Probably just about everyone in Japan knows what a tengu looks like—but unlike kappa, these long-nosed goblins have never made the transition into cute and cuddly popular characters. Tengu have ...

In Japanese folklore, foxes—or “kitsune”—are ... Sojobo, the king of the Tengu (long-nosed goblin gods), is said to reside on Mount Kurama alongside other powerful spirits.

Japanese folklore derives from regional oral traditions ... In an image from Kawanabe Kyōsai’s Pictures of One Hundred Demons, a tengu, with a large nose and wings, carries a reed instrument ...

and Tengu, guardian of the mountain, stands his ground. The Gist: Onari (Momona Tamada) is a young girl who lives in a village filled with creatures inspired by Japanese folklore, like the ...

At 14-years-old, Izuna On discovers he and his brother Motoi are both descendents of Tengu (flying goblin-like creatures of Japan folklore). Motoi has wings, which is somewhat rare among Tengu ...

Early on, Tengu became the club’s name based on supernatural beings in Japanese folklore with long noses that grow as they tell lie after lie — much as some people think those who fish are ...

So, I drew characters from Japanese folklore,” Tsutsumi recalls. “It’s been a long-time dream, working in this industry as a Japanese native, to make a story about Japanese culture from an ...

They have been associated with bad omens, according to some English-language accounts of Japanese folklore — though there's disagreement on this. The fish, which can grow to 30 feet in length ...