Sori no kanmushi – ソリの肝虫 – [yokai | KanNoMushi]

Description

Sori no kanmushi – JP: ソリの肝虫 – ‘Spine warping Liver Worm’

• About this mushi: a wicked worm that lives in the hosts liver, it stretches and painfully bites the hosts spine causing it to develop into a curved spine (severe scoliosis? Hunchback?) it does this because It likes spicy food. (I guess the spine is spicy, Who knew?)

• Cure: it can be cured with herbal medicine such as Mokkō & Byukajutsu. (Medicine made from the roots of thistles.)

• History: 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 an unkown resident of Ibaraki City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan.

[The original via Kyoto museums collection]

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!