Gagoze

The image features a Gagoze, a demonic figure from Japanese folklore, shown in profile facing right. It has vivid red skin, an elongated face with bulging yellow eyes, a large nose, and an open mouth revealing sharp, jagged teeth. Its body is mostly obscured by a loose, voluminous white shroud or robe that trails behind it. The creature's hands, which are also bright red, have long, sharp claws and are held in a defensive or aggressive gesture near its chest.

This figure is a Gagoze, a yōkai said to haunt temples and attack novice monks, famously appearing in the 'Gagoze Hyakki Yagyō' or 'Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' scrolls. It represents the intersection of Buddhist temple legends and the popularization of monstrous entities in Edo-period Japanese visual culture.