January 16, 2021

GOKURAKU - Jodo Sugoroku legends

https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2017/09/sugoroku-game-legends.html


Jodo Sugoroku 浄土双六 Sugoroku about the Buddhist Paradise
Buppo Sugoroku 仏法双六



Popular before the 百鬼夜行 Hyakki Yagyo of Toriyama Sekien became popular.
. Gazu Hyakki Yagyō 画図百鬼夜行 by Sekien .
A lot of monsters appear in Paradise:
登場する奇怪に名前があるのは浄土絵双六が最初であるだろう。その名の大略は赤口、ぬらりひょん、牛鬼、山彦、おとろん、わいらうわん、目一ツ坊、ぬけ首、ぬっぺらぼう、ぬりほとけ、ぬれ女、ひょうすべ、しょうけら、ふらり火、りうんぼう、さかがみ、身の毛だち、あふあふ、どうもこうも、これらの名はその姿からついたものが多いようだ。他にも猫また、野きつね、雪女、かっぱ、山わらわ、犬がみ、山姥、火車、みこし入道などがいる。
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........... Miyazaki 宮崎県

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
二宮久太夫 Ninomiya Kyudayu was looking for a lodging in Miyagi (former 日向国 Hyuga no Kuni) and one family let them in.
But the head of the house was ill. There were his two daughters, with serpents wrapped around their neck playing 双六 Sugoroku.
The head of the house explained that the two were possessed, and if one would fear the serpent, the animal would strangle it. If both would fear the serpent, they would both be strangled.
Kyudayu left the home next morning saying thanks. When he came back a few days later, the house was gone and there was only a riverpool.
The other villagers told him that there had been an earthquake and flooding and the home was destroyed.


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