Hakone Momoku Naori No Bakekurabe Bunbukuchagama Byakkotama Ushimitsunokane

Inspired by Kyokutei Bakin, from "Bakekurabe Ushimitsu no Kane" (1800), a brief history of the Tanuki priest Kankacho and Jizo.

Hakone Blindness Healing: The Bakekurabe Ushimitsu no Kane (The Bake Competition, the Bunfuku Tea Kettle) and the White Fox Tama Ushimitsu (The White Fox Tama Ushimitsu)

Synopsis

Era/Background
Era/Genre: Mid- to late Edo period (published in 1800). Comic book, yellow-covered book, and joruri reading book.

Setting: This story depicts a "family feud" and a "treasure hunt" in the world of monsters (the world of monsters). Numerous characters with human torsos and the heads of various animals and monsters appear.

Synopsis
This is a story of a great monster parade depicting a family feud in the world of monsters.
Byakkonosuke, a white fox yokai, and Rokurohime, a yokai with a stretchable neck, were in love (or perhaps engaged to be married), but their treasured possessions, the "White Fox Jewel" and the "Bunpuku Tea Kettle," were stolen by an unknown assailant. Torn apart by the loss of their family heirlooms, the two embark on a arduous journey to reclaim their treasures, feeling as if they were being torn apart like living trees.

The story is divided into sections, including "Upper Volume: The River of Changes / The Shrine of the Monk's God," "Middle Volume: The Hakone Founder's Residence," and "Lower Volume: The Mountaineer's Inn." Along the way, the story unfolds with a variety of yokai and their escapades, including being tricked by a fake Yuki-onna and staying at a mountaineer's inn. Parodies of classics such as "Kanadehon Chushingura" and kabuki performances are incorporated throughout.

Characters
Byakkonosuke: The protagonist of this work. A white fox yokai. She searches for the family heirloom, the White Fox's Jewel.

Rokurohime: The heroine of this work. A Rokurokubi monster. When the family heirloom, the Bunpuku Tea Kettle, is stolen from her, she and Shirokonosuke are caught up in a cruel fate. When performed in Bunraku and other theaters, a special mechanical puppet with a long, stretchable neck is used.

Yamaotoko: A monster that appears in the second volume, "The Mountain Man's Inn."

Yuki-onna: A monster that appears along the way and tries to trick the group.

Mitsume Mikoshi: Monsters such as the three-eyed Mikoshi Nyudo.

Many other monsters and monsters that represent loyal retainers and villains from the human world, such as kappa and bake-tanuki, also appear.