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10 Apr 2017

ONI - Oni ni kanabo

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kanaboo, kanabō 鬼に金棒 Oni ni kanabo -
鬼伝説 Demon Legends about the iron club




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"oni with an iron club" 鬼に金棒 oni-ni-kanabō,
that is, to be invincible or unbeatable. It can also be used in the sense of "strong beyond strong", or having one's natural quality enhanced or supplemented by the use of some tool.
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .

oni ni kanabo - that might be a mountain priest with a strong walking staff, or maybe just a person with a long neck . . . anyway it is a common expression.



In the Hyakki Yakō Emaki 百鬼 夜行絵巻 "100 Demons' Night Parade Picture Scroll" by
Tosa Mitsunobu (1434 - 1525) there is a being with a long neck, but it is different from the painting of みこし入道 / 見越し入道 / 見越入道 Mikoshi Nyudo.



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Mikoshi-nyūdō
a type of bald-headed yōkai "goblin" with an ever-extending neck. In Japanese folklore and Edo period (1603–1868) kaidan "ghost story" texts, mikoshi-nyūdō will frighten people who look over the top of things such as byōbu folding screens.
The name combines mikoshi 見越し (lit. "see over") "looking over the top (of a fence); anticipation; expectation" and nyūdō 入道 (lit. "enter the Way") "a (Buddhist) priest; a bonze; a tonsured monster".
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福井県 Fukui 坂口村 Sakaguchimura

From August 14 to 16, during the O-Bon rituals, the lid of the hell chauldron is opened and an Oni with his Kanabo throws out the dead people that got stuck under the lid. The living have to go to a temple and welcome their dead home, otherwise the dead souls will hang out at the eaves of the temple all the time.

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福島県 Fukushima 飯坂町 Iizakamachi

This is a story about a man who almost died at age 33 and came back to tell his adventures.
He walked is a fairy-tale place where a red and green ray guided him. He heared someone call his name various times, but finally crossed the river to the Other world, 三途の川 Sanzu no Kawa. The river was very wide, but shallow. On the other side he saw a kind of hill and a large plain with flowers. Further on there was an iron gate and a great mansion. The 赤鬼と青鬼 red and blue demon stood at the gate.
He asked them to let him pass, but they refused, shouting at him in an angry voice:
"It is too early for you to come here, go back home, go back home!"
「お前はここに来るのは早すぎる、帰れ帰れ」
Then they swung their iron clubs and hit him . . . but that was the moment when he woke up among the living.

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沖縄県 Okinawa 八重山郡 Yaeyama district

Once upon a time, there lived an Oni at the beach.
He often stole the food from the fisherman along the river 川平 Kabira and caused trouble. One day Chikara, チカラ a strong man went up to the Oni, stumped his Kanabo into the boulder and asked the Oni to pull it out again. But the Oni could not pull it out.
Next Chikara brought his fishing rod, stuck it into the hole and bent it round. He asked the Oni to make it straight again, but when they tried they were flung around themselves and spit and scattered blood and flesh.



This flesh is said to have become the ヤマヒル, 山蛭, Haemadipsa zeylanica japonica, a kind of "jawed leech".

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山形県 Yamagata 真室川町 Mamurogawa

Once a grandpa climbed up the shoulders of a Jizo Statue and waited there for some Oni to pass, some Red and Blue Oni, and even some 縞だ鬼 striped one's were supposed to meet here.
They came along, lay their Kanabo on the ground, payed their 銭 money offers and then begun to sing and laugh and make merry.
When there was enough money on the ground, the clever grandpa imitated the call of a chabo 矮鶏 rooster. The demons thought that the night was over and left in a hurry. This is how grandpa got all the money and finally got rich.

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A legend from 群馬県 Gunma about the Kanabo

The Tengu from Kashozan came to support the 日露戦争 Russo-Japanese War in 1904. A young priest came to the local blacksmith, asked him to make a strong iron club and carried it up to Mount Kashozan. Then a black cloud could be seen, floating from the mountain in the direction of Russia. And when the war ended, the iron club came right back to Mount Kashozan.

. Kashozan 迦葉山 a Tengu mountain .
located in Numata town 沼田市, Gunma prefecture.

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A legend from 山形県 Yamagata, 南陽市 Nanyo, about the Kanabo

In 沼の平 Numanodaira ("plain of the swamp") in former times there used to be a large swamp.
Rain was falling for many days in a row and the farmers were in great distress. In the swamp lived a 蛇 serpent, and the villagers thought this serpent was calling for the rain. So they asked the local blacksmith to make a large iron club and threw it into the swamp.
And indeed, the rain stopped on this day!

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9 Apr 2017

ONI - tsuno horns


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tsuno 鬼の角 伝説 Oni Demon Legends about their horns



Why do Oni have horns ?

The explanation relates to the concept of
kimon 鬼門 Oni gate - Demon Gate

The zodiac animals associated with this 北東の方角 Northeastern region are
ushi-tora 丑寅 the bull and the tiger.
Oni are therefore usually depicted with bull horns and tiger fangs, wearing loincloths made of tiger skin.
(Tigers were not known in Japan.)

