An image-based yokai originating from picture scrolls without accompanying text, making its function and temperament hard to define. Its bristling, hair-standing posture suggests a visual motif of fear or dread, yet sources provide no explanation and no firm conclusion can be drawn. Names vary by source, and related figures may appear under different titles. Here, characterization is kept minimal, grounded only in the image’s form and the extant manuscripts.
Character Profile
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Category - Household Spirits
Rarity - Rare
Personality - unknown
Compatibility - unknown
Abilities - unknown
Weaknesses - unknown
Habitat - within picture scrolls, in the ranks of a Hyakki Yagyo procession
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