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The Heian period  平安時代 Heian jidai 
794 to 1185.


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This blog also covers the history and culture until the Heian period:

Legendary Emperors (660 BC - 269 AD)
Kofun Period (270-539)
Asuka Period (539–710)

. Nara Period (710 to 794)  奈良時代 .

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Details of the period will be introduced.
The many legends of this period, including legends and haiku about it, will be introduced in more detail.

This BLOG also collects legends, tales and folklore of Japan.


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2023-02-26

ABC List Contents

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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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ABC List of Contents - Heian Period (794 to 1185) 平安時代
- - - - - and the periods up to Heian



. Books about the Heian Period .

. Reference online .


. kojiki 古事記 Furukotofumi, the oldest chronicle in Japan .

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source : metmuseum.org/toah


. Persons of the Heian Period .


. Shrines of the Heian Period 神社 .


. Temples of the Heian Period 寺 .


. Legends and tales 伝説 .


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Anna 安和 era (968 - 970)
- source : wikipedia -
- - - - - . Anna Incident - Heian History .


. aoba no fue 青葉の笛 flute with green leaves .
flute of the monsters 鬼笛 onibue


Architecture in the Heian Period
James T. Ulak
In 784 the emperor Kammu (737–806) relocated the seat of government to Nagaoka. Nagaoka was marred by contention and assassination, however, rendering it an inauspicious location for the capital. Thus, in 794 a site to the east of Nagaoka on a plain sheltered on the west, north, and east by mountains and intersected by ample north-south rivers was judged appropriate by geomancers. Named Heian-kyō (“Capital of Peace and Tranquility”) and later known as Kyōto, this city was modeled on the grid pattern of the Tang Chinese capital at Chang’an. Heian-kyō remained the site of the imperial residence . . . (100 of 10,500 words)
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. Aristocrats in the Heian Period .

. Ashikaga Gakkoo 足利学校 Ashikaga Gakkō, The Ashikaga School,
The Ashikaga Academy and Ono no Takamura 小野篁 .


. Asuka Kiyomihara Palace 飛鳥 清見原 .

auspicious symbols
- matsukuware tsuru 松くわえ鶴 crane holding a pine branch

. awabi densetsu あわび アワビ 鰒 鮑伝説 abalone legends .



. Ban Dainagon Ekotoba 伴大納言絵詞 picture scroll about the fire of Otemon 大手門 .

. Bandits, Pirates, Robbers - Heian History .

. Binbogami 貧乏神, Kyuuki 窮鬼 Kyuki - God of Poverty .

. Buddhism in Heian Japan .
- - - - - . Developments in Buddhism .

Buddhist sculptors 仏師 busshi - Heian Era
定朝 Jōchō Busshi (Jocho), 円派 Enpa and 院派 Inpa School
Magaibutsu 磨崖仏 cliff carvings
Artwork of the new sects, Tendai 天台 and Shingon 真言.
- source : Mark Schumacher -

. bussokusekika 仏足石歌, "Buddha footprint poems" .


Cleveland Museum pieces
Art of Japan: Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art / Heian (14 results)
- source : books.google.co.jp -

Colors of the Heian period
. . . A glimpse of many shades of color at the neck, sleeve and hemline . . .
check : Fujiwara no Teika "Meigetsu-Ki" Bright Moon Diary
. Japanese Colors - Introduction .
- - - - - . The Traditional Colors of Japan / by Sarah W . *


. daidokoro, daibandokoro 台盤所 kitchen .

Daijō-kan, Dajō-kan, Daijookan 太政官 Great Council of State
three ministers— : Daijō-daijin (Chancellor), Sadaijin (Minister of the Left) and Udaijin (Minister of the Right)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Dazaifu 大宰府 regional government in Kyushu, "the distant capital"
from the 8th to the 12th centuries.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. dengaku mai 田楽舞 Dengaku dance .


. Echizen shikki 越前漆器 Echizen laquer ware .
In 527A.D., when the 26th emperor of Japan was young, he ordered a lacquerware craftsman in Echizen to repair his crown . . .

emaki 絵巻 picture scrolls - tba
Ban Dainagon ekotoba (The Tale of the Courtier Ban Dainagon)
Chōjū giga (Scroll of Frolicking Animals)
Genji Monogatari emaki (The Illustrated Tale of Genji)
Shigisan engi emaki (Legends of Mt. Shigi)
- - Emaki, narrative scrolls from Japan – Miyeko Murase
- - Critical Terms for Art History - Nelson, Shiff
- - The Practices of Painting in Japan - Quitman Phillips


. Food and Drink in the Heian Period .

. Fujiwara regency - Heian History .