. Why are the Oni often wearing 虎柄のパンツ tiger pants? .

There are Oni with one or two horns, and some have none.

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Oni with two horns


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Oni with one horn


北上市・鬼の館 - Exhibition at Kitakami Town
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Oni with no horns

. Kishibojin, Kishimojin 鬼子母神 .
a demon mother turned protector of children



 the Kanji character for ONI usually has a horn on the head.
The writing for Kishibojin is often seen without the horn on the Kanji, since she turned a protector deity.




雑司ヶ谷鬼子母神 Tokyo, Zoshigaya Kishibojin Temple

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ONI - tiger pants

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oni tiger pants

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oni no koshimaki 鬼の腰巻 - oni no fundoshi 鬼の褌
oni no pantsu 鬼のパンツ pants of an oni - loincloth




Why are the Oni often wearing 虎柄のパンツ tiger pants?

The explanation relates to the concept of
kimon 鬼門 "Oni gateway."
The zodiac animals associated with this 北東の方角 Northeastern region are
ushi-tora 丑寅 the bull and the tiger.
Oni are therefore usually depicted with bull horns and tiger fangs, wearing loincloths made of tiger skin.
(Tigers were not known in Japan.)

The pants are a kind of Japanese
. fundoshi 褌 / ふんどし loincloth .

. tsuno 鬼の角 the horns of Oni demons .



Tengu and Oni
They are often depicted with a loincloth named tatetsuke 立附.
Painting them with a 虎皮の褌 tiger skin loincloth might have started with the paintings of
. Kano Motonobu 狩野元信 Kanō Motonobu .
(1476 - 1559)
Artist name : Kohoogen, Kohōgen こほうげん (古法眼) Kohogen
Son of Kano Masanobu 狩野正信 (1434 - 1530)

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北上市・鬼の館 - Exhibition at Kitakami Town

「鬼」という文字の解説 - explaining the character for ONI
鬼の不思議
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Oni no pants, a children's song :

鬼のパンツは いいパンツ
つよいぞ つよいぞ

トラの毛皮で できている
つよいぞ つよいぞ

5年はいても やぶれない
つよいぞ つよいぞ

10年はいても やぶれない
つよいぞ つよいぞ

はこう はこう 鬼のパンツ
はこう はこう 鬼のパンツ

あなたも あなたも あなたも あなたも
みんなではこう 鬼のパンツ


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滋賀県 Shiga 日野町

At the shrine 綿向神社 Watamuki Jinja there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet of a half-naked woman, only clad in koshimaki 腰巻 waste wrapper, and an Oni with only a fundoshi 褌1丁 male underware doing a bout of 相撲 sumo wrestling.

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At the temple 明王院 Myo-O-In in the village of 葛川 Kuzugawa there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet showing an aka-oni 赤鬼 red demon with white fundoshi ふんどし underpants and a waist wrapper made from 豹の毛皮 panther skin. His opponent is a huge man with strong muscles, all naked. They have a rope around the neck
kubihiki 首引き and pull in a contest of strength, a kind of "Neck tug of war".


. Shiga 滋賀県の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends .
- with details about Watamuki Jinja.

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栃木県 Tochigi 馬頭町 Batomachi

Once upon a time
at the night of Setsubun 14 Oni wanted to stay over night at a home but were refused. They had to retreat to the mountain forest and finally stayed at the home of a firewood cutter. The old couple entertained their visitors with great joy and respect. To show their gratitude one Oni gave them a very expensive loincloth as a present.
The old woman was very pleased and asked them to come back next year and stay at their home again.
But the Oni laughed loud and said:
"Since I have no loincloth any more, I can not come . . . hahahaha !"
In this village people tell this story every year to make the Oni laugh.

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2 Apr 2017

KAPPA - Demon Legends Oita


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Oita 大分県の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends

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別府 Beppu, a well-known hot spring area

chinoike 血ノ池 Chi-no-Ike - "The Blood Pond"



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This is Japan's oldest natural hot spring.
Chinoike-jigoku is a pool of red hot mud and has been in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, for over 1300 years.



People in Japan's past named the Onsen Chinoike-jigoku 血の池地獄, the "Blood Pond Hell", based on an image of hell found in Buddhism.
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chinoike nankoo 血ノ池軟膏 Chi-no-Ike skin cream



The bottom mud from the Red Pond is sold as a cream for sore skin.




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Kijima 鬼島 Demon Island in Beppu

A legend from the times of Kobo Daishi:

Once a farmer did not give a sweet persimmon to Kobo Daishi as he passed by on his pilgrimage. So the venerable Daishi turned the tree into 渋柿 bitter persimmons to teach the farmer a lesson.
This kind of happening is passed on by villagers in various regions in Japan.


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kichoo 鬼鳥 "demon bird"

When a woman dies during childbirth, she becomes a ghost called ubume ウブメ.
The ghost walks around, holding her baby 夜行遊女, and this is called "Demon Bird". From her hips down the is dressed in bloody robes. Eventually she wears a different robe and becomes a bird. Then she starts to harm the children of other mothers.

