ざしきわらし

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ざしきわらし – see the following entry.

【座敷童】 [noun] (Japanese mythology, Tōhoku) a kind of yōkai: a red-faced ghost or apparition of a child haunting an old house, generally not malevolent, and thought to bring good fortune to the house Alternative spelling 座敷童子

(This term, ざしきわらし, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)