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Japan: The Uma-shika is a horse-like monster with a horn on its head and a single bulging eye. From the Bakemono Zukushi Monster Scroll, Edo Period (1603-1868).

Japan: The Uma-shika is a horse-like monster with a horn on its head and a single bulging eye. From the Bakemono Zukushi Monster Scroll, Edo Period (1603-1868).

The Bakemono Zukushi handscroll, painted in the Edo period (18th-19th century) by an unknown artist, depicts 24 traditional monsters that traditionally haunt people and localities in Japan.

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