. gangu 玩具, omochcha おもちゃ toy, toys .
In the Heian period, it was called “mote (or mochi)- asobimono (mote or mochi means to hold in a hand, and asobimono means something to play with),” or it was referred to as simply “asobimono” in the Tale of Genji.

. Genji Monogatari 源氏物語 The Tale of Genji .
. . . . . Murasaki Shikibu

. Genpei War 源平戦争 - Heian History .
the Minamoto (源) and the Taira (平). The Heian Period ends with the Genpei War.

. gold and silver mines - kinzan 金山 ginzan 銀山 .

. Gold and Silver, Zipangu .


. goryoo, onryoo 御霊、怨霊 vengeful spirits .
Sudo Tenno 崇道天皇 and his son,
Iyo Shinno 伊予親王.
his mother, Fujiwara Fujin, 藤原婦人
Fujiwara Hirotsugu, 藤原広嗣
Tachibana Hayanari, 橘逸勢
Bunya no Miyata Maro 文室宮田麻呂
Kibi no Makibi 吉備真備
Sugawara Michizane 菅原道真


. Gozu Tennō 牛頭天王 Gozu Tenno Deity .


haiku about Heian 俳句と平安

hairstyle

. hamaya 破魔矢 and busha matsuri 歩射祭 or 奉射祭 .
- - - - - New Year ritual archery

. Hanami 花見 "Blossom viewing party" .

. haniwa はにわ【埴輪】“clay cylinder”clay figures .
- and the Hajibe 土師部 clan / mogari funeral rites もがり【殯】


. Hashihime, Hashi Hime 橋姫 / はし姫 "Princess of the Bridge" .
turning into a vengeful Oni demon

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. Heian bijin 平安美人 a beauty of the Heian Period, Heian Beauty . *
- - - - - . Aristocrats in the Heian Period - beauty .
- - - - - . The Fair Face of Japanese Beauty
Cosmetics for Japanese Women from the Heian Period to Today.
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Heianjo, Heian Jo 平安城 "The Castle of Heian"
平安城首 / 平安城尾 / 左 青竜 / 右 白虎 / 前 朱雀 / 後 玄武
『都名所図会』で京を巡る Kyo Meisho Zue - Illustrations of the famous places
. 都名所図会 Kyo Meisho Zue . *


Heian Kyoo 平安京 (literally "tranquility and peace capital") HeianKyo, Heian Kyo
was one of several former names for the city now known as Kyoto. It was the capital of Japan for over one thousand years, from 794 to 1868 with an interruption in 1180.
- Including Kadono District (Kadono-gun, Atago 愛宕郡) and Otagi District (Otagi-gun, 愛宕郡) of Yamashiro Province (Yamashiro no kuni, then 山背国)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
- - - - - .The Ancient Capital Heian Kyo - by Parker .


. Heian matsuri 平安祭 Heian festival - Kyoto .
Jidai matsuri 時代祭 "Festival of the Ages" - October
- - - - - Heian Jinguu 平安神宮 Heian Jingu Shrine

. Heike densetsu 平家伝説 legends about the Heike clan .
The Tale of the Heike 平家物語 Heike Monogatari - 平 Taira - and more

. Heike tanuki 源平狸 papermache doll of a badger .
at Temple Yashima-Ji 屋島寺, Kagawa. The Tanuki believed that his former master was a prince of the Taira clan.

. hinomaru, hi no maru 日の丸 the Japanese Flag .
- - - - - Emperor Monmu used a flag representing the sun in his court in 701.

. hiragana 平仮名 ひらがな writing system .

. Hiraizumi 平泉 in Iwate, the Golden Hall .
Fujiwara no Kiyohira 藤原清衡 and the Hiraizumi Fujiwara clan

. History of the Heian Period .
. . . . . Heian History by dates
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. Hoogen no ran, Hôgen no ran  保元の乱 Hogen Disturbace - 1156 .



. ikiryō, shōryō, seirei, ikisudama 生霊 Ikiryo, "living ghost" .

Ima Kagami - Fujiwara no Tametsune

. imayoo, imayō 今様 Imayo, popular song, imayoo uta 今様歌 .
Imayo Awase: Song contest in the Heian period


. inbi no gohan 忌火の御飯 "rice on the memorial day" .

. Ise monogatari 伊勢物語 Tales of Ise .
. . . . . and Yatsuhashi 八橋

. ishinago 石子 / イシナゴ / いしなご / 石なご / 石投 / 擲石 toy stone pebbles .
いしなどり / 石な取り ishinadori / いしなごとり ishinagotori / 石投げ ishinage
and
saigi 賽木、伊勢の賽木(いせのさいぎ)wooden dice from Ise


. Jishin no Ran 壬申の乱 Jishin war - 672 .
Ōama no ōji 大海人皇子 Prince Oama - 天武天皇 Tenmu Tenno


. Kagerō Nikki 陽炎日記 / 蜻蛉日記 Kagero Nikki, The Kagero Diary .
- - - - - The Mayfly Diary, The Gossamer Years, by Michitsuna no Haha (ca. 935-95)

. kaiawase, kai-awase,kai awase 貝合; 貝合わせ shell-matching game .

