ishibitsu stone coffin legends

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ishibitsu, sekibitsu 石櫃と伝説 Legends about stone coffins
いしびつ box-shaped funerary urn made of stone


. haka 墓 grave and funerals .
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source : museum.pref.yamanashi.jp

This stone box contains two 朱印状 trade licenses with personal seals,
one from 徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu and one from 羽柴秀勝 Hashiba Hidekatsu (1568 - 1586), the fourth son of Oda Nobunaga and adopted child of Hashiba Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
They give permissions for trade to the businessmen of 右左口村 Ubaguchi village in Yamanashi prefecture.


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dotei no gyooja 土定の行者 / ドテイノギョウシャ an ascetic burried in the ground

In the autumn of 1817 a huge Keyaki tree suddenly fell down and in the hole in the ground a 石櫃 stone sacrophagus appeared. From inside there was a voice heard reciting the holy Sutras and ringing a bell. This must have been the Saint Ascetic who was burried there alive about 150 years earlier.
The long line of visitors coming here to pray lasted until the winter of that year.

. Sokushinbutsu 即身仏 the Living Mummies of Japan .
土定 (dojoo) - Others offered their life in a fire 火定 (kajoo) or in water 水定 (suijoo).


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Once upon a time
the villagers wanted to built a 祠 small Shinto shrine in the mountains and when they begun digging, a stone coffin came to light. Inside were the bodies of a man and a woman, almost like still alive, but when the coffin was opened, they suddenly disappeared into the breeze. There was also a 刀と鏡 sword and mirror in the coffin, so the villagers brought them to the lord of the domain.
But from this day on, suddenly an epidemic begun to haunt the village.
So they asked for the sword and mirror to have them back and bury them properly in the new shrine,
saying prayers for the souls of the man and woman.


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.......................................................................... Shizuoka　静岡県 ......................................
伊豆の国市 Izunokuni town

伊豆の国市北江間横穴群大北支群 Kitaema cave mound / Kita Ema Caves
Kitaema Cave Tomb Cluster


source : sgkohun.world.coocan.jp/archive



.......................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県 ......................................
千代ヶ丸山 Chiyogamaruyama

In the year 1702, on the 24th day of the 4th month, the 観音堂 Kannon Hall at Chiyogamaru was to be repaired. In the ground they found a large stone sarcophagus 長さ9尺8寸、高さ2尺9寸、奥行き3尺. Inside were two skulls and two swords, spears and arrow heads.
The skull was about 3尺7寸 in diameter, and 1尺4寸 in length.,
1尺 - 30 cm, 1寸 - 3 cm



- reference and photos : awa-otoko.hatenablog.com -


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

The 甲府中納言殿 regent of Kofu, a member of the Tokugawa family, visited the state mansion 桜田御殿 Sakurada Goten, when he suddenly became very tired and fell ill.
The attendants called a mountain priest named 義孝 Yoshitaka to performe some rites for healing.
The priest revealed that there was something quite frightening below the bedroom of the mansion.
When they started digging, they found a stone coffin. Inside was a doll with a human figure.
The priest performed exorcist rituals with all his might and dilligence and indeed, the regent recovered in no time.


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

- reference : 石櫃と伝説 -

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