No. 28 — Monjiya no Kichi

Record

Monjiya no Kichi, who seemed to be the heir of a choja, a very rich man, was walking across a field in search of a bride when he came upon foxes, shape-shifting foxes, holding a contest of transformations in a thicket, and the text breaks off as he called out to them.

Source

Ogasawara Kenkichi (ed.), Shiwa-gun Mukashibanashi-shu (1938) — National Diet Library Digital Collections (Japanese text)

Land

Shiwa District

Type

Shape-Shifting Animals

Beings

fox

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