■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ In this paper, comparisons were made between femme fatales in Western literary works and depictions based on them with female characters found in Japanese art that appear to fit the definition of femme fatale. This research is based on the question of whether there are any figures in Japanese culture that could be called femme fatales, while Western art has paintings titled “femme fatale,” which means ‘a woman who tempts and destroys men’. I consider that this will allow the discovery of new perspectives on women in both cultures, and in conclusion, I have summarized the similarities and differences that I have discovered through the comparisons. In Chapter 1, Salome from the New Testament and Oscar Wilde’s play “Salome” was compared with Kiyohime from “Dainihonkokuhokkegenki” and “Dojoji-engi” based on the common point of causing another to die. In Chapter 2, Kirke from Greek mythology was compared with the female master in Kyoka Izumi’s “Koya Hijiri” based on the similarity of turning humans into animals. Chapter 3 Helene from Greek mythology was compared with Tamamonomae from otogi-zoshi, Noh, and Joruri based on the common point that both were women of ruinous beauty. In conclusion, it was found that in the West, fear and loathing of women, based on Christian ideas, came to be taken up in many representations of femme fatale. In addition, the expression of cruelty in depicting demonic women in the West was found to be different from the representation of demonic women in Japanese art in terms of ideology and expression.
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