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Kōbō Daishi Kūkai 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説　 Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends
(774-835) Kooboo Daishi Kuukai
お大師様 O-Daishi-sama, Henjō-Kongō 遍照金剛 Henjo Kongo

Founder of Shingon 真言 Japanese Esoteric Buddhism.

He walked around in many parts of Japan and countless legends about his deeds and accomplishments are handed down.
Most ubiquitous are the tales about wells, springs and ponds associated with Kukai.
Sometimes he even stopped or destroyed the water supply of an area, if the villagers were not kind to him, the poor monk.

. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 - . (774-835) .




Shikoku Henro Pilgrimage 四国お遍路さん Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku
. Shikoku Henro Temple List .
Here you find legends related to this pilgrimage and its temples.


tokko, dokko, toko, doko 独鈷 / 獨鈷 / とっこ single-pointed Vajra, single-pointed "Thunderbolt"
. tokko 独鈷 と伝説 Legends about the Vajra Thunderbolt .
from Fukushima, Hyogo, Kagawa, Kyoto, Miyagi, Shizuoka, Tokyo.


Other legends deal with his walking staff from Gingko tree wood, 杖銀杏 or other material:
. tsue 杖と伝説 Legends about the walking staff of Kobo Daishi .

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. Amanojaku 天邪鬼 "heavenly evil spirit " - Legends .
Most are explanations about local geological formations of rocks and boulders:
Zaimoku-Iwa 材木岩 - Timber Rocks, Gifu, 上宝村 Kamitakaramura, 双六 Sugoroku village
Hashigui-iwa　橋杭岩 Hashigui Rocks "Bridge Post Rocks", Wakayama
仙人岳 Mount Senningatake, Yamagata, 湯殿山の滝壷 Waterfall of Yudonoyama


. Emon Saburō 衛門三郎 Emon Saburo .
and the beginning of o-settai 摂待 alms for the Shikoku Henro pilgrims

. Fudo Myo-O and Namikiri Fudo 波切不動 .
How Kobo Daishi found Mount Koyasan　高野山, Wakayama.

. Megane Kobo めがね弘法 with glasses / 身代わり大師 Migawari Daishi .

. shibugaki 渋柿 and amagaki 甘柿 - bitter and sweet persimmons .

. unagi うなぎ /　鰻 と伝説 Legends about the eel .

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祝森 Iwainomori
地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu and Seimen Kongo 青面金剛
In the hamlet 柿の木部落 Kakinoki (Persimmon Tree) there were two brothers. THe elder brother believed in 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu, the younger one in 青面金剛 Seimem Kongo.
弘法大師がやってきて兄弟に感心し、それぞれ仏像を刻んだ。後世、松が鼻に地蔵堂を、松尾坂麓に青面金剛の堂を作った。乱世で失ったが、その後北宇和群広見町深田の庄屋河野勘兵衛通行が松が鼻で石を枕に寝ていると夢地蔵菩薩が現れ、掘り出して供養すれば婦人のお産を安泰にする、と告げたので掘り出して祀った。これが現在の子安地蔵である。その後再び夢のお告げと二匹の猿の導きで松尾坂の青面金剛も掘り出し、お堂を造り祀った。これが現在の庚申堂である。


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. migawari Daishi 身代わり大師 Kobo Daishi substitutes for us .
in a traffic accident on the 中国道 Chugoku road




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. 三つの岩穴 a rock with three holes .
for : 酢 vinegar, 酒 sake and 醤油 soy sauce.




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Beronaga べろ長 "the long tongue"
Taming a monster in Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima

. Nekomadake 猫魔岳 and Neko-Ishi 猫石 the Cat Boulder .
Kobo Daishi banning a monster cat.

. Taishi-Do 太子堂 Hall and statue with one eye .

. Yamamoto Fudo Son 山本不動尊 - Fukushima .
Founded in 807 when Kobo Daishi passed here and held a ceremony to appease the demons of the Yamizo mountains 八溝山.

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Inawashiroko 猪苗代湖 Lake Inawashiro-Ko

Once a poor farm girl fave all the water there was to a thirsty begging monk (Kukai). And from the next morning, the water from 磐梯山 Mount Bandaisan flew all the way to her village.

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Jaoigataki, ja-oi-ga-taki　蛇追ヶ滝 Jaoigataki Waterfall

Kobo Daishi passed here and exorcised a huge serpent from the waterfall. Nearby is now a temple in honor of Fudo Myo-O.
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. Waterfalls named "Fudo no Taki" 不動の滝 .




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. Kukai at 榛名山 Mount Harunayama (1,449 m) .




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People from the island 淡路島 Awajishima did not give him any water, so he made the wells dry out.




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Once at 常陸 Hitachi a shabby looking monk begged at a home for a lodging, but was refused. When the master of the home later found out that it was Kobo Daishi, he climbed on a large 欅 zelkova tree and called out for the monk to come back.
弘法様よーい、弘法様よーい Kooboo sama yoooi, kooboosama yooi
Eventually the man turned into a 蝉 cicada calling ちばひめ chibahime.


source : otafuku.cocolog-nifty.com
若宮八幡宮の大けやき The Keyaki zelkova tree in the compound of the shrine Wakamiya Hachimangu in Hitachi Ota 常陸太田市.

It is said that to our day the cicadas of the region come to this tree on the 23rd of July (this is the day when Kobo Daishi is supposed to have passed here).




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In the village of 能美 Nomi, villagers did not give him any of their precious water to drink.
Since then everywhere the villagers dug for water, it had a strong mineral-iron taste.

. Kobo Daishi at 岩動山 Mount Sekidosan, 広済寺 Temple Kosai-Ji. .




