The Most Famous Japanese Ghost Story (Yotsuya Kaidan)

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Yotsuya Kaidan, the Ghost Story of Yotsuya. Story about Oiwa, the avenging ghost. How NOT to treat your wife.
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@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

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@katherineevangelia9649 5 жыл бұрын

I thought the most famous one is Yuki Onna? it ofen appear in game, in anime, in novel and some time in film. oh wait Yuki Onna is Yokai not Yurei O.O wait, if Yuki-onna are to be blamed for these frozen deaths, is she Yurei or Yokai? hm.... maybe yokai? i still remember her from Yokai Academy of Rosario + Vampire. But.. But the best known story about her was the one written by Lafcadio Hearn (1850-1904) in Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things. Kwaidan features a series of ghost stories from Japan, which in theory are translations from original Japanese texts. According to the author, the Yuki-Onna story was told to him by a farmer in the Musashi Province, not surprisingly the region where the action takes place. In other stories, Yuki-Onna is not a yokai, but a yurei (a ghost). Such is the case of the tale referred in Ancient Tales and Folk-lore of Japan, by Richard Gordon Smith (1918). Also, it is important not to confuse Yuki-Onna with Tsurara-Onna, a name which can be loosely translated as “icicle woman”. In some of the Japanese stories about Tsurara-Onna, a man is looking at the icicles that hangs under the eaves, thinking how beautiful they are. Then, a woman appears. They get in love and marry soon afterwards. From this point, there are different variations of this tale, but the general idea is that the woman is made of ice and, at some point, it melts or turns back into it. In one version, the woman is cooking in the kitchen, near the fire, and when the man comes, he only finds a wet kimono in the floor. Another possible ending is for her to take a warm bath, with similar consequences. In another story, the Tsurara-Onna disappears with the coming of spring. The man remarries quickly, but the next winter the woman returns. She becomes so angry that she turns herself into an icicle and stabs the man to death. Yuki-Onna arises as a complex and an ambiguous character. so is she a Yurei? is She a Yokai ? but Tsurara-Onna is obviously a Yokai 100% Tsurara-Onna Illustration 66.media.tumblr.com/78e1ec2a164f989ee746ae7cbca83cde/tumblr_pluox4ZzWp1utuwhdo1_500.jpg

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Yuki Onna's a famous one, too :) I believe Yuki Onna is a type of yokai. Oiwa is an individual onryo, which is a yurei =)

@katherineevangelia9649 5 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy btw, Which one is more powerful? is it Yuki Onna or Trurara Onna? hm... maybe it's like comparing Rukia Kuchiki with her bankai and Tōshirō Hitsugaya with his bankai :D

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Oh I have no idea which one is more powerful =P Thanks for that Yuki Onna info!

@braindeveloperdimensional5579 5 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy what is the difference between Yurei , Yokai, mononoke, Ayakashi? I would like a video on it. And I believe it would become viral.

@4th4nm.32 5 жыл бұрын

I can smell the Zuko and Todoroki comments from miles away.

@fireprincekai4065 5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@robindelorenzo1120 5 жыл бұрын

Thumbnail brought me here

@gamicxsam3793 5 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Zuko ;-;

@leeroi750 5 жыл бұрын

Gamix Sam same ;-;

@Ray-nd8nn 5 жыл бұрын

*_Icy-Hot_*

@ember-brandt 4 жыл бұрын

After the kabuki play in the Edo period: *_"Your Zuko costume's pretty good, but your scar's on the wrong side!"_*

@somethingcool9606 3 жыл бұрын

*”The scars not on the wrong side!”*

@gegcars 3 жыл бұрын

Oh no Its coming

@cheese4875 3 жыл бұрын

THIS

@CosmicGigaDoge 2 жыл бұрын

BEWARE SHE IS FROM THE FIRE NATION

@miyopiii 2 жыл бұрын

Wow so funny

@adri7684 4 жыл бұрын

oiwa had so much pressure on her the whole story, and though she didnt know for a while, it was all her husband's fault...she deserves better

@jessiepayne9217 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah

@siyingchen9311 4 жыл бұрын

Moral of the story: *never run with a knife*

@Nastoustodouious 3 жыл бұрын

Hahahah😂

@sebastianalcones8018 3 жыл бұрын

Haha nice joke😂😂😂

@vendalts 3 жыл бұрын

☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️

@alba2162 3 жыл бұрын

Never run with a sword

@KL-ki8db Жыл бұрын

Eh, more like never marry a no-good scheming husband or never cheat and deceive your devoted wife while being the no-good scheming husband.

