Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
@yokai.com
author, illustrator, folklorist
creator of yokai.com
support me on Patreon: patreon.com/theyokaiguy
books and artwork available at yokai.com/shop
creator of yokai.com
support me on Patreon: patreon.com/theyokaiguy
books and artwork available at yokai.com/shop
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Don't miss your chance to grab the limited "kiwami" edition of my latest book!
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My latest book (or rather, book that I contributed to) is now available for pre-order from @kasamashoin.bsky.social and Amazon! It is an honor to have contributed and to see my name listed alongside such yokai scholars as these.
２０２４年に帝京大学で行われたシンポジウムの内容が書籍になりました。この素晴らしい先生方と同じ書籍に掲載されることはとても光栄です。
事前注文はこちらからできます：
shop.kasamashoin.jp/bd/isbn/9784...
事前注文はこちらからできます：
shop.kasamashoin.jp/bd/isbn/9784...
デジタル時代の妖怪学 不可視のものを可視化する営為 - 渡部瑞希(編著)…他5名
現代の妖怪や怪異は、スマホやインターネットなどのデジタル技術によって可視化され、恐怖を増幅させるリアルな存在として立ち現れる現代の妖怪や怪異は、スマートフォンやインターネットなどのデジタル技術によって可視化され、恐怖を増幅させるリアルな存在として立ち現れる。本書では、デジタル技術の呪術的機能やメディアを通じて再生産される境界や異界の想像力、日本社会に蔓延る「空気感」、アニメーションが妖怪に与えるリ...
shop.kasamashoin.jp
January 13, 2026 at 11:48 AM
My latest book (or rather, book that I contributed to) is now available for pre-order from @kasamashoin.bsky.social and Amazon! It is an honor to have contributed and to see my name listed alongside such yokai scholars as these.
２０２４年に帝京大学で行われたシンポジウムの内容が書籍になりました。この素晴らしい先生方と同じ書籍に掲載されることはとても光栄です。
事前注文はこちらからできます：
shop.kasamashoin.jp/bd/isbn/9784...
事前注文はこちらからできます：
shop.kasamashoin.jp/bd/isbn/9784...
デジタル時代の妖怪学 不可視のものを可視化する営為 - 渡部瑞希(編著)…他5名
現代の妖怪や怪異は、スマホやインターネットなどのデジタル技術によって可視化され、恐怖を増幅させるリアルな存在として立ち現れる現代の妖怪や怪異は、スマートフォンやインターネットなどのデジタル技術によって可視化され、恐怖を増幅させるリアルな存在として立ち現れる。本書では、デジタル技術の呪術的機能やメディアを通じて再生産される境界や異界の想像力、日本社会に蔓延る「空気感」、アニメーションが妖怪に与えるリ...
shop.kasamashoin.jp
January 13, 2026 at 11:43 AM
２０２４年に帝京大学で行われたシンポジウムの内容が書籍になりました。この素晴らしい先生方と同じ書籍に掲載されることはとても光栄です。
事前注文はこちらからできます：
shop.kasamashoin.jp/bd/isbn/9784...
事前注文はこちらからできます：
shop.kasamashoin.jp/bd/isbn/9784...
Many people on BSKY already know this, but it's worth mentioning.
Nobody should be on that site anymore. There's no more excuse. As an artist who relies on a small fanbase, it wasn't easy to rip the Twitter band-aid off last year... but it was the right thing to do.
gregpak.net/2026/01/10/s...
Nobody should be on that site anymore. There's no more excuse. As an artist who relies on a small fanbase, it wasn't easy to rip the Twitter band-aid off last year... but it was the right thing to do.
gregpak.net/2026/01/10/s...
Stop posting on X - gregpak.net
To everyone I know: If you still post on X, which is allowing users to generate and distribute non-consensual sexual images of women and children, please kno...
gregpak.net
January 11, 2026 at 9:35 AM
Many people on BSKY already know this, but it's worth mentioning.