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In a home he was served bitter warabijiru 蕨汁 bracken fern soup,
so he taught the farmer how to make this soup with a sweet taste 甘蕨.




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. Yashima 屋島寺 and the 血の池 Chinoike Blood Pond .




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In the village of 下益城 Shimomashiki there was a hot spring pond, but when Kobo Daishi passed here, an old woman lied to him, telling him it was just plain water. From that day on, indeed, the pond turned into a water pond.




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Dai Birushana Kyoo 大毘盧遮那経 Mahāvairocana Sūtra
The mother of Kukai had a vision that a monk had come all the way from Tenjiku 天竺 India and then she got pregnant.
When her son, Kukai, practised the rituals of the Shobo 正法 "True Law", he saw the name of a sutra called 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 Dai Birushana Jobutsu Jinben Kaji Kyoo and eventually got this sutra in China. Back home he had an audience with 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno, when his body sent out the five ritual colors of Buddhism and he looked like Birushana Buddha himself. This was his way of showing his human body in eternal bliss (sokushin jobutsu 即身成仏).

Dai Birushana Kyo 大毘盧遮那経 Mahāvairocana Sūtra //Dainichikyoo 大日経
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Kyoto 東大和市 Higashi-Yamato city

. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 and Senju Kannon .

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Kyoto 亀岡市 Kameoka in the Tanba region (Tamba)

One legend about shibugaki 渋柿 bitter persimmons, see above.

Kobo Daishi
came to a farmhouse at the river 犬飼川 Inukaigawa and asked for some water, but they gave him none. From that time on, the water of the river ceased to flow along there.

Kobo Daishi
came to the hamlet 穴太 Ano in 曽我部村 Sokabe village and asked for a cup of water, but they gave him none. From that time on, the water of the river became very dirty.

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there lived a dirty priest along the fiver Anagawa. Once a woman washed her vegetables further down the river, but just then the dirty priest begun to wash his 手拭 towel. The woman got angry at the priest, but he left without saying a word. Since then, people wonder if this might have been Kobo Daishi.
Anyway, since that event, the clear water in the hamlet stopped flowing.

Tokko legend, see above


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Tokko no yu 独鈷の湯




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芳賀町 Haga town

shirohebi 白蛇 White Serpent

At the temple there is a stone memorial of one ken wide and one shaku high (幅１間、長さ１尺). Below it lives a white serpent. This is a 経塚 Sutra Mound founded by Kukai.
. kyozuka 経塚と伝説 Legends about a sutra mound .




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市谷 Ichigaya

市谷亀岡八幡宮 Ichigaya Kameoka Hachimangu
founded by Kukai as 稲嶺山（いなりやま） Inariyama
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Koto ward 　江東区 Eitaijima 永代島

. Kobo Daishi and 竜灯 Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" .

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台東区下谷 Shitaya - 清水稲荷 Kiyomizu Inari

tokko 独鈷 Vajra


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妖怪　データベース　yokai database - 270 entries tba
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- - - - - 空海 - 14 entries (02)
- - - - - 弘法 - 354 entries (00)
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空海の歩いた足跡に伝説が付き纏う。。。 (10)
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- Reference in Japanese - 弘法大師　空海　 伝説
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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 - . (774-835) .

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Legends Heian

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Legends of the Heian Period (794 to 1185) 平安時代の伝説

yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monster Legends and more supernatural things



神代・奈良・平安時代　「怨霊信仰」が伝説を生んだ
The belief in vengeful spirits
井沢元彦 Izawa Motohiko


. goryoo, onryoo 御霊、怨霊 vengeful spirits .

. Goryoo Matsuri 御霊祭 Goryo Festival 　
- - - - - for the eight vengeful souls, at shrine Goryo Jinja in Kyoto:
Sudo Tenno 崇道天皇 and his son,
Iyo Shinno 伊予親王.
his mother, Fujiwara Fujin, 藤原婦人
Fujiwara Hirotsugu, 藤原広嗣
Tachibana Hayanari, 橘逸勢
Bunya no Miyata Maro　文室宮田麻呂
Kibi no Makibi 吉備真備
Sugawara Michizane　菅原道真

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Hyakkaisai 百怪祭 Festival of 100 Monsters

One of the festivals of the Onmyodo practise.
Celebrated since the late Heian period, going on in the Kamakura and Muromachi period.
Dedicated to the supernatural phenomenon in general.
Now also as a Manga.

. Abe no Seimei 安倍晴明 (921 – 1005) .
onmyoodoo 陰陽道 Onmyo-Do, The Way of Yin and Yang


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. awabi densetsu あわび　アワビ　鰒　鮑伝説　abalone legends .

. Bamboo shoots - takenoko bamboo shoot legends - 筍 / 竹の子 伝説 .


. Daibosatsu legends 大菩薩　伝説 Dai-Bosatsu . *

. Doosojin 道祖神 Dosojin, Dososhin - Legends about Wayside Gods .


. Gozu Tennō Densetsu　牛頭天王　伝説 Gozu Tenno Legends .

. Heike densetsu　平家伝説 legends about the Heike clan . *
Heike legends, 平家蟹 crabs, 平家蛍　fireflies and more


. Kōbō Daishi Kūkai 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説　Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends .


. Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon .
the famous monsters of Oeyama 大江山. Minamoto "Raiko" Yorimitsu 源頼光


. Taira no Masakado 平将門 (? – 940) .


More legends in the list of personal names.
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.................................................................. Aichi 愛知県 ....................................................................

Once upon a time in the Heian period . . .
. yao bikuni 八百比丘尼 a nun for 800 years .


