kitsune fox legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. Inari 稲荷と伝説 Legends about the Fox Deity .
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kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends

. kitsune no yome-iri, kitsune no yomeiri　狐の嫁入り "the fox taking a bride" .
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damasareta 騙された to be deceived by a fox
tsuki 憑き... bewitched, possessed by a fox



. Inari 稲荷と伝説 Legends about the Inari Fox Deity .


. Inari　稲荷 "Fox Deity" Festivals .

. Inarigami 稲荷神 fox legends about silk, cocoons and the mulberry tree .

. Hikyakugitsune 飛脚狐 伝説　legends about fast fox messengers .
Akita, Kochi, Shimane, Tokyo, Tottori, Yamagata.
- - - Kyoozooboo 経蔵坊 The Fox Kyozobo / TKeizooboo 桂蔵坊 The Fox Keizobo
Hikyakugitsune, hikyaku kitsune 飛脚狐 the Fox messenger "with flying legs" - Tottori
- - - Yojiroo 與治郎狐 / 与次郎狐 The Fox Yojiro
- - - Gengoroogitsune 源五郎狐 The Fox Gengoro
- - - The White Fox Genkuro 白狐源九郎 and Minamoto Yoshitsune
- - - Kumagaya Yasuzaemon 熊谷弥惣左ヱ門 Edo
- - - Kitarogitsune きたろう狐 / キタロウギツネ Kitaro the Fox
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. Genko 玄狐 / Kurogitsune 黒狐 Kurokitsune, black fox .
and the 松前 Matsumae clan of Hokkaido

. dokuro 髑髏と伝説 Legends about the Skull and fox .

. daimyō gyōretsu 大名行列　Daimyo procession - fox and badger legends .

. hanabi 花火 fox and firework legends .

. Hannya Shingyoo 般若心経 Hanya Shingyo Heart Sutra .
This Sutra is often recited if someone is bewitched or possessed by a fox or Tanuki.

. Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩と狐と伝説 and kitsune Fox legends .

. Kitsune no Atai 狐の直 / 狐直 from Mino .

. kudagitsune クダ狐, クダギツネ/ Kanko 管狐 the "pipe fox" .

. kuyoo 狐供養と伝説 Kuyo - Legends about Fox memorial service .

. Mino no Kitsune 美濃の狐 / 三野狐 The Fox of Mino. .

. nakōdo 仲人 Nakodo, legends about fox matchmakers for marriage .
Umahashisaka no Mansukegitsune 馬橋坂の万助狐 Mansuke Kitsune the Fox
Umahashisaka no Manjuuroo 馬橋坂の万寿郎狐 Manjuro the Fox

. oni 鬼と狐 demons and foxes .

Osakigitsune, Osaki Kitsune 尾先狐 / をさき狐 / オサキキツネ fox Yokai with a split tail
- see comments

. Osan-gitsune 於三狐 Osangitsune, a fox with three tails . - Hiroshima

. otoka オトカ（キツネ）/ オトカサマ Otoka Sama .

. sentakugitsune, sentaku kitsune 洗濯狐 the Fox doing laundry .

. shichiya 質屋 pawn shop and fox legend .

. soba 蕎麦 Legends about buckwheat and foxes .

. tenpura 天麩羅 . 天ぷら Tempura and fox legends .
..... サンクロウギツネ Sankurogitsune

. Toogoro kitsune 藤五郎狐 a fox named Togoro .

. tooshi 凍死 freezing to death bewitched by a fox .

. Tsurigitsune 釣狐 ‘Fox Trapping’ - 狐釣り狂言 Kitsune tsuri .

. yakan 野干 a monster beast from ancient China .
probably ジャッカル jakkaru, jackal, or maybe a fox 狐.

. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain and fox legends .

source : Tokyo Smart facebook


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Sankichi きつね三吉 Kitsune Sankichi
by 佐藤さとる Sato Satoru

. Sankichigitsune 三吉狐 The fox Sankichi .
in Ibaraki 茨城県
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a fox along the Mito Kaido 水戸海道 Sea road to Mito


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yako 野狐 nogitsune, "fox in the field"
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Yako (野狐) is a spirit possession of foxes (kitsune), as told in Kyushu. To be possessed by it is called "yako-tsuki" (野狐憑き).
The yako, literally meaning field foxes, are also called nogitsune.

The appearance of a yako is almost completely consistent among all legends, and unlike real foxes, they are black or white, are slightly larger than a mouse, and smaller than a cat. The original yako is said to be invisible to the eye. In Hirado, Nagasaki Prefecture, they normally bring along a great crowd that walks with them, and thus there is the phrase "yako's thousand-fox company (ヤコの千匹連れ yako no senbiki zure)."
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Yamagata, temple 三蔵院 Sanzo-In Yako legend .


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source : dostoev.exblog.jp

遠野物語拾遺200 (野狐の情) The story of a grateful fox
Tono Monogatari

. Tōno monogatari 遠野物語 Tono Monogatari - Legends of Tono .


Shinozakigitsune, Shinozaki-gitsune　篠崎狐 the fox from Shinozaki
A shapeshifting fox was once freaked out by a traveling business man. It transformed into dead person and freaked out the man to take revenge.

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Come and Sleep: The Folklore of the Japanese Fox
Christopher Kincaid
Ideal wife and sexual vampire. Prankster and saint. Tree and train.
The Japanese fox left her paw-print on Japanese culture. She challenges traditional, negative views of women. She brings harmony and division. She possesses and protects. She is the shape of Japan's soul. Discover why the fox is Japan's most storied animal.
- at amazon com


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.................................................................. Aichi　愛知県

. komugi 小麦 wheat and foxes .

. The Lord and takagari 鷹狩 hunting with hawks .

. Otoragitsune, O-Tora-Gitsune お寅狐 the Fox named Tora (Tiger） .
オトラギツネ - オトラサン "O-Tora San"




.................................................................. Akita 秋田県
Aniai machi 阿仁合村

. gingitsune, Gin gitsune 銀狐 the Silver Fox .
and 阿仁銅山 the Ani Dozan copper mine




.................................................................. Aomori 青森県　

. The fox オバフトコロ Obafutokoro. .




.................................................................. Fukui 福井県　

. Osaisangitsune おさいざん狐 a fox named O-Saizan .
a White Fox, Protector of Taizan Fukun 泰山府君 / 太山府君 King of Hell




.................................................................. Fukushima 福島県　
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東白川郡 Higashi-Shirakawa district 塙町 Hanawa town

. Throwing 鰹 tuna fish to 乙姫 Princess Otohime .

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郡山市 Koriyama city 湖南町 Konan town

. Bewitched by a fox at 山王坂 the Sannozaka slope .




