Heian Period Japan

2018-07-05

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2018-07-04

. ushi 牛と伝説 Legends about ox, bull, cow, calf . . .
collecting

ushiishi, ushi-ishi, ushi ishi 牛石 "bull stone"
12 to explore (02) (Bunkyo ward) / 牛ヶ爪の牛石

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. ushi no koku 丑の刻 the spooky double-hour of the bull .
ushimitsu, ushi mitsu 牛三 / 丑三つ / 丑満ツ is from about 2 to 2:30 at night.
20 丑三つ
31 丑の刻 to collect

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. ushi no fun 牛の糞と伝説 Legends about cow dung .
13 to collect

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. ushitora 丑寅 North-East direction. ox-tiger direction .
11 to collect

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. waka 和歌 Waka poetry .
collecting

wakamiya 若宮 "Young Lord", Shinto Deity
65 to collect // Typhus legends, Kagoshima

. wakamizu　若水 first water of the New Year .
50 to collect

. wakizashi 脇差と伝説 Legends about the short sword .
14 to explore

wani 鰐鰐魚 / 鰐ヶ渕 wanigafuchi (same 鮫 - 鮫鰐伝説) / 熊鰐
15 to explore

. waniguchi 鰐口 "crocodile's mouth" temple gong legends .

. warabi わらび / 蕨 bracken, fern .
23 to explore

. waraji - zoori 草鞋- 履と伝説 Legends about straw sandals .
waraji 草鞋 45 to explore / zoori 草履 125 to explore ...

. wara ningyoo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .
more to explore

. washi 鷲　eagle .
68 legends to explore

. water basin 手水 temizu, choozu . *
more to explore

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2018-07-01

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. Yagyu clan and legends　柳生一族と伝説 .
Yagyū Shinkage-ryū 柳生新陰流 Yagyu school of swordsmanship

. yakan 野干 a monster beast . *
(8 legends to explore) - probably ジャッカル jakkaru, jackal, or maybe a fox 狐.

. yakimono 焼物と伝説 Legends about pottery .
- setomono 瀬戸物 pottery, crockery, ceramics

. Yako, nogitsune 野狐 Yako fox Yokai monster .
44 to explore

. Yakubyoogami 疫病神 Yakubyogami, Deity of Diseases / ekijin, yakujin 疫神 .
45 to explore

. yakudoshi 厄年 year of calamity .
24 厄年 to collect
. Yakushi Nyorai Legends 薬師 / 薬師如来 / 薬師様 / 薬師さん .
The Buddha of Medicine and Healing

. Yakushima 屋久島 Yakushima island legends .

. Yamabiko 山彦 / やまびこ "Echo" and Yokai .
35 to explore

. yamabushi 山伏修験者 shugenja mountain priest .
collecting

. yamame やまめ (山女) masu salmon - Oncorhynchus masou .
14 to explore ヤマメ / 03 山女魚 / 31 山女 (not to mix with yama onna)

. Yama no Kami, Yamanokami　山の神 God of the Mountain - Legends .
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. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 and 山姫 Yamahime, "Mountain Hag" .
to explore

. Yamaotoko, yama-otoko 山男と伝説 Legends about the "Mountain Man" monster .
56 山男 to explore (one in Mie)

. Yamato Takeru 日本武尊 / 倭健命 - legendary Ousu 小碓命
22 legends to explore

. yamori ヤモリ / 守宮 / 屋守 / 野守 Japanese gecko .
6 to explore

. yanagi 柳 willow tree .
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jayanagi (hebiyanagi) 蛇柳 the "serpent willow tree" Snake Willow - Kabuki
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Yasha 夜叉 / 夜叉神
24 to explore

. yashikigami　屋敷神 "estate deities" .
138 to collect

. yooji, tsumayooji 楊枝 Yoji, toothpick .
21 legends to explore

. yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters and their legends .

yooshi 養子 adopted child
. Legend from Kohinata 小日向 Kohinata, Tokyo .
26 to explore

. Yoshiwara 葦原 / 吉原　pleasure quarters in Edo . *

. yumemakura 夢枕 "dream pillow" legends .
collecting

. yuurei 幽霊 Yurei ghosts .
collecting

. yuujo 遊女　Yujo, "woman to play with", cheap prostitute .
20 collecting

. yuuzen 友禅 Yokai wearing Yuzen kimonos .

