female yôkai

ohaguro-bettari is a female "yôkai" (japanese term for demons or monsters) who appears at twilight usually in a shrine or temple outside of a town. there are also stories of one appearing in ones own house, though this is rare. she wears a beautiful kimono, some say she wears a wedding dress, in either case she is turned away or is concealing her face in her robe. from behind she appears to be a beautiful woman so passersbyers ask what is wrong, either out of kindness or curiosity. exclaiming “GYA!” she reveals her white face, the bottom half splitting open to reveal her teeth stained pitch black and cackles wildly. faced with this most men pass out from fear.