March 04, 2018

MINGEI - shibaten, shiba Tengu

https://kappapedia.blogspot.jp/2015/01/futaba-dolls.html

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. Legends about Tengu doing Sumo wrestling .

.......... Legends about Tengu in Ehime 愛媛県 .

shibaten シバテン / shiba tengu 柴天狗 Shiba Tengu, Shibatengu
Like a Kappa, he hangs around rivers, asks people to have a wrestling bout and begins to confuse their minds.
But he never goes into the river himself, so he is not a real Kappa.

In the village of 面河村 Omogo in the 上浮穴郡 Kamiukena district, there is a Shiba-Tengu. He is about 115 cm high and his nose is a bit smaller that that of a long-nosed Tengu. He is crazy about Sumo wrestling. If people pass along his river, he makes the sound of an ax cutting a tree and invents other deeds to scare people.
If people hear the sound of カーンカーン kaan-kaan and the falling down of a tree, they know the Shibaten is near.



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Shibaten シバテン / Shiba Tengu 芝天狗
has a plate on his head like a Kappa. His eyes are rather large and his nose is sticking out.
In Tosa he is said to be just like a Kappa.

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幡多郡 Hata district 大月町 Otsuki

At the slope ヒロイアゲの坂 Hiroiage no Saka on the mountain path up to the shrine 月山神社 Tsukiyama Jinja a bald priest came out and asked for a bout of Sumo wrestling. The priest was very strong and about to win, when the villager bit him in the shoulder. Suddenly the mountain made a huge sound and the priest changed in Shiba Tengu.


高知県幡多郡大月町月ヶ丘1443 / Tsukigaoka Saitsuno, Ōtsuki-chō, Hata-gun, Kōchi

During the 白鳳時代 Hakuho period (645 - 710) 役の行者(役小角) En no Gyoja found a sacred rock in the form of a mikkazuki 三日月 new moon and prayed there.
The rock is dedicated to the Shinto deity Uganomitama 倉稲魂命 Ukano Mitama.
Later 空海 弘法大師 Kukai Kobo Daishi passed here and prayed there for 23 days and nights.
In the Meiji period, the shrine was made into a temple, named 守月山月光院南照寺, with 勢至菩薩 Seishi Bosatsu as the Buddhist deity.



The rock used to be at a place called hime no i 媛の井 / 姫ノ井 "well of the princess" and moved with supernatural powers to its present location. Thus it got more and more spiritual power and people come to pray and make wishes.

. En no Gyôja 役行者 Jimpen Dai-Bosatsu / En no Ozuno 役小角 .


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長岡郡 Nagaoka district

Shibaten 芝天
If Shibaten comes for a bout of Sumo, he usually wins by throwing the human on the ground.
Sometimes humans try to impersonate Shibaten to enjoy some Sumo with others.
If people eat 鰌 Dojo loach alive, they will become able to see Shibaten.


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........... Tokushima 徳島県 Shiba Tengu legend .
那賀郡 Naka district 相生町 Aioi


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February 27, 2018

HEIAN - Tengu hinotama fire ball legends


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Hinotama 天狗と火の玉伝説 Legends about Tengu and fire balls

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
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. hinotama, hi no tama 火の玉と伝説 Legends about fire balls .




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知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita

. isotengu 磯天狗 "Seashore Tengu", a Sea Yokai monster.
at 鳶ヶ崎 Tobigasaki




............................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県
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松山市 Matsuyama

. Tengu at 三津浜 Mitsuhama .





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加茂郡 Kamo district

. The Tengu is also called 狗賓 Guhin / Kuhin .
He lives in the deep forest and produced balls of fire at night to frighten the villagers. ...




............................................................................... Gunma 群馬県

. kawa tengu, kawatengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".
Most Great Tengu 大天狗 live alone in a region, only allowing some Karasu Tengu to be their followers.
Sometimes they produce the 天狗火 "Tengu fire" , hi no tama 火の玉 ball of fire; to show the borders and protect their territory.
This is done by kawa tengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".


天狗の川狩 Tengu fishing at a river
葛飾北斎 Katsushika Hokusai




............................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県

. kawa tengu, kawatengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".
- Kawatengoo 川天狗(かわてんごう) Kawatengo, Kawa Tengo
- 仁助兄弟 The Nisuke brothers at Misawamure village 三沢村三井の霧ヶ瀬
- 内郷村 Uchigomura
- 津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Shiroyama




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員弁郡 Inabe district 梅戸井村 Umedoi

. kawa tengu, kawatengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".




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那賀郡 Naka district 相生町 Aioi

A man went to the forest with his father to do some work. After a while they took a break. Suddenly a white ball of fire came floating past, with a white tail at the end. Then they heard the sound of a terrible mountain slide, as if someone had felled a huge tree. They hurried home in great fear.
His father told him that they had been on special land where the Shiba Tengu lived and he does not like to be disturbed.

