We are back in the swing of it now with the website and things are going to start going swimmingly we hope from now on.

We have been going through a small back log of notes we made quite some time ago so several of the pages we added since the last update may seem a little random. But as the website continues to grow and we cover more topics they will all connect to other pages better.

Total created pages: 1680.

Total pages waiting to be made: 1023.

Conflicts

• Ako Incident

Literature

• Izayoi Nikki
• Personal Poetry Collections (Updated)
• Utatane no ki
• Yoru no tsuru

People

• Abutsu-ni
• Akazome Emon
• Fujiwara no Tameie
• Fujiwara no Mototsune (Updated)
• Minamoto no Rinshi
• Ōe no Masahira
• Reizei Tamesuke

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Happy New Year to everyone!

It has been a busy two months with other projects but we have managed to add a small amount on the website since our last update.

Most importantly we now have all the yōkai from the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi on the site so we can turn our attention now to the next yōkai compendium. Additionally we have brought together a little bit of information we have for a few new pieces of literature, and no doubt we will continue to expand them as time goes on.

Total created pages: 1670.

Total pages waiting to be made: 1016.

Literature

• Proverbs and Idioms (Updated)
• Senzaishū
• Shikashū
• Shinchokusenshū
• Shūishū

People

• Sugawara no Fumitoki
• Sugawara no Michizane (Updated)

Yokai

• Bashō no sei
• Byōbunozoki
• Hakutaku
• Hōsōshi
• Iyaya
• Kakurezato
• Keukegen
• Kyōkotsu
• Mekurabe
• Mokumokuren
• Suzuri no tamashii
• Takirei-ō
• Ushirogami
• Yonaki no ishi

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November 2024 Updates

We have managed to add a few new yōkai onto the site for you this month which has completed the collection of creatures featured in the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi as well as researching and adding a few more poets that were featured in the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu.

Have a great November everyone.

Total created pages: 1651.

Total pages waiting to be made: 1003.

Literature

• Goshūishū
• Proverbs and Idioms (Updated)
• Shin-Kokinshū

People

• Fujiwara no Michitoshi
• Mibu no Tadamine
• Minamoto no Michitomo
• Ōe no Chisato
• Ōshikōchi no Mitsune
• Priest Sosei

Yōkai

• Fūri
• Hatahiro
• Himamushi-nyūdō
• Jatai
• Kosode no te
• Ōzatō

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This month we added a new family to the website, the Amago Family, got several new yōkai on the website as well as all information concerning Emperor Keikō that resides in the nihongi.

We have plans to finish off the yōkai in the konjaku hyakki shūi this coming month, and we shall see where else our research takes us!

Hope you have all had a great month!

Total created pages: 1635.

Total pages waiting to be made: 1001.

Clans

• Amago Family
• Emishi (Updated)

Imperial Family

• Emperor Keikō (Updated)
• Mimorowake
• Takeuchi no Sukune (Updated)
• Yamato Takeru (Updated)

Literature

• Poems and Songs of Yamato Takeru

People

• Amago Haruhisa
• Amago Katsuhisa
• Amago Mochihisa
• Amago Tsunehisa
• Amago Yoshihisa
• Ihaka Mutsukari

Yōkai

• Ayakashi
• Kidōmaru
• Oni (Updated)
• Onihitokuchi

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We made good progress this month with the August 2024 Updates! Continuing adding information about Emperor Keikō’s reign from the nihongi and almost all of his children. We also have some new yōkai and clans added to the website.

We aim to try and add a bit of variety right now each month and not just add one topic to keep broadening the topics we have on the site.

Hope you have all had a great month!

Total created pages: 1617.

Total pages waiting to be made: 992.

Battles

• Kumaso Rebellions (Updated)

Clans

• Akamatsu Family
• Emishi (Updated)

Imperial Family

• Emperor Keikō (Updated)
• Hikohitonoohoye
• Ihokiirihiko
• Ihokiirihime
• Ihonohime
• Ikahahime
• Inabi no waka Iratsume
• Isakinoirihiko
• Kagoyorihime
• Kagurohime
• Kamukushi
• Kibinoehiko
• Kunisewake
• Kushitsunuwake
• Mawakanomiko
• Nunaki no Iratsume
• Nunoshi no Iratsume
• Ohoyenomiko
• Oshiwake
• Ōsu (Updated)
• Ōsuwake
• Sonotakebime
• Sumeiroohonakatsuhiko
• Takakinoirihime
• Wakakinoiribiko
• Wakayamatoneko
• Yamatohime (Updated)
• Yamato Takeru (Updated)