@jeizache 5 жыл бұрын

#JusticeForOiwa *no curse for me

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

smart man

@lancelot79 5 жыл бұрын

Ya...

@wolfsareawesome6484 5 жыл бұрын

#justiceForOwia

@vimoo9783 5 жыл бұрын

#JusticeForOiwa

@Bumblebeevgold 5 жыл бұрын

Justice

@puckbryn3583 4 жыл бұрын

hearing that they thought hair combing was sexy just to comb it out, can’t imagine the shock of the audience, sounds incredible. the theatre nerd in me is happy

@littlerainy7249 5 жыл бұрын

As soon as the story started, I already knew it. This story is so known, but I know a version a bit different. Basically, at the end while the bad husband is in the mountain forest thing the wife appears and pushes him off a cliff.

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Ya I heard that version too =)

@littlerainy7249 5 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh, u replied to my comment. :O

@ismaelvillalta3407 4 жыл бұрын

Whoa. Now that’s dark.

@anonymouscausewhynot 3 жыл бұрын

I like that.

@bbgwhazyoname5230 3 жыл бұрын

Did you also watch it on snarled first?

@courtneywoodbury5198 4 жыл бұрын

"I just killed my new wife by being tricked into attacking a ghost...hmm better kill this new ghost." Brilliant.

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

I’ve been told that there is a curse on this story. Those who tell it without first going to Oiwa’s grave to pay their respects will meet with misfortune. Crap.

@suclox12yearsago56 5 жыл бұрын

Linfamy Thank you for warning us...

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Always looking out for you 😉

@AC-hx6gk 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, hey, *snaps fingers* You still alive?

@ssage7808 5 жыл бұрын

Tellers get cursed but receivers are fine right?

@atsukorichards1675 5 жыл бұрын

When I heard this story in my childhood, somebody told me to call her Oiwa-san to pay the respect. Without -san, I don't know what is going happen. We will see.....

@Mikeztarp 5 жыл бұрын

I think Takuetsu didn't feel sorry for her or grow a conscience. He just couldn't do it with a woman who looked like Harvey Dent.

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Hmm you may be right

@aalayahmeran4758 5 жыл бұрын

Nobody had seen her face other than her horrible husband, so I bet the friend presumed he was going to do it with the person he had seen before the incident had happened.

@whytheheckarewedoinginhere1886 4 жыл бұрын

I bet Takuetsu is the most lucky guy because Owia would have killed her but instead he told the truth....Nevermind.

@UltraTsuki Жыл бұрын

@chip_pluto_nico5736 4 жыл бұрын

Iemon looks like lemon 🍋 XD *He’s a bitter Iemon XD*

@ballpointpen7728 4 жыл бұрын

🍋

@the.s1lly.p1ant 4 жыл бұрын

*XD* _XD_ -XD-

@dot2382 3 жыл бұрын

Y O U R S K I N IS F R E E Z I N G

@Carbon-cringe-human 3 жыл бұрын

@@dot2382 H E R E L E T M E H E L P Y O U T A K E I T O F F

@cheese4875 3 жыл бұрын

-XD-

@DarkVoidRanker 3 жыл бұрын

Me: *watches vid about the history of the famous ghost story Also me: that’s rough buddy

@SkeletonFigure 3 жыл бұрын

ZUKO

@ismaelvillalta3407 5 жыл бұрын

Anyone else agree that this girl’s story is interesting? What she did to avenge her father was honorably brave. Wait, what happened to her kid then?

