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Aku-Bouzu, literally, "Ashy Baldhead" is a Japanese monster appearing in the folk lores/stories of the Tōhoku region, and is known by different names in some regions.
This monster lives in the [[ashes]] of a sunken hearth and leaps out at those who play around with the ash, drags them inside and eats them.
No folklore exists that tell of the appearance of an Aku-Bouzu. This is because it's one of the Japanese patterns of "bogeymen":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bogeyman].
Stories of Aku-Bouzu assaulting children who commit various acts considered "bad-manners" by adults ~such as bathing twice in a row on the same day, eating the food offered at the altar, going to the toilet naked~ also exist.

h4.See also

* "Wikipedia article (JP)":[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%81%B0%E5%9D%8A%E4%B8%BB]
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