page_title: Shuten-dōji
section_title: Analysis
hierarchical_section_title: Shuten-dōji / Analysis
caption_attribution_description: English: Shuten-dōji (an infamous princess-kidnapping, bloodthirsty oni) from the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki 日本語: 『今昔画図続百鬼』より「酒顚童子」
context_page_description: Shuten-dōji is a mythical oni or demon leader of Japan, who according to legend was killed by the hero Minamoto Raikō. Although decapitated, the demon's detached head still took a bite at the hero, who avoided death by wearing multiple helmets stacked on his head.
  Shuten-dōji had his lair at Mt. Ōe northwest of the city of Kyoto, or Mt. Ibuki, depending on the version. It has also been theorized that the original mountain was Mt. Ōe on the western edge of the city of Kyoto.
context_section_description: It has been said that Shuten-dōji was the strongest oni of Japan. Academic folklorist Kazuhiko Komatsu has counted Shuten-dōji among the three most feared yōkai in medieval Kyoto, alongside the vixen Tamamo-no-Mae and the demon Ōtakemaru.
caption: Toriyama Sekien "Shuten-dōji" (酒顚童子) from Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki.
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