#yokai — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #yokai, aggregated by home.social.
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Capcom's new "Onimusha: Way of the Sword" has some completely forgettable segments. And yet, its climactic boss battles are some of the year's best gaming experiences. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/09/12/digital/onimusha-games-kyoto-historical-fantasy-samurai-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #digital #videogames #yokai #edoperiod
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Uploading this picture of my two favourite crocodile-based mythical creatures:
Waniguvhi and Cipactli
#art #mastoart #fediart #artwork #crocodile #creature #mythology #maya #japan #yokai
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Okiku Part II (Airisu POV): Post 50
#Wss366 Warp #TimeTravelAuthors Whatever“Hurry,” Sumika said, holding out the basket. “Lady Osakabe’s crows are coming.”
I looked towards the castle and saw black dots growing larger by the second. It was too late to escape, so I did the only thing possible: I hopped into the basket.
“Clicky, clack, crolark.” It was cramped and smelled nasty in there. The only saving grace was that I could peer through the #warped weave.
Mistress draped a kimono sleeve over the basket, and my panic swelled. I had to use the human portion of my brain to force it down, reminding myself that if I struggled, I would damage my wings and feathers.
“Ack!!!” I cawed.
“Quiet! They’ll hear you!”
This was hard. I considered sticking my head out. That would make things much better. Then I heard a jumble of large-bills cawing.
“I don’t recognise her,” cawed the first voice.
“She's an outsider,” responded a second voice.
“I sense magic. Has a kitsune possessed her?” asked a third jungle crow.
“We must tell the Lady,” the second large-billed cawed.
“Clicktoo, look for a kitsune,” a commanding voice said. “The rest of you fly to the Lady and inform her a spirit summoner lurks in the town. I’ll watch her and come later.”
There was the sound of wings and then silence.
“Ha ha,” I thought. “My mistress is so smart! We showed those stupid spawn of a cowbird.”
I peeked out between the willow lathes and saw we were moving down the road. That explained the basket’s rocking. Up and down, I bounced, knocking against the sides. It was all I could do not to swear or say, “Stop that, you lumbering ox!”
#TootFic #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #TimeTravel #Serial #SlowBurn #Sapphic #Folklore #Yokai
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#Airisu: The Crow and the Witch
Dōken-sha (Airisu POV) Post 18
#Wss366 threshold / Equinox #TimeTravelAuthors #Whatever #EdoEraIt was too late to turn back. Behind us, the trail no longer looked the same. We had crossed a #threshold into the Shadow Land, Kakuriyo.
The monks beckoned us forward. “Bake ichō no sei,” I cooed to Sumika. “Ginkgo kodama, spirits of the ginkgo trees.”
Sumika prepared to visit the shrine by washing her mouth and hands in the mountain spring. I hopped down. The darting of little fish fascinated me for a moment. Then I washed. The drops of water were cool on my back, but not unpleasant.
Cleansed, Sumika clapped and rang the bell, accompanied by the monk’s gongs.
Light gathered over the kabuto, folding inward until it took the shape of a young man, straight-backed, hawk-faced, as composed as Lord Confucius. His austere dark robes were bound with a simple corded sash. Indigo light seeped along the cord binding the ledger tucked under his arm. In his other hand, he held a closed black lacquer fan. Energy gathered there as well. A small handscroll rested at his waist, secured as neatly as a blade.
My first instinct was to fly to a safer distance. His stillness wasn’t of calm, but of judgment. He hadn’t been a man who scattered peanuts for idle birds. This had been a person who counted to the last grain of rice.
“Minor samurai, administrator, Confucian scholar,” I cooed to Sumika. She would owe so me many peanuts!
“Ack!” Sumika made a deep ninety-degree bow, taking me completely by surprise.
#TootFic #MicroFiction #NMFic #Crows #Otherkin #Fantasy #UrbanFantasy #Edo #Yokai
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#scribesandmakers Day 28: Shameless self-promotion!
For Love of a Konbini Idol
I have no shame about this. I got over it. And you don't need to have any shame reading it today. It's free so you can still take part in #BlackoutFriday
Join Ume & her family as their relationships develop. In a creepy world where “love” never dies
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At: https://www.pixiv.net/novel/series/11417104
https://archiveofourown.org/works/52770025Artist: https://bsky.app/profile/maisart.bsky.social
Tags: #KonbiniIdol #LGBTQ #LightNovel #ParanormalRomance #QueerFiction #Romance #Sapphic #SapphicRomance #Yuri #Queer #Yokai
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Mystery Brides Should Remain Mysteries
ミステリー・ブライドはミステリーであり続けるべきBy Nara Moore
Art Mai-senseiNever look a gift horse in the mouth.
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Mystery brides should remain mysteries. (Kitsune saying)Dedicated to Maxine Fujiwara who loves tomboys 侠 among other things.
