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  2. Yuki-onna - Wikipedia

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    Yuki-onna illustration from Sogi Shokoku Monogatari. Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province (now Niigata Prefecture), indicating that the legends already existed in the Muromachi period.

  3. Snow woman - Wikipedia

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    Snow Woman (story; Japanese: ゆきおんな, romanized: Yuki-onna), a story in the Tokyo Kodomo Club; The Snow Women (novella), a 1970 sword-and-sorcery novella by Fritz Leiber; The Snow Woman (novel), a 1968 novel by Stella Gibbons; The Snow Woman (film; Japanese: 怪談雪女郎, romanized: Kaidan Yukijorō, lit.

  4. A Little Snow Fairy Sugar - Wikipedia

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    A Little Snow Fairy Sugar (ちっちゃな雪使いシュガー, Chitchana Yukitsukai Shugā) is a Japanese anime series developed by J.C.Staff.It premiered in Japan on TBS on October 2, 2001, and ran for 24 episodes until its conclusion March 26, 2002.

  5. List of Japanese gravure idols - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of gravure idols (グラビアアイドル, gurabia aidoru), who are glamour models in Japan that are generally more provocative than regular idols, ...

  6. Kuchisake-onna - Wikipedia

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    Author and folklorist Matthew Meyer has described the Kuchisake-onna legend as having roots dating back to Japan's Edo period, which spanned from the 17th to 19th centuries [1] but Japanese literature professor Iikura Yoshiyuki believes it dates from the 1970s. [3] In print, the legend of Kuchisake-onna dates back to at least as early as 1979.

  7. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    The spirit of a young World War II-era girl who inhabits and haunts elementary school restrooms. Haniyasu-hiko and Haniyasu-hime Two kami of earth, clay and pottery, either born from Izanami and Izanagi after Japan was made, or from Izanami's feces as she died from giving birth to Kagu-tsuchi. Hannya A Noh mask representing a jealous female ...

  8. Ganguro - Wikipedia

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    Ganguro (ガングロ) is an alternative fashion trend among young Japanese women which peaked in popularity around the year 2000 and evolved from gyaru.. The Shibuya and Ikebukuro districts of Tokyo were the centres of ganguro fashion; it was started by rebellious youth who contradicted the traditional Japanese concept of beauty; pale skin, dark hair and neutral makeup tones.

  9. Kuraokami - Wikipedia

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    The name Kuraokami combines kura 闇 "dark; darkness; closed" and okami 龗 "dragon tutelary of water". This uncommon kanji (o)kami or rei 龗, borrowed from the Chinese character ling 龗 "rain-dragon; mysterious" (written with the "rain" radical 雨, 3 口 "mouths", and a phonetic of long 龍 "dragon") is a variant Chinese character for Japanese rei < Chinese ling 靈 "rain-prayer ...