Nobody should be on that site anymore. There's no more excuse. As an artist who relies on a small fanbase, it wasn't easy to rip the Twitter band-aid off last year... but it was the right thing to do.
gregpak.net/2026/01/10/s...
Nobody should be on that site anymore. There's no more excuse. As an artist who relies on a small fanbase, it wasn't easy to rip the Twitter band-aid off last year... but it was the right thing to do.
gregpak.net/2026/01/10/s...
My first Japanese folktale of 2026 is up on my Patreon! This is the first time this story has ever been translated into English.
www.patreon.com/posts/147775...
www.patreon.com/posts/147775...
Kidan: The Yamabushi’s Sorcery Exposed | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
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January 9, 2026 at 3:36 AM
My first Japanese folktale of 2026 is up on my Patreon! This is the first time this story has ever been translated into English.
www.patreon.com/posts/147775...
www.patreon.com/posts/147775...
There's still time to late-pledge to Echizen-Wakasa Kidan on BackerKit! But time is running out...
Don't miss your chance to grab the limited "kiwami" edition of my latest book!
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Don't miss your chance to grab the limited "kiwami" edition of my latest book!
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
January 9, 2026 at 1:12 AM
There's still time to late-pledge to Echizen-Wakasa Kidan on BackerKit! But time is running out...
Don't miss your chance to grab the limited "kiwami" edition of my latest book!
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Don't miss your chance to grab the limited "kiwami" edition of my latest book!
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
2026 is not just the Year of the Horse... it is the Year of the Fire Horse! This is an especially unlucky combination of element + zodiac animal, originating in the story of Yaoya Oshichi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoya_O...). The yokai hinoenma (yokai.com/hinoenma) is based on this superstition.
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January 4, 2026 at 7:11 AM
2026 is not just the Year of the Horse... it is the Year of the Fire Horse! This is an especially unlucky combination of element + zodiac animal, originating in the story of Yaoya Oshichi (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaoya_O...). The yokai hinoenma (yokai.com/hinoenma) is based on this superstition.
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Please let this be the only time I have to say this, but this is absolutely, 100%, NOT the way to support an artist whose work you like.
January 2, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Please let this be the only time I have to say this, but this is absolutely, 100%, NOT the way to support an artist whose work you like.
I hope you all have a very Yokai Christmas this year!
December 26, 2025 at 2:49 AM
I hope you all have a very Yokai Christmas this year!
I need someone to knit me a pair of these sweaters so my wife and I can wear matching pigeon sweaters.
@rosemarymosco.com a jeopardy contestant today is wearing a pigeon sweater!
December 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I need someone to knit me a pair of these sweaters so my wife and I can wear matching pigeon sweaters.
I submitted my claim for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement case today.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
If AI tech bros violated your coprights work to feed their slop-vomiting machines, sign up for the settlement here.
Burn these fuckers and their empire of AI slop to the ground.
🔥👿🔥
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
If AI tech bros violated your coprights work to feed their slop-vomiting machines, sign up for the settlement here.
Burn these fuckers and their empire of AI slop to the ground.
🔥👿🔥
Homepage | Bartz v Anthropic Settlement Site
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
December 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
I submitted my claim for the Anthropic Copyright Settlement case today.
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
If AI tech bros violated your coprights work to feed their slop-vomiting machines, sign up for the settlement here.
Burn these fuckers and their empire of AI slop to the ground.
🔥👿🔥
www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
If AI tech bros violated your coprights work to feed their slop-vomiting machines, sign up for the settlement here.
Burn these fuckers and their empire of AI slop to the ground.
🔥👿🔥
Just a reminder that if you missed my last Kickstarter, you can still pre-order books and traditional Fukui crafts from our Backerkit store.
Traditional yokai craft stocks are extremely limited and won't be available afterwards!
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Traditional yokai craft stocks are extremely limited and won't be available afterwards!
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Pre-order Echizen-Wakasa Kidan: Strange Tales from Fukui on BackerKit
illustrated stories of yokai, ghosts, and weird tales from rural Japan
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Just a reminder that if you missed my last Kickstarter, you can still pre-order books and traditional Fukui crafts from our Backerkit store.
