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Hitotsume-nyūdō
Hitotsume-nyūdō is a yōkai of Japan that has the appearance of an ōnyūdō that has only one eye. Summary They can be seen in the legends and folklore of various places, and like the mikoshi-nyūdō, there are some that expand and contract their height. In Kyoto, it is said that their true identity is that of a fox (kitsune). Also, a hitotsume-nyūdō appears in the Kaidan (parapsychology), kaidan Inō Mononoke Roku from the Edo period, and there was a picture depicting it attempting to capture the main character Heitarō (refer to image), but this one is a bake-danuki, tanuki that has shapeshifted. In Hidaka District, Wakayama, Hidaka District, Wakayama Prefecture, there is a yōkai tale as follows. A young fellow was on the way from Kamishiga to Ena (now Yura, Wakayama, Yura, Hidaka District), he came across a splendid procession. It didn't appear to be a feudal lord or a marriage, but when he climbed a tree to spectate, the procession stopped at the base of the tree, and f ...
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Hitotsume-kozō
''Hitotsume-kozō'' (一つ目小僧) are a ''Yōkai'' (supernatural apparition) of Japan that take on the appearance of a bald-headed child with one eye in the center of its forehead similar to a cyclops. Summary They generally do not cause any injury, are said to suddenly appear and surprise people, and are a comparatively harmless type of yōkai. By that, it can be said that their behavior could also be understood in terms of the ''karakasa-obake''. Perhaps because they don't perform bad deeds, when they are depicted in pictures, they are often depicted cutely, or in a humorous design. In ''obake karuta, yōkai karuta'', ''hitotsume-kozō'' are depicted carrying ''tōfu'', but according to the ''yōkai'' researcher Katsumi Tada, since "" leads to "", hitotsume-kozō are supposed to dislike beans, but somehow before anyone knew it the ''hitotsume-kozō'' switched to having ''tōfu'' (made from soybeans) as its favorite food. Additionally, this said to be related to the ''tōfu ...
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