The question of who Ubume is in Demon Slayer is one that fans of the series often ask after coming across her name in various fan discussions. Ubume is a lower moon rank demon that mainly served ...

One of the most popular theories pegs him as an ubume yokai, or more specifically, paints him as the child of an ubume yokai. One of the biggest reasons why fans are so curious about Okarun’s ...

The Yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman appearing at night, asking passersby to hold her child under threat of death. We examine how this terrifying figure came to be seen as a sympathetic one.

Far rarer are the ones who have had a new prize created because of them. Such was the case with Natsuhiko Kyogoku’s "The Summer of the Ubume." When it was first released in 1994, the book was deemed ...

Kyogokudo is a used book seller who doubles as an onmyouji, or Heian style occultist. His friend Sekiguchi brings him the story of a woman who has been pregnant for twenty months. Sekiguchi ...