Sado Island

• Co-ordinates: 38°1′N 138°22′E
• Region: Chūbu Region
• Prefecture: Niigata Prefecture

Sado Island

Sado Island (佐渡ヶ島, Marsh Paddy Isle) was, according to the Kojiki, the seventh island born after the Great Land of Eightfold Isles.¹

The Nihongi also has this island as one of original Eightfold Isles. Though differs in saying it was the fourth to be born.²

Yōkai Connections

The island has connections to the creature known as the Umibozū. However, the islanders use the alternative name of Tate-Eboshi. They say the creature is 65 foot tall and will try to drown boats.³

Footnotes

1. Yasumaro. O, translated by Gustav Heldt. (2014) “Kojiki. An Account of Ancient Matters”. New York: Columbia University Press.
2. Aston. W.G. (1896) “Nihongi Volume 1: Chronicles of Japan from the Earliest Times to AD697”. Tuttle Publishing.
3. Yoda, H & Alt, M. (2008) “Yokai Attack: The Japanese Monster Survival Guide” Tokyo: Kodansha International Ltd.

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