A View of Nature Facing Animals as “Yamanomon” from a Life History of a Resident at a Marginalized Village

In this paper, we have examined a life history of Ms. Kikuno Takeda, an octogenarian resident of a marginalized village of Ikenokouchi in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, where the population has decreased to only one individual. Through her life experiences, we have explored the contents of her view of nature by approaching animals such as monkeys, deer, wild boars, and bears not as mere beasts but as “Yamanomon”.