Akaname
The akaname (垢嘗, lit. "filth licker") is a monster from Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yakō, likely based on a creature called aka-neburi from the Kokon Hyaku Monogatari Hyōban (古今百物語評判), an Edo period story collection.
Sekien included no explanation with the drawing, but today the akaname is often described as a being which appears in untidy bathrooms to lick up the grime and dirt. This explanation seems to have originated in a 1920's anthology of yōkai art.
References
- "Aka-name". The Obakemono Project. Retrieved 2008-04-18.
- Gould, Robert Jay. "Japan Culture Research Project 2003 Topic: Youkai and Kaidan" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-04-18.
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