Foxy: Yanase Miho and "Kitsune"

Yanase Miho brings us our random tune for today, called Kitsune. I couldn't find any information on Yanase Miho, so you'll just have to listen to the song and try to infer her essence from it. However, the title of the song refers to a fox, and kitsune have an integral part in the myths and legends of Japan. They are trickster figures, and during the Edo period in Japan were even considered witches with the ability to shapeshift, but they are also guardians, friends, and even lovers and wives. They are generally broken down into good foxes (zenko) and bad foxes (yako). Kitsune were thought to be able to even possess young women by entering them underneath their fingernails or through their breasts - the victim then often begins to slightly resemble a fox. Mental illness was explained by fox possession. They are often associated with Inari, the deity of rice in the Shinto religion, for whom they were messengers but also could actually be Inari, with the androgynous god taking on their form. Kitsune can be found on Yanase Miho's 2010 album Futatsu No Kotori.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kitsune