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.......................................................................... Tokyo 東京都 ......................................
tatari たたり a curse
At the 服部坂 Hatorizaka slope there was a Zen temple called しうりん院 Shorin-In.
Once they found a skull in the back mountain of the temple. So they made a grave marker and venerated it on the 位牌堂 Hall for Ancestral tablets (ihai).
But after seven days, the skull begun dancing out of the hall with its tablet. The head priest could not sleep and became ill. When another priest visited, he took the skull and stamped on it in the garden until it was broke. Then the curse was broken and the head priest healed.
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Fukiage Goten 吹上御殿 / Fukiage Gosho 吹上御所
Fukiage section of the Imperial Palace
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 1727 there was a strong thunderstorm and a skull fell into the park of the palace.
It was about 18 cm long and 24 cm wide. It had two holed for the eyes and a mouth like the beak of a bird. The teeth were only in the upper chin.
They never found out if it was from a bird or fish or other strange animal.
.
.......................................................................... Tokyo 東京都 ......................................
tatari たたり a curse
At the 服部坂 Hatorizaka slope there was a Zen temple called しうりん院 Shorin-In.
Once they found a skull in the back mountain of the temple. So they made a grave marker and venerated it on the 位牌堂 Hall for Ancestral tablets (ihai).
But after seven days, the skull begun dancing out of the hall with its tablet. The head priest could not sleep and became ill. When another priest visited, he took the skull and stamped on it in the garden until it was broke. Then the curse was broken and the head priest healed.
.......................................................................
Fukiage Goten 吹上御殿 / Fukiage Gosho 吹上御所
Fukiage section of the Imperial Palace
On the sixth day of the sixth lunar month in 1727 there was a strong thunderstorm and a skull fell into the park of the palace.
It was about 18 cm long and 24 cm wide. It had two holed for the eyes and a mouth like the beak of a bird. The teeth were only in the upper chin.
They never found out if it was from a bird or fish or other strange animal.
.
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