Nuppeppō
Sign in to savethumb|Nuppeppō (ぬつへつほう) from Bakemono no e (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, [[Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.|alt=]] right|thumb|180px|"Nuppepō" (ぬつへつほう) from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi right|thumb|180px|"Nuppepō" (ぬつへつほふ) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Toriyama Sekien]]
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Concept
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- Etymology
- Description
- Behaviors and powers
- References in Japanese culture
- See also
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thumb|Nuppeppō (ぬつへつほう) from Bakemono no e (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, [[Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.|alt=]] right|thumb|180px|"Nuppepō" (ぬつへつほう) from the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi right|thumb|180px|"Nuppepō" (ぬつへつほふ) from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Toriyama Sekien]]
The is a yōkai that appears in Edo Period yōkai emaki such as the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō and the Hyakkai Zukan. It is depicted with indistinguishable wrinkles on its face and body as a one head blob of meat.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nuppeppō” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.