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oni no koshimaki 鬼の腰巻 - oni no fundoshi 鬼の褌
oni no pantsu 鬼のパンツ pants of an oni - loincloth



Why are the Oni often wearing 虎柄のパンツ tiger pants?

The explanation relates to the concept of
kimon 鬼門 “Oni gateway.”
The zodiac animals associated with this 北東の方角 Northeastern region are
ushi-tora 丑寅 the bull and the tiger.
Oni are therefore usually depicted with bull horns and tiger fangs, wearing loincloths made of tiger skin.
(Tigers were not known in Japan.)

The pants are a kind of Japanese
. fundoshi　褌　/ ふんどし loincloth .

. tsuno　鬼の角　the horns of Oni demons .



Tengu and Oni
They are often depicted with a loincloth named tatetsuke 立附.
Painting them with a 虎皮の褌 tiger skin loincloth might have started with the paintings of
. Kano Motonobu 狩野元信 Kanō Motonobu .
(1476 - 1559）
Artist name : Kohoogen, Kohōgen こほうげん (古法眼) Kohogen
Son of Kano Masanobu 狩野正信 (1434 - 1530)

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- reference source : shinshizo.com/2012 -


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北上市・鬼の館 - Exhibition at Kitakami Town

「鬼」という文字の解説 - explaining the character for ONI
鬼の不思議
- reference source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/shigeaki0430 -

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Oni no pants, a children's song :

鬼のパンツは　いいパンツ
つよいぞ　つよいぞ

トラの毛皮で　できている
つよいぞ　つよいぞ

５年はいても　やぶれない
つよいぞ　つよいぞ

10年はいても　やぶれない
つよいぞ　つよいぞ

はこう　はこう　鬼のパンツ
はこう　はこう　鬼のパンツ

あなたも　あなたも　あなたも　あなたも
みんなではこう　鬼のパンツ

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滋賀県 Shiga 日野町

At the shrine 綿向神社 Watamuki Jinja there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet of a half-naked woman, only clad in koshimaki 腰巻 waste wrapper, and an Oni with only a fundoshi 褌1丁 male underware doing a bout of 相撲 sumo wrestling.

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At the temple 明王院 Myo-O-In in the village of 葛川 Kuzugawa there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet showing an aka-oni 赤鬼 red demon with white fundoshi ふんどし underpants and a waist wrapper made from 豹の毛皮 panther skin. His opponent is a huge man with strong muscles, all naked. They have a rope around the neck
kubihiki 首引き and pull in a contest of strength, a kind of "Neck tug of war".


. Shiga 滋賀県の鬼伝説　Oni Demon Legends .
- with details about Watamuki Jinja.

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栃木県 Tochigi 馬頭町 Batomachi

Once upon a time
at the night of Setsubun 14 Oni wanted to stay over night at a home but were refused. They had to retreat to the mountain forest and finally stayed at the home of a firewood cutter. The old couple entertained their visitors with great joy and respect. To show their gratitude one Oni gave them a very expensive loincloth as a present.
The old woman was very pleased and asked them to come back next year and stay at their home again.
But the Oni laughed loud and said:
"Since I have no loincloth any more, I can not come . . . hahahaha !"
In this village people tell this story every year to make the Oni laugh.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
- reference - 鬼のふんどし　-

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