In a two-page spread starting off the Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro, Toriyama Sekien drew three yokai: Yarikechō (槍毛長), Koinryō (虎隠良), and Zenfushō (禅釜尚). Zenfushō is a yokai with a pot on its head depicting the spirit of chagama (the iron tea ceremony pot), i.e. a tea kettle tsukumogami. Tsukumogami are household objects (utsuwamono or kibutsu, i.e. containers, tools, and instruments) that receive souls after a service life of nearly one hundred years. Out of the many utensil spirits, chagama is considered especially sacred, because it was used for “Kibitsuno Okamauranai”, a fortune telling ceremony that uncovered lucky omens. Koinryō holds a clawed staff called a koinryō. The yarikechō (not shown here), also known as Kanazuchibō or Daichiuchi, has long, flowing hair, big, buggy eyes, a beak-like mouth, and holds a mallet over its head, ready to strike.
Description In a two-page spread starting off the Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro, Toriyama Sekien drew three yokai: Yarikechō (槍毛長), Koinryō (虎隠良), and Zenfushō (禅釜尚). Zenfushō is a yokai with a pot on its head depicting the spirit of chagama (the iron tea ceremony pot), i.e. a tea kettle tsukumogami. Tsukumogami are household objects (utsuwamono or kibutsu, i.e. containers, tools, and instruments) that receive souls after a service life of nearly one hundred years. Out of the many utensil spirits, chagama is considered especially sacred, because it was used for “Kibitsuno Okamauranai”, a fortune telling ceremony that uncovered lucky omens. Koinryō holds a clawed staff called a koinryō. The yarikechō (not shown here), also known as Kanazuchibō or Daichiuchi, has long, flowing hair, big, buggy eyes, a beak-like mouth, and holds a mallet over its head, ready to strike.
