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Chokuboron

Chokuboron are formed from small sake cups called choko. They appear as komuso monks in people’s dreams to frighten them.
Alias Chokuboron (猪口暮露)
Real Names/Alt Names
Characteristics Yōkai, Enlightenment and Neoclassicism, Public Domain
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. 3
Sample Read Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Vol. 3 (c. 1781) [Smithsonian]
Description Chokuboron are formed from small sake cups called choko. They appear as komuso monks in people’s dreams to frighten them.
Source List of Tsukumogami – Warriors of Myth Wiki
Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Vol. 3 (c. 1781) | Toriyama Sekien
Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Vol. 3 (c. 1781) | Toriyama Sekien