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Kiyohime (清姫) (or just Kiyo) in Japanese folklore is a character in the story of Anchin and Kiyohime, which dates back to the 11th century. In this story, she fell in love with a Buddhist monk named Anchin, but after her interest in the monk was rejected, she chased after him and transformed into a serpent in a rage, before killing him in a ...
Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.The kanji representation of the word yōkai comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", [1] and while the Japanese name is simply the Japanese transliteration or pronunciation of the Chinese term yaoguai (which designates similarly strange creatures), some Japanese ...
Yuki-onna illustration from Sogi Shokoku Monogatari. Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture), indicating that the legends already existed in the Muromachi period.
There are several stories regarding how the Furutsubaki-no-rei was born. One story tells of a great tree that looked past over a village well hidden inside the forest. The tree grew beautiful flowers alongside those around it for many decades. One day, a young man found the tree and plucked one of its flowers, due to its magnificent beauty.
In another story, the yōkai raises the orphan hero Kintarō, who goes on to become the famous warrior Sakata no Kintoki. [10] Yamauba is said to have a mouth at the top of her head, hidden under her hair. [11] In one story it is related that her only weakness is a certain flower containing her soul. [12]
My Undead Yokai Girlfriend (Japanese: 僕の愛しい妖怪ガールフレンド, Hepburn: Boku no Itoshii Youkai Girlfriend) is a Japanese horror romantic comedy television series directed by Takahiro Miki [1] and written by Yalun Tu and Zach Hines. [2] Produced by Amazon MGM Studios, and stars Hayato Sano and Ai Yoshikawa. [3]
In yet another version, the woodcutter fell in love with a woman he met at the waterfall. He visited her every day, but grew physically weaker each time. The oshō of a nearby temple suspected that the woodcutter was "taken in by the jorōgumo mistress of the waterfall", and accompanied him to chant a sutra. When a spider thread reached out to ...
A beast youkai who assists Jiro in his spiritual duties. Gorozaemon Sanmoto (山本五郎左衛門, Sanmoto Gorōzaemon) Voiced by: Satoshi Mikami [3] A demon king who serves as a representative and leader for the youkai of Japan. Though he takes the form of a human man, his true form is a large, hairy beast the size of one and a half Tokyo Domes.