Tag: yokai

A Japanese Winter Tale: The Yuki-Onna

Well, today we move to Japan and we meet a particular yōkai, the Yuki-onna (雪女) or “snow woman”. I found this particular story in a beautiful collection of Japanese tales illustrated by Kotaro Chiba. This particular story is the one narrated by Patrick Lafcadio Hearn, also known with his Japanese acquired name Koizumi Yakumo, and tells […]