KODEN KOUREIJUTSU HYAKUMONOGATARI: HONTO NI ATTA KOWAI HANASHI
May 4, 2026 at 7:38 AM
KODEN KOUREIJUTSU HYAKUMONOGATARI: HONTO NI ATTA KOWAI HANASHI
Did you miss any stories from "Shokoku hyakumonogatari" during A-Yokai-A-Day between 2022-2025?
I've compiled an index featuring all 100 stories here: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2025/11...
👹⛩️👻⛩️👺
Just be careful you don't accidentally summon a real yokai when reading them!
I've compiled an index featuring all 100 stories here: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2025/11...
👹⛩️👻⛩️👺
Just be careful you don't accidentally summon a real yokai when reading them!
A-Yokai-A-Day Index: Shokoku hyakumonogatari | MatthewMeyer.net
From 2022 to 2025 I posted stories from Shokoku hyakumonogatari during October. Here is an archive featuring all one hundred stories. Thanks to my patrons for supporting my A-Yokai-A-Day project. You ...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Did you miss any stories from "Shokoku hyakumonogatari" during A-Yokai-A-Day between 2022-2025?
I've compiled an index featuring all 100 stories here: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2025/11...
👹⛩️👻⛩️👺
Just be careful you don't accidentally summon a real yokai when reading them!
I've compiled an index featuring all 100 stories here: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2025/11...
👹⛩️👻⛩️👺
Just be careful you don't accidentally summon a real yokai when reading them!
In Japan, spooky season is in late summer and August is known as ghost month. Here is a thread about the tradition of telling ghost stories know as hyakumonogatari kaidankai during this time.
#FolkloreThursday #JapaneseFolklore
#FolkloreThursday #JapaneseFolklore
Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai was a Japanese storytelling game popular during the Edo period. These gatherings were held on summer nights and to begin 100 candles or lamps were lit. Participants then took turns to tell 100 ghost stories (kaidan). After each story, a candle was...
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October 2, 2025 at 10:10 AM
In Japan, spooky season is in late summer and August is known as ghost month. Here is a thread about the tradition of telling ghost stories know as hyakumonogatari kaidankai during this time.
#FolkloreThursday #JapaneseFolklore
#FolkloreThursday #JapaneseFolklore
Have some ghosts stories for the 2025 Tanabata big bang!!
These were drawn for @mordelestia.bsky.social as part of her fic Hyakumonogatari
Definitely go check it out ⭐️💫
🔗bellow!
@akeshuakeevents.bsky.social
These were drawn for @mordelestia.bsky.social as part of her fic Hyakumonogatari
Definitely go check it out ⭐️💫
🔗bellow!
@akeshuakeevents.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Have some ghosts stories for the 2025 Tanabata big bang!!
These were drawn for @mordelestia.bsky.social as part of her fic Hyakumonogatari
Definitely go check it out ⭐️💫
🔗bellow!
@akeshuakeevents.bsky.social
These were drawn for @mordelestia.bsky.social as part of her fic Hyakumonogatari
Definitely go check it out ⭐️💫
🔗bellow!
@akeshuakeevents.bsky.social
Old art from 2022
This was supposed to be based on hyakumonogatari (but i didnt draw 100 candles haha)
But looking back, I may have forshadowed it
This was supposed to be based on hyakumonogatari (but i didnt draw 100 candles haha)
But looking back, I may have forshadowed it
November 14, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Old art from 2022
This was supposed to be based on hyakumonogatari (but i didnt draw 100 candles haha)
But looking back, I may have forshadowed it
This was supposed to be based on hyakumonogatari (but i didnt draw 100 candles haha)
But looking back, I may have forshadowed it
ah fuck i added another hyakumonogatari kaidankai into an adventure arc
I am getting way too predictable
I am getting way too predictable
October 29, 2025 at 1:58 PM
ah fuck i added another hyakumonogatari kaidankai into an adventure arc
I am getting way too predictable
I am getting way too predictable
Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai was a Japanese storytelling game popular during the Edo period. These gatherings were held on summer nights and to begin 100 candles or lamps were lit. Participants then took turns to tell 100 ghost stories (kaidan). After each story, a candle was...