. shiba tengu 柴天狗 Shiba Tengu, Shibatengu .





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. kawa tengu, kawatengu 川天狗 "river Tengu".





............................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県

The sennin 仙人 Immortal from 金が岳 Mount Kanagatake (1,764 m) named 新左衛門 Shinzaemon
and the Tengu from 茅ヶ岳 Mount Kayagatake (1,703 m) named 江草孫右衛門 Magoemon from Egusa were on bad terms.
The Immortal jumped into the sky, made a strong wind and called the clouds. He could also take any human shape he liked. He was almost a Yokai monster Immortal.
The Immortal sometimes shape-shifted into a ball of fire to show the Tengu that he was still a novice in the field.


source : toki.moo.jp/merumaga/reizan...

茅ヶ岳の天狗伝説 The Tengu legend from Mount Kayagatake.

Magoemon is a human who trained to become a Tengu, others say he is the Immortal from Mount Kayagatake.
Once he climbed the mountain to do some work, and when he came back to his home, three family generations had passed and nobody remembered him.
He was so sad, he went back to the mountain and practised 神通力 to gain divine powers.
He lived around 1520 during the times of Takeda Nobutora, the father of Takeda Shingen, in the village of Egusa.
He sometimes appeared when farmers were working in the forest and helped them cut trees. He even ate the food they shared with him.
When they gave him a leaf of tobacco, he put it on his palm and then ate it.
Time passed on in the village of Egusa. Now it is around 1715.
The woodworkers saw a huge human like a monster stand on the rocks. The beard was upside down and covered his face with white hair. His huge eyes rolled around. The villagers fled in great fear. Then there was a strong wind and black clouds showed in the sky . . . all because the villagers had disturbed Magoemon in his mountain retreat.

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Mt. Kayagatake is well known for being the place where Kyuya Fukada, writer and mountaineer who published the One hundred top mountains of Japan, passed away.
It is also part of the one hundred top mountains of Yamanashi.
Due to its similar appearance to the nearby Mt. Yatsugatake, it is sometimes known as "Nise Yatsu" (Phony Yatsu). From the summit, the Southern Alps, Mt. Yatsugatake, Mt. Fuji and more can be seen. There are also many places to view the cherry trees and the red leaves during their respective seasons.
During spring season you will find the cherry blossom tunnel known as "Senbonzakura Park" near the trailhead to the mountain, along with a viewing platform from where you can enjoy the sight of mountains such as Mt. Fuji. Then, in autumn you can also come appreciate the beauty of the red leaves. Furthermore, you will also find the Sunflower field of Akeno near the trailhead leading to the mountain path, a spot where about 600,000 sunflowers bloom fully during summer season! Please don't miss out the opportunity to come see and enjoy the mountain climbing and magnificent nature of Kayagatake!
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February 26, 2018

MINGEI Hyogo clay dolls

https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2015/03/kintaro-kintoku-ashigara.html


松曳き金太郎 Kintaro pulling out a pine


稲畑土人形 Inabata clay doll, Hyogo - about 26 cm high


丹波系土人形 Tanba region clay doll, Hyogo - about 24 cm high

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okoso zukin, okoso-zukin 御高祖頭巾 / お高祖頭巾 hood for winter

丹波系土人形 clay dolls from the Tanba region


about 10 cm high


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February 25, 2018

Fwd: [Heian Period Japan] sennin eight Chinese immortals


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China - The Eight Immortals 八仙 Pa Hsien

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He Xian Gu (何仙姑; pinyin: Hé Xiān Gū) - 何仙姑(かせんこ)Kasenko
The Immortal Woman
He Xian Gu's immortality is due to a consistent diet of powdered mother-of-pearl and moonbeams. While swallowing it, she vowed to remain a virgin.
According to a different version, He Xian Gu, daughter of a 7th-century shopkeeper, ate a magic peach and became immortal. Since than she is flying about.
She is attributed by the lotus/lotus pond, which can cultivate people through meditation.
Occasionally she is attributed with a peach, the divine fruit of Gods, associated with immortality or a music instrument or a ladle to dispense wisdom, meditation and purity.

Cao Gou Jiu (曹國舅; pinyin: Cáo Guó Jiù) - 曹国舅(そうこっきゅう)Sokokkiyu
The Royal Uncle Cao
Cao Gou Jiu is reputed to have been the brother of a 10th century Song Empress, the uncle to the Emperor of the Song Dynasty and the son of a military commander. His attribute, the castanets, are thought to be derived from the pass that gave him free access to the palace, a benefit of his rank.
He is also attributed with a jade tablet, which can purify the air.
According to another version, Cao Guo Jiu's younger brother Cao Jingzhi was a bully, but no one dared to prosecute him because of his powerful connections, not even after he killed a person. Royal Uncle Cao was so overwhelmed by sadness and shame on his brother that he resigned his office and left home.
He is represented by wearing formal court dress, always the finest dress among all Eight Immortals, and carrying castanets.
Cao Gou Jiu is the patron deity of actors.

