Jatai

01/10/2024| Eli| 0 Comment| 3:22 pm

Jatai (蛇帯) is a type of yōkai depicted in the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien.

This particular creature is said to come about from the obi sash that has been worn by a jealous woman.

It is a poisonous snake capable of wrapping iteself around a victim seven times due to its length.

Being able to do so seven times could be a play on the idiom ‘nanae-yae‘ (seven times, eight times) meaning something that has many layers.¹

1. Yoda, H. and Alt, M. (2016) “Japandemonium: Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopaedia of Toriyama Sekien.”. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.

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