is a strange '' yōkai'' with an eye in the place of his anus. The story goes as follows: Long ago, a samurai was walking at night down the road to Kyōto, when he heard someone calling out for him to wait. "Who's there?!" he asked nervously, only to turn around and find a man stripping off his clothes and pointing his bare buttocks at the flabbergasted traveler. A huge glittering eye then opened up where the strange man's anus should have been. This creature was so liked by the haiku poet and artist Buson, he included it in many of his '' yōkai'' paintings. Although Shirime appears to have a very startling appearance, it does not mean to harm people. Its joy comes from scaring people.

In popular culture

On April 1, 2023, the PC game ''Shirime: The Curse of Butt-Eye'' was released, based on the legend and starring Shirime.

References

External links

Shirime – Eyeball Butt
at hyakumonogatari.com (English). {{Shinto-stub Japanese folklore Japanese ghosts Yōkai ja:のっぺらぼう#同種の妖怪