塗ぬり仏ぼとけ

noun

nuribotoke; corpse-like monster with dangling eyeballs

A yōkai from Japanese folklore, depicted as a black, bloated corpse with dangling eyeballs, often said to appear at night and surprise people.

• 塗ぬり仏ぼとけは、夜よ道みちで突とつ然ぜん現あらわれる妖よう怪かいとして知しられている。

  The nuribotoke is known as a yōkai that suddenly appears on roads at night.

• 鳥とり山やま石せき燕えんの画が集しゅうに塗ぬり仏ぼとけが描えがかれている。

  A nuribotoke is depicted in Toriyama Sekien's illustrated book.