Matthew Meyer

@yokai.com

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Japan-based illustrator, author, & folklorist I post mainly about yokai creator of yokai.com support me on Patreon: patreon.com/theyokaiguy books and artwork available at yokai.com/shop

a painting of a fluffy, fat sparrow with its eyes closed, sitting in its nest
a photo of a book (Shiga Prefecture Yokai Encyclopedia) on a shelf
a Japanese painting of a monstrous chicken spirit rising out of a lake next to a shrine in a cave
a pair of ghosts carrying a peony lantern try to enter a house
a ghostly woman carrying a baby appears in a burning paper lantern, with a bamboo grove behind her
a painting of a bug that looks like a tied up woman, sitting on the side of a well with eerie fires around it
a ghostly girl rises out of a well, surrounded by floating dishes
a fire-breathing chicken, from Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui Prefecture