TEMPLES - Komyoji legends

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .


................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県 　
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愛知郡 Aichi district 東郷町 Togo town

reibutsu 霊仏 "Spirit Buddha"
At the temple 祐福寺 Yufuku-Ji there is a statue of 善導大師 Zendo Daishi.
Fishermen had found it in their nets and brought it to 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji, because they had seen this temple in their dreams.
It was later brought to Temple Yufuku-Ji.
Zendo Daishi, Priest Shan-tao from China. (613 - 681).

There is a statue of Zendo Daishi at Komyo-Ji in Kamakura, Kanagawa.

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Aichi 知多郡 Chita district 美浜町 Mihama town

. Kuki shi 九鬼氏 Kuki ke 九鬼家 the Kuki clan, Kuki family .
hikeshi Benten 火消し弁天 "Benten extinguishes a fire"

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Aichi 知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita town

. nue 鵺, 鵼, 恠鳥, 奴延 the Nue monster .
Nue is a monster beast with the head of a monkey, breast of a Tanuki badger, scales like a dragon, a tail of a serpent and hands and feet like a tiger.
At the temple 光明寺 Komyo-Ji there is a scroll with Minamoto no Yorimasa 源三位頼政 Genzanmi Yorimasa, who killed the Nue monster.

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. 東方寺 Temple Toho-Ji and 光明 Komyo-Ji .
statue of Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来像

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Aichi 知多郡 Chita district 武豊町 Taketoyo town

. Dainichi Nyorai Legends 大日如来 .
Around 1540, soldiers were near the temple 御嶽山 光明寺 Komyo-Ji. To prevent the statue of Dainichi Nyorai from being burned, the priest threw it into the nearby pond.
Later 大島四郎兵衛久成 Oshima Shirobei Kujo from 長尾村 Nagao village came to know of this, dug the statue out and wanted to take it with him.
On his way thie villagers from 西浦村 Nishiura begged him to let the statue be, since it was their mamori honzon 守り本尊 protector deity.
It came to a fight, but when the villagers from Nishiura got the statue and wanted to return, they could not lift the state and not move it.
When the villgers from Nagao tried to lift it, it was light and they took it back home, placed it in 大日堂 the Dainich Hall and venerated it as their protector deity.




................................................................................. Hiroshima 広島県 　
廿日市市 Hatsukaichi city 宮島町 Miyajima town

. sweets for an abandoned baby .




................................................................................. Iwate 岩手県 　
奥州市 Oshu city 江刺南町 Esashiku Minami town

. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 (794 – 864) .
In the Ninja village of Oshu there lived タカソトハノタケトシ Taka no Toha no Taketoshi.
He brought his son to 光明寺 Komyo-Ji to study and soon the son became a skilled teacher.
Later the son moved on to 比叡山 Hieizan.
The High Priest from Hieizan had a dream telling him a special person would come from the East, so he welcomed the son.
The son became known as 慈覚大師 Jigaku Daishi, said to be an incarnation of 観音菩薩 Kannon Bosatsu.
. Hieizan 比叡山 Mount Hiei .




................................................................................. Kanagawa 神奈川県 　
鎌倉市 Kamakura city

. wagen Jizoo 和顔地蔵 Wagen Smiling Jizo at Komyo-Ji .




................................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県　
Miyagi 仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward

Kashima no Kaname 鹿島の要 Stone to suppress an earthquake.
Between the hill of the temple 北山光明寺 Kitayama Komyo-Ji and the temple 堤町日浄寺 Tsutsumimachi Nichijo-Ji there are seven boulders.
In olden times seven boulders came flying here from 常陸の鹿島 the Kashima Shrine in Hitachi.
The area is now called Kashimagazaki 鹿島ヶ崎 .
Earthquake Legends




................................................................................. Nara 奈良県 　
宇陀郡 Uda district 大宇陀町 Ouda town

. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
At 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji around 1682, at the burial of a farmer's wife there was a thunderstorm.
The priest 憲海上人 Saint Kenkai placed a kesa 袈裟 priest surplice around the coffin and threw a statue of Amida Nyorai toward the West.
The weather cleared very soon and the old cat of the temple died.
The statue of Amida had hit the eye of the cat.
Since then they never keep cats at this temple.

................................................................................. Shiga 滋賀県 　
守山市 Moriyama city 勝部町 Katsube town

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake legends .
> On the border of 栗本郡 Kurimoto district and 野洲郡 Yasu district there was a large river.
At 三上山 Mount Mikamiyama it divided into two. The 南川 river Minamigawa became quite a deep river pool at 土山 Tsuchiyama.
In this river pool there lived daija 大蛇 a huge serpent, which caused a lot of problems for the local farmers.
During the time of the Emperor 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was a strong earthquake. When they asked a diviner about the reason, they learned it was the huge serpent which wanted to kill the Emperor.
The Emperor ordered the villagers to kill the serpent. Many hundred came and drove the serpent away.
This event gave reason for some local area names. To memorate it, the tempel 大光明寺 Komyo-Ji was built.




................................................................................. Shizuoka 静岡県 　
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浜松市 Hamamatsu city 天竜区 Otaki ward

A stone with the imprints of a woman who had given birth is kept near the mountain ridge connecting 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji and 浅間山 Mount Asamasan.