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Tengu 天狗 from 相模大山 Sagami Oyama

Mount Oyama in Tanzawa is famous for the Tengu mountain goblins. The boss of all Tengu is Hoki-Bo. He came to Tazawa from Mount Oyama ( 伯耆大山 Daisen) in Hoki / Tottori.
But at Sagami Oyama there lived another Tengu already, 相模坊 Sagami Bo.
Sagami Bo once wanted to console retired emperor 崇徳院 Sutoku-In in his exile in Sanuki (at the end of the Heian period) and had been exiled himself to Kanagawa.

. Tengu Hookiboo 伯耆坊 Hokibo, Hoki-Bo .
- - - - - Seikooboo 清光坊 Seikobo, Seiko-Bo, from Daisen Tottori


. Sutoku Tenno, Sotoku 崇徳天皇 (1119 - 1142) .


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ji 璽，shinji, Shinshi 神璽 stamp or stamp of the Gods

During the early Heian period, 陽成天皇 Emperor Yozei opened a box with a seal of the Gods. At that time a white cloud escaped from the box.

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Emperor Yōzei 陽成天皇 Yōzei-tennō (2 January 869–23 October 949)
was the 57th emperor of Japan.
Yōzei's reign spanned the years from 876 through 884
- 877 (Gangyō 1, 6th month): There was a great drought; and sacrifices were made at the temples of Hachiman, Kamo and other temples in Ise province. Eventually, it rained.
- 884 (Gangyō 8, 1st month): The extravagant and dangerous habits of the emperor continued unabated.
- 4 March 884: Mototsune confronted the emperor, explaining that his demented behavior made him incapable of reigning, and that he was being dethroned. At this news, Yōzei cried sincerely,
- 889 (Kanpyō 1, 10th month): The former emperor Yōzei was newly attacked by the mental illness.
Eras of Yōzei's reign
- - - Jōgan (859–877)
- - - Gangyō (877–885)

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御馬石 /
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. Joozoo, Jōzō 浄蔵 Jozo (891 - 964) .
Legends about monk, priest of the Tendai sect, Mid-Heian Period.


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seirei, ikiryoo, shooryoo, ikisudama 生霊 "living spirits"
haunting other people
They have been especially feared at the court in Kyoto.

. Ikiryō, ikiryoo 生霊 . 生き霊 Ikiryo“living spirit” .
shiryoo 死霊　spirit of dead person


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名取市 Natori town 高館熊野堂 Takadate Kumano-Do

. Natori Rojo 名取老女 The Old Woman from Natori .



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壱岐市 Iki town

Agonashi Jizoo あごなし地蔵 Jizo without a jaw
In the Heian period, 小野篁 Ono no Takamura was exiled to Iki Island.
There he fell in love with the beautiful 阿古那 Akona. When he was allowed to go back to Kyoto, he left her wooden two statues featuring the both of them.
They seemed to help with toothace and were later seen as Jizo Bosatsu.
They also helped with other pain, for example during pregnancy.
Even today, there are many letters of gratitude.

This is a pun with her name, Akona (Agona) and agonashi (no jaw)
. Agonashi Jizo 腮無地蔵 Jizo without a jaw or chin .
Jizo curing a toothace 歯痛平癒 - Legends from Japan


. 小野篁 Ono no Takamura - (802 - 853) .
Sangi no Takamura 参議篁 - politician and poet


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龍泉寺の平安仏 Ryosen-Ji no Heian Butsu

Once a robber stole the Heian Butsu Buddha from the Heian period. He carried it out of the temple hall, but kept walking in circles around the temple garden, never being able to exit it.
Thus the statue was not lost after all.


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Japanese Tales - Royall Tyler



Here are two hundred and twenty dazzling tales from medieval Japan, tales that welcome us into a fabulous, faraway world populated by saints and scoundrels, ghosts and magical healers, and a vast assortment of deities and demons.
Stories of miracles, visions of hell, jokes, fables, and legends, these tales reflect the Japanese worldview during a classic period in Japanese civilization.
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Miyagi legends

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Legends from Miyagi 宮城県

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名取市 Natori town 高館字熊野堂 Takadate Kumano-Do

Kumano Jinja 熊野神社

During the late Heian period there lived a miko 巫女 Shrine maiden at the border between Natori and 前田 Maeda. She made the long pilgrimage to Kumano (in Wakayama) every year. When she got older (roojo) she could not visit Kumano any more.
Then she built three Kumano Shrines in Natori.
The Shrine maiden was soon known as Natori Rojo 名取老女 The Old Woman from Natori.
Once a Shugendo priest from Kumano came to Natori. He had a dream about a letter written on a leaf of a nagi tree ナギの葉 / 椰の葉 (Podocarpus nag). He found the leaf and handed it to the old woman, with 31 Characters written on it (the letters seemed to have been made by the bites of caterpillars).
「道遠し年もいつしか老いにけり思い起こせよわれも忘れじ」
She cried when she read the note and showed the priest around the shrine.

This happened in 保安年間（1120 - 1124年）

In 1811, the villagers built a small shrine and memorial stone in her honor.
Now people come to offer straw sandals in memory of her travels.



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Kumano Hongusha Shrine in Takadate, Natori City, Miyagi Prefecture,
is a shrine associated with Kumano Worship. What is called Kumano Worship is the faith in Kumano Sanzan, a set of three Grand Shrines located in the southeastern part of the Kii Mountain Range in Wakayama Prefecture; Kumano Hongu Taisha, Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano Nachi Taisha. It had spread all over the country in the late Heian period and onward.

