Moreover, a kama yokai (metal pot specter) was portrayed in "Hyakki yagyo emaki" ('Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' picture scroll) in the Muromachi period, and the Narikama was supposedly modeled on it.
また室町時代の『百鬼夜行絵巻』にも釜の妖怪が描かれており、これがモデルになったともいわれている。