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Tesso

Tesso is a Japanese yōkai related to the vengeful spirit (onryō) of the Heian period monk Raigō and a mouse. The name “tesso” is a name given by Toriyama Sekien in the Edo period collection of yōkai pictures, the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō… Sekien’s comments: Raigō became a plague of rats, and went into the world.
Alias Tesso (鉄鼠)
Real Names/Alt Names Priest Raigo
Characteristics Japanese Mythos, Yōkai, Enlightenment and Neoclassicism, Public Domain
Creators/Key Contributors Toriyama Sekien, Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
First Appearance Japanese folklore
First Publisher ○
Appearance List Gazu Hyakki Yagyō (画図百鬼夜行, “The Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons” or The Illustrated Demon Horde’s Night Parade, 1776) Vol. 2 “Yang”
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Description Tesso is a Japanese yōkai related to the vengeful spirit (onryō) of the Heian period monk Raigō and a mouse. The name “tesso” is a name given by Toriyama Sekien in the Edo period collection of yōkai pictures, the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō… Sekien’s comments: Raigō became a plague of rats, and went into the world.
Source Tesso – Wikipedia
New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts: Priest Raigo of Mii Temple Transformed by Wicked Thoughts into a Rat (1891, Detail) | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
New Forms of Thirty-six Ghosts: Priest Raigo of Mii Temple Transformed by Wicked Thoughts into a Rat (1891, Detail) | Tsukioka Yoshitoshi