Hyottoko (火男) seems to have been a legendary character in the
past and is now a mask. Some masks have different eye size between left
and right eyes, often wearing a scarf around his head (usually white
with blue dots).
There is a similar character for women called okame (おかめ) or otafuku.
The origin of the name comes from Hi (fire) Otoko (man) because the
character is blowing fire with a bamboo pipe and local dialects
transform it into Hyottoko (ひょっとこ).
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