#MythologyMonday
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#MythologyMonday
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August 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai was a Japanese storytelling game popular during the Edo period. These gatherings were held on summer nights and to begin 100 candles or lamps were lit. Participants then took turns to tell 100 ghost stories (kaidan). After each story, a candle was...
#MythologyMonday
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#MythologyMonday
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My short story 'Age and Hunger' begins with a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai where one of the story-tellers is secretly a nurahiyon.
August 4, 2025 at 11:15 AM
My short story 'Age and Hunger' begins with a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai where one of the story-tellers is secretly a nurahiyon.
Who would win between a highly trained ascetic monk vs one furry fox?
This folktale from 'Shokoku hyakumonogatari' tackles this question hard: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/06/a-yokai-a-day-the-kitsune-who-took-revenge-on-a-yamabushi
This folktale from 'Shokoku hyakumonogatari' tackles this question hard: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/06/a-yokai-a-day-the-kitsune-who-took-revenge-on-a-yamabushi
November 28, 2024 at 11:32 PM
Who would win between a highly trained ascetic monk vs one furry fox?
This folktale from 'Shokoku hyakumonogatari' tackles this question hard: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/06/a-yokai-a-day-the-kitsune-who-took-revenge-on-a-yamabushi
This folktale from 'Shokoku hyakumonogatari' tackles this question hard: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/06/a-yokai-a-day-the-kitsune-who-took-revenge-on-a-yamabushi
Tsurure-bi makes its earliest appearance in the Edo periods "Kokon Hyakumonogatari Hyōban" (古今百物語評判) by Yamaoka Genrin, 1686. - A collection of Kaidan (mysterious tales) - On the opposite page, This phenomena is labelled as "Nishioka no Tsurube-otoshi"
September 30, 2026 at 3:35 PM
Tsurure-bi makes its earliest appearance in the Edo periods "Kokon Hyakumonogatari Hyōban" (古今百物語評判) by Yamaoka Genrin, 1686. - A collection of Kaidan (mysterious tales) - On the opposite page, This phenomena is labelled as "Nishioka no Tsurube-otoshi"
With summer ahead, Japan's season of scary stories approaches, and with it, perhaps, the Aoandon. The grand finale of a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, the supernatural manifestation of the fear fostered by 100 scary stories.
~ Originally posted June 5th 2025
~ Originally posted June 5th 2025
![[Top Section] Aoandon; Alternate Name: Aoandō; Region: Japan
[Middle Section] A long-haired blue-skinned oni in a dark blue kimono. Their eyes glow bright blue and an aura of the same colour emanates from their body. Smoke curls in and around them from the extinguished blue paper lantern at their feet. Accompanied by descriptive text.
A spirit of the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, specifically one that appears at the very end.
The Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai involves one hundred blue paper lanterns. One is extinguished after each scary story told by participants in turn.
The event typically ends at 99 stories or less, as should the 100th story be completed and the final lantern extinguished, the Aoandon manifests due to the collective fear.
[Bottom Section] Some depictions in popular culture: Onmyoji (2016); Assassin's Creed: Shadows (2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tsfvgiiehbannefovmdxxk5s/bafkreift2gk2e3dljbghtv5uz5q7wo6mnu5yl2zgh27foqxtoyjmuimxie)
September 23, 2025 at 7:32 PM
With summer ahead, Japan's season of scary stories approaches, and with it, perhaps, the Aoandon. The grand finale of a Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, the supernatural manifestation of the fear fostered by 100 scary stories.
~ Originally posted June 5th 2025
~ Originally posted June 5th 2025
Day 2 of A-Yokai-A-Day 2026.
Tonight we'll look at a ghost story—not a scary one but a bittersweet one. 👻
It's nice to know that not all Japanese ghosts are the kind that crawl out of TV sets and twist your face around.
#ayokaiaday
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Tonight we'll look at a ghost story—not a scary one but a bittersweet one. 👻
It's nice to know that not all Japanese ghosts are the kind that crawl out of TV sets and twist your face around.
#ayokaiaday
www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/...
