Ningyo

thumb|Japanese mermaid (ningyo). Coiffed with nihongami hairstyle of the Edo Period. , is a creature with both human and fish-like features, described in various pieces of Japanese literature.

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native label: 人魚

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Contents

Overview
Terminology
Zoological hypotheses
Iconography
Chinese literature
Siren-mermaids recorded by Europeans
Yao Bikuni
Summary
Time period
Asuka period
Prince Shōtoku
Late Nara period
Heian period
Presented to Tadamori
Kamakura and Muromachi periods
Omens in Michinoku
Ritual offering tablet
Edo period
Alleged sightings
''Shokoku rijindan''
''Kasshi yawa''
''Nagasaki bunkenroku''
Tsugaru domain
{{anchor|Kairai}}Etchū Province ningyo, aka ''Kairai''
Male ningyo
Edo popular fiction
Saikaku
''Hakoiri musume''
Two archetypes
Chinese ''lingyu'' and ''chiru''
Chinese vs. Western sources
Ningyo in ''Wakan sansai zue''
Peixe muller or heishimureru
Ōtsuki Gentaku
Mummies or Feejee mermaids
Baien gyofu
In popular culture
See also
Explanatory notes
References

thumb|Japanese mermaid (ningyo). Coiffed with nihongami hairstyle of the Edo Period. , is a creature with both human and fish-like features, described in various pieces of Japanese literature.

Though often translated as "mermaid", the term is technically not gender-specific and may include the "mermen". The literal translation "human-fish" has also been applied.