The extraordinarily small character Issunboushi - Issun means about 3 cm in old Japanese — was the hero of many old Japanese tales. Born the size of a bean, he defeated ogres, succeeded in a stratagem that got him a beautiful bride, and shook a mallet that instantly transformed him into a normal young man. (M 36948) _ _.
Discovered on 2-1-1995 in Ojima by Niijima, T., Urata, T.