ざしきわらし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ざしきわらし – see the following entry.

[noun] A kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house. Not malevolent, it brings good fortune to the house so haunted. Appears in folk tales told in northeast Japan, particularly Iwate Prefecture.

(This term, ざしきわらし, is an alternative spelling of the above term.)

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