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They often appear in Japanese legends, folktales, fairy tales, and performing arts, and famous among them are Momiji (from The Legend of Momiji and Momijigari) from Togakushi, Shinano Province (now the town of Kinasa, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture) and Suzuka Gozen from the Suzuka Mountains.
A Japanese spider demon. Kunado-no-Kami Local kami connected chiefly with protection against disaster and malicious spirits. They protect the boundaries of villages. Kunekune A long, slender strip of paper that wiggles on rice or barley fields during hot summers, this yōkai is actually a recent invention. Kuni-no-Tokotachi
The demon is a female oni (a kijo) named Momiji (Maple Leaves). The play " Momijigari " was created in the latter half of the Muromachi period , and it is widely believed that there was a legend that was originally used as a material (many legends of demons remain on Mt. Togakushi).
In the musical series "The Story of the Kitsune and the Demon"/"狐と鬼の話" (commonly referred to as "The Onibi series") by Japanese music producer - MASA Works DESIGN- there is a character named Shikyou (死凶) who is an Amanojaku that serves as the series antagonist.
In the 1964 Japanese horror film Onibaba, an older woman wears a hannya mask after stealing it from a samurai. The 1975 Japanese experimental short film Ātman depicts a figure in an outdoor environment, wearing a robe and a hannya mask. [25] [26] The Demon (鬼), a stop-motion short film by Kihachirō Kawamoto, features an onibaba with the ...
Author and folklorist Matthew Meyer has described the Kuchisake-onna legend as having roots dating back to Japan's Edo period, which spanned from the 17th to 19th centuries [1] but Japanese literature professor Iikura Yoshiyuki believes it dates from the 1970s. [3] In print, the legend of Kuchisake-onna dates back to at least as early as 1979.
An akuma (悪魔) is an evil spirit in Japanese folklore, [1] [2] sometimes described in English-language sources as a devil or demon. [2] [3] An alternative name for the akuma is ma (ま). [4] Akuma is the name assigned to Satan in Japanese Christianity, and the Mara in Japanese Buddhism.
Izanagi: (伊邪那岐神) was a creation deity; he makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with his wife and sister, Izanami. [1]Izanami: (伊邪那美神) was a creation deity; she makes up the seventh generation of the Kamiyonanayo, along with her husband and brother, Izanagi.