Abumi-guchi

An abumi-guchi (鐙口, lit.

"stirrup mouth") is a strange furry yōkai, or Japanese monster, that is illustrated in Sekien Toriyama's Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro.

It is a type of tsukumogami formed from a stirrup, usually one that once belonged to a dead soldier that fell in battle.

It is said that the abumi-guchi will wait where it lies for the dead soldier to return.

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