Japanese giants

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thumb|400px|Umibōzu, from the (pub. 1801) thumb|upright|The , a kibyōshi by . Here appears an umibōzu with scales and a fin.

thumb|Daidarabotchi graphic from the Kaidan-Hyakki-Zue. was a gigantic type of yōkai in Japanese mythology, sometimes said to pose as a mountain range when sleeping.

thumb|"" from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi thumb|"" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Sekien Toriyama]] Mikoshi-nyūdō (見越し入道 or 見越入道) is a type of bald-headed yōkai "goblin" with an ever-extending neck. In Japanese folklore and Edo period (1603–1868) kaidan "ghost story" texts, mikoshi-nyūdō will frighten people who look over the top of things such as byōbu folding screens. The name combines mikoshi 見越し (lit. "see over") "looking over the top (of a fence); anticipation; expectation" and nyūdō 入道 (lit. "enter the Way") "a (Buddhist) priest; a bonze; a tonsured monster".