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Japan: The Nobusuma has a brown body, human-like face, spiky hair, claws, and sharp black teeth. From the Bakemono Zukushi Monster Scroll, Edo Period (1603-1868).

Japan: The Nobusuma has a brown body, human-like face, spiky hair, claws, and sharp black teeth. From the Bakemono Zukushi Monster Scroll, Edo Period (1603-1868).

The Bakemono Zukushi handscroll, painted in the Edo period (18th-19th century) by an unknown artist, depicts 24 traditional monsters that traditionally haunt people and localities in Japan.

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