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It can also be used in the sense of 'strong beyond strong', or having one's natural quality enhanced or supplemented by the use of some tool. This image leads to the expression 'oni with an iron club' (鬼に金棒, oni-ni-kanabō), that is, to be invincible or undefeatable. They are often depicted wearing tiger-skin loincloths and carrying iron clubs called kanabō (金棒).

They are ferocious demons, bringers of disaster, spreaders of disease, and punishers of the damned in Hell. All oni possess extreme strength and constitution, and many of them are also accomplished sorcerers. They wear loincloths made of the pelts of great beasts.

Female oni x human male skin#

Their skin may be any number of colors, but red and blue are particularly common. They are humanoid for the most part, but occasionally, they are shown with unnatural features such as odd numbers of eyes or extra fingers and toes. Depictions of oni vary widely but usually portray them as hideous, gigantic ogre-like creatures with sharp claws, wild hair, and two long horns growing from their heads.

Oni are one the greatest icons of Japanese folklore. They are popular characters in Japanese art, literature and theatre. Oni (鬼, Oni) are a kind of yōkai from Japanese folklore, variously translated as demons, devils, ogres or trolls.