................................................................................. Tokushima 徳島県 　
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那賀郡 Naka district

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake legends .
In the compound of 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji at the lakeside of 福村 Fukumura village there lived a huge serpent under the huge matsu 松 pine tree.
Every day there were beautiful colors on the water, reflecting on the pine tree.

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .

Tamagawa Fudo 多摩川不動尊 - Nishi-Rokugo
大綱山 Taikozan 宝幢院 Hodo-In 光明寺 Komyo-Ji

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TEMPLES - Tokai Kannon Pilgrimage Introduction

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Tokai Kannon Pilgrimage Introduction

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. Tera　寺 と伝説 Buddhist Temples and their legends .
. The 53 Stations of the Tokaido 東海道五十三次 .
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Tokai Kannon Pilgrimage 東海三十三観音霊場

This pilgrimage was established in 1914.
20 temples from Tokyo and 5 each from Kawasaki, and Yokohama along the old Tokaido Highway.

01 大本山總持寺
. 02 来福寺 Raifuku-Ji .
03 光明山遍照寺
04 大嶋山真観寺
05 明王山成就院
06 金澤山円能院
07 石観音
08 龍泉寺
09 光明山金剛寺

10 蓮花寺
11 金剛院
12 蒲田不動尊大楽寺
13 一心山専念寺
. 14 東福寺 Tofuku-Ji .
15 円明山延命寺
16 大福生寺
17 宝幢院
18 東陽院
19 安養寺

20 遍照院
. 21 品川寺 Honsen-Ji .
22 薬王寺
23 宝泉寺
24 明長寺
25 自性院
26 正蔵院
27 宝珠院
28 龍王院
29 観蔵院

30 海晏寺
31 法禅寺
32 安泰寺
33 川崎大師平間寺


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Tokai Hakuju Sanjusan Kannon 東海白寿三十三観音霊場

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. Temples with legends .

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LEGENDS - furudanuki old Tanuki

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furudanuki old Tanuki legends

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furudanuki, kori 古狸と伝説 Legends about an old monster Tanuki
bakedanuki 化け狸 // yoori 妖狸 yoori / kairi 怪狸

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. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
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......................................................................................... Aichi 愛知県
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北設楽郡 Kita-Shitara district 設楽町 Shitara town

The trees from a special mountain sold very well. But then strange things happened and the lumberjacks did not work there for long.
Even now, late at night, when the lumberjacks sleep in the small mountain hut, a beautiful young woman appears.
One night a lumberjack took courage and slashed the face of the woman and all could see it was just an old badger.




......................................................................................... Hyogo　兵庫県
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神戸市 Kobe city

. terakoya 寺子屋 temple school .
Around 1868, at the terakoya 寺子屋 temple school from 常源寺 Temple there appeared furudanuki 古狸 an old tanuki badger.
Some brave boys drove it out with a stick but
there was now always a voice of someone reciting homework coming from under the floor.




......................................................................................... Ibaraki 茨城県
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行方市 Namegata city 百里 Hyakuri hamlet

. furudanuki 古狸 old Tanuki from Hyakuri Kaido 百里街道 .




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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. Furudanuki 古狸 carrying a 塔婆 Sotoba grave marker .




......................................................................................... Osaka 大阪府
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大阪市 Osaka city

. Furudanuki or Taka nyūdō 高入道 Takanyudo Monster .
It was especially "popular" in the back of the 北御堂 Kitamido Hall.




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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田方郡 Tagata district 函南町 Kannami town

. Furudanuki and a sotoba 卒塔婆 grave marker .




......................................................................................... Tokushima
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佐古町 Sako town

. . Shinpachi Tanuki 新八狸 Tanuki Shinpachi / 庚申新八狸 Koshin Shinpachi .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
64 古狸 to collect
01 化け狸 //
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. Kaido highway legends 街道と伝説 - - ABC list .

. animals and their legends 動物と伝説 - - ABC list .

. plants and their legends 　植物と伝説 - - ABC list .

. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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LEGENDS - kame turtle

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kame turtle legends

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kame 亀と伝説 Legends about turtles, tortoise - Schildkröte


A turtle looking in all 8 directions 八方睨みの亀

. kame 亀 turtle, tortoise.
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kenmun ケンムン hinotoragami ヒノトラガミ
Kenmun is a kind of sea turtle Yokai, friend of Kappa san.

Tortoise is a symbol of longevity. It is said that if you rub its head, you can live a long life!
This statue is called Juzohi-no-Okame (寿蔵碑の大亀), or 'Longevity Monument of the Giant Tortoise'.
The giant tortoise stands 5 meters and 10cm tall.
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. minogame 蓑亀 minokame, "turtle with a raincoat" .

. Urashima Taro 浦島太郎 legend .

. tsuru kame, tsurukame 鶴亀 auspicious Tortoise and Crane .

. hiiki 贔屓 / 贔負 dragon "turtle" .

