Hyousube

The image, in black ink on white, depicts a humanoid yōkai with a bald, rounded head, a grimacing expression with bared teeth, and a body covered in dense hair. It is crouched in a hunched pose on a slatted wooden veranda, with one hand pressed against a vertical post and the other gesturing outward. To the right of the creature stands a flowering shrub and a small tea pot on a tray, set against the architectural backdrop of a traditional Japanese building with sliding doors.

This print is from the 1781 collection 'Gazu Hyakki Yagyō' (Illustrated Night Parade of a Hundred Demons), which formalized much of Japanese yōkai folklore during the Edo period. The Hyousube is a type of water-dwelling spirit related to the kappa, traditionally associated with rural agricultural areas and the haunting of bathhouses or gardens.