.................................................................. Gifu 岐阜県

. Gero Onsen 下呂温泉 Gero Hot Spring Spa fox legends .

. kitsune kooyaku 狐膏薬 fox medicine .
Yamanaka Yakushi 山中薬師




.................................................................. Gunma　群馬県

. 朱鶴 Azuru and the temple 茂林寺 Morin-Ji .
and - Bunbuku Chagama 文福茶釜 / 分福茶釜 Lucky Tea Kettle Story




.................................................................. Ibaraki 茨城県　　

. Fox and Amida Raigo 阿弥陀来迎 .
飯沼郷 Iinuma at the temple 弘経寺 Gugyo-Ji

. Bewitched Grandmother combing hair .
- at 取手市 Toride city

. woman bewitched at 大光院 the Temple Daiko-In .




.................................................................. Iwate 岩手県　

. A fox stealing iwashi 鰯 sardines .

. komugi 小麦 wheat and foxes .




.................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県　

. Charcoal legends, 炭俵 sack for charcoal .

. The fox hunter 勝又弥左衛門 Katsumata Yazaemon .
along the Azuma Kaido 東街道 Highway

. Fox, 卒塔婆 Sotoba and fish with one eye .




.................................................................. Miyazaki 宮崎県　

. A fox at the Kijo Kaido 木城街道 Kijō Highway .




.................................................................. Nara 奈良県 　

. Fox using ohaguro お歯黒 blackening its teeth .

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大柳生町 Oyagyuson

村内山口神社の北隣に「柳の森」と呼ばれる小さな森があり、昔天をつくばかりに大きな柳の木があり、大柳生の地名もここから生まれた。 この柳は弘法大師が杖にしていたのをこの地に挿したのが大きくなったと伝わっていたが、京都の三十三間堂が建立される際、棟木に柳を用いることとなり、この柳も求められた。 大勢の人を集め運ぼうとしたが全く動かなかったところ、どこからともなく現れた小人が音頭をとると、するすると動き始めたという。

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akuta 悪田 fox from Akuta
悪田にいるキツネは人を化かすし、悪田には拝んでから入らないと事故があるといわれていた。
... 戦前には12月10日の亥の子の日に小学校で農作物の品評会が開かれていたが、キツネがその出品物を狙って提燈行列を作ってやってくるといわれていた。
... 1956年ごろのこと。親戚の家から棟上式のご馳走を自転車に積んで帰る途中、どんどんペダルが重くなって漕げなくなったので、中学校の近くで止めて一服した。すると畑の中に灯が点った。それからは自転車は軽く漕げた。翌日、畑の持主に聞いても「そんな時間に火は焚いていない」というので、自転車も灯もキツネの悪戯だとわかった。
... 1986年ごろのこと。バイクで山を通ったら春先なのに雪が積もったところに木がたくさん倒れていた。そのまま知らぬ山奥に迷い込んでしまい、大平尾集落に出てしまった。キツネの仕業。
... 悪田のゲンスケギツネが兵隊に化けて小学校に検閲に来た。みな騙されて敬礼をした。ゲンスケギツネは軍事演習の鉄砲に驚いて井戸にはまり、小学校に展示されたという。
... 猟師が悪田のゲンスケギツネを狩ろうとしておとりを仕掛けたが、なかなかかからない。やがて女が来て「奥さんが死んだ」と言ったり、野辺送りの行列が来たりしたけれども、ゲンスケギツネの仕業だと思って気にしなかった。ゲンスケギツネの姿を見て猟銃を撃ったら、当たりはしなかったが野辺送りの行列も消えた。
... キツネは朝、山できれいな娘に化けてスーッと通っていく。

gingitsune 銀ギツネ silver fox
子供のころ、悪田には銀ギツネが出るから、遅くまで遊んでいてはいけないと親から脅された。

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祖母から聞いた話。柳の森ではキツネがきれいな衣装を着て踊るという。
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戦前には12月10日の亥の子の日に小学校で農作物の品評会が開かれていたが、キツネがその出品物を狙って提燈行列を作ってやってくるといわれていた。




.................................................................. Nagano 長野県　　

. a fox from river 千曲川 Chikumagawa .

. Matsumoto city 松本市, bewitched by a fox .

. a fox at the Matsumoto Kaido 松本街道 Matsumoto Highway .

. shokunin 職人 The youngest child of a craftsman .

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上水内郡 Kami-Minochi district 信濃町 Shinano town

. a fox takes possession of a human .
and イナリオドリ inari odori rituals




.................................................................. Niigata 新潟県　

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Otohime gitsune, Otohimegitsune 乙姫狐 the fox princess Otohime
Otohime gitsune is the name of a kitsune—and a goddess—who lived in what is now the village of Kyūhirota in Kashiwazaki City, Niigata Prefecture.
Long ago, there was a goddess named Otohime. She lived in a mountain called Hatahikiyama. She was a clairvoyant, and was only known to the villagers by her disembodied voice which could be heard in the woods—nobody had ever seen her true form. Whenever the villagers would call out to her from the base of her mountain, she would answer their questions. ... more
- source : yokai.com/otohimegitsune...-

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. Grandma goes to sell soy sauce 醤油 .
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. A fox gets carrots and sato 砂糖 sugar .
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. A fox and his children get 赤飯 red auspicious rice .
..... along the 新発田街道 Shibata Kaido Highway




.................................................................. Tochigi　栃木県

. Yama no Kami 山の神 kills babies .




.................................................................. Tokyo 東京　

. Edo roku Benten 江戸六弁天 Six famous Benten in Edo and foxes .
Minato ward 港区

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Chuo ward

. Fukiyachoo 葺屋町 and Sugiyama Daimyojin 杉山大明神 .

. Kakigaracho 蛎殻町 and kujaku 孔雀 a dead peacock .

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Arakawa ward 中央区
. Oide Kitsune, Oidegitsune 御出狐 the Fox Oide and the shrine おいで稲荷 Oide Inari .

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Edogawa ward 江戸川区
. The Ghost of a Dead Woman .

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Machida city 町田市
. three fox legends .

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Nakano ward 中野区
. kitsune-tsuki 狐つき bewitched by a fox .
and kitsune otoshi 狐落とし getting rid of the bewitching from a fox.
(2 more otoshi to explore)

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Nerima ward 練馬区
. hikeshi Inari 火消稲荷 Firefighter Inari Fox .

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Sumida ward 墨田区
. Fox and Inari legends .




.................................................................. Tottori 鳥取県　 ....................................................................

. Legends about foxes from Tottori 狐と伝説 kitsune densetsu . *
Inaba gogitsune 因幡五狐 / / 因幡の五狐 five foxes from Inaba
Kyoozooboo 経蔵坊 The Fox Kyozobo
Keizooboo 桂蔵坊 The Fox Keizobo . . .．and more




.................................................................. Yamagata 山形県

. bewitched - 南陽市 Nanyo City .