@damotoneko1500 5 жыл бұрын

Must've died from the fact it could be treated as a cause of poverty.

@yocelinevargas4265 5 жыл бұрын

That’s what still asking

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Forgot to include that. I've heard different versions. One says she kills her baby right before death because she doesn't want Iemon to raise him. Another says that Iemon kills the baby because... dunno, a clean slate for the new marriage?

@damotoneko1500 5 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Poor kid.

@shayziekaizie 4 жыл бұрын

One version I saw from Snarled (on their Something Scary videos), Oiwa was poisoned while she was pregnant with her baby, went to a coma and the baby died inside her.

@kanaki7428 5 жыл бұрын

Wait, what happened to their child then?

@edi9892 5 жыл бұрын

Good question. I'll answer quoting another revenge story: die Welt ist gross. Lass sie Betteln d'rin. (the world is big. Let them beg)

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

@Emily That makes him even terribler

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

@Emily agreed

@pitioti 5 жыл бұрын

@Emily Barclay I propose that the word "Iemon" became an english word to express that someone is a really huge dickhead :'D !

@yipee11037 4 жыл бұрын

I can hear all the My Hero Academia and Avatar Last Air Bender fans coming in-

@oilylondon 3 жыл бұрын

ikr ha

@supercolgemer2661 3 жыл бұрын

Aww mannnn

@shinearogiam4740 3 жыл бұрын

Todoroki lol

@jondow7401 3 жыл бұрын

Ah yes i remember when all might gave ochako a face mutilating serum and got killed by deku because he's traumatized of what he had done to ochako

@yipee11037 3 жыл бұрын

@@jondow7401 See I didn't know that existed because I stopped watching midway through season two because I lost interest-

@user-cu5mc7bv4d 4 жыл бұрын

A different version of the story I heard was that oiwa was pushed off a cliff by iemon and when iemon went mad in to the woods, oiwa pushed him off the same cliff. It’s cool to see a different version of this story.

@Elliandr 5 жыл бұрын

If only he had considered her feelings, and acted with honor, she'd have been freed from him and her father would have survived. He would then have been free when someone better suited for him came along, who wouldn't have had to die. That's what I find most interesting about this story : It has elements of events that show that it could have been an overall happy story if only one character had character. If you love someone, let them go.

@gryla5290 4 жыл бұрын

That's the thing. He didn't love her so he didn't let her go

@chanterelle483 Жыл бұрын

A good tragic story.

@montananerd8244 Жыл бұрын

Usually sad folklore is sad on purpose. It tells a story to teach a lesson very directly. These aren't real things that happened, it's like a parable in the Christian Bible.

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Did Oiwa have a good revenge?

@hellokitty11432 5 жыл бұрын

I think she did. The rest of his days in isolation with nothing but grief and madness to keep you company? That’s hardcore

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I'd say that's not bad as far as revenges go :p

@pitioti 5 жыл бұрын

When we see the level of horor that was her life, I don't think there is possibily enough way of vengeance... Japanese were quite aware of the horor that human were capable! This poor women... Gosh....

@userk1625yki 5 жыл бұрын

i heard another version is that her ghost pushed Lemon off the cliff

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

@Esthetikz Lemon :D

@parmesan4291 4 жыл бұрын

Somebody in japan: dies Also the same person: *hippity hoppity my ghost hands steal your soulity* H e a r t m e .

@Linfamy 4 жыл бұрын

Yes 💗

@ladylunaginaofgames40 4 жыл бұрын

In some versions, the husband tried to get rid of his wife by poisoning her while she was pregnant with their child. In that version, the poison causes the mutilation. Also, he pushed her off the cliff they supposedly like to look over as a couple

@zaraniere3882 5 жыл бұрын

him: that cute ghost girl me: had to cover my tv at night because of her but ok by the way love the vid

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you like it

@driftinggames7500 5 жыл бұрын

WARNING: DONT WHACH THE RING OR ELSE YOU WILL DIE IN A WEEK

@icantthinkofone7125 4 жыл бұрын

Zara Thea Pfffft 😂 omg I found this so freaking funny 😂😂😂

@Heinrich99 4 жыл бұрын

His waifu

@thebaseelanthebasavagam220 4 жыл бұрын

@@driftinggames7500 I watched it today tho...

