. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. hakuryuu 白竜 / 白龍と伝説 Legends about Hakuryu, a white dragon .
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seiryuu 青龍と伝説 / 青竜 Legends about Seiryu, Azure Dragons
- Introduction -
. goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 Dragon Gods of five colors .
. Shooryuuji 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji .
Shikoku Henro Temple Nr. 36
. Seiryuuji 青龍寺 Seiryu-Ji .
東北三十六不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples in Tohoku - Nr. 18
Seiryu 青龍 can also be translated as Emerald Dragon.
. Temples named Seiryu-ji or Shoryu-Ji .
The Azure Dragon is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.
It represents the east and the spring season.
Kukai Kobo Daishi visited the Seiryu-Ji in China.
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. 青龍寺 Seiryu-Ji Kyoto . - tba
Seiryu-Ji Okayama, Niimi
Seiryu-Ji Tottori, Yazu
Temples named 青龍山 Seiryuzan - TBA
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. Chishoo Daishi 智證大師 Chisho Daishi / Enchin 圓珍 . - (814 - 891)
After Priest 智証大師 Chisho Daishi came back from China, he turned into the South-West direction,
took a water ablution and folded his hands.
When his disciples asked him about the reason, he told them
"There is a fire at 青龍寺 the Temple Shoryu-Ji and I want to help to extinguish the fire."
. Shooryuuji 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji - Kochi .
......................................................................................... Aichi 愛知県
A Zen-priest named 無因 Mu-In hit the corner of a rock with his staff many times.
The rock burst and water came flowing out. White clouds came up and
seiryuuu 青龍 an Azure dragon came out and moved to heaven.
This is the origin of the Temple name 青龍山瑞泉寺 Seiryuzan Zuisen-Ji.
......................................................................................... Aomori 青森県
The same legend is told in 秋田県 Akita.
. 八太郎 Hachitaro and the Lord of 八郎潟 Hachirogata. .
The lord of 十和田湖 Lake Towadako was a large unagi 鰻 eel.
Once a Yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest fought with 八郎太郎 Hachirotaro and regained the land.
On the land he was venerated as Seiryu Gongen 青龍権現 Venerable Seiryu Azure Dragon.
Another version mentions a priest from 三戸郡科町龍現寺 Temple Ryugen-Ji in Sannohe.
The priest shape-shifted into a serpent and drove Hachirotaro away.
. unagi うなぎ / 鰻 と伝説 Legends about the eel .
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is a Kōyasan Betsuin (affiliate temple) located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture.
The temple was founded by a Great Acharya Ryuko Oda (織田隆弘),
who later built Shōwa Daibutsu (昭和大仏) in 1984.
Roughly 21.35 meters in height, it is the tallest seated bronze figure of Buddha in Japan.
Yamazaki 45-2 Kuwabara, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture
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......................................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
館林市 Tatebayashi city
青龍山 Seiryuzan 茂林寺 Temple Morin-Ji
......................................................................................... Ishikawa 石川県
七尾市 Nanao city
. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯 と伝説 Legends about Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" .
A Seiryu 青竜 Azure Dragon sometimes brought a light to the hands of the Kannon Statue.
Therefore the temple was named
龍燈山竜華樹院観自在寺 Temple Ryutozan, Ryugeju-In, Kanjizai-Ji.
This Kannon had come from the sea, riding on a deer.
It was also called Kashima Kannon 鹿島観音 Kannon from Kashima.
Kanjizai (観自在) is the name of Avalokitesvara (観音 Kannon Bosatsu)
which is used in the Heart Sutra (般若心経 Hannya Shingyo).
......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
高松市 Takamatsu city 川部町 Kawanabe town
. The treasure of 長福寺 the Temple Chofuku-Ji .
......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
. nozuchi 野槌 / 槌の子 tsuchinoko ツチノコ Hammerspawn .
The priest of the temple 清滝不動院 Kiyotaki Fudo-In, 青龍住職 priest Seiryu,
had frequently chased something like a Tsuchinoko from the temple compound.
Even visitors had seen the creature. They all helped searching,
even along the deep slopes, but could not find it.
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is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in located in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Belonging to the Myōshin-ji-branch of Rinzai Zen, it was founded in 828 during the Heian period by Jikaku Daishi.
91 Matsushima Chōnai, Matsushima-chō, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken
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. Jigaku Daishi Ennin 慈覚大師仁円 Legends .
......................................................................................... Osaka 大阪府
大阪市 Osaka city 天王寺区 Tennoji ward
seiryuu ike 青竜池 the pond of the Azure Dragon
Below the Golden Hall of 四天王寺 the temple Shitenno-Ji there is
the Seiryu-Ike 青竜池 Pond of the Azure dragon.
In former times there was a large pond where 青竜 the Azure Dragon lived.
When building the temple, the pond was filled, but to appease the dragon,
a small pond was left. It became the source of
kamei no mizu 亀井の水, where fresh water from the Turtle Well always flows.
......................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
大津市 Otsu city 坂本本町 Sakamoto Honmachi
. Chishoo Daishi 智證大師 Chisho Daishi / Enchin 圓珍 . - (814 - 891)
When Enchin went to China, he stayed at 青龍寺 the Chinese Temple Seiryu-Ji.
When he was head priest at 比叡山 Hieizan, he once used his water ladle and threw water in the sky in the Western direction three times.
When his students asked him about it, he told them there was a fire at 青龍寺 the Temple Seiryu-Ji and he wanted to extinguish it.
Next year a man from China came to the temple and told them that during the fire there was suddenly a great rainstorm, extinguishing the fire.
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師 空海 - 伝説 .
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