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豊後高田市 Bungo Takada

Once upon a long, long LONG time - 昔の昔のその昔ずーっと昔のその又其昔
There lived a family of four in a poor man's house. When the mother had gone out, a 鬼婆 Onibaba Demon Hag changed her features to look like mother, came inside and ate the baby. The two other elder children saw it and tried to run away in fear. From heaven a chain came down to let the children escape, but when the Onibaba tried to grab the chain, it wound around her neck and strangled her to death.


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直入郡 Naoiri district

Once upon a time, the bottom of the 阿蘇の盆地 Plain of Aso was a lake.
A demon tried to fill the lake with earch and carried earth to the place, but he broke the pole of his carrier. The earth fell down and this became 上萩岳 Upper Ogidake mountain and下萩岳 Lower Ogidake mountain.



The Demon became angry and pressed against the boulder 不動岩 Fudo-Iwa but could not move it. Since that time, there are the remains of the demon's head, back and both hands on the boulder.

There is also boulder in the form of a bridge. Legend knows that once upon a time, a Demon had to built it in one night, but when the cock crowed, the bridge was not finished and . . .


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大分市 Oita city

Oni no ido 鬼の井戸 the Demon well
A demon helped the blacksmiths from Takada dig the well.


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大野郡 Ono district 長谷川村 Hasegawa

Once upon a time, there lived a demon on this side of the river, and he liked to have shouting contests with the demon on the other side.
Once they both went over to 日高の高千穂 Takachiho to get a human being. This is now called the oni no ie 鬼の家, house, family of the demon. Many members of this family have fangs.


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佐伯市  Saiki

鬼ケ原のゆうれい . 鬼ケ原の幽霊 The Ghost of Onigahara



a rather long story:
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臼杵郡 Usuki district

If people hit their 茶碗 chawan rice bowl with the chopsticks, a gaki 餓鬼 hungry demon is coming to visit the family.
So all are careful not to hit their bowls.


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由布院町 Yufuin

鬼が一夜で造った石段  A demon made the stone stairs in just one night

Once the Kami deity wanted to drive out the demon so that humans could live in the region. He told the demon to count to 100 until the cock was crowing.
The demon counted fast and was already at 99, when the deity hit a 箕 winnow and imitated the sound of a cock. So the demon had to leave the region.



Another version
tells that the oni was asked to built a staircase with 100 steps and built 100 houses, but the demon could not finish before the cock crowed.
This is the Tsukahara densetsu 塚原伝説 Tsukahara legend.
- reference source : d-b.ne.jp/siga/tokusen/minwa -

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. - yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - .

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸 Regional Folk Art from Japan .

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1 Apr 2017

LEGENDS - Onipedia Demons of Japan

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- Shrine Ho-Un no Miya 宝雲宮 Katsuyama

Oni with individual names are marked with *****.
The character 鬼 is also read as KI.

A counterpart of Oni is the AKUMA 悪魔, translated as Devil (but a bit different from the Christian image of a devil or Satan.)
evil spirit, fiend, ...

. Oni 鬼 Demon art motives - Gallery .
all kinds of dolls, kokeshi, plates . . .

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. akuma no Daruma 悪魔 Daruma the Demon .
* investigating the Christian concept of Devil / Satan versus the Japanese akuma


. Amanojaki, Amanojaku 天邪鬼 あまんじゃき "heavenly evil spirit " . - "heavenly evil spirit"
- - - - - . Amanojaku legends .
天探女(あまのじゃく) - Amanosagume / 天探女(あめのさぐめ)/ 天佐具売 Amenosagume
Amanojaku statue in the eaves at temple 岩船寺 Gansen-Ji, Kyoto
Amanojaku no Chikaramizu 天邪鬼の力水 Power-giving water
Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 and Amanojaku


. akaoni, aka-oni 赤鬼 red demon . *
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- - - - - - animal names with ONI

. oni yanma 鬼やんま devil's dragonfly .
Anotogaster sieboldii

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. aooni, ao-oni 青鬼 blue demon / green demon . *
..... Shiga


***** . Ayo no sato no oni 阿用郷の鬼 from Izumo, Shimane .


. Bakemono, O-Bake お化け Ghosts and Demons .


beer - named oni
- Shiga

Beppu 別府 Oni legends and articles - see Oita

. Daruma oni だるま鬼 ー reddo debiru レッドデビル red devil Daruma .


Edo 江戸 the demons of Edo
14 to explore


. ema 絵馬 votive tablets .
5 legends to explore
. ema 「鬼」の絵馬 - amulets .
..... Shiga

. Enku 円空仏 master carver and his Otsu-E Oni Statues .

. Enma Ten 閻魔天、閻魔王 Emma, the King of Hell - Yama .



***** . Fujiwara no Chikata no Yonki 藤原千方の四鬼 The four demons of Fujiwara Chikata .


***** . Gedoomaru 外道丸 Gedomaru .
at the foot of Mount Ibukiyama 伊吹山の麓

. gaki 餓鬼 hungry demons, hungry ghosts .
..... Oita

. gyuuki, gyūki 牛鬼 "bull-demon" - Ushi-oni .


haiku 俳句 with Oni . . . by Yosa Buson and others
. oni sudaku togakushi no fumoto soba no hana .
Buson is talking about - kijo momiji 鬼女紅葉 The Female Demon called "Momiji"

. hamaki  破魔鬼 demon mask to ward off evil .

