yama-otoko

Yama-otoko — a man of the mountains.

Tono5 tales

• Tale 3The black-haired woman of the mountains and the yama-otokoThe hunter Sasaki Kahei encountered a woman with long black hair in the mountains and shot her down with his gun. As proof, he cut off her hair and…
• Tale 5Yama-otoko and yama-onna appear at Fuefuki PassFuefuki Pass, which had been a shortcut toward the coast, came to be feared by people after rumors spread that one might meet a yama-otoko, a man of…
• Tale 6The choja's daughter becomes the wife of a yama-otokoThe daughter of a choja, a very rich man, of Nukanomae in Aozasa village was taken and hidden away by something, and was long missing, but a hunter…
• Tale 92Children meet a yama-otoko at HayachineChildren from Tsuchibuchi village who had gone to play at Hayachine passed a tall, dark-skinned man with shining eyes while coming down the mountain…
• Tale 93The ijin who told of a child's death at the passKikuchi Kikuzo was crossing Fuefuki Pass to fetch his wife, so she could look after their sick child, when on a dim mountain road a man with a red…