Li Tie Guai (李鐵拐; pinyin: Lĭ Tiĕ Guăi) Li Tieguai. - 李鉄拐 / 鉄拐李(りてっかい)Ri Tekkai
Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人 "Toad Immortal"
The Iron-Crutch Li
Because of his great skill at magic, Li Tie Guai, was able to free his soul from his body and aid and meet others in the celestial realm. Li Tie Guai, a good looking man used his skill frequently. Once, while his spirit was gone from his body, a disciple decided that Li Tie Guai was dead and burned his body as was traditional. When Li Tie Guai's soul returned from its travels, he was forced to enter the body of a beggar.
He is represented as a lame beggar carrying a double gourd. The gourd, symbolising longevity and the ability to ward off evil, has a cloud emanating from it. The cloud represents the soul, depicted as a formless shape.
The gourd represents also helping the needy and relieve the distressed.
Sometimes Li Tie Guai is pictured riding the qilin.
Li Tie Guai is the emblem of the sick.

Lan Cai (蓝采和; pinyin: Lán Cǎihé) - 藍采和(らんさいか)Ransaika
The Immortal Hermaphrodite
Lan Cai is said to have wandered the streets as a beggar while singing a song about the brevity of mortal life. Her/his attribute is a basket of flowers associated with longevity, which she/he carries to remind viewers of the transience of life and with which she/he can communicate with gods.
She/he is variously portrayed as a youth, an aged man, or a girl; in modern pictures generally as a young boy.
She/he is represented by wearing a tattered blue gown and only one shoe.
Lan Cai is the patron deity of florists.

Lü Dongbin (呂洞賓; pinyin: Lǚ Dòngbīn) - 呂洞賓(りょどうひん)Ryodohin
The Chief leader
Lü Dongbin was an 8th-century scholar, who learned the secrets of Taoism from Zhuang Lin Quan. Dressed as a scholar, he is honoured as such. His attribute, the sword, which can subdue the evil, allowed him to travel the earth slaying dragons and fighting evil.
He is represented with a sword on his back and a fly brush in his hand.
Lü Dongbin is also the patron deity of barbers.

Han Xiang Zi (韓湘子; pinyin: Hán Xiāng Zi) - 韓湘子(かんしょうし)Kanshoshi
The Philosopher Han Xiang
Han Xiang Zi is said to have been the nephew of Han Yü, a famous scholar of the 9th century. Among his special skills was the ability to make flowers bloom instantaneously and smooth wild animals. His attribute is the flute, which can cause growth.
He is represented as a Happy Man.
Han Xiang Zi is the patron saint of musicians.

Zhang Guo Lao (張果老; pinyin: Zhāng Guǒ Lǎo) - 張果老(ちょうかろう)Chokaro
The Elder Zhang Guo
Zhang Guo Lao is reputed to have been a recluse of the 7th or 8th century. He travelled with a white mule that could go incredible distances and then be folded up and placed in a wallet. Zhang Guo Lao had only to sprinkle water to the mule to reconstitute it for further use.
Zhang Guo Lao's attribute is a drum made of a bamboo tube with two rods with which to strike it. The drum can cure life.
He is represented as an old man riding the mule, at times riding backwards.
Zhang Guo Lao is the emblem of old men.

Zhongli Quan (鐘离權; Pinyin: Zhōnglí Quán) - 漢鍾離(かんしょうり)Kanshori または鍾離権(しょうりけん)
Zhongli Quan was reputed to have lived during the Zhou dynasty (1122-256 BC). Among his many powers were transmutation and the knowledge of the elixir of life. His attribute is a fan, which can bring the dead back to life.
He is represented as a Fat Man with his bare belly showing.
Zhongli Quan represents the military man.

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The Eight Immortals 八仙 are a group of legendary xian ("immortals") in Chinese mythology.
Each immortal's power can be transferred to a power tool (法器) that can bestow life or destroy evil. Together, these eight tools are called the "Covert Eight Immortals" (暗八仙). Most of them are said to have been born in the Tang or Song dynasty. They are revered by the Taoists and are also a popular element in the secular Chinese culture. They are said to live on a group of five islands in the Bohai Sea, which includes Penglai Mountain-Island.

