| The image that the modern Japanese generally associate with 'Oni' is a big man with horns and curly hair on the head and fangs in the mouth, sharp claws on the fingers, wearing a tiger-skin Fundoshi around the hips and carrying an iron bat with a spiny surface. |
現代の日本人が、「鬼」と言われて一般的に連想する姿は、頭に角と巻き毛の頭髪を具え、口に牙を有し、指に鋭い爪が生え、虎の毛皮の褌を腰に纏い、表面に突起のある金棒を持った大男である。 |