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Kitsune-no-Yomedori (Niigata, Joetsu)
Kitsune-no-Yomedori is a fox-bride-taking narrative of Joetsu, Niigata, cited in Minzoku Saiho (1957). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.
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A fox-bride-taking narrative of Joetsu, Niigata, recorded in Minzoku Saiho (1957).
Description
Kitsune-no-Yomedori (fox-bride-taking) is a yokai narrative registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The region field records Joetsu City, Niigata Prefecture. The source card cites the Kokugakuin University Folklore Research Society, "Niigata-ken Nakakubiki-gun Yoshikawa-cho Minamoto," in Minzoku Saiho (1957). 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: 狐の嫁どり
Primary source國學院大學民俗学研究会
國學院大學民俗学研究会、「新潟県中頚城郡吉川町源」、『民俗採訪』、1957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 2360438
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=2360438狐の嫁入り - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
狐の嫁入りの二類型（無数の怪火＝狐火 / 天気雨）と新潟県阿賀町の祭事（狐の嫁入り行列）について整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8B%90%E3%81%AE%E5%AB%81%E5%85%A5%E3%82%8A
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