Danzaburou-danuki

Danzaburou-danuki (upper left) lends money to human merchants in the painting Danzaburou-danuki of Sado Province (佐渡国同三狸) by Kawanabe Kyōsai; from the book 100 Images by Kyōsai.[1]。

Danzaburou-danuki (団三郎狸, Danzaburō-danuki) is a bake-danuki passed down in stories on Sado Island, particularly in Aikawa and Niigata. In Sado, tanuki were called "mujina (狢)", thus he was also referred to as Danzaburou-mujina (団三郎狢).[2] In the Ukiyo-e, its name was written as 同三狸."[3][4] Together with the Shibaemon-tanuki of Awaji Island, and the Yashima no Hage-tanuki of Kagawa Prefecture, they form the "three famous tanuki" of Japan.[5]

  1. ^ 暁斎妖怪百景. p. 46.
  2. ^ 村上健司 編著 (2000). 妖怪事典. 毎日新聞社. p. 216. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0.
  3. ^ 暁斎妖怪百景. p. 129.
  4. ^ "狸の戯". 本銀行金融研究所貨幣博物館. 日本銀行金融研究所. September 2004. Archived from the original on 2012-08-13. Retrieved 2011-01-09.
  5. ^ 宮沢光顕 (1978). 狸の話. 有峰書店. p. 229.