PEOPLE AND PLACES
A lot of songs in ONMYO-ZA’s discography reference both places in Japan and historical/mythological figures. Let’s run through some of these songs, although to be quite honest I’m going to start with an exception to the rule!
As far as I can tell, 奇子 is a reference to the manga trilogy by Osamu Tezuka. I believe the translation of the title is akin to “odd girl”, and fits in with the story. So 奇子 as a person is not real, but there’s a lot of figures in Japanese history whose origins are unclear, and I never said that any of these people were real anyway. I just said they were historical/mythological, and this story does take place in an alternate post-WW2 history following a fictional family dealing with turmoil. I won’t post any more spoilers in case you are interested in reading for yourself.
Please ONMYO-ZA, upload your old songs to your channel too!!!
Adachigahara is a large plain in the province of Mutsu in Japan. This place was said to be haunted by a cannibal goblin who took the form of an old woman.
A three part suite dedicated to the historical figure MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune. Read some more information about it here.
This song is dedicated to the historical figure Tamamo-no-mae.
I’m like 95% sure this song is a reference to the Japanese poet Kakinomoto no Hitomaro.
This song is dedicated to the historical figure Susanoo-no-Mikoto.
This song is a legend about the youkai Tesso, but the source of the vengeful spirit was a monk named Raigo.
Shiramine is a shrine, located on the north east corner of Imadegawa and Horikawa in Kamigyo-ku in Kyoto