Koizumi Yakumo (1850-1904) – Yuki-onna ( 雪女 ) „Snow woman“

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61671/hos.5.2022.4079

Keywords:

Minokichi, Yuki, Snow Woman

Abstract

Yōkai ( class of supernatural monsters, spirits or demons ) plays an important role in Japanese folklore, such as Yuki-onna – Snow woman. There are distinctive variations of Yuki-onna. As the author notes he heard this story from a farmer who lived in Musashi Province. The Snow woman is first mentioned during Muromachi period (1336-1573) Sōgi Shokoki Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi (1421-1502). There are different names of Snow woman: Yuki-nago ( snow girl ), Yukionba ( snow granny ) and etc.

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Mariam Chalabashvili, Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University

Master of Arts in History,
major in History of Far East, Ivane
Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University
Department of Far East Modern and
Contemporary History, Japanology.
1 Ilia Tchavtchavadze Avenue, 0179 Tbilisi, Georgia
+95571103101,Chalabashvili.mariam@gmail.com
ORCID identifier: 0000-0002-8411-8676

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Published

2022-05-18

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Chalabashvili, Mariam. 2022. “Koizumi Yakumo (1850-1904) – Yuki-Onna ( 雪女 ) „Snow woman“”. Herald of Oriental Studies 5 (1):198-202. https://doi.org/10.61671/hos.5.2022.4079.

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Vol. 5 No. 1 (2022)

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