Issun boshi
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Issun Bôshi ("One Inch Man") is a traditional Japanese folk tale about the adventures of a young man only about an inch (one sun) tall. These included traveling across Osaka Bay in a rice bowl.
Like Momotarô and Kintarô, Issun Bôshi was not a widespread story until the early Edo period.
References
- Ishikawa Toru, talk at Discovering the Japanese Collection at Brigham Young University Symposium, March 25, 2016.
