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100 relations: Abe no Seimei, Abura-age, Adzuki bean, Akira Kurosawa, Anime, Arai Hakuseki, Astrology, Aum Shinrikyo, Ōtsuki Fumihiko, Babymetal, Battle of Nagashino, Bodhisattva, Buddhism, Bunraku, Chinese literature, Chinese mythology, Clinical lycanthropy, Culture of Japan, Culture-bound syndrome, Dakini, Divination, Dreams (1990 film), East Asia, Exorcism, Feng shui, Folk etymology, Folk religion, Fox spirit, Fushimi Inari-taisha, Ghost, Hakuzōsu, Heian period, Hitogitsune, Huli jing, Human guise, Inari Ōkami, Inari shrine, Indian literature, Japanese folklore, Japanese language, Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai, Kabuki, Kamakura period, Kami, Kitsune no yomeiri, Kitsunebi, Konjaku Monogatarishū, Kuda-gitsune, Kumiho, Kyōgen, ..., Kyoto, Lafcadio Hearn, Man'yōgana, Manga, Mental disorder, Mikkyō, Mizukagami, Nihon Ryōiki, Noh, Offering (Buddhism), Omen, Omniscience, Onomatopoeia, Osaki, Paranormal, Perfective aspect, Qi, Reaktion Books, Red fox, Rock–paper–scissors, Samurai, Sessho-seki, Shapeshifting, Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki, Shinto, Soba, Spirit possession, Succubus, Sunshower, Supernatural, Sushi, Suwa Yorishige, Suwa-taisha, Takeda Katsuyori, Takeda Shingen, Tamamo-no-Mae, Tenko (fox), The Sandman: The Dream Hunters, Tofu, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Trickster, Udon, Vampire, Video game, Wamyō Ruijushō, Will-o'-the-wisp, Yako (fox), Yōkai, Yoshida Shintō, Yoshida Shrine. Expand index (50 more) »
Abe no Seimei
was an onmyōji, a leading specialist of onmyōdō during the middle of the Heian period in Japan.
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Abura-age
, is a Japanese food product made from soybeans.
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Adzuki bean
The adzuki bean (Vigna angularis; from, sometimes transliterated as azuki or aduki, or English red mung bean) is an annual vine widely grown throughout East Asia and the Himalayas for its small (approximately 5 mm) bean.
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Akira Kurosawa
was a Japanese film director and screenwriter, who directed 30 films in a career spanning 57 years.
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Anime
Anime is a style of hand-drawn and computer animation originating in, and commonly associated with, Japan.
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Arai Hakuseki
was a Confucianist, scholar-bureaucrat, academic, administrator, writer and politician in Japan during the middle of the Edo period, who advised the shōgun Tokugawa Ienobu.
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Astrology
Astrology is the study of the movements and relative positions of celestial objects as a means for divining information about human affairs and terrestrial events.
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Aum Shinrikyo
, formerly, is a Japanese doomsday cult founded by Shoko Asahara in 1984.
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Ōtsuki Fumihiko
was a Japanese lexicographer, linguist, and historian.
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Babymetal
Babymetal (stylized as BABYMETAL) are a Japanese kawaii metal band.
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Battle of Nagashino
The took place in 1575 near Nagashino Castle on the plain of Shitarabara in the Mikawa Province of Japan.
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Bodhisattva
In Buddhism, Bodhisattva is the Sanskrit term for anyone who has generated Bodhicitta, a spontaneous wish and compassionate mind to attain Buddhahood for the benefit of all sentient beings. Bodhisattvas are a popular subject in Buddhist art.
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Buddhism
Buddhism is the world's fourth-largest religion with over 520 million followers, or over 7% of the global population, known as Buddhists.
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Bunraku
, also known as Ningyō jōruri (人形浄瑠璃), is a form of traditional Japanese puppet theatre, founded in Osaka in the beginning of 17th century.
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Chinese literature
The history of Chinese literature extends thousands of years, from the earliest recorded dynastic court archives to the mature vernacular fiction novels that arose during the Ming Dynasty to entertain the masses of literate Chinese.
