This illustration depicts a ghostly old woman known to appear late at night in a certain guest room at a temple in the Kaho area of Fukuoka prefecture. On many occasions terrified lodgers ended up fatally wounding themselves after trying to strike her with a sword.

The Kaikidan Ekotoba is a mid-19th century handscroll that profiles 33 legendary monsters and human oddities; mostly from the Kyushu region of Japan; but with several from other countries; including China; Russia and Korea. The document; whose author is unknown; is in the possession of the Fukuoka City Museum.