTesso鉄鼠
A Japanese yōkai born from a monk’s curse and the destructive power of ratsBeing · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanAmikiri網切
A scorpion-like Japanese yōkai said to snip nets, mosquito nets and blindsBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanKasha火車
A Japanese yōkai that steals corpses from funerals and gravesBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇯🇵 JapanNarigama鳴釜
A Japanese yōkai and Shinto divination ritual based on the sound of a heated pot.Figure · Seeing and foretelling · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇯🇵 JapanYume no seirei夢の精霊
A Japanese yōkai believed to cause nightmares during the Edo periodBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇯🇵 JapanTōfu-kozō豆腐小僧
A Japanese yōkai depicted as a child carrying a tray of tofu, popular in Edo period literature.Being · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇯🇵 JapanAzukihakari小豆はかり
A Japanese yōkai known only for the sound of red beans rattling in a house.Being Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanMokumokuren目目連
A Japanese yōkai of eyes that crowds the tears in a paper screenBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanItsumade以津真天
A Japanese yōkai bird born from a medieval tale and modern folklore.Being Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanWairaわいら
A Japanese yōkai depicted as a giant ox-like creature with sharp claws.Being Historical
🇯🇵 JapanTosa Obake Zōshi土佐お化け草紙
An Edo-period illustrated scroll of yōkai tales from Tosa ProvinceText · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇯🇵 JapanGagoze元興寺の鬼
A yōkai of Nara said to be a lightning child or a monk demon from Gangō-jiBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇯🇵 JapanAmabieアマビエ
A prophetic sea creature from Japan that wards off disease with its imageFigure · Protection · Seeing and foretelling Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanOnikuma鬼熊
A giant bear spirit from Japan that throws stones and steals livestockBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanHitotsume-kozō一つ目小僧
A one-eyed child yōkai that startles people but is said to do no harmBeing · Protection Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanAzukibabaaあずきばばあ
A Japanese yōkai that mimics the sound of red beans to lure or frighten peopleBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanAbura-akago油赤子
A Japanese yōkai drawn as an infant lapping oil from a paper lampBeing Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanFutakuchi-onnaふたくちおんな (二口女)
A Japanese yōkai: a woman with a second, hungry mouth hidden in her hairBeing · Change and initiation · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanOtoroshiおとろし
A Japanese yōkai with blue skin and tusks that guards temple gates and punishes the wicked.Being · Protection · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanHyakkai Zukan百怪図巻
An 1737 picture scroll of thirty Japanese yōkai by Sawaki SuushiText · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇯🇵 JapanTenome手の目
A Japanese yōkai with eyes on its palms, known from Edo-period illustrations and tales.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanSunekosuriすねこすり
A Japanese yōkai that rubs against people's legs and causes minor stumbling.Being · Cursing and harm Historical
🇯🇵 JapanDodomeki百々目鬼
A Japanese yōkai woman with arms covered in bird eyes, cursed for theft.Being · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanOkuri-inu送り犬
A Japanese yōkai that follows travelers on mountain paths at nightBeing · Cursing and harm · Protection Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanNoderabō野寺坊
A Japanese yōkai of abandoned temples and broken vowsBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇯🇵 JapanNobusuma野衾
A Japanese yōkai said to be a flying squirrel or bat that attacks travelers at night.Being · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanKamikiri髪切り
A Japanese yōkai blamed for the sudden disappearance of human hairBeing · Cursing and harm Historical
🇯🇵 JapanBetobeto-sanべとべとさん
A Japanese yōkai that follows walkers on dark roads and makes footsteps sounds.Being · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanRokurokubiろくろ首 (轆轤首)
A Japanese yōkai whose neck draws out long, or whose head flies off at nightBeing Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanTaka-nyūdō高入道
A towering monk spirit of Shikoku that grows when stared at and vanishes with a chant.Being · Wonder and entertainment Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanHone-onna骨女
A Japanese yōkai, a woman's skeleton who comes by peony lantern to a man she lovedBeing · Love and attraction Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanUbume産女
The ghost of a mother who died in labour, and the child that turns to stoneBeing · Cursing and harm · Power and authority Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Rokurokubi: Lunatic eye, CC BY-SA 3.0, source
- Nurarihyon: Brigham Young University, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Ubume: Brigham Young University, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Tesso: Katsushika Hokusai, Public domain, source
- Kasha: Brigham Young University, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Yume no seirei: Brigham Young University, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Uwan: Sawaki Sūshi (佐脇嵩之, Japanase, *1707, †1772), Public domain, source
- Waira: Brigham Young University, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Gagoze: Brigham Young University, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Amabie: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Otoroshi: Unknown author, Public domain, source
- Hyakkai Zukan: Sawaki Sūshi (佐脇嵩之, Japanese, *1707, †1772), Public domain, source
- Nobusuma: Utagawa Kuniyoshi ( 歌川国芳 , Japanese, *1798, †1861), Public domain, source
- Kamikiri: Sawaki Suushi (佐脇嵩之, Japanese, *1707, †1772), Public domain, source
- Taka-nyūdō: Hayami Shungyōsai (速水春暁斎, Japanese, *1767, †1823), Public domain, source