Tanuki and the Magic Fan

Tanuki and the Magic Fan

The Apple Seed - Radio Archive, Episode 1601 , Segment 5

Episode: The Autumn Festival

  • Nov 20, 2020 1:00 am
  • 9:14 mins

Musical storytellers Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo (who formed the storytelling group knowns as Eth-Noh-Tec), explore a story from the mountains of Japan. In it, Tanuki, a badger with a tricky nature, steals a magical fan and uses it to play tricks on the people of the nearby village.

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