Illustration
Drawing of a Japanese kappa, supposedly caught in 1801 in Mito domain. Illustration from an 1836 copy by Reikai of Suiko Kōryaku by Koga Tōan.
The inscription reads:
Height 3.5 shaku, weight 12 kamme. The chest protudes, the neck is short like a boar's, the back is bent.
Nishio City Iwase Library.
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