Character

Ibaraki Douji

茨木童子

During the Heian period, one of the Oni that appeared on the imperial capital and exhaustively carried out atrocities. Regarded as a subordinate of the Shuten-douji that lived in Mt. Ooe, it has been said that - during the "oni extermination of Mt. Ooe" by Minamoto no Raikou and her Four Heavenly King - she crossed sword with Watanabe no Tsuna of the Four Heavenly King. The sole survivor of Mt. Ooe's oni, she attacked Watanabe Tsuna on the Rashoumon (or the Ichijou-modoribashi) at the imperial capital and ended up having her arm cut off. While said arm was temporarily snatched away as a spoil of war, Ibaraki would later retrieve it and disappear to somewhere.[1] In actual fact, she is not Shuten Douji's subordinate, but it is rather believed that Ibaraki Douji existed as "the ringleader of Mt. Ooe's oni". (Despite being a mighty existence, the extremely pleasure-seeking Shuten had no intentions of commanding the swarm of oni herself) The one who erected a solemn palace at Mt. Ooe, cherished Shuten Douji as a sworn brother, commanded a group of oni that were each a match for a thousand warriors and exerted tyranny on ancient Kyoto was Ibaraki Douji herself; a "raging oni" that made people fall into the depths of terror. Due her anecdotes and vestiges, she is classified as a "anti-hero"