Kami

• Asotsuhiko
• Asotsuhime
• Yametsuhime

Literature

• Azuma Kagami
• Otogi Bōko
• Poems and Songs of Emperor Keikō

People

• Akamatsu Mitsusuke
• Akamatsu Norimura
• Akamatsu Norisuke
• Akamatsu Noriyasu
• Akamatsu Yoshinori
• Chichika no Inaki
• Hinamori the Elder
• Hinamori the Younger
• Idzuhime
• Ishiura no Yokotachi
• Kumatsuhiko the Elder
• Kumatsuhiko the Younger
• Miyadohiko
• Otohikogimi
• Takeuchi no Sukune (Updated)
• Tako no Inaki
• Torishikaya
• Tsudzura
• Saruohomi
• Wohidari

Yōkai

• Ameonna
• Aoandō
• Gangikozō
• Kazenbō
• Kosamebō
• Minobi
• Momiji-gari
• Oboro-guruma

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This month was definately an interesting month, so here we go with the July 2024 Updates. We did endeavour to finish all of the information pertaining to Emperor Keikō, but there is just so much we are still working through it.

Progress has been made though thankfully and we also added a few new yōkai and some new literature to the website this month for a little bit of extra content in a different theme to keep the website expanding and being useful to as many people as possible.

And we finally brought all the research we have on the site to create a page for the important Shrine of Ise.

Total created pages: 1562.

Total pages waiting to be made: 1003.

Battles

• Kumaso Rebellions

Imperial Family

• Emperor Keikō (Updated)
• Harima no Inabi no Ōiratsume
• Ineyoriwake
• Kibi no Anato no Takehime
• Kibi no Takehiko
• Mihakashihime
• Nunoshiirihime
• Ōsu
• Ototachibanahime
• Takemiko
• Towokiwake
• Toyokuniwake
• Wakatake

Literature

• Gosenshū
• Meigetsuki

People

• Anetohoko
• Asahagi
• Atsukaya
• Awo
• Hanatari
• Hayatsuhime
• Ichifukaya
• Ichikaya
• Kagehime
• Kambone
• Kamunashihime
• Kunimaro
• Mimitari
• Natsubana
• Oshiyama no Sukune
• Ototohoko
• Sakaya
• Shira
• Takemorogi
• Takeuchi no Sukune (Updated)
• Tsuchiworiwiwori
• Uchizaru
• Ujihiko
• Unade
• Yanushioshihodakewogoro
• Yata

Places

• Ise Grand Shrine
• Kii Province (Updated)
• Mino Province (Updated)
• Palaces (Updated)

Supernatural Creatures

• Kazenbō
• Minobi
• Momiji-gari
• Oboro-guruma

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It has been a few months since we were last able to update the website, and we apologise for that. Work gets in the way, yuu know how it is. When you have a full time job, passion projects often have to wait.

Hoping one day we can change that and be able to focus alot more on the website for you all!

As it stands we only have a few new pages for the start of June as we have been remembering where we were at when we last updated the website. So this month we will be getting the information surrounding the reign of Emperor Keikō all updated and expanded on for you before we turn our eyes to something new.

Perhaps the next Emperor, perhaps we can look at that and something new as well to expand the database in new directions.

Thanks to everyone who has continued to come and use the website these past few months, it means alot to us to see this online resource being used so much!

Total created pages: 1517

Total Wanted Pages waiting to be made: 978.

Imperial Family

• Hiuga no Sotsuhiko
• Inasenoirihiko
• Kamikushi
• Kunichiwake
• Midzuha no Iratsume
• Ōtanehime
• Takadahime
• Takekunikoriwake
• Toyotowake

People

• Abe no Kogoto
• Amenohihoko (Updated)
• Ihakiwake
• Mata no wo
• Tajima Mori (Updated)

Places

• Kyushu (Updated)

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Things are slowly coming together in the December 2023 Updates as we bring back the podcast. And we thank you all for your patience as we get it going again and endeavour to keep the website expanding with the addition of our youtube channel which we are still figuring out right now.

This month we managed to add several new Folktales (8 in total) to the website for you to enjoy.

Total created pages: 1504

Total Wanted Pages waiting to be made: 984.

