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::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: - yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - Reference - - ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: - yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - ABC-List - Goyu - 36 Stations of the Yokai Road - Mizuki Shigeru bakemono 化け物　 o-bake お化け bakemono matsuri 化物祭 monster festival Botan Doro 牡丹灯篭 The Peony Lantern Hyaku monogatari 百物語 One Hundred Ghost Stories iruikon 異類婚 marriage between different kinds (humans and monsters) - - - irui nyooboo 異類女房 wife / irui muko 異類婿 husband kaidanbanashi 怪談話 ghost stories kiraigoo,  ki raigoo 鬼来迎 Kiraigo, welcoming the demons kyuuketsu ki 吸血鬼 vampire, blood-sucking demon . oni 鬼 Japanese demons . . yooki 妖鬼 Yoki - Yokai Monster Demon . . yuurei 幽霊 Yurei ghost, Geist . Plant, David Plant Three Mythological Beasts you see in everyday Japan (and what the hell they mean) The Tanuki - The Tengu - The Namazu Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕 (1712 – 1788) ukiyo-e artist - - - - - - all the above are featured here : . Yokai 妖怪 Monsters - Introduction - . - Introduction in the Darumapedia - CLICK for more yokai photos ! . 江戸 Edo - 妖怪 Yokai monsters, 幽霊 Yurei ghosts . kuchisake onna 口裂け女 slit-mouthed woman haifuri tanuki 灰降狸 the ash-throwing Tanuki isogashi いそがし "busy busy"　Busybody kioicho no densha 紀尾井町の電車 the train from Kioi village kurokamikiri 黒髪切 black hair cutter nekomusume, neko musume 猫娘　cat daughter onimusume, oni-musume 鬼娘 demon daughter ooki na otoko 大きな男 the huge man tachifusagari たちふさがり twister, whirlwind . tsukimono 憑き物 bewitched . Being bewitched by a fox, badger, a Yokai or other ill-meaning foe was pretty common in Japan, there are many legends and tales about it. . kidan 鬼談 Demon stories, Yokai and Demon talk . yasō kidan 夜窓鬼談 Yaso Kidan "Night-window demon talk" / Manga - Kidan 漫画：鬼談 Niryuu no Matsu 二龍の松 Niryu no Matsu, "Pine like two dragons" iki, itsuki 縊鬼 / いつき / kubire-oni 縊れ鬼 / くびれ鬼 strangler demon 鬼子を産みし事 Oni-ko demon child born Rokurokubi, Rokuro-Kubi ろくろ首 "moving head" . Ino Mononoke Roku 稲生物怪録 The Ghost Experience of Mr. Ino . - 1749 . Shrine Yokai Jinja 妖怪神社 and Yokai Ema 妖怪絵馬 votive tablets . . Haiku and Senryu about Yokai monsters　俳句　川柳 . . Buson Yokai Emaki 蕪村妖怪絵巻 Buson Monster Scroll . . Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 (1715 - 1783) Painter and Poet . - quote - triptych by Kyodai What superficially appears to be a yokai print is actually political commentary: the octopus representing the tendrils of the Western powers, with the assembled outside representing different factions in the former Shogunate and early Imperial government trying to hold them back with a “kekkai” barrier of prayer-beads. - source : Matt Alt, facebook - .............................................................................................................................................. O-Bake, お化け, Literally