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Shuten Doji is the name of an Oni (goblin, ogre, or demon, depending on who you ask) that was supposed to live in the mountains near where I used to live in Japan. He would come down with his band of naer-do-wells and loot, pillage, and generally mess around with the locals. Eventually a group of samurai were sent up the mountain to kill him and his group, and after cutting off his head in an epic battle, the head flew off and Shuten Doji was never seen again.
You know... until he started posting on a message board. Yeah.
I think there's an anime named Shuten Doji, but I only found out about it recently.
That's cool. I love all that Japanese folklore stuff.
Have you read anything by Lafcadio Hearn? He's an Irish (?) writer who moved to Japan in the late 1800's. He put out a bunch of books on Japan, and most of them dealt with Japanese folklore and ghost stories. He's an incredible writer, and I'd highly recommend almost any of his works.