https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/02/a-yokai-a-day-the-zato-who-met-a-bakemono-on-a-journey/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:35:14 +0000 hourly 1 https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/02/a-yokai-a-day-the-zato-who-met-a-bakemono-on-a-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-41787 Tue, 22 Oct 2024 08:35:14 +0000 https://matthewmeyer.net/?p=29584#comment-41787 […] so readers may be familiar with them already. But just in case, I’ll refer curious readers to this post from a previous A-Yokai-A-Day that talks about zatō in […]

]]> https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/02/a-yokai-a-day-the-zato-who-met-a-bakemono-on-a-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-37741 Sun, 30 Oct 2022 10:41:00 +0000 https://matthewmeyer.net/?p=29584#comment-37741 […] sword forged by a legendary swordsmith. We’ve seen this already a couple of times this month (here and here), which let’s us understand just how important these swords were in folklore. In […]

]]> https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/02/a-yokai-a-day-the-zato-who-met-a-bakemono-on-a-journey/comment-page-1/#comment-37734 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 08:38:30 +0000 https://matthewmeyer.net/?p=29584#comment-37734 […] title of this story refers to a goze. Goze were a female counterpart to zatō, who we looked at earlier this month. The women were traveling entertainers who told stories, sang, […]

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