The young boy of Tawara Yakushi, who gains wealth and a woman through lies and slaughtering, is an opposite image of Issunboshi, who gains ogre's treasure and a woman through his cleverness.
嘘と虐殺によって富と女を手にする俵薬師の少年は知恵によって鬼の宝と女を手にする一寸法師の裏の姿である。