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Original fileThe image features a muscular, grim-faced male figure with unkempt, bristly hair, sitting in a crouched position. He is wearing a heavy hide of a bovine animal, with the creature's head—complete with horns and snout—resting on his shoulders, effectively cloaking him. A sword is tucked at his waist, and he sits amidst a sparse background of stylized bamboo-like stalks and what appears to be clouds or snow at his feet. The illustration is a monochromatic woodblock print, utilizing fine black ink lines to create texture on the animal fur and the man's physique.
This print appears in Toriyama Sekien’s *Konjaku Hyakki Shūi* (1780), a foundational collection of yōkai encyclopedias that categorized and popularized Japanese folklore entities during the Edo period.
愚童 童子丸ハ雪の中ニ 牛の皮と蒙りて 妖光を放也 うぶ
Translation
Kidōmaru (Foolish Child): It is said that Kidōmaru, wearing an ox hide amidst the snow, emits a supernatural light.
Konjaku Hyakki Shūi
This artwork is a plate from the third volume of Sekien's compendium of Japanese ghosts and monsters.
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