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|name = Tearai|image = Baku.jpg|imagesize = 260px|romainzed_name = ''Tearai''|japanese_name = 手洗|kana = てあら|meaning = ''higit eahru demon''|type = Oni|places = Kagawa Prefcture|book = ''Ehon Hyaku Monogatari''}}
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|name = Tearai-Oni|image = Tearai-oni.jpg|imagesize = 260px|romainzed_name = ''Tearai-Oni''|japanese_name = 手洗|kana = てあらいおに|meaning = ''Handwashing demon''|type = Oni|places = Kagawa Prefcture|book = ''Ehon Hyaku Monogatari''}}'''Tearai-Oni''' (手洗鬼, ''Tearai-Oni'') is a yokai from Japanese folklore.
'''Tearai''' (手洗, ''Tearai'') is a tokai from Japanese folklore.
 
   
 
==Description==
 
==Description==
 
Tearai-Oni is a giant yokai the size of a mountain with a predilection for hand washing in rivers or lakes, usually do so in a strange position in which arches her back, and stares back down. Despite its size, remains today one of the most dark and mysterious yokais, but seems to be related with other yokai called Daidarabo or [[Daidarabotchi|Daidarabocchi]], legendary giants that appear in legends across Japan; the only thing is unlike Daidaraboochi habit of washing their hands in rivers, located between the deepest canyons in the mountains.
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</gallery>predilection for hand washing in rivers or lakes, usually do so in a strange position in which arches her back, and stares back down. Despite its size, remains today one of the most dark and mysterious tokais, but seems to be related with other tokai called Daidarabo or [[Daidarabotchi|Daidarabocchi]], legendary giants that appear in legends across Japan; the only thing is unlike Daidaraboochi habit of washing their hands in rivers, located between the deepest canyons in the mountains.
 
   
 
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ShunsenTearaioni.jpg|Tearai-Oni in ''Ehon Hyaku Monogatari''
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==References==
 
==References==
*[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/手洗鬼 Tearai] on Japanese Wikipedia
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*[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/手洗鬼 Tearai-Oni] on Japanese Wikipedia
 
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Revision as of 21:07, 30 August 2020

Tearai-Oni
Tearai-oni
Information
Romanized Tearai-Oni
Kanji 手洗鬼
Kana てあらいおに
Meaning Handwashing demon
Type Oni
Places Kagawa Prefcture
Book(s) Ehon Hyaku Monogatari

Tearai-Oni (手洗鬼, Tearai-Oni) is a yokai from Japanese folklore.

Description

Tearai-Oni is a giant yokai the size of a mountain with a predilection for hand washing in rivers or lakes, usually do so in a strange position in which arches her back, and stares back down. Despite its size, remains today one of the most dark and mysterious yokais, but seems to be related with other yokai called Daidarabo or Daidarabocchi, legendary giants that appear in legends across Japan; the only thing is unlike Daidaraboochi habit of washing their hands in rivers, located between the deepest canyons in the mountains.

Gallery

References