tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post3574675492359699070..comments2023-11-16T13:01:42.114+09:00Comments on Heian Period Japan: kitsune fox legends Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-47086834705855933452023-10-14T13:22:11.327+09:002023-10-14T13:22:11.327+09:00Legend from Nagasaki
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大音寺 the Temple Dai...<b>Legend from Nagasaki </b><br />foxes at <br />大音寺 the Temple Daion-Ji and 大音寺 the Temple Daiko-Ji <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2023/05/daikoji-fudo-ikari.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-9162404143723620072023-06-15T09:54:03.473+09:002023-06-15T09:54:03.473+09:00kamisori gitsune
Long ago in a meadow, there was ...<b> kamisori gitsune </b><br />Long ago in a meadow, there was a family of notoriously mischievous foxes that would wield their magical powers for the very specific purpose of tricking people to shave their heads bald 😂.<br />One day, all the villagers living near the meadow agreed the balding had to be stopped, and the only man whose head hadn’t been shaved bald by the foxes, Saizō, stood up. The villagers cheered for the new hero, but also wished that Saizō meet the same fate as theirs in the corner of their minds 😂.<br />In the meadow, Saizō witnessed a fox turning into a woman. She then turned a straw doll into a live baby. Wondering what the fox was up to, Saizō followed her.<br />The woman entered a house and an old lady greeted her, and started playing with the baby.<br />“Old lady, don’t be fooled! These are foxes disguised as your family!” Saizō stormed in, and tied the woman and the baby to a pole.<br />Saizō then set a cedar leaf on fire and made them inhale a lot of smoke, thinking they would turn back into a fox and a doll. But they didn’t, and instead died.<br />“What have I done 😭!! Please wake up, please wake up,” cried Saizō, but it was too late.<br />Just then, an esteemed priest came to see what had happened, and tried to calm Saizō down. But he couldn’t forgive himself, and pleaded that he become a monk to mourn for the dead woman and baby.<br />“If you say so 😔” said the priest, and shaved all of Saizō’a hair.<br />The woman, the old woman and priest turned into foxes and said, “GOTCHA 😂😂😂!!!!”<br />The folk tale is called “Kamisori Gitsune.”<br /><br />https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=672166064908148&set=a.502451258546297<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-81316513687103405832022-12-31T13:32:50.612+09:002022-12-31T13:32:50.612+09:00Legend from Okayama, 井原市 Ibara city 西江原町 Nishi-Eba...<b> Legend from Okayama, 井原市 Ibara city 西江原町 Nishi-Ebara town </b><br /><br /> surikesa, surigesa 摺り袈裟 / 摺袈裟<br />A surigesa 摺袈裟(すりげさ) is a special robe of a Buddhist priest.<br />The letters of a Buddhist Mandala are kept in a pockst of 袈裟 the Kesa.<br />The letters are printed (suri) on paper. <br />.<br />The Surigesa kept at 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji are originally a treasure from 修禅寺 the Temple Shuzenji in Izu.<br />The legend relates to 曽我兄弟 the Soga brothers.<br />Elder Brother 曾我五郎 Goro placed one on the grave of his junger brother 曾我十郎 Juro,<br />to help him get out of the hell and into the Buddhist paradise.<br />There is also a story about an old couple of foxes, which lived in the back mountain of the temple.<br />The priest gave them Surigesa amulets to help them go to the Buddhist heaven.<br />Now the foxes are venerated at 得脱稲荷 the Fox shrine Tokudatsu Inari in the temple compound. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/09/hosenji-yakushi-shinme.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-52369345109081750212022-06-22T13:47:11.209+09:002022-06-22T13:47:11.209+09:00Legend from Nagano, 木曽町 Kiso town
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蛻庵稲荷 Setsua...<b> Legend from Nagano, 木曽町 Kiso town </b><br />.<br /> 蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari<br />A fox shape-shifted into a samurai and called himseld 蛻庵 Setsuan.<br />He said he was a messenger from Suwa Shrine.<br />He was soon found out.<br />He was now taken in at 興禅寺 Temple Kozen-Ji and fed.<br />When he was on an errand to 安国寺 the Temple Ankoku-Ji he was shot.<br />Soon there was an epidemy in the area and people said it was the curse of the fox.<br />People then venerated the fox an the tmeple Kozen-Ji as 蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari.<br /><br />蛻庵稲荷 セツアンイナリ Setsuan Inari Shrine <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/04/ankokuji-yakushi-kama.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-58219245397832635622022-02-16T13:42:34.024+09:002022-02-16T13:42:34.024+09:00Legend from Shimane, 飯石郡 Iishi district
