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Kitsune-no-Chochin Gyoretsu (Akita, Yuzawa)

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Kitsune-no-Chochin Gyoretsu is a fox-lantern-procession narrative of Yuzawa, Akita, cited in Ogachi Yakunai no Minzoku (1977). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.

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A fox-lantern procession narrative of Yuzawa, Akita, recorded in Ogachi Yakunai no Minzoku (1977).

Description

Kitsune-no-Chochin Gyoretsu (the fox-lantern procession) is a yokai narrative registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The region field records Yuzawa City, Akita Prefecture. The source card cites the Tokyo Woman's Christian University Department of History folklore-survey group, "Section 6, Belief," in Ogachi Yakunai no Minzoku (1977). 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: キツネの提灯行列

    Primary source

    東京女子大学史学科民俗調査団

    東京女子大学史学科民俗調査団、「六 信仰」、『雄勝役内の民俗』、1977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 1422099

    https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=1422099
  • 狐火 - Wikipedia 日本語版

    Secondary source

    Wikipedia contributors

    狐火(提灯行列型)が 4 キロメートル近く並んで見える現象・狐の嫁入りとの関連・春から秋に出現しやすい点について整理。

    https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%90%E7%81%AB

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