Wanyūdō (Japanese: 輪入道 literally "wheel (輪) monk (入道)") is a figure in Japanese mythology, a relatively well-known yōkai in the folklore of...[See More]

Here's my Serpent Lord,the leader of the Haradrim who appears in J.R.R.Tolkien's LOTR(in the Third book Return Of The King).I sculpted his head,helmets,breast-plate,Sword,sheath,and shield from...[See More]

Ningyo (人魚, "human fish", often translated as "mermaid") is a fish-like creature from Japanese folklore. Anciently, it was described with a mouth like a monkey's, small teeth like a...[See More]

Doro-ta-bo Muddy Rice Field Ghost Long ago, somewhere west of where Tokyo is today, a poor but hard-working farmer managed to till a piece of uncultivated land into a productive rice field, and eked...[See More]

A nure-onna (濡女, lit. "wet woman") is an amphibious creature with the head of a woman and the body of a snake. While the description of her appearance varies slightly from story to...[See More]

Ippon-datara 一本ダタラ (いっぽんだたら) One-Legged Blacksmith This shy monster is rarely encountered by humans, and all that...[See More]

Shirime Buttocks Eye other names: Nuppori Shirime is a descriptive name sometimes given to a monster appearing in a youkai picture scroll painted by haiku poet Yosa Buson between 1754 and 1757. One...[See More]

Kappa ("river-child"), alternately called Gatar ("river-boy") or Kawako ("river-child"), is a type of aquatic yokai or water deity that inhabits the rivers in rural Japan. Although the kappa is a...[See More]

The Yokai Known as a Nuppeppo is a genderless walking lump of decaying flesh with stumpy short arms and legs,with the hint of a face in the folds of fat,and a very pungent body odor(just like the...[See More]

Koboku-no-kai(こぼくのかい）　are spirits of old trees. One such tree spirit was encountered by Tarōemon, a man who lived in Niigata prefecture...[See More]

Ichigen-issoku 一眼一足 ("one eye and one leg") There is a legend that after the high priest Jinin (慈忍) of the Mount Hiei Temple in Kyoto died, his spirit became...[See More]

Yamajijii(やまじじい)also known as Yama-chichi(there is also an entirely different Yokai with the name Yama-chichi as well),is a Yokai from Shikoku Island(the tales are...[See More]

The satori is a type of mountain-dwelling Ape-like Yokai that can read human minds. When it encounters travelers passing through the mountains, the creature approaches them and begins speaking their...[See More]

Here's my Black Oni(おに,Ogre/Demon).I sculpted his head from clay over a CTVT black-beard head(I dyed the head black).And I sculpted his body from clay over a CTVT flesh body which I...[See More]

A bakeneko (化け猫, "monster-cat") is, in Japanese folklore, a cat with supernatural abilities akin to those of the fox or raccoon dog. A cat may become a bakeneko in a number of...[See More]

Ao-bōzu 青坊主 (あおぼうず) Blue Monk other names: Me-hitotsu-bō When the wheat is green, the blue monk is said to emerge from the verdant...[See More]

Nurarihyon (ぬらりひょん), is a Yokai said to originate from Wakayama Prefecture. He is also sometimes believed to be descended from the Umibōzu of Okayama...[See More]

As comical as it is gruesome, the Nuribotoke is an animate corpse said to take great pleasure in its mockery of mortal life and is often portrayed as a mockery of Buddha. It is characterized by...[See More]

Dodomeki is a who is the ghost of a female pickpocket (some sources say money itself can turn into her). She appears as a woman talking with people over her past and suddenly pulls up her sleeves to...[See More]

Ningyo(人魚, "human fish", often translated as "mermaid") is a fish-like creature from Japanese folklore. Anciently, it was described with a mouth like a monkey's, small teeth like a...[See More]

Yamanba also known as Yama-uba (山姥, mountain crone) is a yōkai ("spirit" or "monster") found in Japanese folklore. Yama-uba looks like a very large woman(sometimes depicted with...[See More]

Yamawarawa (山童), is a mountain-dwelling Yokai from Kyūshū Island, sometimes considered to be the form taken on by the kappa in winter. Here's my Yamawarawa action figure...[See More]

Hitotsume-kozo (ひとつめこぞう,One-eyed boy)are relatively benign creatures, content to run about frightening human beings or telling loud people to be quiet...[See More]

The Kuro-bokko(くろぼっこ) is a benevolent spirit that is said to reside in the Kurobo or storage room (a shed-like room for storing things, located out side an old...[See More]

If you've ever been walking at night and heard strange footsteps following you, only to turn around, terrified, and find nothing there, you've encountered the yōkai known in Nara Prefecture as...[See More]

Tsukumogami (付喪神, "artifact spirit") are a type of Yokai (Japanese monsters and or spirits). According to the Tsukumogami-emaki, tsukumogami originate from items or artifacts...[See More]

Tsukumogami (付喪神, "artifact spirit") are a type of Yokai (Japanese monsters and or spirits). According to the Tsukumogami-emaki, tsukumogami originate from items or artifacts...[See More]

Akaname ( lit. "Filth licker" ) is a monster from toriyama sekien's gazu hyakki yakkou(parade of 100 Yokai), likely based on a creature called aka-neburi from the Kokon Hyaku Monogatari Hyōban,an edo...[See More]

Tsukumogami (付喪神, "artifact spirit") are a type of Yokai (Japanese monsters and or spirits). According to the Tsukumogami-emaki, tsukumogami originate from items or artifacts...[See More]

I had put this Oni together a long time ago,(he was just waiting for his fur skirt),so since I'm in a Yokai mood lately I decided to finish him up and make his fur skirt myself last night(just some...[See More]