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The Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus), [1] also known by its Japanese name tanuki (Japanese: 狸, タヌキ), [2] is a species of canid endemic to Japan. It is one of two species in the genus Nyctereutes, alongside the common raccoon dog (N. procyonoides), [3] of which it was traditionally thought to be a subspecies (Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus).
Tanuki may refer to: Japanese raccoon dog (Nyctereutes viverrinus or Nyctereutes procyonoides viverrinus), a canid mammal native to Japan; Bake-danuki, a type of spirit (yōkai) in Japanese mythology that appears in the form of the mammal; A deadwood bonsai technique; Tanooki Suit, a raccoon-tailed power-up in the Super Mario video game series
In Japanese folklore, tsukumogami (付喪神 or つくも神, [note 1] [1] lit. "tool kami") are tools that have acquired a kami or spirit. [2] According to an annotated version of The Tales of Ise titled Ise Monogatari Shō, there is a theory originally from the Onmyōki (陰陽記) that foxes and tanuki, among other beings, that have lived for at least a hundred years and changed forms are ...
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The Awa Tanuki Gassen (阿波狸合戦) (also called the Awa no Tanuki Gassen (阿波の狸合戦) [1] or the Kinchō Tanuki Gassen (金長狸合戦) [2]) is a Japanese legend that takes place in the Awa Province (now Tokushima Prefecture). The legend is about a great war between two tanuki powers.
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This wounded tanuki's descendant is said to be Yashima no Hage-tanuki. [3] After the Taira clan was ruined, Hage-tanuki became the protector deity of Yashima-ji, the 84th temple on the Shikoku 88-temple pilgrimage. His skill at transformation was called the best in Japan, and he achieved the rank of supreme commander of the tanuki in Shikoku.
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