泥どろ田た坊ぼう

noun

Dorotabō; vengeful spirit of a former rice paddy owner

A yōkai from Toriyama Sekien's Edo-period bestiary. Depicted as a one-eyed, three-fingered figure rising from muddy rice fields, lamenting the loss of its land. The name is a proper noun referring to this specific creature.

• 鳥とり山やま石せき燕えんの画が集しゅうに描えがかれた泥どろ田た坊ぼうは、田たんぼから現あらわれる妖よう怪かいとして知しられている。

  The Dorotabō depicted in Toriyama Sekien's art collection is known as a yōkai that appears from rice paddies.