KanazuchibōIconographic Reconstruction (According to Tradition)

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.

Yokai with similar personality and characteristics to Iconographic Reconstruction (According to Tradition)

Snake-Bone Hag

Sekien Iconography Standard

93%

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Umashika (Horse-Deer Yokai)

Emaki-Conforming

92%

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Oni of Hemp Fiber (O-uni)

Iconographic Tradition, Sekien Lineage

91%

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Yokai with opposite personality and characteristics to Iconographic Reconstruction (According to Tradition)

Hotei

Incarnation of Maitreya, the Laughing Monk, Hotei

61%

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Kannon

Bodhisattva of 33 Forms and Infinite Compassion

62%

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Sokushinbutsu

Sokushinbutsu, the Living Buddha Enshrined in the Earth

62%

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