I've been looking for Japanese language books about Tanuki. Specifically I want a book that goes into both their ecology, folklore, and influence on the Japanese culture. The only book I could find that went decently over tanuki in English was Tanuki: The Folklore of Japan's Trickster by Christopher Kincaid, which I've already read, so I'm seeing if I can learn more about tanuki while also improving my Japanese knowledge by reading a Japanese book about them. I only came across three relatively new books on JP Amazon about them: What is Tanuki?, たぬきの本: 里山から街角まで, and タヌキ学入門: かちかち山から3.11まで 身近な野生動物の意外な素顔. But I'm not sure JP Amazon is giving me the full scope on writings about tanuki with only three books on an animal that's so entrenched in Japanese culture. Would you recommend any of these three? Is there a tanuki book not on JP Amazon you recommend?
by SmoothGardener