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Beware what lurks in the moonlight...
This is the Rokurokubi, one of the most iconic creatures in Japanese folklore. During the day they appear as ordinary women, but at nightfall, their necks stretch uncontrollably to explore, spy, or simply frighten the unwary.
Drawing made with Krita.🌙⛩️✨🇯🇵
#Rokurokubi #Yokai #JapaneseFolklore #DigitalArt #ilustration

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Sandra Jun 24, 2024

I’m finding my lean on this thing shifting more and more towards yes 🤷🏻‍♀️

Gonna step away and think about other stuff for a while. And also I’ve got to undergo a sleep study today #rokurokubi

Andi Brooks Feb 21, 2023

Actor Hashizume Isao (橋爪功) reads three stories from Lafcadio Hearn's Kwaidan.

#Hashizume Isao #橋爪功 #LafcadioHearn #KoizumiYakumo #小泉八雲 #Rokurokubi #ろくろ首 #轆轤首 #Mujina #貉 #Yukionna #雪おんな

Andi Brooks Dec 18, 2022

"Spooky Yōkai Stories"wirh English subtitles.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fb3PG-EOzsI&t=1043s

#yokai #rokurokubi #Mujina #Nopperabō

Spooky Yōkai Stories

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SamKalensky Nov 21, 2022

Rokurokubi - ろくろ首 - [yokai]
Once a normal human, now cursed (Usually Brought on by her families misdeeds.) While she sleeps, her neck grows incredibly long, extending longer & longer extending down the hallway, out the window!! Eating bugs, birds and licking up lamp oil, scaring people and getting into general mischief.
• Full post: https://samkalensky.com/products/rokurokubi
• Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/752810134/rokurokubi-yokai-sticker

#rokurokubi #yokai #edo #Folklore #bestiary

Rokurokubi - ろくろ首 - [Yokai]

Jem Yoshioka Nov 18, 2022

A couple of sketches I liked of Maple meeting some #yokai. A #rokurokubi and a #kappa. I might finish these up at some point. #comics #FolkRemedyComic #JapaneseFolklore