English Version
In one corner of a peach orchard stands a small mound that looks as if several Jizo statues have been gathered together. It is said to be dedicated to a woman named Omutsu.
According to local rumors, hitodama—ghostly balls of fire—have been seen there, and some visitors claim that orb-like lights appear in photographs taken near the mound.
The legend says that long ago, a local landowner tried to force himself on Omutsu, but she refused him. In retaliation, he allegedly confined and tortured her, and in the end buried her together with venomous snakes and poisonous insects.
When Omutsu did not return home, her mother went to the landowner’s residence to ask what had happened. She was told that Omutsu had committed an offense and had been cut down as punishment. But after learning the truth, the mother went to the place where her daughter had been buried, scattered a handful of millet seeds, cursed the landowner, and died on the spot.
After that, strange incidents reportedly began occurring around the landowner. Eventually, he killed members of his own household and relatives, then died in madness himself.
Fearing Omutsu’s curse, his descendants built the mound and held memorial rites for her. Even so, near the end of the Meiji era, a violent inheritance dispute broke out within the family, and the line is said to have died out.
The site is associated with 875-9 Iccho Tanaka, Yamanashi City, Yamanashi Prefecture. Because it appears to be in or near farmland, visitors should be careful not to trespass, damage crops, or disturb local residents.
Japanese Language
桃畑の一角にある、地蔵を寄せ集めたような塚。「おむつ」と言う女性を祀った塚になっている。人魂が現れる現象がおきる。写真にオーブが写りこむ。昔、そのあたりの地主がおむつを手篭めにしようと言い寄ったが、おむつはそれを拒否した。地主はおむつを軟禁して拷問し、最後には毒蛇や毒虫と一緒に埋めてしまった。おむつが帰ってこないのを案じた母親が地主の屋敷に赴くと、無礼があり手打ちになったと知らされる。しかし、事の真相を知った母親は娘の埋められた場所へいって一掴みの粟の実を撒くと地主への呪いの言葉を吐いて絶命した。
それ以降、地主の周辺には怪異が起こり、とうとう家人や身内を切り殺し自分も狂死した。おむつの祟りを恐れた子孫は塚を建てておむつの供養を執り行ったが、明治の終わり頃に財産をめぐる刃傷沙汰がおき一族は絶えてしまった。山梨県山梨市一丁田中875-9