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https://www.pixiv.net/novel/show.php?id=23437590
https://archiveofourown.org/works/60659689@fujiwara
Tags: #OneShot #Youkai #Yokai #Kistsune #Fantasy #FantasyFiction #FlashFiction #Iyashikei #SliceOfLife -
Day 28 - Forest Spirits
I've been intending to do Kodama. Did my own twist on them being spectral energy attached to the trees
#digital #art #digitalart #yokai #Forest #Spirit #forestspirits #ghost #kodama #Japan #cute #October #drawtober #creatober #spooktober #anartaday #dailyart
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A part animation/part live action retelling of the tale of Yuki-onna in English is now available to watch on NHK World-Japan.
https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/ondemand/video/4040006/?cid=wohk-fb-org_vod_4040006_dps-202312-001&fbclid=IwAR1DZHgfoD-oTMlKHJRzdo7j-u2GU_goqeGLXD55cioYsL0zzFxOaOPbnI8
#Yukionna #SnowWoman #Japanesehorror #Japanesefolktales #yokai #kaidan #Kwaidan #LafcadioHearn #KoizumiYakumo #Japanesemyths -
On Wednesday, December 27 at 11:10/ 16:10/ 21:10 and Thursday, December 28 at 3:25, there will be a reading of Yuki-onna on NHK World-Japan https://www3.nhk.or.jp/nhkworld/en/special/episode/202312271110/
#Yukionna #LafcadioHearn #KoizumiYakumo #Kwaidan #Yokai #Kaidan #NHKWorldJapan #Japanesefolktales #Japanesefolkstories #Japanesehorror -
Having just finished Julian Sedgwick and Chie Kusuwada's rather wonderful 100 Tales From the Tokyo Ghost Cafe (just out from Guppy Books), I have selected some appropriate viewing for this evening: 1964 Japanese classic, Kwaidan, which shares a number of the same fokloric influences.
#film #Japan #ClassicFilm #GhostStories #yokai #Japanese #folklore #horror #Kwaidan
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My wife made some keyrings based on the drawings of Lafcadio Hearn
#lafcadiohearn #koizumiyakumo #woodburning #woodburningart #yokai #yurei #keyring #keyholder #keyfob #kwaidan #kaidan -
#thelema #magick #folklore #mysticism #photography #guitars #Japan #JapaneseCulture #JapaneseReligion #Yokai #anime #ReligiousStudies #tattoo #OrdoTempliOrientis #OTO #EGC #Enochian #Nikon #Z6ii #Zfc #Nikkormat #Bronica #SQAi #Yashicamat #BelieveInFilm #Fender #Stratocaster #Telecaster #Baritone #Epiphone #LesPaul #IndigenousRights #VerdeValleySchool #ArmedLiberal #SmashPatriarchy #NoNazis #BLM #Antifa
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Kyodo News picked up the story of my collaboration with Nagano-san at the Fukui Prefectural Archives to put a spotlight on Fukui's local (and previously hidden) kwaidan.
https://nordot.app/1053559432587329638
#yokai #kwaidan #japan #folklore #fukui #MastoArt #illustration
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"A Dead Secret" by Lafcadio Hearn (~6 min Audiobook)
#ShubertReads #Kwaidan #KoizumiYakumo #Japanese #GhostStory #Yokai #Spooky #Horror #AudioDrama
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#thelema #magick #folklore #mysticism #photography #guitars #Japan #JapaneseCulture #JapaneseReligion #Yokai #anime #ReligiousStudies #tattoo #OrdoTempliOrientis #OTO #EGC #Enochian #Nikon #Z6ii #Nikkormat #Canon #M6 #Bronica #SQAi #Yashicamat #BelieveInFilm #Fender #Stratocaster #Telecaster #Baritone #Epiphone #LesPaul #IndigenousRights #VerdeValleySchool #ArmedLiberal #follow #following #boost #followfriday #altext #SmashPatriarchy #NoNazis #BLM #Antifa -
A poster for Ghost-Cat of Gojusan-Tsugi (怪猫五十三次, Kaibyo Gojusan-tsugi) (Daiei Film 1956). I can't get enough of kaibyo films.
#GhostCatofGojusanTsugi #怪猫五十三次 #KaibyoGojusantsugi #DaieiFilm #大映映画株式會社 #JHorror #Kaibyō #かいびょう #bakeneko #化け猫 #Yōkai #妖怪 #Yūrei #幽霊 #怪猫呪いの沼 -
#introduction Hi! I'm an #AngloIrish #writer and #electronic #musician based in #Tokyo #Japan. I'm into #yurei and #yokai, #BelaLugosi, #BorisKarloff and classic #horror, #scifi and #fantasy, and #Christmas. I have written a collection of #JapaneseGhost stories, edited a collection of classicd #Chritmasghost stories and co-written a biography of Bela Lugosi. Looking forward to exploring and connecting here.
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#introduction Hi! I'm an #AngloIrish #writer and #electronic #musician based in #Tokyo #Japan. I'm into #yurei and #yokai, #BelaLugosi, #BorisKarloff and classic #horror, #scifi and #fantasy, and #Christmas. I have written a collection of #JapaneseGhost stories, edited a collection of classicd #Chritmasghost stories and co-written a biography of Bela Lugosi. Looking forward to exploring and connecting here.
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#introduction Hi! I'm an #AngloIrish #writer and #electronic #musician based in #Tokyo #Japan. I'm into #yurei and #yokai, #BelaLugosi, #BorisKarloff and classic #horror, #scifi and #fantasy, and #Christmas. I have written a collection of #JapaneseGhost stories, edited a collection of classicd #Chritmasghost stories and co-written a biography of Bela Lugosi. Looking forward to exploring and connecting here.
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#introduction Hi! I'm an #AngloIrish #writer and #electronic #musician based in #Tokyo #Japan. I'm into #yurei and #yokai, #BelaLugosi, #BorisKarloff and classic #horror, #scifi and #fantasy, and #Christmas. I have written a collection of #JapaneseGhost stories, edited a collection of classicd #Chritmasghost stories and co-written a biography of Bela Lugosi. Looking forward to exploring and connecting here.
