Utagawa Kuniyoshi's portrait of Oiwa. Yotsuya Kaidan (四谷怪談), the story of Oiwa and Tamiya Iemon, [a] is a tale of betrayal, murder and ghostly revenge. Arguably the most famous …

Appearance: Oiwa is the tragic and terrifying onryō from Yotsuya kaidan—”the ghost story of Yotsuya.” Along with Okiku and Otsuyu, she is one of the Nihon san dai kaidan—Japan’s Big …

Jan 21, 2011 · Oiwa is one of the most famous Japanese ghost stories ever written. In Japan, it is known as "Yotsuya Kaidan" and it tells the story of a woman who is poisoned by her unfaithful …

Iemon fled his home but wherever he went Oiwa's ghost followed him. She called out to him in his dreams, her hideous face haunted him relentlessly and she even appeared in all the lanterns …

In the tapestry of Japanese folklore, Oiwa stands as a poignant figure, a spectral embodiment of wrath born from betrayal. Her story, echoing through the ages, serves as a timeless reminder …

Iemon, a disarmed samurai, hopes to raise his rank by marrying Oiwa, daughter of Yotsuya Samon. After begging the latter to allow him to marry his daughter and having suffered a …

Oct 21, 2020 · In the play, Yotsuya Oiwa is an ordinary Japanese woman married to a ronin or masterless samurai called Tamiya Iemon. One day she receives a poisoned facial cream from …

Apr 26, 2024 · The story of Oiwa, the faithful wife who returned as a ghost to haunt her murderous husband, was told in the 1825 kabuki theater production of Ghost Story of Yotsuya on the …

Sep 30, 2020 · Oiwa is a woman of head-turning beauty, and she is married to Tamiya Iemon, a rōnin (A rōnin is a disgraced Samurai or a Samurai whose master has died). But it becomes …

Oct 4, 2021 · From a local legend about a real woman to the stage, the myth of the ghost of Oiwa continues to inspire horror. The blinking paper lantern hides a vengeful ghost in one of the …