Yokai of Kansai

A red-robed monk who turns up in three unrelated stories — a stolen temple bell, a court omen, and a lantern on the shore.

A monk who burned himself alive on Toribeyama, still standing upright in his own flames.

Okiku's ghost rising from the well, counting nine plates and never once reaching ten.

Sparks that cling to a fisherman's straw cape on rainy nights—and multiply if you try to brush them off.

A ball of flame with an old woman's face, born from a woman who stole lamp oil from a shrine.

An infant that slips into houses to drink the oil from lamps—the reborn ghost of an oil thief.

A crooked hag caked in white powder, shuffling through winter streets with a sake jug and a broken hat.

Cold blue 'demon-fires' that flicker in graveyards and wetlands, said to be born of the dead.

A faceless figure that stops a traveler, drops its robe, and reveals a shining eye where its anus should be.

A monstrous head that plummets from treetops to snatch anyone passing beneath at night.

A fierce, scaled water-tiger relative of the kappa that drags victims beneath the river.

One of the oldest recorded oni, a temple demon subdued by a superhuman young acolyte.

The vengeful monk Raigo reborn as a swarm of iron-toothed rats that devour scriptures.

A ghostly court lady in a ruined palace, endlessly making up her face to greet a lord who never comes.

A single flaming wheel carrying a tormented woman; to glimpse it is to invite doom.

A ghostly ox-carriage bearing a huge, glaring face that drifts through misty nights.

A thick, mallet-shaped snake with a gaping mouth that rolls down slopes at travelers.

Unseen footsteps that follow you at night; say 'please, go ahead' and they pass you by.

A spurned woman whose rage transforms her into a fire-breathing serpent to hunt down a fleeing monk.

The horned, grimacing visage of a woman consumed by jealousy and turned into a demon.

A Japanese merfolk—part human, part fish—whose flesh grants immortality to whoever eats it.

A colossal giant whose footsteps shaped Japan's lakes, hills, and valleys.

A savage ox-headed monster that haunts coasts and preys on humans.

A turban-snail that lives long enough to become a shapeshifting sea demon.

A flaming ox-cart wheel bearing the face of a tormented monk that rolls down roads.

A nine-tailed fox disguised as a beautiful court lady who bewitches an emperor.

A giant earth spider that ensnares heroes in monstrous webs.

The sake-loving oni king of Mt. Oe, slain by Minamoto no Yorimitsu.

A chimeric night beast: monkey's face, tiger's limbs, snake for a tail.

A gourd-headed old yokai who slips into homes and acts like the master.

A shapeshifting fox spirit that gains tails and wisdom with age.

A proud mountain spirit with a red face and long nose, master of martial arts.

Horned, fanged ogres of immense strength, often red or blue.