Okami - Landlady

Japanese: オカミ - おかみ
Okami - Landlady

...In the Kansai region, the same type of face is called Ofuku, and is used as a derogatory term, but in merchants' houses and other places, dolls are sometimes displayed as Fukuzo. In the Tohoku region, lower-ranking shrine maidens are called Okami, and Okame is sometimes considered to be a type of Okami. In the Ise and Owari regions, innkeepers and women who serve food were called Okame....

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Okami" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…関西では同系の面相をお福と呼び,蔑称にも用いるが,商家などでは福相として人形を飾る場合もある。東北地方では下級巫女をオカミと称し,〈おかめ〉もその一種と考えられることもある。また伊勢・尾張地方では宿場女郎や飯盛女を〈おかめ〉と称した。…

※「オカミ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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