Kejōrō are prostitutes whose face and body are hidden behind a curtain of disturbingly thick, long, disheveled black hair. From behind they look just like normal women with their hair hanging down loosely. They appear in red-light districts and brothels. A kejōrō’s victims are the young men who frequent brothels and red light districts. Thinking he sees a girl that he recognizes from behind, a man runs up to the kejōrō to speak with her. When she turns around, her face and body are covered by a thick mat of hair, hiding all of her features. Her victim is shocked by the horrible, hairy monster in front of him and loses consciousness or even dies. Kejōrō comes from in Toriyama Sekien’s 1779 yōkai encyclopedia Konjaku gazu zoku hyakki. His original description is unclear as to whether the kejōrō has normal facial features under the matte of hair which completely covers her face, or whether she is a faceless monster the likes of nopperabō and ohaguro-bettari.
Description Kejōrō are prostitutes whose face and body are hidden behind a curtain of disturbingly thick, long, disheveled black hair. From behind they look just like normal women with their hair hanging down loosely. They appear in red-light districts and brothels. A kejōrō’s victims are the young men who frequent brothels and red light districts. Thinking he sees a girl that he recognizes from behind, a man runs up to the kejōrō to speak with her. When she turns around, her face and body are covered by a thick mat of hair, hiding all of her features. Her victim is shocked by the horrible, hairy monster in front of him and loses consciousness or even dies. Kejōrō comes from in Toriyama Sekien’s 1779 yōkai encyclopedia Konjaku gazu zoku hyakki. His original description is unclear as to whether the kejōrō has normal facial features under the matte of hair which completely covers her face, or whether she is a faceless monster the likes of nopperabō and ohaguro-bettari.
