Keukegen- Japanese folklore: a creature covered in black fur that lives in peoples houses. Its name means "rarely seen". It was a disease spirit, inflicting sickness into those who lived in its host house.
Detail, 'Cats Join to Form the Vocabulary of Fish: Bonito' by Japanese artist Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1797-1861). Ukiyo-e. via Ukiyo-e Ota Memorial Museum of Art
妖怪提灯お化け Yokai Chochin Obake (Lantern Ghost) Yōkai (妖怪?, ghost, phantom, strange apparition) are a class of supernatural monsters in Japanese folklore. The word yōkai is made up of the kanji for "mysterious" and "weird".------ #japan #japanese #yokai