She also talked about how this yokai was brought back to memory in 1969 ... of industrial whaling in the 20th century. Is it a simple ghost story, or a warning of ecological collapse?

“Yokai is the mirror of the human mind ... He is best remembered for his books about legends and ghost stories. “There is a need for easy-to-understand commentaries,” Meyer said.

In this episode of YOKAI: Exploring Japanese Folklore, we track down the legend of the ferocious Ushioni, a Yokai with the hulking body of a bull and an ogre-like face. In certain regions of Ehime ...