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......................................................................................... Chiba 千葉県
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銚子市 Choshi city

If the fishermen take good care of the sea turtles, they will have a good fishing harvest.
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umigame no tatari ウミガメの祟り curse of the Sea Turtle
Toward the end of the Meiji period, around 1912, some workers on a maschine boat on the Tonegawa caught a 海がめ sea turtle and ate it.
That day when they finished work and wanted to go back to the harbour, the sea suddenly turned wild and the boat capsized. Only one of the workers made it back to the shore alive.
Others found him mumbeling "this turtle, this huge sea turtle . . . " and then he breathed his last too.
The fishermen of Choshi say this was the curse of the sea turtle and have great respect for this animal.
. Legends from river Tonegawa 利根川 .
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At the shrine 御嶽神社 Mitake Jinja
の海亀墓石塔にまつわる伝承。S42年，イワシ漁の最中にウミガメを巻き込んで殺してしまった。その後一ヶ月ほどは漁に出ても網に入ったイワシが皆出て行ってしまうことが続いたが，石塔を建立して供養すると漁ができるようになった。




......................................................................................... Fukui 福井県　
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. Zenkai 禅海 Priest Zenkai coming on a turtle .




......................................................................................... Hokkaido
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Matsumae 厚岸町 Akkeshi town / Atsukeshi

reiki 霊亀 mysterious turtle
文政8年に松前の東蝦夷地アツケシで、長さが2間にあまり、幅が1丈もある大きな亀（スッポン）が獲れた。この亀は惣助なる漁の請負人に涙を流した。惣助や捕獲した人々は心動かされ、亀を放した。するとその後、近年の不漁が嘘のように豊漁となったという。これは惣助の陰徳だと思われた。




......................................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
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明石市 Akashi city

. Tonya - 穀物問屋 a grain wholesaler named 龜屋 Kameya .




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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. origin of Togura Onsen 戸倉温泉 Hot Spring resort .
along the river Chikumagwa 千曲川




......................................................................................... Okinawa　沖縄

kame to sen 亀，鱣 (hamo 鱧 pike conger eel)
Once a man named 蔡譲 was on his way to China, when a typhoon came and he fell over board.
Suddenly one 亀 turtle and two 鱣 sea snakes came and helped him.
It became custom in his family never to eat the meat of a turtle or pike conger eel after that.




......................................................................................... Tokyo 東京都

. Kameido cho 亀戸町 Kemeido, Kame-Ido "Turtle Well" .

. Tonegawa 利根川 / 刀禰川 River Tonegawa, Tone river .
kame and Kappa / kame no tatari カメのたたり the curse of the turtle

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
reiki 05 霊亀 (01)
470 亀 to collect

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. plants and their legends 　植物と伝説 - - ABC list .

. trees and their legends 　樹木, 木と伝説 - - ABC list .

. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .

. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

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EDO - Toshima ward map

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Map of Bushū Toshima Area, Edo (Bushū Toshima-gōri Edo no Shōzu)
武州豊嶋郡江戸庄図

This picture is representative of early Edo period illustrations and is considered to have been drawn in 1632 (Kaei 9). It is the oldest Edo map with accurate details according to current knowledge. It allows us to know the early Edo period town.
This illustration is a copy, but the original is assumed to be the oldest published map.
Beginning with the castle keep and Mt. Momiji, the pictorial technique is adapted to the topography of Nichieda Shrine, a reservoir to Mt. Atago and Zōjō-ji temple, etc., and the geographical expressions of other districts. It is said to be a transitional piece leading to the making of fully-fledged maps. Many similar types of drawings such as tracings and reproductions are in circulation and are generally called illustrations in the Kan'ei style.
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. Ikebukuro district 池袋 "pond bag" .
- - - including Kami Ikebukuro / Nishi Ikebukuro / Higashi Ikebukuro
Kanamecho 要町
. Komagome 駒込 . - districts in Toshima 豊島区 / Bunkyo 文京区
Mukohara　向原
. Ootsuka 大塚 Otsuka "big mound" .
Sugamo - see below

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Sugamo 巣鴨 Sugamo district "ducks nest"
Toshima ward, Sugamo sub-district 1 - 5.

The area used to be a set of swamps, where many water fowl hat their nest (su 巣), especially the ducks (kamo 鴨)- as is written in an old guide book of 1722.
But maybe there is a different reason for the name, which had been written with various characters :
須賀茂　洲鴨　菅面　洲処しやくじい面　洲処面
すが suga refers to a mound of sand carried along by a river, like a"a field of sand" 砂原.
Originally it was suga-mo.


In the Edo period, the Nakasendo Highway passed through the area and it begun to prosper as a rest station. Since 1737, townspeople were allowed to live here. Many gardeners came to live here.



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LEGENDS - Akaneko red cat

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......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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双葉郡 Futaba district 浪江町 Namie town // 赤猫

akaneko yashiki 赤猫屋敷 Mansion with a red cats
There was a lonely cat in the home and when the woman was left alone home, the cat begun to sing a song for her.
"But you must not tell anybody about my songs, lest you die!" the cat warned her.
When the other family members came back, they heard the woman sing and asked, where she had learned the song.
So the woman told them about the cat, but she died the next night.

Ishikawa 石川県
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小松市 Komatsu city // 赤猫

The grandfather of a certain family cherished his akaneko 赤猫 a red cat. One day the red cat said: "When 「前田利常 Lord Maeda Toshitsune (1594 - 1658) dies, there will be a great storm at his funeral. There will be flowers from gold and silver decorated around him, so you have to wait until all the other people have gone and then take the gold and silver home!"
Grandfather did as the cat had advised him and lived a luxury life ever after.

