Illustrated Book of Japanese Monsters, 1972

- Kubire-oni (strangler demon)

- Onmoraki (bird demon)

Baku (dream-eating chimera)

- Nekomata (cat monster)

- Waira (mountain-dwelling chimera)

- Nure-onna (snake woman)

- Jorōgumo (lit. “whore spider”)

- Gorgon (Illustrated Book of World Monsters, 1973)

Artworks and information on them found thanks to this recent article at Pink Tentacle. Check it out to see additional illustrations.

Japanese monster illustrations originally posted here.

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