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Tanuki Bayashi – The Procession of the Tanuki
Translated from Edo Tokyo Kaii Hyakumonogatari Almost every night would come the sound of the taiko drums. At times they would sound very near, at times they would sound very far away, and a local...
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The Tanuki Song
Tanuki are one of the most popular and ubiquitous of Japan’s magical menagerie. There are few Japanese children who don’t know some variation of this popular tune:...
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The Tanuki and the White Snake
Translated from Edo Tokyo Kaii Hyakumonogatari In front of the gate of Yanaka Ten-O temple, there was a barber named Hokkoshi Junto who was very fond of birds. Juno kept a great variety of birds,...
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The Belly-Beating of the Tanuki
Translated from Edo Tokyo Kaii Hyakumonogatari There was a tanuki who sat under the edge of a porch and drummed on his belly. Such an interesting sight was bound to become the topic of the...
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The Writing of Tanuki
Translated from Edo Tokyo Kaii Hyakumonogatari In Bushu, Tanma-gun, in the village of Bunkokuji, the village headman Heigo was once visited by a tanuki who had disguised itself as a Buddhist monk. The...
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Tsukimono – The Possessing Thing
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, The Catalpa Bow, Myths and Legends of Japan, Occult Japan, Japanese Wikipedia, and Other Sources There are eight million gods and monsters in...
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Kori no Tatakai – Kitsune/Tanuki Battles
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, The Fox and the Badger in Japanese Folklore, Japanese Wikipedia, and OnMarkProductions. Kitsune (foxes) and tanuki share much in common. They are...
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Tanuki no Kintama – Tanuki’s Giant Balls
Translated and Sourced from Mizuki Shigeru’s Mujyara, Japanese Wikipedia, Japan Times, OnMark Productions, and Kaii Yokai Densho Database Who’s got big balls? Tanuki have big balls! Anyone who has...
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