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Miyazaki 宮崎県
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児湯郡 Koyu district 新富町 Shintomi town

Sometimes a cat goes wandering after being fed for one year in a home.
In the mountain forest it looks for the stump of matsu 松 a pine tree and rub the pine resin on its skin. Then it seeks a place with sand to dry.
That way no arrow or bullet will penetrate it.
After two or even seven years, it will come back to the home and haunt the people.
akaneko 赤猫 red cats are especially prone to become a nekomata 猫股 monster cat.

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Niigata
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akaneko 赤猫
Once a family had a Sake ricewine party when a yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest came along to drink with them.
Next morning the body of the priest lay on the ground, but the head was missing.
He had told the villagers that there would be a huge flooding and to prevent it, he would throw akaneko 赤猫 a red cat into the lake to prevent it. But the master of the lake, the Dragon God Ryujin 龍神 became angry and took away his head.
. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .

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Around 1700 at the temple 徳水院 Tokusui-In in the compound of 増上寺 Zojo-Ji there was akaneko 赤猫 a cat with red hair.
Once it was hunting mice when it fell from the beam of the roof.
It called out a short prayer, so people thought it must be a nekomata cat monster.
Then it disappeared.

. Zoojooji, Zōjō-Ji 増上寺 Zojo-Ji .
the family temple of the Tokugawa family

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Around 1796, six friends had gathered at a tea house to drink.
When the owner of the tea house later went to one of guest's home to collect the money, they told him the man had died seven years ago.
The owner remembered that the guest had gulped down three pieces of fish, head and bones and all . . .
it must have been a nekomata 猫また monster cat.

https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/03/nekomata-cat-legends.html
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EDO - Yushima Seido Temple

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2015/10/yushima-district.html


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Yushima Temple Picture (Seidō no Ezu)

The picture shows Yushima Temple, which still exists in Yushima, Bunkyō Ward, Tokyo, looked upon its completion.
It was in 1690 (Genroku 3) that Tsunayoshi, the fifth Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate who was interested in learning, moved the Confucius Temple Kōshi-byō to Yushima.
Aiming to advance Confucianism, Tsunayoshi, the fifth Shogun of the Tokugawa Shogunate, established a temple in Yushima and moved the Confucius temple and private school that had been located at the Hayashi's private residence in Ueno Shinobugaoka. This was the beginning of Yushima Temple. In 1797 (Kansei 9), Hayashi's private school was then founded as a school under the direct control of the Tokugawa Shogunate, "shōheizaka school" (also known as Shōheikō).
The school accepted not only Shogun retainers but also children from around the country who passed an entrance examination called "sodoku ginmi". From all over the country, young people who carried their clan's future with them gathered in Yushima.
Unfortunately, the "Kōshi-byō (Confucius temple)" illustrated in the picture was burnt down during the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 (Taishō 12). Today's temple was re-established in the 1930's (Shōwa).
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More about Yushima in my blog
https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2015/10/yushima-district.html
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LEGENDS - terakoya temple school

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2015/10/terakoya-private-schools.html

terakoya 寺子屋 　"temple school", private school


source : facebook - meeting

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .


........................................................................................................ Hyogo 兵庫県
神戸市 Kobe city

furudanuki 古狸 an old badger
Around 1868, at the terakoya 寺子屋 temple school from 常源寺 Temple Jogen-Ji there appeared furudanuki 古狸 an old tanuki badger.
Some brave boys drove it out with a stick but
there was now always a voice of someone reciting homework coming from under the floor.
. tanuki 狸と伝説 Tanuki badger legends .




........................................................................................................ Iwate 岩手県
奥州市 Oshu City

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
In the year 1877, there was a family working as teachers of a terakoya 寺子屋 temple school. Every night they saw the shadow of a young boy on the shooji 障子 paper sliding doors. It was hebi 蛇 a serpent that had come to tempt the woman of the family.



........................................................................................................ Miyagi 宮城県
蔵王町 Zao town

. furugeta no urami 古下駄の怨 the grudge of the old Geta .




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新潟市 Niigata city 江南区 Konan ward

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
There lived a fox under the floor beams, who often looked very hungry, always came when the children from the terakoya 寺子屋 temple school were eating lunch.
One boy gave only a few bites to the fox, but it became bewitched by the fox.
The parents of the boy went to apologize to the fox and the boy came back to be normal.




........................................................................................................ Saga 佐賀県
佐賀市 Saga city

. Kappa Water Goblin Legends from Saga .
Once a girl of about 11 or 12 years of a rich merchant family came home from the terakoya 寺子屋 temple school when she met the child from next-door. He invited the girl to play near the temple 観成院 Kanjo-In at the river. The girl went home to tell her parents, who prayed to the Kami and smeared black ashes from the hearth fire on her face. The neighbourhood child looked astonished and afraid at the black color and run away. Now they knew this had been a Kappa in disguise.

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TEMPLE - Tamagawa Henro Introduction

https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/01/tamagawa-henro-introduction.html

Tamagawa Henro Introduction

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. Kobo Daishi Reijo 弘法大師霊場 Kobo Daishi Henro Pilgrimages in Japan .
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Tamagawa Henro Pilgrimage 玉川八十八ヶ所霊場
玉川八十八箇所 / 多摩川八十八ヶ所　/ 多摩八十八ヶ所 巡拝 /

It was finally established in 1973. It includes temples from the old districts of 荏原郡 Ebara, 橘樹郡 Tachibana, 都筑郡 Tsuzuki and 多摩郡世田谷領 Tama, Setagaya.

