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"Jinjenju" (人面樹) from the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien

Jinmenju or Ninmenju (Chinese: 人面樹; pinyin: Rénmiànshù; Japanese: 人面樹 [にんめんじゅ、じんめんじゅ]; "human-faced tree") is a type of Yōkai and Yaoguai in Japanese and Chinese folklore. It is commonly depicted as a tree bearing flowers that resemble human heads. It notably appears in the Edo period Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien.[1]

  1. ^ 多田克己 (2006). 百鬼解読. 講談社文庫 (in Japanese). 講談社. pp. 20頁. ISBN 978-4-06-275484-2.

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