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Chinese mythology
Chinese mythology refers to myths found in the historical geographic area of China: these include myths in Chinese and other languages, as transmitted by Han Chinese and other ethnic groups, which have their own languages and myths.
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Clinical lycanthropy
Clinical lycanthropy is defined as a rare psychiatric syndrome that involves a delusion that the affected person can transform into, has transformed into, or is a non-human animal.
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Culture of Japan
The culture of Japan has evolved greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric time Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, which absorbs influences from Asia, Europe, and North America.
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Culture-bound syndrome
In medicine and medical anthropology, a culture-bound syndrome, culture-specific syndrome, or folk illness is a combination of psychiatric and somatic symptoms that are considered to be a recognizable disease only within a specific society or culture.
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Dakini
A ḍākinī (хандарма;; alternatively) is a type of spirit in Vajrayana Buddhism.
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Divination
Divination (from Latin divinare "to foresee, to be inspired by a god", related to divinus, divine) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual.
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Dreams (1990 film)
is a 1990 Japanese-American magical realism film of eight vignettes written and directed by Akira Kurosawa.
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East Asia
East Asia is the eastern subregion of the Asian continent, which can be defined in either geographical or ethno-cultural "The East Asian cultural sphere evolves when Japan, Korea, and what is today Vietnam all share adapted elements of Chinese civilization of this period (that of the Tang dynasty), in particular Buddhism, Confucian social and political values, and literary Chinese and its writing system." terms.
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Exorcism
Exorcism (from Greek εξορκισμός, exorkismós "binding by oath") is the religious or spiritual practice of evicting demons or other spiritual entities from a person, or an area, that are believed to be possessed.
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Feng shui
Feng shui (pronounced), also known as Chinese geomancy, is a pseudoscience originating from China, which claims to use energy forces to harmonize individuals with their surrounding environment.
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Folk etymology
Folk etymology or reanalysis – sometimes called pseudo-etymology, popular etymology, or analogical reformation – is a change in a word or phrase resulting from the replacement of an unfamiliar form by a more familiar one.
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Folk religion
In religious studies and folkloristics, folk religion, popular religion, or vernacular religion comprises various forms and expressions of religion that are distinct from the official doctrines and practices of organized religion.
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Fox spirit
The fox spirit (狐狸精) or nine-tailed fox (九尾狐), having been originated from Chinese mythology, is a common motif in the mythology of East Asian countries.
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Fushimi Inari-taisha
is the head shrine of the god Inari, located in Fushimi Ward in Kyoto, Japan.
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Ghost
In folklore, a ghost (sometimes known as an apparition, haunt, phantom, poltergeist, shade, specter or spectre, spirit, spook, and wraith) is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that can appear to the living.
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Hakuzōsu
Hakuzōsu(白蔵主), also written Hakuzousu, is the name of a popular kitsune character who pretended to be a priest in Japanese folklore.
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Heian period
The is the last division of classical Japanese history, running from 794 to 1185.
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Hitogitsune
Hitogitsune or ninko (人狐) is a type of spirit possession told about in legends of the Chūgoku region of western Japan.
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Huli jing
Huli jing (狐狸精) or jiuweihu (九尾狐) are Chinese mythological creatures who can be either good or bad spirits.
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Human guise
A human guise (also human disguise and sometimes human form) is a concept in fantasy, folklore, mythology, religion, literary tradition, iconography, and science fiction whereby non-human beings such as aliens, angels, demons, gods, monsters, robots, Satan, or shapeshifters are disguised to seem human.
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Inari Ōkami
is the Japanese kami of foxes, of fertility, rice, tea and sake, of agriculture and industry, of general prosperity and worldly success, and one of the principal kami of Shinto.
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Inari shrine
is a Shinto shrine to worship the god Inari.
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Indian literature
Indian literature refers to the literature produced on the Indian subcontinent until 1947 and in the Republic of India thereafter.
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Japanese folklore
Japanese folklore encompasses the folk traditions of Japan and the Japanese people.
