Hone-onna
demonic Japanese single tradition · 1
Hone-onna (骨(ほね)女(おんな); "bone woman") is a type of Japanese yōkai first depicted in the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki (1779) by Toriyama Sekien, and retroactively originated in the famous kaidan Botan Dōrō (1666) by Asai Ryōi. As their name implies, they are depicted as women in the form of bones, though to the men they loved back when they were alive, they appear as beautiful women.
When
- First attested
- 1666 CE
- Attested period
- 1666 – 1779
- Historical notes
- First appeared in Botan Dōrō (1666) by Asai Ryōi, depicted in Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki (1779) by Toriyama Sekien.
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Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“According to Tōhoku Kaidan no Tabi by Norio Yamada, there is an odd tale in the Aomori Prefecture about a yōkai under the title of "hone-onna".”
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