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- not to mix with the following
. Tama Shikoku Henro 多摩四国八十八箇所 Pilgrimage .


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01 川崎大師平間寺 Heigen-Ji （川崎市川崎区大師町4-48）
02 大嶋山真観寺（川崎市川崎区大島2-10-16）
03 金蔵院（横浜市神奈川区東神奈川1-4-3）
04 明王山成就院（川崎市川崎区渡田3-8-1）
05 玉川大師玉真院（世田谷区瀬田4-13-3）
06 金澤山円能院（川崎市川崎区小田1-25-12）
07 薬王山東漸寺（横浜市鶴見区潮田町3-144-2）
06 正泉寺（横浜市鶴見区生麦4-31-4）
09 龍泉寺（横浜市鶴見区岸谷4-3-2）

10 東福寺（横浜市鶴見区鶴見1-3-5）
11 光明山金剛寺（横浜市鶴見区市場下町6-33）
12 愛宕山宝蔵院（横浜市鶴見区馬場4-7-5）
13 瑠璃光山真福寺（川崎市川崎区堀之内町11-7）
14 円明山延命寺（川崎市幸区都町4-2）
15 重養山正楽寺（横浜市鶴見区矢向3-6-23）
16 木月山大楽寺（川崎市中原区木月4-22-32）
17 瑠璃光山無量寺（川崎市中原区中丸子498）
18 日吉山大楽院（川崎市中原区上丸子八幡町1522）
19 惠日山成就院（川崎市中原区小杉陣屋町１-32-1）

20 龍宿山西明寺（川崎市中原区小杉恩御殿町1-906）
21 西光山東福寺（川崎市中原区市ノ坪45）
22 南林山蓮花寺（川崎市高津区久末1292）
23 長唱山蓮乗院（川崎市高津区子母口129）
24 天輪山安養寺（川崎市中原区上新城1-9-5）
25 瑠璃光山長福寺（川崎市中原区上小田中6-38-3）
26 春日山常楽寺（川崎市中原区宮内4-12-14）
27 大栄山東樹院（川崎市中原区宮内1-11-1）
28 大谷山宝蔵寺（川崎市中原区上小田中1-4-13）
29 御嶽山安養院（川崎市高津区坂戸2-14-38）

30 諏訪山明王院（川崎市高津区諏訪3-14-3）
31 白王山正福寺（川崎市高津区北見方2-13-1）
32 善養寺（世田谷区野毛2-7-11）
33 等々力不動明王院（世田谷区等々力1-22-47）
34 医王寺（世田谷区深沢6-14-2）
35 金剛寺（世田谷区中町2-20-11）
36 覚願寺（世田谷区上野毛2-15-15）
37 慈眼寺（世田谷区瀬田4-10-3）
38 大空閣寺（世田谷区瀬田4-21-15）
39 瑜伽山真福寺（世田谷区用賀4-14-4）

40 岡本山長円寺（世田谷区岡本1-20-1）
41 舜栄山安穏寺（世田谷区上祖師谷2-3-6）
42 青林山東覺院（世田谷区千歳台4-11-11）
43 波羅密山宝性寺（世田谷区船橋4-39-32）
44 多聞院（世田谷区北烏山4-12-1）
45 密蔵院（世田谷区桜上水2-24-6）
46 西福寺（世田谷区赤堤3-28-29）
47 赤堤山善性寺（世田谷区豪徳寺1-55-23）
48 勝国寺（世田谷区世田谷4-27-4）
49 円光院（世田谷区世田谷4-7-12）

50 円乗院（世田谷区代田2-17-3）
51 円泉寺（世田谷区太子堂3-30-8）
52 西澄寺（世田谷区下馬2-11-6）
53 金蔵院（目黒区八雲2-4-26）
54 満願寺（世田谷区等々力3-15-1）
55 東光院（大田区田園調布本町35-8）
56 密蔵院（大田区田園調布南24-18）
57 観蔵院（大田区西嶺町22-19）
58 増明院（大田区鵜の木1-15-5）
59 蓮光院（大田区下丸子3-19-7）

60 長福寺（大田区下丸子4-18-3）
吉祥院（世田谷区鎌田4-11-18）
花光院（大田区矢口2-3-12）
圓応寺（大田区矢口3-21-15）
遍照院（大田区多摩川1-5-14）
65 金剛院（大田区新蒲田2-3-6）
東福寺（大田区多摩川2-10-22）
蒲田不動尊大楽寺（大田区新蒲田3-4-12）
藥王寺（大田区西六郷2-23-15）
69 古川薬師安養寺（大田区西六郷2-33-10）

70 蓮花寺（大田区西蒲田6-13-14）
71 円乗院（大田区南馬込5-15-5）
長遠寺（大田区南馬込5-2-10）
鏡王院（大田区東馬込1-1-12）
来福寺（品川区東大井3-13-1）
円能寺（大田区山王1-6-30）
密厳院（大田区大森北3-5-4）
密乗院（大田区大森中2-17-5）
自性院（大田区本羽田3-9-10）
79 正蔵院（大田区本羽田3-10-8）

80 龍王院（大田区羽田2-26-11）
摩尼山長松寺（横浜市鶴見区駒岡3-4-22）
八幡山観音寺（横浜市港北区篠原町2777）
秀明寺（大田区本羽田1-3-11）
宝泉寺（大田区南六郷2-26-12）
宝珠院（大田区仲六郷4-34-8）
東陽院（大田区仲六郷4-6-2）
新照寺（大田区南蒲田1-9-13）
88 宝幢院（大田区西六郷2-52-1）


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. Tama Shikoku Henro 多摩四国八十八箇所 Pilgrimage .

