page_title: Bunbuku Chagama
section_title: Origins
hierarchical_section_title: Bunbuku Chagama / Origins
caption_attribution_description: English: Taxidermy of Raccoon Dog, at temple Morinji where folklore of Bunbuku Chagama is, Tatebayashi, Gunma pref. Japan, wearing the waraji on feet, 2008 Feb., 11 日本語: タヌキの剥製（草鞋を履いて立っている）群馬県館林市茂林寺にて、（2008年2月11日撮影）
context_page_description: Bunbuku Chagama, literally "Bunbuku tea-kettle" is a Japanese folktale or fairy tale about a raccoon dog, or tanuki, that uses its shapeshifting powers to reward its rescuer for his kindness.
context_section_description: The fairy tale version is thought to be connected to the legend about an inexhaustible tea kettle at the temple Morin-ji in Tatebayashi, Gunma, owned by a priest named Shukaku (守鶴) who turned out to be an ancient mujina (raccoon dog or badger).
  The nineteenth century fairy tale (such as represented by Iwaya Sazanami's version) may also be descended from the seventeenth to eighteenth century Edo Period popular fiction of the akahon type.
caption: Taxidermy of a raccoon dog (tanuki), with waraji on its hind feet, displayed at Morin-ji.
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