page_title: Mikoshi-nyūdō
hierarchical_section_title: Mikoshi-nyūdō
caption_attribution_description: Mikoshi-nyūdō (見越, long-necked creature whose height increases as fast as you can look up at it) from the Gazu Hyakki Yakō (画図百鬼夜行)
context_page_description: Mikoshi-nyūdō is a type of bald-headed yōkai "goblin" with an ever-extending neck. In Japanese folklore and Edo period kaidan "ghost story" texts, mikoshi-nyūdō will frighten people who look over the top of things such as byōbu folding screens. The name combines mikoshi 見越し "looking over the top; anticipation; expectation" and nyūdō 入道 "a priest; a bonze; a tonsured monster".
context_section_description: Mikoshi-nyūdō (見越し入道 or 見越入道) is a type of bald-headed yōkai "goblin" with an ever-extending neck. In Japanese folklore and Edo period (1603–1868) kaidan "ghost story" texts, mikoshi-nyūdō will frighten people who look over the top of things such as byōbu folding screens. The name combines mikoshi 見越し (lit. "see over") "looking over the top (of a fence); anticipation; expectation" and nyūdō 入道 (lit. "enter the Way") "a (Buddhist) priest; a bonze; a tonsured monster".
caption: "Mikoshi (見越)" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama
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