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[[Image:SekienAbumi-guchi.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An abumi-guchi as depicted in Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki ''Tsurezure Bukuro'']] | [[Image:SekienAbumi-guchi.jpg|thumb|right|150px|An abumi-guchi as depicted in Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki ''Tsurezure Bukuro'']] | ||
An '''abumi-guchi''' is a furry yokai in Japanese mythology. | An '''abumi-guchi''' is a furry yokai in Japanese mythology. | ||
The abumi-guchi is illustrated in Sekien Toriyama's ''Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro''. | The abumi-guchi is illustrated in Sekien Toriyama's ''Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro''. | ||
The abumi-guchi is a type of tsukumo-gami formed from a stirrup, usually one that once belonged to a fallen soldier. It is said that the abumi-guchi will wait where it lies for the fallen solider to return. | The abumi-guchi is a type of tsukumo-gami formed from a stirrup, usually one that once belonged to a fallen soldier. It is said that the abumi-guchi will wait where it lies for the fallen solider to return. | ||
Revision as of 17:10, 28 April 2008
An abumi-guchi is a furry yokai in Japanese mythology.
The abumi-guchi is illustrated in Sekien Toriyama's Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro.
The abumi-guchi is a type of tsukumo-gami formed from a stirrup, usually one that once belonged to a fallen soldier. It is said that the abumi-guchi will wait where it lies for the fallen solider to return.