Famous Japanese Manga artist, Shigeru Mizuki, has published a new book taking a look at Japanese folk monsters and their anatomy. Entitled, Yōkai Daizukai, it features 85 monsters such as (pictured above) Kuro-kamikiri, aka Black Hair Cutter (a large, black-haired creature that sneaks up on women in the street at night and surreptitiously cuts off their hair) whose anatomical characteristics include a long, coiling tongue covered in tiny hair-grabbing spines, and a sac for storing sleeping powder used to knock out victims. And then there’s Makura-gaeshi, aka Pillow Mover, (a soul-stealing prankster known for moving pillows around while people sleep) who has an organ for storing souls stolen from children, another for converting the souls to energy and supplying it to the rest of the body.

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