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Kitsune-no-Rei (Aichi, Konan)

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Kitsune-no-Rei is a fox-spirit narrative of Konan, Aichi, cited in Minkan Densho (1942). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.

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A fox-spirit narrative of Konan, Aichi, recorded in Minkan Densho (1942).

Description

Kitsune-no-Rei (fox-spirit) is a yokai narrative registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The region field records Konan City, Aichi Prefecture. The source card cites Ito Shonosuke, "Kuda-gitsune no Hanashi (Hotei-machi Murase Tokuji-shi-dan)," in Minkan Densho (1942). IZANORA preserves the source-card metadata and region as the anchor and adds relations from the cited source and region.

Sources

  • 日文研 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース: キツネの霊

    Primary source

    伊藤正之助

    伊藤正之助、「クダギツネの話（布袋町村瀨德次郎氏談）」、『民間伝承』、1942年、国際日本文化研究センター「怪異・妖怪伝承データベース」ID 2181610

    https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=2181610

  • 狐憑き - Wikipedia 日本語版

    Secondary source

    Wikipedia contributors

    狐憑き記事の冒頭定義「狐の霊に取り憑かれたと言われる人の精神の錯乱した状態」・日本霊異記の最古例・狐持ち家筋について整理。

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%90%E6%86%91%E3%81%8D

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