#nukekubi

#JLMyōkaioftheday : Rokurokubi and nukekubi

One of the most famous yōkai is the rokurokubi, which is a woman who can magically elongate her neck at night to scare men, or to find lamp oil to eat. A nukekubi is a variant of the rokurokubi, but her head detaches instead, and is usually deadly and vampiric in nature. 

Both are regular women by day, but when they fall asleep, they transform into yōkai. #japanloverme Art by @littlemisspaintbrush