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A-Yokai-A-Day: Komainu | 妖怪シリーズ：狛犬 | MatthewMeyer.net

Today we kick of A-Yokai-A-Day for the month of October (2012 edition)! I wanted to start with a few well-known yokai, some of which are featured in my book. So today's yokai is an excerpt from The Night Parade of One Hundred Demons, featuring a very common creature found all over Japan: the komainu! If

Japanese Mythical Creatures