according to the latter story, while the three famous tanuki were all boasting about how they were the best in japan, hage-tanuki embarked towards awaji, and challenged shibaemon-tanuki to a contest of disguises. on the day of the match, shibaemon saw countless naval ships appearing at sea. while shibaemon was still in a state of surprise, believing war had broken out, the boats disappeared, and hage-tanuki appeared. the fleet had been hage-tanuki's disguise, successfully tricking shibaemon. in response to hage-tanuki's boasts of victory, shibaemon-tanuki said that he would disguise himself as the "daimyō"s royal procession. on the next day, a splendid procession appeared. hage-tanuki praised shibaemon in a loud voice, but was reprimanded by a soldier for his insolence and was killed by a spear; it had been the real daimyo's procession. shibaemon, who thought this unfortunate, courteously gave him a funeral service.