MINGEI - Manzai New Year

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Manzai New Year

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manzai 漫才 . 万歳 / banzai 萬歳 New Year Dancers

Manzai Dancers by Hanabusa Itchō 英 一蝶
This print is at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

. Manzai and the New Year .
- Introduction -
Mikawa manzai 三河万歳（みかわまんざい）from Mikawa (Nagoya)
Yamato manzai 大和万歳（やまとまんざい）from Yamato (Nara)
Oowari manzai 尾張万歳（おわりまんざい）from Owari (Nagoya)

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................................................................................. Gifu 岐阜県
揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa town / 漫才岩 Manzai-Iwa

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
A group of Manzai dancers coming from Aichi, 三河 Mikawa, were asked
to perform a dance by a man who was resting in the shadow of a rock.
They climbed the rock and danced.
The man gave them a lot of money, but when they reached the village, the money had turned into tree leaves.
The villagers told them that there lived a vicious tanuki 狸 badger near the rock.


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. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .


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LEGENDS - taika big fire collecting

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taika big fire legends

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taika 大火と伝説 Legends about big fires


. 江戸の大火 Edo no Taika "The Great Fires of Edo" .

. hibuse 火防と伝説 / 火伏せ Legends about fire prevention .


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天狗 Tengu causing fire
The towers of the temple 東寺 To-Ji and 法勝寺 Hossho-Jiin Kyoto were lost through fire, which was an act of a Tengu.
Other great fires in Kyoto, Osaka and Edo, which started as small fires and then became large rapidly were also the doing of a Tengu.


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taika no zencho 大火の前兆 a foreboding of great fire
One year before 天明の大火 the great fire of Tenmei (1788, March 3), more than 1000 people people of 畿内近国 Kinai Kingoku (Kinki) walked every day around the four corners of Kinri 禁裏 the Imperial Palace.
This was an omen of the coming great fire.




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清内路村 Seinaiji village

tatari 祟り the curse of a great fire
The lord of 飯田城 Iidajo Castle captured お建 O-Ken and carried out the death penalty at 愛宿下 Atagoshita.
Because of her curse, there was a great fire in the castle.
The shrine in her honor お建の社 and the trees in the forest also suffered great damage and people feared her curse.


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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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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EDO - Kesagake no Matsu

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千束の池袈裟懸松 Kesagake-no-Matsu at Senzoku-Ike Pond

The name of the Senzoku-Ike Pond comes from a legend where The Venerable Nichiren stopped
and washed his feet to heel fatigue out of travelling on the way from Kuon-ji Temple on Mt. Minobu to Ibaraki for medical treatment.
The pine tree onto which he hung his Kesa 袈裟 (Buddhist monk's robe) after taking it off at such a moment is the "Kesagake-no-Matsu".
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. Nichiren, Saint Nichiren 日蓮 (1222 – 1282).


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TOKYO - Ueno Sakuragi district

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Uenosakuragi 上野桜木町 Uenosakuragi district "Ueno Cherry Trees"
上野桜木一丁目, 上野桜木二丁目 first and second sub-district
The former name was 下谷桜木町 Shitaya Sakuragi

. Kaneiji 寛永寺 Temple Kanei-Ji .
in 東京都台東区上野桜木一丁目
Kanei-Ji has many sub-temples in the area.

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Ueno Sakuragi Atari is a collection of shops and community rooms, housed in 3 buildings from 1938, bringing the Old Tokyo feel to life. It is located in the Ueno Sakuragi area, just south of Yanaka Cemetery and north of Ueno park.
It is nice to see all the initiatives in Tokyo to protect and renovate older buildings. In the Yanaka neighbourhood, we have SCAI The Bath House opening in 1993, Hagiso in 2013 and this Ueno Sakuragi Atari building complex in 2015, which consists of three houses built in 1938. They have been renovated into shops and community spaces that can be used for events.
These buildings are a perfect example of the building style in the 1930s, with Japanese shikkui plaster walls (ecological nontoxic Japanese lime plaster) and with both Western and Japanese style rooms. Two of the buildings were specifically designed to offer panoramic views over the interior (formerly private) garden.
What makes this place special is that you can experience some traditional buildings that are actively being used, out in the open, for the community and the visitor to use. There are many old houses all over Japan that are turned into museums.
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LEGENDS - Jizo Do Hall - collecting

