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Abumiguchi

Abumiguchi were once stirrups belonging to a warrior who fell in battle. The stirrups were left on the battlefield, forgotten. Upset at losing their purpose, a soldier’s implements can transform into tsukumogami. Like faithful hounds, abumiguchi wait in the fields for their masters, who will sadly never return.
Alias Abumiguchi (鐙口)
Real Names/Alt Names “Stirrup mouth”
Characteristics Yōkai, Enlightenment and Neoclassicism, Japanese
Creators/Key Contributors Toriyama Sekien, ○
First Appearance Japanese folklore
First Publisher
Appearance List Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro (百器徒然袋, “The Illustrated Bag of One Hundred Random Demons” or “A Horde of Haunted Housewares”, c. 1781) Vol. 2
Sample Read Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Vol. 2 (c. 1781) [Smithsonian]
Description Abumiguchi were once stirrups belonging to a warrior who fell in battle. The stirrups were left on the battlefield, forgotten. Upset at losing their purpose, a soldier’s implements can transform into tsukumogami. Like faithful hounds, abumiguchi wait in the fields for their masters, who will sadly never return.
Source Abumiguchi – Yokai.com
Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Vol. 2 (c. 1781) | Toriyama Sekien
Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Vol. 2 (c. 1781) | Toriyama Sekien