Legend
Hitotsume-kozo Legend
Publicly verified
An Edo tradition of a one-eyed novice yokai who visits houses on koto-yoka, repelled by hanging up a basket of many holes; analysed by Yanagita Kunio.
Related sacred places
Folklore beings in this legend
Sources
国際日本文化研究センター 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース
Primary source国際日本文化研究センター
一つ目小僧伝承に関わる怪異・伝承資料の参照入口。
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiDB3/一つ目小僧伝承 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
一つ目小僧伝承の概要に関する二次整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%80%E3%81%A4%E7%9B%AE%E5%B0%8F%E5%83%A7%E4%BC%9D%E6%89%BF
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