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Jizo Do Hall Legends

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Jizoodoo 地蔵堂 Jizo-Do Hall Legends

箭先地蔵堂 Sensaki Jizo Do Hall - Sekigahara
岐阜県不破郡関ケ原町大字藤下275-2 / Gifu Fuwa district, Toge

. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - Introduction .

. Kyoto 上徳寺 Jotoku-Ji .
yotsugi Jizo Do 世継地蔵堂 "Heir Jizo Hall"

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知多郡 Chita district 美浜町 Mihama town

Sakashimagawa Jizo 逆しま川地蔵尊 Jizo Bosatsu from River Sakashima
Once upon a time, an old woman from 北奥田 Kita-Okada had a dream:
"If you built 地蔵堂 a Jizo Do Hall at the place where the river runs upside down, your family will be for ever prosperous!"
They found a place where the water was running upside down and built a hall to venerate Jizo Bosatsu.
The water of the river went back to flow normally.
The family of the old woman became prosperous.
Washing with the water of such a river will take away warts.
. ibotori 疣取り / イボ取り / いぼとり take away warts .
There are many rivers named Sakagawa 逆川（さかがわ、さかさがわ、さかさまがわ) "river flowing upside down" - - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !




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Sometimes the farmers hear the sound of the door of 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Hall open and close,
sometimes at the temple there is the sound of someone using water in the kitchen ...
If this happens, a parishioner of the temple has died.




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いわき市 Iwaki city 四倉町 Yotsukura town

hanatori Jizo 鼻取地蔵 / 鼻取り地蔵 Jizo picking his nose
During the rice planting season, the statue of Hanatori Jizo 鼻取地蔵 Jizo picking his nose changes into a young man to help the farmers.
The fields below 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Halll are called
Jizo Sama no Ta 地蔵様の田 fields of Venerable Jizo sama.
The farmers never use fertilizer or horses in these fields.
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Once a boy helped with rice planting, but the farmer chided it for picking its nose too often.
There came another child and helped instead with the work.
When the farmer wanted to thank this child and searched for it,
he found small dirty footprints on the slope up to 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Hall.
Jizo had come to help and the farmer was very greatful.




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利根町 Tone town

mabiki no ema 間引きの絵馬 votive tabled for Mabiki
At 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Hall in the remains of 布川城址 Fukawa castle there is 絵馬 an ema votive tablet for Mabiki.
If the amulet is reflected in the sliding door, it shows horns on the head of the woman.
At the side stands 地蔵様 Jizo Bosatsu, crying.


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. hoosoo 疱瘡 伝説 Hoso - Legends about Smallpox .
In the 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Hall in Central Osaka they sell an ema 絵馬 votive tablet by
Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo 鎮西八郎為朝 / Minamoto no Tametomo (源為朝).
People buy it and hang it at the front door. This will prevent children from getting smallpox.
A ema 絵馬 votive tablet with Tametomo driving out the demons, depicted as 疱瘡神 Hosogami.
This amulet was quite popular when an epidemy of smallpox occured, before the Meiji period.
. Minamoto no Tametomo (源為朝) (1139 – 1170) .


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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LEGENDS - chinju sama guardian

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Chinju sama Guardian legends

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Chinju Sama, Chinjusama 鎮守様 Guardian Deity Legends

. chinjugami　鎮守神 tutelary deities .
chinju 鎮守 regional deity, local deity
chinju doo 鎮守堂 Chinju-Do Hall for the Regional Kami, a kind of Hokora, tochidoo 土地堂 Tochi-Do.