means, "transforming thing." Anything that is fearful or super-large or otherwise out of the normal range is called O-Bake. Japanese Ghosts and Ghost Stories, kaidan 怪談 On Overview of them all ! . Abura-bo 油坊 Oil Priest / 油坊主 abura boozu . and Abura-sumashi 油すまし "Oil Presser", "oil wringer" from Kumamoto . Amazake Babaa 甘酒婆 "Amazake hag" "Sweet Sake Hag" . . Amemasu アメマス / 雨鱒 "Rain Trout" . . Ashinaga Tenaga 足長手長 "Long Legs, Long Arms" . . Akashita 赤舌, Akakuchi 赤口 Red Tongue, Red Mouth . *fb . Amabie アマビエ mermaid and epidemics 2020. . Amanojaku, Ama no Jaku, Amanjaku 天邪鬼 Heavenly Evil Spirit . bakeneko 化け猫 the Monster Cat . bakezoori, bakezōri 化け草履 Bake-Zori, Sandal Yokai . . choochin obake, chōchin-obake (提灯お化け, "paper lantern ghost" . bakechoochin, bake-choochin 化け提灯　Bake-Chochin, Monster Lantern . Daidarabotchi ダイダラボッチ / Daidarabotcha ダイダラボッチャ / デーデッポ Deedeppo . . daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake . . futtachi 脛立 /フッタチ / 経立 Futtachi - old hen or monkey Yokai . Furaribi ふらり火（ふらりび）　aimless wandering flame / fire - reference - gaki 餓鬼　Hungry Demons, Hungry Ghosts The Hungry Ghosts are part of the Six Realms of Existence, rokudoo　六道　of the Buddhist religion. . Ganbari Nyūdō 加牟波理入道 Yokai God of the Toilet . Gangi kozo 岸涯小僧 "riverbank priest boy" They are close relatives of the much more well-known kappa. source : yokai.com . Gagoze ガゴゼ Yokai-Monk from Gango-Ji, Nara . . Goizo and Goizoo-iwa ごいぞう岩 the Goizo Rock . . gooki 豪鬼 The Yokai monster Goki . * goryoo, onryoo 御霊、怨霊 vengeful spirits of dead humans . guhin kuhin gubin 狗賓 / グヒン Guhin Tengu Yokai monster . . Hahakigami ははきがみ hōkigami 箒神(ははきがみ) Hokigami, Deity of the Broom . Halloween ハロウィーン . Hakusanboo 白山坊 Hakusan-Bo, Fox Yokai . . Hakutaku, Pai Che, Bai Ze, Shirazawa 白澤 Kutabe . *fb a body like a cow's, a head like a man's. - - - More in the WIKIPEDIA ! - - - - - . Hakutaku 白沢 in Shinagawa, Tokyo. . Hakuzooshu 伯蔵主 Hakuzoshu / Hakuzosu Fox . and 多久蔵主 (たくぞうす) Takuzosu. Hakuzosu Inari 伯蔵主稲荷. . Hatahiro 機尋 / はたひろ loom-spun, serpent . . Heikegani crab 平家蟹, ヘイケガニ (Heikeopsis japonica) . Hihi 狒々 / 狒狒 / 比々 Baboon Monkey Monster - and 岩見重太郎 Iwami Jutaro (alias 薄田兼相 Susukida Kanesuke) . hina 雛 / お雛様 / 烏の雛 Hina dolls and chicks . . hitodama　人魂 (hidama) "human soul" "soul flame" . . Hitotsume kozoo 一つ目小僧 / 一ツ目小僧 Hitotsume Kozo, Little Monk with One Eye . . hoo 封（ほう）Ho Yokai and elixir for Ieyasu . . Hōkigami 箒神 Hokigami, Hahakigami - the Broom Deity . hotaru　蛍　Heike-botaru, Fireflies and the souls of the Heike clan Genji-botaru, genjibotaru 源氏蛍 - and the sould of the Minamoto clan . Hyoosube 兵主部 Hyōsube Yokai, Hyosube / ヒョウスンボ . . Ibaraki Dōji 茨羅鬼童子/ 茨城童子/ 茨木童子 Ibaraki Doji / Ibaragi Doji . . ijuu 異獣 Iju monster animals . . Imogura イモグラ Satsuma imo sweet potato monster . . Inugami 犬神 "Dog Deity" Dog Monster . . Ippondatara, Ippon-datara 一本ダタラ, 一本タタラ Ippon tatara, Ippondatara . . Itsumade 以津真天, an eerie bird of epidemics . . Jooga 嫦娥 Joga, Chang'e / Kooga 姮娥 Koga, Heng'e . - Lady Chang-O, The Moon Lady . Jorogumo 女郎蜘蛛 / 女郎ぐも"woman spider" Yokai . . Kaido Ancient Roads - Yokai and Yurei 街道の妖怪 - 幽霊 . . kaijuu 怪獣 Kaiju - mythological beasts and animals - Legends . - genjuu 幻獣 Genju / cryptid, mysterious creature . Kamaitachi 鎌鼬 "sickle weasel" cold cutting wind . . Kanchiki カンチキ Yokai monster like a Kappa 河童 . . Kansu カンスコロバシ Kansu korobashi / kansu-korogashi . - Fukushima . kasa, karakasa obake　から傘お化け / 唐傘お化け umbrella ghost . . Kasha 火車 Kasha Demon "burning chariot" . - - - - - and the Corpse-Eating Cat Demon 火車猫 . Katsura-Otoko (桂男): the Wig Man . . Kawauso 獺魚 / 獺、- 川獺 - カハウソ - かハうそ Mister Otter . . Kidoomaru - Kidōmaru 鬼童丸 Kidomaru - legendary magician . . kijimunaa キジムナー Kijimuna and kenmun 水蝹 Kenmun . - . kenmun ケンムン from Kagoshima . . kodama 木魂 / 木魅 / 木霊 tree spirit (and echo) . . kodama nezumi コダマ鼠 / 小玉鼠 Kodama Nezumi Yokai monster - Little Ball Rat . . Kokkuri 狐狗狸 Table-Turning . - - - - - (ko 狐, foxes; gu/ku 狗, tengu; ri 狸, tanuki). . Kosamebō 小雨坊 Kosamebo, Kosame-Bo "Light Rain Monk" . . kosode no te 小袖の手 Hands of a Kosode robe . . Mikaribaba, Mikari Basan 蓑借り婆さん / ミカリバアサン "old hag Mikari" . . Mizuchi 蛟 water yokai . - - - - - and Medochi　メドチ，　めどち Kappa . Mochi 餅　rice cakes and 妖怪　Yokai monsters . - - - - - chikara mochi yokai ちからモチ妖怪 . Momiji, kijo momiji　鬼女紅葉 female Demon called Momiji . . namekujira なめくじら slugwhale, namekujiri なめくじり slug . . narigama 鳴釜（なりがま）pot who calls out . - and 鳴釜神事（なるかましんじ）Narukama ritual at Kibitsu shrine, Okayama . ningyo 人魚 "human fish" and Yao Bikuni 八百比丘尼 . . Nobusuma 野衾 (のぶすま）"wild quilt", "wild blanket" . Yokai squirrel, Yokai bat . nopperaboo, noppera-bō のっぺら坊 Nopperabo, faceless ghost . 　　 . Nuppeppoo Nuppeppō (ぬっぺっぽう) Nuppeppo . * . notsugo ノツゴ Notsuko, invisible child monster . . Nue 鵺 a mythological beast . with the head of a monkey, breast of a badger, scales like a dragon, tail of a serpent and feet like a tiger　 . Nure-onna 濡女 "Wet Woman" dragon yokai . . . . . . oni to bijutsu 鬼と美術 - Japanese Demons and Art - - - - - . oni omamori 鬼お守り　Demon Amulets . . Oniwakamaru 鬼若丸 . Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monster with a long neck and hanging tongue . オンボノヤス Onbonyasu / オボノヤス Obonyasu . - Fukushima . Onibaba 鬼婆 the Demon Hag at 黒塚 Kurozuka . . Ooseichuu, Oseichu 応声虫 The Mimicking Roundworm . . Oosuke, ōsuke, Daisuke 鮭の大助 / 鮭の大介 the salmon king . . Osakabe Hime 長壁姫, 小刑部姫, 小坂部姫 from 姫路城 Himeji castle . . Pokemon ポケモン Pocket Monsters / Pikachu. . Raijuu Raijū 雷獣 Raiju Thunder Beast Yokai . . Ryūtō, Ryuutoo 龍燈 Ryuto "Dragon Lantern" . . Sara yashiki　皿屋敷 "the Dish Mansion" . and the ghost of O-Kiku お菊 counting dishes . Sazae-oni　栄螺鬼 / さざえ鬼　haunted turban shell . . Shinchuu, Shinchū 神虫 Shinchu, "The Divine Insect" silkworm moth . Shiranui (shiranu hi) 不知火 "unknown fire" in Kyushu Shiranui Monogatari 白縫物語 , a kaijuu 怪獣 sea monster, illustration by Utagawa Kunisada. Yoshitaki　Mitate Shiranui Monogatari Kunisada, Princess Wakana From Shiranui Monogatari . . . and more to google Shōki, Shooki, Shōki 鍾馗 Shoki, The Demon Queller . Shuten-dōji, Shuuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji . 酒顛童子, 酒天童子, 朱点童子 - and Oeyama 大江山 . soroban boozu 十呂盤坊主 "the Abacus Priest" . . Suiko 水虎 Water Tiger, Water Beast . . Takaboozu 高坊主 Takabozu . . taki rei-oo, taki reiō 滝霊王 / 瀧霊王 Taki Reio Spirit-king of the waterfall . - Fudo Myo-O as Yokai Tanuki　狸, the bewitching badger . Teijin 氐人【テイジン】dī rén Chinese merman . . Tengu 天狗 - karasu tengu　烏天狗 Tengu with a beak . . Toofu Kozoo, Tōfu kozō 豆腐小僧 Tofu Kozo, The Tofu Boy . . umiboozu, umibōzu 海坊主 Umibozu, "sea monk", "sea bonze" . and namikozoo 波小僧 Namikozo, Nami Kozo, Monk of the Waves Ayakashi 妖 / Ikuchi, Ikuji　イクチ - sea monsters . ushioni, ushi-oni うし鬼 / gyuuki 牛鬼 "bull-demon" . kudan 件 . Ushirogami ウシロ神 / 後神 / 後ろ髪 / うしろがみ Deity coming from Behind . . Uwabami ウワバミ (a huge serpent-monster) - yamakagachi . * . warai onna 笑い女 the "laughing woman" . - Kochi / Tosa - - - and 勝賀瀬の赤頭 the red head of Shogase 本山の白姥 the white old hag from Motoyama - - - - - Tosa no Yokai 土佐の妖怪 The Yokai monsters of Tosa / Kochi . Yaegakihime, Yaegaki-Hime 八重姫 Princess Yaegaki and Takeda Katsuyori . . yakan 野干 a monster beast . * (8 legends to explore) - probably ジャッカル jakkaru, jackal, or maybe a fox 狐. . Yamabiko (Yamahiko) 山彦 / やまびこ Mountain Deity and Yokai . . Yamachichi 山チチ / 山地乳 Yamachichi "mountain breast" . . Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 and 山姫 Yamahime, "Mountain Hag" . - and yukinba 雪婆 Yukinba, the Snow Hag yukionna, yuki onna 雪女 (ゆきおんな) "snow woman" . yamaotoko, yama-otoko 山男 "Mountain Man" monster . . yamawaro ヤマワロ / 山童 "child of the mountain" . - Kyushu - Kappa . yogen no tori 予言の鳥　/ ヨゲンノトリ prophecy bird . .............................................................................................................................................. . O-Bake no Gakko おばけの学校 School for Monsters and Demons . 河鍋暁斎 Kawanabe Kyosai (1831 - 89) .............................................................................................................................................. doonotsura 胴の面 / 胴面（どうのつら） Donotsura a man with his face on his stomach. He steals and kills. also in 『百鬼夜行絵巻』「胴面」- wikipedia - reference : Matthew Meyer - .............................................................................................................................................. source :　Yokai Attack - Lucas Perla - fb Watch out for the Kappa, Fudo Myo-O and even Daruma san! Utagawa Kuniyoshi ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: . 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