The Goblin of Adachigahara

Yei Theodora Ozaki (1871 – 1932) was an early 20th-century translator of Japanese short stories and fairy tales. She was the daughter of Baron Ozaki, one of the first Japanese men to study in the West. Her parents separated after five years of marriage, and Yei was sent to live in Japan with her father. Later she refused an arranged marriage, left her father's house, and became a teacher and secretary to earn money. She traveled back and forth between Japan and Europe, as her employment and family duties took her.
The Goblin of Adachigahara is a Japanese fairy tale, collected and translated by Yei Theodora Ozaki. Adachigahara was great Japanese plain of the Mutsu province. And it was a troublesome place, for many traveler never returned from venturing there. Some say, it was because that plain was habituated by cannibals. But was it? Read and find out!