. Tamagawa Joosui 多摩川上水 Tamagawa Josui Kanal　 .


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. Kobo Daishi Reijo 弘法大師霊場 Kobo Daishi Henro Pilgrimages in Japan .

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TEMPLES - Togoku Henro Introduction

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Togoku Henro Introduction

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Togoku Henro Pilgrimage　東国八十八ヵ所霊場　
東国八十八箇所 　

It new was established in March 1936.
Temples in Kawasaki, Yokohama and the Kamakura area are on this pilgrimage.

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01 金剛山平間寺（川崎市川崎区大師町4-48）
02 瑠璃光山真福寺（川崎市川崎区堀之内町11-7）
03 大嶋山真観寺（川崎市川崎区大島2-10-16）
04 明王山成就院（川崎市川崎区渡田3-8-1）
05 金澤山圓能院（川崎市川崎区小田1-25-12）
06 円明山延命寺（川崎市幸区都町4-2）
07 瑠璃光山無量寺（川崎市中原区中丸子498）
08 8西光山東福寺（川崎市中原区市ノ坪45）
09 龍宿山西明寺（川崎市中原区小杉御殿町1-906）

10 光明山金剛寺（横浜市鶴見区市場下町6-33）
11 薬王山東漸寺（横浜市鶴見区潮田3-144-2）
12 愛宕山宝蔵院（横浜市鶴見区馬場4-7-5）
13 摩尼山長松寺（横浜市鶴見区駒岡町3-4-22）
. 13 長松寺 Chosho-Ji .
14 子生山東福寺（横浜市鶴見区鶴見1-3-5）
15 生麦山龍泉寺（横浜市鶴見区岸谷4-3-2） - Fudo
16 密厳山遍照院（横浜市神奈川区子安通3-382） - Fudo
17 医光山薬王寺（横浜市神奈川区七島町6）
18 海運山能満寺（横浜市神奈川区東神奈川2-32-1）
19 平尾山東光寺（横浜市神奈川区東神奈川2-37-6）

20 神鏡山金蔵院（横浜市神奈川区東神奈川1）
21 洲崎山普門寺（横浜市神奈川区青木町3-18）
22 海浦山吉祥寺（横浜市神奈川区白楽98）
23 妙義山歓成院（横浜市港北区大倉山2-8-7）
24 八幡山観音寺（横浜市港北区篠原2777）
25 瑞雲山三会寺（横浜市港北区烏山町730）
. 25 三会寺 （さんねじ） / 三會寺 Sanne-Ji / Sankai-Ji .
26 在田山香象院（横浜市保土ケ谷区岩間2-153）
27 医王山遍照寺（横浜市保土ケ谷区月見台38-31）
28 西方山大仙寺（横浜市保土ケ谷区霞台15-16）
29 羯摩山圓福寺（横浜市保土ヶ谷西久保137）

30 金岸山安楽寺（横浜市保土ケ谷区西久保120）
31 法亀山願成寺（横浜市西区西戸部3-290）
32 医王山東光寺（横浜市南区三春台110）
33 東光山蓮華院（横浜市南区三春台19）
34 東医山薬王寺（横浜市南区三春台7）
35 福智山普門院（横浜市南区西仲町1-2-6） - Fudo
36 光明山東福寺（横浜市西区赤門町2-17）
37 日明山大聖院（横浜市西区元久保5-20） - Fudo
38 成田山延命院（横浜市西区宮崎町30）- Fudo
39 大慈山玉泉寺（横浜市南区中村1-6-1）

40 海龍山増徳院（横浜市南区平楽103）
41 東漸寺（横浜市中区大平町101）
42 地福寺（横浜市中区元町） - Fudo
43 佛海山天徳寺（横浜市中区和田山1-1） - Fudo
44 醫王山多聞院（横浜市中区本牧元町2-16） - Fudo
45 東光山千蔵寺（横浜市中区本牧元町12-16） - Fudo
46 間門山東福院（横浜市中区本牧荒井64）
47 根岸山大聖院（横浜市磯子区東町6-20）
48 海向山金蔵院（横浜市磯子区磯子4-3-6）
49 禪馬山真照寺（横浜市磯子区磯子8-14-12）

50 瀧頭山密蔵院（横浜市磯子区滝頭3-13-5） - Fudo
51 泉久山海照寺（横浜市磯子区坂下4-19）
52 明王山宝積寺（横浜市磯子区上町7-13） - Fudo
53 青龍山宝生寺（横浜市南区堀の内1-68）
54 妙法山弘誓院（横浜市南区睦町2-221）
55 南龍山無量寺（横浜市南区蒔田町174） - Fudo
. 55 Muryooji 無量寺 Muryo-Ji .
56 松吟山大光寺（横浜市南区南太田町2-7-21）
57 十輪山西光院（横浜市港南区永田東町1-22-3）
58 西向山乗蓮寺（横浜市南区井土ヶ谷上町33-1）
59 引越山定光寺（横浜市南区六ッ川町1-270）

. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海 . (774 - 835) .


