妖怪zin

[yokaizin]

[yokaizin]

[o-bakemono]

Gashadokuro statue at the Mizuki Shigeru Road in the Mizuki Shigeru museum.

[minamaruco]

お盆過ぎちゃいましたがお化けの留め紙(今で言うシール)が出て来たので画像アップしときますー。 pic.twitter.com/HzKekRzhx9

— 奇声を発して暴れる坊や (@kisei_boya)

[signorformica]

Depiction of two Oni (鬼), sort of yōkai, demons in Japanese folklore. Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) • via Bibliothèque Infernale on FB

[yajifun]

滑稽洒落狂画苑　河鍋暁斎?　年代不詳（明治）

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[fattymadiy]

most are by artist Matthew Meyer

[farewell-to-lorien]

Yôkai Gathering, by Atelier Sento. 

[yokaifanatic]

Gaki - 餓鬼

Gaki are invisible spirits that are being tortured by being eternally hungry. They have distended bellies and tiny mouths and throats. There are many variations of Gaki, and this is dependent upon the sins that he or she committed in their past life, the one thing that is common among all of them is that they are always hungry and can never be fulfilled. Some are unable to eat or drink anything, as the food will burst into flames and disappear whenever they try. While some Gaki are only able to eat unclean things such as feces, vomit, and corpses. Finally, some can eat as they please, however, they will never be sated no matter how much they eat. Today, the word gaki is a cruel term sometimes used to describe a child.

Art from a: 12th-century scroll

[weirdlandtv]

Illustration of a keukegen, from Toriyama Sekien's Konjaku Hyakki Shūi (ca. 1781). A keukegen is a small disease spirit covered in a mass of filthy hair, which usually resides in dark and damp places in populated areas.

[tanuki-kimono]

Eerie honne onna (skeleton woman) contemplating her long gone face in a mirror (great horror art by Mai Tamagawa)

[chernobog13]

Lord Sakaki being confronted by the kappa lord, who doesn’t take kindly to his underlings being dispatched by a self-appointed demon slayer.

[yokaifanatic]

Katsura Otoko - 桂男

The Katsura Otoko is an alluring man that is believed to live on the moon. he came from a myth in China that there is a man that lives in a palace on the moon. He spends his time pruning the branches of a Katsura tree, when he is done the tree will grow its branches back and he will once again trim them. According to this myth as he cut the branches the moon would grow smaller and less round. This was a myth was meant to explain the waxing and waning of the moon. It is believed that the only time a person can see the Katsura Otoko is during a moonlit night. He will gaze down on a person looking up to him, it is said that he is so beautiful that it is difficult for a person to look away. If a person gazes at a Katsura Otoko, he will extend his hand and beckon the person to him. With each shake of his hand, the person's lifespan will shrink. If a person stares at the Katsura Otoko long enough he or she may drop dead on the spot.

Art from the: Ehon Hyaku monogatari

[cryptids-of-the-world]

The Oboroguruma is a Yokai found in Kyoto Japan. The Oboroguruma is described as an oxcart with a giant face on it. The Oboroguruma was created when in the older days of Kyoto, noble people would get into carriage fights to good spots for festivals in the capital and they lost the fight, their anger and resentment could manifest itself as an Oboroguruma. Oboroguruma means “Hazy Cart.”

[yokaifanatic]

Betobetosan - べとべとさん

Betobetosan is a formless phantom that likes to follow behind people on the road. He wears wooden sandals making a "beto beto" sound with every step he takes. Betobetosan is harmless, although, he can be fairly disconcerting. He synchronizes his steps with someone on the road and gets closer and closer. Panicking the person when they turn around only to see nothing there. In order to be left around, simply step to the side of the road and say "after you betobetosan". The footsteps will continue past you and eventually vanish from earshot. Allowing you to continue in peace. Interestingly, In northern Fukui Prefecture, a betobetosan is known as a bishagatsuku during winter storms. The name comes from the “bisha bisha” sound his phantom feet make in the slush-filled streets.

Image found here: https://gegegenokitaro.fandom.com/wiki/Beto-Beto-san/Gallery

[yajifun]

Elephant catching a flying tengu / Kuniyoshi

心学稚絵得 天狗と象　歌川国芳　年代不詳

“競れば 長し短しむつかしや 我慢の鼻の をき所なし”

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