. kanbun (kambun) 漢文 written Chinese, the official language *

. Kaneuri Kichiji 金売吉次 / 金売り吉次 / 吉次信高 / 橘次末春
Kichiji Nobutaka, Kitsuji Sueharu, Kane-uri Kichiji .

- legendary gold trader of the Heian Period

. kanju manju 干珠満珠 the tide jewels .

kanpaku 関白 Kampaku, regent
first secretary and regent who assists an adult emperor
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. kaoo, kaō 花押 Kao official signature .

. Kappa 河童 Water Goblin Legends of the Heian period .

. karuta, uta karuta 歌留多 Poetry card game .

. Kawara no In 河原院 Kawara-no-in - Kyoto .
official residence of 源融 Minamoto no Toru (822 - 895)


. kemari 蹴鞠 kick ball .

. Kimigayo 君が代 the Japanese Anthem .

kimono and fashion
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. juuni hitoe 十二単衣 12 layered court robe .

. Kinoshitagoma, 木ノ下駒 horse toy from Sendai .

kinri 禁裏 / 禁中 / 御所 living quarters of the emperor
- kinri sama 禁裏様 Emperor

Kin'yō Wakashū 金葉和歌集 Collection of Golden Leaves
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !


. kofun jidai 古墳時代 burial mound period - 250 to 538 .
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Kokin Wakashū 古今和歌集 Waka poetry anthology
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Kokushi 国司 Kuni no tsukasa, regional governor .
and the legal system, Ritsuryō 律令 Ritsuryo

Konjaku Monogatari 今昔物語, Konjaku Monogatarishū 今昔物語集 Anthology of Tales from the Past
collection of over one thousand tales written during the late Heian period (794-1185)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Korean heritage 韓国 Kankoku  朝鮮 Chosen - Korea .

. koyomi 暦 Japanese calendars .
introduced in the Joogan 貞観 Jogan period (859 - 877).



. Legends of the Heian Period .

. Literature of the Heian Period 平安時代の文学 .


Makimuku Kofun and Himiko 纒向古墳群 卑弥呼


Makura no Sōshi 枕草子 Makura no Soshi, The Pillow Book
. by Sei Shōnagon 清少納言 Sei Shonagon .


. Manyooshuu, Man'yōshū 万葉集 Manyoshu, Manyo-Shu
Poetry "Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves" .



. Map 平安京オーバレイマップ .

. Masakado's Rebellion - Heian History .
. Taira no Masakado 平将門 (? – 940) .

. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 in the footsteps of the Heian period .

. Medicine - Honzo Wamyo 本草和名 . *

. Modori-bashi, modoribashi 戻橋 / 戻り橋 'Returning Bridge' . - Kyoto

. mokkoogata, mokko no katachi 木瓜形 four-lobed pattern .
..... "quince pattern", originated in Tang dynasty as a motif on courtiers' clothes and was very popular in the Heian period

. Motives and Symbols in Art .


Narumi Gold Mine in Echigo since the Heian period
越後の鳴海金山、血色の鍾乳石

nengoo, nengō 年号 Nengo, "year name", era name
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. Nihon Ryōiki 日本霊異記 Nihon Ryoiki .
Ghostly Strange Records from Japan
Record of Miraculous Events in Japan
by Kyookai 景戒 (きょうかい/けいかい) Kyokai - Keikai, priest of Yakushi-Ji in the Nara period

. norito 神詞 のりと Shinto chants, incantations and prayers .

. Nue - Yorimasa and the Nue monster (鵺, 鵼, 恠鳥, or 奴延鳥) .


. Ogura Hyakunin Isshu 小倉百人一首 Poetry Collection of 100 Poets .


. onmyoodoo 陰陽道 Onmyo-Do, The Way of Yin and Yang .
Abe no Seimei 安倍晴明 (921 – 1005)

. Onsen - Eight famous old Hot Springs 八古湯 and their legends .
- and other hot springs dating back to the Heian period

Ookagami, Ōkagami 大鏡 Okagami, The Great Mirror - historical tale
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !


. plum blossoms 梅花 loved in the Heian period.



