What the record says

A kind of sprite, somewhere between a yokai and a spirit, that lives in old houses, centred on Iwate and found in Aomori, Akita and Miyagi, under local names such as zashiki-bokko, kura-warashi and usutsuki-ko. It is a small child with a red face and hanging hair, living in the inner rooms of old houses. While it is there the house prospers; when it leaves, the house declines. Sleep in its room and it may turn your pillow or press down on you from above, but it does no one harm.

Our summary in English of the record as catalogued; the original card is in Japanese.

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