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Ningyo
Sign in to savethumb|Japanese mermaid (ningyo). Coiffed with nihongami hairstyle of the Edo Period. , is a creature with both human and fish-like features, described in various pieces of Japanese literature.
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- Overview
- Terminology
- Zoological hypotheses
- Iconography
- Chinese literature
- Siren-mermaids recorded by Europeans
- Yao Bikuni
- Summary
- Time period
- Asuka period
- Prince Shōtoku
- Late Nara period
- Heian period
- Presented to Tadamori
- Kamakura and Muromachi periods
- Omens in Michinoku
- Ritual offering tablet
- Edo period
- Alleged sightings
- ''Shokoku rijindan''
- ''Kasshi yawa''
- ''Nagasaki bunkenroku''
- Tsugaru domain
- {{anchor|Kairai}}Etchū Province ningyo, aka ''Kairai''
- Male ningyo
- Edo popular fiction
- Saikaku
- ''Hakoiri musume''
- Two archetypes
- Chinese ''lingyu'' and ''chiru''
- Chinese vs. Western sources
- Ningyo in ''Wakan sansai zue''
- Peixe muller or heishimureru
- Ōtsuki Gentaku
- Mummies or Feejee mermaids
- Baien gyofu
- In popular culture
- See also
- Explanatory notes
- References
thumb|Japanese mermaid (ningyo). Coiffed with nihongami hairstyle of the Edo Period. , is a creature with both human and fish-like features, described in various pieces of Japanese literature.
Though often translated as "mermaid", the term is technically not gender-specific and may include the "mermen". The literal translation "human-fish" has also been applied.