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He Xian'gu
Cao Guojiu
Li Tieguai
Lan Caihe
Lü Dongbin
Han Xiangzi
Zhang Guolao
Zhongli Quan

李鉄拐(りてっかい)Ri Tekkai または鉄拐李
漢鍾離(かんしょうり)Kanshori または鍾離権(しょうりけん)
呂洞賓(りょどうひん)Ryodohin
藍采和(らんさいか)Ransaika
韓湘子(かんしょうし)Kanshoshi
何仙姑(かせんこ)Kasenko
張果老(ちょうかろう)Chokaro
曹国舅(そうこっきゅう)Sokokkiyu


In literature before the 1970s, they were sometimes translated as the Eight Genies.
First described in the Yuan Dynasty, they were probably named after the Eight Immortal Scholars of the Han.
- In art
- In literature
- In qigong and martial art
- Reverence
- Depictions in popular culture
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Bashiko, Taoist immortal,
considered by the Japanese to be the first veterinary surgeon. He supposedly lived in China in the years 2697-2597 B.C. and cured a dying dragon by operating on its throat. Bashiko is rarely depicted in art, while another Taoist sage, Chinnan, is more popularly shown with dragons.

Kinko - Qin Gao (Kinkô sennin) 琴高仙人 Kinko Sennin
Kinko, who lived beside a river and was a painter of fish.
One day a giant carp offered to take him for a ride into the realm of the immortals. He returned after a month, telling his followers never to kill another fish. He then jumped into the river, where he was transformed into a carp himself. Kinko is usually shown reading a Taoist scroll while riding on the back of the magical fish.

Koshohei
Sennin Koshohei with a short stick in his hand leaning slightly over a small rock that turns into a goat. Koshohei led a herd of goats to the mountains and stayed there for 40 years in meditation. His brother found him after all that this time and was wondering where the goat were. Koshohei touched the boulders around him with a stick, and they turned into goats.

Tsugen
- another name for Chokaro / Chang Kuo-lao

. sennin to netsuke 仙人と根付 Netsuke of Immortals .

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Fwd: [Gokuraku - Jigoku ] Gama Sennin Toad



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Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人 "Toad Immortal"
The Sage with the three-legged Toad


The Japanese legend of Gama Sennin (蝦蟇仙人 "Toad Immortal") is based upon Chinese Liu Hai (劉海), a fabled 10th-century alchemist who learned the secret of immortality from the Chan Chu ("Three-legged Money Toad").
He is a benign sage with great magical knowledge about pills and drugs. He is always accompanied by a toad and he can assume the shape of a toad.
He could also change his skin and become young again.

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Gama Sennin, (Chin. Liu Hai) and Tekkai Sennin (Chin. Li Tieguai).


Gama Sennin, known literally as the 'toad hermit,' a character based on the historical civil servant and alchemist Liu Hai of 10th century China. Various accounts associate Gama with a large, three-legged toad by which he can be identified. Gama was thought to be able to release his spirit from his body, metamorphose, and fly with the aid of his magical companion. Chinese prototypes of this theme sometimes represent the immortal sitting on or resting his foot on the animal and holding a string of gold coins, with which he is supposed to have lured the toad from its hiding place in a well. ...
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Jiraiya (自来也 or 児雷也, literally "Young Thunder"),
originally known as Ogata Shuma Hiroyuki, is the toad riding character of the Japanese folklore Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari (児雷也豪傑物語, "The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya"). The tale was adapted into a 19th-century serial novel, a kabuki drama, several films, video games and a manga, and has also served as a source of influence for various other works.
In the legend, Jiraiya is a ninja who uses shapeshifting magic to morph into a gigantic toad. As the heir of a powerful clan in Kyūshū of the same name, Jiraiya fell in love with Tsunade (綱手), a beautiful young maiden who has mastered slug magic. His arch-enemy was his one-time follower Yashagorō (夜叉五郎), later known as Orochimaru (大蛇丸), a master of serpent magic (the kanji 大蛇 literally means "giant snake" or "serpent"). It was first recorded in 1806.
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The Magic Serpent (怪竜大決戦 Kairyū Daikessen)
The Mystic Dragons' Decisive Battle) is a 1966 tokusatsu kaiju/ninja fantasy film produced by Toei Company Ltd. This film is a loose retelling of the famous Japanese folktale, Jiraiya Gōketsu Monogatari (The Tale of the Gallant Jiraiya).

Just like Toei's many superhero shows, this film is just as action-packed and colorful. And to entertain younger audiences, the hero Jiraiya and the villain Orochimaru use ninja magic to transform into daikaiju to battle each other (this was also done in the original story, even though the animals were not necessarily gigantic). Despite the many differences between this film and its source material, this has remained a cult classic.
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Princess Tsunade Hime 綱手姫
is standing on a Namekuji to cross over the sea to meet her lover, Jiraiya.
. namekuji 蛞蝓 (なめくじ / ナメクジ) slug .



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February 24, 2018

EDO Kanazawa machi soto kanda

https://darumapilgrim.blogspot.jp/2005/01/kanda-myoojin-and-zenigata.html

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. 神田 Kanda district of Edo .