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. zaimoku 材木 timber, lumber .
71 to collect

. zashiki warashi 座敷わらし　child spook - Iwate .
16 to explore // 137 ザシキワラシ zashikiwarashi (01)

. zatoo 座頭 blind minstrel .
23 to explore

zazen 座禅 practising Zazen meditation
9 to explore
. Hotei 布袋 practising Zazen .

. zeni 銭 coins .
164 to explore
Zenibatake ゼニバタケ / 銭畑 "Field of Zeni coins" in Tottori

. Zenwanbuchi 膳椀淵 "river pool for trays and bowls" .
lending food trays for weddings by Kappa, Yamanokami and others . . .
97 to explore

. zooni 雑煮 New Year soup .
10 雑煮 to collect

. zui-un 瑞雲 auspicious clouds .

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2018-06-30

fox and demon legends

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. Fujiwara no Chikata no Yonki 藤原千方の四鬼 The four demons of Fujiwara Chikata .
kinki 金鬼 golden demon，fuuki 風鬼 Fuki wind demon，suiki 水鬼 water demon ，ingyooki 隠形鬼 invisible demon
These Oni may have been 狐狸 foxes or badgers.

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. onibi 鬼火 / kika キカ "demon fire", "devil's fire" .
- and kitsunebi 狐火 fox fire

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waka no toku 和歌の徳 the virtue of Waka poetry
Waka can move heaven and earth, it can even move a kishin 鬼神 Demon Deity.
When 北条氏康 Hojo Ujiyasu was at war, there was a wild fox who barked noisily all night, like crazy. So Ujiyasu recited the following poem:
夏はきつねに鳴蝉の唐衣己々か身の上に着よ
natsu wa kitsune ni naku semi no karakoromo onore onore ga mi no ue ni kiyo
Ujiyasu had spelled the word kitsune in Hiragana letters, in a way to divide it in the lines of the poem : natsu wa kitsu - ne in the second line.
When the yookoo 妖狐 crazy fox heard this, he fell dead right on the spot.
But Ujiyasu died just one year after this, and many think it was the curse of the fox.

. 武田信玄 Takeda Shingen and 北条氏康 Hojo Ujiyasu .

Hōjō Ujiyasu 北条氏康 (1515 – 1571)
a daimyō (warlord) of the Odawara Hōjō clan. .....
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yuurei 幽霊 ghost, enki 寃鬼 ogre - kori 狐狸 fox and badger
When a person dies, his konpaku 魂魄 soul hangs around for a while wandering. Sometimes it becomes an ogre and can be seen by humans. This is the origin of the ghost culture of Japan.
When an ogre is seen, it looks like a cloud or mist. Like clouds and mist, the essence of heaven and earth is concentrated here.
After a few years the soul might become visible as a fox or badger.

. kori 狐狸と伝説 Legends about fox and Tanuki badger .

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

oni - ranshin 乱心 - kori 狐狸
ある女が鬼となって葬所で死人を食べた。殺そうとしたが山に逃げた。これを聞いた人が言うには、乱心も身体の病がなすものであり、虚症の人には狐狸の類が憑いて狂わせるといった。

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宝飯郡音羽町

kitsune / onimoto 鬼元 indefatigable worker
とても強く鼻柱もつよい鬼元が、夜に御油並木を帰っていたところ、狐に嫁入り行列になりすましてごちそうを食べようと持ちかけられる。鬼元がその家でたらふく食べて風呂に入っていると、呼びかけられ、答えたところで気づくとそこはミスつぼでごちそうはみみずやかえるだった。