. red and white 紅白 kohaku (koohaku) .
and the Battle of Dan-no-Ura 壇ノ浦の合戦

Romance - Forced Affection - Rape as the First Act of Romance in Heian Japan
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Ryoounshuu, Ryōunshū 凌雲集 Ryounshu - kanshi poetry anthology
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. samurai 侍 Samurai - servant .
In the early Heian period the word samurai meant servant and it had no military connotation and did not refer to a person of elite status.
. 4 The beginnings of the warrior (bushi) class - Heian History .
- - - - - . Rise of the military class .

. Sarutahiko densetsu 猿田彦伝説 Sarutahiko Legends .

. seko, haishi 背子 light robe or lover-friend .

Senzai Wakashū 千載和歌集 "Collection of a Thousand Years"
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

sesshoo, sesshō 摂政 regent
a title given to a regent who was named to assist either a child emperor before his coming of age, or an empress.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Shika Wakashū 詞花和歌集 "Collection of Verbal Flowers"
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Shinsen Shōjiroku 新撰姓氏録 "New Selection and Record of Hereditary Titles and Family Names")
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

shooen, shōen 荘園 or 庄園 shoen system
. 2 The development of the shoen system - Heian History .
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !


sonsho darani, Sonshō darani - Holy and Virtuous Spell
Crown of the Victor Dharani / Bucho Sonsho Darani
darani 陀羅尼 spell against the monsters and demons that haunted the capital in the Heian period.


. soohei, sōhei 僧兵 Sohei, monk-warrior, monk-soldier .


. Sumitomo's Rebellion - Heian History .
Fujiwara no Sumitomo 藤原純友 (? - 941)
. . . . . provincial official and pirate, most famous for his efforts to establish a sort of pirate kingdom for himself in the Inland Sea region between 936 and 941.

. Suzakumon 朱雀門 Suzakumon (Shujakumon) Gate .

. Symbols and Art Motives .



. Taika Reform 大化の改新 Taika no Kaishin - 645 .
Emperor Kōtoku 孝徳天皇 Kotoku Tenno

. Takenouchi Monjo 竹内文書 Takenouchi Documents .
- Takenouchi no Sukune 武内宿禰 / 竹内宿禰 / 建内宿禰 - legendary statesman and Kami
Takeshiuchi no Sukune - Takeshi-Uchi // Takenouchi Skune, Takeuchi Sukune

. Taketori Monogatari 竹取物語 Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Kaguyahime かぐや姫) .

. temari 鞠(まり)- 手毬(てまり)hand ball, rag ball .

. “Time in Medieval Japan” - symposium 2018 .

. tomoe 巴(ともえ)Tomoe pattern .
This pattern first appeared in the Heian period . . .

. Tosa Nikki 土佐日記 Tosa Diary .
-. . . . . Ki no Tsurayuki 紀貫之 (872-945)

. Tsunami 津波 History since 684 .


. Waka poetry and Buddhism  和歌と仏教 .


. Yamashiro 山城 .
“Yamashiro” was formerly written with the characters meaning “mountain” (山) and “area” (代); in the 7th century, there were things built listing the name of the province with the characters for “mountain” and “ridge”/“back” (山背国). On 4 December 794 (8 Shimotsuki, 13th year of Enryaku), at the time of the christening of Heian-kyō, because of the resultant scenic beauty when Emperor Kammu made his castle utilizing the natural surroundings, the shiro was finally changed to “castle” (山城国).

. yami - Heian no Yami 平安の闇 The Dark Side of the Heian Period .

. yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters, ghosts, spooks .

. Yuge no Miya 弓削の宮 / 弓削宮 - Osaka .
and - Yugi no Miya 由義宮 and the temple 弓削寺 Yugedera

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2023-01-18

ryuma dragon horse legends

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ryuuma, ryooma, ryuume 竜馬 / 龍馬 と伝説
Legends about Ryuma the Dragon Horse



. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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岡崎市 Okasaki city

At 伝誓寺 the Temple Densei-Ji the famous carver 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro had carved 竜馬 a dragon horse.
Every night, it left the temple and destructed the fields in the area.
So they put a net around the image to keep the horse in place.
. Hidari Jingoro 左甚五郎 - carpenter .




......................................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
宝塚 Takarazuka

In the winter of 967, 源満仲 Minamoto no Mitsunaka was hunting at 能勢の山 Mount Nose.
At night a female dragon appeared in his dream and said:
"I will give you a Ryum in gratitude, if you destroy the daija 大蛇 huge snake in the river.
When he woke up, a horse was standing nearby.
Mitsunaka got on the horse and killed the huge serpent.
The horse was still alive when Mitsunaka died, but enentualle died too.
THe vassals of Mitsunake buried the horse on a hill and built 駒塚 a small temple hall.
The hall was called 駒塚山峯の堂 / 駒塚山堂 Hall on Mount Komazuka.
Later on March 18 in 1470, there was a strange light on the Komazuka.
A priest from 慈光山普明寺 the temple Fumyo-Ji places special offerings at the place and
soon there was thunder and the head of the horse came out of the ground.
The priest took the head home and called it Ryoma no Kami 竜馬神, the Ryoma Deity.
It was then venerated at 金堂 the Golden Hall.
Its skull is buried at 普明寺 the Temple Fumyo-Ji. The bones of the horse are useful for amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals.
. ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo - Legends about female dragons .