. fox and 不動院 the temple Fudo-In .

. Fox and Duck 狐 鴨 - Tsurugaoka 鶴岡市 .

. Monogusa Taro 物ぐさ太郎 "Do-Nothing-Taro" and his kitsune nyooboo 狐女房 fox wive .




.................................................................. Yamaguchi 山口県

. tanuki to kitsune 狸，狐 the badger and the fox .


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. tofu 豆腐伝説 Legends with fox and Tofu 　.

The fox has a special relationship to tofu, especially fried tofu, abura age　油揚げ.
They will be collected in a separate entry.
. abura-age 油揚げと伝説 Legends about fried tofu and Inari .


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yokai database 妖怪データベース - 3216 entries (collecting)
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- - - - - 白狐 shirogitsune - white fox - 68 entries
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. The White Fox from Nara .

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- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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“Prince Hanzoku terrorized by a nine-tailed fox”
Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

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The Enchanting Vixens of Japanese Folklore
- Corrupting kings and destroying dynasties, the nine-tailed femme fatale
- The succubi-type fox bringing illness versus the loving mother-type kitsune
- - - - - “Tamamo-no-Mae”
- The tale of Kuzunoha - mother of Abe no Seimei
- The mysterious kitsune continues to fascinate us today
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. kyuubi no kitsune 九尾の狐 fox with nine tails .
and Tamamo-no-Mae (玉藻前, 玉藻の前, 玉藻御前 Princess Tamamo Gozen)
Sesshooseki Hot Spring 殺生石 "the Murder Stone" and Matsuo Basho


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kinzan ginzan mines

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kinzan 金山 ginzan 銀山 - gold and silver mines and their legends


Roben prayed to the statue to help him find a gold mine for the emperor, who wanted to use gold to coat the Great Buddha under construction at the Todaiji temple in current Nara.
A gold mine was then found in the Mutsu region, in current Miyagi Prefecture.

. Genji Monogatari　 源氏物語 .
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The most famous gold mine is in Sado Island.

Sado bugyō 佐渡奉行
– Overseers of the island and gold mines of Sado Island.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. The Legend of “Zipangu,” the Land of Gold .

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Hiraizumi Gold Mine　平泉
Hiraizumi's past wealth was based on its local gold mines as the Fujiwara clan attempted to build a "paradise on earth" at the beginning of the 12th century building large temples, palaces and monasteries.
Read more:
http://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-city-guides/hiraizumi-guide#ixzz3h3I0RasF



Narumi kinzan 鳴海金山 Narumi Gold Mine
in Echigo since the Heian period
越後の鳴海金山、血色の鍾乳石

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Iwami ginzan　石見銀山


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.................................................................. Toyama Aichi 富山県 ....................................................................

大山町
好景気に酔った坑夫が炊きたての飯だけを食べ、冷や飯を谷に投げ捨てた。更に立山町横江の宮の神木を切って坑内の矢留木にした。その神木を運んだ時、後ろから醜い二人のグザ（あばた面）がついてきた。それがシキに入ると天地鳴動して銀山が崩れた。



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- Reference in Japanese -

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yokai database 妖怪データベース　－金山 48 entries (00)
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yokai database 妖怪データベース - 銀山
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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. minwa 民話　folktales / densetsu 伝説　Japanese Legends .
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- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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Kofun period

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kofun jidai 古墳時代 burial mound period - 250 to 538
kofun 古墳 burial mound, tumulus



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The Kofun period (古墳時代 Kofun jidai)
is an era in the history of Japan from around 250 to 538. It follows the Yayoi period. The word kofun is Japanese for the type of burial mounds dating from this era. The Kofun and the subsequent Asuka periods are sometimes referred to collectively as the Yamato period. The Kofun period is the oldest era of recorded history in Japan; as the chronology of its historical sources tends to be very distorted, studies of this period require deliberate criticism and the aid of archaeology.

The Kofun period is divided from the Asuka period by its cultural differences. The Kofun period is characterized by a Shinto culture which existed[citation needed] prior to the introduction of Buddhism. Politically, the leader of a powerful clan won control over much of west Honshū and the northern half of Kyūshū and eventually established the Imperial House of Japan. Kofun burial mounds on Tanegashima and two very old Shinto shrines on Yakushima suggest that these islands were the southern boundaries of the Yamato state, while its northernmost extent was as far north as Tainai in the modern Niigata Prefecture, where mounds have been excavated associated with a person with close links to the Yamato kingdom.
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2019 - May 15
UNESCO panel recommends adding Japan’s Mozu-Furuichi tombs to World Heritage List

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Daisen Kofun 大仙古墳　- Introduction
The Imerial Lineage / The Emperor / Mozu Kofungun
in Sakai, Osaka
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The Kitora Tomb キトラ古墳 Kitora Kofun
an ancient tumulus (kofun in Japanese) located in the village of Asuka, Nara Prefecture, Japan. The tomb is believed to have been constructed some time between the 7th and early 8th centuries, but was only discovered in 1983.
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. Anafudoo Kofun 穴不動古墳 Anafudo Kofun Mound . - Tokushima

. Anayakushi Kofun 穴薬師古墳 (Yakushi Nyorai) . - Ibaraki

. Bontenyama Kofun Gun 梵天山古墳群 . - 常陸太田市 Ibaraki, Hitachi-Ota

. Gishiki no Iwaya 魏石鬼の岩屋 "Cave of the Gishiki Demon" . - Nagano

. Hashihaka Kofun 箸墓古墳 . - Nara
Princess Himiko or Pimiko (卑弥呼, 卑彌呼 d. ca. 248)

. Nekozuka Kofun 猫塚古墳 for a cat . - Miyagi

. Osaka Kofun Group 大阪古墳群 .
Mozu kofungun (百舌鳥古墳群) // Furuichi kofungun (古市古墳群)

. Otome Kanzawa Kofun　乙女寒沢古墳 .
Ibaraki, Oyama 栃木県小山市乙女947

. Tamagawadai kofun 玉川台古墳群　/ 多摩川台 . - Ota, Tokyo

. Tengudani Kofun 天狗谷古墳 . - Ehime

. Tokyo - kofun 古墳 burial mounds in Tokyo .
- Musashi Fuchu Kumano Jinja Kofun 武蔵府中熊野神社古墳
- Ootsuka 大塚 Otsuka "big mound"
- Shiba Maruyama Kofun　芝丸山古墳

. Ushiishi Kofun 牛石古墳 Ushiishi burial mound, Osaka .

