Nurarihyon is a Japanese yōkai. Generally, like the hyōtannamazu, they are considered a monster that cannot be caught. One can find that it often appears in the yōkai emaki of the Edo Period, but any further details about it are unknown… It is a bald old man with an elongated head, and depicted wearing either a kimono or a kasaya. Without any explanatory text, it is unclear what kind of yōkai they were intending to depict.
Description Nurarihyon is a Japanese yōkai. Generally, like the hyōtannamazu, they are considered a monster that cannot be caught. One can find that it often appears in the yōkai emaki of the Edo Period, but any further details about it are unknown… It is a bald old man with an elongated head, and depicted wearing either a kimono or a kasaya. Without any explanatory text, it is unclear what kind of yōkai they were intending to depict.