......................................................................................... Kochi 高知県
土佐清水市 Tosa Shimizu city 幡多郡 Hata district // 七不思議 the seven wonders

. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯 と伝説 Legends about Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" .
At the Shinto Shrine 蹉跎明神 Sada Myojin at 蹉跎岬 Sada Misaki there is a special
天燈竜燈 "heaven light, dragon light".
This is one of the seven wonders of Hata.




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
長野市 Nagano city 桐原 Kirihara

. The Dragon Horse of Prince Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 .




......................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
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東浅井郡 Higashi Azai district

In 野村宿 the postal station Nomura there are two special keyaki ケヤキ zelkova trees
each with a huge hole in the large stem:
ryuu no ki「竜の木」the Dragon tree and doo no ki「堂の木」the tree of the temple hall.
They appeared after a large fire during the time of
Tenmei no Kikin 天明の大飢饉 the great famine of the Tenmei period (1782).
When the fire came close to the temple, there appeared a dragon on the zelkova tree
and splashed water over the area.
This could finally stop the fire which had lasted for three days in the area.




......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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最上郡 Mogami district 金山町 Kaneyama town

龍馬山 Mount Ryuba San
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Mountain in Kaneyama Town with a distinctive precarious cliff face.
Ryuba-san AKA Komaga-take or Myojinga-take,
is a peak on the western banks of the Kaneyama river.
Located in the Miyachi area of Kaneyama Town, the mountain is renowned for its imposing cliff face.
According to folklore, when Shugendo was banned on 神室山 Kamuro-san,
the Kami (deities) became angry and caused flooding all over the town.
This was how Ryuba-san got its shape. However, more realistic is
that the mountain formed from an undersea volcanic eruption.
The eruption sent out lava that collapsed under its own weight,
causing the unique mountain shape.
Legend has it Ryuba-san is home to a Ryuba, a mythical beast.
Ryuba have a white dragon upper-half, and a horse lower-half.
Once every few decades, the Ryuba can be seen flying up into the sky.
In addition, Fudo Myo-O, (AKA Acala The Immovable) made his presence known inside the cliff face.
In the past, locals dedicated a hall on the mountain called Fudo Myo-O Do.
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On Mount Ryuba there lives a white Dragon horse. It can be seen once in every 60 years.
The lord of 新庄 Shinjo hit it with his gun and the Ryuba never showed again.
On the path toward 杉沢集落 the hamlet Sugizawa there is a large boulder
with the hoof prints of the dragon horse.

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Around 1235, there was a long and strong rain and earth kept coming down
for seven days and nights to become on 神室山 Mount Kamuro.
Then 龍馬 a white Dragon horse came walking on it
and thus the mountain was called 龍馬山 Mount Ryuba San.


Ryuma was born in 杉沢集落 the hamlet Sugizawa.
Because it was very small, he looked for a better place to live and climbed 不動山 Mount Fudo.
He took a rest by the Shrine Gate, where his footprint was left.
Because Ryuma had decided to stay here, Mount Fudo was re-named 龍馬山 Mount Ryuba.

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2023-01-16

ronin masterless samurai

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Ronin 浪人と伝説 Legends about masterless Samurai

. 47 Ronin and the Chushingura 47浪人 / 忠臣蔵  .

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......................................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
利根郡 Tone district みなかみ町 Minakami town

. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説 horse legends .
A rich farmer named 塩原多助 Shiohara Tasuke had a son.
When his father died he tried hard to keep the family together.
But his stepmother お亀 O-Kame took some Ronin 浪人 masterless Samurai in the home and abused her son.
So Tasuke decided to leave the home.
Tasuke said good bye to his beloved horse 青 Sei, crying, walking away in the moonshine.
When he settled down in Edo, he soon became a very rich man.
O-Kame had a daughter, who was about to marry a Ronin, but at the wedding night,
the horse Sei jumped into the home and killed bride and groom.




......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
福島市 Fukushima city 飯坂町

. daija, orochi 大蛇 a huge serpent, great snake .
. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 .

