LEGENDS - ono no takamura

https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/11/onoterusaki-shrine.html

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. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 .

古井戸のくらきに落ちる椿かな
furu ido no kuraki ni ochiru tsubaki kana

a camellia blossom
falls into the darkness
of an old well ...

The well can be seen as an access to bridge this world with the other world.
Ono Takamura used this well to commute to hell
小野篁が地獄と行き来したと言われている井戸


The old well at the temple 六道珍皇寺 Rokudo Chinno-Ji, Kyoto


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statue at temple 六道珍皇寺 Rokudo Chinno-Ji, Kyoto
Legend says Takamura's upturned robes depict him just back from his nightly trip to hell.
- source : www.rokudou.jp

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