youkai

   mai-kubi

Many watched Hayao Miyazaki s anime Sen to Chihiro no kamikakushi

This youkai is called mai-kubi and the legend tells that he was once three people, best friends and samurai. The friends were named Kosanta, Matashige and Akugor. One day they went to a festival in Izu together and drank sake. Three samurai began to argue about something, and it came to a fight. And since samurai fight exclusively with swords, their samurai heads flew off their shoulders