itsuki
demonic intermediate Japanese single tradition · 1
Itsuki are malevolent spirits mentioned in the Bakumatsu period essay "Hogo no Uragaki" that make people want to commit suicide through various means, particularly by hanging. They are similar to shinigami in their function of inducing suicidal thoughts and are associated with folk religion traditions.
When
- First attested
- 1850 CE
- Attested period
- 1850 – 1868
- Historical notes
- Documented in Bakumatsu period (1853-1868) essay "Hogo no Uragaki" alongside other folk religion entities.
Relationships
- co occurs with
- gaki-tsuki, shichinin misaki, Shinigami
Mentioned by
Sources
wikipedia (1)
Source passages
“according to the essay of the Bakumatsu period titled "Hogo no Uragaki", there were the itsuki that made people want to commit suicide through various means, namely hanging”
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