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

0:23 Sounds like the beginning of a twilight zone episode…

@kingkuroneko7253 5 жыл бұрын

What happened to the baby?

@anishdebnath3142 5 жыл бұрын

Yeah what happened to the baby

@jen-ns2cl 5 жыл бұрын

i like how you heart your own comment. thats a fat mood

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

@Anish Debnath Forgot to include that. I've heard different versions. One says she kills her baby right before death because she doesn't want Iemon to raise him. Another says that Iemon kills the baby because... dunno, a clean slate for the new marriage?

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

@june

@thegoose5294 5 жыл бұрын

"The one killed your father wasn't bandits, it was me, Iemon!" KONO IEMON DA!

@ph89787 4 жыл бұрын

Alfa WF Oh JoJo. Where would my life be without you

@tantangaming9205 4 жыл бұрын

Thatsbtoo funny

@pumpkinpixie9677 4 жыл бұрын

It was me, LEMON!

@LlamaTheAlpaca. 4 жыл бұрын

Alfa WF i read it as Lemon

@hidourias 4 жыл бұрын

Lemon

@victoria-ek4zq 3 жыл бұрын

The story I heard growing up was a bit different from the one you told. For me, the husband fell in love with a another women from a wealthy family so he gave his wife poison (I don’t remember if he put it in tea or whatever) which distorted her face and made her bald eventually killing her. And he starts to constantly see his ex wife’s face everywhere.

@ikmwrime29sorryaira60 Жыл бұрын

heh, pretty interesting!

@AtaurRahman95 5 жыл бұрын

Bottom line : Never ever trust a doctor with beautiful grand-daughter.

@bryanm9403 4 жыл бұрын

You can never trust anyone who practices their profession. Only trust a professional master craftsman.

@Lemuel928 2 жыл бұрын

He has no cure.

@hj_lostintheinternet3754 5 жыл бұрын

That was such a sad story! :( How this got popularised in Kabuki is beyond me, it sounds more like a tragedy than a horror story

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Turned horror-ish at the end :p

@hj_lostintheinternet3754 5 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy That's true. xD

@Neku628 4 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy is it true that the play is cursed?

@XxFlamexX14 4 жыл бұрын

At least in the end the husband suffers

@soulscyther666 4 жыл бұрын

The same way Shakespearean play became popular? People back then likes tragic stories.

@stolidarling 4 жыл бұрын

And the moral of the story is...never use a beauty product without reading the label!

@mari.shinyyy8246 4 жыл бұрын

"Combing hair was sexy" Me: *combs hair*

@Linfamy 4 жыл бұрын

Ooh sexy

@nytrex_yt7417 4 жыл бұрын

Linfamy *yes*

@yumiamiyumi4181 4 жыл бұрын

*was* But still *sExY*

@persephoneblossom 4 жыл бұрын

*comb gets stuck in hair*

@nytrex_yt7417 4 жыл бұрын

persephone blossom *confused screaming*

@turtlesama9476 5 жыл бұрын

When I saw the thumbnail i was like “Zuko? Is that you?”

@tirone7520 5 жыл бұрын

That explains some themes in anime.

@gagecrawley6223 4 жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhhh! Poor Oiwa. Poor, beautiful Oiwa. She didn’t deserve this sad and cruel fate. 😢

@Linfamy 4 жыл бұрын

At least Iemon got what was coming to him

@s_spiritstar 4 жыл бұрын

Heart me You said to say this in the video.

@Linfamy 4 жыл бұрын

Well then I will ;) 💗

@mousumideka8758 4 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy uotdtuydfigouoy what

@gopherguy 4 жыл бұрын

It still works

@glendagregory5922 3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy heart me❤️❤️❤️❤️

@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын

@@glendagregory5922 of course ;)

@abdullahabdulaziz 5 жыл бұрын

Wow this is indeed a well known ghost story I have heard this story many times without even knowing it's a Japanese ghost story

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

@LEMINH-wq7ef 5 жыл бұрын

Iemon I though it was LEMON

@edatheowllady9518 4 жыл бұрын

What's the difference??

