Tale 94 — Kikuzo who wrestled with a fox
Kikuzo was passing through the woods of Mount Atago with mochi in his robe, which he had received from his sister's house in Kashiwazaki, when his friend Toshichi invited him to wrestle. He won easily, round after round, but after they parted, the mochi in his robe was gone. When he checked later, Toshichi had no memory of it, and it turned out that he had been bewitched by a fox, a shape-shifting fox.
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