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Japanese language
is an East Asian language spoken by about 128 million people, primarily in Japan, where it is the national language.
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Jōdai Tokushu Kanazukai
is an archaic kana orthography system used to write Japanese during the Nara period.
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Kabuki
is a classical Japanese dance-drama.
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Kamakura period
The is a period of Japanese history that marks the governance by the Kamakura shogunate, officially established in 1192 in Kamakura by the first shōgun, Minamoto no Yoritomo.
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Kami
are the spirits or phenomena that are worshipped in the religion of Shinto.
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Kitsune no yomeiri
The Kitsune no Yomeiri (狐の嫁入り, "the fox's wedding"), which is similar to "monkey's wedding" in English, is a strange event told about in Honshu, Shikoku, and Kyushu.
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Kitsunebi
Kitsunebi (狐火) is an atmospheric ghost light told about in legends all across Japan outside Okinawa Prefecture.
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Konjaku Monogatarishū
, also known as the, is a Japanese collection of over one thousand tales written during the late Heian period (794–1185).
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Kuda-gitsune
is a type of spirit possession in Japanese legends.
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Kumiho
A kumiho (gumiho) (literally "nine-tailed fox") is a creature that appears in the tales and legends of Korea.
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Kyōgen
is a form of traditional Japanese comic theater.
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Kyoto
, officially, is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture, located in the Kansai region of Japan.
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Lafcadio Hearn
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (Πατρίκιος Λευκάδιος Χερν; 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904), known also by the Japanese name, was a writer, known best for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things.
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Man'yōgana
is an ancient writing system that employs Chinese characters to represent the Japanese language, and was the first known kana system to be developed as a means to represent the Japanese language phonetically.
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Manga
are comics created in Japan or by creators in the Japanese language, conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.
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Mental disorder
A mental disorder, also called a mental illness or psychiatric disorder, is a behavioral or mental pattern that causes significant distress or impairment of personal functioning.
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Mikkyō
is a Japanese term that refers to the esoteric Vajrayāna practices of the Shingon Buddhist school and the related practices that make up part of the Tendai and Kegon schools.
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Mizukagami
is a Japanese rekishi monogatari.
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Nihon Ryōiki
is an early Heian period setsuwa collection.
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Noh
, derived from the Sino-Japanese word for "skill" or "talent", is a major form of classical Japanese musical drama that has been performed since the 14th century.
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Offering (Buddhism)
In Buddhism, symbolic offerings are made to the Triple Gem, giving rise to contemplative gratitude and inspiration.
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Omen
An omen (also called portent or presage) is a phenomenon that is believed to foretell the future, often signifying the advent of change.
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Omniscience
Omniscience, mainly in religion, is the capacity to know everything that there is to know.
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Onomatopoeia
An onomatopoeia (from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία; ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make", adjectival form: "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic") is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the sound that it describes.
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Osaki
Osaki is a type of spirit possession of a fox told about in legends of Japan.
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Paranormal
Paranormal events are phenomena described in popular culture, folk, and other non-scientific bodies of knowledge, whose existence within these contexts is described to lie beyond normal experience or scientific explanation.
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Perfective aspect
The perfective aspect (abbreviated), sometimes called the aoristic aspect, is a grammatical aspect used to describe an action viewed as a simple whole—a unit without interior composition.
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Qi
In traditional Chinese culture, qi or ch'i is believed to be a vital force forming part of any living entity.
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Reaktion Books
Reaktion Books is an independent book publisher based in Islington, London, England.
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Red fox
The red fox (Vulpes vulpes) is the largest of the true foxes and one of the most widely distributed members of the order Carnivora, being present across the entire Northern Hemisphere from the Arctic Circle to North Africa, North America and Eurasia.
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Rock–paper–scissors
Rock-paper-scissors (also known as scissors-paper-rock or other variants) is a hand game usually played between two people, in which each player simultaneously forms one of three shapes with an outstretched hand.
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Samurai
were the military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan.
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Sessho-seki
The, or "Killing Stone", is an object in Japanese mythology.