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Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city 平鎌田町 Tairakamada town

akizoonushi ga fuchi 顕蔵主淵 アキゾウヌシガフチ The deep pool Akizonushi
Near 弘源寺 the Temple Kogen-Ji there is a deep pool, Akinonushi.
Nearby lived a couple, the husband was roonin 浪人 a masterless Samurai.
The priest from 弘源寺 the Temple Kogen-Ji fell in love with the woman and invited her many times.
But she did not do it and instead told her husband.
The angry husband killed the priest and threw him in the nearby river.
Now every time the husband passed the the place, there appeared a monster samurai,
and soon the husband went crazy and died.
They say this was the curse of the priest.




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

. Nobusuma 野衾 (のぶすま)"wild quilt", "wild blanket" .
Yokai squirrel, Yokai bat
In April there were rumors about a strange thing coming to the beach.
One day 鳶の伊兵衛 Tonbi no Ihei killed it.
It looked like a weasel with eyes like a rabit and wings.
Nobody knew what this creature was, so they went to roonin 浪人 a masterless Samurai
who lived near by and asked him.
He told them this was Nobusuma, which usually lived in the mountains.

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Kanagawa 久里濱村  / 久里浜 Kurihama village

shoonin 上人 a saint
At 念徳寺 the Temple Zentoku-Ji there lived a priest called 禅誉上人 Saint Senyo.
Once a Ronin 浪人 masterless Samurai walked past who had just shot a bird with his arrow.
The next day a female duck came to the temple, carrying the head of a duck.
It was the head which the Ronin had shot at, the husband of the female duck.
The saint held a special prayer ritual and oh wonder,
the duck flew up into the sky.
When the Ronin heard about it, he threw away his bow and became a pupil of the Saint.




......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
宮津市 Miyazu city

koma jishi 高麗獅子 Statues of Korean Lions
One day the statues of Korean Lions became alive, jumped to the sky and went to the town.
They behaved badly and caused a lot to trouble to the people,
When a Ronin cut off one of its legs, the Shishi fell down, but got on its legs again and run away.
When the villagers checked the next morning, one of the Shishi had its leg cut off
and blood had been coming out.
. shishimai 獅子舞と伝説 Legends about the Korean lion dance .




......................................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
柴田郡 Shibata district 川崎町 Kawasaki town

kesakiri Jizoo 袈裟切り地蔵 Jizo with a cut priest's robes
In former times, at 竜雲寺 the Temple Ryoun-Ji there was a stone statue of Jizo Bosatsu in front of the gate.
This Jizo would turn into an onyudo 大入道 O-Nyudo monster and threaten people,
so not many people came this road any more.
One evening, a Ronin named 梁川庄八 Yanagawa Shohachi passed this road
and the O-Nyudo monster appeared.
When Yanagawa tried to kill it with his sword, there was a strange sound
and the monster disappeared.
When they checked the next morning, there was a statue of Jizo Bosatsu with his right shoulder cut.
Since this event, the place was known as Yanagawa Shohachi kesakiri no Jizo 柳川庄八袈裟切りの地蔵
"Jizo who had his priest robe cut by Yanagawa Shohachi".
Villagers think the O-Nyudo was 狸 a Tanuki who had shape-shifted.
. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .
. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monster .




......................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
大津市 Otsu city

jogen mushi 常元虫、浄元虫 an insect named Jogen
In the village of 志賀郡別保村 Beppo a Samurai cut off his hair and took on the priest name of 浄元 Jogen.
But he was a heinous fellow. If a traveller stayed over night at his home,
he killed him and took all of his belongings.
Eventually his vicious deeds became known
and he was bound on kaki no ki 柿の木 a persimmon tree for seven days before being killed.
His dead body was then buried under the tree.
Now many insects came crawling out from under the tree, with a kind of human face.
The villagers called the insects "Jogen mushi".




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kiku 菊 chrysanthemum - a woman named O-Kiku
お菊 O-Kiku, the daughter of the Ronin 向坂甚内 Kosaka Jinnai and
. sara yashiki 皿屋敷 "the Dish Mansion" .




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

Tenguyama 天狗山 Mount Tengu
At 甲州白峰 Mount Shiramine in Koshu a Ronin met a large man in the mountains
and they started wrestling. But they soon fell down in the valley.
The large man twisted the head of the Ronin, so he swooned.
When he came back to his senses, the big man had vanished.
His head was turned left and did not come back to normal.
But his ability to shoot grew better, a hit at each of 100 shots.
. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
In Toyama 富山県, to the South of Tateyama is Mount Tenguyama 天狗山.

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2022-01-14

reisui miraculous water

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reisui 霊水と伝説 Legends about miraculous water

. Mizu no Kamisama 水の神様 God of Water .
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......................................................................................... Akita 秋田県
秋田市 Akita city

. tsue 杖と伝説 Legends about a walking staff, .
In 秋田市牛島 Akita city, Ushijima, at the Shrine 三皇宮 Sanko no Miya, the General Sakanoue Tamuramaro
placed his tsue 杖 walking cane into the ground.
Soon water begun to gush forth, now seen as reisui 霊水 miraculous water

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 (758 - 811) .




