Emperor Ojin enshrined at Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine (presently at Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture) looks very much like Issunboshi, and it is said that he was born riding on a bamboo leaf at the age of three.
石清水八幡宮（現・京都府八幡市）に祀られている応神天皇は一寸法師にそっくりであり、3歳で生まれ竹の葉の上に乗り生まれて来たとある。