60 瑞応山弘明寺（横浜市南区弘明寺267）
61 慈雲山吉祥寺（横浜市南区大岡1-6-1）
62 雨寶山萬福寺（横浜市南区大岡5-39-17）
63 大岡山真光寺（横浜市港南区上大岡東3-1-1）
64 瑠璃山金剛院（横浜市磯子区岡村5-3-1）
65 西岸山千手院（横浜市港南区最戸2-21-1）
66 久保山自性院（横浜市港南区大久保2-34-15）
67 南光山福聚院（横浜市港南区港南1-3-2）
68 福壽山光明寺（横浜市港南区日野7-19-19）
69 日野山徳恩寺（横浜市港南区日野中央2-10-14）

70 関宮山東樹院（横浜市港南区笹下2-24-17） - Fudo
71 花翁山慶珊寺（横浜市金沢区富岡東4-1-8）
72 知福山宝珠院（横浜市金沢区富岡東5-8-19）
73 海照山持明院（横浜市金沢区富岡東5-8-34）
74 三療山薬王寺（横浜市金沢区寺前2-23-52）
75 金澤山称名寺（横浜市金沢区金沢町212-1）
76 此木山宝蔵院（横浜市金沢区柴町214）
77 野島山染王寺（横浜市金沢区野島町5-1）
78 知足山龍華寺（横浜市金沢区洲崎9-31）
79 東昌寺（逗子市池子2-8-33）

80 延命寺（逗子市逗子3-1-17）
81 南向山補陀洛寺（鎌倉市材木座6-7-31） - Fudo
82 浄光明寺（鎌倉市扇ヶ谷2-12-1）
83 普明山成就院（鎌倉市極楽寺1-1-5） - Fudo
84 満福寺（鎌倉市腰越2-4-8）
85 浄泉寺（鎌倉市腰越2-10-7） - Fudo 左剣不動明王
86 加持山宝善院（鎌倉市腰越5-13-17）
87 寶盛山密蔵寺（藤沢市片瀬3-3-44）
88 飯盛山青蓮寺（鎌倉市手広769）

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. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路　 .

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. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .


. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .

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TEMPLE - Ryusenji temples legends

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Ryusenji Temples Legends

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .
. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
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Ryuusenji, Ryūsenji 龍泉寺 / 瀧泉寺 Ryusenji-Ji Temples in Japan sen, izumi 泉 spring, fountain

There are many temples with this name in Japan, and many legends about them.

. Meguro Fudo 目黒不動 the most well-known with the name Ryusen-Ji .
〔天台宗 泰叡山 瀧泉寺 Ryusen-Ji (目黒区・東京)


. Akita Yokote 秋田県 横手市 龍泉寺 .

. 龍頭山 Ryutozan 不動院 Fudo-In 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji .
栃木県 大田原市 / Tochigi, Otawara city

. Nagasaki 長寿山 龍泉寺 - 長崎県南高来郡西 .

. Arakawa 88 Henro Temples 荒川辺八十八ヶ所霊場 .
03 龍泉龍泉寺（台東区竜泉2-17-15）

. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 .
87 大聖山龍泉寺（川口市青木5-5-36）


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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .


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名古屋市 Nagoya city 守山区 Moriyama ward

ryuujo 竜女
伝教大師が熱田の宮に参篭中に竜女が現れた。竜女は竜泉寺の池に住む竜女だと名乗り、一妙句を授けてくれるように乞うた。大師が竜泉寺を訪ねると竜女が現れた。竜女は大師から妙旨を受けて喜び、今後旱魃があれば必ず甘雨を降らせることを約束した。
. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) .




................................................................................. Akita 秋田県　
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横手市 Yokote city

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itachi 鼬
龍泉寺に鼬がやってきて、木の葉に経文を書いてもらって巣を作ったがやがて死んだ。和尚の夢枕にその鼬が立ち、自分の生まれ変わりを引き取ってもらえるように頼んだ。和尚がその通りに引きとって育て、やがてその子は大和尚になり、様々な法力を使った。
. itachi　鼬、イタチ weasel .

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mujina 狢 白山神社の境内に闇夜に歩いていると、一抱えもある大鈴が大きな音を立てて転がってきて、股の下をくぐり抜けてむこうの闇に消えた。龍泉寺の墓地に入る橋を渡り出すと、そ闇からまた大鈴が転がってきて股をくぐった。 . tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
. Hakusan Jinja 白山神社 Hakusan Shrines and their Legends .

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suiko Jizo 水虎地蔵
龍泉寺境内にある水虎地蔵は、火との手足に水泡が生じた時、前にある花立壷の水をもって帰り、患部に塗ると全快する。お礼参りを怠ると水泡がふえる。
. Suiko 水虎 Water Tiger, Water Beast .




