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水虎十弐品之圖, or, Twelve Types of Kappa, variant

Edited National Diet Library chart of the twelve types of kappa (河童) (mythological water sprite/beast/monster/fairy/yokai) in Japan. The thing to remember if you ever get waylaid by a kappa is their fondness for cucumbers. Simply offer the accosting kappa a cucumber and you'll be on your way without further difficulty. Color/processing variant.

 

Wikipedia article: Kappa (folklore)

 

Image source: dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/2543033

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Uploaded on August 12, 2019