. chinju no mori 鎮守の森 forest in the shrine compound .
. ujigami　氏神 / Ubusunagami clan KAMI deities .

. katame no Kami 片目の神 Kami with one eye .
They are often seen as Guardian Deities.

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岡崎市 Okasaki city 古部町 Kobu town

. ubugami 産神 "deity of birth" . - Ubusunagami 産土神
The real personality of the Ubugami is not quite clear. Nevertheless
it is 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity of the village.




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Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city 四倉町 Yotsukura town // 鎮守の杉

chinju no sugi 鎮守の杉 cedar tree of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity
About 40 years ago, a grandfather became wery ill for a long time.
In former times, his wife had hit a nail into sugi no ki 杉の木 a cedar tree to curse someone.
When they looked carefully at the tree, they found the nail.
This tree had been 鎮守の杉の木 the sacred cedar tree of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity.
When they pulled the nail out, the man got better.
. Wara ningyo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .
the vodoo dolls.

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Fukushima 郡山市 Koriyama city 湖南町 Konan town

The 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity is enshrined at 高井神社 the Shrine Takai Jinja.
The deity once hurt herself at goma no ki ゴマの木 a sesame tree and lost one eye.
Therefore the villagers do not grow sesame.
Some villagers have very narrow eyes.

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Fukushima 南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district 檜枝岐村 Hinoemata village

. bakeneko 化け猫 / 化猫と伝説 Legends about monster cats .
The 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity of the village was a kind of monster that used to eat one virgin every year as an offering.
One villager took the courage, went to 伊勢の国 Ise to get a dog called 天地白 and brought it back.
The dog bit the monster to death. It turned out to be a
. Hihi 狒々/ 狒狒 / 比々 Hihi Baboon Monster .

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. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
When women have to go to the mountain fields for work, they often stick a needle into their front hair.
Serpents are afraid of needles and do not come close.
There are also ritual chants that keep the serpents away.
In former times it was because of the blessings of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity that there were no serpents in the village.
Even nowadays, serpents are very few.

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If someone gets ill, they have to pray to 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity.
If the illness is very severe, they call a priest to perform prayer rituals.
If the priest can not come, they use prayer amulets instead.

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鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity once slipped in a field of satoimo 里芋 taro potatoes
and lost her left eye in a field of goma 胡麻 sesame.
Since then the villages do not plant taro or sesame.
Many villagers have a small left eye.

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Fukushima 十日町市 Tokamachi city

鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity lost one eye when he slipped on wheat.
Since then the villagers do not plant wheat any more.

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Fukushima 耶麻郡 Yama district 高郷村 Takasato village

In former times, 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity slipped on cow dung and fell into the well of the village.
Since then people do not keep cows and do not dig wells any more.




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龍ヶ崎市 Ryugasaki city

. Kokuzo Bosatsu 虚空蔵 and unagi 鰻 the eel .




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横浜市 Yokohama city 港北区 Kohoku ward

鎮守様 The Chinju Sama guardian deity, which is 八幡様 Hachiman Sama, does not like silk,
therefore when they bring babies to the Shrine, they do not use silk hats or bibs.




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Niigata 北蒲原郡 Kita-Kanbara district 阿賀町 Aga town

neko 猫 cat and hebi 蛇 serpent
The villagers were told by a Shaman that there was a curse from cats and serpents.
They made votive paintings of a cat and a serpent
and gave it as offerings to 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity

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Niigata 古志郡 Koshi district 山古志村 Yamakoshi village

The 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity once hurt herself at goma no ki ゴマの木 a sesame tree and lost one eye.
Therefore the villagers do not grow sesame.

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Niigata 中頚城郡 Naka-Kubiki district 吉川町 Yoshikawa town

. The Ibaraki Doji Monster 茨城童子 / 茨羅鬼童子 .
Next to the boulder of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity of the village 尾神 Ogami,
the monster child Ibaraki Doji used to live.
Now there are only his footprints and 33 Buddha statue left.

