Nurarihyon
Nurarihyon is a mysterious and powerful yōkai encountered all across Japan.
It is said appearances can be deceiving, and nurarihyon is the perfect illustration of this.
Overall, he is rather benign-looking; his head is elongated and gourd-shaped; his face is wizened and wrinkled, resembling a cross between and old man and a catfish; he wears elegant clothing—often a splendid silk kimono or the rich robes of a Buddhist abbot and carries himself in the quiet manner of a sophisticated gentleman.