. Yakushido Hall Kofun mound 薬師堂古墳 Sabae, Fukui .

. Yamanokami kofun 山の神古墳 in Japan .


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. kinkei 金鶏と伝説 Legends about the golden rooster .


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加東郡 Kato district

. kinkei 金鶏と伝説 Legends about the golden rooster .
Harima no Kinkei Legends - 播磨の金鶏埋宝伝説


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亀岡市 Kameoka 千歳町 Chitose

oogon no niwatori 黄金の鶏 the golden rooster
At the Kofun called 車塚 Kurumazuka there was a golden rooster burried among other things. Some people hear his call on the New Year's morning and they are said to be successfull later in life.


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大柳生町 Oyagyucho

ケチ山 Kechiyama
The Kinkei Kofun 金鶏古墳 is said to be on Kechiyama. If people cut trees there, they will be cursed and doomed.

(Other sources place this Kofun in Hiroshima, Mie ...)

金鶏塚古墳（岡山） Kinkeizuka Kofun Okayama



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- 鼻ぐり塚 Hanagurizuka, Hanaguri tsuka -
備前一之宮・吉備津彦神社と備中一之宮・吉備津神社を結ぶ古道のちょうど中間あたりにあるのが、福田海本部である。
そこに畜霊供養の鼻ぐり塚がある。




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韮崎市 Nirasaki

赤染衛門の古墳 Kofun of Akazome Emon

天明年中の事。ある寺の本堂脇に苔むした古墳があった。中門を建立するためにこの古墳を取り払おうとした所、住僧の夢に夫人が現われ古墳を取り壊す事を嘆き、短冊を残した。目が覚めるとその短冊が枕元にあった。それは赤染衛門の筆であった。
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韮崎の近くにある某寺に古墓があったのを取り払おうとすると、僧の夢に貴女が現れ、「なき跡のしるしとなれば其ままに問はれずとても有りてしもがな」という歌を書いた短冊を残して去ったという話がある。後の鑑定でこの短冊は赤染右衛門の筆跡であるとされた。

Akazome Emon 赤染衛門 (956–1041) was a Japanese waka poet and early historian who lived in the mid-Heian period. She is a member both of the Thirty Six Elder Poetic Sages (中古三十六歌仙 Chūko Sanjūrokkasen) and the Thirty Six Female Poetic Sages (女房三十六歌仙 Nyōbō Sanjūrokkasen).
Emon is thought to be the daughter of Akazome Tokimochi, but her biological father was likely her mother's first husband, Taira Kanemori. Emon was born before her mother's marriage to Tokimochi in the Akazome family. Her husband Ōe no Masahira was a famous literary scholar, and the couple were considered to be "lovebirds" (おしどり夫婦 oshidori fūfu).
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平景清の古墳 . . .
- source : nichibun yokai database -
- 28 entries (02)
- Akazome Emon / Kinkei


- Reference in Japanese -
- Reference in English -


. Japan Mystery com -- long list .
"古墳" の検索結果

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Gero Onsen 下呂温泉 Gero Hot Spring Spa
岐阜県下呂市森 Gifu

. Legends about Onsen Hot Springs　温泉と伝説 .
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The town has a history of over 1000 years,
and is regarded as being one of the “Top Three Hot Springs” in Japan along with Arima and Kusatsu Onsen.

From ancient days Gero Hot Springs were familiar to people for its bountifulness. One day the springs had been stopped because of a big earthquake. People were so sad. One day one egret swooped down on the Masuda River and stood for awhile. And the very next day he came the same place and stood there. Day after day he did the same thing! They wondered why, but look! There is a spring! They were so glad. The egret left the place and never came back again. They noticed that there was a statue of Yakushi-Nyorai. So they appreciate that the egret was the embodiment of Yakushi-Nyorai, who was pity for them and tell them the source of the Hot Springs.
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kaeru Jinja かえる神社 Frog Shrine



gero gero is the sound of a frog.
Therefore there are many items related to frogs in Gero town.




. kaeru カエル　蛙　お守り　Frog Amulet - Frosch .

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Onsenji 温泉寺　Onsen-ji
City, Yunoshima 680


Yakushi Nyorai

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A well-known Japanese legend originated from the Gero Hot Springs District.
In the Onsen-ji Temple, Bhaisajyaguru Yakushi Nyorai is enshrined, the Buddha of healing who is mentioned in legend. At the top of 173 stone steps, there is the main building of the temple. From the temple gate, you can enjoy sweeping views of the hot springs town and the Hida River.
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. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing .

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Zenshooji 禅昌寺 Zensho-ji
岐阜県下呂市萩原町中呂1089

main statues
釈迦如来 / 観世音菩薩 / 薬師如来


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This Zen temple was founded to enshrine Kuan-shih Yin, in the Kamakura Period (1185-1333) on the site where a high priest named Soto Keishin had built a hermitage during the Heian Period (794-1185).
Emperor Gonara designated this temple as one of the top ten temples of the nation, and ordered the temple to be a place of prayer. The garden created by Sowa Kanamori and “a large image of Bodhidharm” painted by Sesshu are worth seeing.
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Hachiman Jinja 八幡神社  Hachimn Shrine

Once 狩野法眼 Kano Hogen painted an ema votive tablet of a horse. But the horse left the plate every night and devastated the fields. So eventually he painted some golden braidle to keep it in place.


. Legends about Hachiman Shrines 八幡宮　/ 八幡神社 .

. Kano Eitoku 狩野 永徳 .
. Kano Motonobu 狩野元信 Kanō Motonobu .
Artist name : Kohoogen, Kohōgen こほうげん (古法眼)
with more legends about his ema animal paintings.


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. Hidari Jingoroo 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro carpenter .

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hihi ヒヒ baboon

In a cave lived a Hihi and asked for a village girl as an offering every year.
Once 悪源太義平 Akugenta Yoshihira (Minamoto no Yoshihira 源義平 (1141 - 1160) disguised himself as a girl and fought the monster with his sword 祖師野丸 Soshino Maru.
Later an officer from the a village nearby tried to steal this sword, but there was a flash of light from the house and everything began to move violently.

