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Ouni: There is not much information on the Ouni but appears in several paintings like some sort of shared fever dream. From what I gather, it is a hairy Yokai that lives in the mountain whose name literally means scary.

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Ubume appears as an old woman with a child in her arms, imploring the passerby to hold her infant, only to then disappear. The weight of the child then increases until it is revealed to be nothing more than a huge stone.

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There are various kinds of ushi-oni, all of them a kind of monster with a horned, bovine head. The most famous ushi-oni appears as a protective symbol in the Uwajima Ushi-oni Festival.

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Yamanjii take the appearance of an old man with one eye and one leg and have an extravagantly loud voice that echoes the mountains, shakes the sky and earth, and moves nearby trees and rocks.

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Umibōzu is said to live in the ocean and capsize the ship of anyone who dares speak to it. It is believed to be a drowned priest, exhibiting a shaven head and typically appears to be praying.

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Tsurubebi suddenly drop down from trees making a sniggering laugh saying "has your night work ended, how 'bout let's drop a bucket?" and then carry their pray up above the trees and eat them.

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Ushiro-gami may appear suddenly behind a person and draws their hair backwards. In general, symbolises the regrets and fears of cowards and trips them up in their moments of weak resolve.

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Shuten-dōji is an oni, who was killed by Minamoto Raikō. Although decapitated, the demon's head still took a bite at the hero, who avoided death by wearing multiple helmets stacked on his head.

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Kazenbō is the ghost of a burned monk that appears on Mt. Toribe near Kyoto.

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Gozu, Ox-head, is the other of two guardians of the Underworld and is the counterpart of Horse-face, Mezu.

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People sometimes meet them while walking along mountain paths or resting in the mountains. Reading a person's mind, the satori will say the person's thoughts aloud faster than a human can.

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Sazae-Oni: Pirates who rescued a woman from the sea vied for her attention, but soon found she was willing to have sex with all of them, cutting their testicles off afterwards.

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A man named Tōtarō meets the Samebito one day on a bridge. The creature is a gentle being who, as punishment for a petty fault, has been expelled from the sea by his former employer Ryūjin.

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The ōkami is regarded as a messenger of the spirits The mountains of Japan, seen as a dangerous, deadly place, were highly associated with the ōkami, which was believed to be their protector and guardian.
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The Keukegen resembles a small dog covered entirely in long hair.
Some claim the keukegen is a disease spirit which lives in damp, dark places and causes people in the house to get sick.
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Karasu-Tengu: are a type of Shinto yōkai. The tengu were originally thought to take the forms of birds of prey, and they are traditionally depicted with both human and avian characteristics.
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Tamamo-no-Mae, the favorite courtesan of Emperor Toba was said to be a woman of extreme beauty and intelligence. She caused the Emperor to be extremely ill and was eventually exposed as a fox spirit.
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Hashihime “the maiden of the bridge" represented as a woman who spends lonely nights waiting for her lover to visit, and later as a fierce demon fueled by jealousy.

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Ao-andon: a spirit that appeared during a telling of "One Hundred Supernatural Tales", after the last story was told.

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