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[[Image:Okiku_Doll.png|thumb|right|Okiku Doll]]
 
[[Image:Okiku_Doll.png|thumb|right|Okiku Doll]]
''The girl who owned this doll disappeared.''<br>
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''The girl who owned this doll disappeared.''<br/>
 
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==Item details==
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== Item details ==
 
* This doll's hair grows very slowly, covering its face in the process.  After it reaches a certain length, its hair pulls back up to its original length.
 
* This doll's hair grows very slowly, covering its face in the process.  After it reaches a certain length, its hair pulls back up to its original length.
* The Okiku Ghost story is the inspiration behind "Ringu" (The Ring). The owner of the doll who "disappeared" may be implied as Okiku herself, though this is uncertain.
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* This decoration is based on a popular Japanese ghost story known as 番町皿屋敷 (''Banchou sarayashiki'', or ''Bancho Dish Mansion'').  In this story, a young servant girl named Okiku is killed by her master (or would-be lover depending on the version of the story being told) by throwing her down a well. The decoration's description may imply that Okiku owned this doll before her death.
  
 
[[Category:Room decorations]]
 
[[Category:Room decorations]]

Revision as of 00:41, 16 January 2009

Okiku Doll

The girl who owned this doll disappeared.
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Item details

  • This doll's hair grows very slowly, covering its face in the process. After it reaches a certain length, its hair pulls back up to its original length.
  • This decoration is based on a popular Japanese ghost story known as 番町皿屋敷 (Banchou sarayashiki, or Bancho Dish Mansion). In this story, a young servant girl named Okiku is killed by her master (or would-be lover depending on the version of the story being told) by throwing her down a well. The decoration's description may imply that Okiku owned this doll before her death.