Kuro-shima (黒島) is a small, uninhabited island in the Uwa Sea (Pacific Ocean) off the coast of Shikoku, Japan. It belongs to the town of Ikata, Ehime Prefecture. Though the island is uninhabited now, in the 13th-century text A Collection of Things Heard, Ancient and Modern (古今著聞集, Kokon chomon shū) is written the following legend:[1] | ||||||