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Oiwa (お岩 Oiwa) is a ghost and is a distant relative to Iwako hence is a maternal relative to Kitarō's biological family. Chōchin-Oiwa (提灯お岩 Chōchin-Oiwa) is a form of Oiwa's spirit that possess chōchin lights.
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Life Force Absorption
Illusion
Cursing
Her curse can manifest in many forms, including with the form of rats or snakes.
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Oiwa appears in the ghost story and kabuki theater play ''Yotsuya Kaidan'' (Yotsuya Ghost Story) First staged in July 1825, Yotsuya Kaidan appeared at the Nakamuraza Theater in Edo as a double-feature with the immensely popular Kanadehon Chushingura. The story focuses on the revenge of Oiwa-san's ghost