Kumano Shrines have become located in various parts of Japan as Kumano Worship spread in the country; however, Natori is the only the place that has three Kumano Grand Shrines. It is said that in the late Heian period, a mountain practitioner visited an old shrine priestess in Natori and passed on a message from Kumano Gongen, the deity of Kumano Sanzan. To hear this, she decided to found the three Kumano Great shrines 熊野三所権現 in Natori in 1123.

Comparing Mt. Takadate (Mt. Natori) to the Kumano Mountains, the Natori River to the Kumano River and Sendai Bay to the Kumanonada Sea, Natori Kumano Sanzan has become the largest-scaled sacred site of Kumano Worship in the Tohoku region.



Kumano Hongusha Shrine is located in the northernmost of the three shrines. Honden (the main hall) is a stately building with a Kokera-buki (thin wooden shingles) roof.

A Deer Dance, which is designated as an intangible cultural property of Natori City, has been handed down at this shrine. It is a traditional dance, in which dancers wear a deer head and carry the red and the yellow flags on their backs. The name of the shrine is written on the red flag, while the four-character idiom of kanji meaning “Hope for a rich harvest” is written on the yellow one.
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. Kumano Jinja 熊野神社 the Shrines at Kumano - Wakayama .

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Shikama 色麻町

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In the town of Shikama 色麻町　in Miyagi Prefecture in northeastern Japan,
there is a shrine devoted to a water god. In the Heian period (794-1192), a shogun named Sakanoue no Tamuramaro arrived in this area. A man called Touemon swam like a kappa across the swiftly flowing river and worked hard for the shogun. The shogun was so pleased that he gave Touemon the surname kappa, which has been handed down by generations of chief priests at the shrine ever since.

The kappa's favorite food is the cucumber. In ancient times, some houses had streams running through their grounds for washing vegetables and other things. People would take the first cucumbers harvested and throw them into these streams as offerings to the water god.
- source : web-japan.org/kidsweb

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 .
(758 - 811)
conquering the Emishi (蝦夷征伐 Emishi Seibatsu) in Tohoku.

. Kappa Legends 河童伝説 .

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Reference online - Heian Period (794 to 1185)

. Books about the Heian Period .
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McCullough, William H. McCullough
Japanese Marriage Institutions in The Heian Period
Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies Vol. 27 (1967)
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Parker, I.J. Parker : various novels about Heian Japan with
Sugawara no Akitada (藤原顕忠 Fujiwara no Akitada)
About Heian Japan - Histsory
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Seal, F.W. Seal
. The Heian Period - Court and Clan .


Smits,Ivo Smits
Sorting out Songs:
Reconsidering the Classics of Heian Court Culture. (pdf file to download)
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Japanese Art History Resources:
Heian Period 794-1186
Early Heian 794-893
Late Heian / Fujiwara 894-1186
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with hyperlinks
Web Resources
Heian Art in museums:
• Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
• Boston Museum of Fine Arts
• British Museum
• Cleveland Museum of Art
• Freer and Sackler Galleries
• Kyoto National Museum
• Los Angeles County Museum of Art
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
• Tokyo National Museum
Heian Literature: An Annotated Bibliography. Lynne K. Miyake
Heian Period. Wikipedia
Heian Costume. Kyoto Costume Museum
Heian Period Temples and Sculptures from Mike Gunther, including:
• To-ji with Sculpture Mandala
• Byodo-in (Phoenix Hall)
• Heian Shrine
The Heike Monogatari in Japanese Prints. Dan McKee
Jocho Busshi. Mark Schumacher
The Naval Battle of Dannoura. Artelino.com
An Online Japanese Miscellany, with Heian games and pastimes. Anthony J. Bryant
The Tale of Genji, tr. Edward G. Seidensticker
The Tale of Genji, with location photographs. Craig Emmott
Uji City. Rekishi Kaido
World Cultures: Ancient Japan. Richard Hooker

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Ancient Japan
Heian Art __ Overview of the Heian period -- 794-1185 -- with an emphasis on art. - http://sunsite.unc.edu/wm/paint/tl/japan/heian.html

Heian Japan __ This is a good overview of the Heian Period. The Heian period is known as "Classical" Japan - From Richard Hooker/World civilizations - http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/ANCJAPAN/HEIAN.HTM
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Ancient Japan
The Heian Period (794-1185)
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FACTS AND DETAILS -- HEIAN PERIOD --
Websites and Resources
Heian Period Imperial Rulers (794–1185)
Establishment of Heian as the Seat of Power in Japan
Kammu and the Establishment of Heian
Kondei System
Fujiwara Family: the Main Power of the Heian Period
Fujiwara Regency in the Heian Period
Fujiwara Ascendancy
How the Fujiwaras Kept Their Grip on Power
End of the Heian Period
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Digital Journal of Overseas Heian Literature Research
『海外平安文学研究　第２号』
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Heian Period - various online resources
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Comprehensive Database of Archaeological Site Reports Japan
managed by the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties
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. Reference online .

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Three very long entries in wikibooks:

Japanese History/The Early Heian Period
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Japanese History/The Middle Heian Period
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Japanese History/The Late Heian Period
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. Heian no Yami 平安の闇 The Dark Side of the Heian Period - books .
- 樺島忠夫 Kabashima Tadao (1927 - )
- 夢枕獏 Yumemakura Baku (1951 - )



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Adolphson, Mikael S.; Commons, Anne;
Lovable Losers: The Heike in Action and Memory

Ambros Barbara Ambros
Pilgrimages of Noblewomen in Mid-Heian Japan


Bargen, Doris G.
Mapping Courtship and Kinship in Classical Japan
The original Japanese word for “peeping tomism” is kaimami (“looking through a gap in the fence”).
- comment by Hiroaki Sato - Japan Times 2016


Bentley John R. Bentley
ABC Dictionary of Ancient Japanese Phonograms / dictionary of man'yogana.

