Gangi kozo

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Le gangi kozō (岸涯小僧). est un yokai, apparaissant uniquement dans le Gazu hyakki yagyō et physiquement très proche des kappa, les esprits des eaux. Il est possible que Toriyama Sekien se soit fondé sur les nombreuses légendes qui évoquent le kappa.

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Image: Toriyama Sekien (鳥山石燕, Japanese, *1712, †1788), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.