1/18/2023 0 Comments Female oni x human male![]() While the Noh play Yamanba (“Yamauba”) is an indispensable text in understanding the medieval yamauba and beyond, I also consider the Noh play Kurozuka (Black Mound) a critical text in the formation of the yamauba’s image. With the cause unknown, I intended to live out my life in high school without ever finding a girlfriend. But after that day, I was predisposed to experiencing ecchi disasters whenever I touch women. This article also addresses how and why the yamauba’s traits came into being. I, Hayato, once met an Oni princess when I was young, and I made a promise to marry her when I became eighteen. Their stories possess a complementary narrative format as well, and the duality of the yamauba is simply two sides of the same coin. Although malevolent yamauba in such folktales as Kuwazu nyōbō (The Wife Who Didn’t Eat), Ushikata to yamauba (Ox-Cart Puller and Mountain Witch), and Sanmai no ofuda (The Three Lucky Charms) are contrasted with the benevolent yamauba that appear in Ubakawa (Old Woman’s Skin), Komebuku Awabuku (Komebuku and Awabuku), and Hanayo no hime (Blossom Princess), there is a complementary relationship between the good and evil yamauba. ![]() A yamauba herself is considered a type of oni, and yamauba and oni-woman are often used interchangeably in various texts. The yamauba’s predecessors are oni-like (demon-like) as well as mountain-deity–like beings. ![]() ![]() The appellation yamauba came into existence in the medieval period. A yamauba (mountain witch) is often portrayed as a mountain-dwelling old woman with a taste for human flesh. ![]()
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