Explore Japan by Prefecture
We list 2 places in Osaka where yokai, cryptids and legends are told or sighted, and 2 related encyclopedia entries.
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Positions on the map are a rough guide to the area where a legend or sighting is set. Most pins are placed at representative points of a municipality or prefecture (outside Japan, a city position rounded to about 10 km, or the country), not at the exact place.
Municipality points: Geolonia address data (CC BY 4.0), based on the Address Base Registry (Digital Agency of Japan) / Country points: Natural Earth
A book said to have been written by Prince Shotoku foretelling the future of Japan. The Taiheiki tells how Kusunoki Masashige read it at Shitennoji Temple and learned of the fall of the Kamakura shogunate. No original survives, and many "Miraiki" were produced in the medieval period.
An oni said to be the chief follower of Shuten-doji, chief of the oni of Mount Oe. It is known for the legend in which Watanabe no Tsuna, one of Minamoto no Raiko's Four Heavenly Kings, cut off its arm, and it came back to retrieve it. It is a subject of Noh and kabuki.
