{"product_id":"bucket-hat-nine-tailed-fox","title":"Bucket Hat 'Nine-Tailed Fox' - キツネ","description":"\u003ch2\u003eA nine-tailed fox, embroidered with its tails fanned\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003ekyūbi no kitsune\u003c\/strong\u003e (九尾の狐, the nine-tailed fox) is among the most powerful and most feared \u003cem\u003eyōkai\u003c\/em\u003e in East Asian folklore. Japanese mythology, inheriting the Chinese \u003cem\u003ehuli jing\u003c\/em\u003e tradition, holds that a fox gains a tail for every century it lives. A nine-tailed fox has therefore lived nine hundred years, and the powers that come with that age are considerable: transformation into human form, usually a beautiful young woman; command of illusion; control over natural elements; and the ability to read a mind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003elegend of Tamamo no Mae\u003c\/strong\u003e is the most famous Japanese telling. According to the Heian-period chronicles, the emperor Toba (1107–1123) was bewitched by a mysterious consort of unnatural beauty. The onmyōji Abe no Yasuchika finally exposed her as a malevolent nine-tailed fox, driving the creature to flee to the plains of Nasu, where she was killed and turned into the Sesshō-seki, the killing stone. That stone exists — it sits in Nasu, in Tochigi Prefecture, and it split in two in 2022, which made the news worldwide.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe embroidery gives the creature \u003cstrong\u003emovement\u003c\/strong\u003e: the elongated cream-white body of the fox surrounded by nine tails fanned outward, alternating white and orange-red so the whole figure appears to rotate. The eyes are stitched red, which is what marks it as supernatural rather than animal. The design belongs to the contemporary graphic register that games and animation have built around the nine-tailed fox over the last two decades.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe mid-profile bucket shape amplifies the effect: cream body, orange-red tails, red eyes. Wear it with a dark haori, a plain oversized sweatshirt and cargo trousers, or with a graphic tee, straight jeans and chunky sneakers. Made for people who read Japanese mythology properly, who came to it through games or animation, and who want a yōkai that carries its history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e98% cotton, 2% elastane\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMid profile, 7.5 cm (3 in) brim\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne size: 54.9-60 cm (21.6-23.6 in)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSoft inner lining\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFlat seams and clean finishing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Japan Clothing","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":53756656058715,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Grey","offer_id":53756656091483,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Khaki","offer_id":53756656124251,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"White","offer_id":53756656157019,"sku":null,"price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/9300\/2473\/files\/bucket-hat-nine-tailed-fox-black.jpg?v=1786455640","url":"https:\/\/japan-clothing.com\/products\/bucket-hat-nine-tailed-fox","provider":"JAPAN CLOTHING","version":"1.0","type":"link"}