Akaname ( lit. "Filth licker" ) is a monster from toriyama sekien's gazu hyakki yakkou(parade of 100 Yokai), likely based on a creature called aka-neburi from the Kokon Hyaku Monogatari Hyōban,an edo period story collection. Sekien included no explanation with the drawing, but today the akaname is often described as a being which appears in untidy bathrooms to lick up the grime and dirt with his poisonous saliva. The story is sometimes used to scare children into keeping the bathroom clean. This explanation seems to have originated in a 1920's anthology of art.
Here's my aka-name action figure:
I sculpted his head from clay over a grayed original mego head (I had in my parts bag).For his body I used a ctvt child body (5inches)which I dyed green with rit fabric dye and I sculpted on his pointy foot claws (one on each foot)with clay. I sculpted his filthy toilet chamber accessory from clay as well.Entire figure and accessory were painted with acrylics and sealed with Modpodge adhesive sealant.