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Yoshihira was a Minamoto clan warrior who fought alongside his father, Minamoto no Yoshitomo, in the Heiji Rebellion.
His brothers were Minamoto no Yoshitsune, Noriyori and Yoritomo.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Hihi (狒々, 狒狒. 比々) Baboon Monkey Monster .
Legend of Jutaro Iwami (Kanesuke Susukita) and Shippeitaro (Hayataro)




Soshino Hachimangu 祖師野八幡宮
This shrine is related to the legend.
Gero-shi 223, Kanayamacho soshino / 下呂市金山町祖師野字茅野223

- Homepage of the Shrine
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- - - - - Another legend about Akugenta (Akugenda Yoshihira) :

Once 難波三郎經房 Naniwa Saburo Tsunefusa had a dream where Akutgenta became a thunder.
On the next day, when Tsunefusa was with Kiyomori Nyudo it suddenly became cloudy and thunder rolled along. When he saw this he drew his sword and tried to hit a thunder cloud. Soon it was fine weather again. His sword had a mark of burning.



source : reference

悪源太義平　Akugenta Yoshihira no rei Namba Jirô o utsu
The vengeful spirit of Akugenda Yoshihira striking down his killer, Namba Jirô, at the Nunobiki waterfall

Kiyomori nyûdô Nunobiki no taki yûran 清盛入道布引滝遊覧


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. gaaranbe ガーランベ Kappa .
金山下呂町 Kanayama Gero, three legends

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kitsune 狐 fox

There was a family of doctors in Gero in the third generation. The first generation doctor once went to the forest, where he helped a fox that had hurt his leg when falling on a stone. He carried the fox home and treated the would carefully. Then he let the fox go back to the forest. To show his gratitude, the fox taught the doctor how to heal a broken bone. Therefore the family of this doctor is prosperous to our day.


. Legends about kitsune 狐 The fox .


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Kooshin 庚申さん the Koshin Deity, Wild Deity

Once the Koshin Deity came down to earth. But with its three eyes and wild face, nobody dared to come out and greet him. Only a turtle 亀　came out to meet him.

. The Koshin Cult (kooshin 庚申, ka no e saru) .


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nozuchi 野槌 snake, serpent / daija 大蛇 huge serpent

tsuchihebi, tsuchi hebi ツチヘビ is another name for nozuchi 野槌, a huge snake with almost no head or tail, looking like a huge hammer. This snake lives in the high mountain and sometimes comes rolling down noisily to the village to catch a human for food.

Once there was a fire near the forest office on mount 七宗山 Hichisozan. A huge serpent was fleeting along the road hastily and the weeds on the roadside were moving like waves. The remains of this descent are to bee seen still.


. tsuchinoko ツチノコ or 槌の子 "hammerspawn" snake .

. - daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake legends - .

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okuri ookami 送り狼　the wolf sending off workers

Once upon a time
when people were on their way home from working in the mountain forest, a wolf would follow them. The wolf had smelled the salty miso paste of their lunch and wanted some salt.
This is the "wolf sending off workers".

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yamainu no ongaeshi 山犬の恩返し the gratitude of a wolf ("mountain dog")

Once upon a time
an old woman helped a wolf, who had a bone of a wild boar stuck in his mouth. Next morning she found a chain of gold 金の鎖 on her doorstep.

- and from Shirakawa 白川町
Once upon a time
a man helped a wolf, who had a bone stuck in his mouth. A few days later (next morning in other versions) he found a scroll on his doorstep, explaining the techniques of bone medicine. This was an act of gratitude by the wolf. (Similar to the kitsune fox above).
The man became a doctor and specialised in healing bones.




. ookami 狼 yama-inu 山犬 wolf legends .


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clay bell from Gero Onsen 下呂温泉
like a princess Daruma


. Clay Bells どれい【土鈴】 dorei .

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shoofuku boo 招福棒 stick to bring good luck
iwaibo 祝い棒 festival stick / bondeko ぼんでこ fertility stick

. Gifu Folk Art - 岐阜県　 .

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- yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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Daibosatsu legends

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. tsue 杖と伝説 Legends about a walking staff, Wanderstab .
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Daibosatsu legends 大菩薩　伝説 Dai-Bosatsu

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Daibosatsu is obviously a term of Buddhist origin, and refers to a "great kami that has awakened to the Way of the Bodhisattva."
The title daibosatsu is first seen in 781, when the kami Hachiman was honored with the title Gokoku Reigen Iriki Jintsū Daibosatsu ("Great Bodhisattva of National Protection and Marvelous Spirit Power").
From that time, the title daibosatsu has been applied to numerous other kami, including Fuji Sengen Daibosatsu and Tado Daibosatsu.
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the Eight Great Bodhisattva (Hachi Daibosatsu or Hachi Bosatsu)
who appear in the Taizōkai Mandala and Butsugen Mandala.

Eight Great Bodhisattva (Chn. = Bādà Púsà, Jp. = Hachi Daibosatsu 八大菩薩 or Hachi Bosatsu 八菩薩).
These eight are described in various Mahāyāna texts, wherein their names and attributes differ. The Sutra on the Maṇḍalas of the Eight Great Bodhisattva 八大菩薩曼荼羅經 (Hachi Daibosatsu Mandara Kyō), which was translated by Amoghavajra 不空金剛 in the 8th century and Faxian 法賢 in the 10th century, describes the attributes of each, including their mantra 密言 (secret words), their position in the mandala, the color of their bodies, and their mudra (hand signs). Below we present two different lists. In artwork, these deities appear in the Butsugen Mandala and in the Taizōkai (Womb World) Mandala.



Eight Great Bodhisattva, Sutra of the Maṇḍalas of Eight Great Bodhisattva 八大菩薩曼荼羅經

Kannon Bosatsu 観音 (Skt. = Avalokiteśvara)
Miroku Bosatsu 弥勒 (Skt. = Maitreya)
Kokūzō Bosatsu 虚空蔵 (Skt. = Âkāśagarbha)
Fugen Bosatsu 普賢 (Skt. = Samantabhadra)
Seishi Bosatsu 勢至 (Skt. = Mahāsthāmaprāpta; in Tibet, also appears as Vajrāpani)
Monju Bosatsu 文殊 (Skt. = Mañjuśrī)
Jo Kaishō Bosatsu 除蓋障 (Skt. = Sarvanīvaraṇa Viṣkambhin)
Jizō Bosatsu 地蔵 (Skt. = Kṣitigarbha)
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. Namu Jizo Daibosatsu 南無地蔵大菩薩 .
Namu Jigoku Daibosatsu


. Sengen Daibosatsu 浅間大菩薩 .
The cult of Mount Fuji 富士山　/ Mount Sengen.


. Nine Stars Crest ... 九曜紋 ... Kuyoo Mon - kushitsu 九執 .
6 Tuesday, Hachiman Daibosatsu
kayoosei 火曜星（かようせい、八幡大菩薩）　（六白金星）

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There are also human beings, saints, which received the title "Daibosatsu", some in their lifetime, some posthumously, for their efforts helping humanity.

Jinpen Daibosatsu, Jimpen Daibosatsu 神変大菩薩
. En-no-Gyôja 役行者 Jimpen Dai-Bosatsu, En no Gyoja .