............................................................................... Akita 秋田県
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onibi 鬼火 kitsunebi 狐火
菅江真澄は猟師が２人船に乗り、人と同じくらいの大きさの火を見て驚いている絵を描いている。また、雄勝郡の藤倉には鬼火の石があり、石が燃えているように見え狐火のようであったと出ている。

............................................................................... Aomori 青森県
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三戸郡 Sannohe district, 五戸町 Gonohe

onikaji, oni kaji 鬼鍛冶
鍛冶師
狐が鬼鍛冶と呼ばれた男をだまして鶏を奪おうとしたが、豪胆な男であったので、幻影を乗り越えて鶏を頭から食べてしまった。

............................................................................... Chiba 千葉県
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夷隅郡 Isumi district 浪花村・布施村・御宿町

. Kishibojin 鬼子母神 .
... Kishibojin came to 狐退治し help drive out the foxes.

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madaragitsune 斑狐，onibi 鬼火
夜、越前国細呂木から三国への帰り道で、鬼火を照らした狐が踊っていた。それを見た男が近付くと狐は若衆に化けた。男は狐を連れ茶屋に行き飲み食いした後、男は逃げた。狐も茶屋の主人に追いまわされたが逃げのびた。

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kitsune 狐，oni 鬼
If someone can not fall asleep easily, there might be a fox or demon coming.
If a fox comes. The sleepless man calls: "Who is out there?"
If the answer is onda オンダ ONDA, it is a fox.
A fox never says ore da オレダ "It is me".

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

飯椀を叩くと餓鬼が覗く。夜、新しい履物をおろすと狐に化かされる。熊を捕ると7日荒れる。

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郡上市和良村

狐，鬼
夜、赤鬼と青鬼が相撲を取っていて、赤鬼が崖から落ちた。朝確かめてみると、人が死んでいた。狐の仕業。

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kitsune 狐 and kimen 鬼面 demon mask
夕方歩いていると、於三という狐がいた。そこで鬼面とお多福の面をかぶって驚かせたら、於三葉びっくりしてお面を欲しがった。鬼面をあげたお礼に於三は化け方を教えた。その後於三は鬼の面を口にくわえているところを侍に斬られて死んだ。
- ある時、能師が於三という狐に会った。能師はいろいろな面をかぶって変化してみせて於三を驚かせた。於三がせがむので能師は鬼の面をひとつあげた。後に於三は鬼の面をかぶっているところを猟師に撃たれて死んだ。

. oni no men 鬼の面　伝説　Oni Legends about demon masks .

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仙台市 Sendai

kitsune ongaeshi 狐，恩返し and the flute 名笛鬼一管
童子は六太夫に，国主が塩釜ノ崎，松ガ浜に出馬する日を教え，その時六太夫が名笛鬼一管を吹けば必ず吉事があると言い残して消え失せた。果たして六太夫がそのとおりにすると，海上三十里も離れた国主の所に笛の音が届き，感嘆した国主はほどなく六太夫を召し還した。

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kishin 鬼神，kitsune 狐
En no Gyoja
役小角は葛城山に岩橋を架けた時、多くの鬼神を使った。また、役小角は葛城上郡茆原村の出身で、狐を使役して妖術で人を誑かした為韓国連広足の進言により伊豆大島に流罪になった。

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大阪市

kitsune 孤
悪い狐や狸が出て、人をだますとされる場所まで行った男が、疑心暗鬼の心持ちでそこを通行している人力車夫に、悪い狐狸が出たと間違われた。

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駿府 Sunpu

yoo 妖，kishin 鬼神，yookai 妖怪，kitsune 狐，tatari 祟
怪しいこととは人の心によっておこる。昔、駿府の城に姿の見えない狐がいた。手拭を与えるとそれを取って踊った。強く握っていても必ず手拭が取られると聞いてある剛毅の人が試したところ、その気迫によって手拭は取られなかった。

