Japanese Giant Firebreathing Chicken — The BasanIn medieval Japanese folklore the Basan was a

Japanese Giant Firebreathing Chicken — The BasanIn medieval Japanese folklore the Basan was a giant fire breathing chicken which roamed the forests of Iyo Province (now Ehime Prefecture).  While not dangerous to humans the beast is known to occasionally enter villages late at night, creating quite a commotion yet never being seen.  The Basan was first described in print by Takehara Shunsen in the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari (Book of a Hundred Stories), from which the illustration above also originates.   -- source link

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