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Daibosatsu Rei 大菩薩嶺 Mount Daibosatsu
2,057 m high



Dai-bosatsu tōge 大菩薩峠 Daibosatsu Toge "Daibosatsu Pass"
in Yamanashi
- a serial novel of the same title by Kaizan Nakazato
- a 1957 color Japanese film directed by Tomu Uchida.
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. Legends about Hachiman Shrines 八幡宮　/ 八幡神社 .

八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu


In the year 720 (養老4年) foreigners invaded Japan and many people were killed.
So Hachiman Daibosatsu ordered for a ritual for their souls, called
hoojoo-e 放生会（ほうじょうえ）Hojo-E, Buddhist ritual of releasing living animals

. Hachiman Matsuri八幡祭 Hachiman Festival .

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During the time of Emperor Suzaku 朱雀天皇
and Taira no Masakado 平将門
朱雀天皇の時代のこと、天慶3年に平将門を誅罰する際、八幡大菩薩が現れて、白木御弓と藤巻狩股の矢をもち、託宣を述べたあとに矢を射ると、即時に将門は討ち取られたという。


八幡大菩薩の使者と称する｢昌伎」が将門の所に現れ，八幡大菩薩が｢朕位」を「蔭子」である平将門に授与するという託宣を告げた。

. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 (? – 940) .

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................................................................. Ehime 愛媛県 ....................................................................

八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu

夜専門の猟師が火にあたっていると猟犬が身体を水にぬらして何度も薪を消してしまう。猟師は怒って犬を殺す。すると突然髭をボウボウに生やしたおじいさんがあらわれて、火にあたり出した。猟師はお爺さんが怖くてたまらずにいたが、じいさんが眠り始めたので一生のうちに1、2度しか使えない八幡大菩薩に関係のある玉で鉄砲を打った。じいさんは谷底へころげ落ち、誰かがすがりついて泣いているのがわかった。猟師は逃げ出し、1年ほど経った後その場所へ行ってみると白骨になっていた。これが山のじいさんではないかという。


................................................................. Fukui 福島県 ....................................................................

地蔵大菩薩 Jizo Daibosatsu

大病人のあるときや紛失物のあるときに、村の女たちが集まり子どもを中におき、幣をもたせて「南無地蔵大菩薩おつきやれ」と唱えると地蔵がつく。これにいろいろと尋ねる。

鹿島町
神事の日の遊びとして、１３・４歳から二十歳くらいまでの女性が「地蔵様を憑ける」遊びをした。真ん中に蓙か筵を敷いて、任意の１人を座らせ、他の者はその周囲を内側を向いて右回りに廻りながら「南無地蔵大菩薩、ついておこれえ地蔵様」と唱える。地蔵様が憑くと様々な質問をした。質問がなくなると皆で踊った。そして丁重に地蔵様に帰ってもらった。帰らないときは、その地蔵様が祭ってある場所に本人を連れて行ってよく拝んで帰ってもらったという。


................................................................. Ishikawa 石川県 ....................................................................

. Myoori Daibosatsu 白山妙理大菩薩 Hakusan Myori Daibosatsu .
Taichō 泰澄上人　Saint Taicho Shonin and 白山権現 Hakusan Gongen



................................................................. Kagawa 香川県 ....................................................................

八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu

昔、権太という猟師が屋まで野宿をしていたら、山女郎の親子がいて長い髪をしていた。権太はおそろしくなり、八幡大菩薩に一生猟はしないからお助けくださいと拝んだ。すると山女郎は姿を消してしまった。



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東津野村 Higashi Tsuno mura

八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu

The village headman wanted to get his married daughter back and almost killed his son-in-law.
He invited him to Jagafuchi 蛇ヶ淵 "Serpent river pool", and hoped the huge serpent 大蛇 would kill him. But the son-in-law killed the serpent with a bullet dedicated to Hachiman Daibosatsu.
The serpent was really huge and it took seven days and deven nights to burn its corpse. The remains of the burns are still to be seen in the ground.

. daija, orochi 大蛇 huge serpent, great snake legends .

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八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu

吾北村 Gohoku son

武将の犬が動かなくなったのでその首を切ると、首が飛んで木の枝に飛びついた。木の枝は大蛇であった。大蛇は普通の銃では撃てず、八幡大菩薩の弾で撃つと死んだ。しばらくすると、大蛇の死体の場所に流れ着いた。武将が大蛇の骨を足でなでると、大蛇の骨が足にたひ、それがもとで病床についた。大蛇の祟りで武将は死んだ。


................................................................. Kyoto 京都府 ....................................................................

kamurogi, tatari 神籬，たゝり the curse

八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu

御香の宮は八幡大菩薩の御母后神功皇后を祀っている。太閤秀吉公が伏見城を築いた時、神籬を東の岡に移動させた。これが神の御心に適わなかったのだろうか、しばしば祟りがあったので、太閤は驚き、神威を畏れて旧地に返し奉ったという。今の宮がある所がこれである。


................................................................. Shiga 滋賀県 ....................................................................

小野一万大菩薩 Ono Ichiman Daibosatsu

kasezue 鹿杖 "walking stick of deer horn"
shika no tsue 鹿の杖

Once an old man of about 80 years came to the temple of 百済寺 Hyakusai-Ji in Omi. The old man said his name was Ono Ichiman Daibosatsu. He put his walking stick of deer horn into the ground and when the stick grew it became a muku no ki 椋の木 Aphananthe aspera

百済寺 Hyakusai-Ji / 323 Hyakusaijicho, Higashiomi, Shiga
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. Kuuya Shoonin 空也上人 Saint Kuya (903-72) .
with his walking stick of deer horn.


A legend told by Yanagita Kunio about a walking stick that would grow.
柳田国男 - 杖の成長した話
- with more legends of this kind below.

. - tsue　杖 stick, walking stick - Wanderstab - .
and Matsuo Basho

. tsue 杖と伝説 Legends about the walking staff of Kobo Daishi 弘法大師空海 .


. saba no ki 鯖の木 the mackerel tree .
Grown out of a 杖 walking staff, at Todai-Ji, Nara

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There are other legends about a growing walking stick told by Yanagida Kunio.

takezue 竹杖 walking stick of bamboo

In Hyogo, 兵庫県, Itami 伊丹町
at the temple 妙宣寺 Myosen-Ji around 1355 Priest Daikaku 大覚僧正 (1297 - 1364) of the Nichiren sect planted his walking stick into the ground.
It became bamboo, but a special sort called sakasadake 逆さ竹 "upside down bamboo", with its branches hanging down. A kind of hachiku 淡竹 bamboo.

