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Shinto and Japanese Religion

Kitsune

Japan's Fox of Mystery, Romance, and Humor

by Kiyoshi Nozaki

A survey of the fox in Japanese literature, legend and belief, from early chronicles and Heian tales to Inari worship and fox possession. Nozaki gathers and summarises a wide range of stories that are otherwise hard to find in English.

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