Ryūjin

• Family: Otohime Sama (daughter) Urashima Taro (son-in-law)

Ryūjin

Ryūjin or Ryōjin (龍神) is the Dragon King of the Sea.

He is mentioned in the tale Urashima Taro the Fisher Lad but not seen.¹

Footnotes

1. Ozaki, Y.T. (1903) “The Japanese Fairy Book”. Westminster: Archibald Constable & Co. Ltd.

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