Organized around forms depicted in Edo-period picture scrolls and picture sugoroku. Long hair covers the entire body, with bangs hanging down to obscure the face. In works like Hyakkai Zukan and Gazu Hyakki Yagyō it appears on the same page as Waira, suggesting a shared sound and sense of fear. Names such as Otoroshi, Odoro-odoro, and Keiippai are listed together, implying variation from differing readings of repeating marks. Specific locales, deeds, or omens cannot be inferred from the images; some show it atop a torii, but no sources conclusively assign it a punitive divine role. In folk thought, it is seen as a form shaped by the notion of odorogami (bristling hair) and the language of fear.
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Rarity - Epic
Personality - unknown, awe-inspiring
Compatibility - unknown
Abilities - unknown, an aura that instills fear (iconographic interpretation)
Weaknesses - unknown
Habitat - unknown, shrine precincts, around torii gates (iconographic examples)
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