Nabeshima
Nabeshima Pronunciation : (Nob-BAY-she-ma) The nabeshima, as it has come to be called, is a vampiric cat from the folklore of ancient Japan. It looks…
Category: Japanese Folklore
Akubo
Akubo In Japanese No plays, the character of a wicked priest who wears a coarse beard and carries a halberd. SEE ALSO: No Japanese Mythology…
The Snow Bride
The Snow Bride Mosaku and his apprentice Minokichi journeyed to a forest, some little distance from their village. It was a bitterly cold night when…
Kubikajiri
The kubikajiri is in Japanese folklore, a head-eating ghost that lurks about graveyards late at night searching for its own lost head. The kubikajiri eats…
Neko-Mata
The Neko-Mata may look like an ordinary cat, but it’s not. It’s a powerful cat spirit able to shape-shift into human form. The Neko-Mata is…
Okiku
Okiku ORIGIN: Japan The wealthy Aoyama family had an extremely valuable set of ten Delft (Dutch pottery) plates. Okiku, working as a maid in their…
Onryo
Onryo are ghosts who return to haunt the living with vengeance on their minds. Onryo may be male or female, but the most famous tend…
Adachigahara
Adachigahara is in Japanese folklore, a cannibalistic woman spirit, portrayed with a kitchen knife, sometimes preparing to kill a child. According to one legend, she…
Buruburu
The buruburu is the “ghost of fear” in Japanese folklore. The buruburu lurks about in forests and graveyards in the form of a shaking old…
Funayuhrei
A funayuhrei is in Japanese folklore, a Ghost ship that travels silently at night or in thick fog. It appears suddenly without sound or lights.…