Kanda Kanazawa choo 神田金沢町 Kanazawa machi district in Kanda
Soto Kanda 3chome now :千代田区外神田三丁目2-4

Before the great fire of Meireki (1657) the temple 東本願寺 Higashi-Hongan-Ji was located here.
The naka yashiki 賀金沢藩前田家中屋敷 middle estate of the Maeda Lord of the Kaga domain was located here in 1684.
In his honor it was named after the town of Kanazawa in Ishikawa prefecture.
Part of the road was called 明石長屋 Akaishi Nagaya, named after 明石屋吉右衛門 Akaishiya Kichiemon.



The name was lost in 1964, when it became part of Soto Kanda.


. Kanazawa 金沢. Ishikawa 石川県 .
and the culture of 前田家 the Maeda clan

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Kanda was the district where most of the craftsmen lived during the time of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisans .

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February 22, 2018

Fwd: [Gokuraku - Jigoku ] Kumedera Kume Sennin


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Kumedera 久米寺 Kume-Dera, Nara


奈良県橿原市 / Nara Prefecture, Kashihara, Kumecho, 502

第7番 霊禅山 久米寺 Kumedera
Nr. 7 of the 49-temple pilgrimage dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai.
. 西国四十九薬師巡礼 Yakushi Nyorai in Western Japan .

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ema 絵馬 votive tablet of the founder, Kume Sennin



stone statue of Kume Sennin

久米寺は、畝傍山(うねびやま)の南に位置する仁和寺(にんなじ)別院の真言宗のお寺で、橿原神宮(かしはらじんぐう)の一の鳥居を南に入ってすぐのところにあります。
久米仙人伝説(くめせんにんでんせつ)
- Homepage of the temple
- source : city.kashihara.nara.jp/kankou




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Kume no Sennin 久米の仙人
The Immortal Kume used to fly around in the sky, riding on clouds. Once he saw a beautiful woman doing the washing at a river and got quite exited and involved with her.
This was the reason why he lost his 神通力 supernatural powers.
Part of this 通 power stayed deep in the mountain and became akki 悪鬼 a bad demon, who was called 通鬼 Tsuki, Tsu-Oni. This wicked demon went to the village and bewitched boys, even making them ill and mentally confused.
He lived at the times of emperor 欽明天皇 Kinmei Tenno.

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Who is Kume Sennin?



..... Kume Sennin's legend is recounted in classical works, such as Book 11:24 of Konjaku Monogotari (今昔物語集) a 12th century collection of Buddhist Parables, and Essay 8 of Tsuregurekusa (徒然草), a collection of thoughts on life by the Buddhist monk Yoshida Kenko (1283 – 1352).
The legend says
that Kume was traveling on his cloud when he suddenly noticed a young woman near a river washing her clothes. He curiously watched the woman and unexpectedly caught a glimpse of her white leg under her raised kimono.
Kume's mind became filled with desire and he immediately lost the ability to fly. Heavy with lustful thoughts, Kume fell to the earth and crashed in front of the lady!
Smitten,
Kume chose to marry the maiden. They made love for many years and started a family. Yet one day Kume realized the error of his ways, repented and set off to achieve the ultimate goal of immortality all over again.
According to the legend,
Kume worked hard to redeem himself, regained his powers, and built (or inspired the building of) Kumedera Temple (久米寺)in Kashihara City, Nara Prefecture. This temple dates back to the time of Prince Shotoku Taishi (574 – 622 AD) and still exists today.
This tells us that the Kume legend goes back at least 1,400 years.
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A Japanese ivory netsuke 20th century, signed Keiun finely carved as Peeping Tom Sennin, the cloud dwelling spirit of Kume, 4.5 cm long.
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Kume Sennin 久米仙人 Also written 粂仙人.
A legendary immortal often depicted in Edo period painting. According to legend recorded in KONJAKU MONOGATARI 今昔物語 (vol.11), Kume Sennin studied the special practices of the immortals at Ryuumonji 龍門寺 in Nara. Having learned how to fly, he flew one day over the Yoshino 吉野 river, and spotted a young woman washing laundry in the river. At the sight of the woman's white legs, he was so struck with passion that his supernatural powers failed him and he tumbled to the ground in front of the woman. This woman became his wife. Kume Sennin was then recruited to help build the capital at Takechi 高市 and was told to move lumber with his special powers. After eight days of intense training, he obtained the protection of Buddha and regaining his supernatural powers, flew the large quantity of wood to its destination in one swoop. For this deed, he received land in Kashihara 橿原 from the emperor, and here he founded Kumedera 久米寺. Pictorial representations of Kume Sennin usually depict him in the act of seeing the woman and tumbling from the sky.
A well known example is the folding screen by Soga Shouhaku 曾我蕭白 (1730-81) in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts (dated 1759). In ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints Kume Sennin often appeares dressed in the garb of a Chinese sage.
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Kume Sennin on a festival float
秋の高山祭

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Fwd: [Heian Period Japan] Tengu sennin immortal legends


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sennin 天狗と仙人伝説 Legends about Tengu and Immortals

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
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- What is the difference between a Tengu and a Sennin?
Tengu are part of the Buddhist realm and Sennin belong to the realm of Chinese Daoism 道教.
There are also shinsen, shinzen 神仙 Sennin of the Shinto tradition, who possess jintsuuriki, jinzuriki, shintsuuriki 神通力 supernatural power.

