. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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Koorai, Kōrai 高麗 Korai, Koma - Korea
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Goryeo, also known as Koryŏ (高麗) (918-1270, 1356-1392)
was a Korean dynasty established in 918 by King Taejo.
- source : wikipedia -
There are various toys, art pieces and legends with reference to Korai Korea.
. komainu, koma inu 狛犬 / 高麗犬 lit. "Korean Dog" .
and more koma... 狛 Shrine guardian animals
. Koma no Kikori 高麗山樵 woodcutter from Mount Komayama .
A Sennin 仙人 immortal from Kanagawa, Hiratsuka.
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ji ジ 兕 （じ）， komainu 高麗犬 "Korean Dog"
When a new emperor ascends to the throne, he has to make a statue of this JI and place it in the garden of the palace. The Ji is a beast with one horn 兕は一角の獣.
source : mossamossary.blog.fc2.com
御霊（上御霊）神社
Many have been erected before the Kamakura period. The origin of the Chinese character 兕（じ） is not quite clear though. Maybe it was a 水牛 water buffalo, or a Rhino with one horn.
koma-inu with one horn
角を持つという狛犬の由来についてはさまざまな説があり...
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In the year 天平宝字7年 763 in August ambassadors were send to Korai. On the day they wanted to come back, the sea was wild and dangerous. So they prayed for safety.
With the help of Funadama, the Guardian Deity of a Boat, they made it back safely to Japan.
. Funadama 船霊 Goddess of the ocean .
. Korean Ambassadors to Japan in the Edo Period .
Choosen Tsuushin Shi 朝鮮通信使 Chosen Tsushin Shi
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. The Korean heritage 韓国 Kankoku 朝鮮 Chosen .
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. karabito-dako "Korean person Kite", Kazusa karabitodako 唐人凧 .
This kite has the form of the hairstyle of Koreans 高麗人の弁髪に形どった.
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komajishi 高麗獅子 Korean Shishi Lion
In 宮津市 Miyazu, 籠神社, there is a 高麗獅子 stone statue of a Korean Shishi Lion with a life of its own, so it could fly high in the sky and do what it wanted. It would cause great harm to the farmers. One day a masterless Ronin Samurai cut off its legs as it devastated a field, and it fell down. But soon it got up again and run away.
Next morning the legs of the stone statue were cut off too and blood was coming out of the wound.
中国獅子 Chinese Shishi Lion
........................................................... Okayama 愛知県 .............................................................
. Koorai inu 高麗犬 Korai Korean Dog .
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Kōraibashi, Kooraibashi 高麗橋 - Koraibashi Bridge
source : bittercup.web.fc2.com/04osaka/yagurayasiki
楼屋敷（やぐらやしき） Yagura Yashiki
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Kōraibashi
is a bridge located in Chūō-ku in the city of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. It crosses over the Higashi Yokobori River and shares its name with the surrounding area.
The area received the name of "Kōrai" during the Asuka or Nara period, when ancient Japan was in close contact with kingdoms on the Korean Peninsula.
The envoy to Korea was called naniwa komanomuratsumi難波高麗館（なにわのこまのむろつみ） (高麗館 Koraikan) and when Toyotomi Hideyoshi was dividing up the areas within Osaka, he chose those same kanji.
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. Koma Jinja 高麗神社 Koma Shrine .
The shrine was founded in 716 by an emissary from Goguryeo, 高麗王若光 Koma no Koshiki Jakko, as the head shrine to guard the Koma district (present-day Hidaka City).
天下大将軍 / 地下女将軍 Two deities from Korea
高麗聖雲 Koma Shoun was a priest of the Nara period.
. Shooden-In 聖天院 Shoden-In - (Shoten-In) .
高麗山 Komasan 聖天院 - Shoorakuji 勝楽寺 Shoraku-Ji
Very close to it is the shrine 高麗神社 Koma Jinja.
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. ダイダラボッチャ Daidarabotcha / Daidarabotchi ダイダラボッチ .
was a Yokai, a huge man living in the Chichibu region.
The legend about the size of Mount Fujisan and Tsukubasan is quite famous.
Similar legends from 日和田山 Mount Hiwadasan, the lower mountain, and 多峰主山 （とうのすやま） Tonosuyama. When Daidarabochi sat down on Hiwada san to wash his feet, there was the river 高麗川 Komagawa.
Another placename is 高麗の新井.
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Koma Kyuuryoo 高麗丘陵 Koma Kyuryo Hill and Tengu 天狗
This hill region is located between the rivers 入間川 Irumagawa and 高麗川 Komagawa.
A weak man from 日和田山 Hiwadasan went to the Shrine 金比羅神社 Konpira Jinja every dy to pray to the Tengu for more strength. On the ninth day of his prayers the Tengu tried to surprize and frighten him various times, but the man kept his vigil over night. Next morning the man had become very strong indeed.
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tsue 杖 and the 高麗桜 Korai Sakura Cherry Tree
Deep in the mountains of 熊野 Kumano, near the river 請川 Ukegawa and 日足村 Hitari village there lived a man who had been to Korea during the invasion by Toyotomi Hideyoshi 朝鮮征伐. He had brought back a walking stick, which he planted into the ground near his home.
And within due time, the stick turned into a beautiful cherry tree . . .
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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白高麗焼 - 立達磨像 - Standing Daruma
White Korai ware pottery
. Nyoi 如意 Priest's Szepter .
- reference : White Korai pottery -
. Korean Art - Introduction .
Koryo Museum of Art 高麗美術館
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. koorai ninjin 高麗人参 Korean ginseng .
Panax ginseng
. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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