Jigoku Yeah!

Reposting a WIP from my main account

Btw anyone else ever get a kind of “fight or flight” feeling from looking at their own while drawing it? Like, “Wow, this is looking really great! …I hate the way she’s looking at me….”

『オニぎり』 ラインナップ＜１＞うめ＜２＞めんたいこ＜３＞いくら＜４＞こんぶ＜５＞しおむすび メーカー：タカラトミーアーツ 2025年6月発売 300円カプセル購入はこちら（楽天） "Onigiri" Lineup: <1> Ume (plum), <2> Mentaiko (spicy cod roe), <3> Salmon roe, <4> Konbu (kelp), <5> Shiomusubi (salted rice ball) Manufacturer: Takara Tomy Arts Released in June 2025 Purchase the 300 yen capsule here (Rakuten)

https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/39353
『オニぎり』発売！
"Onigiri" now on sale!
#ガチャポン #gachapon

単独性のきつねと社会性のたぬき #北きつね牧場

yokai in a miniature Japanese public bath

the yokai are getting ready for a trip to the homeland, so order today if you want any pins before we get back in mid November!
yokaiparadeshop.etsy.com

A brown, ape-like frowning creature has its hands raised and stands among a crowd.

Hibagon is the mascot for the town of Saijo in Shobara City and is based on an ape-like cryptid spotted in the mountains there in the 70s.

秋の夜長に百鬼夜行（2025）

秋の夜長に百鬼夜行📚
#イラスト #妖怪 #百鬼夜行絵巻

Some of you might be wondering what kind of yokai you’ll encounter in Ookami Okami 👀

If you’ve played our VN Kohana before, you might recognize these three spirits... they'll be making a grand return! 👻✨

#visualnovels #youkai

YouTube video by Bushido Blues The True Dark Meaning Behind...Demon of Mount Oe (1960)

Review of Demon of Mount Oe from the Daiei Gothic volume 2 box set
youtu.be/KJ4SFsnaJLo?...
👹🍶🕷️

Santa Monica (and those nearby)! I’ll be cohosting Teishoku & Terror on Oct 28 at Takuma Sake & Izakaya on Wilshire Blvd and doing a talk on Japanese horror films! Register below!

The 25 Bakezōri reward figures are finally complete! The acrylic keychains have also arrived — now I’m just waiting for the books and postcards to come back from the printer. Starting next week, I’ll begin packing preparations like wrapping and addressing. Just a little more to go — I’ll do my best!

A Noh theater performer revealing they has transformed into a kijo, visualized by the Hannya mask

In Japanese theater, kijo are women transformed into demons by jealousy and pain, anger and sadness. This is represented by a mask called a Hannya, and may not always represent a literal transformation but a metaphysical one. #WyrdWednesday

This was the folktale if you were curious

Saving this image in case I need visual reference. I remember drawing a folktale about a boar hunter back when I barely knew anything about Japan and defaulted to a guy in a regular kimono with a bow and arrow.

『四神 弐 黄金と翡翠』 ラインナップ&amp;lt;1&amp;gt;東方の青龍 黄金カラー&amp;lt;2&amp;gt;東方の青龍 翡翠カラー&amp;lt;3&amp;gt;西方の白虎 黄金カラー&amp;lt;4&amp;gt;西方の白虎 翡翠カラー&amp;lt;5&amp;gt;南方の朱雀 黄金カラー&amp; "Four Gods II: Gold and Jade" Lineup &lt;1&gt; Eastern Azure Dragon, Gold Color &lt;2&gt; Eastern Azure Dragon, Jade Color &lt;3&gt; Western White Tiger, Gold Color &lt;4&gt; Western White Tiger, Jade Color &lt;5&gt; Southern Vermilion Bird, Gold Color

https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/34514
『四神 弐 黄金と翡翠』発売。
"Four Gods 2: Gold and Jade" released.
#ガチャポン #gachapon

YouTube video by Tara A. Devlin Japanese Apparition Zukan: Collection Two (Japanese Horror Creatures)

Japanese Apparition Zukan: Collection Two
Starring Sanshiro, Bag Woman, Kotsu Kotsu Baba*, and Jar Princess
www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5iq...

*I hate the name “Clicking Granny"

Short-sighted Man and a Yurei - Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

『ちょコンと九尾さま お守り鈴』 ラインナップ&amp;lt;1&amp;gt;ういろう&amp;lt;2&amp;gt;せっか&amp;lt;3&amp;gt;こはくとう&amp;lt;4&amp;gt;おこげ メーカー：アミューズ 2025年10月発売予定 400円カプセル購入はこちら（楽天） "Chocon and the Nine-Tailed Fox Bell" Lineup: <1> Uiro <2> Sekka <3> Kohakuto <4> Okoge Manufacturer: Amuse Scheduled for release in October 2025 400 yen capsule available here (Rakuten)

https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/41838
『ちょコンと九尾さま お守り鈴』10月発売予定。幸せを呼び寄せてくれるかも？
"Chocon and the Nine Tailed Foxes Bell" is scheduled to be released in October. Maybe it will bring you happiness?
#ガチャポン #gachapon

an agressive aarrow quiver appeared! - art by samkalensky.com

Standing in the brush - art by samkalensky.com

hanging from a tree art by Samkalensky

Toriyama sekien "Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro” [1784] – - via smithsonian

Furu-Utsubo - [Yokai|Tsukumogami] - an antiquated arrow quiver used for hunting foxes in Nasuno. Owned by renown archer and general Miura Yoshiaki. After he died heroically, his quiver came to life! Now it scuttles about wildly, much like the beasts they once hunted. samkalensky.com/products/fur...

