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  2. Kitsune - Wikipedia

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    Another medieval "fox wife" tale is found in the Konjaku monogatarishū (c. 11–12th century), Book 16, tale number 17, concerning the marriage of a man named Kaya Yoshifuji, [p] but the same narrative about this man and the fox had already been written down by Miyoshi Kiyotsura (d. 919) in Zenka hiki [q] and quoted in the Fusō ryakki entry ...

  3. Glossary of Shinto - Wikipedia

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    ' State Shinto ') – Japanese translation of the English term State Shinto created in 1945 by the US occupation forces to define the post-Meiji religious system in Japan. Kokoro (心, lit. ' heart ') – The essence of a thing or being. Kokugakuin Daigaku (國學院大學) – Tokyo university that is one of two authorized to train Shinto priests.

  4. Kuzunoha - Wikipedia

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    Kuzunoha figures in kabuki and bunraku plays based on her legend, including the five-part Ashiya Dōman Ōuchi Kagami (A Courtly Mirror of Ashiya Dōman).The fourth part, Kuzunoha or The White Fox of Shinoda, which is frequently performed independently of the other scenes, focuses on her story, adding minor variations such as the idea that Kuzunoha imitates a princess and is forced to depart ...

  5. Nine-tailed fox - Wikipedia

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    The fox spirit is an especially prolific shapeshifter, known variously as the húli jīng (fox spirit) in China, the kitsune (fox) in Japan, and the kumiho (nine-tailed fox) in Korea. Although the specifics of the tales vary, these fox spirits can usually shapeshift, often taking the form of beautiful young women who attempt to seduce men ...

  6. Gon, the Little Fox - Wikipedia

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    Gon, the Little Fox (ごん 狐, Gongitsune) is a Japanese children's story about the life of a little fox called Gon. The story is considered the masterpiece of Niimi Nankichi , also sometimes known as the Hans Christian Andersen of Japan .

  7. Kitsune no yomeiri - Wikipedia

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    This was also a ritual performed in the Edo period, but this was also a practice revived in the postwar period, and a man and woman who were in a yakudoshi or "unlucky age" that year would dress up as a little fox, the head envoy of the gods, and a girl fox, the envoy of the god of Suzakihamamiyashinemei Jinja, and then re-enact a wedding, [42 ...

  8. Japanese embrace blood type/personality pseudoscience - AOL

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    A series of books, one This could be the lead for a Japanese companion-wanted ad, because the country has embraced, in a big way, the pseudoscience of matching character traits with blood type.

  9. Kwaidan: Stories and Studies of Strange Things - Wikipedia

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    The last section of Kwaidan contains three essays on insects and their connection to Chinese and Japanese beliefs. [6] Butterflies: Personification of the human soul. Mosquitoes: Karmic reincarnation of jealous or greedy people in the form of Jiki-ketsu-gaki or "blood-drinking pretas".