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Kitsune-taimatsu

Publicly verified

Kitsune-taimatsu is a fox-fire yokai name compiled by Yanagita Kunio in Minkan Densho (1938). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.

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A fox-fire yokai compiled by Yanagita Kunio in Minkan Densho (1938).

Description

Kitsune-taimatsu (literally "fox torch") is a yokai name registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The source card cites Yanagita Kunio, "Yokai Meii (5)," in Minkan Densho (1938). The region field is unspecified. IZANORA preserves the source-card metadata as the anchor and adds relations from the cited source.

Sources

  • 日文研 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース: キツネタイマツ

    Primary source

    柳田國男

    柳田國男、「妖怪名彙(五)」、『民間伝承』、1938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 2180830

    https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=2180830
  • 狐火 - Wikipedia 日本語版

    Secondary source

    Wikipedia contributors

    狐火(松明型)の全国分布・柳田國男「妖怪名彙」での記述・自然科学的説明(菌糸発光/リン自然発火/異常屈折光)について整理。

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

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