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Miage-nyūdō

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Mikoshi-nyūdō as illustrated by Toriyama Sekien.

Miage-nyūdō (見上入道), also better known as Mikoshi-nyūdō, is a kind of yōkai, a Japanese mythological creature. It's a vaguely human-shaped spirit that looks taller the more one looks up to it - in other words, the more one fears it. If a person stares into a miage-nyūdō's eyes long enough, they will die.

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