Kitsune

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Genkurō is a kitsune renowned for his filial piety. In the bunraku and kabuki drama "Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura" ("Yoshitsune and the Thousand Cherry Trees"), Yoshitsune's lover, Lady Shizuka, owns a hand-drum made from the skins of Genkuro's parents. The fox takes human form and becomes his retainer, Satō Tadanobu, but his identity is revealed. The kitsune explains that he hears the voice of his parents when the drum is struck. Yoshitsune and Shizuka give him the drum, so Genkuro grants Yoshitsune magical protection.. [Nozaki. "Kitsune". 114–116] [Ashkenazy. "Handbook". 150] [cite web |url=http://www.kabuki21.com/yoshinoyama.php |title=Yoshinoyama: Yoshitsune Sembon Zakura |accessdate=2006-12-12 |format=php |work= Kabuki21.com]

References

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* Ashkenazy, Michael. "Handbook of Japanese Mythology". Santa Barbara, California: ABC-Clio, 2003. ISBN 1-57607-467-6
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External links

* [http://www.coyotes.org/kitsune/kitsune.html The Kitsune Page]
* [http://www.comnet.ca/~foxtrot/kitsune/ Foxtrot's Guide to Kitsune Lore]
* [http://www.kitsune.org/ Kitsune.org folklore]
* [http://academia.issendai.com/fox-index.shtml Kitsune, Kumiho, Huli Jing, Fox – Fox spirits in Asia, and Asian fox spirits in the West] An extensive bibliography of fox-spirit books.
* [http://www.jh-author.com/kitsune.htm Portal of Transformation: Kitsune in Folklore and Mythology]
* [http://ideas.union.edu/articles.php?action=read&id=25 IDEAS Undergraduate On-Line Journal]