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Folktales from Japan

Season 6 · Episode 5

The Hunter and the Oni / The Three Shrine Festival of Asakusa

0.025mApril 30, 2017

A hunter outwits a giant ogre called an oni. Two sons find a statue of one of the buddhas while trying to catch fish for their sick mother. 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 8The 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