yuki-musume snow daughter yuki-onago "snow girl", yukijorō 雪女郎, "snow woman", yuki anesa "snow sis", yuki-onba  "snow granny" or "snow nanny", yukinba  ("snow hag") in Ehime, yukifuri-baba ("snowfall witch" or "snowfall hag

is a spirit or yōkai in Japanese folklore 
Yuki-onna originates from folklores of olden times; in the Muromachi period Sōgi Shokoku Monogatari by the renga poet Sōgi, there is a statement on how he saw a yuki-onna when he was staying in Echigo Province 