More Weird Japanese Folklore — The Legend of the Ashiara Yashiki,On the 3rd street in the Hons
More Weird Japanese Folklore — The Legend of the Ashiara Yashiki,On the 3rd street in the Honsho district there lived a woman named Hanamoku. At her house, a mysterious thing was known to occur.At the time when the flowers were sleeping and the ushimitsu plant was blooming, a horrible, rotten stench would invade the house, and a giant foot bristling with hair would descend from the ceiling accompanied by an enormous sound. If you washed the foot, it would soon disappear back into the ceiling. But if you didn’t, the giant foot would rampage though the house until satisfied.Print by Utagawa Kuniteru, mid 19th century. -- source link
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