Yokai of Hiroshima

Records in Hiroshima

Ōkubi

大首（おおくび）

In the Inō Mononoke-roku, set in Miyoshi in 1749, sixteen-year-old Heitarō faces a month of nightly visitations. One night an old woman's face, teeth blackened, fills his doorway. He takes the fire tongs to it.

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Danger 2/5 Editorial rating Danger rating 2 out of 5. This is an editorial rating, not a folklore measurement.

1749 Miyoshi (Bingo) Legend or tale
Giant old woman's face fills Inō Heitarō's doorway

Places to visit in Hiroshima

Miyoshi Mononoke Museum 三次もののけミュージアム Museum Miyoshi, Hiroshima — A museum of yokai pictures and objects in the town where a sixteen-year-old was haunted for thirty nights in 1749.

Places to Visit