Legend has it the glowing yokai emerged from the sea in front of a government official in Higo province, or modern-day Kumamoto Prefecture, in 1846 during the Edo Period (1603-1867). According to ...

The Yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman appearing ... in an Aizu residence thought to have been used by women of the Edo period to give birth ...

Yoshimune, the shogun who saved the city of Edo. Through disaster and economic strife, alongside its people, his wisdom ...

While there is references to similar yokai during the Edo period, the interpretation of the manga references, (Kuchisake Onna, literally "Slit-Mouthed Woman"), came about in the 70s according to ...

The popular store is filled with various collections of Japanese books, including literature from the Edo Period (1603-1868), ukiyo-e prints, old maps, and materials related to “yokai” monsters.