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Shapeshifting
In mythology, folklore and speculative fiction, shapeshifting is the ability of a being or creature to completely transform its physical form or shape.
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Shin'yaku Kegonkyō Ongi Shiki
The is a Japanese annotation of the Avatamsaka Sūtra.
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Shinto
or kami-no-michi (among other names) is the traditional religion of Japan that focuses on ritual practices to be carried out diligently to establish a connection between present-day Japan and its ancient past.
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Soba
() is the Japanese name for buckwheat.
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Spirit possession
Spirit possession is a term for the belief that animas, aliens, demons, extraterrestrials, gods, or spirits can take control of a human body.
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Succubus
A succubus is a demon in female form, or supernatural entity in folklore (traced back to medieval legend), that appears in dreams and takes the form of a woman in order to seduce men, usually through sexual activity.
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Sunshower
A sunshower or sun shower is a meteorological phenomenon in which rain falls while the sun is shining.
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Supernatural
The supernatural (Medieval Latin: supernātūrālis: supra "above" + naturalis "natural", first used: 1520–1530 AD) is that which exists (or is claimed to exist), yet cannot be explained by laws of nature.
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Sushi
is a Japanese dish of specially prepared, usually with some sugar and salt, combined with a variety of, such as seafood, vegetables, and occasionally tropical fruits.
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Suwa Yorishige
(1516–1544) was a Japanese samurai and head of the Suwa clan.
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Suwa-taisha
, historically also known as Suwa Shrine (諏訪神社 Suwa Jinja) or, is a Shinto shrine in Nagano Prefecture, Japan.
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Takeda Katsuyori
was a Japanese daimyo of the Sengoku period, who was famed as the head of the Takeda clan and the successor to the legendary warlord Takeda Shingen.
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Takeda Shingen
, of Kai Province, was a pre-eminent daimyō in feudal Japan with exceptional military prestige in the late stage of the Sengoku period.
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Tamamo-no-Mae
Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前, 玉藻の前, also 玉藻御前) is a legendary figure in Japanese mythology.
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Tenko (fox)
Tenko (天狐) are a type of divine beast in Japanese folklore.
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The Sandman: The Dream Hunters
The Sandman: The Dream Hunters is a novella by English author Neil Gaiman, illustrated by Yoshitaka Amano, and published by DC Comics under its Vertigo imprint.
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Tofu
Tofu, also known as bean curd, is a food cultivated by coagulating soy milk and then pressing the resulting curds into soft white blocks.
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Toyotomi Hideyoshi
was a preeminent daimyō, warrior, general, samurai, and politician of the Sengoku period who is regarded as Japan's second "great unifier".
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Trickster
In mythology, and in the study of folklore and religion, a trickster is a character in a story (god, goddess, spirit, man, woman, or anthropomorphisation), which exhibits a great degree of intellect or secret knowledge, and uses it to play tricks or otherwise disobey normal rules and conventional behaviour.
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Udon
is a type of thick wheat flour noodle, used frequently in Japanese cuisine.
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Vampire
A vampire is a being from folklore that subsists by feeding on the vital force (generally in the form of blood) of the living.
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Video game
A video game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface to generate visual feedback on a video device such as a TV screen or computer monitor.
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Wamyō Ruijushō
The is a 938 CE Japanese dictionary of Chinese characters.
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Will-o'-the-wisp
A will-o'-the-wisp, will-o'-wisp or ignis fatuus (Medieval Latin for "foolish fire") is an atmospheric ghost light seen by travellers at night, especially over bogs, swamps or marshes.
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Yako (fox)
Yako (野狐) is a spirit possession of foxes (kitsune), as told in Kyushu.
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Yōkai
are a class of supernatural monsters, spirits, and demons in Japanese folklore.
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Yoshida Shintō
also frequently referred to as was a prominent sect of Shintō that arose during the Sengoku period through the teachings and work of Yoshida Kanetomo.
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Yoshida Shrine
is a Shinto shrine located in Sakyō-ku in Kyoto, Japan.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune
