More Scary Japanese Monsters —- The Shirime
In old times, this was a yokai (creature) found on the roads leading to Kyoto. The legend goes that late at night, a samurai was walking down the street when a man in a kimono stepped in to block his path and said “Excuse me … just a moment of your time … “ The samurai readied himself for an attack, and shouted back “What do you want?”
The man suddenly shed his kimono and stood stark naked. He then bent over and showed his ass to the samurai, which had a single, huge eye. When the eye opened, it shown with a bright light. The samurai screamed with fright and fled from the mysterious monster.
From Mizuki Shigaru’s Mujara
A perennial Halloween classic
a perineal Halloween classic
this is my favorite yokai because it makes no sense. there’s no message in the tale that features it—a dude just shows a samurai his butt eye.
i have been telling people about this fucking dude for years and i am thankful to see him getting his moment in the sun on tumblr