The Snow-Woman, or Snow-Spectre, assumes various forms; but in most of the old folk-tales she appears as a beautiful phantom, whose embrace is death. (A very curious story about her can be found in my "Kwaidan.")
Yuki-Onna—
Yosō kushi mo
Atsu kōri;
Sasu-kōgai ya
Kōri naruran.
[As for the Snow-Woman,—even her best comb, if I mistake not, is made of thick ice; and her hair-pin[36], too, is probably made of ice.]
Honrai wa
Kū naru mono ka,