EDO yokai and yurei

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2015/08/edo-yokai-and-yurei.html

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水木しげるのTOKYO妖怪めぐり Mizuki Shigeru Tokyo Yokai Meguri

第１章　- 日常に潜む妖怪たち
（銭湯　あかなめ ―清潔志向の現代を生き抜くのもひと苦労？
Akaname (Grime Licker)
A yokai that appears if a bathtub is not kept clean. He licks grime in the bathroom.
ラッシュアワー　 いそがし ―心休まる暇もない、ストレス社会を象徴
Isogashi
busybody, running around constantly
深夜のオフィス　- オバリヨン ―残業つづきで疲れたあなたを癒してくれる？　
Obarion, Obariyon
Yokai which rides piggyback on a human victim and becomes unbearably heavy.

第２章　- 東京妖怪名所図会
（麻布十番　 小豆洗い ―甘いお菓子の裏にはこの妖怪の努力あり？
Azuki arai
(or Azukitogi) – A spirit that washes azuki beans.
吉祥寺　油すまし ―どこに潜んでいるか、わかるかな？
Abura sumashi -
Oil Presser - a squat creature with a straw-coat covered body and a potato-like or stony head - originally from Amakusa, Kumamoto
お台場　 海坊主 ―自然の恐ろしさを伝える海上の大入道　
Umibōzu, Umibozu –
A giant monster appearing on the surface of the sea.

第３章　- 鬼太郎と仲間たち
(コインランドリー　一反木綿 ―のんきに宙をさまよっている…わけではない！
町田　児啼爺 ―赤ちゃんのような姿にだまされてはいけない
Konaki-jijii
A yokai with an old man's body who cries like a baby. If someone who hears a baby wailing and picks up this creature (which looks like a baby), it becomes heavier and heavier, turning into a rock that crushes the victim.
巣鴨　砂かけ婆 ―「おばあちゃんの原宿」は妖怪にも通用するのだっ！？　
Sunakake-baba
Yokai with a kind-hearted personality who runs the Yokai Apartment business. There are tubes inside her nails that inject sand, blinding people.
column　本所七不思議 Honjo Nana Fushigi
column　水木妖怪に会える街、境港と調布

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. Sara yashiki　皿屋敷 "the Dish Mansion" .
The story of お菊 Okiku and the Nine Plates
at Bancho 番町皿屋敷



. sazae-oni　栄螺鬼 / さざえ鬼　haunted turban shell .
may be found in 品川　Shinagawa.


. Shinozakigitsune, Shinozaki-gitsune　篠崎狐 the Kitsune fox from Shinozaki .
江戸川区 Edogawa, Tokyo

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. Konoha Tengu 木葉天狗 / 木の葉天狗 "Tree Leaf Tengu" .
One of them lives at Mount Takao, 高尾山薬王院 Mount Takaozan, Temple Yakuo-In, Tokyo.

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. Kappabashi かっぱばし/ かっぱ河 / 合羽橋 in Asakusa .
Where the famous water goblin, Kappa　河童, is living.
and the legend of Kappa Kawataro 合羽川太郎（合羽屋喜八 Kappaya Kihachi).