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It was disgustingly difficult for Oiwa to look at her father's dead body. It was the only thing that had ever been able to make her break free from her abusive marriage to samurai Iemon. And now, even as her husband and brother-in-law vowed to find the killer, she was stuck in her unhappy home with just Kohei, the household servant, to see her anguish.

When the grieving woman found out it was Iemon who murdered her husband, she went to her wealthy doctor neighbor for help. However, when Iemon went to thank him, the doctor revealed he'd sent her medicine so that he could seduce her into giving him all of her wealth. His beautiful young granddaughter was in love with Iemon, and if he left Oiwa for her, the doctor would give him a fortune.

Iemon happily accepted this bargain, and eager to marry his new bride, he sent a man called Takuetsu to dispose of his poisoned wife. But when Takuetsu arrived in Oiwa’s room, he was appalled. The poison had swollen her eye and her hair fell to the floor in bloody clumps. Taking pity, Takuetsu told Oiwa about the doctor’s scheme. Furious, Oiwa lunged for a sword. Takuetsu wrestled it away and flung the blade across the room. But when Oiwa ran to confront her husband, she stumbled, falling against the sword. name asAt the discovery of his wife's demise,

Iemon arranged to remarry that very night—but not before killing his servant Kohei, who heard Oiwa’s death.

While Iemon celebrated his wedding, the door opened But suddenly his bride's sleeping face shifted into Oiwa's tortured features. Iemon acted on his violent instincts, slashing her throat. But when his fear subsided, he realized that he had killed his new wife. He stumbled out of the room and into another monster who had the face of his deceased servant. The samurai ran his sword through the man - only to discover he had slain his new grandfather-in-law too!

Iemon fled the house, running frantically until he came upon a river. Here, he stopped to plot his next move, catching fish as he thought. Soon his fishing rod began to twitch, but the harder he pulled, the heavier his catch became. Finally, a door broke the river’s surface—with Oiwa’s writhing body on one side and Kohei’s on the other. Iemon ran for days, finally taking shelter in a mountain hermitage. Over the following months, he tried to convince himself these horrible visions were just illusions—but his nightmares never relented. One night, as he attempted to walk off another bad dream, a nearby lantern began to crackle and tear. It got larger until Iemon begged for mercy, but Oiwa had none to offer.

The spirit tormented the samurai with famished rats and killed his parents and friends in a single day. infamous for being a brother-in-law to vengeance Bags of artificial blood were concealed in Oiwa's wig by designers to recreate her famous metamorphosis. Oiwa's actress would emerge from a burning lantern for her majestic, spectral entrance, performing an aided handstand to give the impression that she is falling from above .Oiwa is regarded as the most well-known ghost in Japan today, and her portrayal continues to influence ghosts in movies and television shows. However, those who recount her tales proceed cautiously and frequently seek her permission at her purported Tokyo tomb. In this sense, contemporary storytellers still treat Oiwa with the deference and terror that she so richly merits.