Some 阿闍梨 Ajari or 山伏 Yamabushi can turn to Tengu.

Humans with supernatural powers can go to the 天狗界 Tengu World or the 仙人界 Sennin World.

. The most important 48 Tengu of Japan - 四十八天狗 .


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Some tales can be found in a collection of Toyota Toki とよた時
天狗・仙人妖怪ばなし Tales about Tengu, Sennin and Yokai Monsters
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In China all kinds of Sennin are worshipped. In Japan all kinds of Tengu are worshipped.
The Sennin of Tang China are almost like Tengu. The wings of Tengu are probably from the imagination of painters.

Many Sennin in the meaning of "mountain hermit" are found in Japan, like 役小角 En no Ozuno En-no-Gyôja 役行者 or 久米 Kume.

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. Torakichi 虎吉 sennin no moji 仙人の文字 letters of Torakichi .


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喜多郡 Kita district 内子町 Uchiko // 越智郡 Ochi district 小田町 Oda


Tengu live deep in the mountains and practise to get supernatural power. They are like Sennin.
If a wicked bad person goes to the mountain, the Tengu will throw them out. Tengu do not like impurities.






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氣仙郡 Kessen district 唐丹村 Toni

. O-Shirasama, oshirasama おしらさま、オシラサマ "White Deity" .
legends of 飛行というと天狗 a flying Tengu or the sennin 仙人 Immortals helping humans.





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板野郡 Itano district

. toita sennin 戸板仙人 Sennin of the Wooden Door .
atthe back of 大麻比古神社 Oasahiko Shrine there lived a Tengu.





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The sennin 仙人 Immortal from 金が岳 Mount Kanagatake (1,764 m) named 新左衛門 Shinzaemon
and the Tengu from 茅ヶ岳 Mount Kayagatake (1,703 m) named 江草孫右衛門 Magoemon from Egusa were on bad terms.
The Immortal jumped into the sky, made a strong wind and called the clouds. He could also take any human shape he liked. He was almost a Yokai monster Immortal.
The Immortal sometimes shape-shifted into a ball of fire to show the Tengu that he was still a novice in the field.


source : toki.moo.jp/merumaga/reizan...

茅ヶ岳の天狗伝説 The Tengu legend from Mount Kayagatake.

Magoemon is a human who trained to become a Tengu, others say he is the Immortal from Mount Kayagatake.
Once he climbed the mountain to do some work, and when he came back to his home, three family generations had passed and nobody remembered him.
He was so sad, he went back to the mountain and practised 神通力 to gain divine powers.
He lived around 1520 during the times of Takeda Nobutora, the father of Takeda Shingen, in the village of Egusa.
He sometimes appeared when farmers were working in the forest and helped them cut trees. He even ate the food they shared with him.
When they gave him a leaf of tobacco, he put it on his palm and then ate it.
Time passed on in the village of Egusa. Now it is around 1715.
The woodworkers saw a huge human like a monster stand on the rocks. The beard was upside down and covered his face with white hair. His huge eyes rolled around. The villagers fled in great fear. Then there was a strong wind and black clouds showed in the sky . . . all because the villagers had disturbed Magoemon in his mountain retreat.


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西八代郡 Nishi-Yatsushiro district 市川三郷町 Ichikawamisato

takara no oogi 宝の扇 magic hand fan
Once upon a time
there lived a naughty boy named 悪太郎 Akutaro (Bad Taro). A Sennin made him promise to change his ways and become a good boy and gave him a magic hand fan to make his own nose long or short as he wished. With this hand fan he was able to help in a fight of a Tengu and a 荒神 Kojin Wild Deity.
Akutaro could also use the fan to travel in the air.
Later this magic fan turned up in the hands of a Samurai and when enemies of Japan came from a foreign country, he could make the noses of the enemy turn long or cut them off.
The fan became venerated like a God of War 軍神.


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -




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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

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. 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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kikujidoo, kiku jidoo 菊慈童 Kikujido "The Boy with Chrysanthemums"


source : pinterest.jp/pin... Cambridge University

A barrel-shaped container made of chyrsanthemum and hinged at the bottom Inside is the figure of Kikujido, a sennin (immortal being) who wrote the magic characters of longevity on chrysanthemum leaves

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「不老不死の薬となって七百歳を送りぬる。」
source : kanshou.com/...

