Bake-danuki

1994 animated film directed by Isao Takahata

species of mammal

thumb|"Tanuki" from Gazu Hyakki Yagyo by [[Sekien Toriyama]]

Japanese folk tale

Japanese folk story

right|thumb|260px|Danzaburou-danuki (upper left) lends money to human merchants in the painting Danzaburou-danuki of Sado Province (佐渡国同三狸) by [[Kawanabe Kyōsai; from the book 100 Images by Kyōsai.。]]

Japanese folkore

Japanese legend in the late Edo period