. hone 鬼の骨 the bones of Oni demons .


. imi 忌み / 斎み imi - taboo, ritual abstinence .
imibi. kijitsu, kinichi 忌日 taboo day
忌 鬼 14 to explore (00) /// 斎 鬼 15 to explore (00)


. jaki 邪鬼 / じゃき - Jaki . - "heavenly evil spirit" *

. jigoku 地獄 the Buddhist Hell .
13 to explore

. jinja - list of Shinto shrines with ONI . *

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kakure-oni 隠れ鬼 "hidden oni", kakurenbo, hide and seek


. kami 神 Shinto deities / Japanese gods .
kami to oni 神と鬼 the Deities and Demons of Japan

. Kidoomaru, Kidōmaru 鬼童丸 Kidomaru .
..... a robber and a magician.

kijin 鬼人 "human demon" - 11 to explore
..... Shiga

Ki Jinja 鬼神社(きじんじゃ)"Demon Shrine" - see 鬼沢 Onizawa, Aomori

. Kijin Jinja 鬼鎮神社 - Saitama .
with Oni Ema
..... "Fuku wa uchi! Oni wa uchi! Akuma soto!"

***** . kijo momiji 鬼女紅葉 The Female Demon called "Momiji" .

. Kikotsuji, Kikkotsuji 鬼骨寺 Kikotsu-Ji "Temple of Oni bones" .


. kimon 鬼門 / 忌門 demon gate .
in the ushi-tora 丑寅 Northern direction

kiraigoo, ki raigoo 鬼来迎 Kiraigo, welcoming the demons

. kisha 鬼射 "hitting the demon" ritual with arrow shooting .

. Kishibojin 鬼子母神 "Child eating demon mother" .
..... 訶梨帝母 Kariteimo - Kangimo 歓喜母 - Hariti - and many legends about her
..... 鬼子母神堂 Hall for Kishimojin
..... kishi megami 鬼子め神 "child eating female deity" at 身延山 Mount Minobusan


kishin, onigami 鬼神 "Oni Deity", "Demon Deity"
..... Iwate *, Shiga,
魔羅鬼神 Mara Kishin (Kijin) - a revengeful demon 霊鬼神
鬼神集落 Onigami village
(55 legends to explore)

. kishitoo 鬼舐頭 the hair falls out in a circle 円形脱毛症 .

kitsune 狐 oni and foxes ・ 鬼 狐 31 to explore
..... Shiga

koki-ita 胡鬼板(こきいた) a kind of 羽子板 hagoita

. kubihiki 鬼の首引き neck tug of war of the demons .
..... 朝比奈義秀の鬼の首引き Asahina Yoshihide


. Landscape and Oni Legends - shizen 自然と鬼伝説  .


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. mayoke men 魔よけ面 Demon amulets to ward off evil . .

. men 面 mask with an Oni .
鬼の面 - 10 legends to explore

. Momotaro 桃太郎 the Peach Boy .

monkey-demon / at Iwaido Shrine
. saruoni, saru-oni 猿鬼 Monkey-Demon .

. namahage なまはげ the Oni of Oga, Akita .
..... 出羽鶴 本格焼酎 - なまはげ Namahage Shochu Liquor

. netsuke 根付 . with Oni .



. Oita 大分県の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends .
..... Kijima 鬼島 Demon Island ..... kichoo 鬼鳥 "demon bird" ..... oni no ido 鬼の井戸 the Demon well ..... 鬼ケ原の幽霊 The Ghost of Onigahara
..... 鬼の石段 stone stairs made by a demon

. omamori, o-mamori お守り amulets to ward off the demons .

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Oni – The classic Japanese demon. It is an ogre-like creature which often has horns.

. Oni 鬼 Demon Amulets .

. Oni 鬼 Demon art motives - Gallery .

. Onibaba 鬼婆 The demon hag of Adachigahara .
(onibaba 鬼婆々 - 52 legends to explore)
..... Oita, Shiga


. Onibashiri 鬼走 running demons for Setsubun .
- and Oni eshiki 鬼会式 Demon Festival

Onibi 鬼火 A demonic flame which can suck out life if they come too near.
. "devil's fire", onibi 鬼火 (おにび) .
..... kitsunebi 狐火 (きつねび) "fox fire"

. onigawara 鬼瓦 demon roof tiles .

. Onigo Matsuri 鬼子祭り "Demon Boys Festival" .
..... Kokuseki-Ji Naked Man Festival 黒石裸祭 Kuroishi Festival


. Onihagi 鬼萩 "Demon Hagi" 萩焼 Hagi-yaki pottery .

Onihitokuchi, oni hitokuchi 鬼一口  One-eyed demons that kill and eat humans.

. Oni jinja 鬼神社 "Demon Shrine" . - Oita

. oni kenbai 鬼剣舞 "demon sword dance" Iwate .

