ヌリカベ，ヌリボウ · Onga District, Fukuoka · 1956
The nurikabe, also called nuribō
What the record says
Walking a night road, the way ahead suddenly becomes a wall and you cannot go forward. Sweep the lower part with a stick and it vanishes; sweeping the upper part does not.
Our summary in English of the record as catalogued; the original card is in Japanese.
In our articles
Nurikabe
塗り壁（ぬりかべ）
A night-road obstruction that stops travelers like a wall, though the early record does not describe a visible body.