Kurozuka

"Ōshū Adachigahara Hitotsu Ie no Zu" (奥州安達が原ひとつ家の図) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi. This color print was banned by the Meiji government for "disturbing public morals."[1]
"Kurozuka" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien

Kurozuka (黒塚, "black mound") is the grave of an onibaba in Nihonmatsu, Fukushima Prefecture (previously Oodaira), Adachi District or the legend of that onibaba. It lives in Adachigahara (the name of the eastern shore of Abukuma River as well as the eastern base of Mount Adatara) and it is told in legends as the "Onibaba of Adachigahara." The Kurozuka is actually the name of the mound in which this onibaba is buried, but nowadays it can also be used to refer to the onibaba as well.[2] Also based on this legend are the noh titled Kurozuka, the nagauta and kabuki performance Adachigahara, and the kabuki jōruri Ōshū Adachigahara (奥州安達原).

  1. ^ 石井 2003, p. 69
  2. ^ 京極夏彦他 (2001). 妖怪馬鹿. 新潮OH!文庫. 新潮社. p. 236. ISBN 978-4-10-290073-4.