Kudan (Prophetic Human-Cow Yokai)Late Edo Kawaraban Woodblock Version of the Kudan
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Detailed Description
A Kudan image that spread in the late Edo period through kawaraban broadsides and printed books. Depicted as a human-faced cow, it appears, utters a prophecy, and soon dies. A Tenpō-era broadside recounts an appearance in Tango, stressing powers over harvest fortunes and averting misfortune, with cases recommending the display of its image. Meanwhile, the Kutabe of Etchū’s Mt. Tateyama appears in records from the 1820s onward, showing diverse traits such as a woman’s or elder’s face, sharp claws, and eyes drawn on the torso. Both share a reputation for prophecy and warding off epidemics, and their circulation increases during crises. The folk etymology linking the formulaic phrase “kudan no gotoshi” at the end of documents to the monster Kudan is viewed skeptically based on earlier linguistic usage. In folklore, the core pattern is appearance, proclamation, short life, and the image used as an amulet, while place names, dates, and specific efficacies vary widely by source.
Personality
taciturn, delivers announcements plainly
Compatibility
topics related to agriculture, signs of epidemics and portents
Abilities & Skills
Weaknesses
short-lived after appearing, imagery and accounts vary across sources reducing stable credibility
Collection Inclusion
This yokai is included in the following collections:
診断評価
妖怪バウンダリー・タイプ指標
いたずら濃度
-3.0high: 戯 low: 護
📝 メモ
豊凶や災厄を告げ護符化される守護寄り
変化適応
-1.0high: 化 low: 定
📝 メモ
人面牛身の像は固定され変身しない
夜話度
0.0high: 夜 low: 昼
📝 メモ
時間帯の根拠が弱く中立
情の深さ
0.0high: 縁 low: 境
📝 メモ
端的に告知するが情の描写は薄い
結界強度
0.0high: 律 low: 流
📝 メモ
出現地は複数で瓦版上にも広がり領域は中庸
表舞台圧
0.0high: 表 low: 影
📝 メモ
短く託宣してほどなく死ぬ予言獣
妖怪相性診断
喜び
2.0喜びと楽しさの程度
📝 メモ
喜びを示す描写はほぼなく、語りは端的で厳粛。
怒り
1.5怒りの激しさの程度
📝 メモ
怒りや威嚇の伝承は乏しい。
慈悲深い
6.0慈悲深さの程度
📝 メモ
人々のために要点を告げる態度は慈愛的だが、感情表現は薄く儀式的。
憂鬱
6.5憂鬱で思慮深い程度
📝 メモ
出現後短命という運命性と災厄期の出現が陰影を帯びる印象を与える。
静寂
7.0内なる平静の程度
📝 メモ
寡黙で端的な託宣は平静さを感じさせる。取り乱す描写がない。
いたずら好き
0.5いたずら好きで活発な程度
📝 メモ
いたずらや遊戯性の要素は皆無。
やさしい
5.5やさしく親しみやすい程度
📝 メモ
人を脅かすより豊凶や厄除を告げる存在で敵対性は低いが、寡黙で距離があり親和的とは言い難い。
厳格
8.0厳格で真面目な程度
📝 メモ
要点のみを告げる厳格な態度と護符・触書の実用性が強調される。
守護的
7.5他者を守る傾向
📝 メモ
疫病除け・厄除の護符として用いられ、人々を守る機能が強い。直接的介入は少ないため満点ではない。
神秘的
9.0神秘的で不思議な程度
📝 メモ
半人半牛の予言獣で出現直後に死ぬ・像容が揺れるなど神秘性が極めて高い。
霊性の深さ
8.5精神的境界の深さ
📝 メモ
予言・護符化・災厄期の拡散という宗教民俗的機能が深く、霊的な重みが大きい。
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