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Period: 1185 to 1333
Kamakura period
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Period: 1336 to 1573
Muromachi period
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1470
Tamamo no mae monogatari - 玉藻前物語
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1471
Tamamo no mae - 玉藻 の前
Real date is unknown. It is likely that this tale was written at the same period as Tamamo no mae monogatari. -
1501
Tamamo no mae soshi
It was written during the sixteenth century. We do not have an accurate date. It is a set of two illustrated scrolls available in the collection of the Nezu Art Museum. -
1503
Sesshō-seki
It is a noh play. It tells about a sequel of the former tale of Lady Tamamo. After that Tamamo was shot down in Nasu moor, its spirit remained over there and haunted all animals and passengers who passed by. Genno a buddhist monk was going to placate the fox spirit and save this place at the same time. We do not know exactly when this play was written and performed on stage, but it seems that it was before the Edo period (during the Muromachi period probably). -
Period: 1573 to
Azuchi Momoyama period
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Period: to
Edo period
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Tamamo no soshi - 玉藻の草紙
In this version like the noh play Sessho-seki, there is a sequel of the tale of Tamamo no mae with the killing stone which haunts the vicinity of the Nasu plain. It is the same story as the noh play. This woodblock-printed book is available in the collection of Keio university Library. -
TAMAMO-NO-MAE ASAHI NO TAMOTO
It was at first a bunraku play (theater of puppet). Initially written and performed for the first time in 1751. This play was revised, revived and replayed many times. Notably in a Kabuki play in 1806. -
THE SPINNING WHEEL AND THE NINE-TAILED FOX - ITOGURUMA KYUBI NO KITSUNE)
It features another ending of the killing stone named Sessho-seki. After the death of Tamamo in Nasu moor, its spirit struck again through the ancestor of the hunters/warriors who killed it. In this non-official history novel, the phantom fox once again possesses
the body of an elderly woman during the Hōji period, causing much misfortune. It is a Kibyoshi (yellow book) widely spread during the Edo period. -
Period: to
Meiji period
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Period: to
Taisho period
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Tamamo no mae - 玉藻の前 by Okamoto Kido
It is the legend of Tamamo written by Okamoto Kido during the Taisho period in 1918. It is a revisited tale by himself. It is more modern and it is well-written. There is a love story. A tale of a golden-haired fox with nine tails. The story centers on a tragic love between a young Onmyoji, a childhood friend of a girl who is possessed by a fox and becomes a beautiful woman who deceives the nation, and a lord and a mysterious priest who are engaged in a power struggle. -
Period: to
Showa period