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The Kubikiri Jizō in Tainoshōchō, Tenri Yanagimotochō and Tainoshōchō, Tenri, and Kashihara On a summer night when rain is near, by turning toward the Tōichi castle and saying "hoi hoi", it would come flying, make the sound "jan jan" and then disappear. It is also called the hoihoibi (ホイホイ火). [3]
The Kubikajiri (首かじり) is a ghost in Japanese folklore which eats the heads of its victims, be they living or dead, animal or human. [1] The creature is said to be headless itself and its presence can be distinctively detected by the smell of fresh blood.
Samurai Executioner, known in Japan as Kubikiri Asa (首斬り朝), is a 10-volume manga created by writer Kazuo Koike and artist Goseki Kojima, the same team that created the popular Lone Wolf and Cub series. The series was first serialized in Japan, from 1972 to 1976.
Wanpaku Ōji no Orochi Taiji: Toei Animation: Isao Takahata was the assistant director. 1963 Wolf Boy Ken: Toei Animation Isao Takahata was director, and Hayao Miyazaki was one of the in-between animators. 1963 Doggie March: Toei Animation Hayao Miyazaki was one of the in-between animators. 1964 Shōnen Ninja Kaze no Fujimaru: Toei Animation
Yamata no Orochi (ヤマタノオロチ, also 八岐大蛇, 八俣遠呂智 or 八俣遠呂知), or simply Orochi (大蛇), is a legendary eight-headed and eight-tailed Japanese dragon/serpent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Zaregoto (Japanese: 戯言, "Nonsense") is a Japanese light novel series written by Nisio Isin and illustrated by Take. The series was published in Japan between February 2002 and November 2005 by Kodansha Books in nine volumes.
' the naughty prince's Orochi slaying ') is a Japanese animated fantasy adventure film, the 6th feature produced by Toei Animation (then Tōei Dōga), released in Japan on March 24, 1963. English-dubbed versions have been released under several titles, including The Little Prince and the Eight-Headed Dragon , Prince in Wonderland and Rainbow ...
After the sword's owner, Susanoo, was banished from heaven by the reason of killing one of Amaterasu's Attendants and destroying her rice fields, he descended to the Province of Izumo where he met Ashinazuchi, an elderly man who told him that the Yamata no Orochi ("Eight-Branched Serpent"), who had consumed seven of his eight daughters, was coming soon to eat the last one: Kushinada-hime.