Can anyone help me identify a deity? (also posting to /r/Shinto)

I just came back from a trip to Japan and while I was over there I visited the Sanjusangendo temple in Kyoto. In the temple, there's 1001 statues of the bodhisattva Kannon (Avalokitesvara), alongside 28 protector deities that stand in front of the Kannon statues.

What I'm looking is the name of one of the deities in particular - she was an old crone figure who was referred to as a Japanese demoness who acts as a god of fertility. Out of all the other rather masculine and youthful looking figures, she stood out strongly and made a deep impression of me.

I managed to find this list of the 28 deities there, but some of the descriptions are rather bare so I don't know which one she is:

http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/28-bushu-kannon.shtml

Thanks!

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