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The kitsune Kuzunoha. Note the shadow of a fox cast on the screen. Print by Kuniyoshi. Kuzunoha (葛の葉, Kuzunoha), also written Kuzu-no-Ha, is the name of a popular kitsune character in Japanese folklore. Her name means leaf of arrowroot. Legend states that she is the mother of Abe no Seimei, the famous onmyōji.
A nine-tailed fox spirit (kyūbi no kitsune) scaring Prince Hanzoku; print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, Edo period, 19th century. In Japanese folklore, kitsune (狐, きつね, IPA: [kʲi̥t͡sɨne̞] ⓘ) are foxes that possess paranormal abilities that increase as they get older and wiser.
John Tobias' sketch of unused character "Kitsune" from the original Mortal Kombat, and his concept art for Kitana in Ultimate Mortal Kombat 3. Early development of the original Mortal Kombat featured a character named "Kitsune", conceived by series co-creator and character designer John Tobias and inspired by the character of Princess Mariko from Jordan Mechner's 1984 computer game Karateka. [10]
As a kitsune, with no other name of his own revealed throughout the play, he is known only as "Tadanobu" and as "Genkurō". Separating from Yoshitsune and his party, Genkurō, his true identity still unknown, escorts Shizuka to Yoshino, seeking escape and safety from the agents of Yoritomo. There, they meet up with Yoshitsune once more, both ...
Yasuko is not aware that Senko is a kitsune and mistakes her for a cosplayer. She is also an otaku and loves watching an anime called Little Yoko, Inari Girl, which features a magical fox fighting off an evil tanuki. Yozora (夜空, Yozora) Voiced by: Eri Kitamura [4] (Japanese); Dawn M. Bennett [5] (English) A kitsune who is over 1000 years old.
Hakuzōsu. The moment the creature is in the process of transforming from the priest into the wild fox. Woodblock print by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi.. Hakuzōsu (白蔵主), also written Hakuzosu and Hakuzousu, is the name of a popular kitsune character who pretended to be a priest in Japanese folklore.
Love Hina (Japanese: ラブ ひな, Hepburn: Rabu Hina) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Ken Akamatsu.It was serialized in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine from October 1998 to October 2001, with the chapters collected into 14 tankōbon volumes by Kodansha.
Western authors of fiction have begun to make use of the kitsune legends. Kuzunoha, mother of Abe no Seimei, is a well-known kitsune character in the bunraku and kabuki play The Mirror of Ashiya Dōman and Ouchi. Tamamo-no-Mae is the subject of the noh drama The Death Stone and of kabuki and kyogen plays. Tamamo-no-Mae commits evil deeds in ...