bakeneko
Sign in to saveAlso known as bake-neko
right|thumb|220px|The of the Sasakibara Family () from the Buson Yōkai Emaki by [[Yosa Buson. It depicts a cat in Nagoya that would wear a napkin on its head and dance. Unlike which have two tails, the bakeneko has only one tail.]] The '''''' (, "changed cat") is a type of Japanese , or supernatural entity; more specifically, it is a , or supernatural cat. It is often confused with the , another cat-like . The distinction between them is often ambiguous, but the largest difference is that the has two tails, while the has only one.
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Encyclopedic overview
12 sectionsContents
- Origin
- Folk legends
- The tale of Takasu Genbei
- Writings and literature
- Nabeshima {{Transliteration|ja|bakeneko}} disturbance
- Other
- Landmarks
- In film
- See also
- Notes
- References
- External links
right|thumb|220px|The of the Sasakibara Family () from the Buson Yōkai Emaki by [[Yosa Buson. It depicts a cat in Nagoya that would wear a napkin on its head and dance. Unlike which have two tails, the bakeneko has only one tail.]] The '''' (, "changed cat") is a type of Japanese , or supernatural entity; more specifically, it is a , or supernatural cat. It is often confused with the , another cat-like . The distinction between them is often ambiguous, but the largest difference is that the has two tails, while the has only one.
There are legends of in various parts of Japan, but the tale of the Nabeshima Disturbance in Saga Prefecture is especially famous.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “bakeneko” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.