Shokoku Rijin Dan
Shokoku Rijin Dan
The Shokoku Rijin Dan (Stories of Common Folk – 諸国里人談) was an anthology published in 1743 and is known to have inlcuded tales relating to Yōkai.
One tales called ‘The Oil-Stealer’s Fire,’ relates a tale about the Abura akago.
There is also a later tale which talks of the Katawa guruma.1
Footnotes
1. Yoda, H. and Alt, M. (2016) “Japandemonium: Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopaedia of Toriyama Sekien.”. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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