Tottori Prefecture — Inaba and Hoki

Based on Inpaku Shiwakai (ed.), Inpaku Mukashibanashi (1911). 14 of 14 tales are available in English so far. Tale numbers follow the order in which the tales appear in the book.

• No. 1A giant bozu of the woods of TokuoIn Inaba Province, the woods of Tokuo, where Nomi no Sukune was enshrined, were dark even by day and had the reputation of being haunted by a…
• No. 2The tale of Yota of SajidaniInaba Province's Yazu District, Sajidani, was a village with many people who were so honest that they were at times a bit simple-minded. A young man…
• No. 3The tengu's treasureA child named Taro, who lived at the foot of Mount Daisen in Hoki Province and loved gambling, went one day to Mount Daisen to gather firewood. While…
• No. 4The tengu's treasureTaro, who was stopped in the mountains by a tengu, a long-nosed mountain spirit, received a cloak of hiding and a hat of hiding in exchange for an…
• No. 5The shaving courtesanIn Tatsumi Pass in Ketaka District, a fox, a shape-shifting fox, lived and enchanted people, shaving off their heads, and troubled the villagers. At…
• No. 6A thief's repentanceIn the town of Yonago there lived an honest old man and his wife, and one night a thief crept into their house. The old man and old woman noticed the…
• No. 7A thief's repentanceA thief broke through the wall into the house of an old couple. Instead of driving him off, the old woman fed him, and had the thief himself repair…
• No. 8KyozoboA loyal fox named Kyozobo lived on Mount Kyusho at Tottori castle, and served as the lord's messenger, making the round trip of two hundred ri…
• No. 9The Rich Man of KoyamaIn Ketaka District there was a wealthy choja, a very rich man, named the Rich Man of Koyama. On a summer day when many people were planting rice in…
• No. 10The bear that helped a manThe woodcutter Kuemon of Hino District, Hoki Province, lost his way in the mountains during a great snowfall, fell into a valley, was buried in snow…
• No. 11The tale of Lake TanegaA choja, a very rich man, of Miyashita village, Inaba Province hired a beautiful maidservant named Tane from Hosokawa village, who often brought back…
• No. 12The greedy old manAn honest old man dropped a dumpling in the mountains, and when it rolled into a hole, he followed it in and came upon a world of rats. The rats, who…
• No. 13The white hare of InabaThe spiteful elder brother gods of Okuninushi, a god of the land, were on their way to Inaba to court Princess Yakami when, near Utsumi village, Keta…
• No. 14The white hare of InabaA white hare that wished to cross from Oki Island to Inaba tricked the wani, a creature of the sea, into lining up their backs like a bridge while…