A-Yokai-A-Day: How the Lingering Spirit of an Old Woman Expressed Her Goodwill | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
Greetings yokai lovers! Tonight's story comes from volume 4 of Mimibukuro. Unlike Shokoku hyakumonogatari, which I translated a few years ag
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October 2, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Day 2 of A-Yokai-A-Day 2026.
Tonight we'll look at a ghost story—not a scary one but a bittersweet one. 👻
It's nice to know that not all Japanese ghosts are the kind that crawl out of TV sets and twist your face around.
#ayokaiaday
www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/...
Tonight we'll look at a ghost story—not a scary one but a bittersweet one. 👻
It's nice to know that not all Japanese ghosts are the kind that crawl out of TV sets and twist your face around.
#ayokaiaday
www.patreon.com/theyokaiguy/...
It kinda stung to leave Robot Carnival, Vampire Hunter D (& Bloodlust), Haus, & Yokai Hyakumonogatari out but oh well
January 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
It kinda stung to leave Robot Carnival, Vampire Hunter D (& Bloodlust), Haus, & Yokai Hyakumonogatari out but oh well
Everybody loves tengu! They're one of the most famous yokai in Japanese folklore, and so naturally there are more than a few tengu stories appearing in Shokoku hyakumonogatari!
Enjoy: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/03/a-yokai-a-day-how-dochins-pride-was-wounded-by-a-tengu-at-kuragari-peak-in-kawachi
Enjoy: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/03/a-yokai-a-day-how-dochins-pride-was-wounded-by-a-tengu-at-kuragari-peak-in-kawachi
November 26, 2024 at 1:31 PM
Everybody loves tengu! They're one of the most famous yokai in Japanese folklore, and so naturally there are more than a few tengu stories appearing in Shokoku hyakumonogatari!
Enjoy: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/03/a-yokai-a-day-how-dochins-pride-was-wounded-by-a-tengu-at-kuragari-peak-in-kawachi
Enjoy: matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/03/a-yokai-a-day-how-dochins-pride-was-wounded-by-a-tengu-at-kuragari-peak-in-kawachi
One of my favorite books of Japanese folktales is "Shokoku hyakumonogatari." Here's my translation of the first tale in that book: "How Itagaki Saburō Was Killed by a Henge in Suruga Province"
matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/01/a-yokai-a-day-how-itagaki-saburo-was-killed-by-a-henge-in-suruga-province
matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/01/a-yokai-a-day-how-itagaki-saburo-was-killed-by-a-henge-in-suruga-province
November 25, 2024 at 6:00 AM
One of my favorite books of Japanese folktales is "Shokoku hyakumonogatari." Here's my translation of the first tale in that book: "How Itagaki Saburō Was Killed by a Henge in Suruga Province"
matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/01/a-yokai-a-day-how-itagaki-saburo-was-killed-by-a-henge-in-suruga-province
matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/01/a-yokai-a-day-how-itagaki-saburo-was-killed-by-a-henge-in-suruga-province
Basan - 波山 - [yokai] An oversized fire breathing rooster, said to lurk in the mountains of Ehime prefecture (specifically the Islands of Shikoku.) it lives in bamboo groves. it breathes a cool flame. it makes a "basa-basa" noise as it shifts its wings & vanishes... samkalensky.com/products/basan
November 16, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Basan - 波山 - [yokai] An oversized fire breathing rooster, said to lurk in the mountains of Ehime prefecture (specifically the Islands of Shikoku.) it lives in bamboo groves. it breathes a cool flame. it makes a "basa-basa" noise as it shifts its wings & vanishes... samkalensky.com/products/basan
Cover for volume #9 of Anji Matono's “Boku ga shinu dake no hyakumonogatari.”
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Licensed in English by @gomanga.bsky.social
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November 26, 2024 at 3:40 AM
Cover for volume #9 of Anji Matono's “Boku ga shinu dake no hyakumonogatari.”
Licensed in English by @gomanga.bsky.social
Runs in Sunday Super.
Licensed in English by @gomanga.bsky.social
Runs in Sunday Super.
