Obake (お化け) and bakemono (化け物) are a class of yōkai, preternatural creatures in Japanese folklore. Literally, the terms mean a thing that changes, referring...

Kasa-obake (Japanese: 傘おばけ) are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore. They are sometimes, but not always, considered a tsukumogami that old...

Obake no Q-Tarō (Japanese: オバケのQ太郎, Hepburn: Obake no Kyū-Tarō) is a Japanese manga series by Fujiko Fujio about the titular obake, Q-Taro, who lives with...

Chōchin'obake (提灯お化け, 'paper lantern ghost') or chōchin-obake is a Japanese yōkai of chōchin (a type of lantern), "[the] lantern-spook (chochinobake)...

latter half of the 19th-century before being supplanted by the Edo version. Obake karuta is an obsolete variation of Iroha karuta unique to Tokyo. The cards...

Hawaiian historian, author and folklorist. He was primarily known for his Obake Files, a collection of articles and stories regarding native and imported...

Chiisana Obake Acchi, Kochi, Sochi (Japanese: ちいさなおばけアッチ・コッチ・ソッチ, lit. "Little Ghosts, There, Here and Where") is an anime television series by Studio...

Shiryō (死霊), meaning dead spirit, or the more encompassing Yōkai (妖怪) or Obake (お化け). Like their Western counterparts, they are thought to be spirits barred...

Bakotsu (馬骨, lit. 'horse bone') is one of the 16 yōkai depicted in the Tosa Obake Zōshi, drawn during the Edo period; it appears as a skeletal, flaming horse...

screens Kameosa – A possessed sake jar Kasa-obake – An animated paper umbrella. Also known as karakasa-obake. Kosode-no-te – A possessed kimono robe Koto-furunushi...