Hitotsume-kozō
Sign in to savethumb|The card "" from Obake karuta|yōkai karuta thumb|A hitotsume-kozō from the kibyōshi "Bakemono Chakutōchō" by Masayoshi Kitao. 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.
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thumb|The card "" from Obake karuta|yōkai karuta thumb|A hitotsume-kozō from the kibyōshi "Bakemono Chakutōchō" by Masayoshi Kitao. 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.
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