Okiku

ancestor Japanese single tradition · 2

Okiku is the spirit of a plate-counting servant girl, associated with the "Okiku-Mushi" worm in Japanese folklore.

↻ synthesized from 2 sources

When

First attested
1741 CE
Attested period
1741 – 1916
Historical notes
First appeared in a bunraku play in 1741.

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“Okiku (Japanese) – Spirit of a plate-counting servant girl, associated with the "Okiku-Mushi" worm”

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“This larva, covered with thin threads making it look as though it had been bound, was widely believed to be a reincarnation of Okiku. The Ningyo Joruri version is set in Himeji Castle, a popular tourist attraction at the castle is Okiku-Ido, or Okiku's Well”

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