birthing woman

Date of Discovery Found as far back as the Heian-period Tales of Times Now Past, the first known date of her being described was during the Edo period, in 1687. Through the illustrations in the picture scrolls of the Hyakkai-zukan and the Bakemono zukushi within Toriyama Sekien's catalog, Ubume's image as a yokai became permanent. Name The Ubume is also known as the … [Read more...] about Ubume