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ushiguruma 牛車と伝説 Legends about ox carts

gyuusha キ゛ュウシャ, gissha ギッシャ special cart for the aristocrats of the Heian Period

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A monster of an ox cart. Flames are coming from the axles.
Inside are some monsters. The oxen pulling the cart has a long tongue.
On the saddle are eyes and open mouths.

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......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
京都市 Kyoto city

. tafusagi タフサギ a loincloth .

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京都市 Kyoto city / 左京区 Sakyo ward

gissha o hiku oto 牛車をひく音 the sound of an ox cart
Once on a summer evening a man was on his way home from the mountain,
when it suddenly became light and he heard the sound of an ox cart from behind.
But when the road made another bend, he could not see anything and was back at the same spot.
He must have been bewitched by a Tanuki !
. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
上田市 Ueda city

Once upon a time, when the 藤原氏 Fujiwara clan thrived in Kyoto,
the 菅原氏 Sugawara clan leader used ushiguruma 牛車 an ox cart to flee from the city.
When he reached 室賀峠　the Muroga Toge pass the oxen had lost all its power and fell down dead.
The people burried the oxen with rituals and classical poetry, and thus the animal turned into a stone.
It is now venerated as a deity for teeth and mouth diseases.
A special ritual is held on doyoo no ushi no hi 土用の丑の日 the day of the oxen in late-summer
to keep its spiritual power alive.

......................................................................................... Niigata 新潟県
佐渡郡 Sado district 相川町 Aikawa town

. nopperaboo のっぺらぼう the faceless Nopperabo ghost .
A man walked in a tunnel at midnight, when he heard a horrible sound.
First he thought there was the spook of ムジナ a Mjina badger, or Nopperabo,
but it was the sound of ushiguruma 牛車 an ox cart.




......................................................................................... Osaka 大阪府
大阪市 Osaka city 天王寺区 Tenoji ward

. Shitennoji 四天王寺 Temple Shitenno-Ji Legends .
During the construction of Shitennoji temple, ox carts were used to transport the stones.
When the construction was finished, one bull turned into a stone.
He is now venerated at 石神の祠 a small Ishigami Shrine, Ishigami Do　石神堂.

大鼻牛車碑


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