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A man n...<b> Legend from Shimane, 飯石郡 Iishi district </b><br />.<br />A man named 横屋 Yokoya was able to remove the bewitching of a fox.<br />The pries of 円通寺 the Temple Entsu-Ji also used to remove the bewitching of a fox.<br />Families with a healed person were not welcome and their children usually could not marry.<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/08/entsuji-temple-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-35758172038545318872021-11-06T13:34:53.430+09:002021-11-06T13:34:53.430+09:00Legend from Nagano 北安曇郡 Kita-Azumi district 小谷村(おた...<b> Legend from Nagano 北安曇郡 Kita-Azumi district 小谷村(おたりむら) Otari village </b><br /><br /> kitsune キツネ fox and mujina ムジナ / tanuki タヌキ badger<br />If someone is bewitched by a fox or badger, they go to 神宮寺 the Temple Jingu-Ji to pray for healing.<br />Others ask a shaman for a special exorcistic ritual.<br />In the local dialect, a kitooshi 祈とう師 Kitoshi shaman is called Hoogen sama ホーゲンサマ Hogen Sama. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/08/jinguji-fudo-niu.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-13877507618128278352021-10-16T13:25:44.009+09:002021-10-16T13:25:44.009+09:00Legend from Okayama 川上郡 Kawakami district 備中町 Bitc...<b> Legend from Okayama 川上郡 Kawakami district 備中町 Bitchu town </b><br />.<br />In the hamlet 布瀬 Nunose there is a small Sanctuary under a muku no ki 椋の木 Muku tree (Aphananthe aspera),<br />where kitsune sama キノネ様 a fox is venerated.<br />In local dialect it is also calld 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity,<br />or マツリデン Matsuri Den or イワイデン Iwai Den, place for a festival . <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2021/04/shinju-sama-guardian-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-45301735710847257562021-09-25T13:35:01.061+09:002021-09-25T13:35:01.061+09:00Legend from Nagano 上伊那郡 Kami-Ina district
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Once a...<b> Legend from Nagano 上伊那郡 Kami-Ina district</b><br />.<br />Once a grandpa was possessed by a fox. He got a stomach ace and fell to the ground.<br />They placed an amulet of 三峯様 Mitsumine Sama on his back.<br />He got up and run away. then he fell down and was normal again. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/10/mitsumine-sama-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-92196213570478355852021-09-11T09:40:41.657+09:002021-09-11T09:40:41.657+09:00Legend from iwate 東磐井郡 Higashi-Iwai district 大東村 D...<b> Legend from iwate 東磐井郡 Higashi-Iwai district 大東村 Daito village </b><br />.<br />Around 1920, a man from 江刺 Esashi was walking over 地蔵峠 the pass Jizo Toge when a fox took away the candle light from his lantern.<br />The fox walked around the man seven times and took away the fire, but the man did not notice it. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/04/jizo-toge-pass-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-50177668793834346402021-08-26T13:30:54.774+09:002021-08-26T13:30:54.774+09:00White Fox legend from Miyagi 宮城県 大崎市 Osaki city 古川...<b> White Fox legend from Miyagi 宮城県 大崎市 Osaki city 古川荒谷 Furukawa Araya </b><br />.<br />Tokei Inari 斗瑩稲荷 (とけいいなり じんじゃ)<br />In the estate of 宇津野左衛門四郎為忠 Utsuno Saemon Shiro Tametada there lived a shirogitsune 白狐 white fox.<br />One night there came thieves and he fought them, but got hurt and died.<br />But he came back to life soon.<br />There he found he had no wounds, but the white fox had them and the fox had died.<br />The white fox had become his substitute.<br />The family made a grave for the fox and built a small Shrine they called 左衛門四郎稲荷 Saemon Shiro Inari.<br />The shrine was later added to the temple 斗瑩山光明寺 Tokeizan Komyo-Ji and named 斗瑩稲荷 Tokei Inari Shrine. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2019/04/komyo-shingon-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-14807088365932678622021-08-12T10:47:25.289+09:002021-08-12T10:47:25.289+09:00Legend from Nagano 飯田市 Iida city
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. Echigojishi ...<b> Legend from Nagano 飯田市 Iida city </b><br />.<br />. Echigojishi 、越後獅子 lion dance from Echigo .<br />When the actors with their 越後獅子 Echigojishi climbed up a steep gorge on the way,<br />they saw a fox taking a nap and threw stones at it.<br />A while later they came to a large estate and performed their lion dance.<br />The daughter of the estate prepared a good meal for them and let them have a bath.<br />When the bath water felt cold, they had a good look.<br />The house and the girl had disappeared and there was only a large barley field.<br />The good meal they had eaten was only bafun 馬糞 horse manure. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/shishigashira-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-38838747115941677102021-05-01T13:40:29.075+09:002021-05-01T13:40:29.075+09:00Legend from Niigata, 新潟市 Niigata city 江南区 Konan wa...<b> Legend from Niigata, 新潟市 Niigata city 江南区 Konan ward </b><br />.<br />. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .<br />There lived a fox under the floor beams, who often looked very hungry, always came when the children from the terakoya 寺子屋 temple school were eating lunch.<br />One boy gave only a few bites to the fox, but it became bewitched by the fox.<br />The parents of the boy went to apologize to the fox and the boy came back to be normal. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2015/10/terakoya-private-schools.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-60834002063602145412020-12-01T13:37:29.383+09:002020-12-01T13:37:29.383+09:00Legend from Kumamoto
