Japanese horror fiction

thumb|Yūrei, Bakemono no e scroll, [[Brigham Young University]] are figures in Japanese folklore analogous to the Western concept of ghosts. The name consists of two kanji, (yū), meaning "faint" or "dim" and (rei), meaning "soul" or "spirit". Alternative names include , meaning ruined or departed spirit, , meaning dead spirit, or the more encompassing or . Like their Western counterparts, they are thought to be spirits barred from a peaceful afterlife.

thumb|Depiction of an onryō in the , by Katsushika Hokusai.

films of the horror genre with a decidedly Eastern and specifically Japanese style

Japanese ghost story

1776 novel by Ueda Akinari

Japanese ghost story of betrayal

parlor game

is a Japanese word consisting of two kanji: () meaning and () meaning or .

English work of Japanese horror and entomology

2008 video game

1996 short story collection by Koji Suzuki

play by San'yūtei Enchō

series of woodblock prints by Katsushika Hokusai

1999 film by Teruo Ishii