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Actually it's not an oni 鬼, but a shikami 魅.

 

They are easily distinguished by their horns. Oni have square heads with small, conical, stubby horns. The shikami has the face of a shishi, and the ears and horns of an oxen, and is frequently depicted without a lower jaw (but not always). One will only see the head of a shikami, but never the body. Shikami are sometimes described as onimen shishi 鬼面獅子, "devil/demon-faced lions".

 

From the Nambokuchō period on, the shikami was one of the favorite subjects of maedate.

 

Here's one on a suit of armor of mine:

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Nice armor Guido!

I`ve to admit, that you are right in this case. It`s indeed a "shikami". I was a bit negligent with my first claim.

 

Oni

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Shikami

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Sometimes also seen "Fûjin" and "Raijin". Gods of wind and thunder......

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I`ve to admit, that you are right in this case. It`s indeed a "shikami". I was a bit negligent with my first claim.

 

Hey, don't be too hard on yourself - NMB is not a competition*! ;-) The shikami is one of the more rare mythical creatures, and can be easily confused for an oni or shishi or something else along those lines. That I was able to identify it just shows what a warehouse of randomly stored, more or less useless, bits of info on obscure things Japanese my brain turned into. I'm not sure if I should be thankful or alarmed. :doubt:

 

*I know that some forumites have a different take on that.

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