Bunbuku chagama. - 分福茶釜 - [Yokai | Folktale]

Bunbuku chagama. - 分福茶釜 - [Yokai | Folktale]

• About this yokai: Poor Bunbuku Changama was a little Tanuki that transformed into a teapot – but he got stuck and couldn’t change back. He didn’t mind being a fabulous kettle but he didn’t like the flames involved... so he made a deal with some monks and performed acrobatics for his keep instead!! [often mistaken as a tsukomogami.]

[from "The Wonderful Tea Kettle" (1886)]

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