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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