Blair Heather Blair
. Real and Imagined: The Peak of Gold in Heian Japan .
Kinpusen 金峯山

Broma-Smenda Karolina Broma-Smenda
How to Create a Legend?
An Analysis of Constructed Representations of Ono no Komachi in Japanese Medieval Literature


Fukayama Toshio Fukuyama (Author), Ronald K Jones (Translator)
Heian Temples: Byodo-In and Chuson-Ji


Herail Francine Herail (Author), Wendy Cobcroft (Translator)
Emperor and Aristocracy in Heian Japan: 10th and 11th centuries


Izumi Shikibu / Ono no Komachi
The Ink Dark Moon (tr. Hirschfeld and Aratani)


Keller Kimbrough
Preachers, Poets, Women, and the Way
Izumi Shikibu and the Buddhist Literature of Medieval Japan


Laffin Christina
Rewriting Medieval Japanese Women:
Politics, Personality, and Literary Production in the Life of Nun Abutsu


Pandey Rajyashree Pandey
Perfumed Sleeves and Tangled Hair:
Body, Woman, and Desire in Medieval Japanese Narratives


Sango Asuka
The Halo of Golden Light: Imperial Authority and Buddhist Ritual in Heian Japan


Sen Sōshitsu Sen
Tea in the Heian Era
The Japanese Way of Tea: From Its Origins in China to Sen Rikyu
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Steiniger, Brian Steiniger
Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan - Poetics and Practice



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Written Chinese served as a prestigious, cosmopolitan script across medieval East Asia, from as far west as the Tarim Basin to the eastern kingdom of Heian period Japan (794–1185). In this book, Brian Steininger revisits the mid-Heian court of the Tale of Genji and the Pillow Book, where literary Chinese was not only the basis of official administration, but also a medium for political protest, sermons of mourning, and poems of celebration.

Chinese Literary Forms in Heian Japan reconstructs the lived practice of Chinese poetic and prose genres among Heian officials, analyzing the material exchanges by which documents were commissioned, the local reinterpretations of Tang aesthetic principles, and the ritual venues in which literary Chinese texts were performed in Japanese vocalization. Even as state ideology and educational institutions proclaimed the Chinese script’s embodiment of timeless cosmological patterns, everyday practice in this far-flung periphery subjected classical models to a string of improvised exceptions. Through careful comparison of literary and documentary sources, this book provides a vivid case study of one society’s negotiation of literature’s position—both within a hierarchy of authority and between the incommensurable realms of script and speech.
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Stockdale Jonathan
Imagining Exile in Heian Japan: Banishment in Law, Literature, and Cult


Suzuki Yui
Medicine Master Buddha: The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan




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Colors and Heian Court Literature
色彩から見た王朝文学 と『源氏物語』の色
発行：笠間書院


Music in Heian literature - Ongaku
源氏物語の音楽 - ─平安・鎌倉時代の雅楽はこんな曲
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Waka no Rule 和歌のルール / 渡部泰明編 (Rules about Waka poetry)
「枕詞まくらことば」「掛詞かけことば」「本歌取り」. . .


. Wamyō Ruijushō 倭名類聚抄 Dictionary of Chinese Characters .

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Heian-kyo (Kyoto) overlay map using the present Google map
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Persons of the Heian Period (794 to 1185) 平安時代
- and before - and in legends

Most of the persons are introduced here :
. Persons, Personen, People of Japan .
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. Literature of the Heian Period　平安時代の文学 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

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. Abe no Seimei 安倍晴明 / 阿倍晴明 (921 – 1005) .
onmyoodoo 陰陽道 Onmyo-Do, The Way of Yin and Yang
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. Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平 .

. Aterui / Akuro-o / Acro-o アテルイ / 阿弖流爲 . - (? - 802)
"Lord of the Bad Road" 悪路王　Akuro-o / leader of the Eimish　蝦夷


. Ban Dainagon 伴大納言 Tomo no Yoshio .


. Choogen, Chōgen 重源 Priest Chogen . (1121 - 1206)


. Danrin Koogoo 檀林皇后 empress Danrin Kogo .
- 橘嘉智子 Tachibana no Kachiko
- 檀林皇后九相観 "Nine Stages of Decomposition of the Heian Period Empress Danrin"

. Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 Saicho (766 - 822) . - 6 legends to explore -


Doomyoo Ajari 道命阿闍梨 (どうみょうあじゃり)　Domyo, the priest (974 - 1920)
(and Izumi Shikibu)　
- - - - - her imagined affair with the priest and poet Domyo Ajari
Imagining Izumi Shikibu :
Representations of a Heian woman poet in the literature of medieval Japan
Kimbrough, Randle Keller
- source : Uni Hongkong Library - dissertation -


. Edo Clan of the Musashi Taira　武蔵江戸氏 Musashi Edo-Shi .
江戸太郎重長 Edo Taro Shigenaga 　(? - around 1180)

. Emon Saburoo, Emon Saburō 衛門三郎 Emon Saburo .
- - - - - Ishiteji 石手寺 Ishite-Ji, Matsuyama, Ehime

. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 - (794 – 864) . - Priest

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- - - - - Fujiwara clan (藤原氏 Fujiwara-uji or Fujiwara-shi)
The Fujiwara dominated the Japanese politics of Heian period (794–1185) through the monopoly of regent positions, sesshō and kampaku.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

The Fujiwara predominance became so strong, in fact, that the Fujiwara began to subdivide into distinct lineages that eventually acquired new family names to permit people to keep them straight. . . .
- - - - - . Heian History .

