Tradition / Region: Japan (late Edo period)
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Category: Yōkai
The Myth
Octopus Girl is a monster depicted in Yoshimori’s Shinban Bakemono Tsukushi, created at the end of the Edo period. She appears as a female yōkai distinguished by her gigantic head, which dominates her form.
Beyond her appearance, little is recorded about her behavior or origin. She is remembered primarily through illustration, existing as one of the many strange beings cataloged in late Edo yōkai imagery.