0-bake-goto

Updated: May 2, 2025

They are fox-women or other goblins; and their supernatural character is suggested by a peculiar expression of the eyes arid a certain impossible elfish grace. Little children in Japan, like little children in all countries keenly enjoy the pleasure of fear; and they have many games in which such pleasure forms the chief attraction. Among these is 0-bake-goto, or Ghost-play.

Lafcadio Hearn - Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan : Second Series