Traditional yokai craft stocks are extremely limited and won't be available afterwards!
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
Traditional yokai craft stocks are extremely limited and won't be available afterwards!
echizen-wakasa.backerkit.com/hosted_preor...
What has two legs, zero arms, and breathes fire from its nostrils and souls from its mouth?
Today's yokai, that's what!
Read more for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/igyo-n...
Today's yokai, that's what!
Read more for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/igyo-n...
Igyō no danshi | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
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December 12, 2025 at 2:10 AM
What has two legs, zero arms, and breathes fire from its nostrils and souls from its mouth?
Today's yokai, that's what!
Read more for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/igyo-n...
Today's yokai, that's what!
Read more for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/igyo-n...
Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!
No, it's a giant piece of dyed paper that wants to crush you and eat you!
Today's yokai comes from Chikuzen bakemono emaki, and you'd better eat it before it eats you!
Read about it for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/thing-...
No, it's a giant piece of dyed paper that wants to crush you and eat you!
Today's yokai comes from Chikuzen bakemono emaki, and you'd better eat it before it eats you!
Read about it for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/thing-...
The Thing That Looks Like a Dark Piece of Paper | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
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December 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane!
No, it's a giant piece of dyed paper that wants to crush you and eat you!
Today's yokai comes from Chikuzen bakemono emaki, and you'd better eat it before it eats you!
Read about it for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/thing-...
No, it's a giant piece of dyed paper that wants to crush you and eat you!
Today's yokai comes from Chikuzen bakemono emaki, and you'd better eat it before it eats you!
Read about it for free on my Patreon below:
www.patreon.com/posts/thing-...
If you're going to be in or near Osaka this weekend, be sure to check out the Sakai Yokai Art Festival! sakai-yokai.com/sakaiartfest...
I sadly can't attend this time around, but it's a great yokai event that you don't want to miss!
I sadly can't attend this time around, but it's a great yokai event that you don't want to miss!
2025 Sakai Yokai Art Festival - 沙界妖怪芸術祭
sakai-yokai.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:47 AM
If you're going to be in or near Osaka this weekend, be sure to check out the Sakai Yokai Art Festival! sakai-yokai.com/sakaiartfest...
I sadly can't attend this time around, but it's a great yokai event that you don't want to miss!
I sadly can't attend this time around, but it's a great yokai event that you don't want to miss!
Hey all, did you know yokai.com has a web shop? 📘📙📗📕📚
🎅🎄 There's still time to order and have it shipped anywhere in the world by Christmas! 🎄🎁
This holiday, why not give the gift of yokai to that special someone? ⛩️👹👺🦊🐉👻
-> yokai.com/shop/
🎅🎄 There's still time to order and have it shipped anywhere in the world by Christmas! 🎄🎁
This holiday, why not give the gift of yokai to that special someone? ⛩️👹👺🦊🐉👻
-> yokai.com/shop/
Shop | Yokai.com
yokai.com
December 3, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Hey all, did you know yokai.com has a web shop? 📘📙📗📕📚
🎅🎄 There's still time to order and have it shipped anywhere in the world by Christmas! 🎄🎁
This holiday, why not give the gift of yokai to that special someone? ⛩️👹👺🦊🐉👻
-> yokai.com/shop/
🎅🎄 There's still time to order and have it shipped anywhere in the world by Christmas! 🎄🎁
This holiday, why not give the gift of yokai to that special someone? ⛩️👹👺🦊🐉👻
-> yokai.com/shop/
Did you miss my November exhibit at Kaze no Mori Hall in Fukui?
I did a writeup and video walkthrough for Patreon members, so you can experience the exhibit as if you were there!
www.patreon.com/posts/kidan-...
I did a writeup and video walkthrough for Patreon members, so you can experience the exhibit as if you were there!
www.patreon.com/posts/kidan-...
