. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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tonya, toiya 問屋と伝説 Legends about trade brokers
. Tonya, Ton'ya 問屋 trade broker, wholesaler .
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. komedonya, kome no tonya 米問屋 rice brokers .
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. zaimokudonya, zaimokudoya, ..doia 材木問屋 timber brokers .
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Edo Tonya Festival
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In 1729, a Tonya named 松任屋徳兵衛 Matsutoya Tokubei had s son, 松之助 Matsunosuke, of about 15 years. The boy was not very handsome and one day he became possessed with the spirit of two girls.
His father ordered a special sensoku kuyoo 千僧供養 ritual with 1000 priests and the boy was healed.
source : nara josei.info...
花まつり千僧法要 Hanamatsuri ritual with 1000 priests
東大寺 Todai-Ji Nara
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南宇和郡 Minami-Uwa district 西海町 Saikai town
Matsuya Tanuki 松屋狸 the Tanuki of Tonya Matsuya
About 120 years ago, three was a kaisen donya 廻船問屋 tugboat wholesaler named 松屋 Matsuya. In the small forest behind his estate lived a Tanuki badger under a matsu 松 pine tree.
The Tanuki of Matsuya also liked to bewitch people. Once he bewitched a man named 富さん Tomi san, who found himself walking in the forest the whole night. Grandmother Matsuya got very angry about this and tried to get rid of the Tanuki.
One evening Grandmother Matsuya found something with sparkling eyes up in the pine tree. She grabed it and held it down, until the monster called out in a loud voice and run away to the mountain.
. tanuki 狸 racoon dog, badger legends .
......................................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
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明石市 Akashi city
kame 亀 turtle
Once a kokumotsu tonya 穀物問屋 grain Tonya named 龜屋 Kameya became an eye illness and finally went blind. The man had heard about 人丸塚 the mound Hitomaruzuka in Akashi and went there. On that night he had a strange dream: A large turtle came, put him on her back and carried him to the side of 清水 Shimizu "clear water".
When he went there, he found a clear spring, washed his eyes with the water and could see again.
. kame 亀と伝説 Legends about turtles, tortoise - Schildkröte .
......................................................................................... Ibaraki 茨城県
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稲敷郡 Inashiki district 桜川村 Sakuragawa mura village
. Benten 弁天と伝説 Legends about Benten .
After burning the fields in spring in preparation for planting, a beautiful woman appeared at the Tonya for medicinal herbs.
She wanted a medicine for burns. She was very beautiful indeed and as all stared at her in astonishment, she suddenly disappeared.
The owner ran outside to follow her and saw that she disappeared at 弁天堂 the Bentendo Hall for the Deity Benten.
Maybe the beautiful Benten had been burned and come as a woman to find help at the store.
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. 長崎屋源右衛門 Nagasakiya Genemon in Edo .
yakushuu tonya 薬種問屋 wholesaler of medicinal herbs
......................................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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東磐井郡 Higashi-Iwai district 大東村 Daito son village
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Once upon a time
Once a young man had loaded his horse with charcoal and was on his way to the wholesaler in 大原の町 Ohara and bought iwashi 鰯 sardines to bring back home. On the way back he met a fox and tried to chase him away, aware of the danger that he might be bewitched. Eventually he lost sight of the fox.
When he came home and unloaded his luggage, there were no sardines in the packages. He had been tricked by the fox after all!
......................................................................................... Osaka 大阪府
. Mizuchi 蛟 a water Yokai monster .
Once a konbu tonya 昆布問屋 wholesaler for kelp found two dried Mizuchi in a load of dried kelp.
One of them had something line one ear and was black, almost like a sake 鮭 salmon. His hair was golden, but looked also somehow white.
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大阪市 Osaka city
zeija 筮者 fortune teller
Once upon a time, a soba tonya 相場問屋 market Tonya from 堂島 Dojima, Kita ward, went to the nearby 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi shrine every month.
One day he asked a fortune teller about his past and the man knew all. Next he asked him about his future. The fortune teller told him he would loose quite a large sum of money within this month. The Tonya was glad he had met this fortune teller and learned about the problems in the market situation. Indeed, on the next day, he lost quite a large sum of money.
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枚方市 Hirakata city, North-East of Osaka
funadonya 船問屋 shipping agent
Once there was a shipping agent living near the river 淀川 Yodogawa. He often cried at night when all others were sleeping.
One of his servants had a dream: His master was in fact a Tanuki badger named 源太郎狸 Gentaro Tanuki and cried.
The family built a small sanctuary in the garden and prayed for the Tanuki. The master stopped crying at night.
......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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沼津市 Numazu city
seni tonya 繊維問屋 textile wholesaler
There is a saying:
"A family who cares for disabled persons will prosper.
A family who is disrespectful to disabled persons will fall in ruin."
The family of K san took good care of a child with disabled hands and feet and soon grow to become a wealthy textile wholesaler.
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防府市 Hofu city
. yako 野狐 nogitsune, "fox in the field" .
a spirit possession of foxes
A funadonya 船問屋 shipping agent named 与平次 Yoheiji from 三田尻 Mitajiri town was bewitched by a fox. He had exorcist rites performed, but nothing helped. Finally a priest performed special prayers and then the fox showed his true features, saying he was the Great Fox Deity 稲荷大明神 Inari Daimyojin. He would protect the business of Yoheiji from now on and then the deity vanished.
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周防大島町 Hofu-Oshima
. Inari 稲荷と伝説 Legends about the Fox Deity .
Once there lived a poor man named 八 Hachi. He could smell a fire or a chagama 茶釜 tea kettle from a wholesaler and slowly became famous.
Eventually he was asked to find a treasure robe from 岩国様 Lord Iwakuni.
Alone he went to the 稲荷堂 Hall of Inari that night, ate all the food offerings and went to sleep. Many Inari foxes appeared and since there was not enough food left for them they begun to fight and one of them bragged about the robe he had stolen.
Hachi found the robe the next day and was highly praised and rewarded by the Lord.
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玖珂町 Kuga town
koozo tonya 楮問屋 paper wholesaler
Once there was a poor man dealing in paper. He was helped by his friends, the Inari foxes and soon became a rich paper merchant. He made food offerings to the deity and his fox family every day. But eventually he forgot to make offerings. The foxes left him and soon he became poor again.
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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. Toyokawa Inari Shrine 豊川稲荷 .
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. animals and their legends 動物と伝説 - - ABC list .
. plants and their legends 植物と伝説 - - ABC list .
. trees and their legends 樹木, 木と伝説 - - ABC list .
. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .
. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師 空海 - 伝説 .
. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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