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{{Short description|Type of Japanese Yōkai}} '''Amikiri''' ({{ruby|網|あみ}}{{ruby|切|きり}} or 網剪) is a Japanese [[yōkai]] depicted in the ''[[Gazu Hyakki Yagyō]]'' by [[Toriyama Sekien]].<ref nam ...

...ilms /> and minor references among ''Gamera'' films and ''Daimajin'' and [[yōkai]] films to each other were inserted within respective franchises on various ==About== ...

{{short description|Type of Japanese Yōkai}} ...is a depiction of this ''yōkai'' in [[Sekien Toriyama]]'s collection of ''yōkai'' drawing the ''[[Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki]]'', and they can also be seen i ...

...n|title=Pandemonium and Parade: Japanese Demonology and the Culture of the Yōkai|year=2009|publisher=University of California Press|page=9|url=https://books ...who comes across the procession would perish or be spirited away by the ''yōkai'', unless protected by exorcism scrolls handwritten by ''[[Onmyōdō|Onmyōji] ...

...dentities are said to be human vengeful spirits and obsessions turned into yōkai.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Murakami |first1=Kenji |language=ja |title=『妖怪事典』(Y ...e saw a huge old woman's face. It was very weird, and he called it Ōkubi's yōkai (the monster with the giant head). The protagonist poked the giant face wit ...

{{short description|Japanese yōkai}} ...'}} or '''{{lang|ja-Latn|chōchin-obake}}''' is a Japanese {{lang|ja-Latn|[[yōkai]]}} of {{lang|ja-Latn|[[chōchin]]}} (a type of lantern),<ref>Bush, 109.</re ...

...k proved popular enough to spawn three sequels, the last of which features yōkai mainly out of Sekien's imagination. Although sometimes described as a "demo ==Notable works== ...

{{nihongo|'''''The Great Yokai War'''''|妖怪大戦争|Yōkai Daisensō|lead=yes}} is a 2005 Japanese [[fantasy film]] directed by [[Takas ...to prominence during the [[Edo period]]{{sfn|Suzuki|2011|p=232}} with the works of [[Toriyama Sekien]].{{sfn|Shamoon|2013|p=277}} It also draws inspiration ...

...SBN|4-04-883925-X}} : pp.7-27</ref> Kyogoku participates in Mizuki's World Yōkai Association and is a member of the [[Kantō region|Kanto]] Mizuki Associatio ===Yōkai=== ...

{{Short description|Yōkai}} ...ぬっぺふほふ or ぬっぺっぽう||lead=yes}} is a [[yōkai]] that appears in [[Edo Period]] yōkai emaki such as the ''[[Gazu Hyakki Yagyō]]'' and the ''[[Hyakkai Zukan]]''. ...

...'|がしゃどくろ||literally "rattling skeleton", also known as ''Odokuro''}} are [[Yōkai|mythical creatures]] in modern Japanese mythology.<ref name=":0">{{Cite boo ...ine (while the corpse becomes a gashadokuro, the spirit becomes a separate yōkai, known as hidarugami.), and is 10 or more meters tall. Only the eyes protru ...

===Human-yōkai pairs=== ...elect these characters individually. Each pair consist of one human, and [[yōkai]], with the human being the player's unfocused shot, and the yokai as the f ...

{{Short description|Yōkai}} ...monly referred to as "The Onibi series") by Japanese music producer - MASA Works DESIGN- there is a character named Shikyou (死凶) who is an Amanojaku that se ...

In Japanese fantasy, the meaning of "mazoku" differs from work to work. Some works use the term for all evil beings that are enemies of humans or good beings, [[Category:Yōkai]] ...

According to Komatsu Kazuhiko, the idea of a ''tsukumogami'' or a ''[[yōkai]]'' of tools spread mostly in the Japanese Middle Ages and declined in more ...''tsukumo''" (ninety-nine) years old would become angered and become a ''[[yōkai]]'' by some means other than the mere passage of time, and then cause a ruc ...

[[File:Kyosai, Yokai image.jpg|thumb|A {{transliteration|ja|yōkai}} print by [[Kawanabe Kyōsai]]]] ...larly strange creatures), some Japanese commentators argue that the word ''yōkai'' has taken on many different meanings in Japanese culture,{{sfnp|Hirota|20 ...

..., he is sometimes called {{nihongo|"Professor Specter"|<small>妖怪博士</small>|Yōkai Hakase}} and the {{nihongo|"Spook Doctor" |<small>お化け博士</small>|[[Obake]] H ...redecessor of today's [[Toyo University]] (<small>東洋大学</small>). His early works ''Epitome of Philosophy''<small>『哲学要領』</small>(1886/86) and ''Outline of Et ...

...the shards of the Jewel of Four Souls, the Shikon Jewel, which increase a yōkai's powers. Although Inuyasha first aims to become a full demon using the Jew ...l yōkai. His durability and regenerative abilities are similar to those of yōkai and allow him to endure severe pain and recover quickly from wounds as well ...

..., Buson worked on the collection of haiga-style picture scrolls, ''[[Buson yōkai emaki]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Zusetsu Yōkaiga no keifu |date=2009 |publ ...his wife and children in Kyoto and went to Sanuki Province to work on many works.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Shin 'chi|first=Fujita|title=別冊太陽 与謝蕪村 画俳ふたつの道の達人|pub ...

...stroy Tokyo. This time he is stopped by the efforts of a band of native ''yōkai'' and a young boy wielding the power of the [[Qilin|Kirin]] Rider. Despite ==Works appeared in== ...