A similar legend is also told in 新潟　Niigata at temple 西方寺 Saiho-Ji about the Nichiren priest 親鸞聖人 Saint Shinran.



sakasadake 逆竹 Sakasa-Dake, "weeping bamboo"

Saihooji 西方寺 Saiho-Ji
3 Chome-1-22 Toyano, Chuo Ward, Niigata

. take 竹 bamboo - Introduction .

. Shinran 親鸞 (173 – 1263) .

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In Okayama at the Genpin Valley
Priest Genpin stuck his walking stick in the ground and it became a sandalwood tree (byakudan 白檀).

Genpin 玄賓 げんぴん (? - 818)
The legend of Miwa temple says that this was originally a hermitage of the Buddhist priest Genpin, who did not like earthly affairs and moved to the foot of the mountain called Miwa, despite the fact that he was trusted greatly by the Emperor Kanmu and the Emperor Saga.


In Hiroshima at Seiko village 南生口村
|At the temple 松蟲寺 Matsumushi-Dera, 法然上人 Saint Honen left his walking stick and it became a
sandalwood tree (byakudan 白檀).

. Hoonen Shoonin 法然上人 Honen Shonin, Saint Honen .



................................................................. Tokushima 徳島県 ....................................................................

木沢村 Kisawa

八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu

ryuugon san 竜ゴンさん

大正の末期頃まで、夏の日照りが続くと祈祷を行った。高丸山の三角点の草の中で、鉦や太鼓を叩き、祈祷の文句を唱えながらぐるぐる廻る。「八幡大菩薩雨をたもれ竜ゴンさん」と謡ったらしい。


................................................................. Tokyo 東京都 ....................................................................


八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu

In the year 1636 when Matsudaira Naotsugu 松平新五左衛門尉直次 was in charge of the bows and arrows 弓大将, many people begun to practise the Way of the Bow. Since the protector deity of the Tokugawa clan was Hachiman Daibosatsu, this deity was also the deity of the Way of the Bow and thus many 八幡宮 Hachiman Shrines were erected with a hall to practise.
When three "mountain doves" came to sit on branches of the nearby pine tree, people knew they were doing the right thing with the right protector deity.



Hachiman Daibosatsu
in the Hachiman shrine of the mansion of the Owari Tokugawa Family in Ichigaya, Edo
尾張徳川家の江戸上屋敷、市ヶ谷邸の庭園内にあった八幡宮

- source : tokugawa-art-museum.jp -


. Tokyo and Edo Folk Art 江戸　民芸 .



................................................................. Tottori 鳥取県 ....................................................................

三朝温泉 Misasa Hot Spring

. Myoken 妙見菩薩 Myoken Bosatsu - 妙見大菩薩 Myoken Daibosatsu .



In the year 1164 a retainer of Minamoto no Yoshitomo named 大久保左馬之祐王家 Okubo Samanosuke went to Mount Mitoku san to pray for the country. On the way he met a white wolf, messenger of Myoken San 妙見山 and helped him in distress. At night Myoken Daibosatsu appeared in his dream. He told Okubo that there was a holy spot at the roots of the old camphor tree 老楠. Myoken would pass this on to Okubo if he helped to save people with it.
When Okubo looked the next day, he found the well of a hot spring . . . that was the beginning of Misasa Onsen.

. Mitoku San 三徳山三仏寺 and Misasa Onsen 三朝温泉 .

. Legends about Onsen Hot Springs　温泉と伝説 .

. ookami 狼 wolf legends - Introduction .
hakuroo, shiroi ookami 白狼 white wolf


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................................................................. Yamanashi 山梨県 ....................................................................

民宿杉田屋の主人の母の実家は川久保であるが、その先祖が大菩薩の近くのカリバというところでなかねの金のお姿を拾ったが、それは将門が落としたものだという。これはたたりがあるといって元の場所へ戻したが、それから11月17日のカリバの日にはソバ団子を焼いて食べるという。


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. tsue 杖と伝説 Legends about a walking staff, Wanderstab .

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Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro 源八幡太郎義家 / 源義家
Hachimantarō 八幡太郎 Hachiman Taro (1039 - 1106)



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Because as Emperor Ōjin was an ancestor of the Minamoto clan, Hachiman became the tutelary kami (氏神 ujigami) of the Minamoto samurai clan. Minamoto no Yoshiie, upon coming of age at Iwashimizu Shrine in Kyoto, took the name Hachiman Taro Yoshiie and through his military prowess and virtue as a leader, became regarded and respected as the ideal samurai through the ages.

Hachimantarō, was a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period, and Chinjufu shogun (Commander-in-chief of the defense of the North). The first son of Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, he proved himself in battle with the Abe clan in the Zenkunen War (Early Nine Years' War) and the Kiyohara clan in the Gosannen War (Later Three Years' War). Subsequently, he became something of a paragon of samurai skill and bravery.

..... The campaign against the Abe clan lasted twelve years (nine, with three years truce). Yoshiie fought alongside his father in most if not every battle. Abe no Yoritoki died in 1057, but his son Abe no Sadato took up command of his father's forces.
..... Named Governor of Mutsu province in 1083, Yoshiie took it upon himself, without orders from the Imperial Court, to bring some peace and order to the region.
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Hachiman Taro
Minamoto Yoshiie, a man who came to embody the spirit of the samurai and a legend even in his own time, was the son of Minamoto Yoriyoshi. Yoriyoshi, the third generation of the Seiwa Genji, was a noted commander, and in 1051 was commissioned to defeat the rebellious Abe family of Dewa. The Abe had for years held prominent posts in this distant, forbidding region, and had come to enjoy a near autonomous existance. Like Taira Masakado, the Abe had been tasked with subduing the northern barbarians, and, from the Court's point of view and over time, become barbarians themselves.

Yoriyoshi's chief opponent was Abe Yoritoki, an unscrupulous character who died of an arrow wound in 1057. By this point in the so-called Former Nine-Years War, Yoriyoshi's son Yoshiie had joined the expedition. A promising young warrior, Yoshiie participated in the Battle of Kawasaki (later in 1057) against Yoritoki's heir Sadato. In a snowstorm, the Minamoto assaulted Sadato's stronghold at Kawasaki and were driven back; in the course of the hard-fought retreat Yoshiie distinguished himself and earned the nickname 'Hachimantaro', or 'First son (or First born) of the God of War (Hachiman)'. Abe Sadato comes across as an altogether more impressive man than his father, and proved a formidable foe even for Yoshiie and Yoriyoshi. Yet the Minamoto cause was much assisted by the enlistment of Kiyowara Noritake, a locally powerful figure whose rugged northern men swelled Yoriyoshi's ranks.

- - - - - Continue reading in the archives :
. The Heian Period - Court and Clan .