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那賀郡

お櫃の縁を叩くと餓鬼が寄って来る。
夜に前垂れを巻いて寝ると狐に騙される。

............................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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最上郡 Mogami district 真室川町

onibaba 鬼婆
昔夫が夜猟から帰ると妻は鬼婆に食われてしまっていたが、お腹の子供は食われずに残っていた。子供は成長すると大男になり、鬼婆に鉄の弾を食らわせて殺し、母親の仇を討った。男は相撲取りの元祖になった。鬼婆の正体は狐だった。

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- source : instagram 鬼と狐

- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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2018-06-29

gama toad legends

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gama 蝦蟇と伝説 Legends about toads

. gama 蝦蟇 / hiki 蟾 / hikigaeru 蟇蛙 toad, Bufo vulgaris.
- Introduction - gamagaeru ガマガエル Japanese common toad, Bufo vulgaris -

. Gama Sennin 蝦蟇仙人 "Toad Immortal" .
Ri Tekkai 李鐵拐 Li Tie Guai and the Chan Chu "Three-legged Money Toad".

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Nihon hikigaeru ニホンヒキガエル（Bufo japonicus）

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Japanese common toad - Bufo japonicus
Description
The Japanese common toad develops a snout-to-vent length of about 17 cm (7 in), with females being a little larger than males, and toads living in warmer habitats growing larger than those in colder places. The head has a pointed snout and is roughly triangular. The tympanum is elliptical and about as far behind the eye as its longest diameter. The body is robust and the stout forelimbs are about half as long as the hind limbs. The second finger on the hand is the shortest and the third the longest. On the hind foot, the first toe is the shortest and the fourth the longest. There is little webbing between the toes.
The skin has small warty outgrowths and its colouring is variable, being greenish-brown, yellowish-brown or darker brown. It is often paler and smoother in the breeding season.
... The Japanese common toad lives mainly on land, feeding on earthworms and small arthropods including ants and some species of beetle that are lamentable to other predators.
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oogama 大蝦蟇 O-Gama, Ogama, the giant toad
a yokai in the form of an enormous toad. This one is even larger than a human being, capable of standing on two legs and even wielding a spear. Legends say that toads, which are long loved, are particularly capable of attaining consciousness and turning yokai, but there are other theories as well.
The Giant Toad is, as its name implies, a yokai in the form of an enormous toad. Called Ogama in Japanese, they are even larger than a human being, capable of standing on two legs and even wielding a spear. They are usually depicted as smoking a pipe.
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絵本百物語 Ehon Hyaku Monogatari
Suoo no Oogama 「周防の大蟆」（すおうのおおがま）
A giant toad lived in 周防国の岩国山 (present day Yamaguchi, Iwakuni city) deep in the mountains.
It was about 2.4 meters high and could spray spittle in the colors of a rainbow. All animals like birds and insects, which were touched by this spittle, were pulled into its mouth to eat.
In summer it would also eat snakes.
Some pictures show it holding a spear in its hands, sometimes chasing humans with this spear.

北越奇談 Hokuetsu Kidan
In present-day 五泉市 Gosen city there lived a samurai called 藤田 Fujita, who went fishing in the valley 河内谷 Kawauchidani. Deep in the mountains he found a large flat boulder to sit on while fishing. So he climbed up there and prepared his fishing rod.
From the other side of the valley there was another samurai fishing, but this other one suddenly made preparations to go home in haste. He even called out to Fujita "Hurry, go back home, leave this place!"
So Fujita packed his tools and followed the other man. He asked him why the hurry.
"Did you not realize what it was you were sitting on? It had fiery red eyes and opened its mouth to yawn."
When they both sneaked back to the place, they found it was not a boulder after all but had been a giant toad.

