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What is Yokai Library?

Yokai Library (yokai-library.com) is an illustrated encyclopedia of Japanese yokai, spirits, and supernatural creatures. Drawing on classical literature and folkloristic sources, it aims to document the legends, appearances, and cultural significance of each figure.

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Information is sourced primarily from public-domain materials in the National Diet Library Digital Collections, Wikimedia Commons, and scholarly works by folklorists such as Kunio Yanagita and Lafcadio Hearn. All sources are cited in each entry's "Sources" section.