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Once a young Samurai kill...<b> Legend from Kumamoto </b><br />.<br />Once a young Samurai killed a pregnant fox with his sword, even as the fox had folded her hands and asked to save her.<br />Sind then misfortune has come to the Samurai. Some members came to hayajini 早死 a premature death.<br />The family lost its wealth and one who had to make a living as a forest worker came to tonshi 頓死 dropped dead.<br />The sword came into the hands of an old man, but he went crazy, killed his consort and then cut off his own head. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/12/tonshi-drop-dead.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-78042156436679455572020-11-30T09:56:34.450+09:002020-11-30T09:56:34.450+09:00Legend from Mie, 鈴鹿市 Suzuka city
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A merchant fro...<b> Legend from Mie, 鈴鹿市 Suzuka city </b><br />.<br />A merchant from Yokkaichi went out for business, loading his car with rice bowls, chopsticks and more. In the evening he came to a bridge where he found a baby carriage with a crying baby. This must be an abandoned child, he thought, took it in his arms and cradled it. When he came back to his senses, he realized he had been shaking his own car and all the pottery pieces inside were broken. He did not remember where he was and stayed there confused until the next morning. He had been bewitched by a fox, no doubt. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/pottery-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-43506496520923861042020-11-30T09:49:48.141+09:002020-11-30T09:49:48.141+09:00Legend from Kyoto, 東山区 Higashiyama ward
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In Janu...<b> Legend from Kyoto, 東山区 Higashiyama ward </b><br />.<br />In January of the year 1731 near 建仁寺 the temple Kennin-Ji there was a shop selling bowls. The son of the owner got an order from a man from Sakai/Osaka, to make pottery bowls for the Korean ambassadors. To collect the payment his father went to Sakai, but he was told that they never placed such an order. When the father questioned his son, he was confused, could not understand a word and was obviously bewitched by a fox. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/pottery-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-44224584236319839962020-11-25T13:39:48.407+09:002020-11-25T13:39:48.407+09:00Legend from Iwate 岩手県 奥州市 Oshu town // 瀬戸物屋
A set...<b> Legend from Iwate 岩手県 奥州市 Oshu town // 瀬戸物屋 </b><br />A setomonoya 瀬戸物屋 pottery dealer found a fox in his garden and killed it with a stick. Or so he thought !<br />But the fox had bewitched him and he had smashed all his pottery. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/pottery-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-85103602397723434002020-09-30T13:47:13.394+09:002020-09-30T13:47:13.394+09:00Legend from Yamaguchi 山口県
阿武郡 Abu district 福栄村 Fuk...<b> Legend from Yamaguchi 山口県<br />阿武郡 Abu district 福栄村 Fukue village // 糸車 </b><br /><br />. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .<br />A hunter made a shelf for his guns, but it was a bit to small and they say a monster would live there. Every night there was a strange light and they heard the sound of itoguruma 糸車 a spinning wheel turning. If he shot at the light, the bullet would not leave the gun. His friends advised him to shoot at the spinning wheel and the spook stopped.<br />It might have been the trick of a fox.<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/08/cotton-momen.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-39114689884027785052020-09-29T13:13:14.248+09:002020-09-29T13:13:14.248+09:00Legend from Akita 秋田県
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In the middle of the moun...<b> Legend from Akita 秋田県 </b><br />.<br />In the middle of the mountain forest, a fox shapeshiftes into a woman using itoguruma 糸車 a spinning wheel. If someone shoots with a gun, she will just laugh. In that case the hunter should aim at the spinning wheel, not the woman. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/08/cotton-momen.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-15129153579017974912020-08-22T13:31:04.801+09:002020-08-22T13:31:04.801+09:00Legend from Ehime Ehime 愛媛県
