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Key Points
Location: Beneath the Eryōju (Cloth-Hanging Tree) on the banks of the Sanzu River
Also Known As: Datsueba - The Old Woman Who Strips Clothes, Ken’e-ō (None)
- Datsueba strips the spirits of their clothes, which Ken’e-ō then hangs on branches of the Eryōju and judges the severity of their sins by the weight of the clothes and how much water they absorbed during the spirit's crossing
- If the spirit does not have clothes, Datsueba will strip the flesh instead
Datsueba 奪だつ衣婆えば and Ken’e-ō 賢恵王
JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY
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