Fujisan Mount Fuji Legends

- BACK to the Daruma Museum -
. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

Fujisan, Fujiyama 富士山 と伝説 Legends about Mount Fuji


June 22, 2013

Fuji, Mt. Fuji, Fujiyama, Fujisan
Mount Fuji and Haiku

. Food Specialities from Mount Fujisan .
- Introduction -

..............................................................................................................................................


photo from Edward Lipsett, facebook 2020

. Kuzuryu 九頭龍 Kuzuryū dragon with nine heads .

..............................................................................................................................................

末廣五十三次　日本橋 Nihonbashi
Utagawa Kunisada II

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- - - - - ABC List of the prefectures :


............................................................................... Tokyo / Edo
.......................................................................
文京区 Bunkyo ward

. Hongo district 本郷 .


Fuji Gongen 富士権現 Fuji Gongen Deity
There was a shrine for Fuji Gongen in Hongo, but about 100 ago it was relocated to 駒込 Komagome. There was a small mountain, looking similar to Mount Fujisan, with some large trees.
On the first day of a certain sixth lunar month, it was suddenly snowing, which looked like blossoms on the branches. The villager nearby had a divine inspiration telling him that Fuji Gongen wants to go back to his original place in Hongo. So they relocated the shrine again.

- quote -
Fuji shinkō -
Beliefs and practices associated with Mt Fuji, Japan's highest mountain (3776 m.)
... Matsudai Shōnin
... A temple complex was also established at Murayama, at the foot of the mountain. Eventually Matsudai attained buddhahood while still alive and was worshipped as Daitōryō Gongen.
... Three shugen temples in Murayama, Tsujinobō, Chiseibō, and Daikyōbō, wielded great influence as Honzanha sendatsu and as the supervisors (bettō) of Sengen Jinja, Dainichidō and Daitōryō Gongen, respectively.
- source : Suzuki Masataka, Kokugakuin 2006 -

..............................................................................................................................................

- quote -
Pilgrimage to Mt. Fuji on the First day of the Sixth month
六月朔日 富士詣

Mount Fuji could be clearly seen from the town of Edo and the people of Edo held it in great admiration.
For the "mountain opening" on June 1, each house would light incense under their eaves
and worship the mountain from afar,
and the people of Edo would gather in 浅間神社 Sengen Shrine in the town.
Models of the mountain known as 富士塚 Fujizuka were constructed in evey place
so that those who were unable to go to the real mountain
could still go on a Fuji pilgrimage by climbing up a miniature version.
- source : Tokyo Metropolitan Library -

..............................................................................................................................................

Ehon Sumidagawa River ryogain ichiran 絵本隅田川 両岸一覧 Pictures of Both Banks of the Sumida River
Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760 - 1849)
. Edo - Sumida ku 墨田区 Sumida ward, "ink field" .

..............................................................................................................................................

- Kuboso Memorial Museum of Arts, Izumi, Osaka -

..............................................................................................................................................

- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
富士山 64 to explore (01)
八ヶ岳,富士山 / 金北山,富士山 / びわ湖の土,富士山,三上山 / ダイラボウ (ダイダラボッチ) , , ,

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::




[Eternal Hokusai] The Religious and Symbolic Significance of Mount Fuji

- source : article by Frank Witkam -

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

'Thirty Six Views of Mt. Fuji' 冨撹三十六景 Fukaku Sanjurokkei
by Ishikawa Masumi (石川真澄)
source :facebook

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
- Introduction -

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



. Join the friends on Facebook ! .

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
- - - - - ##fujisanlegends #mountfuji #fuji -
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::