Unfortunately, the news is true and Japan’sSessho-seki, also known as the Killing Stone, has split.
Located near a hot spring in Nasu, Japan, Sessho-seki is a stone set into volcanic mountains.
Once the fox was killed by a warrior named Miura-no-sake, its body became Sessho-seki.
Tamamo-no-Mae woodblock print from “New Forms of Thirty-Six Ghosts” series (1889-1892) (Photo:Yoshitoshi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
The spirit continued to haunt the area until a Buddhist priest named Genno stopped to rest near the stone.
Bothered by the spirit, he performed a ritual that trapped the demon inside Sessho-seki.
However, if one believes the legend, the fox might have broken loose.
Fleeing fox spirit as Lady Kayō depicted in Hokusai’s “Sangoku Yōko-den” (Photo:Katsushika Hokusai, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
Images posted on Twitter clearly show a large chunk of the rock lying on the ground.
So beware, there’s a nine-tailed fox spirit on the loose.
Sessho-seki, or the Killing Stone, is said to hold the spirit of Tamamo-no-Mae.
Sessho-seki in 2016. (Photo:ウィキ太郎 Wiki Taro, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)
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