Singing Skeleton - Utaigaikotsu

Japanese: 唄い骸骨 - うたいがいこつ
Singing Skeleton - Utaigaikotsu
A folktale with the theme of karma and retribution for one's sins. A man finds a singing skull and makes money from it. However, the skull does not sing when the lord requests it, and instead the man, whose past crimes are exposed on the spot, is executed. The story goes that the skull was the man's friend, who was killed by the man after stealing his money. This story is told in limited areas such as Kyushu, Hokuetsu, Tohoku, and Chugoku regions. However, it has been collected in relatively large numbers from the Nansei Islands and Niigata. Similar stories can be found in the Nihon Ryōiki and Konjaku Monogatarishu.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:
自己の犯した罪の因縁と報復を主題にした昔話。ある男が歌をうたう髑髏(どくろ)を見つけ,それによって金もうけをする。しかるに髑髏は殿様にのぞまれた時はうたわず,かえってその場で旧悪をあばかれた男は処刑される。髑髏は生前,その男に金を奪われて殺された友人であった,という話。九州,北越,東北,中国地方などの限られた地域に伝えられる。しかし南西諸島,新潟からは比較的多く採集されている。《日本霊異記》《今昔物語集》に類似の話がある。

出典 株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について 情報

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