In Japan, legends have been told for centuries about the legendary kappa water imp that is both a fearsome water monster and a troublemaker. This article discusses the kappa, its origins, attributes, its place in modern-day Japanese society, and whether
Photo: Union Catalogue of Early Japanese Books 日本古典籍総合目録 (1797); National Institute of Japanese Literature Digital Library 国文学研究資料館電子資料館. SHIRI 尻 (BUTTOCKS), TOILETS, & WOMEN Says scholar Michael Dylan Foster: “The kappa's obsession with the shiri (buttocks, hips) is...