Yamawaro
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- name in kana
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- {{transliteration|ja|Yamawaro}} and {{transliteration|ja|kappa}} migration
- Similar concepts
- Paintings
- In popular culture
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thumb| from the by Sawaki Sūshi thumb| from the by Toriyama Sekien thumb| from (), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, Brigham Young University
is a (spirit) said to appear in mountains in Western Japan, starting in the Kyūshū region. According to mythology, it is sometimes said that they are that have come to dwell in the mountains.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Yamawaro” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.