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Pantheon: Japanese


Classification: Yokai


Translation: A corruption of the slang for wearing too much makeup


Alternate Names: Nuppefuhō

Habitat: Graveyards, Old Temples

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Key Points

- One head blob of meat with indistinguishable wrinkles on its face and body


Brief Bio 

The nuppeppō (Japanese: ぬっぺふほふ or ぬっぺっぽう) is a yōkai that appears in Edo Period yōkai emaki such as the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō and the Hyakkai Zukan. It is depicted with indistinguishable wrinkles on its face and body as a one head blob of meat.

Nuppeppō ぬっぺふほふ

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JAPANESE MYTHOLOGY

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