松山市 Matsuyama city // ...<b> Legend from Ehime Ehime 愛媛県<br />松山市 Matsuyama city // 長狐が我等の師匠 master fox</b><br />.<br />chooko 長狐 a long (master) fox<br />The wife of 河野通直 Kano Michinao (1564 - 1587), Lord of 伊予国 Io no Kuni, was bewitched and became two women. Nobody knew who was the real one. While eating her ears would begin to move, so they torured her to find out. And indeed, an old fox appeared in her place. When they tried to kill it. all the foxes from the Shikoku region came along.<br />They said this fox was the messenger 貴狐明神 of 稲荷 Inari and the master of all foxes in Japan. If they would not kill her, the foxes would leave Shikoku and do no more harm.<br />Michinao believed them and let the fox go. All the other foxes also left Shikoku.<br />.<br />- This fox could have been the Japanese version of 貴狐天皇(ダキニ天) Dakini Ten<br />貴狐天王(きこてんのう) Kiko Tenno<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/05/takumi-master-craftsman.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-809483654540445662020-07-01T13:49:50.019+09:002020-07-01T13:49:50.019+09:00Legend from Nagano
The messenger of Inari is a f...<b> Legend from Nagano </b><br /><br />The messenger of Inari is a fox holding a hooju / hooshi no tama 宝珠(ホーシノタマ)ritual jewel.<br />Some people have found this jewel under the eaves and taken it home to venerate.<br />The tail of a fox looks a bit like this jewel, they say. <br />.<br />https://haikuandhappiness.blogspot.com/2010/09/azuki-arai.html<br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/inari-fox-deity-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-56919587686627590012020-05-14T13:07:57.929+09:002020-05-14T13:07:57.929+09:00Legend from . Iwate 岩手県
大船渡市 Ofunato city 三陸町 Sanr...<b>Legend from . Iwate 岩手県<br />大船渡市 Ofunato city 三陸町 Sanriku town </b><br />.<br />A man was carrying surume スルメ squid in his backpack. When he came to the tunnel, the bamboo grass begun to rattle spookily, He felt like hit by a stroke of lightning in the head, or like having water poured over his head, or like being lifted up by his mouth or ears. He thought this might be a fox and said loudly*<br />"I will not be bewitched by you, never!"<br />He took some surume スルメ squid into his hand and walked on. When another person came from the other side, the spook stopped immediately. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/01/surume-squid-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-8832078130886773072020-05-10T12:53:32.565+09:002020-05-10T12:53:32.565+09:00Legend from Kyoto 亀岡 Kameoka
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Once a hunter mist...<b> Legend from Kyoto 亀岡 Kameoka </b><br />.<br />Once a hunter mistook the Kannon Statue from 独鈷抛山 Mount Tokkonage for a fox and hot an arrow at her. The arrow hit the eye of Kannon and she went down to the river to wash her eye for a full recovery. Since this event the water from the valley of Mount Tokkonage is said to heal ganbyoo 眼病 eye diseases. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/kameoka-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-60462298559147641152020-03-18T13:48:38.079+09:002020-03-18T13:48:38.079+09:00Legends from Kyoto 京都府 Fushimi 伏見区
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. Yasomura Ro...<b> Legends from Kyoto 京都府 Fushimi 伏見区</b><br />.<br />. Yasomura Rotsu 八十村路通 .<br />A disciple of the Haiku poet 芭蕉 Matsuo Basho had been to 伏見稲荷 Fushimi Inari Shrine where he met an old priest, who was in fact a fox from the home of a friend from 彦根 Hikone.<br />Rotsu asked the fox about Hikone and the fox was happy to entertain him.<br /><br />- - - - -<br /><br />A man from 二見浦 Futamiura in Ise went on business to Kyoto and rested near 伏見稲荷 Fushimi Inari Shrine.<br />Suddenly a fox jumped around and asked him to come with him. The fox seemed to jump right over the torii 鳥居 Shrine gate.<br />When he came back home, his wife soon realized he was furugitsune 古狐 an old fox and she did not let the animal into the house.<br />The fox lived near the beach and later they built a small Shrine for it, called 塩間の稲荷 Shioma no Inari.<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/fushimi-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-85566471810051688802020-02-20T13:32:18.292+09:002020-02-20T13:32:18.292+09:00Legend from Shiga 滋賀県
伊香郡 Ika district 余呉町 Yogo t...<b> Legend from Shiga 滋賀県 </b><br />伊香郡 Ika district 余呉町 Yogo town<br /><br />A dealer in brooms made from Shuro palm came crossing over the pass to reach Shiotsu in the early morning.<br />He saw a fox sleeping on the roadside and teased it with his broom. When he came back the same road during daytime, it became quite dark and he could only see a strange fire. He went there and found a large lodging house, where he could sleep and get some food, even a hot bath.<br />Another man came past and asked him "What are you doing here?"<br />The man came to his senses and saw he was all naked. His food was only shit from the fox.<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/shiotsu-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6045806172544343502.post-70399037297058867172020-02-18T09:54:15.916+09:002020-02-18T09:54:15.916+09:00Kitsune Miko きつねみこ / 狐巫女
and a new Kabuki produ...<b>Kitsune Miko きつねみこ / 狐巫女 </b><br />and a new Kabuki production<br />.<br />TBA<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com