#abumi-kuchi

[jigokuyeah]

Abumi-kuchi

鐙口 (あぶみくち)

Stirrup Mouth

From the now defunct website Obakemono Project:

A strange furry creature formed from a stirrup, illustrated in the Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro. The accompanying poem suggests that it once belonged to a man who has fallen in battle, and now shares in his misfortune:

膝の口をのぶかにいさせてあぶみを越して

おりたゝんとすれども、なんぎの手なればと、

おなじくうたふと、夢心におぼへぬ。

An arrow is shot deep into the knee, and he falls from his stirrups, and the hand of suffering is dealt, and such a song is sung, I saw it not in my dreaming mind.

Art by S.H.Morgan

You can read more about Abumi-kuchi on Yokai.com and a translation of Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro in Japandemonium by Matt Alt and Hiroko Yoda. 

And check out more Obakemono Project posts in Jigoku Yeah’s Obakemono Project tag

[of-otherness]

鐙口 (あぶみくち) or Abumi-kuchi = (Stirrup Mouth)

A strange furry creature formed from a stirrup, illustrated in the Gazu Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro. The accompanying poem suggests that it once belonged to a man who has fallen in battle, and now shares in his misfortune:

膝の口をのぶかにいさせてあぶみを越して  おりたゝんとすれども、なんぎの手なればと、  おなじくうたふと、夢心におぼへぬ。 

translation: An arrow is shot deep into the knee, and he falls from his stirrups, and the hand of suffering is dealt, and such a song is sung, I saw it not in my dreaming mind.  Citations  1. Murakami 2005 p. 17  2. Inada p. 287

information from obakemono.com