Fukui-based yōkai painter Matthew Meyer has been researching and painting a different traditional Japanese monster each day this month. Here are a few of the lovely horrors featured in the collection, which will continue to grow until the end of October. [Link: A-Yokai-A-Day]

Yokai painting by Matt Meyer --
Hari-onago ("Hooked woman" with deadly hair, from Ehime prefecture)

Yokai painting by Matt Meyer --
Kijimuna (Okinawan tree sprite)

Yokai painting by Matt Meyer --
Kerakera-onna ("Cackling woman")

Yokai painting by Matt Meyer --
Gagoze (Demonic ghost haunting Gango-ji temple in Nara prefecture)

Yokai painting by Matt Meyer --
Aonyobu ("Blue wife," the ruined aristocrat)