Kikujido is a boy who appears in the song (Noh script), Makurajido (Jido and Pillow), who remained youthful even with the passing of 700 years after writing the lines of the Lotus Sutra graciously gifted to him by the Emperor on the leaves of a chrysanthemum, when the dew drops from the chrysanthemum became an elixir for immortality.
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source : MFA Boston

菊慈童図 - the Chrysanthemum Boy
by Tsukioka Sessai (died in 1839)

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菊慈童図屏風 Kikujido Byobu portable screen



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Kame Sennin 亀仙人 "Turtle Immortal"
Kooan 黄安 Koan, Kame Sennin



source : watanabe san, facebook

飾り瓦 roof tile from 春日神社 Kasuga Jinja
愛知県高浜市春日町


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亀仙人 Kame Sennin - "The Turtle Immortal"
Kokeshi by Usaburo 卯三郎こけし

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Kame Sennin 亀仙人 "Turtle Immortal"
Muten Roshi 武天老師 Master Roshi


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Kame Sennin, the perverted martial arts master. He lives on Kame Island in the Kame House.



Like other Sennin, he lives alone except for his acquaintance, Turtle (海亀, Umigame), a slow yet honest talking sea turtle that comedically represents his Sennin familiar.
Kame Sennin
is very much a cross cultural creation. He teaches the boys martial arts in a Zen Buddhist style of self comprehension amidst physical suffering. Meanwhile, he dresses like a Daoist Taiji master when fighting or teaching. He knows Taiji Chuan and Chinese boxing styles, and helps strengthen his disciples' ability to use Ki (Qi). On top of that, he emulates Jackie Chan as Jackie Chun, a popular Chinese martial arts film star. He's a mix of Buddhist, Daoist, Chinese and Japanese.
Kame Sennin is an immortal.
It's never explained exactly how he became immortal, but he is over 300 years old by the time Goku meets him as a child, and he never ages during the progression of the story.
..... Just like Kume Sennin, Kame Sennin has a magic cloud, which he calls the Kinto'un (筋斗雲), and which shares similar Kanji to the one in Journey to the West, where it's called the "Somersault Cloud."
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kinkoo sennin 琴高仙人 Kinko Sennin

Qin Gao from China 周代

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source : MFA Boston

Courtesan Riding a Carp; Parody of the Immortal Qin Gao (Kinkô sennin)
見立琴高仙人
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The Immortal Qin Gao, represented by Hinazuru of the Chôjiya, kamuro Tsuruji and Tsuruno (Kinkô, Chôjiya uchi Hinazuru, Tsuruji, Tsuruno),
from the series Eight Immortals in the Art of Love (Enchû hassen)
艶中八仙 琴高 丁子屋内 雛鶴 つるし つるの
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DARUMA - Hoki Bosatsu and Hodo Sennin

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Hooki Bosatsu

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Hoki Bosatsu, Hooki Bosatsu 法起菩薩
Hoodoo Sennin" 法道仙人 Hodo Sennin

Houki Bosatsu, Hōki Bosatsu

Secret Statue at Temple Bodaiji 菩提寺の秘佛 Bodai-Ji

This Bosatsu is not very familiar, but he is one of the protector deities of mountain ascetics, ranging back to the time of En no Gyoja. Sometimes he is depicted with six arms and five eyes 五眼六臂. He is also seen as an incarnation of "Hoodoo Sennin" 法道仙人 Hodo Sennin, an Indian ascetic who, as legend knows, lived in the 7th century during the time of Emperor Suiko and walked all the way through China and Korea until he reached Japan.
He walked with his companion, the God of the Bulls, Gozu Tenoo 牛頭天王.
Hodo Sennin is very popular in the area around Himeji. He founded the temple Bodai-Ji, Ichijo-Ji and a few others there.



Saint Tokudo 徳道上人 is also considered an incarnation of this Bosatsu.


source : tripadvisor.com/LocationPhotoDirectLink...

Fudo-In Temple: Statue of Hoki-Buddhist Saint (Bosatsu)


役行者(えんのぎょうじゃ)は、大峰山(おおみねさん)においては蔵王権現(ざおうごんげん)を、葛城山(かつらぎさん)においては 法起菩薩 (ほうきぼさつ)を感得され、山岳抖藪(さんがくとそう)の実践行を通じて得られたという神通力によって、人々を済度してこられたといいます。
http://www.ubasoku.jp/organization/about.htm

He is the main deity in the temple Tenporin-Ji (Tenpoorinji) 転法輪寺 on Mt. Katsuragi.
旧金剛山寺本尊
http://21coe.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=244

His holy mantra is
OM daruma urata (uchita) sowaka
オン、ダルマ、ウチタ、ソワカ



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Demukae Fudoo-son at Temple Tenporin-Ji
出迎え不動明王