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Niigata 中魚沼郡 Naka-Uonuma district 津南町 Tsunan town

. katame no kamisama 片目の神様 Kami with one eye .
鎮守様 The Chinju Sama guardian deity stepped on mugi 麦 wheat and fell down
then it hit one eye with goma ゴマ sesame and had only one eye left.
Since then the villagers do not grow wheat or sesame.




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川上郡 Kawakami district 備中町 Bitchu town

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
In the hamlet 布瀬 Nunose there is a small Sanctuary under a muku no ki 椋の木 Muku tree (Aphananthe aspera),
where kitsune sama キノネ様 a fox is venerated.
In local dialect it is also calld 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity,
or マツリデン Matsuri Den or イワイデン Iwai Den, place for a festival .




.......................................................................　Tokushima 徳島県 .....
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平島村 Hirashima village

. Inugami 犬神 "Dog Deity" .
Once a kind man with a sanctuary for Inugami 犬神 the Dog Deity in his estate behaved quite strange.
In the back of his estate was a place to venerate 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity.
In the building they found a small baby dog and then kept it.




.......................................................................　Tokyo 東京都 .....
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立川市 Tachikawa city

. Chinju Hachimangu 鎮守八幡宮 in Tama 武蔵国多摩郡 .




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下関市 Shimonoseki city

mori sama 森さま The Honorable Forest
In the forest in the back of the estate of 内山家 the Uchiyama family, there is a sanctuary called
森さま Mori Sama. If it is cleaned regularly, the family will always have enough money.
It is 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity of the family.
Once a man cut down matsu no ki 松の木 a pine tree in the forest, but he hurt himself very much.
. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database : 鎮守様 -
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OK 鎮守の杉 / 鎮守の池 / 鎮守八幡宮

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LEGENDS - chinju no mori forest

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2013/04/chinjugami-tutelary-deity.html

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chinju no mori 鎮守の森 forest in the shrine compound, sacred forest


This group tries to bring people together in the local shrine to practise exercises for health, breathe the fresh air and relax to improve wellbeing.
鎮守の森コミュニティ研究所 Chinju-no-Mori (Grove of the Village Shrine) Community Research Institute）
- source : c-chinju.org

CHINJU-NO-MORI is a place to give a prayer of gratitude to nature which has been providing bread of life for the Japanese from ancient times.
We define the grove closest to a life remaining near us as 'CHINJU-NO-MORI.'
Our goal is to make best use of the grove as a place to form a bond between people as well as people and nature, and to pass down toward future our 'wisdom' and 'tales' cherished over time and also 'heart' and 'space' to show thanks to nature.
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鎮守の森 by 宮脇昭 Miyawaki Akira (1928 - 2021)

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. mori sama 森さま The Honorable Forest .

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shintoku 神徳 divine virtue, divine blessing
If people cut the grees of chinju no mori 鎮守の森 a sacred forest, the shintoku 神徳 divine blessings for the people living close by will be reduced.
Families who own a forest nearby will be decline, if they cut too many trees in their forest.

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Fukushima 福島県 喜多方市 Kitakata city

futari boozu 二人坊主 two priests
If a good man dies, there will be futari boozu 二人坊主 two priests coming for his final rituals.
After the rituals, when they receive some oil or soy beans, one of them will start to laugh. That is karasu カラス a crow, that had shape-shifted into a priest.
The second priest will soon disappear in chinju no mori 鎮守の森 the sacred forest.
. boozu 坊主と伝説 Bozu Legends about priests .

