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Ubume (****anese: 産女) are ****anese yōkai of
pregnant women. They can also be
written as 憂婦女鳥.
Throughout folk
stories and
literature the
identity and appearance...
- The
Summer of the
Ubume (姑獲鳥の夏,
Ubume no natsu) is a ****anese
novel by
Natsuhiko Kyogoku. It is Kyogoku’s
first novel, and the
first entry in his Kyōgōkudō...
- company. In 1994,
Kodansha published his
first novel The
Summer of the
Ubume (姑獲鳥の夏,
Ubume no Natsu). He has
since written many novels, and
received two ****anese...
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Tadayasu Laughing Matryoshka (2024) -
Masashige Komatsu The
Summer of the
Ubume (2005) –
Hiroyuki Sugano Ajin: Demi-Human (2017) Last Winter, We Parted...
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Preta Pricolici Sayona Shade Shadow person Shikigami Shiryō
Sluagh Strigoi Ubume Umibōzu
Vengeful ghost Yuki-onna Yūrei
Wraith Will-o'-the-wisp Dying-and-rising...
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character has no
means of
defense against the
hostile ghost Lisa (pictured). Her
design has
drawn comparisons to the yūrei and
ubume in ****anese folklore....
- at
Nineteen (Takaya Kagami)
Shinjuku Shark (Arimasa Osawa)
Summer of the
Ubume (Natsuhiko Kyogoku)
Translucent Tree (Nobuko Takagi)
Twinkle Twinkle (Kaori...
- the
second novel in the Kyōgokudō
series that
began with
Summer of the
Ubume. The
novel has been
turned into a live
action feature film, a manga, an...
- snake, but in
certain tales about the nure-onna, they
would appear as an
ubume who
would make
people hug babies. Both of them
would hand over a baby symbolizing...
- self-deprecation material. In addition, he
starred in the
movie The
Summer of the
Ubume which was
based on the
novel of the same name
written by
Natsuhiko Kyogoku...
