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. mabiki 間引きと伝説 Legends about "thinning out" - killing babies .

. maguro 鮪 (まぐろ) tuna fish .
25 to collect

. makuragaeshi 枕返し pillow turner, pillow flipper 枕小僧　makura kozō .
- - - - - makuragami 枕神 "god of the pillow" / yumemakura 夢枕 and more

mamako 継子 stepchild
16 to explore

. mamono 魔物 monster, ogre, devil, evil spirit, demon .
- - - - - madoo 魔道 - まどう / mamono no toorimichi 魔物の通り道 mado, road where monsters pass

. mamorigami 守り神 protector deities, tutelary deities legends .


. manjuu 饅頭と伝説 Legends about Manju steamed buns .
45 to collect

. Marishiten 摩利支天 .
19 to explore

. masu 升 / 桝 measuring cup .
桝 31 legends / 升 99 - collecting

. matagi 又鬼 - マタギ と伝説 Legends about bear hunters .
36 to explore

. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .
akamatsu 赤松 Japanese red pine
- collecting

. Matsuyama town in Ehime 松山 愛媛県 .
26 to explore

. meido めいど【冥土 / 冥途】the Netherworld legends .
9 to translate

mekago 目籠 woven bamboo basket
. mekago tate 目籠立 putting up a bamboo basket .
85 to collect

. mi み【箕】 winnow for grain .
61 to explore

. migawari 身代わり the deities substitute for us - Legends .
50 to collect

. mikan 蜜柑 (みかん) mandarin orange, tangerine .
18 to collect

. miko 巫女 shrine maiden, female shrine attendant .
115 to explore

. mikogami 御子神 / ミコ神 "Honorable-child-kami", offspring kami . *
28 to explore

. mikoshi 神輿と伝説 Legends about the festival palanquin .
24 to explore

. mimizu ミミズ　蚯蚓　(みみず) 　earthworm .
to explore

. Minamoto no Tametomo 源為朝 (1139 – 1170).
23 to explore

mino 蓑 straw raincoat - 89 to explore
kakure mino 隠れ蓑 straw raincoat to become invisible - 15 to explore (01)

. minomushi 蓑虫 / ミノムシ roundworm, bag worm .
11 ミノムシ to collect / 03 蓑虫

. Misaki and Kojin ミサキ 荒神 / 御先大明神 Misaki Daimyojin . *
212 to explore
- - - - - . shichinin misaki 七人ミサキ Misaki death of seven poeple .

. misojiru 味噌汁 miso soup .
13 to explore

. mitsubachi, hachi 蜜蜂 bee, bees, honeybee .
66 to explore

. Mitsumine sama 三峯様 Wolf Deity Legends . - Mitsumine Shrine, Chichibu


. Mizuchi 蛟 water Yokai legends / Medochi メドチ .
10 to explore

. Mizu no Kami 水の神 Deity of Water - Legends .
42 to explore - 246 水神 Suijin



. mochi 餅と伝説 Legends about rice cakes .
botamochi ぼたもち
574 to explore (02) -

. mogura モグラ; モグラモチ / 土竜 / 土龍 mole, Maulwurf .
many to explore / sennen mogura 千年土竜 a white mole of 1000 years

momi no ki 樅の木 fir tree - Abies firma
. momi no ki 樅の木 and Yamanokami .
06 to explore

. moriki 杜樹 tree of a shrine - Legends .



. muenbotoke 無縁仏 graves of the unknown pilgrims .
at least 40 to explore
- from Ehime : https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.jp/2017/08/yama-no-kami-06-regional.html



. mugimeshi 麦飯 cooked rice with barley .
5 to explore

. mukade 蜈蚣 - むかで centipede, millipede legends .
hyakusoku 百足虫 "one hundred legs"
- to translate

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国 Musashi Province / 武州 Bushu Legends .



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. nakoodo 仲人　matchmakers for a marriage .
with foxes, serpents, tanuki . . .

. namazu 鯰 catfish, Wels .


. namekuji 蛞蝓 (なめくじ / ナメクジ) slug legends .
- namekujira なめくじら slugwhale

. Nanafushigi, nana fushigi 七不思議 "The Seven Wonders" .

. nanten 南天 Nandina legends - Nandina domestica plant .
25 to explore

. nasu 茄子と伝説 Legends about eggplants .
38 to explore


. ne 子 / nezumi 鼠　 Rat, Mouse legends .
275 collecting

. negi 葱 leek .
16 to explore

. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
- . bakeneko, bake-neko 化け猫, 化猫 monster cat . / nekomata 猫又, 猫叉, or 猫股 "forked cat"
- . yamaneko 山猫 "mountain cat" . / carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro
73 猫 to explore (00)

. Nekomadake 猫魔岳と伝説 Legend about Mount Nekomadake . - Fukushima

. nekomata 猫又と伝説 Legends about the Nekomata cat monster .
15 to collect

. nenbutsu 念仏 Nembutsu Amida prayer - Legends .
- collecting


. Nichiren Shu 日蓮宗 Legends about the Nichiren Sect .
- collecting

. Nikko 日光 と伝説 Legends about Nikko . - Tochigi

. ninniku ニンニク garlic Knoblauch .
11 to explore (01)

. Nio, Deva Kings 仁王 (Nioo, Niou) . *

. nishiki, kin 錦 brocade legends .
44 to collect

. nishin 鰊, 鯡、青魚、黄魚 Legends about herring - Hering .
13 鰊 to explore / 03 鯡

. niwatori. kei 鶏と伝説 Legends about the rooster, cock, chicken .
100 to collect / oogon no tori 黄金の鶏 golden rooster


. noroi 呪い to curse a person - Legends .
97 呪い noroi to collect

. nue 鵺 monster .
with the head of a monkey, breast of a badger, scales like a dragon, tail of a serpent and feet like a tiger
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. nuibari 縫針 sewing needle legends .

nunobiki 布引 Nunobiki (place names)
13 布引 to explore // 布引の滝 / 善光寺布引牛
. Nunobiki waterfall - Gero .
. The mountain range of 布引山 Nunobiki - Mie .


