“I learned there were many varieties of yokai, such as ‘hyosube’ and ‘nurarihyon,’ and I started posting one illustration a day on my blog,” he said. “My website was flooded with ...

But Sengoku-era Japan had its own share of folktales about Yokai - ghosts, spirits, monsters and demons - which were all widely believed by the superstitious public. To the east of Kiyomizudera ...

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Japanese Folklore, we track down the legend of the ferocious Ushioni, a Yokai with the hulking body of a bull and an ogre-like face.

The head of the spirit youkai Nurarihyon forsees that and commands that Maya search for an appropriate human child to be the supreme commander.