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  2. Category:Japanese ghosts - Wikipedia

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    Japanese bathroom ghosts (5 P) R. Reportedly haunted locations in Japan (4 P) Pages in category "Japanese ghosts" The following 36 pages are in this category, out of ...

  3. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    Abumi-guchi. A small furry tsukumogami formed from the stirrup of a mounted soldier who fell in battle, it typically stays put and awaits its creator's return, unaware of said soldier's death. Abura-akago. An infant ghost that licks the oil out of andon lamps. Abura-sumashi.

  4. Yōkai - Wikipedia

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    Yōkai (妖怪, "strange apparition") are a class of supernatural entities and spirits in Japanese folklore.The kanji representation of the word yōkai comprises two characters that both mean "suspicious, doubtful", [1] and while the Japanese name is simply the Japanese transliteration or pronunciation of the Chinese term yaoguai (which designates similarly strange creatures), some Japanese ...

  5. Yūrei - Wikipedia

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    Yūrei (幽霊) are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts. The name consists of two kanji, 幽 (yū), meaning "faint" or "dim" and 霊 (rei), meaning "soul" or "spirit". Alternative names include Bōrei (亡霊), meaning ruined or departed spirit, Shiryō (死霊), meaning dead spirit, or the more encompassing ...

  6. Category:Japanese legendary creatures - Wikipedia

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    Japanese ghosts (2 C, 36 P) Japanese giants (7 P) Pages in category "Japanese legendary creatures" The following 53 pages are in this category, out of 53 total.

  7. List of reportedly haunted locations in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Himeji Castle. Believed to be haunted by Banchō Sarayashiki. [6] Mount Osore. Believed to be a gateway to the underworld. [19][page needed] Gridley Tunnel. Located on a naval base in Yokosuka, Japan. Between midnight and 1:00 am on rainy nights, a samurai appears to solo explorers.

  8. Tsukumogami - Wikipedia

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    Tsukumogami. In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami (付喪神 or つくも神, [note 1][1] lit. "tool kami ") are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. [2] According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, there is a theory originally from the Onmyōki (陰陽記) that foxes and tanuki, among other beings, that ...

  9. Yotsuya Kaidan - Wikipedia

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    Yotsuya Kaidan. Utagawa Kuniyoshi 's portrait of Oiwa. Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, [a] is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly revenge. Arguably the most famous Japanese ghost story of all time, it has been adapted for film over 30 times and continues to be an influence on Japanese horror today.

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