Nurarihyon

The figure is depicted from the chest up, wearing a simple, dark-colored, kimono-style garment with a prominent white sash tied at the chest. His most striking feature is an extremely elongated, dome-shaped head that dwarfs his facial features, which are clustered in the lower portion of his skull. He has a thin, wispy beard, slightly crooked eyes looking to the side, and a calm but enigmatic expression, rendered in ink and light wash on a tan paper background.

Nurarihyon is a figure in Japanese folklore known as the 'commander of all yōkai,' often appearing as an old man who enters houses uninvited, drinks tea, and acts as if he is the master of the home. This depiction belongs to the genre of 'bakemono no e' (pictures of ghosts and monsters), which flourished in the Edo period as a way to categorize and visually document the supernatural.