Brushing Shoulders with Yokai: The Reiwa Everyday

Baku (Dream Eater)

ba-ku

Nekomata

neh-koh-MAH-tah

Kumitezuri

KOO-mee-teh-ZOO-ree

Seiryū (Azure Dragon)

Seiryū

Abe no Seimei

AH-beh noh SAY-may

Kodama Mouse

koh-DAH-mah NEH-zoo-mee

Nine-Tailed Fox

Kyubi no Kitsune

Hashihime (Bridge Princess)

HAH-shee-HEE-meh

Zashiki-warashi

za-shi-ki-wa-ra-shi

Fujiwara no Chikata’s Four Oni

fooj-ee-WAH-rah no chee-KAH-tah no yohn-kee

Ayakashi

ah-yah-KAH-shee

Taiba, the Horse-Killing Wind

TAI-bah

Great Zato (The Blind Masseur Yokai)

OH-zah-TOH

Field Matchlock (Nodeppō)

noh-DEHP-poh

Doro-danbō (Mud Rice-Field Wraith)

DOH-roh-dahn-BOH

Bakezōri (Haunted Straw Sandal Tsukumogami)

bah-keh-ZOH-ree

Kosame-bō (Little Rain Monk)

koh-sah-meh-BOH

Dream Mirror

MOO-kyoh

Yuki-warashi (Snow Child)

YOO-kee WAH-rah-shee

Sanmai Tarō

SAHN-mai tah-ROH

Akashi-sama

ah-KAH-shee-sah-mah

Kejōrō (Hair Courtesan)

keh-JOH-roh

Hitodama (Human Soul Fire)

hee-toh-DAH-mah

Red Ray (Akaei)

AH-kah-eh-ee

Akki (Malevolent Oni)

AHK-kee

Minobi (Rain-cloak Fire)

MEE-noh-bee

The Oak That Never Shed Its Leaves

oh-chee-bah-NAH-kee SHEE-ee

Kijo (Demon Woman)

KEE-joh

Penghou

POONG-hoh

Mishige (Enchanted Rice Paddle)

MEE-shee-geh