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  2. Hitotsume-kozō - Wikipedia

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    Also, in the "Okayama no Kaidan", at Kamimomiimaidani, Kumenan, Kume District, Okayama Prefecture, there was a hill road called Hitokuchizaka (一口坂, "one mouth hill"), and in the past, when one walks that path at night, a bright blue light together with a hitotsume-kozō would appear, and those who are unable to stand due to surprise/fear ...

  3. Oni - Wikipedia

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    In the Japanese role-playing horror game Ao Oni, the titular oni is depicted as a blue/purplish creature with a large head and human-like features. In the subsequent 2014 movie adaptation , the oni is given a radical makeover to appear more monstrous and scary, while in its 2016 anime adaptation, the oni remains faithful to its original appearance.

  4. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A species of one-eyed oni that kill and eat humans, large enough to devour a man in one bite. Onikuma A bipedal bear yōkai from the Kiso Valley in Nagano Prefecture, that carries livestock out of villages at night. Onmoraki A bird-demon created from the spirits of freshly dead corpses. Onmyōji

  5. Hitotsume-nyūdō - Wikipedia

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    This hitotsume-nyūdō and the hitotsume-kozō has the appearance of a nyūdō (monk), but there is a theory that it comes from the yōkai called "ichigan hitoashi hōshi (一眼一足法師, one-eyed one-footed hōshi)" from Mount Hiei.

  6. Kasa-obake - Wikipedia

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    A figure of a kasa-obake from the 1968 film Yokai Monsters: One Hundred Monsters A two-legged kasa-obake from the "Hyakki Yagyo Zumaki" by Enshin Kanō. [1]Kasa-obake (Japanese: 傘おばけ) [2] [3] are a mythical ghost or yōkai in Japanese folklore.

  7. List of one-eyed creatures in mythology and fiction - Wikipedia

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    Popobawa, a Tanzanian shetani (evil spirit) that often takes the form of a one-eyed bat-like creature; Psoglav, a one-eyed dog-headed monster in Serbian mythology; Snallygaster, a one-eyed dragon-like creature said to inhabit the hills surrounding Washington, D.C. and Frederick County, Maryland; Tepegoz, a one-eyed ogre in the Oghuz Turkish ...

  8. Mikaribaba - Wikipedia

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    It is said that this is in order to make the one-eyed mikaribaba make it seem like as if there were plenty of eyes (stitches). [2] At the Ura no Yato, Toriyama town, Kōhoku-ku, Yokohama, an avaricious mikaribaba would even come to collect grains of rice that have fallen on the ground, and would cause fires due to the fire in its mouth. In ...

  9. Date Masamune - Wikipedia

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    Date Masamune (伊達 政宗, DAH-tay; September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636) was a Japanese daimyō during the Azuchi–Momoyama period through the early Edo period.Heir to a long line of powerful feudal lords in the Tōhoku region, he went on to found the modern-day city of Sendai.