......................................................................................... Saga 佐賀県

. Anpukuji 安福寺 Anpuku-Ji, Tsutsumi .
霊水堂 Reisuido Hall for the sacred water




......................................................................................... Tochigi 栃木県
古河市 Koga city

. Kōbō Daishi Kūkai 弘法大師 空海 - 伝説  Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends .
Kobo-Sui 弘法水 Water from Kobo Daishi
When reisui 霊水 miraculous water came sprouting from the ground in March,
people came here from many places.
But in Winter the water stopped.
People in Edo used to have rituals for Kobo Daishi to keep the water flowing.

- quote 思案橋の弘法水
古河市下辺見の向堀川に思案橋という名の小さな橋があります。
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. Reisui Yakushi Nyorai 霊水薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai with miraculous water .

. 霊水山 Reisuizan 普門院 Fumon-In 光明寺 Komyo-Ji - Kanman Fudo 感満不動 .




......................................................................................... Tokyo 東京都
Tokyo 目黒区 Meguro ward

. Meguro Fudo Temple 目黒不動 .
円仁 Priest Ennin had a dream, where Fudo Myo-O told him to produce a spring with fresh water for the village,
so he hit the ground with his tokko 独鈷 Vajra and clear water came forth.
Even in the hottest summer this spring does not dry out.

. Ennin Jigaku Daishi (794 – 864) 円仁 慈覚大師 .


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2022-01-10

unsui monk legends

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unsui 雲水と伝説 Legends about itinerant monks

. kooun ryuusui 行雲流水 "wandering monk", Unsui .
komusoo 虚無僧 伝説 Komuso legends about begging mendikant monks

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......................................................................................... Aichi 愛知県

zenchoo 前兆 an omen
When the uncle of the villager was still small, he often went to 龍潭寺 the temple Ryotan-Ji
to stay over night and play.
Once he heard a frightening sound at the main hall.
The unsui 雲水 itinerant monk staying there said:
"This is an omen. Tomorrow someone will die!"
And indeed the next day a dead person was carried to the temple.

尾張三十三観音Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples in Owari - Nr. 18




......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
須賀川市 Sukagawa city 小倉 Kokura

. daija, orochi 大蛇 a huge serpent, great snake .
Since there lived daija 大蛇 a huge serpent on 雲水峯 Mount Unsuimine, nobody was allowed to climb up there before the official opening of the mountain on July 15. The mountain is on the border of 郡山市田村町 Tamura town in Fukushima and 須賀川市塩田 Oda in Sukagawa city.
It is 677 m high.





......................................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
北群馬郡 Kita-Gunma district 子持村 Komochi village

. kozoo 小僧と伝説 Legends about temple acolytes and youngsters .
At 双林寺 the temple Sorin-Ji there is a statue of a kozoo 小僧 young temple acolyte.
He once asked ritual question to the unsui 雲水 itinerant monk.
As punishment, his arm was broken.





......................................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
仙台市 Sendai city

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
In a district below the castle of Sendai there lived a Samurai
named 勝又弥左衛門 Katsumata Yazaemon who was very skillfull in hunting foxes.
Once an old fox shape-shifted into unsui 雲水 an itinerant monk
and asked him not to kill foxes any more, but he was killed.
Once there came a white fox with a message from the Deity 明神 Myojin,
but he was also driven away and killed.
. another version of this legend .




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
御前崎市Omaezaki city

. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
At the Temple 西林院 Seirin-In in Omaezaki there lived a monk who had once helped a cat.
The cat kept living at the temple.
Once a monk was taking a nap on the veranda and the cat was near, looking at the garden.
A cat from the neighbourhood came and asked the temple cat to come with it make 伊勢参り a pilgrimage to Ise.
The monk thought this was strange.
That night he heard a strange noise from the ceiling.
An unsui 雲水 an itinerant monk who stayed at the temple also woke up from the noise.
When he checket the ceiling next morning, he found the temple cat and the neighbourL's cat laying in their blood.
And a mouse waring the robes of an Unsui was dead on the floor.





......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
最上郡 Mogami district 真室川町 Mamurogawa town

bakemono 化物 a monster
The temple 正源寺 Shogen-Ji was abandoned and without a priest.
Monsters had come to live there.
Once unsui 雲水 an itinerant monk stayed over night at the temple. 
He was strong and drove the monsters away. 
The villagers were very greatful and asked the monk to stay there at the temple. 




......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
山梨市 Yamanashi city

. Unsui at 長源寺 the Temple Chogen-Ji. .

