✳︎Product Name: Oshu Adachigahara Kurozuka Nihonmatsu Kiku Ningyo (Oshu Adachigahara Black Mound Nihonmatsu Chrysanthemum Doll) ✳︎Craftsman: Shotaro Saito ✳︎Material: Wood, One-stroke carving ✳︎Manufactured by: Nihonmatsu Ancient Toy Research Institute, Fukushima Prefecture ✳︎Production Year: 1968 (Showa 43) - Stamped ✳︎Size: Approximately 5cm wide x 27cm high This is a wooden toy, hand-carved and painted, depicting the terrifying visage of the demon woman who lives in Kurozuka of Adachigahara, a famous legend also known as a Noh play. It's a must-have for those who love yokai (Japanese monsters). A woman is ordered to bring the liver of a baby to cure the illness of a nobleman's child. She leaves her own child behind and searches for a liver, eventually arriving at Adachigahara. Years later, she offers lodging to a young couple expecting a baby. She cuts open the woman's belly to obtain the baby's liver, thinking she can finally return to her daughter. However, she realizes she has cut open her own daughter's belly, and in her grief, she becomes a true demon woman, attacking travelers one after another. It's a tragic story. ◉⤵︎ Search Terms: #ExorciseEvilSpirits #Kabuki #Kurozuka Yoshitoshi Tsukioka Sekien Toriyama Tadashi Yoshii Osamu Tezuka Kamagami (Kiln God) Kishimojin (Goddess of Children) Cursed Object Uzura-guruma (Quail Wheel) Komon Daruma (Daruma with a crest) Mingei (Folk Craft) Unai no Tomo (Friend of Unai) Kotaro Yamamoto Seifu Shimizu #LocalToys Peasant Art folktoy Folklore Toy Chinju no Mori (Sacred Grove) Yakuyoke (Evil warding) Mamori (Amulet) Kanai Anzen (Family Safety) Saenokami (Roadside God) Dosojin (Road God) Kunio Yanagita Dondoro Mokuriko-kuri Mukuri-kuri Mikkyo Chokoku (Esoteric Buddhist Sculpture) Otsu-e (Otsu Painting) Totem Pole Enku Yama no Kami (Mountain God) Yokai Toys Kiji-gangu (Wooden Toys) Shirakaba Zaiku (White Birch Craft) Chika Daishogun (Underground General) Maru-kuri Ningyo (Round Carved Doll) Out of Mingei Peasant Art Mingei-hin (Folk Crafts) Omiyage Kokeshi (Souvenir Kokeshi) Sosaku Kokeshi (Creative Kokeshi) Shigeru Mizuki Yakuyoke (Evil warding) Nakagawa Masashichi Shoten Talisman yōkai Exorcise evil spirits Exorcism Japanese folklore Yokai art Onibaba (Demon Hag) Demon hag figure Adachigahara legend Kiji-gangu folk toy Vintage Japanese art Hand-carved wood Kokeshi Mizuki Shigeru style Japanese ghost story Occult art