Located in a section of the park that features several sulfurous hot springs, it has shown deep fissures for years, possibly allowing rainwater to seep in. Information from a local tourist bureau said the cause of the stone’s breakup around March 5 was likely due to rain and sub-freezing temperatures. The nine-tailed fox legend has been a recurring theme in classical and modern Japanese arts and culture, in stage plays, video games, even as a central plot point in the global anime hit “Naruto.” After an unsuccessful attempt to kill the real-life emperor Toba (1107-1123), Tamamo-no-Mae was tracked down by the ruler’s warriors, whose arrows transformed her into a toxic rock, and considerable harm would come to mortals who come into contact with it.Īlternate versions of the tale include the telling of a Zen monk who encounters a woman who claims to be the spirit of the stone and warns against coming near it, before disappearing into the rock. The stone, known as Sessho-seki, at Nikko National Park in the Tochigi Prefecture town of Nasu, is central to a 15th-century Japanese legend that tells of Tamamo-no-Mae, an alluring female yokai who was imbued with the spirit of a malevolent nine-tailed fox. ![]() (Wiki Taro/Public Domain)īy MIKEY HIRANO CULROSS, Rafu Staff WriterĪs if the world hadn’t enough to worry about already.Ī large volcanic boulder in Japan, known as the “Killing Stone,” has split open, and the cursed spirit it held according to mythology might be roaming free. Japan’s famous Killing Stone, as it appeared before breaking apart at Nikko National Park in the Tochigi Prefecture town of Nasu.
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