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Kagawa 香川県 高松市 Takamatsu city 香南町 Konan Town

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
If someone washes a water bottle in chinju no mori 鎮守の森 the sacred forest, there will soon be a strong rainfall.
The person who did the washing will die within 3 years, since he is cursed by the white serpent which lived in the bottle.
Once there was daikanbatsu 大旱魃 a severe drought, so a brave man named Shinkichi went to the forest to wash a bottle.
And oh wonder, it soon begun to rain - - - but
Shinkichi died at the end of this year.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database - 鎮守の森 -


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LEGENDS - Sumiyoshi Shrine legends

https://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/04/oume-aome-sumiyoshi-jinja.html

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Fukuoka 福岡県 博多区 Hakata ward

筑前住吉神社一夜の松 the pine tree growing over night at the Sumiyoshi Shrine in Chikuzen

In the year 1439, branches of matsu 松 a pine tree hit the face of the Lord during the construction of a new Shrine and the tree was cut down. But Oh wonder, it grew back to its former size over night.


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Fukushima 福島県 いわき市 Iwaki city

Fukushima, Iwaki, Onahamasumiyoshi, Sumiyoshi−１
. Oni playing kubihiki 首引き "neck pulling" .


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Ibaraki 茨城県 鹿島市 Kashima city

daija 大蛇 a huge serpent
A huge serpent came to live at 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi Shrine.
The animal soon moved to the pond in the compound, but the pond dried out soon.


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Mie 三重県

. 猪田村住吉神社 Inodamura Sumiyoshi Jinja 猪田村営 Inodamura no Miya / 猪田神社 Inoda Jinja .


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Osaka 大阪府 住吉区 Sumiyoshi ward

sazare-ishi, sazare ishi さざれ石
boulder grown from pebbles
. Sumiyoshi Kaido 住吉街道 Sumiyoshi Kishu Highway .


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Yamaguchi 山口県 小野田市 Onoda city

inugami イヌガミ Wolf Deity
. Sumiyoshi Kaido 住吉街道 Sumiyoshi Kishu Highway .

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LEGENDS - sekko stone mason

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sekko stone mason legends

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sekkoo 石工と伝説 Legends about Sekko, stone masons

. sekkoo 石工 Sekko, stone masons .
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博知石町 Bakuchiishi town

. 博打 / 博ち / ばくち と伝説 Legends about gambling .
bakuchi ishi, bakuchiishi 博知石 gambling stones


bakuchi ishi 博知石 gambling stone
In a cave along the road there is a stone called 博知石 Bakuchi-Ishi.
In former times where many shipwrecks, so the fishermen decided to have memorial for funadama sama 船魂様, the guardian deity of boats.
A fisherman called 徳蔵 Tokuzo, who was also skilled as a sekkoo 石工 stone mason, was asked to made a cave into the rock.
On the day before the official ritual, the fisherman came here to gamble.

Tokuzo felt that the place was now desecrated and refused to eat, dying in the cave.
They say the cave is now sinking into the ground, a bit every year.




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An old stone mason tells this story:　
In former times the area of 豊前の国 Nagato no Kuni and 豊前の国 Buzen no Kuni (both in Fukuoka and Oita) was connected by a place called 穴門 Anamon, now in Nagato. It was also written 穴戸 Anato.　
When 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo took the army to Korea, part of the land was cut away to make place for the war ships to pass.　
Anamon refers to Kanmon Kaikyo 関門海峡 the Kanmon Strait. 　




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北佐久郡 Kita-Saku district 立科町 Tateshina town

nari-ishi, nariishi 鳴石 a stone making a sound
The Tateshina no naru-ishi 蒻科の鳴石（鏡石） makes a sound when the wind blows strong and the weather grows bad.
Once a sekku 石工 stone mason wanted to cut it in half.
The whole mountain bagun to make a sound and the earth of the valley trembled.
Rain like fire came from the sky and the stone mason died on the spot.




