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Yūkei, a mountain priest from Kii province (present-day Wakayama Prefecture), meets a woman who lives alone in Adachigahara (Fukushima Prefecture).
鈴木啓吾
The sun has already set. Yūkei and his party ask the woman, who appears past middle age, for a night’s lodging.
浅見真州
The woman isn’t keen at first, but Yūkei and the others are in sorry state in the autumn cold and she lets them stay.
内田信義
Yūkei sees a spinning wheel. In response to his request, the woman spins some hemp yarn by hand.
清水寛二
The spinning is like the endless cycle of rebirth, and the woman laments the fleeting nature of existence.
松井彬
The woman warned them not to look in her bedroom, but one of Yūkei’s party disobeys and peeks inside. There is a mountain of dead bodies.
野村萬斎
She is a famous ogre. Terrified, Yūkei and his group flee. The female devil’s voice follows them.
角寛次郎
Thunder roars in the rain. The devil approaches, her mouth open to eat them.
高橋勇
Facing certain death, Yūkei and his group pray. The devil soon vanishes, along with the evening storm.
坂井音重、宝生閑、他
At Adachigahara Temple, there is a cave where the ogre is said to have shut herself away.
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Photo: TOSHIRO MORITA

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