@NeoGraena 4 жыл бұрын

Every Villain Is Lemons

@Sungura_Kaiser 4 жыл бұрын

@PurpleTeam Pyrostrike You're not wrong.

@beep3038 4 жыл бұрын

Lololol

@uwu-sn9sr 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@judaspresley01 3 жыл бұрын

As a paranormal investigator who lives in Japan I can conform this is a good story :]

@d3st1nyformerlycean52 2 жыл бұрын

Woah! I've always wanted to know more about spirits but never really understood them well because of my memory😅 you must be so lucky

@themykeshow9027 3 жыл бұрын

Just found the channel yesterday. I've been marathon watching ever since! h EAR tme!

@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын

Woohoo! Good luck completing the marathon ;)

@Serioun99 5 жыл бұрын

from the thumbnail, I thought it was Zuko from avatar

@lele0720 5 жыл бұрын

I too😪🤣

@gamicxsam3793 5 жыл бұрын

Omg same :P

@Nikku4211 4 жыл бұрын

Rule 63 can do wonders.

@overcaffeinated_aeryn 5 жыл бұрын

You should read "The Story of Mimi-nashi-Hōichi" AKA "Hōichi the Earless" and see if you like it. It's one of my favorite Japanese ghost stories! :) Love your channel!!!

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks I'll check it out =)

@mortadasaleh7423 3 жыл бұрын

I'm curious to what happened to Oiwa's child.

@catherinecao4810 3 жыл бұрын

In some versions, Iemon kills their baby.

@tigerqueen007 2 жыл бұрын

@@catherinecao4810 Wow. Iemon just couldn't stop being scummy.

@endergamer7483 2 жыл бұрын

Wasn’t there one rendition where she had miscarriage due to the poison?

@angelazeng2985 4 жыл бұрын

heart me I just want to feel like someone knows I exist

@Linfamy 4 жыл бұрын

Hearted. I know you exist 💗

@angelazeng2985 4 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy :D

@serenapopowich8084 5 жыл бұрын

If you want to watch a really cool anime version the stays true to the story check out "Ayakashi Samurai Horror Tales". The first one is Yotsuya Kaidan. I also recommend "bakeneko" (goblin cat)😉

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome, thanks for the suggestion

@millennium618 5 жыл бұрын

I would suggest Yami shibai as well I personally liked those short stories..

@amanekaze 2 жыл бұрын

I love Kusuriuri in that last episode of bakeneko ✨✨

@amysteriouspersonintophat1458 2 жыл бұрын

@@amanekaze Kusuriuri is just the best XD he was excellent in the Mononoke series too!

@Aimi_Kaneko 2 жыл бұрын

Bakaneko specifically means Monster cat

@user-jo9zh9nl1j 5 жыл бұрын

You had better go to purification at once. It's been said to haunt people and places.(tatari) The story is one of Japan three great scary stories. Probably the most famous Japan ghost story of all time. It is made based on the case which existed in the Edo period. It was a kabuki and a play, but every time, an injured person or a sick man goes out. So, before they perform, report it to "Oiwa Inari" and have them do the ritual in Shinto

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Yep there's a curse surrounding the story

@user-jo9zh9nl1j 5 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy However, as a work, the Tokaido Yotsuya ghost story is a spin-off work of the kanatehon‐Chushingura. The true setting of Yotsuya ghost Story Mr. Rock is a daughter of the left gate of the retainer of Shioya Hangan (Asano Takumi head). Iemon is the son of a-Shiotani ronin. Oiwa is a daughter of the left gate of the retainer of Shioya Hangan (Asano Takumi ). Iemon is the bridegroomson of a-Shiotani ronin However, Iemon will abandon Oiwa and marry a young girl. The young girl was a subordinate of Kouno moronao (Kira Kouzukenosuke), the granddaughter of Kibei Ito. In other words, it's twice as heavy.