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2022-01-09

iju monster animal

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ijuu 異獣と伝説 Legends about Iju monster animals


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Ijū (異獣, Ijū) is a creature from Japanese folklore.
There is only one story of the Ijuu, and it comes from Suzuki Bokushi’s Edo period book Hokuetsuseppu (北越雪譜; Snow Stories of North Etsu Province, 1837).

Long ago, in Echigo province (modern day Niigata prefecture), a porter named Takesuke was engaged in hauling a heavy load over a mountain pass to a faraway town. He had gone about 7 shaku (28 kilometers), when he became exhausted and hungry. Takesuke leaned his backpack against a tree, then sat down and rested against that same tree, unpacking his lunch and preparing to tuck in.
Before Takesuke could get a bite into his mouth, the thick bamboo of the forest was pushed aside, and an incredible monster stepped into sight. It was larger than a human, and looked like some mix between a monkey and a bear. It had long tufts of hair on its head, and fur covering its entire body.
Instead of panicking, the porter calmly looked at the strange beast. It looked hungry, Takesuke decided. He then casually split his lunch, offering the animal half. The creature was delighted, and accepted the food and ate it with vigor.
With the meal done, the strange beast leapt to its feel and shouldered Takesuke’s burden as if it weighted nothing at all. The porter walked ahead down the mountain trail, while the creature happily ambled along behind. When they got within sight of the porter’s destination, the creature took off the heavy backpack, set it down carefully, and scampered back into the forest.
It was never seen again.
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......................................................................................... Hokkaido 北海道

. Ezo, Emishi 蝦夷 エゾ Ainu Culture アイヌの文化 Yezo, Yeso, Jezo .
One day in March there was a big earthquake and two big mountains collapsed.
Since then, many 異獣 Iju monster animals were seen.
One had 2 faces and 8 legs and could fly in the sky.
The local 蝦夷 Emishi people tried to get it, but could not catch it.




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京都市 Kyoto city 南区 Minami ward

ijuu 異獣 a monster animal
Around 1675, in Kichijomura village in the South of Kyoto, the statue of 吉祥天女 Kichijoten was open for public viewing.
Many people from the nearby villages came, chanting the 六斎念仏 Rokusai Nenbutsu prayer.
They made a lot of noise with their prayer gongs and prayer drums.
Suddenly a huge monster animal came out and run away to hide under the veranda of a village house.
They managed to catch it.
If had the face of a tanuki 狸 badger and was black from the nose to the top of the front.
The neck was white, the back was black and the stomach was white.
Its buttocks looked like a tokkuri 徳利 sake container.
It had no tail and looked more like a mole. Its back legs were long like that of a dog.
For its food it would only eat 串柿 dried persimmons on a stick.
. Kichijoojimura 吉祥寺村 Kichijo-Ji village in Edo .




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県

Once in the summer at 更科山 the volcano Tateshina there was a thunderstorm.
A strange small beast appeared at a rock and then, like a locust, ascended to the sky.




......................................................................................... Nagasaki 長崎県
長崎市 Nagasaki city

Once a lot of rice disappeared from the official Nagasaki Storehouse.
Some people also got lost.
When the villagers checked about it, they found that many
異獣 Iju monster animals came out of the sea
and ate the rice and even the people.




......................................................................................... Niigata 新潟県

When the young daughter of the family was weaving,
異獣 an Iju monster animal appeared outside the window.
It wanted to get the pot where the rice was kept warm.
The family gave some rice balls to the animal, which seemed very happy.
From then on the animal came once in a while to get a rice ball.
One day the daughter had her period and could not go the the weaving room
and was in trougle to keep her deadline for finishing.
The 異獣 an Iju monster animal stopped her period and she could finish in time.

At another home in the mountains, at night,
a strange creature with red hair came to warm at the fire.
It looked like a monkey with long hair.

In the mountains a man was sitting down to eat his rice ball.
A creature like a monkey with long hair appeared.
When the farmer gave it a rice ball, it was very greatfull
and later carried his load down the hill.




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
富士宮市 Fujinomiya city

sennen mogura 千年もぐら / 千年土竜 a thousand-year-old mole
On the 10th of August in 1859, in 川尻村 the village of Kawashiri,
they caught 異獣 an Iju monster animal.
It had the size of a cat, the face looked like a horse, the body was coverd in fly hair.
The legs looked like those of a human baby.
Later they found that four similar creatures had been caught at 蒲原宿 the Kanbara postal station.
At Kanbara the creature was called sennen mogura 千年もぐら .
In 豊川村 Toyokawa village they caught another strange animal.
It looked like a bear, but its face was human.
The nails of its feet were like those of a hawk.
The hair on its face was red and on its body it was yellow.

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

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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