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hikigaeru 蟾蜍 / ヒキガエル - the name
The name comes from the tale that if you stare at something for a long time, you can draw it toward yourself (hikiyoseru 引き寄せる).
..gaeru, kaeru 蛙, カエル frog

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

. ibohikida いぼひきだ a monster toad with warts .
He is also Fukunokami 福の神 God of Good Luck.

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hikigaeru ヒキガエル，kuchinawa クチナワ large serpent
A Samurai who lived near the Edo gate of Owari castle had a Kuchinawa in his garden. Then all the toads came together and formed a circle around the serpent. The serpent then turned into water. On this water the toads peed and then went back home. After some time many hiratake 平茸 mushrooms begun to grow and soon the toads came back to eat them.

. Guchinawa グチナワ (Kuchinawa クチナワ) white serpent .
a messenger of the Gods.

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北設楽郡 Kita-Shitara district 豊根村 Toyone village

hikigaeru ヒキガエル
If someone touches the warts of a toad, he will get warts himself. To get rid of them he has to wait for a rain shower on a summer evening and then wipe the warts with a broom.

gamabuchi 蝦蟇淵 Toad Riverpool
When a young girl passed the Toad Riverpool, she saw a 大蛇 large serpent who had swallowed something strange and was in pain. The serpent is the master of the pond.
The girl took the strange thing out of the mouth of the serpent to help the animal. The greatful serpent promised to grand any wish of the girl, but she should not talk about it to anybody.
After she went home, many people came to her house and asked what had happened, so finally she told the whole story.
Very soon after that the girl became ill and died.

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

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

. azuki-arai アヅキアライ / 小豆洗い Yokai washing soy beans .
hikigaeru ヒキガエル
When putting two toads back to back and rub their warts, they make a sound like an Azukiarai Yokai.

(Or maybe like the azukiarai 小豆洗い insect "washing red beans", Graphopsocus cruciatus.)

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

doosai ドウサイ Dosai
The Dosai is a kind of 蟇 Hikigaeru. Its skin prevents frogs from growing on its back.
If a human removes the skin, a frog will become very large. If one takes away the Dosai skin for seven days, the frog will explain and teach the special witchcraft skills of a toad.
If one takes away the Dosai skin only once a year, the special powers will be lost in three, four years.
This animal comes out during the rainy season, but if children anger it, the rice of the family will be spoiled

............................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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紫波郡 Shiwa district 矢巾町 Yahaba

hikigaeru 蝦蟇
Once upon a time, at the memorial stone for a dead person, there stood a hibashira 火柱 pillar of flames every night.
A man from the village took a tool to cut the hooves of his horse, rode right through the flames at night and the flames disappeared.
Next morning, there was a large toad （フルタ) cut and dead.

............................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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仲多度郡 Nakatado district 満濃町 Manno

hikigaeru 蟇
Once some young folk from the village stayed at a mountain hut, where a beautiful girl had invited them to stay.
When all were asleep, the girl sneaked to the place of one of the men and tried to suck blood out of his mouth. But another man hit her with an ax.
The next morning this one man was dead, but outside, following the bloody trail, there was a large toad dead on the ground.

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高松市 Takamatsu

hikigaeru ヒキガエル
Six woodcutters were stying in a mountain hut over night. An old woman sneaked in at night and begun to suck their blood. One of the men was awake ant hit the old woman with an ax.
The next morning, following the bloody trail, he found a large toad dead on the ground.

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亀岡市 Kameoka city

hikigaeru 蟇蛙
Once upon a time there were two 石塚 stone mounds. In the one to the East there lived a huge toad.
In the one to the West there lived a serpent of more than 300 years.
A few years ago a man climbet the mounds to cut the weeds, but when he came home, he could not walk any more.
He then built a small sanctuary and prayed for his healing. Soon he felt better.

