Yamamba: In Search of the Japanese Mountain Witch

Yamamba: In Search of the Japanese Mountain Witch was edited by Rebecca Copeland and Linda C. Ehrlich and contains black and white photos and illustrations.

Women, Magic, Wisdom: Explore a Japanese myth through the words and images of key scholars and artists.

Alluring, nurturing, dangerous, and vulnerable the yamamba, or Japanese mountain witch, has intrigued audiences for centuries. What is it about the fusion of mountains with the solitary old woman that produces such an enigmatic figure? And why does she still call to us in this modern, scientific era?

This unique collection represents the creative and surprising ways artists and scholars from North America and Japan have encountered the yamamba.