Taku
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Taku was a young Japanese boy and a partner to fellow orphan Rei in Yamashiro during the late Sengoku period. Every night, Taku and Rei terrified any travelers and potential thieves away from a group of bandits in order to receive food. Their actions led people to think that there was the actual yōkai known as the Kappa (河童, lit. 'river child').[1]
Biography
By 1582, along with Rei, Taku lived without any home or family. They soon found themselves working for bandits in northern Yamashiro. Posing themselves as kappa, they scared any travelers or rival thieves away from their employers' stash at Haunted Tatarigami Village. Their actions led to rumors spreading about kappa living in the Genbu Highlands, which led people to inform the monk-turned-demon hunter Mamushi for help.[1]
Fed up with the rumors, Mamushi met the Kakushiba ikki members Fujibayashi Naoe and Yasuke and tasked them to investigate all these yōkai claims. During their investigation in Yamamshiro, they traveled at night towards the village and found the "kappa" trying to scare the duo. Chasing the kappa up the hill, they came across the village and fought against a number of bandits. After Naoe and Yasuke defeated the bandits, Rei and Taku came out and pleaded forgiveness. After they explained their situation, the two children were able to leave while the duo squashed this yokai claim.[1]
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Taku and Rei posing as "kappa"
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