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伏見山菩提院 菩提寺の秘仏


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Hyogo 兵庫県 加西市 Kasai
He came riding on his horse from 法花山 Mount Hokkesan, where he pulled out a 松の木 pine tree and threw it in the air. The tree is still to be seen at the spot where it fell down. Hodo Sennin came from the West entrance to the mountain, when his 鞭 whip touched a rock where water begun to flow. This well is still there and has never dried out, not even through the worst droughts.
Once a boatsman had loaded barrels of rice when the begging bowl of the Sennin came floating by. The boatsman did not put any rice in it and suddenly all his rice barrels begun to fly off toward Mount Hokkesan. The boatsman shot an arrow and the Sennin brought the rice back to the ship. One barrel fell down on the earth and this place is now called 米田村 Yonedamura ("rice field" village).


source : rockou-wind.seesaa.net/article/...

Once from a large cave below the rock there was the voice of a child in great pain to be heard. When Hodo Sennin heard it he begun to chant the 法華経 Hoke-Kyo sutra. Suddenly a child came from below the rock, went to the top to play there for a while and then took off to the sky.
People say if someone throws a small pebble to the top of the rock, it will stay there if it is a good person, but if it was thrown by a bad person, it will topple down.


Hodo Sennin is the founder of the temple
法華山 一乗寺 Hokkesan Ichijo-Ji.
兵庫県加西市坂本町821-17
The temple was founded in 650 on request of Emperor 孝徳天皇 Kotoku Tenno (596 - 654).
The pagoda at Ichijō-ji completed in 1171 is a National Treasure of Japan.



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西国三十三所第26番 Nr. 26 of the 33 Pilgrim Temples of Saikoku.

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Mount Matsuo (松尾山 Matsuo-yama)
is a 687-metre-high (2,254 ft) mountain in Sasayama, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Another name is Mount Kosen-ji, literally, "Mountain of Kosen-ji."
Mount Matsuo is one of the major objects of worships for the people in this area. On this mountain, a Buddhist temple named Koosenji 光泉寺 "Kosen-ji" was established in 645 by Hodo Sennin.
This temple was re-established by Dengyo Daishi in the 9th century. The temple was burned by Akechi Mitsuhide in the 16th century, but re-established again by Toyotomi Hideyoshi. In the Edo period, it is said that there were 28 monk houses in the mountain. Kosen-ji was also destroyed as a result of the Shinbutsu bunri, literally, Shinto-Buddhism-separation.
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Mayazan Tenjō-ji 摩耶山天上寺
Kobe, Nada Ward, Mayasancho


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Here is a stone statue from a mountain trail in Kamakura Yama.
He looks more like an ascetic from ancient Chinese Taoism.
In his left hand he holds a five-pronged vajra.



法起菩薩
写真の石仏を初めて見て、これが日本の仏様と思う人はいるだろうか?どう見ても中国の道教の道士のような姿をしている。
右手で剣印を結んで、左手に持っているのは密教の法具にある五鈷鈴のようにも見える。
(姿形はまったく違うが持物と印相だけで見ると、修験の仏である蔵王権現に思えなくもない)これを彫った石工はどんな原画を元にしたのか非常に興味のあるところだ。
- photo by yama-aso -


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Hoki Bosatsu Mandala 法起菩薩曼荼羅図



This Hoki Bosatsu has six arms and five eyes. He stands on a rock with a wrathful expression,. This is possibly the only painting of the deity. Possibly painted by Tayuu Hoogen Saiken in the 15th century.
This painting is an important cultural property of Sakai Town, Osaka.

高倉寺の法起菩薩堂に長年まつられてきた本図には、「法起菩薩」(ほうきぼさつ)という大変珍しい仏様が描かれています。六本の腕と五つの眼を持ち、怒りの表情で岩の上に立つ姿は大変恐ろしく、金剛山の修験(しゅげん)の仏として信仰され、絵画ではこの作品が唯一の例だとと考えられています。
- photo from 2006 堺市 Sakai City -

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As said above, Hoki Bosatsu is the main deity in the temple Tenporin-Ji (Tenpoorinji) 転法輪寺 on Mt. Katsuragi.
This holy king of the bulls (Go-Ou 牛王) is thought to be his incarnation in a form where he works for the wellbeing of human beings and gives his life for the salvage of humankind. The statue is in the compound of Tenporin-Ji.
This bull is an incarnation of Hoki Bosatsu.




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Extra temple at the Saikoku Pilgrimage in Western Japan

Temple 法起院 Hoki-In
This is the place where Saint Tokudo at the age of 80 years made his final ablutions before transforming into Hoki Bosatsu.

「本堂」の左側(東側)境内の端に近いところに「上人沓脱ぎの石」がある。



徳道上人は松の木に上がり法起菩薩に化身したと伝えられているが、その時の足跡がこの石に残されているという。沢山の賽銭が供えられているが、どう見ても足跡らしきものを視認することはできないのである。
. morimoto 法起院

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