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Kitsunebi

The Bakemono Tsukushi Emaki, author unknown (late Edo period)
"Kitsunebi" from the Gazu Hyakki Yagyō by Toriyama Sekien

Kitsunebi (狐火) is an atmospheric ghost light told about in legends all across Japan outside Okinawa Prefecture.[1] They are also called "hitobosu", "hitomoshi" (火点し),[2] and "rinka" (燐火).[3][4]

  1. ^ 村上健司編著 『妖怪事典』 毎日新聞社、2000年、134頁。ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0
  2. ^ 林 1977, p. 5
  3. ^ 鈴木 2002, pp. 38–39
  4. ^ "きつねび【狐火】". Yahoo! JAPAN. Archived from the original on 2009-08-04. Retrieved 2013-03-20.

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