jorōgumo

right|thumb|upright=0.90|Jorōgumo from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by [[Toriyama Sekien.]]

Jorōgumo () is a type of yōkai, a creature of Japanese folklore. It can shapeshift into a beautiful woman, so the kanji that represent its actual meaning are (); the kanji which are used to write it instead, () have a jukujikun pronunciation that is related to the meaning, but not the sound of the word. In Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yagyō, it is depicted as a spider woman manipulating small fire-breathing spiders.