Iyaya
Iyaya
Iyaya (否哉 – Oh No!) is a type of yōkai depicted in the Konjaku Hyakki Shūi by Toriyama Sekien.
This is a sound response to seeing something. In the yōkai depiction it is when a beautiful woman catches her reflection in the water but she looks ugly.1
External Links
- View the book online here: Konjaku Hyakki Shūi Online.
Footnotes
1. Yoda, H. and Alt, M. (2016) “Japandemonium: Illustrated: The Yokai Encyclopaedia of Toriyama Sekien.”. New York: Dover Publications, Inc.
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