 Bashōnosei (ばしょうのせい, "Japanese banana spirit") is a ghost in Toriyama Sekien's collection of monster paintings, "Konjaku Hyakki Shūi".The spirit of Basho transforms a person by taking the form of a person.According to the commentary of "Hundred demon hunting", "The story that Basho's spirit can turn into a person is in Karato (China), and the song" Basho "was created by this."