Results for "obake"
5 entries found.
🇯🇵 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
🇯🇵 JapanYōkai妖怪
A vast class of supernatural spirits and entities in Japanese folkloreBeing · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreHaunted house
A house said to hold the spirits of its dead, and how the scares are investigatedBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇯🇵 JapanBakeneko yūjo化猫遊女
A fictional character from Edo period literature featuring a courtesan who transforms into a cat.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇯🇵 JapanSazae-oni栄螺鬼
A yōkai born from an old turban snail, said to take human shape and bargain for goldBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
🇯🇵 JapanYōkai妖怪
A vast class of supernatural spirits and entities in Japanese folkloreBeing · Cursing and harm · Luck and prosperity Historical
🇺🇸 United States and 4 moreHaunted house
A house said to hold the spirits of its dead, and how the scares are investigatedBelief · Speaking with spirits and the dead · Wonder and entertainment Living
🇯🇵 JapanBakeneko yūjo化猫遊女
A fictional character from Edo period literature featuring a courtesan who transforms into a cat.Figure · Wonder and entertainment Historical
🇯🇵 JapanSazae-oni栄螺鬼
A yōkai born from an old turban snail, said to take human shape and bargain for goldBeing · Cursing and harm Legendary
Photo credits on this page
The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.
- Haunted house: John Anster Fitzgerald, Public domain, source
- Bakeneko yūjo: Torii Kiyonaga ( 鳥居清長 , Japanese, *1752, †1815), Public domain, source
- Yōkai: Kyosai Kawanabe (河鍋 暁斎), Public domain, source