............................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
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本吉郡 Honyoshi district

gamagaeru ガマガエル，mizugoroo ミズゴロウ
A family which was growing silk worms went bankrupt.
養蚕で栄えた家が没落していた。ある時家人が、蚕が５，６匹ずつ飛んでいくのをみた。不思議に思ってつけると、大きなガマガエルが舌を伸ばして蚕を食べていた。そのガマガエルを殺してミズゴロウと名づけて祀ったら、家は再び栄えた。

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気仙沼市 Kesennuma city

oogama 老婆に化けた大蝦蟇
昔，名木沢の谷川の土橋の辺に一軒のあばら屋があった。夜になると行灯のもとで一人の老婆が糸を紡いでおり，魔性のものに違いないという評判であった。鉄砲の名人紋兵衛が，ある夜銃を携えて様子を見に行った。土橋の辺まで行ったが，振り向いてニタッと笑った老婆の顔が物凄い。紋兵衛は老婆の胸元目掛けて銃を撃ち放したが，行灯の光が消えただけで何の手応えもなく，真っ暗になったので逃げ帰ってきた。翌晩も行ってみると，やはり同じように老婆が糸を紡いでいた。故老に相談したところ，それは魔性のものに違いなく，行灯の灯を狙えば射止めることができると教えてくれた。そこで三日目の夜，老婆が振り向いた瞬間に行灯の光を狙って撃つと，ギャッという異様な叫びとガラガラという音がして辺りが真っ暗闇になった。翌朝行ってみると，それは三尺余の醜い大蝦蟇であった。

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

hikigaeru 蟇 toad
Once a Rokubu stayed with a family. They took away all his money and killed him.
They used to money to start a business. But there used to be a lot of toads in their estate. Then an epidemic broke out and the family members died, all of them.
This was the curse of the Rokubu.
. rokubu 六部 Rokubu pilgrims .

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

hikigaeru 蛤蟆
蟇蛙は、捕えても糸を舐め切るようにして翌日には居なくなってしまう。旅館で菓子を出すと、縁の下に蟇蛙が転がしてとってしまう。菓子が欲しくなって引くのである。蚊が縁の下に吸い込まれるのは、蟇蛙が大口を開けて吸い込んでいるからである。

............................................................................... Okayama 岡山県
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岡山市 Okayama city

hikigaeru 蝦蟇
昔々金山寺の大きな蝦蟇と大蛇が住んでいた。この両者が争ったが、それを報恩大師が法力で鎮め、綱引きの形を蛇にして祭る事となった。また江戸末、明治初年頃に金山寺に吝嗇な坊主がいたが、綱引きのとき皆にかゆを食べさせなかったので皆が怒り綱引きで引いた綱をはずして寺の本堂を引き回した。あくる日坊主が本堂へ行くと大蛇がのた打ち回っていた。坊主は村の有力者に救いを求めたが、皆が行くと縄があるだけであった。

............................................................................... Osaka 大阪府

. Shinodayama no oogama 信田山の大蝦蟇 a huge toad from Mount Shinodayama. .

. The toad from 四天王寺 the Temple Shitenno-Ji .

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北河内郡 Kita-Kawachi district

hiki 蟾蜍
蟾蜍（ひきがえる）を殺すと体に蟾蜍の皮のようなものができるといわれている。

............................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
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神崎郡

hiki 蟾蜍
蟾蜍を殺すと瘭疽（ひょうそ）ができるといわれている。

............................................................................... Tokyo　東京
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文京区 Bunkyo ward

At 江戸の関口 a place named Sekiguchi in Koishikawa, Suijin 水神の社 the Deity of Water was venerated in a shrine.
In the river in front of it, there grew a lot of makomo まこも wild rice.
Once the arrow maker 宮こ弥兵衛 Miyako Yahei passed there and sawa a bright light. It was a huge toad, its back almost as wide as a tatami mat.
He became quite afraid and run home. He became ill and had to stay in bed for seven days.

. makomo 真菰 / まこも wild rice. .

