The head-shaving fox =
Subtitle: [Kamisori kitsune] : a Japanese folk tale
By: translated by John Wilson ; illustrated & handcolored by Diane Roby.
Contributors: Wilson, John, 1947-; Roby, Diane, ill.; Doggeral Press.; Press Collection (Library of Congress)
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doggeral Press
Published: 1981
Place of publication: Santa Barbara
Language: eng
Number of pages: 23
Subjects: Folklore -- Japan.
Description: Recounts what happens when two youths determine to get rid of the infamous she-fox, capable of assuming various disguises, who hexes people and shaves their heads.
Notes: A portion of the text is given in Japanese characters on the endpapers.
The ill. are mounted.
"The source of this story in 'Kamisori kitsune' in Kobutori jiisan, Kachikachi yama : Nihon no mukashi banashi (I), compiled by Seki Keigo, the Iwanami bunko edition, pages 169-172"--Colophon.
Limited ed. of 150 copies.