. Fujiwara no Arikuni 藤原有国 (943 – 1011) .
- - - - - and the 灯台鬼 Todai-Ki candlestick demon

Fujiwara no Fuyutsugu 藤原冬嗣 (775 - 826) - noble, statesman, general, and poet

. Fujiwara no Hidesato 赤堀 藤原秀郷 and mukade centipede legends .
kuge (court bureaucrat) of tenth century Heian Japan
- - - - - Tawara Toota Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷 Tawara Tota

. Fujiwara no Kamatari 藤原釜足 (614 - 699).

Fujiwara no Kaneie 藤原兼家 (929 – 990)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Fujiwara no Kiyohira 藤原清衡 and the Hiraizumi Fujiwara clan .
- Hiraizumi 平泉 in Iwate, the Golden Hall

. Fujiwara no Michinaga 藤原道長 (966 – 1028) - Mido Kanpaku 御堂関白 .

. Fujiwara no Sanekata 藤原実方 . (? - 998)
Too no chuujoo Sanekata 藤中将実方 Tono Chujo Sanekata - waka poet

Fujiwara no Sumitomo 藤原純友 (? - 941)
. . . . . provincial official and pirate, most famous for his efforts to establish a sort of pirate kingdom for himself in the Inland Sea region between 936 and 941.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Fujiwara no Tadahira 藤原忠平 (880 – 949)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Fujiwara no Tokihira 藤原時平 (871 - 909)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Fujiwara no Yasunori 藤原保則 (825 - 895)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Fujiwara no Yoshifusa 藤原良房 (804 – 872) Somedono no Daijin, Shirakawa-dono
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. Genshin - 恵心僧都原信 Eshin Sozu Genshin (942 - 1017) . - Priest

. Godaigo Tenno 後醍醐天皇 Emperor Go-Daigo (1288 - 1339) .

. Heike densetsu　平家伝説 legends about the Heike clan .
The Tale of the Heike (平家物語 Heike Monogatari) and more

. Hitachibo Kaison Sennin 常陸坊海尊仙人 .
Retainer of 源の義経　Minamoto no Yoshitsune (1159 - 1189) .

. Hyooze no Matsuwaka 兵生の松若と伝説 Matsuwaka from Hyoze - Legends .


. Ise no Oosuke - Taifu 伊勢大輔 Ise no Osuke (989 - 1060) . *

. Izumi no Saburo　泉三郎, Fujiwara no Tadahira 原忠衡 (1167 - 1189).
third son of Fujiwara no Hidehira (?-1187), Hiraizumi, Iwate


Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部 ( b. 976? )
Izumi Shikibu Collection (和泉式部集 Izumi Shikibu-shū)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
. Hokedake-Ji, Hokkedakeji 法華嶽寺 Hokedake Yakushi-Ji . - Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and Izumi Shikibu
. Izumi Shikibu no Tabi 和泉式部の足袋 Her split-toe socks .


. Joozoo, Jōzō 浄蔵 Priest Jozo (891 - 964) . - Legends


. Kakinomoto Hitomaro 柿本人麻呂 Hitomaru 人丸) . - (c. 662 – 710). Poet

. Kajiwara Genta Kagesue 梶原源太景季 Samurai . (1162 - February 6, 1200)
..... and his horse 磨墨 Surusumi.

. Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa 鎌倉権五郎景政 Kamakura Gongoro - Legends . - (born 1069)


Kamo no Yasunori 賀茂保憲 - son of Kamo no Tadayuki 賀茂忠行
an onmyōji, a practitioner of onmyōdō, during the Heian period in Japan.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Kazan Tenno 花山天皇 (968 - 1008) .

. Keiko Tenno 景行天皇 Keikō (13 BC. - 130) . 12th emperor

. Ki no Tsurayuki 紀貫之 (872 - 945). - Poet

. Konryuu 建立大師相応和尚 Konryu Daishi So-O Kasho . - around 865

. Kooboo - Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774 - 835) .
- - - - - . Kōbō Daishi Kūkai 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説　Kobo Daishi Kukai Legends .

. Kooen, Kōen 皇円 Saint Koen / 肥後阿闍梨 - Higo Ajari .

. Koojoo 別当大師光定 Priest Betto Daishi Kojo . -(779 - 858)

. Kosei no Kanaoka 巨勢金岡 Kose Kanaoka, Kose no Kanaoka . - ( ? 802 — ? 897) innovative painter

. Kuuya 空也上人 Saint Kuya (903 - 972) .


Kyōkai, Kyookai (Keikai) 景戒 - anthology writer

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. The Minamoto　源 (or Genji　源氏)　Clan　.

. Minamoto no Hiromasa 源博雅 (918 – 980) .
Hakuga no Sanmi 博雅三位

. Minamoto "Raiko" Yorimitsu 源頼光 (948 – 1021) .
and
Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon, the famous monsters of Oeyama 大江山.

. Minamoto no Shigeyuki 源重之 (? - 1000) .

Minamoto no Shitagō (源順, 911–983) Minamoto Shitago, poet, dictionary compiler
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. Minamoto no Tomonaga 源朝長 (1144–1160) . *

. Minamoto no Tooru 源融 (822 - 895) . - poet and statesman
- - - - maybe the model for Hikaru Genji

. Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro 源八幡太郎義家 .
- - - - - son of Minamoto Yoriyoshi
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. Minamoto no Yoshihira 源義平 (1141 - 1160) .
- - - - - 悪源太義平 Akugenta Yoshihira

. Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源の義経 - 牛若丸　Ushiwakamaru .
(1159 - 1189)

Minamoto no Yorimasa - 源三位頼政 Genzanmi Yorimasa
- source : History - *
Yorimasa and the Nue monster (鵺, 鵼, 恠鳥, or 奴延鳥)
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝 (1147 – 1199) .
first shogun of the Kamakura Shogunate
- - - . Yoritomo and Sumitora 墨虎 "Black Tiger" legend .
- more legends to explore at yokai database

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Manda Shinnoo, Manda-shinnō 万多親王 Prince Manda

. Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部 (973 - 1014) .


