Kishaku - 気積 - [Yokai | KanNoMushi]

Kishaku - 気積 - “Mood Infection”

• About this mushi: lives in the stomach & makes its host crave Oily food. [...is what the museum exhibit says in person.] The book itself mentions that people infected with kishaku will become lustful with an increased sex drive. (it looks a bit like its wearing a nigiri sushi, but it apparently it refuses to eat rice.) 

• Cure: If you can eat the belly of a tiger (or medicine made of it), you’ll be cured!

One of 63 ‘KanNoMushi’ 疳の虫 (germ/parasitic Yokai) from the “Harikikigaki” 針聞書 or “the book of needles” - a tome about acupuncture & medical knowledge written in 1568 by a resident of Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

Sticker Art by @Samkalensky (yo thats me!) - Part of my Night parade of 100 Demons - Yokai & Japanese folklore sticker collection, weather-resistant 4" Glossy sticker. Check my shop & follow @samkalensky for many more!