[Top Section] Azuki Arai; Alternate Name: Azuki Togi; Region: Japan [Middle Section] A man with large eyes squatting over a white tub filled with water and azuki beans. Accompanied by descriptive text. The most famous among a small handful of azuki bean washing yokai. Azuki Arai is shy and cowardly. He is rarely, if ever, seen, but the sound of him washing azuki beans is described as the distinct "shoki shoki". He may also be heard singing a song while washing his azuki beans involving pondering if he will be washing azuki beans of finding and eating a human. His sounds will often cause victims to fall into the water surprised, but in turn the noise of someone falling in the water will scare him too, and he flees the scene. [Bottom Section] Some depictions in popular culture: Yo-Kai Watch 4++ (2019); GeGeGe no Kitarō Franchise (1968 - Present)

A large-eyed man responsible for the sound of azuki beans being washed by rivers.

there's still time!

Japanese Yokai Sticker Book (9780804858274) Premier Publisher Of Asian Inspired Books, Gifts, Craft Kits

oh hey, a newish book of yokai stickers www.tuttlepublishing.com/japan/japane...

YouTube video by Tara A. Devlin Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Kokeshi Dolls

Toshiden: Exploring Japanese Urban Legends - Kokeshi Dolls youtu.be/nx7uUIeMa-c

These days, kokeshi dolls have numerous urban legends associated with them, but how did this simple children’s toy garner such a dark and mysterious history?

#japanesehorror

Excited to see ya'll at the NightmareBeforeXmas market this weekend!
www.instagram.com/reel/DPjXCQt...
I'll be sure to take some pics to share here too <3

Reposting from my main. Also, the reason I was asking about Gyuki/Ushioni is because I’ve been working on this design for my Threadless store.
Crap, I just noticed a spelling error in my original post

Front cover of 'The Book of Japanese Folklore'

Illustration of a white nine-tailed fix and red torii in a forest.

Illustration of a tengu, winged being with long red nose.

Open page of book with text about bakeneko and nekomata and illustration to match.

My next #MythologyMonday book recommendation is 'The Book of Japanese Folklore' by Thersa Matsuura (@uncannyjapan.bsky.social). It introduces a collection of yokai with Thersa's wonderful storytelling and gorgeous illustrations by Michelle Wang. She's also got a #yokai oracle deck on the way.

Three books by Zack Davisson as listed in the post above, and one book by Kenji Murakami that Zack translated.

My next book recommendation for #MythologyMonday is anything by Zack Davisson (@zackdavisson.com). The Ultimate Guide to Japanese Yokai is a thorough intro to yokai, Yurei is a great book about Japanese ghosts, Kaibyo is possibly my favourite yokai book, and Zack translated Strange Japanese Yokai.

『ちょコンと九尾さま ぬいぐるみ』 ラインナップ&amp;lt;1&amp;gt;ういろう&amp;lt;2&amp;gt;せっか&amp;lt;3&amp;gt;こはくとう&amp;lt;4&amp;gt;おこげ メーカー：アミューズ 2025年11月発売予定 500円カプセル購入はこちら（楽天） "Chocon and the Nine Tailed Fox Plush Toy" Lineup: <1> Uiro <2> Sekka <3> Kohakuto <4> Okoge Manufacturer: Amuse Scheduled for release in November 2025 Purchase the 500 yen capsule here (Rakuten)

https://gacha.o0o0.jp/gp/archives/42848
『ちょコンと九尾さま ぬいぐるみ』11月発売予定。ちょコンと九尾さまのぬいぐるみの登場だよ！
"Chocon and Kyuubi Plush Toy" is scheduled to be released in November. Chocon and Kyuubi Plush Toy is here!
#ガチャポン #gachapon

A sticker of a man made of mud, photographed in the mud

Dorotabo is the ghost of a farmer who worked hard all his life and is angry that his land is neglected by his heirs after his death. He rises out of the mud and roams the fields calling "Give me back my rice fields!" #FolkloreThursday
art by @cattype.bsky.social

Hanako of the Toilet music video! you all need to see this too

The force that drives people to end their lives in Aokigahara isn’t any more supernatural than what drives people to the Golden Gate Bridge
And it’s worth saying that the Japanese don’t regard it as a spooky location in the way outsiders do.