Waira (Yōkai scroll study)

The Waira is shown in profile, its head featuring a long, pointed nose, wide eyes with prominent red-rimmed eyelids, and a gaping mouth showing sharp, tooth-like serrations. The creature's body is a pale, clouded green, blending into an amorphous, smoky form that suggests supernatural movement. Its single, prominent clawed hand extends forward, while a partial glimpse of another dark, clawed limb appears at the upper left edge of the composition. The background is a plain, weathered paper surface, with calligraphic text placed above the creature.

The Waira is a yōkai recorded in Edo-period encyclopedias of the supernatural, such as the 'Gazu Hyakki Yagyō' by Toriyama Sekien. These creatures reflect early modern Japanese classifications of the uncanny, where the ambiguous and the monstrous serve as boundaries to the natural order.