page_title: Kamaitachi
hierarchical_section_title: Kamaitachi
caption_attribution_description: English: Kamaitachi (the slashing sickle-weasel that haunts the mountains) from Kyōka Hyaku Monogatari 日本語: 『狂歌百物語』より「窮奇」
context_page_description: Kamaitachi is a Japanese yōkai often told about in the Kōshin'etsu region and can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes.
  They appear riding on dust devils and they cut people using the nails on both their hands that are like sickles. One would receive a sharp, painless wound.
  They are seen to be the same as the Qiongqi of China and kamaitachi are also sometimes written as 窮奇.
context_section_description: Kamaitachi (鎌鼬) is a Japanese yōkai often told about in the Kōshin'etsu region and can also refer to the strange events that this creature causes.
  They appear riding on dust devils and they cut people using the nails on both their hands that are like sickles. One would receive a sharp, painless wound.
  They are seen to be the same as the Qiongqi (窮奇) of China and kamaitachi are also sometimes written as 窮奇.
caption: "Kamaitachi" (鎌鼬) from the Kyōka Hyaku Monogatari by Masasumi Ryūkansaijin
exif: {}