Spirit of Yarikawa

The Spirit of Yarikawa's Vengeance is a masked warrior from Clan Yarikawa who answers prayers for revenge with the Dance of Wrath technique. You hunt the Spirit in the Mythic Tale The Spirit of Yarikawa's Vengeance to learn that technique.

Role: Antagonist
Affiliation: Clan Yarikawa

Appears in

The Spirit of Yarikawa's VengeanceThe Spirit of Yarikawa's Vengeance is a Mythic Tale in the Ruins of Old Yarikawa, Toyotama. You follow offering shrines to a vengeful spirit and learn the Dance of Wrath, a three-hit unblockable katana technique.

Good to know

People in Old Yarikawa leave offerings and written requests for the Spirit.
Lives in an abandoned house where the Spirit writes its messages.
Notes in the Garden of the Gods suggest the Spirit wrote the prayer for Jin's death itself.
The English voice and subtitles treat the Spirit as male until the reveal.

Who it is

The Spirit serves Yarikawa's interests, killing Mongols and settling personal scores alike. Some of its writings suggest it is stirring up the people's hatred of the Sakai and Shimura clans.

The revealSpoilerShow

The Spirit is a woman of Clan Yarikawa. She meets Jin in a ritual duel and dies. Jin vows to use the Dance of Wrath against the Mongols instead.

Related characters

Supporting
Yamato
Yamato is a travelling musician and storyteller who starts most of the Mythic Tales. When you hear his music, he tells Jin an old legend that leads to a special technique, weapon or armour set.