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Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
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Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura, or Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees, is a Japanese play, one of the three most popular and famous in the kabuki repertoire. Originally written in 1747 for the jōruri
"Genji Unukiyo-e" Utagawa Kuniyoshi painting. Tomomori attacks Yoshitsune and his party, but he is injured when he fights back.
"Genji Unukiyo-e" Utagawa Kuniyoshi painting. Tomomori attacks Yoshitsune and his party, but he is injured when he fights back.
Kitsune
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The kitsune, in popular Japanese folklore, is a fox or fox spirit which possesses the supernatural ability to shapeshift or bewitch other life forms.
Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura
…Shizuka – Yoshitsune's mistress (also referred to as Lady Shizuka) Genkurō – a kitsune disguised as Yoshitsune's retainer Satō Tadanobu Tomomori – Taira general disguised as shopowner Tokaiya Ginpei…
The moon on Musashi Plain (fox) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The moon on Musashi Plain (fox) by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi
The Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto features numerous kitsune statues.
The Fushimi Inari shrine in Kyoto features numerous kitsune statues.
Inari Ōkami and its fox spirits help the blacksmith Sanjō Munechika [ja] forge the blade Kogitsune-maru ('Little Fox') at the end of the 10th century.
Inari Ōkami and its fox spirits help the blacksmith Sanjō Munechika [ja] forge the blade Kogitsune-maru ('Little Fox') at the end of the 10th century. The legend is the subject of the noh drama Sanjō Kokaji.
Inari Ōkami appears to a warrior accompanied by a kitsune. This portrayal shows the influence of Dakiniten concepts from Buddhism. Print by Utagawa Ku
Inari Ōkami appears to a warrior accompanied by a kitsune. This portrayal shows the influence of Dakiniten concepts from Buddhism. Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.