is a creature illustrated in Toriyama Sekien's ''
Konjaku Hyakki Shūi
is the third book of Japanese artist Toriyama Sekien's '' Gazu Hyakki Yagyō'' tetralogy, published c. 1781. These books are supernatural bestiaries, collections of ghosts, spirits, spooks and monsters, many of which Toriyama based on literat ...
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Mythology
It resembles a small
dog covered entirely in long hair. Its name is a pun - when written with different kanji (), ''keukegen'' means "an unusual thing which is rarely seen".
According to one report, the ''keukegen'' is a disease spirit which lives in damp, dark places and causes people in the house to get sick.
References
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Mizuki Road: Keukegen*
Japanese Wikipedia: Keukegen
Yōkai
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