Bunfuku tea pot of Tojuin

When he opened the door, it was young and a beautiful woman stood alone. And he said in a little voice, swaying in the cold.
"I've lost my way. Excuse me, but would you like to stay overnight?"
Mr. Kazuo, who was sorry, gave a woman to a temple, warm porridge, treated him, and stayed there.
The next morning the woman bowed her head many times and thanked him, and went away somewhere.
Two or three days later the woman appeared in the temple. "Thank you very much for your help."
He gave me the tea pot and tried to leave. At that time, Mr. Kazuo called. The woman lost her way on her journey and thought that she had nowhere to go or stay, she encouraged her to stay in the temple for a while.
The woman who came to stay in the temple said, "I can't thank you any more because I want to be kind."
That said, I borrowed a brush and paper from Mr. Kazuo and drew a picture. It was so wonderful that Mr. Kazuo seems to have been completely caught.

Raccoon Dog and a woman

The story of this woman quickly spread to Muranaka and became a hawk. The number of people visiting the temple has increased, and it has become completely familiar.
But one night, near the village, a carcasse of Raccoon Dog was found to be bitten by a dog. And what Raccoon Dog was wearing the same kimono as the woman in the temple. From that day, I did not see the woman in the temple.
Mr. Kazuo buried the Raccoon Dog. Then, I decided to make the "tea pot and picture" left by the woman as important treasure of the temple.
Unfortunately, the picture was burnt in the great fire of 1884, but only the tea pot is still left in the temple and is called "Bunfuku Chagama".
In the garden of Tojuin, there is a ceramic statue of Raccoon Dog and a woman telling this story.

This is a story recorded in "Hometown Konan's Old Story".
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