Folktales from Japan
Season 6, Episode 36: The God Riding on a Cucumber / Use an Abacus to Make Kaga a Million Koku
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A god rides on a cucumber. A lord becomes rich using his abacus to keep expenses down. Source: crunchyroll
All Episodes - Season 6
Episode 1
Sameuratarou Became a Rock / Koukichi Flies Through the Sky
Episode 2
The Bamboo Shoot Child / The Demon Kite of Ikinoshim
Episode 3
The Catfish God / Inou Tadataka
Episode 4
Kappa Stone / The Moss Ball of Akan Lake
Episode 5
The Hunter and the Oni / The Three Shrine Festival of Asakusa
Episode 6
Anju and Zushiou / Kicchomu-san the Sharp
Episode 7
Granny Orin and the Bottle Rock / The Madara Demon God and Kannon-sama
Episode 8
The Akoya Pine / The Spicy Lotus Root of Higo
Episode 9
Chikaraishi Plays Sumo / The Great Buddha of Nara
Episode 10
The Golden Ladle / The Chaguchagu Pony
Episode 11
The Wolf Rich Man / Shouki-san and the Demon Roof Tile
Episode 12
Doukan / Priest Enkuu
Episode 13
The Beefy Biceps Given by a Ghost / The Yummy Miso That`s a Hacchou Away
Episode 14
The Giant Barley Straw Snake / Uesugi Youzan Makes It Work
Episode 15
The Tofu Priest Statue / Hiraga Gennai
Episode 16
Houko-san / Wabicha and Senno Rikyuu
Episode 17
Tanuki Fields / The Orange Boat of Bunzaemon
Episode 18
The Pilgrim and the Bath / The Slaying of the Monster of Himeji Castle
Episode 19
The Power Given by an Ogre / The Okesabushi of Okei
Episode 20
A Story of Sage Kume / The Moon, the Buddha, and My Soba
Episode 21
Osengafuchi / The Medicine-Seller of Toyama
Episode 22
Daikoku-sama and Denzaburou the Rich Man / The Tanuki Priest and Kenchin Soup
Episode 23
The Dream-Telling Priest Statue / The Iwatsuki Doll
Episode 24
Ninja Isuke and the Oosanshouuo / Arita-yaki Shine Like Persimmons
Episode 25
The Rice-Spouting Priest Statue / The Dog Goes to Ise
Episode 26
The Sesame Seed Manjuu / The Beginning of Dougo Hot Springs
Episode 27
Heishirou of Dokkoi Makabe / Standing on Mt. Fuji
Episode 28
The Bikki Wife / The Oumi Merchant
Episode 29
The Ship Ghosts of Usa / The Tanuki War of Awa
Episode 30
The Rain of the Setomono Festival / The Silkworm and the Wife Lord
Episode 31
Eyeball Swapping / The Byakkotai
Episode 32
The Priest and the Old Tanuki / Otane`s Lake
Episode 33
The Man Who Wanted to Be a Black Kite / The Mountain Princess of Yakushima
Episode 34
Wanting to Be Poor / The Blessings of Uzumi
Episode 35
Yajiemon and the Big Bear / Nikkou Toushougu and Hidari Jingorou
Episode 36
The God Riding on a Cucumber / Use an Abacus to Make Kaga a Million Koku
Episode 37
The Farting Wife / The Chef of Shuri Castle
Episode 38
The Mountain Granny`s Mochi / Namahage
Episode 39
The Invisible Man / The River Otter of Shimanto River
Episode 40
Three Grains of Rice, Three Grains of Gold / Jirochou of Shimizu
Episode 41
The Swordsman and the Bale of Straw / The Pack Carriers of Mackerel Highway
Episode 42
Mountain Granny Shrine / Sugawara Michizane and the Legend of the Flying Plum
Episode 43
The Paper Bag Wind / Tanabata-san`s Present
Episode 44
The Mountain Monk Tanuki / The Doll Stones of Kintai Bridge
Episode 45
Yagorou-don and the Men / The Bug-Sending of Tsugaru
Episode 46
Ishidoumaru / Konoshiro and Matsue Castle
Episode 47
The Colt That Escaped from a Painting / The Cold Soup Granny
Episode 48
The Monk Who Went to Hell / Mito Mitsukuni Is Hungry
Episode 49
The 16th Day Cherry Tree / Monkey Bridge
Episode 50
The Gongen-sama on the Northern Mountain / Anchin and Kiyohime