......................................................................................... Wakayama 和歌山県
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. Tengu no koshikake sugi 天狗の腰掛杉 Cedar where the Tengu sits down .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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. 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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SHRINE - Shirohebi Shrine Iwakuni

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Iwakuni Shirohebi Jinja 岩国白蛇神社
6-4-2 Imazumachi, Iwakuni, Yamaguchi

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Find luck at the Lucky Snake Shrine!
Since ancient times, Japanese people have regarded white-colored creatures to be sacred embodiments of the gods, and have treated them with great respect and care.
In Iwakuni, the Shirohebi (White Snake), which kept local rice storehouses free from damage by mice, was said to be a servant of Benzaiten (also known as Saraswati, the Indian god of water), and many temples and wayside shrines dedicated to the White Snake were built all over the Iwakuni region.
In the present day, Shirohebi Shrine attracts many visitors, as a deity that attracts financial luck, prosperous business, and health and longevity. Protective amulets and other White Snake goods are available to buy here. Located next to the shrine is a facility where White Snakes are raised in an outdoor environment (Imazu white snake observation facility. ), where you can observe this living natural monument for yourself.
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LEGENDS - Mitsumine Sama translating

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/10/mitsumine-sama-legends.html


. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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夷隅郡 Izumi district 御宿町 Onjuku town

ミツミネサマ Mitsumine Sama / 三峯様
On the second day of March, Mitsumine Sama goes to 出雲 Izumo.
If people work on this day, they will have a very strange death soon.
Mitsumine Sama comes back on the fourth.




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三峯山　/ 三ッ峰山 Mitsumineyama, Mitsumuneyama - 1131 m high
長野県東筑摩郡麻績村麻5889-1 / Omi, Higashi-Chikuma District, Nagano

A painting of a dog is venerated as Mitsumine san to ward off theft.
But there was one family, which had placed a painting in its storehouse, and yet- a thief went in there.
The family prayed to Mitsumine San to kill the thief.
When they looked again into the storehouse, they found their son deat in there.


Yamanashi 下曽根村 Shimo-Sonemura village

Mitsumune San ミツムネサン
The family had a small Shrine for Mitsumine San in the back of their storehouse.
One evening a burglar came and stole the tanmono 反物 fabrics.
Next morning they found them at the gate of the temple 実成寺 Jissei-Ji in the next village.
This must have been the beneficial deed of Mitsumine San.

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/10/mitsumine-sama-legends.html

TEMPLES - Zenkoji Legends collecting

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Zenkoji Temple Legends

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Zenkooji 善光寺 Zenko-Ji Temple Legends

Zenkō-ji is a famous Buddhist temple located in the city of Nagano. The temple was built in the 7th century.
. Zenkooji 善光寺 Zenkō-ji Introduction and Haiku .

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. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
Once an old hag came by the tea shop of an old man and asked the way to the temple Zenko-Ji in Nagano.
After a few days she was back, quite exhausted. When the old man gave her some sake to relax, she became very tired and fell asleep. In her sleep she revealed her true form - a tanuki. The old man wanted to catch her alive and went to get some help.
But by the time they returned the tanuki (and the old woman) were nowhere to be seen any more.




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京都市 Kyoto city 東山区 Higashiyama ward

. Nyorai no tatari 如来の祟り The curse of Nyorai .
and the temple 方広寺 Hoko-Ji.


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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. Temples with legends .

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LEGENDS - Abura bo oil monk

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2014/07/abura-uri-oil-vendor.html

...................................................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
京都市 Kyoto City

rinka. onibi 燐火 will‐o'‐the‐wisp
The will‐o'‐the‐wisp light apprearing in a summer night is called 油坊 Abura Bo.

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. Dogen　道元禅師　Zen Priest Dogen .
Once a man stole some of the sacred oil for the lamp at 比叡山 Mount Hieizan.
When he died his spirit became a rinka 燐火 will‐o'‐the‐wisp and flew around in sommer nights.
The light at 七条朱雀 Shijo Kujaku from 道元 Dogen is probably from this flame.
This kind of story is told in many parts of Japan.




