Shiro uneri – Eidolon Station

Born out of a dish towel or kitchen rag which has seen too many years of usage, the shiro uneri looks like a ferocious, yet tiny cloth dragon. Shiro uneri flies through the air, chasing cleaning staff and servants. It attacks them by wrapping its slimy, mildewy body around their necks and heads, causing them to pass out from the stench. Though they seem more interested in mischief than murder, shiro uneri have occasionally killed servants by strangulation.

Alias Shiro uneri (白溶裔)

Real Names/Alt Names “White undulation”

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. 1

Sample Read Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Vol. 1 (c. 1781) [Smithsonian]

Description Born out of a dish towel or kitchen rag which has seen too many years of usage, the shiro uneri looks like a ferocious, yet tiny cloth dragon. Shiro uneri flies through the air, chasing cleaning staff and servants. It attacks them by wrapping its slimy, mildewy body around their necks and heads, causing them to pass out from the stench. Though they seem more interested in mischief than murder, shiro uneri have occasionally killed servants by strangulation.

Source Shirouneri – Yokai.com

Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro Vol. 1 (c. 1781) | Toriyama Sekien