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千代田区 Chiyoda ward

. gamagaeru ガマガエル / Masakadozuka 将門塚 .
Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 and 三井物産 Mitsubishi Bussan

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台東区 Taito ward

. gama 蝦蟇 toad，hebi 蛇 serpent .
from 東叡山寛永寺 Ueno Tōeizan Kanei-Ji / Kattai-gama 癩蝦蟇 leprosy toad.

............................................................................... Wakayama 和歌山県
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東牟婁郡本宮町

garanboo ガランボウ (Kappa of Kumano)
ガランボウは、一本足の怪物であるという。オイアイというところに滝があるが、昔、静御前が蝦蟇蛙になり、この滝に入っているという。

............................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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米沢市 Yonezawa city

hikigaeru ひきがへる - mochi-iiもちいひ
米沢の里は、夏の月の明るい夜に人々が集まって語り合った。里のならわしで、もちいいという丸く切った餅を盆に積んでおいた。すると次々に餅が庭に飛んでいき、大きな口を開けて待ちかまえるひきがえるの口に入っていった。

............................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
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南都留郡道志村

gamagaeru ガマガエル / gottora ゴットラ
明治初年、ヌタノテイロという湿地帯にさしかかった炭焼は、ゴットラ（ガマガエル）が幾百匹となく群がっているのを見た。特大のゴットラの背には無数のゴットラが乗っていた。湿地帯は揺れうごめいていた。

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2018-06-28

kori fox and badger legends

Five Buddhas and one Tanuki in my Garden

. tanuki 狸 mujina 狢　伝説－ Tanuki badger legends .

. Kori 狐狸 and Oni　鬼 demon legends .

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

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yuurei 幽霊 ghost, enki 寃鬼 ogre - kori 狐狸 fox and badger
. kitsune to oni 狐と鬼伝説 Legends about fox and demon .

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. Tengudaoshi 天狗倒し .

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

. at 伊吹山 Mount Ibukiyama .

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

. Bunkyo 文京区小日向 Kohinata .

. Chiyoda 千代田区, 新道一番町 Shindo Ichibancho .

. Shibuya 渋谷区 .
and 堀田備中守正篤 Hotta Masahiro (堀田正睦 Hotta Masayoshi)

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2018-06-10

ningyo human fish legends

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ningyo 人魚と伝説 Legends about the "human fish"

The "human fish" 人魚 (ningyo) is most probably a Dugong.
Whoever eats its meat will live for 1000 years without changing his/her features.

. sennen bikuni 千年比丘尼 a young nun for 1000 years .
never growing old, because once she ate the meat of a "human-fish".

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The dugong is a medium-sized marine mammal. It is one of four living species of the order Sirenia, which also includes three species of manatees. It is the only living representative of the once-diverse family Dugongidae; its closest modern relative, Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas), was hunted to extinction in the 18th century.
The dugong is the only strictly marine herbivorous mammal.
The word "dugong" derives from the Tagalog term dugong which was in turn adopted from the Malay duyung, both meaning "lady of the sea". Other common local names include "sea cow", "sea pig" and "sea camel".
Dugong habitat in the Oura Bay area of Henoko, Okinawa, Japan, is currently under threat from land reclamation conducted by Japanese Government in order to build a US Marine base in the area. In August 2014, preliminary drilling surveys were conducted around the seagrass beds there. The construction is expected to seriously damage the dugong population's habitat, possibly leading to local extinction.
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............................................................................... Tokyo　東京
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落合 Ochiai district

Ochiai no Kappa 落合の河童 The Kappa from Ochiai
In 1571, there was a great famine in Edo. From spring to July it was only raining and everything was overflown.
In 落合村の下落合 the village of Ochiai in Shimo-Ochiai there was a mountain priest named 佐貫坊 Sanuki Bo, who had caught a Kappa. This Kappa had fallen in love with a 人魚 "human fish".
Sanuki Bo promised the Kappa that his love would be fulfilled, if he would stop the rain and flooding.
Thus he saved the area.

