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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
Kanda Myoojin 神田明神 Kanda Myojin and Taira no Masakado 平将門
Madakado was a very strong man and could fight seven people all alone. When Tawara Tōda 俵藤太 "Rice-bag Tōda" finally cut off his head, the head still kept pursuing him, and finally came to rest in Kanda. It did not die for seven days and kept the eyes rolling, watching people.
Finally Masakado's head mound was erected and the Shrine Kanda Myojin built to appease his soul.
Masakado became the protector of 弓矢の守護神 warriors fighting with bow and arrow.
Kubizuka 将門塚 Head Mound of Masakado and the Toad
When Mitsui Bussan tried to build an office 三井物産ビル, they wanted to buy the land with the 将門塚 Head Mound Kubizuka of Masakado. But they were afraid of the curse of Masakado 将門の祟り and bought a different plot.
When 若王子信行 Wakaoji Nobuyuki (1933 - 1989) was kidnapped in the Philippines in 1986, the company 三井物産 Mitsui Bussan prayed for his safe return.
They made an offering of a huge gamagaeru ガマガエル toad to the 将門塚 Masakado Mound.
(-gaeru, kaeru is a pun with 帰る to come home safely.)
. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 Legends .
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. Yanagimori Jinja 柳森神社 Shrine .
千代田区神田須田町2-25 Chiyoda, Kanda, Sudacho
venerating
o-Tanuki san おたぬきさん the honorable Tanuki badger
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. Koyanagi choo 小柳町 Koyanagi district "small willow tree" .
reiken 霊剣 the magic sword
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choozubachi 手水鉢 hand-wash basin
At the 神田明神 Kanda Myojin Shrine in the back of the Shrine compound there was 住吉の手水鉢 a handwashbasin from Sumiyoshi.
Once a man had this in his garden, but it was cursed and he gave it as an offering to the Shrine.
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henjoo nanji 変成男子 a boy with a mysterious story
神田和泉橋通り Kanda Izumibashi-dori
Around 1830, there lived a man named 善八 Zenpachi on the Izumibashi road.
Once on a trip he saw a young woman of about 15, 16 years hurrying along and fainting right in front of him. When Zenpachi looked after her, she came back to her senses and opened her eyes. She said she had been kidnapped and barely escaped. Zenpachi accompanied her to her home. She was very greatfull and asked for a memento from Zenpachi to always remember him in gratitude, so he gave her an amulet from 浅草観世音 Asakusa Kannon.
When Zenpachi came back home, his young wife has just given birth and - what a surprize - the newborn baby boy held this amulet of Kannon in his hand.
The girl had died long ago of an illness and through the grace of Kannon had now been re-born as a boy.
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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
江戸神田鍋町 Edo Kanda Nabecho district
Around 1715, on the 15th day of the New Year a servant of a merchant in Nabecho had gone to the public bath in the evening. When they heared someone at the gate in the back of the house, they saw this servant in traveller's robes. When they asked him what had happened, he told them he had left on the 13th day of the 12th lunar month the year before.
Maybe a Tengu had been shape-shifting into this servant during that time?
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. wara ningyoo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .
神田藍染川 Kanda Aisomegawa
In Kanda Aizomegawa a dog had bitten into a suspicious box and out of it came a straw doll for curses.
A serpent had been wrapped around the doll. The head of the serpent had been split by a large nail.
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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
Kanda Myoojin 神田明神 Kanda Myojin and Taira no Masakado 平将門
Madakado was a very strong man and could fight seven people all alone. When Tawara Tōda 俵藤太 "Rice-bag Tōda" finally cut off his head, the head still kept pursuing him, and finally came to rest in Kanda. It did not die for seven days and kept the eyes rolling, watching people.
Finally Masakado's head mound was erected and the Shrine Kanda Myojin built to appease his soul.
Masakado became the protector of 弓矢の守護神 warriors fighting with bow and arrow.
Kubizuka 将門塚 Head Mound of Masakado and the Toad
When Mitsui Bussan tried to build an office 三井物産ビル, they wanted to buy the land with the 将門塚 Head Mound Kubizuka of Masakado. But they were afraid of the curse of Masakado 将門の祟り and bought a different plot.
When 若王子信行 Wakaoji Nobuyuki (1933 - 1989) was kidnapped in the Philippines in 1986, the company 三井物産 Mitsui Bussan prayed for his safe return.
They made an offering of a huge gamagaeru ガマガエル toad to the 将門塚 Masakado Mound.
(-gaeru, kaeru is a pun with 帰る to come home safely.)
. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 Legends .
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. Yanagimori Jinja 柳森神社 Shrine .
千代田区神田須田町2-25 Chiyoda, Kanda, Sudacho
venerating
o-Tanuki san おたぬきさん the honorable Tanuki badger
.............................................................................................................................................
. Koyanagi choo 小柳町 Koyanagi district "small willow tree" .
reiken 霊剣 the magic sword
.............................................................................................................................................
choozubachi 手水鉢 hand-wash basin
At the 神田明神 Kanda Myojin Shrine in the back of the Shrine compound there was 住吉の手水鉢 a handwashbasin from Sumiyoshi.
Once a man had this in his garden, but it was cursed and he gave it as an offering to the Shrine.
.......................................................................
henjoo nanji 変成男子 a boy with a mysterious story
神田和泉橋通り Kanda Izumibashi-dori
Around 1830, there lived a man named 善八 Zenpachi on the Izumibashi road.
Once on a trip he saw a young woman of about 15, 16 years hurrying along and fainting right in front of him. When Zenpachi looked after her, she came back to her senses and opened her eyes. She said she had been kidnapped and barely escaped. Zenpachi accompanied her to her home. She was very greatfull and asked for a memento from Zenpachi to always remember him in gratitude, so he gave her an amulet from 浅草観世音 Asakusa Kannon.
When Zenpachi came back home, his young wife has just given birth and - what a surprize - the newborn baby boy held this amulet of Kannon in his hand.
The girl had died long ago of an illness and through the grace of Kannon had now been re-born as a boy.
.......................................................................
. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
江戸神田鍋町 Edo Kanda Nabecho district
Around 1715, on the 15th day of the New Year a servant of a merchant in Nabecho had gone to the public bath in the evening. When they heared someone at the gate in the back of the house, they saw this servant in traveller's robes. When they asked him what had happened, he told them he had left on the 13th day of the 12th lunar month the year before.
Maybe a Tengu had been shape-shifting into this servant during that time?
.......................................................................
. wara ningyoo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .
神田藍染川 Kanda Aisomegawa
In Kanda Aizomegawa a dog had bitten into a suspicious box and out of it came a straw doll for curses.
A serpent had been wrapped around the doll. The head of the serpent had been split by a large nail.
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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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- - - To join me on facebook, click the image !
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