Isonade

According to the Ehon Hyaku Monogatari, its body has never been seen, as it is always "hidden beneath the waves, save for its huge tail fin which is covered in small barbs." In theory:

:It approaches boats stealthily and uses its hooked tail to snare sailors and drag them into the sea, where it devours them. When it appears, fierce winds blow. It may also simply use its tail to capsize boats, or strike the beach with its tail and kill people there.

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• {{cite book | first = Shigeru | last = Mizuki | author-link = Shigeru Mizuki | title = Mujara 5: Tōhoku, Kyūshū-hen | publisher = Soft Garage |language = ja | date = 2004 | isbn = 978-4-86133-027-8 | page = 79 }}
• {{cite book | first = Takehara | last = Shunsen | title = Tōsanjin Yawa - Ehon Hyaku Monogatari | publisher = Kadokawa Shoten

| language = ja | date = 2006 | isbn = 978-4043830015 }}

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{{Wiktionary|Isonade}}

• [http://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiCard/2360637.shtml Isonade] at the Kaii-Yōkai Denshō Database

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Category:Legendary fish

Category:Sea monsters

Category:Yōkai

Category:Water spirits

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