. oniko, oni-ko 鬼子 Oni from Tsugaru, Aomori .
..... torii no oniko 鳥居の鬼コ Demons of the Toorii gates
鬼子 - also read as kishi and onigo

. Onikobe village 鬼首村 "Demon Head Village" Miyagi .
Onikoobe onsen 鬼首温泉 Onikobe Hot Spring

. onimanjuu, oni manjuu 鬼饅頭 demon's cakes .
This is a local souvenir in rememberance of the 大江山鬼伝説 Demon Legend of Oeyama Mountain

oni-musume 鬼娘 demon daughter

oni no kan 鬼の館 Oni Museum
..... 「鬼」という文字の解説 - explaining the character for ONI
. Kitakami 北上市・鬼の館 . *


. oni no kan nenbutsu 鬼の寒念仏 - 大津絵 Otsu-E pictures .
Oni no nenbutsu, nembutsu 鬼の念仏 demon praying in the cold

oni no iwaya 鬼の岩屋 - 2 legends to explore
..... Shuten Doji

. Onioi matsuri, oni-oi matsuri 鬼追い祭り .
at Kumano shrine 熊野神社, Soo town 曽於市, Miyazaki

. Onimaru 鬼丸 / 鬼切丸 Onikirimaru sword .
- dooji kirimaru 童子切丸 Doji Killer Blade

onimatsu 鬼松 demon pine tree
1 to explore


. onisube, oni sube 鬼すべ "smoking out the demons" ritual .
..... 大宰府天満宮 Dasaifu Tenmangu

onisuji 鬼筋 / oni no shison 鬼の子孫 descendants of an Oni
鬼筋 3 to explore / 鬼の子孫 4 to explore



onitaiji, oni taiji 鬼退治 driving out the demons
during the Setsubun rituals and in regional legends
26 to explore


. oniuchigi, oni uchigi 鬼打木 firewood to ward off the demons .
onigi 鬼木(おにぎ) "demon's firewood" / oniyokegi 鬼除木 /firewood to keep the demons away
..... onisaegi, oni saegi 鬼障木 / onioshigi 鬼押木 / oniuchiboo, oni uchiboo 鬼打棒

. oniyo 鬼夜 "demon's night" fire festival .
..... Daizenji Town, Kurume, Fukuoka

. oniyoozu 鬼揚子 Oniyozu kite .

. Onizawa 鬼沢 town in Tsugaru, Aomori .

onizuka 鬼塚 Demon Mound / 牛鬼塚
5 to explore


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onsen 温泉 hot spring / oniyu 鬼湯
4 to explore
..... Oita
湯かけ鬼蔵 (ゆかけきぞう)
source : noboribetsu-spa.jp



. Otsu-E 大津絵 Paintings from Otsu .
Oni no nenbutsu, nembutsu 鬼の念仏 Demon saying Amida prayers

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- - - - - - plant names with ONI

. hoozuki 鬼燈 - 鬼灯 - ほうずき Hozuki, Chinese lantern plant .
ground cherry, lampion flower, winter cherry, husk tomato, Physalis alkekengi

. oniyuri 鬼百合 tiger lily .
ko oniyuri 小鬼百合 Lilium leichtlinii

plant names with ONI, a long list
平安時代に成立した辞書に鬼とは、隠(おん)のなまったもので”隠れて姿を表さないもの”と書かれています.
- reference source : eisai.co.jp/museum -


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- - - - - - proverbs and saying with ONI

. kotowaza 諺 / ことわざ idioms, sayings, proverbs - ABC-List .

geji ni namerareru to kami ga ochiru げじになめられると髪が落ちる
If a GEJI licks your head, your hair falls out.
Other versions quotge gejigeji げじげじ, the galley worm house centipede. But in fact this is not about the animal, but about gejiki下食(げじき), a Demon Deity 鬼神 Onigami (Kishin).
There is an illness called kishitoo 鬼舐頭, when the hair falls out in a circle 円形脱毛症.



oni ni kanabo 鬼に金棒 the oni gets a spiked iron club
to be invincible and unbeatable


oni no inu ma ni sentaku 鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯
Doing the laundry while the devil is away

the mice enjoy the home while the cat is away


oni no nyooboo ni onigami 鬼の女房に鬼神
oni no nyooboo ni kijin ga naru 鬼の女房に鬼神がなる

‘the wife of a demon becomes a devil’
- the apprentice surpasses/outstrips the master


oya ni ninu ko wa oni no ko 親に似ぬ子は鬼の子 a child that does not resemble its parents is the child of an oni


鬼が住むか蛇が住むか /鬼が出るか蛇が出るか
oni mo juuhachibancha mo debana 鬼も十八番茶も出花
oni ni koromo 鬼に衣
oni no kakuran 鬼の霍乱
oni no kubi o totta yoo 鬼の首を取ったよう
oni no me ni namida 鬼の目にも涙
oni no sora nenbutsu 鬼の空念仏 / oni no nenbutsu 鬼の念仏
oni o azamuku 鬼を欺く
oni o su ni shite kuu 鬼を酢にして食う
oni to mo kumu 鬼とも組む

- reference source : nohmask21.com/oni -

. oni ga warau 鬼が笑う to make an Oni laugh . *

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. Rashomon Gate 羅生門 - Rashomon no Oni .

