Urban legends anime has a long history of adapting Japanese urban myths and folktales ... The mysterious character known only as the Medicine Seller travels around feudal Japan, dealing with ...

An expert on Japanese mythology looks at how serpents have been revered—and feared— through the ages in Japan. In Japan and throughout the world, snakes are prominent characters in mythology ...

Japanese folklore has been a mainstay in anime for ... incident that both introduces the plot and supernaturally binds the characters together for the foreseeable future. The same incident our ...

The decoration often depicts characters from Japanese folklore or have some religious or symbolic meaning. This kite depicts Sasaki Takatsuna, a samurai commander in the Genpei War (1180-1185 CE).