Hashihime
Biography. Very little is known about the origin of Hashihime. The most common interpretation is that she was a lonely wife pining for her husband / lover to return but due to his infidelity, she became jealous and turned into a demon. Japanese literature. Hashihime first appears in a Kokinshu (ca. 905) poem, of which the author is unknown: Hashihime’s name also appears in Murasaki’s "The Tale of Genji", as the title of a chapter. She is also mentioned several times in the waka poems throughout the work.