>on the first night of Obon, a beautiful woman and a young girl holding a peony lantern stroll by the house of the widowed samurai Ogiwara Shinnojo
>Ogiwara is instantly smitten with the woman, named Otsuyu, and vows an eternal relationship
>from that night onward, the woman and the girl visit at dusk, always leaving before dawn
>an elderly neighbor, suspicious of the girl, peeks into his home and finds Ogiwara in bed with a skeleton
>consulting a Buddhist priest, Ogiwara finds that he is in danger unless he can resist the woman, and he places a protection charm on his house
>the woman is then unable to enter his house, but calls him from outside
>finally, unable to resist, Ogiwara goes out to greet her, and is led back to her house, a grave in a temple
>in the morning, Ogiwara's dead body is found entwined with the woman's skeleton
Old Japanese horror is spoopy as fuck.
>>292400
I'm confused. So who's the young girl with the peony lantern and what role does she play in this whole scenario?
What's the significance of it being 'Obon'?
>>292426
Obon is a Japanese Buddhist custom to honor the spirits of one's ancestors.
As for the girl with the lantern, it's not made clear.
>>292400
>Japanese horror is spoopy as fuck
>>292400
>>Ogiwara is instantly smitten with the woman, named Otsuyu, and vows an eternal relationship
found the beta
>>292426
>>292433
Adding on to that, the spirits of the dead are said to be either more active or outright corporeal during Obon.
Truly a time of spookiness.
>>292467
I really mean old shit, from before the Meiji Restoration.
And thanks for making me google that, now I am positively spooked.
>>292472
>sad widowed samurai
>beta
>>292467
I AM SPOOKED
>>292481
>living through women like those robots and chads
>not beta
>>292467
What happens if you don't respond? Checkmate ancient Japanese tales.
>>292553
A) this isn't ancient, this is from the 1970s
B) that would probably get you killed, ways to 'circumvent' it are by saying "you are so-so" or "i have things to do"
>>292400
Here's another one:
>John Lennon, world famous music artist, meets qt 3.14 asian girl
>spends one month in bed with her
>The Beatles break up
>John Lennon dies
>>292467
>slits your mouth so it appears like hers
>>292604
>Yoko Ono
>Yuki-Onna
The ghost needs to work on her subtlety a bit.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuki-onna
>>292605
google the name, come back with fun google images
>>292604
>>292614
>we've cracked the case
>>292604
>yoko
>qt
she's pretty rough desu
Bump.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%ABrei
Arab spooks are underrated.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nasnas
There is a reason why most ghosts appear at night.
Its when we are at the most tired state and the light is the dimmest. These two causes sensory distortions in some people. Combine that with the people who want to make patterns out of random things create ghost legends and stories.
>>292467
Some of them can be pretty cute though.