. Okubo 大久保左馬之祐王家 ( around 1164) .
- - - - - retainer of Minamoto no Yoshitomo

Ono no Minemori - Poet

. Ono no Takamura 小野篁 / Sangi no Takamura 参議篁 (802 - 852) . - Legends


. Saga Tenno 嵯峨天皇 (786 – 842) .

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 (758 - 811) .
conquering the Emishi (蝦夷征伐 Emishi Seibatsu) in Tohoku.
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. Sarumaru Daiyu 猿丸大夫 early Heian waka poet .

. Sawara 早良親王 Prince Sawara-shinnō .
posthumous Emperor Sudō (崇道天皇 Sudō-tennō)


. Sei Shōnagon, Sei Shoonagon 清少納言 Sei Shonagon (966 - 1017) .
- - - - - The Pillow Book (枕草子 Makura no Sōshi)


. Serizawa Kamo 芹沢鴨 (1826? – 1863) .
Kappa and - Tetsugi Jinja 手接神社

. Soga no Umako 蘇我馬子 (?551 - June 19, 626) .
- - - - - Soga no Emishi 蘇我蝦夷 (587 – July 11, 645)
- - - - - Soga no Iruka 蘇我入鹿 (? - July 10, 645)


Sugawara no Akitada 　藤原顕忠　(898 - 965)
The People of Heian Japan: In Akitada's time only two classes -- nobles and commoners -- existed
About Heian Japan
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. Sugawara Michizane　菅原道真 Tenjin Sama (845 - 903) .
- - - . Tenjin Sama 天神菅原道真伝説 Legends about Tenjin .

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. Taira clan 平 The Rise of the Taira .

. Taira no Atsumori 平敦盛 (1169 - 1184) .

. Taira no Kiyomori 平清盛 (1118 - 1181) .
- 10 legends to explore -

. Taira no Masakado 平将門 (? – 940) .


. Heike densetsu　平家伝説 legends about the Heike clan .
Heike (平家) refers to the Taira (平) clan.

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. Tawara Toota Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷 Tawara Tota .
kuge (court bureaucrat) of tenth century Heian Japan
- - - - - Fujiwara no Hidesato 赤堀 藤原秀郷 and mukade centipede legends


. Tokuitsu . Priest Tokuitsu 得一 徳溢 (781 - 842) . in Tohoku


Yoshishige no Yasutane 慶滋保胤 (933 - 1002) Scholar
author of Chiteiki 池亭記, also known as Chitei no Ki (982)
The text is a valuable resource for understanding social issues within the capital at the time.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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- Emperors - Tenno　天皇　-


Shotoku Tenno 称徳天皇 Shōtoku-tennō (718 - 770) - Empress Kōken 孝謙天皇
Empress Kōken was involved in the Rasputin-like affair with priest 道鏡　Dōkyō.
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784: Emperor Kammu moves the capital to Nagaoka-kyō (Kyōto)
794: Emperor Kammu moves the capital to Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
858: Emperor Seiwa begins the rule of the Fujiwara clan

1050: Rise of the military class (samurai)
1053: The Byōdō-in temple (near Kyōto) is inaugurated by emperor Fujiwara Yorimichi
1068: Emperor Go-Sanjo overthrows the Fujiwara clan
1087: Emperor Shirakawa abdicates and becomes a Buddhist monk, the first of the "cloistered emperors" (insei)

1180 (June): Emperor Antoku moves the capital to Fukuhara-kyō (Kobe)
1180 (November): Emperor Antoku moves the capital to Heian-kyō (Kyōto)
1185: Taira is defeated (Gempei War) and Minamoto Yoritomo with the support (backing) of the Hōjō clan seizes power, becoming the first shogun of Japan, while the emperor (or "mikado") becomes a figurehead

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10 - . Sujin Tenno 崇神天皇 (148 BC - 29 BC) .
20 - . Anko Tenno 安康天皇, Ankō-tennō . - reigned from 453 to 456.
21 - . Yuuryaku, Yūryaku 雄略天皇 Emperor Yuryaku (456 – 479) .
40 - . Tenmu Tenno 天武天皇 (c. 631-686) .
former Ōama no ōji 大海人皇子 Prince Oama

30 - . Bidatsu 敏達天皇 Bidatsu Tennō, (538 – 585 .
31 - . Yōmei 用明天皇 Yomei Tennō (518 – 587).
43 - . Genmei, Emperess 元明天皇 - Genmyō Tennō (661 - 721) .
45 . Shomu Tenno, Shōmu Tennō 聖武天皇 (701 - 794) .
50 . Kanmu / Kammu 桓武天皇 Kanmu Tenno (735 – 806) .
平城天皇……第51代天皇。Heizei
52 - . Saga 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tennō (786 – 842) .
53 - . Junna Tenno 淳和天皇 (active 823 - 833) .
54 - . Ninmyoo 仁明天皇 Ninmyo Tennō (808 - 850). .
文徳天皇……第55代天皇。Montoku
清和天皇……第56代天皇。Seiwa
57 - . Yōzei 陽成天皇 Yozei Tennō (869 - 949) .
光孝天皇……第58代天皇。Koko
59 - . Uda 宇多天皇 Uda Tennō (867 – 931) .

