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The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), [1] also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, タヌキ), [2] is a species of canid endemic to Japan. It is one of two species in the genus Nyctereutes, alongside the common raccoon dog (N. procyonoides), [3] of which it was traditionally thought to be a subspecies (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus).
Tanuki sheltering from rain using its stretched scrotum, as depicted in Ehon Hyaku Monogatari. Use of the term kintama has been traced back to the Edo Period. [1] According to folklore, the tanuki has magical shapeshifting abilities, including their oversized scrotums (as depicted in art), which the animals could use in multiple ways.
Taxidermy of a Japanese raccoon dog, wearing waraji on its feet: This tanuki is displayed in a Buddhist temple in Japan, in the area of the folktale "Bunbuku Chagama".. The earliest appearance of the bake-danuki in literature, in the chapter about Empress Suiko in the Nihon Shoki, written during the Nara period, is the passages "in two months of spring, there are tanuki in the country of Mutsu ...
Tanuki may refer to: Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus or Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), a canid mammal native to Japan; Bake-danuki, a type of spirit (yōkai) in Japanese mythology that appears in the form of the mammal; A deadwood bonsai technique; Tanooki Suit, a raccoon-tailed power-up in the Super Mario video game series
Pom Poko (Japanese: 平成狸合戦ぽんぽこ, Hepburn: Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko, lit. ' Heisei-era Raccoon Dog War Ponpoko ') is a 1994 Japanese animated fantasy film written and directed by Isao Takahata, animated by Studio Ghibli for Tokuma Shoten, Nippon Television Network and Hakuhodo, and distributed by Toho.
This wounded tanuki's descendant is said to be Yashima no Hage-tanuki. [3] After the Taira clan was ruined, Hage-tanuki became the protector deity of Yashima-ji, the 84th temple on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage. His skill at transformation was called the best in Japan, and he achieved the rank of supreme commander of the tanuki in Shikoku.
A race of little people from Ainu folklore who once traded with humans but have since disappeared. Korōri A hybrid beast that resembles a tanuki with the stripes of a tiger and the mouth of a wolf. Kosenjōbi Fireballs that float over former battlefields. Kosode-no-te A kosode that has come to life as a tsukumogami. Kotoamatsukami
The mujina is said to be a raccoon-faced creature in its natural form, with the main body being that of a Japanese badger. [3] In some parts of Japan, they are incorrectly referred to as the tanuki, to whom they are closely related in terms of appearance as well as actions- even though the tanuki are biologically related to the fox and dog.