Because of this, Shigeaki distanced himself from the seishitsu, and developed an infatuation for a shirabyōshi (dancer) who came from the capital.

It is said that there was once an ushi-oni in the caves of Gokasho-ura, Minamiise, and when the lord of the Gokasho castle, Aisu Shigeaki shot it with a bow, the seishitsu (lord's wife) fell incurable illness due to the curse. The ushi-oni is considered to curse the Mie Prefecture. In the Hyakki Yagyō Emaki, a similar picture goes under the title of Tsuchigumo. In yōkai emaki of the Edo Period such as the Hyakkai Zukan, they are most often shown with the bovine head and a spider torso. They often appear in stream pools, and in the Kinki region and Shikoku among other places, there are many places names such as 'ushi-oni fuchi' (ushi-oni stream pool) or 'ushi-oni taki' (ushi-oni waterfall). They are said to appears in beaches, in mountains, in forests, in rivers, in swamps, and in lakes. Other ushi-oni have a reverse appearance, with an oni's head and an ox's body. Certain legends claim that they appear in front of temple gates in the mountains wearing human clothing, or flying with the wings of an insect. In other descriptions, they have the head of an ox and an oni's torso. Their body is most commonly depicted as spider-like with six legs and long singular claws at the end of each appendage. They usually have an ox's head with sharp upward-curving horns, wicked fangs and a slender tongue, They spit poison and enjoy killing and eating humans. Their appearance varies, mainly based on geographical location. Ushi-oni have brutal, savage personalites. Ushi-oni generally appear on beaches and attack people who walk there. The folklore describes more than one kind of ushi-oni, but the depiction of a bovine-headed monster occurs in most.

The Ushi-Oni ( 牛鬼, Ox Oni (demon)), or gyūki, is a yōkai from the folklore of western Japan. 'Ushi-oni' (うし鬼) from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi 'Ushi-oni' (牛鬼) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama Ushi-oni, from Bakemono no e scroll, Brigham Young University.

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