- - - - - He founded the temple
. Hoosenji 宝仙寺 Hosen-Ji .
- 明王山 Myoozan 　聖無動院 Shomudo-In　宝仙寺 Hosen-Ji
東京都中野区中央2-33-3 - 2 Chome-33-3 Chūō, Nakano ward, Tokyo

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

He came to Oshu to fight 奥州征伐 the local people in 1189. At 不動滝 the Fudo Waterfall the 馬の足跡 footprints of his horse can still be seen.


.................................................................. Iwate 岩手県　 ..........................................................

. Hidaka Jinja 日高神社 Hidaka Shrine .
- and Hachimantaro in Mizusawa, Iwate


.................................................................. Nagano　長野県 ..........................................................

. Hachimantaro koma tsunagi sakura 八幡太郎駒繋ぎ桜.
cherry tree where Hachiman Taro bound his horse, Matsumoto Castle



.................................................................. Tochigi 栃木県 ..........................................................

bijin Benten 美人弁天 Benten for Beauty
Itsukushima Shrine, 厳島神社
栃木県足利市本城2丁目1855 - Tochigi, Ashikaga

Akashi Benten 明石弁天

Ashikaga is "the Land of Beauties".
This shrine relates back to 1056, to Akashi hime 明石姫 Princess Akashi
She was a beautiful, gentle woman, protecting her husband 源八幡太郎義家 Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro, as best as she could.

. Benten, Benzaiten 弁天　弁財天 .



.................................................................. Tokyo 東京都 ..........................................................



Hakkeizaka yoroikakematsu 八景坂鎧掛松 The Armor-hanging Pine at Hakkeizaka slope
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川 広重　－ Meisho Edo hyakkei - One Hundred Famous Views of Edo

Here at this pine 八幡太郎鎧掛けの松 Hachimantaro hanged his armour.


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Hachiman Taro: Firstborn of the God of War
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. Legends about Hachiman Shrines 八幡宮　/ 八幡神社 .
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Legends about Hachiman Shrines 八幡宮　/ 八幡神社

The Warrior Deity Hachiman 八幡神, deifiction of Emperor Oojin 応神天皇　Ojin Tenno,
is quite popular in Japan and there are many shrines in his name. Another reading of the Chinese characters is YAHATA or YAWATA.

Today there are approximately 30,000 Hachimangū shrines nationwide, with the head shrine at
Usa Hachimangū 宇佐八幡宮 Usa Hachimangu in Ōita.



The dove (hato) in the shrine name board as hachi　八 .
The dove is the messenger of Emperor Ojin (Hachiman).
. Warrior Deity Hachiman 八幡神 .


. 八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu Legends .


. hato 鳩　 dove, pidgeon legends .
amulets of many Hachiman shrines




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Because as Emperor Ōjin he was an ancestor of the Minamoto clan, Hachiman became the tutelary kami (氏神 ujigami) of the Minamoto samurai clan.

. Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro 源八幡太郎義家 (1039 - 1106) .
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.................................................................. Aomori 青森県 ....................................................................

七戸町 Shichinohe / Hachinohe

八幡大明神 Hachiman Daimyojin

延元3(1338)年、春、東南方から一条の光りがたなびいてそれが夜な夜な光り輝くので、西野孫左衛門が登って確かめ、一本の鏑矢を発見して持ち帰った。すると、その子孫四郎が託宣を得、岳の頂上に祀って、雄岳の名を八幡岳と改めたのだと言う。


.................................................................. Gifu 愛知県 ....................................................................

. Hachiman Jinja 八幡神社 - 下呂町 Gero Hot Spring .



.................................................................. Kagawa 香川県 ....................................................................

高松市 Takamatsu

Hachimanguu八幡宮 Hachiman-Gu

細川右馬頭頼之が予州の河野を攻めるとき、石清尾八幡宮に祈願すると、神殿の扉からひとつがいの山鳩が飛び出て戦い、東の山鳩が勝った。この後、頼之は四国を平定した。



.................................................................. Kyoto 京都府 ....................................................................

近衛殿が鳩を10羽放生したが、田地を荒らすと地下が訴訟し、鳩を八幡へ送った。ところが翌日にはすべて元の場所へ戻った。

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亀岡市 Kameoka

kengeki no hibiki 剣戟の響 sound of sword fighting
At the shrine 鍬山神社 Kuwayama Jinja the deity 八幡大明神 Hachiman Daimyojin was newly venerated, but on that night there was rumbling in the earth and strong wind and the sound of sword fighting could be heard. Next morning the dead body of a dove and a usagi 兎 rabbit were found o the ground. It seemed the two deities had been fighting all night.
So they decided to build a new shrine for the Hachiman deity.

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Built in 709, Kuwayama Jinja was long protected by the feudal lords of Kameyama Castle.
It honors the Shinto God credited with creating the Tamba region in which Kameoka is located. The area where Kameoka sits now was once a lake. It is said that a Shinto God dug a path through the mountains with a hoe, which drained the lake and became the Hozugawa River. This shrine is named after that act (in Japanese, kuwa means "hoe" and yama means "mountain").
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Kamigaichi-22-2 Kamiyadacho, Kameoka, Kyoto
- 鍬山宮 : 大巳貴神＜おおなむちのかみ＞(大国主神) Daikoku (rabbit)
- 八幡宮 : 応神天皇（誉田別尊>＜ほむだわけのみこと＞ Ojin (dove)


.................................................................. Niigata 新潟県 ..............................................................

. Hachiman Jinja no shinzoo 八幡神社の神像 statue at the shrine Hachiman Jinja .
粟島浦村 Awashimaura village. Awashima Island / 釜谷 Kamaya and 木場 Kiba hamlets



.................................................................. Tokyo　東京　Edo ..............................................................

江東区 Koto ward

. Hachiman Sha 八幡社 .

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新宿区 Shinjuku

. 八幡大菩薩 Hachiman Daibosatsu Legends .

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The Great Buddha Hall (大仏殿 Daibutsuden), the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana,
known in Japanese simply as the Daibutsu 大仏, the Big Buddha.



Here are some legends ranking about this temple.
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....................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
太田市 Ota

Once a man as large as the Daibutsu took the 米山薬師 Yakushi from Yoneyama on his back, set it up at 丸山 Maruyama, sat down at 金山 Kaneyama and washed his feet in the river 渡良瀬川 Watarasegawa.
His straw boots became the Big and Small Maruyama 大丸山 - 小丸山.


米山薬師 Yoneyama Yakushi


- A legend from 新潟県 Niigata about 薬師岳 Yakushidake.
. Yoneyama Yakushi in Niigata, Awagatake .




....................................................................... Nara 奈良県


. Saint Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 .
東大寺 Temple Todai-Ji and the Daibutsu 大仏 Great Buddha Statue.

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