Hikeshi baba is a yokai that appears as a scary old woman with white hair. She wanders from house to house late at night blowing out lanterns. While not dangerous herself, she creates dark and gloomy conditions which are suitable for other yokai to get up to all sorts of mischief.
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🎨Mizuki Shigeru.