...................................................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
愛知郡 Aichi district 秦荘町 Hatasho town // 金剛寺 Kongo-Ji

Once upon a time, at 金剛寺 the Temple Kongo-Ji there was a priest
who came every morning to pour some oil into the lamp.
One day the priest wanted to do something malicious and stole some oil to make it to money.
When he wanted to go out to enjoy himself he could not move and died soon.
The next morning a priest at the temple gate heard of a ghost showing there.
This ghost carried some oil and walked up to the main hall. The priest heard a voice:
「油返そう、油返そう。わずかなことに、わずかなことに」.
"I bring back some oil, just a little, just a little!"
This aburabo 油坊 oil monk can be seen to our days.

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Shiga 野洲郡 Yasu district // 比叡山

aburabo 油坊 "oil monk" lights can be seen from late spring to early summer.
The light looks like a monk, hence the name.
They say a monk who stole sacred oil from the lamp at Mound Hieizan turned into this ghost.
. Hieizan 比叡山 Mount Hiei Legends .


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Abura-bo 油坊 Oil Priest, Oil Monk


- reference : wikipedia -

A fireball (kaiki) yokai from Shiga and Kyoto. The spirts of dead priests who were oil thieves.
They are cursed to haunt as Abura-bo after their deaths.



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EDO - Jikkendana district

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The Ten Doll Stores (Jukkendana)

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Jikkendana 十軒店（じっけんだな）

This picture depicts a lady holding the hina doll's crown in front of the dairibina, dolls representing the Emperor and Empress, and the scenery of Jikkendana is depicted in the picture in the frame. In Jikkendana, there are lines of shops selling dairibina and bald dolls for the Momo Festival of the third month on the lunar calendar and warrior figurines and carp banners for the Tango Festival of the fifth month of the lunar calendar.　
Jikkendana was located where Nihonbashi Muromachi in Chuo Ward is today and it is said to be so called because 10 shops (jikken) lined both sides of the street.　
Throughout Edo, hina markets that sold hina dolls (a set of dolls for the hinamatsuri festival consisting traditionally of members of the Imperial court) were held in places such as Owaricho, Asakusa Kaya-cho and Komagome, but it was Jikkendana that was most successful.　
During around the Meiwa years (1964-1772), the doll maker Shugetsu Hara made the kokin-bina dolls. It is said that these kokin-bina dolls were related to the hina dolls of today. 　
In the Edo period, there was such a diversity of dolls created that the shogunate banned the making of dolls that were excessively extravagant.　
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. 十軒町 Jikkencho in Akashicho 明石町 Akashi district, Chuo ward .

. 本所柳島十軒川 Yanagishima Jikkengawa in Honjo .

「内裏雛人形天皇の御宇かとよ」
Matsuo Basho 芭蕉

「十軒が十軒ながら公家の宿」
Edo Senryu 江戸川柳

季節に応じて商う十軒の店舗と､その前の大通りに縁日の露店を出して賑わったことから「十軒店」の地名となった。

- reference source : wako226.exblog.jp -

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LEGENDS - komainu lion dog

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2017/01/komainu-glossary.html

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


. shishigashira 獅子頭と伝説 Legends about a lion head .
shishimai 獅子舞 Legends about a lion dance
sanbiki shishimai 三匹獅子舞 lion dance with three lion heads


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大野郡 Ono district 白川村 Shirakawa village

. yama-inu, yamainu　山犬、豺 "mountain dog" wolf legends .
Once a yamainu 山犬 wolf with a human bone stuck in his throat came to the Hachiman Shrine.
The Hachiman Deity made the wolf promise not to harm the villagers any more and then removed the bone.
When the villagers heard this, they offered two komainu 狛犬 lion dog statues to the Hachiman Shrine,
in the hope never to forget the event.




