Japanese Folk Tale

Ghost Stories 201
193. Failing to Destroy the Fox
Someone who thought he could see through a fox's disguise was
fooled, himself.
Iwate: Esashi 125, "The man who was given the view of a mare's rump"
(Meuma no shiri 0 nozokasareta otoko).
Kamihei-gun: Kikimimi 299, 285, 287, "The horse that was loose"
(Hanashi uma) and "The magic hood" (Kakure zukin). He was dumbfounded
when he discovered the fox's tail. In the other story the
fox gave a man a magic treasure. He thought his old woman could
not see him when it was on his head, but it did not work. This is
adapted from the story about the magic straw cloak and hat. "The
running horse" (Kake uma). This and others like it have been
changed into anecdotes for new tastes. A samurai who boasted he
could not be fooled was resting at a pass when a horse came running
past him. When he stood up, his riceball rolled away. The fox
ate it and ran off.
Yamagata, Mogami-gun: Toyosato 250, "Cut with a yatsume sword"
(Yatsumeto de kirareta no koto).
Fukushima, Iwaki-gun: Iwaki 84, "The liar" (Usotsuki otoko no hanashi).
Niigata, Minamikanbara-gun: Kamuhara 40, "The stubborn fox" (Goj6 na
kitsune); Minamikanbara 158, "The fox who became a priest" (Teihatsu
gitsune). And the man became a priest with him.
Ishikawa, Kashima-gun, Nanao: Dai-ni 41, "Fooled by a fox" (Kitsune ni
damasareta hanashi).
Tochigi, Haga-gun: Shimotsuke 69, "The fox disguised as a girl" (Musume
ni baketa kitsune). A man beat a fox disguised as a girl to
death and became famous.
Saitama, Chichibu-gun, Otaki-mura: MK II 2 31, "Being fooled" (Bakasare
banashi). The tale is rather broken up. Is it because of the
narrator's invention?
Chichibu-gun Tsukikawa-mura: Nihon den Kazusa 31, 32, "When
Yagobei was bewitched" (Bakasare Yagobei). Two tales with the
same title.
Kazusa (Chiba): Nihon den Kazusa 35, "When Yagobei was bewitched"
(Bakasare Yagobei).
Kyoto, Minamikuwata-gun: Kuchitanba 71, "A fox" (Kitsune no hanashi).
Tottori: Inpaku min I 2 69, "Seventy-five badgers" (NanajGgo tanuki);
Hanashi II 3 103, "The yamabushi" (Yamabushi). About Yasaburo
Fox from Suo and Os an Fox.
Kumamoto, Tamana-gun: MK I 2 37, "The fox disguised as a biwa
player" (Biwa hoshi ni baketa kitsune). Since it is about a blind
biwa player, it should be very entertaining if such a person told it.
Nagasaki: Shimabara 144, "The yamabushi and the badger" (Yamabushi
to tanuki); TO II 10 34, "The fox sold as the prostitute of Maruyama"
(Kitsune ga Maruyama no jor6 ni urareta hanashi).
Iki: Nihon zenkoku 360, "The priest's head" (Bozu atama).