http://haikutopics.blogspot.jp/2006/12/toilet-outhouse.html
akaname, aka name 垢嘗（あかなめ） "licking Aka dirt"
in the toilet and the bathroom
歌川芳員『百種怪談妖物雙六』より「底闇谷の垢嘗」
Akaname means filth licker in Japanese; aka is an homonym for red and filth, so the akaname is often described as being red in colour.
The akaname is the "personification of the fear of using a dark bathroom late at night". It is said to come out at night to lick up the grime and dirt that accumulates in unclean bathrooms.
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akaname, aka name 垢嘗（あかなめ） "licking Aka dirt"
in the toilet and the bathroom
歌川芳員『百種怪談妖物雙六』より「底闇谷の垢嘗」
Akaname means filth licker in Japanese; aka is an homonym for red and filth, so the akaname is often described as being red in colour.
The akaname is the "personification of the fear of using a dark bathroom late at night". It is said to come out at night to lick up the grime and dirt that accumulates in unclean bathrooms.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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