- Setsubun is the day before the first day of spring in Japan. It means "seasonal division" and is usually celebrated every February 3rd. The tradition is usually carried out by the male head of the household of the male toshiotoko and he usually throws soybeans out the entrance of the door or at a person wearing a demon mask.
- Oni are a type of Japanese yokai or demon. They usually have human characteristics with unnatural characteristics like an extra finger.
- Kanabo are war clubs used by samurais in feudal Japan. The clubs are either spiked or studded and have to be wielded with two hands. They are often used by the oni.
- Syncretism is the combining of different schools of thought, for example, blending shinto beliefs with buddhism.
"A statue of a red oni wielding a kanabo."
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