Tanuki Den (aka Homepost): Date 20220524 
Tanuki Scroll LIV: キツネと油あげ 
Read today’s folktale, from Tokyo prefecture!
About a fox doing what a fox does best - pretending to be human. This time the fox is pretending to be a samurai, and then pretends to be a patrol guard while telling the story of the fox pretending to be a samurai for double bamboozlement.
Japanese found in the tall grass
Learnthings
見回り「みまらり」ー Patrolling; one’s rounds; watchman.
Here it was paired with 役人「やくにん」so a patrolman or guard officer person.
番所「ばんしょ」ー Guard house
顔色「かおいろ」ー Complexion