1) Japanese ghost 2) Mythological monster
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A similar story can be found as Aozukin in Ueda Akinari`s Ugetsu Monogatari from 1776. ==Story== It is said that Muso was traveling alone through the mountains in the Mino prefecture of Japan when he lost his way. It was almost dark when he saw an old anjitsu, the home of solitary priests, at the top of a hill and asked the inhabitant if he could....
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In Japanese mythology, jikininki are the spirits of dead people whose greed prevented their souls from entering a more peaceful existence after death and who lead a half-life by eating corpses.
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