Amefurikozō
Sign in to saveright|thumb|200px|"Amefurikozō" from the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki by [[Sekien Toriyama]] right|thumb|200px|The amefurikozō that appeared in "Gozonji no Bakemono" illustrated by Utagawa Toyokuni is a type of Japanese yōkai. There is a depiction of this yōkai in Sekien Toriyama's collection of yōkai drawing the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki, and they can also be seen in the kibyōshi among other publications of the same era.
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- あめふりこぞう
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right|thumb|200px|"Amefurikozō" from the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki by [[Sekien Toriyama]] right|thumb|200px|The amefurikozō that appeared in "Gozonji no Bakemono" illustrated by Utagawa Toyokuni is a type of Japanese yōkai. There is a depiction of this yōkai in Sekien Toriyama's collection of yōkai drawing the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki, and they can also be seen in the kibyōshi among other publications of the same era.
==Classics== In the Konjaku Gazu Zoku Hyakki it wears a Japanese umbrella with its central pole missing, and it is depicted possessing a paper lantern. In the explanatory text, it says, "", stating that they are the jidō (children employed by the nobility) of the Chinese god of rain "Ushi".
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