HEIAN - kane temple bell legends

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kane, tsurigane temple bell legends

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kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell

. kane　鐘 temple bell .
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hanging temple bell, tsurigane 釣鐘
"crocodile's mouth", waniguchi 鰐口
bronze bell, dootaku 銅鐸
small bell, suzu　鈴


庄田耕峰 Shoda Koho (1871-1946)


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. Anchin and Kiyohime 安珍・清姫伝説 .
at the temple 道成寺 Temple Dojo-Ji




............................................................................... Saitama
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Chichibu 小鹿野町 Ogano

Once upon a time
the village temple went out of business and the 釣り鐘 temple bell was given to the pawn shop. It was sold to another village, where soon a fire started. The local fortune teller said it was the temple bell bringing bad luck, so it was given back. This legend is called
Tengu-sama no tsurigane 天狗様の釣り鐘 the Temple bell of the Tengu.

. Tengu legends from Chichibu .


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tsurigane 釣り鐘
Once the priest of a temple was in need of money and brought its temple bell 釣り鐘 to the pawn shop. At the town where it was re-sold there was a fire and nobody new why. A fortune-teller found the reason: The temple bell wanted to go back to its temple and hat caused fire to bring attention to itself.



............................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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. The Immortal from 菊川村 Kikugawa .
and Muken no Kane 無間の鐘 "Unlimited Bell", "Soundless Bell", "the Bell of Muken"


............................................................................... 山形県 Yamagata
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鶴岡市 Tsuruoka

tsurigane 釣鐘 hanging temple bell
In the beginning of the Meiji period they wanted to build a school. To pay for it the hanging bell and the Hokyointo of the temple were sold.
Now if there is a strong wind the school building is swaying. Once during a celebration at the school the wind blew off the roof . . .
The elders of the town only laugh at this . . . after all, the hanging temple bell had been sold . .




............................................................................... Tokyo 東京
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町田市 Machida

. chinshoo 沈鐘 the fallen temple bell .
three legends !

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
227 鐘 to explore
hanging temple bell, tsurigane 釣鐘
- source : 4 legends : tsurigane 釣鐘 -
"crocodile's mouth", waniguchi 鰐口
- source : 2 legends : waniguchi 鰐口 -
small bell, suzu　鈴
- source : 206 legends : suzu　鈴 -

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