RSPK Reports of Early Modern Japan ―About the Strange Phenomena Around Women from Ikebukuro 

SHIMIZU Kazuo

Nihhon Institute for Critical Science

ABSTRACT

 In early modern period, Edo Era of Japan, it was believed that strange RSPK-likephenomena occurred around a maid employed from Ikebukuro village (now Ikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo) or Ikegami village (now Ikegami, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo) when her master had sexual relations with her. Although some critics suggested they might have been made by young men of the village, a few reports indicate bona-fide paranormal phenomena.

Key words : RSPK, poltergeist, Edo, Era, folklore, Ikebukuro