YUKI-ONNA

YUKI-ONNA

(1) An ancient province whose boundaries took in most of present-day

Tōkyō, and parts of Saitama and Kanagawa prefectures.

[1] That is to say, with a floor-surface of about six feet square.

[2] This name, signifying “Snow,” is not uncommon. On the subject of

Japanese female names, see my paper in the volume entitled

_Shadowings_.

(2) Also spelled Edo, the former name of Tōkyō.