@azadalamiq 5 жыл бұрын

@Spanish Moustache its pretty well known the play is cursed much like mcbeth was considered.

@boi1983 5 жыл бұрын

What are the other 2 stories?

@user-du8wu1ym7e 5 жыл бұрын

@Spanish Moustache purification is oharai The Shinto purification; exorcism. In Buddhism it call “hold a memorial service for the dead“.(kuyo) Other words, to exorcise a person or place of evil spirits. or To cleanse a person's soul. Even now, some people in some regions enshrine Yumiya as an amulet, exorcism or barrier at the entrance or on the roof. In Japan, every house is in the new year. In Japan, a New Year festoon made of sacred straw You don't know? Have you ever seen a ninja chanting a spell? That is passed down from the Heian period esoteric Buddhism, the negative way, Shinto, etc. That is to abandon worldly ideas, unify the spirit, work to make the most of the senses, attract and deflect the attention of the enemy.

@FunkBallGX 4 жыл бұрын

The moral of this story? Don't run with scissors, yo!

@RyuzakiHirokai Жыл бұрын

I would personally say that "The Ring" ghost is less based on this story and more on "Bancho Sarayashiki", where a servant girl named Okiku is sought by a samurai. When she rejected him, he hid one of the ten heirloom plates and accused Okiku of stealing it. When she plead innocence, the samurai gave her an ultimatum: marry him or she'd be killed for stealing the plate. She chose death, so the samurai dropped her into a well to drown. It's said that at night, Okiku will climb from the well in desperation to find the missing plate, and you can hear her counting the plates, but when she gets to nine plates, she screams. Anyone who hears her scream dies.

@Feimicha Ай бұрын

This comment aged like a fine wine. I’m sorry for the 11 month-late reply, but he did do a video on Okiku a while ago, almost a year after this one was uploaded, and it’s very well done. Hope you liked it if you found it.

@ivanriady5505 5 жыл бұрын

hmm... i see, the inspiration for zuko ehh?

@EmaA-pu7nc 5 жыл бұрын

I was about to comment that same thing!

@ismaelvillalta3407 5 жыл бұрын

When I first saw her, I thought she was a female version of the fire nation prince! Zuko is form hawt!

@fruitpunchsamurai3871 5 жыл бұрын

And todoroki

@ivanbraginsky7394 5 жыл бұрын

@@fruitpunchsamurai3871 Leave him alone

@fruitpunchsamurai3871 5 жыл бұрын

@@ivanbraginsky7394 Kachan

@pamelajohnson5859 5 жыл бұрын

I'm loving binging all these japanese myths. Very interesting. Thank you for making these videos. ^.^

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching them :)

@milanimilani 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice, congratulations. . I am preparing myself to watch Nobuo Nakagawa's _Yotsuya Kaidan_ and Miike's _Over your Dead Body_ version of this play and I was willing to fully understand the plot before it, but I found it to be very complex to understand. I think you achieved the goal to simplify it for me to have enough comprehension to go through it. Thanks !

@bobbieboeve6631 2 жыл бұрын

I would love to see more of your folktale videos, they are my favorites. Thank you for creating these videos and for sharing with us.

@desperateicons 5 жыл бұрын

If you like Japanese horror stories, try to read Lafcadio Hearn (Japanese name: Koizumi Yakumo) . He's a Greek-born Japanese but he wrote in English. His stories are so scary but also sad and beautiful. And very exotic and Japanese even more than Japanese writers.

@labelledamedumanor4876 5 жыл бұрын

In case you didn't know, Yotsuya Kaidan was Japan's equivalent to Shakespeare's Macbeth, complete with a curse (if you believe in such things). It is said that the play was based on a true - life event & those who wanted to perform the play had to ask permission from Oiwa at her gravestone. Failure to do so or to perform the necessary rites properly will result in tragedy. It is said that over the years several actors met with bad accidents & 1 director even committed suicide, the same fates would occur when movies came into being. Some people even are wary of telling the tale.

