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Folktales from Japan

Season 6 · Episode 2

The Bamboo Shoot Child / The Demon Kite of Ikinoshim

0.025mApril 9, 2017

A child appears from inside a stalk of bamboo. A village makes a kite with the face of an oni. Source: crunchyroll

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Episode 1Sameuratarou Became a Rock / Koukichi Flies Through the Sky
Episode 2The Bamboo Shoot Child / The Demon Kite of Ikinoshim
Episode 3The Catfish God / Inou Tadataka
Episode 4Kappa Stone / The Moss Ball of Akan Lake
Episode 5The Hunter and the Oni / The Three Shrine Festival of Asakusa
Episode 6Anju and Zushiou / Kicchomu-san the Sharp
Episode 7Granny Orin and the Bottle Rock / The Madara Demon God and Kannon-sama
Episode 8

The Akoya Pine / The Spicy Lotus Root of Higo

Episode 9Chikaraishi Plays Sumo / The Great Buddha of Nara

Episode 10The Golden Ladle / The Chaguchagu Pony

Episode 11The Wolf Rich Man / Shouki-san and the Demon Roof Tile

Episode 12Doukan / Priest Enkuu

Episode 13The Beefy Biceps Given by a Ghost / The Yummy Miso That`s a Hacchou Away

Episode 14The Giant Barley Straw Snake / Uesugi Youzan Makes It Work

Episode 15The Tofu Priest Statue / Hiraga Gennai

Episode 16Houko-san / Wabicha and Senno Rikyuu

Episode 17Tanuki Fields / The Orange Boat of Bunzaemon

Episode 18The Pilgrim and the Bath / The Slaying of the Monster of Himeji Castle

Episode 19The Power Given by an Ogre / The Okesabushi of Okei

Episode 20A Story of Sage Kume / The Moon, the Buddha, and My Soba

Episode 21Osengafuchi / The Medicine-Seller of Toyama

Episode 22Daikoku-sama and Denzaburou the Rich Man / The Tanuki Priest and Kenchin Soup

Episode 23The Dream-Telling Priest Statue / The Iwatsuki Doll

Episode 24Ninja Isuke and the Oosanshouuo / Arita-yaki Shine Like Persimmons

Episode 25The Rice-Spouting Priest Statue / The Dog Goes to Ise

Episode 26The Sesame Seed Manjuu / The Beginning of Dougo Hot Springs

Episode 27Heishirou of Dokkoi Makabe / Standing on Mt. Fuji

Episode 28The Bikki Wife / The Oumi Merchant

Episode 29The Ship Ghosts of Usa / The Tanuki War of Awa

Episode 30The Rain of the Setomono Festival / The Silkworm and the Wife Lord

Episode 31Eyeball Swapping / The Byakkotai

Episode 32The Priest and the Old Tanuki / Otane`s Lake

Episode 33The Man Who Wanted to Be a Black Kite / The Mountain Princess of Yakushima

Episode 34Wanting to Be Poor / The Blessings of Uzumi

Episode 35Yajiemon and the Big Bear / Nikkou Toushougu and Hidari Jingorou

Episode 36The God Riding on a Cucumber / Use an Abacus to Make Kaga a Million Koku

Episode 37The Farting Wife / The Chef of Shuri Castle

Episode 38The Mountain Granny`s Mochi / Namahage

Episode 39The Invisible Man / The River Otter of Shimanto River

Episode 40Three Grains of Rice, Three Grains of Gold / Jirochou of Shimizu

Episode 41The Swordsman and the Bale of Straw / The Pack Carriers of Mackerel Highway

Episode 42Mountain Granny Shrine / Sugawara Michizane and the Legend of the Flying Plum

Episode 43The Paper Bag Wind / Tanabata-san`s Present

Episode 44The Mountain Monk Tanuki / The Doll Stones of Kintai Bridge

Episode 45Yagorou-don and the Men / The Bug-Sending of Tsugaru

Episode 46Ishidoumaru / Konoshiro and Matsue Castle

Episode 47The Colt That Escaped from a Painting / The Cold Soup Granny

Episode 48The Monk Who Went to Hell / Mito Mitsukuni Is Hungry

Episode 49The 16th Day Cherry Tree / Monkey Bridge

Episode 50The Gongen-sama on the Northern Mountain / Anchin and Kiyohime