2019-05-18

ema votive tablet legends

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ema 絵馬 と伝説 Legends about votive tablets


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. ema 絵馬 votive tablets, prayer boards .
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......................................................................................... Aichi 愛知県
知多郡 Chita distirct 南知多町 Minami-Chita Town

Once an ema 絵馬 votive tablet at 医王寺 the Temple Io-Ji fell down.
The person who picked it up begun to worry about the owner of the tablet.
And indeed, soon he learned that the man had been killed in Edo.




......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県

. Ema from Suwa Jinja 諏訪神社 .

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Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city 住吉神社 Shrine Sumiyoshi Jinja

. Oni demons playing kubihiki 首引き tug of war .




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

. daishimizu 大清水 "great clear water" .
and ema 絵馬 votive tablets of a rooster turned upside-down.
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. niwatoribashi 鶏橋 "rooster bridge" .

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5 comments:

Gabi Greve said...

Legend from Fukushima 福島県
長沼町 Naganuma town

. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説 horse legends .
At the Shrine 桙衛神社 Hokutsuki Jinja there was ema 絵馬 a votive tablet of a horse.
The horse walked off to feed and caused trouble at night. So the priest painted a kui 杭 pile and this kept the horse in place.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/naganuma-kaido-chiba-fukushima.html
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Gabi Greve said...

Legend from Hyogo 津名郡 Tsuna district 五色町 Goshiki town // 天神様
. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説 horse legends .
The painter 白川芝山 Shirakawa Shizun / 白芝山 (1759 - 1850) had painted a horse on an ema 絵馬 votive tablet in the Tenjin Shrine. The horse came to life and went outside damaging the fields and eat grass. He therefore painted some grass and reins on the tablet to keep the horse in place.
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https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/01/tenjin-tenshin-sama-legends.html
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Gabi Greve said...

Legend from Aichi 西春日井郡 Nishi-Kazugai district 清洲町 Kiyosu town
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The monkey of an ema 絵馬 votive tablet at 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja had been painted by the famous 狩野元信 Kano Motonobu. It came to life at night and devastated the nearby fields every night. They had to cover its eyes with cloth to keep it in place.
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https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/hiyoshi-shrine-and-sanno-legends.html
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Gabi Greve said...

Legends about 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Hall
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Ibaraki 茨城県 
mabiki no ema 間引きの絵馬 votive tabled for Mabiki
At 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Hall in the remains of 布川城址 Fukawa castle there is 絵馬 an ema votive tablet for Mabiki.
If the amulet is reflected in the sliding door, it shows horns on the head of the woman.
At the side stands 地蔵様 Jizo Bosatsu, crying.
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Osaka 大阪府
. hoosoo 疱瘡 伝説 Hoso - Legends about Smallpox .
In the 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Hall in Central Osaka they sell an ema 絵馬 votive tablet by
Chinzei Hachiro Tametomo 鎮西八郎為朝 / Minamoto no Tametomo (源為朝).
People buy it and hang it at the front door. This will prevent children from getting smallpox.
A ema 絵馬 votive tablet with Tametomo driving out the demons, depicted as 疱瘡神 Hosogami.
This amulet was quite popular when an epidemy of smallpox occured, before the Meiji period.
. Minamoto no Tametomo (源為朝) (1139 – 1170) .
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/08/jizo-do-hall-legends.html
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Gabi Greve said...

Legend from Tokyo 東京都  八王子市 Hachioji city
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At 浄福寺 the Temple Jofuku-Ji there was an ema 絵馬 votive tablet of a horse
painted by Kano Hogen. The horse came off the painting and destroyed the fields around.
When the horse hit a person, they painted reins on the horse to keep it in place.
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/01/jofukuji-fudo-kagawa.html
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