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kumogami formed from a roll of that flies through
the air at night and attacks humans, often by wrap- C
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ping around their faces to smother them.
a
Ikiryo- is a manifestation of the soul of a living per- p
son separately from their body. If someone holds a t e
sufficient grudge against another person, it is be- -J- r
lieved that a part or the whole of their soul can tem- Jikininki "human-eating ghosts"- is the spirits of
porarily leave their body and appear before the target greedy, selfish or impious individuals who are cursed
of their hate in order to curse or otherwise harm after death to seek out and eat human corpses. They
them. However, this temporary separation would do this at night, scavenging for newly dead bodies
result in sickness. If the separation became perma- and food offerings left for the dead. They sometimes
nent, the person who held the grudge would die.
also loot the corpses they eat for valuables, which
Ikuchi- is a yokai of the sea in the Ibaraki Prefecture. they use to bribe local officials to leave them in
It is a strange fish that appears in the open sea, and it peace. Nevertheless, Jikininki lament their condition
comes in contact with a boat once it discovers one, and hate their repugnant cravings for dead human
and even when it straddles the ship it is still able to flesh. Often, Jikininki are said to look like decom-
pass, but since it has a body of several kilometers in posing cadavers, perhaps with a few inhuman fea-
length, it would require a little less than 3 hours to tures such as sharp claws or glowing eyes. They are a
pass. From its body surface adhesive oil would seep horrifying sight, and any mortal who views one finds
out and when it straddles the boat, it would spill a himself or herself frozen in fear.
large amount of this oil on the ship, so if this is not Jorogumo "binding bride"- is a spider that can
scooped out, the boat would sink,
change its appearance into that of a seductive woman
Isonade "Beach Stroker"- is an enormous, shark-like who entices a man into a quiet shack and begin to
sea monster said to live off the coast of Matsuura and play a Biwa, a type of Japanese lute. While the victim
other places in Western Japan. Its body has never would be distracted by the sound of the instrument,
been seen as it is always hidden beneath the waves, she binds her victim in spider silk threads in order to
save for its huge tail fin which is covered in small devour the unsuspecting person as her next meal.
barbs. It approaches boats stealthily and uses its Jubokko "Vampire Tree"- is a yokai tree that ap-
hooked tail to snare sailors and drag them into the pears in former battlefields where many people have
sea, where it devours them. When it appears, fierce died, and its appearance does not differ that much
winds blow. It may also simply use its tail to capsize from ordinary trees. Since it becomes a yokai tree by
boats, or strike the beach with its tail and kill people sucking up large quantities of blood of the dead, it
there.
lives on human blood. When a human being happens
Isshi- is a legendary Japanese lake monster; said to to be passing by, it captures the victim and, changing
lurk in Lake Ikeda, on Kyushu Island. It is described its branches into the shape of a tube, sucks the blood
as being saurian in appearance. Isshi was a white out of the victim. The Jubokko that sucks life out of
mare which had a little foal, and they lived together human beings in such way always maintains a fresh
on the shore of Lake Ikeda. However, when the foal appearance. When a Jubokko is cut, blood trickles
was kidnapped by a samurai, and Isshi was unable to out. It is said that a Jubokko branch could heal and
find it, she jumped into the lake, and her despair decontaminate an injured person.
transformed her into a giant, saurian beast, which
since then frequently surfaces, trying to find her lost
child.

Itsumade - a fire-breathing bird-like monster.

Ittan-momen "one bolt(tan) of cotton"- is a Tsu-

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