Creatures

• Creatures in Literature (Updated)
• Oni (Updated)

Folktales

• How an Old Man Lost is Wen
• Longevity
• Rashōmon no oni
• The Clever Boar and Monkey
• The Elixir of Life (Updated)
• The Mirror of Matsuyama
• The Monkey and the Crab
• The Oni of Adachigahara
• The Stone of the Five Colours and the Empress Jokwa

People

• Fujiwara no Toyonari (Updated)
• Kaguya Hime (Updated)
• Ono no Komachi (Updated)

Places

• Echigo Province (Updated)
• Mount Fuji (Updated)
• Mutsu Province (Updated)
• Shinano Province (Updated)
• Tokoyo (Updated)

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Hey everyone, the with our October 2023 Updates turned into a quiet month in regards to new pages on the site. But we did update several other pages as well. This month we focused on all the information surrounding the reign of Emperor Seimu and so his reign is quite fullly documented now fully on the website.

This coming month we are going to look at Emperor Keikō and the information surrounding him. His reign is much more detailed than Seimu so there will be a lot of new content coming this month.

Total created pages: 1490

Total Wanted Pages waiting to be made: 941.

Imperial Family

• Emperor Chūai (Updated)
• Emperor Seimu (Updated)
• Ohotakara no Iratsume
• Takeoshiyamatarine
• Takeuchi no Sukune (Updated)
• Wakanuke
• Yasakanoiribiko (Updated)
• Yasakairihime

Occupations

• Imperial Titles (Updated)
• Provincial Titles (Updated)

Places

• Misasagi (Updated)
• Palaces (Updated)

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So it has been a little while, but we are here now with our September 2023 Updates. We have been making a move to bring many different projects together in the future and we can’t wait to show you what we have planned for this site, the podcast, and other projects.

We have added this month alot of information concerning Emperor Suinin, his reign, his family and lots of associated pages surrounding his life to bring the website together into a more interconnected place.

Total pages created: 1486

Total Wanted Pages waiting to be made: 938.

Artefacts

• Divine Treasures
• Sacred Regalia (Updated)
• Spear of Heaven (Updated)

Clans

• Mononobe Clan (Updated)
• Nakatomi Clan (Updated)

Culture

• Human Sacrifice (Updated)
• Be (Updated)

Imperial Family

• Aketatsu (Updated)
• Azaminoiribime
• Azamitsuhime
• Emperor Suinin (Updated)
• Futajirihime
• Hibasuhime (Updated)
• Hinagahime
• Homutsuwake
• Igatarashihiko
• Ihatsukubime
• Ikatarashihiko
• Ikobayawake
• Inasebiko
• Inishikinoiribiko
• Itoshiwake
• Kanibatatobe
• Karibatatobe
• Kaguyahime
• Matonuhime (Updated)
• Mikadawake (Updated)
• Mimakihime (Updated)
• Nubatanoiribika
• Nutarashiwake
• Ochiwake
• Ohonakatsuhiko
• Ohotsutsukitarine (Updated)
• Otohime (Updated)
• Sahobiko (Updated)
• Sahobime (Updated)
• Takenumakahawake (Updated)
• Unakami (Updated)
• Utakorihime
• Wakakiiribiko
• Wozabe
• Yamashiro no Ohokuni no Fuchi
• Yamatohime
• Yamato Takeru (Updated)
• Yehime

Islands

• Awaji Shima (Updated)
• Tokoyo (Updated)

Jobs

• Court Titles (Updated)

Kami

• Amaterasu (Updated)
• Sarudabiko

People

• Amano Yukaha Tana
• Amenohihoko
• Hikokunibuku (Updated)
• Kihisatsumi
• Kiyohiko
• Kuehaya (Updated)
• Nagaochi
• Nomi no Sukune (Updated)
• Ōhatanushi
• Ohokashima
• Otanomikoto
• Sonaka Cheulchi
• Tajima Mori
• Takehi no Muraji (Updated)
• Tochine
• Yamanobe no Ohotaka
• Yatsunada

Places

• Palaces

Provinces

• Harima Province (Updated)
• Inaba Province
• Ise Province (Updated)
• Kii Province (Updated)
• Koshi Province (Updated)
• Mino Province (Updated)
• Tajima Province
• Tamba Province (Updated)
• Omi Province (Updated)
• Owari Province (Updated)
• Shinano Province (Updated)
• Yamashiro Province (Updated)

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