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Kyubi-no-Kitsune (Saitama, Ibaraki, Tochigi)
Kyubi-no-Kitsune (Osaki) is a fox-possession yokai name of Saitama, Ibaraki, and Tochigi, cited in Minzoku to Rekishi (1922). Source: Nichibunken Folklore Database.
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A nine-tailed Osaki fox-possession name of Saitama, Ibaraki, and Tochigi, recorded in Minzoku to Rekishi (1922).
Description
Kyubi-no-Kitsune (Osaki) is a fox-possession yokai name registered in the Nichibunken (International Research Center for Japanese Studies) Strange Phenomena and Yokai Folklore Database. The region field records Saitama, Ibaraki, and Tochigi Prefectures. The source card cites Nakao Seitaro, "Osaki ga Tsuku to iu Koto," 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, alongside related possession-fox traditions including Osaki-gitsune.
Sources
日文研 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース: キュウビノキツネ
Primary source中尾清太郎
中尾清太郎、「ヲサキがつくと云ふ事」、『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 2400065
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/youkai_card.cgi?ID=2400065九尾の狐 - Wikipedia 日本語版
Secondary sourceWikipedia contributors
九尾の狐の中国古典(『山海経』『白虎通』『呉越春秋』)における瑞獣/妲己/玉藻前など東アジアを跨ぐ伝承体系について整理。
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B9%9D%E5%B0%BE%E3%81%AE%E7%8B%90
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