Uwan
Sign in to savethumb|right|"Uwan" from the Hyakkai-Zukan by Sawaki Suushi right|thumb|upright|"Uwan" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama thumb|Uwan (うハん) from Bakemono no e (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, [[Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.]]
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- Instance of
- ghost
- Image
- Suushi Uwan.jpg
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- attested in
- Japan
- native label
- うわん
- present in work
- Gazu Hyakki Yagyō
- different from
- Ouvans
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thumb|right|"Uwan" from the Hyakkai-Zukan by Sawaki Suushi right|thumb|upright|"Uwan" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama thumb|Uwan (うハん) from Bakemono no e (化物之繪, c. 1700), Harry F. Bruning Collection of Japanese Books and Manuscripts, L. Tom Perry Special Collections, [[Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University.]]
An is a Japanese yōkai depicted in Edo Period pictures such as the Hyakkai Zukan by Sawaki Suushi and the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Sekien Toriyama.
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