The second gate is guarded by a young woman wearing twenty layers of juunihitoe court dress, playing a shamisen to pass the time.

While not allowing them to pass, she does not seem to be immediately hostile. Failure to solve the riddle or attempting to force one’s way through would cause her to rise - lifting the hem of her robes to reveal eight, spidery legs. Answer the riddle and answer correctly, or find yourself in a web that you cannot escape.
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