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. Yagyu clan and legends　柳生一族と伝説 .
Yagyū Shinkage-ryū 柳生新陰流 Yagyu school of swordsmanship

. yakan 野干 a monster beast . *
(8 legends to explore) - probably ジャッカル jakkaru, jackal, or maybe a fox 狐.

. yakimono 焼物と伝説 Legends about pottery .
- setomono 瀬戸物 pottery, crockery, ceramics


. Yako, nogitsune 野狐 Yako fox Yokai monster .
44 to explore

. Yakubyoogami 疫病神 Yakubyogami, Deity of Diseases / ekijin, yakujin 疫神 .
45 to explore

. yakudoshi 厄年 year of calamity .
24 厄年 to collect
. Yakushi Nyorai Legends 薬師 / 薬師如来 / 薬師様 / 薬師さん .
The Buddha of Medicine and Healing

. Yakushima 屋久島 Yakushima island legends .


. Yamabiko 山彦 / やまびこ "Echo" and Yokai .
35 to explore

. yamabushi 山伏 修験者 shugenja mountain priest .
collecting

. yamame やまめ (山女) masu salmon - Oncorhynchus masou .
14 to explore ヤマメ / 03 山女魚 / 31 山女 (not to mix with yama onna)

. Yama no Kami, Yamanokami　山の神 God of the Mountain - Legends .
- collecting

. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 and 山姫 Yamahime, "Mountain Hag" .
to explore

. Yamaotoko, yama-otoko 山男と伝説 Legends about the "Mountain Man" monster .
56 山男 to explore (one in Mie)

. Yamato Takeru 日本武尊 / 倭健命 - legendary Ousu 小碓命
22 legends to explore

. yamori ヤモリ / 守宮 / 屋守 / 野守 Japanese gecko .
6 to explore


. yanagi 柳 willow tree .
- - - - - . - daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake - .
jayanagi (hebiyanagi) 蛇柳 the "serpent willow tree" Snake Willow - Kabuki
explore

Yasha 夜叉 / 夜叉神
24 to explore


. yashikigami　屋敷神 "estate deities" .
138 to collect


. yooji, tsumayooji 楊枝 Yoji, toothpick .
21 legends to explore

. yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters and their legends .

yooshi 養子 adopted child
. Legend from Kohinata 小日向 Kohinata, Tokyo .
26 to explore

. Yoshiwara 葦原 / 吉原　pleasure quarters in Edo . *

. yumemakura 夢枕 "dream pillow" legends .
collecting

. yuurei 幽霊 Yurei ghosts .
collecting

. yuujo 遊女　Yujo, "woman to play with", cheap prostitute .
20 collecting

. yuuzen 友禅 Yokai wearing Yuzen kimonos .




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. zaimoku 材木 timber, lumber .
71 to collect

. zashiki warashi 座敷わらし　child spook - Iwate .
16 to explore // 137 ザシキワラシ zashikiwarashi (01)

. zatoo 座頭 blind minstrel .
23 to explore


zazen 座禅 practising Zazen meditation
9 to explore
. Hotei 布袋 practising Zazen .



. zeni 銭 coins .
164 to explore
Zenibatake ゼニバタケ / 銭畑 "Field of Zeni coins" in Tottori

. Zenwanbuchi 膳椀淵 "river pool for trays and bowls" .
lending food trays for weddings by Kappa, Yamanokami and others . . .
97 to explore

. zooni 雑煮 New Year soup .
10 雑煮 to collect


. zui-un 瑞雲 auspicious clouds .


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