The Yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman ... room in an Aizu residence thought to have been used by women of the Edo period to give birth ...

While there is references to similar yokai during the Edo period, the interpretation of the manga references, (Kuchisake Onna, literally "Slit-Mouthed Woman"), came about in the 70s according to ...

Q: Come to think of it, Pokemon also sound like yokai. A: There are scrolls very similar to the Pokemon Encyclopedia dating back to the Edo Period. Known as "Bakemono Zukushi" (Collection of ...

Legend has it the glowing yokai emerged from the sea in front of a government official in Higo province, or modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture, in 1846 during the Edo Period (1603-1867). According to ...

Professor Himeda, who teaches folklore at the university, has launched a youkai circle. At the end of the Edo period, a demon woman who fell in love with a kappa and a zashikiwarashi tried to ...