The old woman of Samuto

The Tales of Tōno (1910) tell of a girl from Samuto who vanished under a pear tree and came back thirty years later, old and wild, on a windy day, only to leave again.

1910 CE · 39.30, 141.50 · status: legend

The account

Locals said that on windy days 'the old woman of Samuto might come back'. It is one of Yanagita's best-known kamikakushi stories.

Connections in the atlas

• Torakichi, the boy taken by tengu
• Kunio Yanagita's Tales of Tōno

Sources

1. Wikipedia: Tōno Monogatari