醍醐天皇……第60代天皇。Daigo
朱雀天皇……第61代天皇。Suzaku
村上天皇……第62代天皇。Murakami
冷泉天皇……第63代天皇。Reizei
円融天皇……第64代天皇。Enyu
65 . Kazan 花山天皇 Kazan Tennō (967 – 1008) .
66 . Ichijō 一条天皇 Ichijo Tennō (980 – 1011) - Emperor Ichijyo .
三条天皇……第67代天皇。Sanjo
後一条天皇……第68代天皇。Go-Ichijo
後朱雀天皇……第69代天皇。Go-Suzaku

後冷泉天皇……第70代天皇。Go-Reizei
後三条天皇……第71代天皇。Go-Sanjo
白河天皇……第72代天皇。Shirakawa
堀河天皇……第73代天皇。Horikawa
鳥羽天皇……第74代天皇。Toba
75 - . Sutoku Tenno 崇徳天皇 (1119 - 1142) .
- - - - - Sutoku-In (Sudoku-In) 崇徳院 retired Emperor Sutoku
76 . Konoe 近衛天皇 Konoe Tennō (1139 - 1155) .
77 . Goshirakawa 後白河天皇 Go-Shirakawa (1127 - 1192) .
二条天皇……第78代天皇。Jijo
六条天皇……第79代天皇。Rokujo

高倉天皇……第80代天皇。Takakura
81 - . Antoku 安徳天皇 Antoku Tenno (1178 – 1185) .
後鳥羽天皇……第82代天皇。Go-Toba

Most of these emperors have their biography in Wikipedia.
平安時代の人物一覧 - Persons of the Heian Period - List
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- - - - - before the Heian period

. Kōtoku, Kootoku 孝徳天皇 Kotoku Tenno . - (596 – 654) 第36代天皇
..... and The Taika Reforms 大化の改新 Taika no Kaishin

. Tenji Tenno 天智天皇 Emperor Tenchi . - (626 - 671)

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Temples Heian Period

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Temples of the Heian Period　寺 (794 to 1185)


Most of the Buddhist temples are introduced here:
. Temples of Japan - ABC List .


. Temples - 都名所図会 Meisho Zue 平安城 Heian Jo .

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. Aizu Go Yakushi 会津五薬師 Five Yakushi temples in Aizu - Fukushima .
- - - - - Priest Tokuitsu 得一 徳溢 in Tohoku


. Byodo-In 平等院 "Phoenix Hall", Uji .


. Enryakuji 延暦寺 Enryaku-Ji . - Hieizan 比叡山
- - - - - 伝教大師 最澄 Dengyo Daishi Saicho


. Hokedake-Ji, Hokkedakeji 法華嶽寺 Hokedake Yakushi-Ji . - Miyazaki
and Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部


. Ishiteji 石手寺 Ishite-Ji . , Matsuyama, Ehime
- - - - - Emon Saburoo, Emon Saburō 衛門三郎 Emon Saburo


. Ishiyamadera 石山寺 "Stone Mountain Temple" . - Otsu, Shiga
- - - - - Murasaki Shikibu


. Kooyasan 高野山 Koyasan - Wakayama .
- - - - - 弘法大師　空海 Kobo Daishi Kukai, Tooji 東寺 Toji in Kyoto
- - - - - Ninnaji 仁和寺 Ninna-Ji


. Mibudera 壬生寺 Mibu-Dera . - Kyoto


. Sekidera 関寺（世喜寺、せきでら） . - Shiga
- - - - - and Sekidera Komachi 関寺小町 Ono no Komachi


. Sennyuji, Mitera 御寺 泉涌寺 Mitera Sennyu-Ji, Kyoto .
and Shogunzuka Mound (将軍塚, Shōgunzuka) of Kanmu Tenno 桓武天皇 (737 - 806)


. Toko-In 東光院 萩の寺 Hagi no Tera - Osaka .
- - - - - 小野篁 Ono no Takamura - (802 - 853)


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Shrines Heian Period

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Shrines of the Heian Period　神社 (794 to 1185)

Most of the Shinto shrines are introduced here:
. Shrines of Japan - ABC List .


. Temples - 都名所図会 Meisho Zue 平安城 Heian Jo .

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. Akama Jingu 赤間神宮 Akama Jingū . - Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi


. Dooso Jinja 道祖神社 Doso Jinja . - Kyoto
"Shrine for the Wayside Deities" (Dosojin)
..... a couple statue of a man and a woman snuggled against each other, wearing robes of the Heian period .....

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. Goryoo Jinja 御霊神社 Goryo Jinja . - Kyoto
for the eight vengeful souls, at Goryo Jinja in Kyoto:
Sudo Tenno 崇道天皇 and his son,
Iyo Shinno 伊予親王.
his mother, Fujiwara Fujin, 藤原婦人
Fujiwara Hirotsugu, 藤原広嗣
Tachibana Hayanari, 橘逸勢
Bunya no Miyata Maro　文室宮田麻呂
Kibi no Makibi 吉備真備
Sugawara Michizane　菅原道真

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. Heian Jinguu 平安神宮 Heian Jingu Shrine - Kyoto .


. Kamatari Inari Jinja 鎌足稲荷神社 - Kamakura .


. Onoterusaki jinja 小野照崎神社 . - Tokyo
Ono no Takamura 小野篁 (802 - 852)


. Shiba Daimyojin Shrine 芝神明宮 Shiba-Daijingu Shrine . - Tokyo


. Tetsugi Jinja 手接神社 . - Ibaragi
Kappa and -
Serizawa Kamo 芹沢鴨 (1826? – 1863)


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