@rockgamiasedes677 Жыл бұрын

Erm...so did Linfamy died too then ? Didn't seem like he went to Japan to get permission before telling the story

@void9938 3 жыл бұрын

so interesting to think about how many forms of visual media this likely influenced either directly on indirectly! thanks for all these awesome vids! they've been so helpful as an additional education tool in my japanese history course

@ewajaniak7932 4 жыл бұрын

Amazing, thank you 💓

@mypphard5965 5 жыл бұрын

Damn where can I find such strong comb No dark intension s tho

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I don't think it was because of a strong comb :D

@mypphard5965 5 жыл бұрын

Lol but seriously it would save a Hella lot of money for a haircut

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Some people do the full headshave by themselves so they don't have to go to the barber

@mypphard5965 5 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy and I am definitely a part of that group probably

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

You do save money, but you need an appropriate head shape for the look to work

@Grabovsky85 4 жыл бұрын

Love you reading the patreon names, the thank you brandon, was thanking him for a english name.

@nm-bo4uh 3 жыл бұрын

Best underrated channel

@canisuffer4326 5 жыл бұрын

I Clicked this so fast i lost my katana broke Thanks for the heart!

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Hahaha sorry

@dragana7774 5 жыл бұрын

In Iemon swich "I" with "L" Turns out Lemon

@amuthaj3132 4 жыл бұрын

Your videos are amazing and yes, the audio is just right

@katerinaaqu 3 жыл бұрын

Once more a really informative video I have watched millions of times and never get tired of it! Thank you for the great presentation and the entertaining comments! Above all I loved the analysis given about what this play means to people of the time and the info about the two plays together! Thanks Linfamy! By the way one of the greatest anime representations of this play I have ever seen is seen in the anime "Ayakashi: Classical Horror" and it covers the first episodes of the series.

@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you like the vid!

@katerinaaqu 3 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Of course I did! ;)

@NikkiMKarLen 5 жыл бұрын

"But Wait, It Gets Worse!" the play. Poor Oiwa. Iemon was pure evil. Heart me!

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

He got what he deserved though. Boom. Hearted ❤

@therealserenedestroyer7748 5 жыл бұрын

Yotsuya Kaidan in my family is known Even to my youngest nieces about 3. That's how popular it is. 😂

@jackiem5703 2 жыл бұрын

thank you for doing this!!! I first listened out of curiosity, then had to prepare a presentation for school so I chose to talk about this story and this video helped me A LOT!

@Linfamy 2 жыл бұрын

Nice! Hope your presentation went well :)

@jackiem5703 2 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy It went very well, thank you!❤❤

@Sophbeanieboo Жыл бұрын

Ty.. With your good not scary art, I was able to watch this. Like other ones…❤❤

@chrisberatis2612 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video can you please do a video on Hoichi the earless?

@MsAdams1053 5 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard this story was in an anime I watched called Ayakashi. For those of you who enjoy Japanese horror tales, I highly recommend it and Yamashiba

@BTScriviner 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos on Japanese folktales.

@shreyanhce315 3 жыл бұрын

heart me ..... hey I was thinking could you someday do a story on half-demons ...love your videos btw

@RaShe105 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for going into details about this story. Nice to hear some details that isn't covered in other videos.

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching =)

@purin172003 5 жыл бұрын

ah, one of my favorite japanese stories i can still hear oiwa's wailing from an anime of it

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Ooh which anime?

@MysticGospel 5 жыл бұрын

@@Linfamy Possibly Ayakashi Japanese Classic Horror, this is the first of 3 stories told in that anime.

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

@Mystigo ah :)

@crispyn64 4 жыл бұрын

Cool story! Thanks for making this so I didn't have to read it for class :3

@bigballer956 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks i did not know you were actually going to do as thanks ill sub and like youre vids

@shubhaankargavali8 5 жыл бұрын

I love your channel! I'm relatively new to it, but I really like your storytelling and art style. I will try my best to recommend it to my friends. You really have potential bro. Keep up the vids

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the nice comment, I appreciate it ❤

@shivamthapa7303 5 жыл бұрын

That was the best most metal most awesome ghost story I have bloody ever heard in this god forsaken world!!!!!!!!! Thank you for introducing me to this Lord Lin.

