shinsen Daoist immortals hermits

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals .
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shinsen 神仙 / 神僊 Daoist Immortals and Hermits　
immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); Taoist immortal; supernatural being
shinzen しんぜん / 神仙


source : 神仙故事：翟笔师失仙缘


Through diligent practise they obtained jinzuuriki 神通力 supernatural powers and a long life as immortals.

shinsendoo 神仙道 Shinsendo "the way to gain longevity"
. 本朝神仙伝 Honcho Shinsenden - Lives of Japanese immortals .



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cult of immortality 神仙思想
A philosophical perspective in ancient China, which developed from a combination of Taoism with the doctrine of Yin and Yang and the Five Elements. It was a cult of longevity and eternal life, and those who obtained these goals were called Sages thought to live on special islands.
In China, gardens symbolizing this cosmological view were built in the Qin and Han dynasties, and in Japan as well, gardens influenced by this perspective were made in the Asuka and Nara periods.
Hōrai and crane-and-tortoise gardens, popular in the Momoyama and Edo periods, were also based in part on this philosophy.
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藤田友治 Fujita Tomoji
古代日本と神仙思想 ― 三角縁神獣鏡と前方後円墳の謎を解く

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古代神仙思想の謎―シンポジウムの報告から
三角縁神獣鏡に見る神仙思想 - triangular rimmed ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals
徐福の「影」をアジアに探す―徐福を伝承する人々との出会い
古代史随想―建築家の立場から前方後円墳の謎に迫る
「前方後円墳」（壷型古墳）と葬送儀礼
神仙思想と三角縁神獣鏡
三角縁神獣鏡を作った人々
神仙思想と浦島太郎 Urashima Taro


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. Urashima Taro 浦島太郎 .

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. hooraisan 蓬莱山 Hōrai, Mount Horai .
mountain of eternal youth

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神仙説【しんせんせつ】 shinsen setsu
中国の古い神話に由来し，戦国時代に興り，秦・漢代に流行し，魏晋時代に頂点に達した神秘的思想。神仙は人間の現実的欲望の実現者であり，不老不死であるとする。神仙となるために，修行や服薬の法があり，その方法をめぐって，道教と習合した。

中国で
生死を超脱した存在の可能性を考える思想。神仙説の萌芽は戦国時代(前3世紀)に認められる。たとえば《荘子》には風を吸い露を飲み，雲気に乗って飛竜を御する藐姑射（はこや）の山の神人や踵（きびす）をもって呼吸する真人などのイメージがえがかれ，《楚辞》には神仙との遊行がうたわれている。神仙説をとくに鼓吹したのは東方沿海地域の方士たちであって，東海中に神仙の住まう三神山が存在すると説き，三神山の信仰は秦の始皇帝や漢の武帝にもうけつがれた。
- source : kotobank -


神仙伝 (しんせんでん）shinsen den
中国の西晋・東晋時代の道教研究家・葛洪の著書。ただし『隋書』経籍志や『抱朴子』の自序・内篇の記述から葛洪が『神仙伝』を記したことは確かだが、現行本は葛洪原作のものから改変が加えられ、収められた仙人のメンバーや文章は旧本とは異なるとする見方が強い。全10巻。
現行本では90人以上の神仙譚がある。序では『列仙伝』を取り上げる。
以下の仙人が現行本に登場する。
...蘇仙公、成仙公
. . . . . With a list of more than 90 names here :
- reference source : wikipedia -



ゲームソフト / ピクシブ百科事典 / a game and dictionary

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神仙河野久
by 田中貢太郎 Tanaka Kotaro (1880 - 1941)
吉野山の神仙と、熊山の神仙
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Shinsen Setsu The Holy Immortals (a study of ancient Taoism).
Takeuchi Yoshio - Tokyo, 1935.

Daoist Immortality and Buddhist Holiness: A Study and Translation of the Honchō shinsen-den.


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shinsenboku　神仙木 Lit. tree of immortals
A tree associated with Mt. Penglai Horaisan 蓬莱山, legendary island of the immortals. Since the Heian period the evergreen and long-lived pine, matsu 松 has been associated with the shinsenboku and planted on islands in garden ponds.
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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In 秦州 Shinshu in China a man walked alone at night, suddenly found himself surrounded by smoke and standing on the top of the mountain. There he met many people having a party, drinking and enjoying music. When he later tried to get up on the mountain again to steal their wealth, there was nothing to be seen.
It must have been the effect of the Shinsen or maybe some Tengu.


Sorori 蘇呂里 Sorori，shinsen no jutsu 神仙の術
Sorori was a Samurai from Mikawa (eastern Aichi) who was close to 豊臣秀吉 Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
Sorori later lived in a mountain retreat and practised the way of a Shinsen, until he was able to fly freely in the sky.


source : commons.wikimedia.org/wiki
Sorori Shinzaemon and Hideyoshi
by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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The second unifier of Japan, Hideyoshi, was tricked into giving more than he bargained for by Sorori (Sugimoto Shinzaemon), a scabbard maker whose great wit and humor enabled him to become “a kind of buffoon to Hideyoshi” and the only named Japanese court jester in the available records.
... Hideyoshi asked Sorori what recompense he wished. He replied, "A paper bag full of rice." Hideyoshi, pleased with his moderation, promised him what he desired. However, several days later, Sorori arrived dragging after him an enormous paper bag, which he put over a great barn. Hideyoshi was much amused, and asked Sorori to celebrate the matter in a verse.

- Fools Are Everywhere: The Court Jester Around the World
by Beatrice K. Otto
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. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 (1537 - 1598) .

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

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. The Eight Chinese Immortals 八仙 Pa Hsien .

. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals .

. 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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