Umi-Oshō

Umi-Oshō (海和尚 Umi-Oshō, lit. Sea Priest) is a turtle yōkai.
==Appearance==
In the 1996 anime, Umi-Oshō appears as a turtle with a long neck and the head of a bald man. His vibrant green carapace has a hexagonal pattern, his scales on his short fins are dull green and his underside light green. He has pale skin on his neck and head. He has a pair of ears on the side of his head and his eyes have yellow sclerae with green irises.
In the third anime, it was indicated that he was once a human who eventually died and possessed a turtle, becoming a yōkai. He was trying to recover his original form by taking internal organs of a young lady as a sacrifice. 
==Personality==
==History==
===1985 Anime===
He appears in episode 76 of the third anime adaptation, The Man-Eating Island and Umi-Oshō.GeGeGe no Kitarō (1985): Episode 76
===1996 Anime===
He appears in episode 77 of the fourth anime adaptation, Umi-Oshō and Funa-Yūrei!.GeGeGe no Kitarō (1996): Episode 77
==Powers and Abilities==
==Legend==
Umi-Oshō is a yōkai resembling a sea turtle with the face of an old man. It's thought to be related to the Umibōzu and when it appears, it summons strong winds with disaster soon following, and it laughs loudly when it sees people.
The Umi-Oshō is recorded in the Wakan Sansai Zue where it's called the Oshōuo, and its presence caused misfortune to fisherman, such as making fishing nets useless. If a fisherman captures an Oshōuo, it'll put its hands together and beg for its life. The fisherman would let the Oshōuo go free, but not before making it promise that wouldn't interfere with their fishing anymore.
The Edo Period essay Tankai has a similar yōkai called Irikame-Nyūdō, where just looking at it would leave a person to be cursed. If an Irikame-Nyūdō gets caught in the net, it's best to give them sake and release them back into the sea to avoid being cursed. 
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