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Wow strong words :D

@shivamthapa7303 5 жыл бұрын

Well your's truly is a bit impulsive.😅😅

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

😅

@DuwangKaizer 4 жыл бұрын

Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales (Ayakashi: Japanese Classic Horror) brought me here!!!

@echognomecal6742 8 ай бұрын

Watching a few of these Oiwa stories. This is the best one yet. Most accurate? Beats me, but the most well told.

@seinahlychho3520 5 жыл бұрын

I love hearing these stories and histories, great job!! Heart me😊

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Yay glad you like ❤

@StMyles 5 жыл бұрын

I think this presentation topped your 47 Ronin. These Obake tales presented the way you did this one was incredible. Congratulations on your success and New Emperors status patrons. Hope your eating more than just a cup of coffee these days. 😂 Thank You for your work. Aloha.

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

Hey thank you man! Thanks for watching. It's boba cups these days 🤣

@felinamayo5668 4 жыл бұрын

You posted this exactly on my B day

@Linfamy 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe I timed it that way :O

@rubenhario5728 4 жыл бұрын

When lives gives Oiwa Iemon, she should makes Iemonade..

@GORYGIRL 5 жыл бұрын

POOR OIWA...IT WAS SUCH A SAD STORY I HAVE READ IT BEFORE AS WELL. :( THAT SAMURAI HUSBAND WAS A JERK :( HE GOT WHAT HE DESERVED! GREAT WORK BTW :)

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

The worst husband in the world

@StomeAura 2 жыл бұрын

I love how Iemon’s name looks like the word lemon.

@1978nagare 3 жыл бұрын

Oiwa's grave is located in Myogyou-ji temple(妙行寺) at Toshima-ku, Tokyo.

@reagan1306 4 жыл бұрын

I like ur vids sooooo... I subbed

@Linfamy 4 жыл бұрын

@an_impasse 4 жыл бұрын

Finally, a dude on the bad side initially that does something nice for the victim.

@Linfamy 4 жыл бұрын

A bit of positivity in a not so positive story

@raedevil3671 4 жыл бұрын

"combing hair was consider sexy" Me: *Combs my hair* Right, lovely ._. *drops my comb and mess up my hair, puts my hair into "The Ring" hairstyle* Rawr, now is my hair sexy? xD

@joanlammatao1365 3 жыл бұрын

Not really- Maybe do a trendy hairstyle :^

@xxchocolatebunnyxx497 3 жыл бұрын

That’s copied :

@rachelg.5348 3 жыл бұрын

Wow this is one of the best stories I’ve heard

@Linfamy 3 жыл бұрын

😁

@PsychedelicMakai 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting i really like it

@jericholocke8050 5 жыл бұрын

Is this the same story from Snarled? Good job on this vid!

@aminator6534 4 жыл бұрын

@nachiru3051 5 жыл бұрын

h e ar t me n o w or e ls e i'll bec o me an on ry o jk but amazing video!! super informative, keep up the good work! :DD

@Linfamy 5 жыл бұрын

yessir

@nilo70 Жыл бұрын

Cheers from your newest subscriber from California 😊

@Linfamy Жыл бұрын

Hi fellow Californian

@white_fox1567 5 ай бұрын

Heart me I may need glasses but i saw those words I usually watch your videos when i procrastinate so im glad this channel exists 👍

@Linfamy 5 ай бұрын

Boom. Hearted ❤️ Glad to be your procrastination solution :p

@white_fox1567 5 ай бұрын

@@Linfamy ayyyyyy np

@MissOdango 5 жыл бұрын

I was brushing my knee length hair while watching this and it was genuinely terrifying #horrorstory come on man xD!! Thanks for another educational and engaging lesson. uwu