. Rozan-Ji Kyoto 廬山寺 : Oni of three colors. .
The red one symbolizes Greed, the blue (green) one Anger and the black one stupidity.

. Ryuutooki 龍燈鬼 Ryutoki . Dragon-lantern-carrying demon


sake  酒 rice wine - 鬼殺し Onikoroshi " killing the demon" - Shiga
48 legends to explore

. sakaki oni 榊鬼 Sakaki demon . - Aichi

Sazae-oni さざえ鬼 – A turban snail that turns into a woman.

. setsubun 節分 oni wa soto 節分 - 鬼は外 demons get out! .

. Shiga 滋賀県の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends .

. Shimane 島根県 鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends .

shitenno 四天王 four Ten deities stepping on Jaki demons or are flanked by them
. Jaki and Shitenno . *


***** . Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon .
..... Ibaraki-doji, his disciple, 鬼越山 Onigoeyama in Ibaraki
..... Kidoomaru 鬼童丸、鬼同丸(きどうまる)Kidomaru
..... Oni no dookutsu 鬼の洞窟 Oni’s cave
..... Oni-take Inari Jinja 鬼岳稲荷神社 Shrine
..... Oni-iwa 鬼岩 Demon boulder - Hyogo, Gifu and others *
..... 鬼殺し Onikoroshi " killing the demon" - Sake

. sumoo 鬼の相撲 Sumo wrestling of the Demons .
..... Oni no Sumoba 鬼の相撲場 The Devil's Sumo Ring


sword 刀 katana, blades to kill an Oni - onikiri, Onimaru
..... Shiga


tiger pants - 虎柄のパンツ
. oni no koshimaki 鬼の腰巻 - oni no fundoshi 鬼の褌
oni no pantsu 鬼のパンツ pants of an oni - loincloth .

..... Oni no pants, a children's song


torii 鳥居の鬼 shinto shrine gate - see oniko
2 to explore / Iwate, Akita . . .

Toriyama Sekien and his oni

. tsuno 鬼の角 the horns of Oni demons .
some have two, some have one and some have no horns
53 to explore


. ukiyo-e 浮世絵 "pictures of the floating world" .

. ushioni, ushi-oni gyuuki, gyūki 牛鬼 "bull-demon" .
..... ox-headed monsters
Ushioni fuchi 牛鬼淵 riverside of Kochi


yonki, Fujiwara no Chikata no Yonki 藤原千方の四鬼 The four demons of Fujiwara Chikata
..... Shiga


. Yukijin 湯鬼神 Demon Guardian of the Hot Springs .
..... Oni 登別の鬼 The Demons of Noboribetsu Hot Spring, Hokkaido


***** . Zenki 前鬼 and his wife Goki 後鬼 .


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- wikipedia - Oni and list of Yokai -

- reference : JAANUS -
ichi-no-oni 一の鬼
onidai 鬼台
Kikokushi 鬼谷子
oni-arashikou ganna 鬼荒仕工鉋
oni-ita 鬼板
oniwaku 鬼枠

- reference - kokugakuin - Kawamura Kunimitsu 2005


Noriko T. Reider - Transformation of the Oni
From the frightening and diabolical to the cute and sexy
- reference source : nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp -


- reference : yokai database -
1202 legends to explore !


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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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Shimane 島根県の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends

Izumo is a region rich of legends:
. Izumo Fuudoki 出雲風土記 "Records of Wind and Earth" .
The Records of Izumo, Izumo Fudoki, where written about 733.



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. ushi oni, ushioni, gyuuki 牛鬼 "bull-demon" - Introduction .



A well-known ushi-oni is a massive, brutal sea-monster which lives off the coast of Shimane Prefecture and other places in Western Japan and attacks fishermen. It is often depicted with a spider- or crab-like body. This ushi-oni seems to be connected to another monster called the nure-onna 濡れ女 / 濡女 , who sometimes appears before an ushi-oni attack and tricks the victim into holding her child, which then becomes a stone stuck to the person's hands and grows heavier in order to hinder escape.
In Iwami Ginzan (Shimane) the story goes on about a young samurai who held the heavy stone baby.
A famous sword in his family suddenly flew into the sky, cut off the head of the demon and cut the body into nine pieces.

If it rains for a long time in Shimane, the Ushioni starts to show up under bridges. Once a man passed a bridge and saw a white light flickering there. After he had passed the bridge the flickering kept hovering around him. People in the neighbourhood who saw this thought the Ushi-Oni was the reason for it.
Another word for this monster in local dialect is
オシミ (牛鬼) oshimi (ushioni) .
The more people try to get rid of the flickering by shaking their sleeves, the more it clings to them. To get rid of it one has to get some urin on the hands and splatter that around.


. Nure-onna 濡女 "Wet Woman" .


Kaikidan Ekotoba 怪奇談絵詞
Nure-onna 濡女 "Wet Woman" was a dragon with a snake's body and a woman's head.
She was typically seen while washing her hair on a riverbank and would sometimes kill humans when angered.


