Often listed alongside “look-up” monsters like the Mikoshi-nyūdō, it is depicted opening an enormous mouth the moment a householder looks up, asserting its menace. Other images present it as a white, lumpy body creeping on four short limbs. There is little region-specific storytelling; it commonly appears in collections of “monster tales” that describe things jumping out from shadows on night roads or within a house to frighten passersby. Its origins and methods of banishment are inconsistent and largely unknown.