Kappa bottom right, human fish top right !

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2018-06-08

Ryuto Dragon Lantern legend

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ryuutoo 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯と伝説 Legends about Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern"

A phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.
It is also seen in other parts of Japan as a light that the Dragon God sends out to honor the deities of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan.

source :　龍燈、龍灯、竜灯- wikipedia

. shinka 神火と伝説 Legends about　"divine fire" .
shinka 神火 / シンカ "fire of the gods", "light of the gods"
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. hitodama 人魂 / 人玉 spirit of a dead person, "soul flame" .
tamabi 魂火 fireball of a soul, human fireball

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. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 .

五月雨や龍燈あぐる番太郎
samidare ya ryuutoo aguru Bantaroo

samidare rain -
the "Dragon Lantern" shines
from the flood warden's hut

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

Masaki 玉松山金蓮寺 Konren-Ji

ryuutoo Yakushi 龍灯薬師 Yakushi of the Dragon Lantern

Once upon a time
the fishermen of Masaki went out to the sea for fishing, when the weather suddenly turned bad. They tried to get back to land as fast as they could, but the strong wind and currents drifted the boat further out to sea. The fishermen rowed the boat with all their might, but eventually lost all their strength and just sang the Amida prayer:
「南無阿弥陀仏。南無阿弥陀仏。」 Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu.

Suddenly they saw a light on the horizon, and then one more, and one more. They rowed the boat toward that light in hope for help. The three lights kept flickering as if they wanted to encourage the fishermen to do their best. This light came, in fact, from a pine tree in the compound of the temple.

source and more photos : blog.livedoor.jp/awatennbou/archives

ryuutoo no matsu 龍灯のマツ the Dragon Lamp Pine

The fishermen rowed faster and faster to reach this light and finally came to the beach.
"Thanks to the Buddha from temple Konren-Ji. Let us give thanks and pray!"
The fishermen stood in front of the pine and looked up to see the light again, but now all was dark.

"This must have been a dragon dancing and thus bringing light to the sea of Masaki!"

Eventually years later in a storm this pine tree broke down, but before it died, the fishermen took a branch and planted it anew. And to their surprize the new tree had three main stems. Thus they understood that this pine tree was the dancing dragon.
The tree we can see now is a much later generation.

. Iyo 12 Yakushi Temples, Shikoku 伊予十二薬師霊場 .

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

. Eboshiiwa 烏帽子岩 Eboshi Rock at 天王村 Tenno village .

. Saint Zenkai 禅海上人 coming on a turtle .

. tamabi 魂火 soul fire at 敦賀 Tsuruga .

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

In 茨城町 Ibaraki village
Once there was a Dragon Light. Since this was the place where the Dragon rested, people built a temple hall and venerated 弁天様 Benten there.

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

One of the seven wonders of Sanuki 讃岐の七不思議:

At 白鳥村 Shirotorimura, sometimes a Dragon Light can be seen, and there is a pine tree named after it.
龍頭の松 (竜燈の松) Ryuto no Matsu.

.................................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県

ryuutooboku 龍灯木 / 龍灯樹 "Dragon Light Tree"

At 浦賀町 Uraga, at the temple 信誠寺 Shinjo-Ji there is a stone memorial for a this tree.
Once upon a time there a large tree had grown there and every night a light shone from its top to show the way to the fishermen. People think it was a dragon from the see who had come to rest there.

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

At 石巻市 Ishinomaki there is a small peninsula called 三石崎 Mitsuishi Misaki, where three huge boulders are located. The wooden statue of Kannon with Eleven Faces was drifted ashore there at 給分浜 Kyobunhama and for many years a Dragon Light was seen there.

source : www.i-kanko.com/archives

.................................................................................... Tokyo 東京
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葛飾区　Katsushika ward

. Katsushika village 木下川浄光寺 .

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Kōtō 江東区 Koto ward, "East River"

. Ryuto and Kobo Daishi .

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