
Bakezōri
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thumb|Depiction of a sandal-Yōkai in Hyakki Yagyō Emaki of the [[Muromachi period.]] A is a being from Japanese folklore belonging to the group of Yōkai.
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thumb|Depiction of a sandal-Yōkai in Hyakki Yagyō Emaki of the [[Muromachi period.]] A is a being from Japanese folklore belonging to the group of Yōkai.
== Description == The Bakezōri is described as a wandering sandal with two arms and two legs, but only one eye. He is said to spook inhabited households during the night, running around and continuously chanting: "Kararin, kororin, kankororin, managu mittsu ni ha ninmai!" (; "Kararin, kororin, kankororin! They have three eyes and two teeth!"). Most possibly he's mocking his "more noble cousins", the famous Geta.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bakezōri” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.