Youkai aesthetic

FeiFei Ruan is a Chinese artist based in New York. Her clients include Penguin, Greenwillow, BuzzFeed, ElleMen, Nautilus, BOOM!Studios, Cartoon Network, etc

Today's yokai was a special request via Facebook: kosenjōbi. There are lots and lots of fireball-type yokai. Collectively, they are called hinotama. Taking a step back futher, there is a special word in Japanese for supernatural fires: kaika. While researching for this book, part of what I covered was the etymology of the words used to

Description Instagram | Facebook | Shop (Music: Jigoku Shoujo Futakomori - Hell's Boat Song) Day 8 of #mabsdrawlloweenclub is Yōkai! (I chose Hone-onna, bone woman) 💀

This is a selection of both personal and commissioned illustration works done from 2017 to 2018. Hope you enjoy!

Yuki- onna 雪女 is a spirit ( yōkai ) in Japanese folklore. In many stories, The "snow woman" appears to travelers trapped in snowstorms, and uses her icy breath to leave them as frost-coated corpses.

Countdown six terrifying women from Japanese legends!

抜け首 ぬけくび Translation: removable neck Alternate names: frequently referred to as rokurokubi Habitat: occurs in ordinary women Diet: regular food by day, blood by night Appearance: Nukekubi are a variant type of rokurokubi. They are similar in most respects, except that a nukekubi's head detaches itself completely from its body rather than elongating like a rokurokubi's neck. Because their heads

Japanese scary stories are arguably some of the most frightening around the globe. Whether you're just getting into Japanese horror stories or you want more beyond the spine-chilling "Ringu" (リング) and "Ju-On" (呪怨) films, dive into these weird and spooky tales that will surely keep you up at night.