Yashima no Hage-tanuki

Minoyama Daimyōjin on the grounds of Yashima-ji
A wine bottle of Yashima-tanuki

Yashima no Hage-tanuki (屋島の禿狸) is a Bake-danuki (化け狸, Supernatural raccoon dog), who appears in the legends of Yashima, Takamatsu, Kagawa Prefecture. He is also called Tasaburō-tanuki (太三郎狸), Yashima no Hage, and Yashima no Kamuro (屋島の禿). He is counted as one of the "three famous tanuki of Japan", along with Danzaburou-danuki of Sado and Shibaemon-tanuki of Awaji.[1] He is also famous due to his appearance in the Studio Ghibli animated movie, Heisei Tanuki Gassen Ponpoko.[2]

  1. ^ 宮沢光顕 (1978). 狸の話. 有峰書店. pp. 229頁.
  2. ^ 村上2011年、126-127頁。