Tamamo-no-Mae
right|thumb|Tamamo-no-Mae Woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
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right|thumb|Tamamo-no-Mae Woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
Tamamo-no-Mae (, , also ) is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology. One of the stories explaining the legend comes from Muromachi period (1336 to 1573) genre fiction called otogizōshi. In the otogizōshi Tamamo-no-Mae was a courtesan under the Japanese Emperor Konoe (who reigned from 1142 through 1155).