"The KIDAN" Exhibition Walkthrough | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
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November 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Did you miss my November exhibit at Kaze no Mori Hall in Fukui?
I did a writeup and video walkthrough for Patreon members, so you can experience the exhibit as if you were there!
www.patreon.com/posts/kidan-...
I did a writeup and video walkthrough for Patreon members, so you can experience the exhibit as if you were there!
www.patreon.com/posts/kidan-...
Beautiful. A perfect reminder that even the masters had days like this.
I just became aware of this incredibly relatable drawing by John Singer Sargent.
November 29, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Beautiful. A perfect reminder that even the masters had days like this.
It's happened again... An e-commerce site called Tokyo Tiger has stolen my art and is selling t-shirts and putting ads on IG/X with my artwork.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
November 27, 2025 at 3:46 AM
It's happened again... An e-commerce site called Tokyo Tiger has stolen my art and is selling t-shirts and putting ads on IG/X with my artwork.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
Do not buy from them.
These are not licensed products. They are stolen.
A new challenger for cutest yokai ever has arrived. Have you ever heard of the yōfuku before? It's a relatively new discovery.
What do you guys think about this one?
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What do you guys think about this one?
www.patreon.com/posts/yofuku...
Yōfuku | Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
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November 26, 2025 at 7:18 AM
A new challenger for cutest yokai ever has arrived. Have you ever heard of the yōfuku before? It's a relatively new discovery.
What do you guys think about this one?
www.patreon.com/posts/yofuku...
What do you guys think about this one?
www.patreon.com/posts/yofuku...
My name appeared in this article about the modern yokai boom. If you haven't been to the yokai festival at Uzumasa Film Studio yet, make sure you don't miss it!
www.rogerebert.com/festivals/to...
www.rogerebert.com/festivals/to...
Tokyo Film Festival 2025: “Demon Pond” and Japanese Yokai Culture | Festivals & Awards | Roger Ebert
Our final dispatch from the 2025 Tokyo Film Festival offers a look back at a classic Japanese ghost tale and the supernatural beings that pervade its culture.
www.rogerebert.com
November 22, 2025 at 1:34 AM
My name appeared in this article about the modern yokai boom. If you haven't been to the yokai festival at Uzumasa Film Studio yet, make sure you don't miss it!
www.rogerebert.com/festivals/to...
www.rogerebert.com/festivals/to...
Reposted by Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
Oh, and one more thing that was a really nice finishing touch: along with my books came a set of bookmarks--again with a common trade dress--for the books. Just lovely.
8/8
8/8
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Oh, and one more thing that was a really nice finishing touch: along with my books came a set of bookmarks--again with a common trade dress--for the books. Just lovely.
8/8
8/8
Reposted by Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
The site also has the ability to browse or search the yokai entries online, if you want to see the kinds of information and illustrations that makeup the books.
A few more selections from the slipcase art.
7/n
A few more selections from the slipcase art.
7/n
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
The site also has the ability to browse or search the yokai entries online, if you want to see the kinds of information and illustrations that makeup the books.
A few more selections from the slipcase art.
7/n
A few more selections from the slipcase art.
7/n
Reposted by Matthew Meyer (The Yokai Guy)
I've spent several hours over the last couple of days just flipping through these, reading the entries, and studying the details in the artwork.
If this is at all your kind of thing, these editions as well as two more moderately priced versions, are available at yokai.com.
6/n
If this is at all your kind of thing, these editions as well as two more moderately priced versions, are available at yokai.com.
6/n
Yokai.com | The Illustrated Database of Japanese Folklore
yokai, mononoke, obake, bakemono, henge, yurei, onryo, oni, demons, monsters, ghosts, and more
yokai.com
November 19, 2025 at 9:06 PM
I've spent several hours over the last couple of days just flipping through these, reading the entries, and studying the details in the artwork.
If this is at all your kind of thing, these editions as well as two more moderately priced versions, are available at yokai.com.
6/n
If this is at all your kind of thing, these editions as well as two more moderately priced versions, are available at yokai.com.
6/n