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通幻和尚 Priest Tsugen
The pregnant mother of the founder of 龍泉寺 the Temple Ryusen-Ji, 通幻和尚 Priest Tsugen, had died and been burried.
But the baby came out of the earth after birth.

source : むかしむかし、永澤寺に通幻 が
The Dragon Scales and Priest Tsugen

Ryusenji - 1 Chome-10-3 Fukakusa, 越前市 Echizen, Fukui




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土浦市 Tsuchiura city 鷹匠町

土浦市鷹匠町の真言宗龍泉寺に榎八幡があり、榎の枝葉に人が触れると仇を為すという。小田氏治の家臣伊勢守信太範宗を弟の養子が惨殺し、龍泉寺に埋葬した。祟りがあるので、八幡神社を祀り、榎を墓印としたものという。




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吉野郡 Yoshino district 天川村 Tenryu village

hebi 蛇
竜泉寺の宝物として、大蛇の骨と、大蛇を退治した聖宝尊者の剣があった。昔、雌雄の蛇が岩窟に住み登山者に危害を加えていたので、尊者が経文を唱えながら雄の大蛇を退治し、雌の大蛇を岩窟に閉じ込めた。竜泉寺の縁起として人蛇婚姻の話もある。
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ある女房が亭主に、帰ったら必ず外から声を掛けるよう頼んでいた。亭主が黙って家に入ると、女房はトグロをまいた大きな白蛇になっていた。正体を見られた女房は自分の目玉を舐めるようにと子どもに与えて池に消えた。やがて目玉がなくなると現れてもう一つも与えたが、盲目になって昼夜の区別がつかないので、朝夕鐘を鳴らしてほしいと頼んだ。そのために建てた寺が龍泉寺。




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秩父郡 Chichibu district

ryuu 竜
大渕は竜が棲むという伝説の渕である。近くの竜泉寺の坊さんが雨乞にこの渕に血脈を投げ入れる。竜神の感応があれば、血脈は水中深く吸いこまれ、必ず雨が降るという。




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Ryusenji no Heian butsu 龍泉寺の平安仏
A man had tried to steal the Buddha statue from the Heian period of the temple 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji. But when he left the temple hall, he could only walk around in circles and did not go anywhere. Thus was the spiritual power of the statue.

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HEIAN - Legends about White Dragon

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Aichi
Aichi 知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita town // 白竜

tateishi sama 立石さま Honorable Standing Stone
On the mountain road connecting 須佐 Susa and 小佐 Kosa there is a small Shrine.
A stone named Tateishi sama 立石さま Honorable Tateishi is venerated there.
People come here to pray for Safety at Sea, Protection from Disasters and Health for the Family.
Some say it is the grave of a nobleman and gold was hidden in the grave. It links to a great cave where hakuryuu 白 a White Dragon lived.

Aichi 犬山市 Inuyama city 寺内町 Jinai town

hakuryuu 白龍 white dragon
At the roots of the old pine tree at 白山神社 Shirayama Shrine there lived goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 a dragon Deity with five colors.

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hakuryuu 白竜 Hakuryu white dragon　and tenpaku 天白 Tenpaku
In Mie prefecture and Aichi, Nagoya, there are many place names called 天白 Tenpaku.
The name is also used for families and Shinto Shrines. But nobody knows why.

Maybe it comes from the saying
水神昇天白竜 The Female God of Water goes to Heaven as a White Dragon.

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Tochigi 河内郡 Kawachi district 上三川町 Kaminokawa town

hakuryuu 白竜 Hakuryu white dragon
On the way back from elementary school, a boy was chased by a white dragon. He was very afraid.

Yamagata 山形県 .....

hakuryuu 白竜 Hakuryu, White Dragon
The Waterfall basin Hakuja no Taki 白蛇の滝 the the waterfall of the White Serpent is very deep and maybe has no end.
It is about 4 km long like a tunnel and reaches 最上川 the river Mogamigawa.
If anyone falls in this basin, he will never come back.
The master of this waterfall eventually went to heaven and became a hakuryuu 白竜 white dragon.

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MINGEI - Benkei Goshi pattern

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Benkei gooshi, Benkeigooshi, Benkei-Gōshi 弁慶格子
Benkei-Goshi, Benkei grid pattern, Benkei lattice pattern
kooshi 格子 means lattice, grid, Gitter
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Beautiful Women Dressed in Kimono with Benkei-style Pattern:
Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani (Shimazoroi Onna Benkei Ichinotani Futaba Gunki)
縞揃女弁慶 ［一谷嫩軍記］
Painted by 歌川国芳 Utagawa Kuniyoshi 1844 (Tempō 15)
This is one of the pictures of series Mitate Bijin-ga (Ukiyo-e that portray beautiful women) comprised of ten pictures painted by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, an expert in the pictures of warriors. All the women depicted in this work are dressed in kimono with Benkei-style pattern (Benkei-gōshi) as the title says.
The series Shimazoroi Onna Benkei (Beautiful Women Dressed in Benkei-checked Kimonos) is a series of pictures of beautiful women dressed in "shima-moyo (checkered)" kimono that was very popular in the Edo period.
Benkei-jima (also called Benkei-goshi, or Benkei-check)" in this picture is one of the checked patterns with the same widths vertically and horizontally, which are woven with threads in two different colors. It was named after the stage costume of Benkei dressed in a mountain priest costume in the kabuki "Kanjinchō."
This series is made up of nishiki-e (colored woodblock prints) with the theme of "Benkei", and includes mitate-e (analogues) that remind us of the scenes about the stories of Benkei. A notice-board that a women holds in her hand and the waka (traditional Japanese poem), "I do not break a flower, but my nails cut quickly resemble a board to announce the order from the government" are assumed to be compared to the scene of "Kumagai Jinya", act 3 of "Chronicle of the Battle of Ichinotani (Ichinotani futaba gunki)."
source : Metropolitan Museum Tokyo

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Kabuki　　歌舞伎　

Benkeigoshi, a black-and-white checkered pattern introduced by Kōshirō V.

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