https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/23/a-yokai-a-day-the-rokurokubi-of-fuchu-echizen-province/ illustrations, folklore, and blog Thu, 22 Aug 2024 02:38:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/23/a-yokai-a-day-the-rokurokubi-of-fuchu-echizen-province/comment-page-1/#comment-37774 Mon, 09 Oct 2023 09:59:15 +0000 https://matthewmeyer.net/?p=29738#comment-37774 […] Today’s story fascinates me because it took place in the very town I am in right now. My studio is located in Echizen City, Fukui Prefecture. Echizen City takes its name from Echizen Province, and Fūchū means “capital.” This city was the old capital of the province before the Edo period, when it was moved to Fukui City. This is the second story in Shokoku hyakumonogatari to come from Echizen Fūchū (the other one being from last year’s A-Yokai-A-Day, featuring the rokurokubi of Echizen). […]

]]> https://matthewmeyer.net/blog/2022/10/23/a-yokai-a-day-the-rokurokubi-of-fuchu-echizen-province/comment-page-1/#comment-37772 Mon, 02 Oct 2023 08:20:42 +0000 https://matthewmeyer.net/?p=29738#comment-37772 […] that doesn’t specifically point to any cause. Flying heads are sometimes called nukekubi or rokurokubi, although these necessarily have a body somewhere, and we don’t know if this bakemono does or […]

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