El Aobōzu (青坊主 Aobōzu? "monje azul") es un tipo de yōkai (fantasma folklórico japonés) que apareció en el libro Gazu Hyakki Yakō del artista Toriyama Sekien, en el siglo XVIII. Es descrito como un monje budista de piel azul y un solo ojo. Se cree que tiene relación directa con Hitotsume-kozō, un monje cíclope que aparece en muchos dibujos sobre yokai como el Hyakkai-Zukan de Sawaki Suushi en 1737.

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Aobōzu (青坊主 Blue Priest) are a type of Japanese yōkai (folk legend ghosts) that appear in 18th-century artist Toriyama Sekien's book Gazu Hyakki Yakō. The aobōzu is depicted in the Gazu Hyakki Yakō as a one-eyed buddhist priest standing next to a thatched hut, however as there is no explanation of the image, the aobōzu's specific characteristics remain unknown. It is believed that the aobōzu is the direct inspiration for the one-eyed priest hitotsume-kozō that is present in many yōkai drawings, such as Sawaki Suushi's Hyakkai-Zukan published in 1737. There is also a theory that because the kanji ao (青) in its name also means inexperienced, it was depicted as a priest who has not studied enough.

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