YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore
The yokai Ubume was said to be a ghostly woman appearing at night asking passers-by to hold her child under threat of death - we examine how this terrifying figure came to be seen sympathetically.
YOKAI: Exploring Hidden Japanese Folklore airs on NHK World - Japan at 5:10 AM, Saturday 31 May. (New.)
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