Basan

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The basan as depicted in Takehara Shunsen's Ehon Hyaku Monogatari.
The basan as depicted in Takehara Shunsen's Ehon Hyaku Monogatari.

Basan is a fowl-like bird illustrated in the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari. According to the description on the illustration, it resembles a large chicken and breathes ghost-fire from its mouth. It lives in the mountains of Iyo Province (today Ehime Prefecture).

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