The nine-tailed fox, also known as the kitsune, was a type of yokai often portrayed as a trickster and shapeshifter. While kitsune could have upwards...Become a member and unlock all Study Answers Start today. Try it now Create an account Ask a question Our experts can answer your ...
I think the most famous Nine-tailed fox in Japan is Tamamonomae(玉藻前).
It is our goal to study and explore as many as possible themes of myth and legend, as well as the cultural ritual practices that might in some way be connected to, that may have been the origin of the ancient myths and legends of Japan. DNA research has established that there are many...
If so, you’d be aghast by the terrible Japanese urban legend of the Aka Manto. Said to haunt the last cubicle of public or school toilets, the “Red Cape” is an utterly malevolent spirit that forces anyone unfortunate enough to meet it to make deadly choices. You will have to choose...
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At Kosenji Temple in Kusatsu Onsen town (Gunma Prefecture), there is mysteriously placed among the other bodhisattva steles, dosojin statues, etc. a very small statue that is almost identical to the dol hareubang or stone grandfather guardians of Cheju I
Legend has it that there was a flower with mysterious power that could only be found by the chosen one. There were many who sought power in their search for the flower, but their efforts were in vain. Only one young man had overcome the obstacles in his path and reached the flower. ...
Flying-Dragon Tanuki 飛龍狸 (in red robe) Battles 9-Tailed White Fox 白九尾の狐. From a mid- 20th-century Kami Shibai 紙芝居 (Paper Theatre Drawing). Photo Tokyo Metropolitan Library. For more details about this drawing, see below. Fox (or a Tanuki or Mujina?).Holding jewel. Unsigned ...
Temple legend claims that Kōbō Daishi 弘法大師 (774 - 835 CE) invited-invoked the Tenkawa Benzaiten to also reside at Kōfukuji. These statues are located inside a three-storied pagoda (itself a national treasure) on the grounds at Kōfukuji. They are shown to the public only one day ...
(766-822 AD), the founder of Japan’s Tendai sect. Saichō had studied the teachings in China, and the name he gave the kami probably came from the Chinese god who protected Mount Tientai 天台 in China (Mt. Tientai, Zhejiang Province, China).Read the legendof how Saichō chose the ...