
Folklore being
Osaki-gitsune (Gunma)
Osaki-gitsune is a fox-possession yokai of Gunma, recorded in the journal Minzoku to Rekishi (1922). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.
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A fox-possession yokai of Gunma, recorded in Minzoku to Rekishi (1922).
Description
Osaki-gitsune is a fox-possession yokai registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The region field records Gunma Prefecture. The source card cites Kuramitsu Seiroku, "Tsukimono Hiwa," in Minzoku to Rekishi (1922). 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: オサキ狐
Primary source倉光清六
倉光清六、「憑物鄙話」、『民族と歴史』、1922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 2400040
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=2400040オサキ - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
オサキ(オサキ狐)の関東甲信越分布・憑き物筋(オサキモチ)・九尾の狐毛飛散起源説・秩父発祥説について整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%AA%E3%82%B5%E3%82%AD
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