In ancient Japan ... to Japanese yokai because they are from East European folklore. Yokai change their forms in line with the times. During the Heian Period (794-1185), "oni" demons (with ...

Kunio Yanagita, a scholar and folklorist who has been called the father of Japanese folklore studies, was born in this town of 20,000 people. The town has striking statues of Yokai ( supernatural ...

Long before the supernatural mermaid-like “yokai” shot to fame, however, a U.S.-born illustrator living here started introducing Japanese ghouls ... of One Hundred Demons,” was completed ...