Wells feature in many Japanese ghost stories. Here is my retelling of an obscure tale, the first time it has been told in English, for the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai: 100 days, 100 supernatural stories podcast
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#Japaneseghoststory #Okiku #Sadako #Japanesedupernatural
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#Japaneseghoststory #Okiku #Sadako #Japanesedupernatural
October 23, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Wells feature in many Japanese ghost stories. Here is my retelling of an obscure tale, the first time it has been told in English, for the Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai: 100 days, 100 supernatural stories podcast
www.spreaker.com/episode/day-...
#Japaneseghoststory #Okiku #Sadako #Japanesedupernatural
www.spreaker.com/episode/day-...
#Japaneseghoststory #Okiku #Sadako #Japanesedupernatural
Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai generally finished after the 99th candle went out... just in case.
🎨1. 'One Hundred Ghost Stories in a Haunted House' - Katsushika Hokusai, 1790
2. Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
3. 'One Hundred Stories of Demons and Spirits' - Kitagawa Utamaro
4. Shigeru Mizuki
#JapaneseArt
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🎨1. 'One Hundred Ghost Stories in a Haunted House' - Katsushika Hokusai, 1790
2. Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
3. 'One Hundred Stories of Demons and Spirits' - Kitagawa Utamaro
4. Shigeru Mizuki
#JapaneseArt
3/3
August 4, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai generally finished after the 99th candle went out... just in case.
🎨1. 'One Hundred Ghost Stories in a Haunted House' - Katsushika Hokusai, 1790
2. Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
3. 'One Hundred Stories of Demons and Spirits' - Kitagawa Utamaro
4. Shigeru Mizuki
#JapaneseArt
3/3
🎨1. 'One Hundred Ghost Stories in a Haunted House' - Katsushika Hokusai, 1790
2. Matthew Meyer @yokai.com
3. 'One Hundred Stories of Demons and Spirits' - Kitagawa Utamaro
4. Shigeru Mizuki
#JapaneseArt
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kyougoku natsuhiko: kousetsu hyakumonogatari (2003)
September 11, 2024 at 2:12 AM
kyougoku natsuhiko: kousetsu hyakumonogatari (2003)
A really cool and scary, detailed account of an #exorcism in today's A-Yokai-A-Day! Chills down my spine I tell you!
This is one of my favorite #ghost stories in Shokoku hyakumonogatari, and it's story #99! Just one more to go!
Read it for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...
This is one of my favorite #ghost stories in Shokoku hyakumonogatari, and it's story #99! Just one more to go!
Read it for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...
A-Yokai-A-Day: The Woman’s Ikiryō; or, The Divine Power of a Yoritsuke | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
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October 6, 2025 at 10:58 AM
A really cool and scary, detailed account of an #exorcism in today's A-Yokai-A-Day! Chills down my spine I tell you!
This is one of my favorite #ghost stories in Shokoku hyakumonogatari, and it's story #99! Just one more to go!
Read it for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...
This is one of my favorite #ghost stories in Shokoku hyakumonogatari, and it's story #99! Just one more to go!
Read it for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/yokai-...
And he was right. The audience I built with the blog (hyakumonogatari.com) left me better positioned to be marketable and with a built-in fanbase. As well as the ability to push out my book directly to subscribers.
None of that would have happened without the blog.
None of that would have happened without the blog.
百物語怪談会 Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai
Translated Japanese Ghost Stories and Tales of the Weird and the Strange
hyakumonogatari.com
December 27, 2024 at 2:10 AM
And he was right. The audience I built with the blog (hyakumonogatari.com) left me better positioned to be marketable and with a built-in fanbase. As well as the ability to push out my book directly to subscribers.
None of that would have happened without the blog.
None of that would have happened without the blog.
i could use a little hyakumonogatari kaidankan right now
December 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
i could use a little hyakumonogatari kaidankan right now
Cover for the 10th and final volume of Anji Matono's “Boku ga shinu dake no hyakumonogatari.”
Licensed in English by @sevenseasentertainment.com
Ran in Sunday Super.
Licensed in English by @sevenseasentertainment.com
Ran in Sunday Super.
April 29, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Cover for the 10th and final volume of Anji Matono's “Boku ga shinu dake no hyakumonogatari.”
Licensed in English by @sevenseasentertainment.com
Ran in Sunday Super.
Licensed in English by @sevenseasentertainment.com
Ran in Sunday Super.