No. 15 of 15 · Yokai Personalities
Always Brings the Snacks
Pictures by Masazumi Ryusai
Tofu-kozo, the little tofu-carrying goblin drawn by Masazumi Ryusai in 1853, asks who always brings the snacks, and the inside answers with a warm thank-you for keeping everyone so well fed. In Edo-period Japanese picture books he was a shy, harmless errand boy who walked the streets at night with a block of tofu on a tray. For the friend who always shows up with something to eat.
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Inside, it says
TOFU-KOZO the friend who always brings snacks You do, every single time. Thank you for keeping us all so well fed! 豆腐小僧
On the back
小豆僧腐 / TOFU-KOZO / the friend who always brings snacks / Tofu-kozo is a shy little goblin of Edo-period Japanese picture books: a small boy in a wide straw hat who walks the streets at night carrying a block of tofu on a tray. He is a harmless errand boy. / YOKAI PERSONALITIES / No. 15/15
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