Tanuki Den (aka Homepost): Date 20220515 
Tanuki Scroll XLV: 鉢かづき姫 
Read today’s folktale, from Osaka prefecture!
About a couple who a longing for a child, and one day they finally get a daughter. But when she turns 13 her mother falls gravely ill, and to remember her by she puts a rice bowl on her daughter’s head.
Japanese found in the tall grass
New Things
形見「かたみ」ー Memento; keepsake; heirloom
若君「わかぎみ」ー Young lord or prince
Forgotten Things
枕元「まくらもと」ー Pillow-side / bed-side