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安濃郡 Ano district 太田町 Otamachi

Once a man went fishing in the evening, when the Nure-Onna appeared. She gave him a baby to hold and disappeared. He threw the baby away and fled, but Ushi-Oni came right after him. He managed to take shelter in a farmer's house and was safe.


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知夫郡 Chibu district 知夫村 Chibu village

Once a brave man was on his way to 伊勢神宮 Ise Shrine with a lot of money for offerings, but an Oni in the form of the 庚申 Koshin Deity took all his money away. But it was just a wicked person clad like Koshin. When the Deity heard the story, he hurried to give the money back to the brave man.

. The Koshin Deity 庚申 .


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出雲市 Izumo city

Fishermen at the coast are often called Yasha 夜叉 Demons in the local dialect.
Yasha were seen as demons, sometimes female ones. People in mountainous regions call them 鬼 Oni.

. Yasha 夜叉 - the Twelve Heavenly Generals 十二神将 .


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石見の国 Iwami no Kuni

nure onna to ushi-oni ぬれ女と牛鬼
Once upon a time in the land of Iwami
there lived a samurai named 森山玄蔵 Moriyama Genzo, who liked to go fishing at night.

むかしむかし、石見の国(いわみのくに→島根県)に、森山玄蔵(もりやまげんぞう)という侍がいました。
玄蔵は大変な釣り好きで、ひまさえあると、釣りに出かけます。
さて、ある夏の事、玄蔵は夕方から磯へと夜釣りに出かけました。
その日はどうしたわけか、次から次へと魚が釣れる日で、またたく間に、びくの中は魚でいっぱいになりました。
「こんなに釣れるとわかっていたら、もっとでっかいびくを持ってくるんだったな」
これ以上は釣っても持って帰れないので、玄蔵が引き上げようとしたら、後ろにだれか立っていました。
「おや?」
と、振り向いてみると、だれもいません。
「おかしいな」
そう思って、もう一度前に向き直ったら、なんと目の前の海に、ずぶぬれの女が赤ん坊を抱いて立っているのです。
月の光に照らされた顔は、まるで死人のように青白です。
玄蔵は逃げ出そうとしましたが、足がひきつり、動く事が出来ません。
女は、まるで海の上を歩くようにして、玄蔵のそばにやってきた。
そして、ぞっとするほど冷たい声で言いました。
「すみません。この子が、お腹をすかせて困っています。どうか、魚を一匹やってくださいな」
「や、や、やるとも」
玄蔵は震える手で、釣りあげたばかりの魚を女に手渡しました。
そして女が、その魚を赤ん坊に持たせるとどうでしょう。
赤ん坊は、いきなり魚の頭にかぶりつき、骨ごとバリバリと、またたく間に食べてしまったのです。
「すみません。もう一匹」
玄蔵は、びくごと女にわたしました。
すると赤ん坊は、バリバリ、ムシャムシャ、ペチャペチャと、口のまわりを血だらけにして、びくの中の魚を一匹残らずたいらげてしまったのです。
あまりの恐ろしさに、玄蔵は、もう気絶しそうです。
「すみませんが、ちょっとこの子を抱いてくれませんか?」
玄蔵は嫌がりましたが、女は玄蔵に赤ん坊を無理矢理おしつけたかと思うと、すうっと海の中に消えてしまいました。
玄蔵は、あわてて赤ん坊を投げようとしましたが、赤ん坊は胸にしっかりとしがみついて、どうやっても離れてくれません。
「とにかく、ここを逃げ出さなくては」
玄蔵は赤ん坊を抱いたまま、夢中で駆け出しました。
そしてようやく岩場を抜けて海辺の道へ出たとき、後ろから、ひづめの音が近づいてきました。
「あっ、牛鬼!」
ふりかえった玄蔵の前に、鬼の顔をした牛の化け物が、角をふりかざしながらやってきます。
「だ、だれか~!」
玄蔵は、声をふりしぼって叫びました。
そのころ玄蔵の家では、奥さんが一人で留守番をしていました。
座敷の方から、ガタガタと、おかしな音がするので、中をのぞいてみると、主人が大切にしている床の間の刀が、一人であばれているのです。
「これはもしや、主人の身に、何かあったにちがいない」
気の強い奥さんが表の戸を開けて外へ出ようとしたら、床の間の刀がさやから抜けて、矢の様に飛び出して行きました。
刀は空に舞い上がると、そのまま海辺にむかって一直線に飛んでいきます。
「どうか、主人をお守りください」
奥さんは、刀に向かって手を合わせました。
そのとき玄蔵は牛鬼に追いつめられ、するどい角でいまにもひと突きにされようとしていました。
「もうだめだ!」
玄蔵が思わず目をつむった瞬間、
「ぎゃあ!」
目の前で、ものすごい叫び声がしました。
それと同時に、玄蔵の胸から赤ん坊が落ちました。
恐る恐る目を開けてみると、牛鬼の首に、自分の刀が突き刺さっているではありませんか。
「助かった」
玄蔵は腰が抜けて、その場にへなへなと座り込んでしまいました。
次の朝、玄蔵が村人たちと一緒に昨日の海辺へ来てみると、牛鬼も赤ん坊の姿もなく、血の跡が、てんてんと海まで続いていたそうです。
ぬれ女とは海の岩場に住むお化けで、必ず、牛鬼を連れて現れるという事です。

oshimai - The END
- reference source : hukumusume.com/douwa/pc -


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鹿足郡 Kanoashi district 日原村 Nichihara village

