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What (who) is Yōkai - definition
Yōkai
![Hyakki Yagyo Emaki}}, author unknown, [[Muromachi period]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Hyakki-Yagyo-Emaki Tsukumogami 1.jpg?width=200 "Hyakki Yagyo Emaki}}, author unknown, [[Muromachi period]]")
![Nihon-ryakushi: Susanoo}} by [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Susanoo-no-Mikoto-slays-Yamata-no-Orochi-in-Izumo-By-Tsukioka-Yoshitoshi.png?width=200 "Nihon-ryakushi: Susanoo}} by [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]]")
![Chōchin-oiwa]]}} by [[Katsushika Hokusai]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Katsushika_Hokusai_-_The_Lantern_Ghost%2C_Iwa_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg?width=200 "Chōchin-oiwa]]}} by [[Katsushika Hokusai]]")
![[[Kidōmaru]]}} by [[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kuniyoshi Kidomaru.jpg?width=200 "[[Kidōmaru]]}} by [[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]]")
![[[Nekomata]]}} from the [[Hyakkai Zukan]] by [[Sawaki Suushi]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Suuhi Nekomata.jpg?width=200 "[[Nekomata]]}} from the [[Hyakkai Zukan]] by [[Sawaki Suushi]]")
![[[Shinkei Sanjurokkai Sen]]}} by [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Yoshitoshi_The_Ground_Spider.jpg?width=200 "[[Shinkei Sanjurokkai Sen]]}} by [[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]]")
![2007}} [[Tamababaki]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gamayoukai.JPG?width=200 "2007}} [[Tamababaki]]")
![[[Narikama]]}} from the [[Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro]] by [[Sekien Toriyama]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/SekienNarigama.jpg?width=200 "[[Narikama]]}} from the [[Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro]] by [[Sekien Toriyama]]")
SUPERNATURAL BEINGS FROM JAPANESE FOLKLORE
Youkai; Yookai; Yôkai; Yougui; Yao-kuai; Yaomo; Yao-mo; Yao-jing; Yokai; Daiyōkai; Daiyokai; Yo-Kai; Hanyō; Hanyo; Hengeyokai; Japanese demon; Ashiarai Yashiki; Japanese ghost
is composed of the kanji for "attractive; calamity" and "apparition; mystery; suspicious." are also referred to as , or .
Buson yōkai emaki
!["''[[Bakeneko]]'' of the Sasakibara Family"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buson Bakeneko.jpg?width=200 "\"''[[Bakeneko]]'' of the Sasakibara Family\"")
!["The ''[[Noppera-bō]]'' of [[Kyoto]]"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buson Nopperabo.jpg?width=200 "\"The ''[[Noppera-bō]]'' of [[Kyoto]]\"")
![Yokote]]"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buson Ubume.jpg?width=200 "Yokote]]\"")
![Enshū]]"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buson Yonaki-babaa.jpg?width=200 "Enshū]]\"")
![Yamashiro]]"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buson Oriental Melon.jpg?width=200 "Yamashiro]]\"")
![Kizu]]"](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Buson Watermelon.jpg?width=200 "Kizu]]\"")
18TH CENTURY COLLECTION OF PAINTINGS BY YOSA BUSON
Draft:Buson yōkai emaki; Buson youkai emaki; Buson Yōkai Emaki
The is an 18th century collection of depicting Japanese yōkai by poet and painter Yosa Buson. The whereabouts of the original work are presently unclear; its contents are known from a reprinting released by the Kitada Shisui Collection in 1928.
Kaii-Yōkai Denshō Database
The is a database of yōkai and mystery stories which have been collected from Japanese folklore. The database is published by International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
