Coastal Ushi-oni

The myth

The ushi-oni, "bull oni", is a yōkai of western Japan's coasts. Many descriptions give it a horned bull's head and a spider's body, or an oni's body with a bovine head, living in the sea or in ponds near the shore, attacking fishermen and poisoning with its breath. Toriyama Sekien portrayed it in his eighteenth-century illustrated collection. In Iwami, today's Shimane, it works with the nure-onna: she hands over a baby that grows too heavy to drop, and it comes out of the sea for the victim. In some regions, however, the ushi-oni is treated as a protector.

Why it has this power

An Uncommon level-5 Water Beast-Warrior with 1900 ATK and 1700 DEF: a heavy, tough sea monster. Water and Moon come from the night beach where it lurks; Fox, from the ambush it sets with the nure-onna. Fused with the Red Mountain Oni, it forms Shuten-dōji, king of the oni.

Did you know

In Uwajima, on Shikoku, the summer festival features huge ushi-oni of bamboo and red cloth that parade through the streets to drive away evil.

Connections

• Fuses into: + Red Mountain Oni → Shuten-dōji, King of the Oni

Where to get it

• Campaign drop: Kenji, Kamo River Fisherman (Archipelago of the Kami) — grade S: 17% · grade A: 17% · grade B: 14% · grade C: 11%
• Daily Offering: 0.45% per pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
• Welcome Pack: 1.1% per pack (Uncommon 30% per card)
• Traveler's Pack: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
• Bronze Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 29% per card)
• Silver Reliquary: 0.96% per pack · 5.6% in the themed pack (Uncommon 33% per card)
• Golden Reliquary: 0.94% per pack · 5.5% in the themed pack (Uncommon 35% per card)
• Daily Showcase: Shows up on about 0.98% of days · 400 gold
• Craft with card dust: 100 dust
• Crossing of Myths: Can be offered as a reward during a crossing (the card stays in the crossing deck).

Sources

1. The Database of Paintings of Mysterious Phenomena and Yōkai — International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)
2. Kaii・Yōkai Denshō Database (folklore of strange phenomena and yōkai) — International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)