On the evening of Setsubun the 出雲に鬼 demons of Izumo come out. The God of Izumo sits on his bronze horse and drives them away with his bow and arrow.
On this day the people of Izumo do not go outside to see him.
Once a curious old hag peeked out from a small hole, but the Deity saw her and hit her eye with his arrow.


shinba 神馬 the divine horse from Izumo


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那賀郡 Naka district 浅利村 Asari village (Present day 江津市浅利町)

Once upon a time the local Shrine priest went fishing in the evening, when the Nure-Onna gave him a baby to hold. He tried to throw it away, but it stuck to his hands. Finally Ushi-Oni came running after him. The priest run for his life, but suddenly he saw a white flash of light hitting the head of the Ushi-Oni. Later he understood that it was the sword from his Shrine that had come to his rescue.


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迩摩郡 Nima district

Once an old man took his small fishing boat and went out at night. An Ushi-Oni came after him, but he caught the demon and tried to birng him to his home. But near his fishing hut the Ushi-Oni fled. A young man who was watching tried to hit the Ushi-Oni and managed to cut off its head. But when they looked closer it was just 椿の古根 an old root of a 椿の古根 tsubaki camellia tree.

- - - Some researchers say the real origin of this monster is a root of a camellia tree (tsubaki no ne).
This tree is sacred in many parts of Japan. Ushi-Oni is in fact a local deity turned demon.
Camellia trees grow in many parts along the beaches and peninsulars, being brought there by the waves of the sea. Camellia flowers blossom at the border to the other world.

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西ノ島町 Nishinoshima town

Oniko 鬼子 Child of a Demon
The local people here never have a wedding ceremony on the Koshin day.
They say a child conceived on the Koshin day will either become a Demon Child or 蛇の子 the child of a serpent.


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仁多郡 Nita district 大馬木川 Omaki River

oni no shitaburui 鬼の舌震 shaking of the Demon's tongue



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A valley filled with massive, peculiarly-shaped rocks; a reminder of the primeval age
Oni No Shitaburui is a valley in the midstream of Omaki River.
You will never get tired watching the clear water flowing sometimes fast, sometimes slowly, between massive rocks. The valley is surrounded with abundant nature that looks different in different seasons. You can also enjoy the scenery on the walking path.

There is a legend explaining the origin of the name of the place.
Once upon a time, a small shark (wani ワニ) fell in love with a princess living in a village, and visited the village every day over the Sea of Japan. The princess felt sick of this and stemmed the water with a large rock to stop the shark, but the shark continued to admire the princess. It is said that the current name is a corruption of wani no shita buru (meaning the shark in love).

On both sides of the valley are steep cliffs, and the rows of massive, peculiarly-shaped rocks are a spectacular sight. There is a dam downstream, and you can enjoy fishing. The barrier-free walking path is suitable for wheelchairs and baby strollers. The Izumo area is a land of myths. Imagine the ancient days in the freely-growing trees forming a scene like a virgin forest of the primeval age.
- source : jnto.go.jp/eng/spot/natuscen -


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大原郡 Ohara district 阿用郷 (アヨ)Ayo village (now 大東町 Daito town)

This is maybe the oldest mention of an ONI in Japanese records.



Once upon a time
there lived a wild demon, who was very large and had only one eye. He appeared in the fields and when the farmers were busy, he took away their child and begun to eat it. The farmer and his wife hid in the bamboo forest in great fear and could not do anything to help. They trembled and the bamboo swayed, making quite a sound. When the child heard the sound, it begun to shout "
「アヨ、アヨ(動いたよ、動いたよ)」 Ayo! Ayo! (It's moving.)
This is how the region became its name.
- reference source : kotodama.日本伝.com -

This legend is mentioned in the Izumo Fudoki:
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the inhabitants of the Central Land who are not subjugated "ashiki," or evil gods. In Izumo fudoki, a one-eyed A appears in a reclaimed land in the community of Ayo of Izumo Province (present-day Shimane prefecture) and devours a man (Akimoto 238-39).
Komatsu Kazuhiko writes,
"People who had different customs or lived beyond the reach of the emperor's control" were considered some form of oni ("Supernatural Apparitions and Domestic Life in Japan" 3). This concept is actually not unique to Japan.
Targets of subjugation and different ethnic groups that do not assimilate the precepts of hegemonic authority are described as %, by the Han race even before the period of Six Dynasties (220-589) in China (Li 427). It is not certain, however, whether the character, was pronounced as oni or mono. Indeed, the character is rendered as mono in Man'yoshu (Ten Thousand Leaves, ca. eighth century).
There exists no definitive example of the term "on" in the ancient literature (Tsuchihashi 94-95).
- source : archive.org/stream/JapaneseDemonLore -


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