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Adachi (安達) is a village located within Fukushima Prefecture. Historically, it was located within Mutsu Province. A poem in the 10th-century Yamato Monogatari names it as the place where a demon lurks at Kurozuka.
A 10th-century document entitled the Yamato Monogatari mentions the village within a poem, stating it is the home of the yōkai known as the Kurozuka. The poem reads:
At Kurozuka, in Adachi of Mutsu Province,
lurks a demon, they say.
Could it be true?1
Footnotes
1. Yoda, H. and Alt, M. (2016) “Japandemonium: Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopaedia of Toriyama Sekien.”. New York: over Publications, Inc.
