Suzuri no tamashii
Suzuri no tamashii
Suzuri no tamashii (硯の魂 – The Haunted Inkstone) is a type of yōkai depicted in the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien.
The story surrounding the creature states that a man had a fondness for the Akama-ga-seki (now Shimonoseki) inkstone he had. He fell asleep reading tale of the Heike, and in the inkstrone appeared an ocean, Genji and Heike battling infront of him.1
External Links
- View the book online here: Konjaku Hyakki Shūi Online.
Footnotes
1. Yoda, H. and Alt, M. (2016) “Japandemonium: Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopaedia of Toriyama Sekien.”. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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