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京都市 Kyoto city

In 1854, the 清涼殿 Seiryoden Hall of the Imperial Palace was lost to a fire.
A priest brought the komainu 狛犬 lion dogs to safety at the royal family of 一条家 Ichijo.
The family later went looking for the priest, but could not find him.
It must have been the spirit of the lion dogs who had transported them.

. Shishinden 紫宸殿 Hall for State Ceremonies .

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Kyoto 宮津市 Miyazu city

komajishi 高麗獅子 Korean lion dog
Once a stone statue of a lion dog became alive, flew up to the sky and came to town. There it did a lot of bad things and troubles.
A roonin 浪人 masterless Samurai cut off its leg, the lion dog fell down but soon got up again and run away.
Next morning the leg of the stone statue was cut off and blood was oozing out.

Legend from Kyoto, 宮津市 Miyazu city
komajishi 高麗獅子 Korean lion dog .
Once a stone statue of a lion dog became alive, flew up to the sky and came to town. There it did a lot of bad things and troubles.
A roonin 浪人 masterless Samurai cut off its leg, the lion dog fell down but soon got up again and run away.
Next morning the leg of the stone statue was cut off and blood was oozing out.
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岡山市 Okayama city 北区 Kita ward

inu, tori 犬，鳥 dog and bird
At the Shrine 吉備津彦神社 Kibitsu Hiko Jinja they sell three toys, a komainu 狛犬 lion dog, a bird and a bull. When the deity 吉備津彦命 Kibitsuhiko no Mikoto, one of the shidoo shoogun 四道将軍 four generals held a ritual before going to war, there were a dog and a bird coming to show him the way. . Kibitsu Hiko Jinja 吉備津彦神社 .
四道将軍 Shido Shogun
昔大吉備津彦命四道将軍となって備前五山の1つ加茂山の山系の峰に来た頃、峰の西方に火柱天に沖する妖怪が現れ、里人は大いに悩んだ。命は大弓を放ちこれを退治した。妖怪は的石と化した。その際の出来事により弓張、矢懸、高片、目無、的岩、立石という地名がついたという。

加茂川町
崇神天皇の四道将軍、吉備津彦命が備前に入り本宮山の峰に来た頃、その峰の西方約１里の所に毎夜妖怪が現われ、里人はたいそう恐れていた。里人は命に妖怪を退治してくれるように願い出た。数日後のある夜、気比神社の西方3キロのところに火柱が現われ、命は境内の見晴らしの良い駒岩から弓でこの怪物を射た。矢が命中するや否や、大音響と共に怪物は岩となった。これを今に残る的岩という。
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Shido-shogun (Generals Dispatched to Four Circuits) (四道将軍)
The term "Shido-shogun" refers to four imperial (royal) generals who appeared in the Nihon Shoki (the Chronicle of Japan), namely
Obiko no mikoto, Takenunakawa wake no mikoto, Kibitsuhiko no mikoto and Tanbamichi nushi no mikoto.
Summary
According to the "Nihon Shoki," each of these generals was dispatched to Kuga no michi (Hokuriku circuit), Umitsu michi (Tokai circuit), Nishi no michi (Sanyo circuit) and Tanba michi (Sanin circuit), in the 10th year of Emperor Sujin's reign (88 B.C. ?)
They were appointed as generals to use armed force against and defeat those who would not accept the Emperor's precepts, and it was reportedly in the following year, the 11th year of Emperor Sujin's reign (87 B.C. ?) that these generals returned in triumph after subduing the local rebels. (This is, however, believed to have actually happened at around the beginning of the fourth century.)
- source : japanese-wiki-corpus.org -




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Hachiman san no shishi 八幡さんの獅子 lion dogs from Hachiman Shrine
Once the shishi 獅子 lion statues were stolen from the Hachiman Shrine.
The family of the thief was soon befallen with illness and disaster.
When a diviner told them the reason for the misfortunes, they decided to bring 狛犬 the lion dogs back.
They put them on a carriage, but the horse could not pull it.
They put them on their back and now they felt light.


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