Reconstructed after the iconography seen in the Matsui Library Hyakki Yagyō handscroll and other monster scrolls held by institutions such as the National Museum of Japanese History: a bird-faced figure brandishing a raised hammer. Following the sources, its name is noted as Kanezuchibō, with a comment on its affinity to the cognate form Daichiuchi; its deeds and origins remain unknown. While the hammer suggests a tool-turned-tsukumogami reading, no explicit statement in the sources confirms this. It is most often depicted as a member of a procession, one of the recurring motifs in Hyakki Yagyō imagery. Later metaphorical readings (e.g., caution or self-effacement) are treated as secondary interpretations and not conflated with the original tradition.
Character Profile
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Yokai Type - Traditional Yokai
Category - Household Spirits
Rarity - Rare
Personality - unknown, possibly cautious (interpretive)
Compatibility - unknown
Abilities - unknown, hammer-wielding gesture (in iconography)
Weaknesses - unknown
Habitat - the pictorial world of handscrolls, unknown
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