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. obon, o-bon お盆 festival for the ancestors .
44 to colledt

. Oguri Hangan 小栗判官 Daisukeshige (1398 - 1464) .

. ohaguro, o-haguro お歯黒 / 鉄漿 / おはぐろ Ohaguro, black teeth - legends .

. Oinusama, O-Inusama, O Inu Sama お犬様 /御犬様 / イヌ様 Wolf Deity .
20 to explore

. Okayama Legends 　岡山の民話と伝説 .

. okoze 虎魚 (おこぜ, オコゼ ) stonefish .
- oniokoze, oni-okoze オニオコゼ（鬼鰧、鬼虎魚). オコジ Okoji - - 22 to explore

. onigiri, o-nigiri おにぎり / お握り /　御握り food .
25 おにぎり (01)

. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア Oni demon legends .
942 legends to collect

onmyooshi 陰陽師
17 to explore


. onsen 温泉と伝説 Legends about Hot Springs .
collecting

. Ontakesan 御嶽山 / 御岳山 Mount Ontakesan Nagano Ontake San Tengu .
28 to explore


. ookami 狼 Okami, wolf legends . *
- - - - - hakuroo, shiroi ookami 白狼 white wolf
- - - - - yama-inu, yamainu　山犬、豺 "mountain dog"

. ooki na otoko 大きな男 a huge man .
10 legends to explore

. oomugi 大麦と伝説 Legends about barley .
- komugi 小麦と伝説 Legends about wheat to collect

. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monk Yokai .
hitotsume dainyuudo 一つ目の大入道 Great Nyudo with one eye
mitsume nyuudoo 三つ目入道 Nyudo with three eyes
105 to explore


. oo-otoko, Ōotoko 大男と伝説 O-Otoko, Legends about giants .
97 to collect

. oshidori, オシドリ 鴛鴦と伝説 Legends about mandarin ducks .
translate

. O-Shirasama おしらさま "White Deity" for Silk in Tohoku .
50 to explore

. o-shiroi (hakufun) おしろい / 白粉 white face powder .
8 to explore

. O-Suga sama お菅さま "Lady Suga" .
- - - - - and . kuwa 桑 mulberry tree . silk worms

Otohime 乙姫 Princess Otohime
31 to collect

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. pee, pipi, tachi shôben 立小便 pissing, standing at the roadside .

. pottery yakimono 焼物と伝説 Legends about pottery .


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. raichoo 雷鳥 grouse, snow grouse "thunder bird" .
3 to explore

. Raijin 雷神と伝説 Legends about the God of Thunder .
43 - collecting

. Raijuu, Raijū 雷獣 Raiju Thunder Beast Yokai and Legends .
- and tenpi 天火 "fire from heaven", lightning

. rakuda 駱駝 / ラクダ camel legends, Kamel .

. ranma 欄間 transom, panel - Legends .

. reiki 霊亀 a mysterious turtle, spirit turtle, divine turtle .

reikon 霊魂 soul of a human being
. Ochanomizu 御茶の水 Bunkyo ward Tokyo .
121 霊魂 to collect

reimu 霊夢 oracle dream
. Temple 光源寺 Kogen-Ji Bunkyo, Tokyo .
. 徳川有親 Tokugawa Arichika .
. Yakushidoo 薬師堂 Yakushi-Do Temples .
52 to explore

. reisui 霊水と伝説 Legends about miraculous water .


. Rokubu 六部 Rokubu pilgrims, 六十六部 Rokujurokubu - Legends .


. Rokugoo, Rokugō 六郷 Rokugo, "Six villages" and legends .

. Rokusan sama 六三さま Deity of Illness .

. roonin 浪人 Ronin, legends about masterless Samurai .


. roosoku 蝋燭 candle .
22 to explore


. runin 流人 an exiled person .
11 to explore


. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends . *
to explore

. ryuuja 竜蛇と伝説 Legends about Ryuja / Ryuda - a Dragon Serpent .

. ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo- Legends about female dragons .
83 to collect
73 竜女成仏譚


. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯 Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" legends .


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. saints, priests, holy men in legends .
上人　法人　- zenshi 禅師 Zen priests - 修験者 shugenja 山伏 yamabushi
shoonin, seijin 聖人　saint
27 to explore



. Sado Densetsu 佐渡伝説 Sado Island Legends, Niigata . *
more than 350 to explore

. Sai no Kawara 賽の河原 Dead Children's limbo .
14 to explore

. saisenbako 賽銭箱 box for donations .
5 to explore

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 .
40 legends to explore

. sake 酒 and o-miki お神酒 rice wine rituals and legends .


. same　鮫 (さめ) shark .
35 to explore

. Sanada clan 真田幸村 Sanada Yukimura .
44 to explore

sanba 産婆 midwife
. yoobo 妖姥 / ヨウボ old monster hag - midwife . - Tokyo
39 to explore

. Sanbasoo 三番叟 Sanbaso Dancer legends .

sanbi and shinibi 産火（サンビ） sanbi "fire of life" and 死火（シニビ）shinibi "fire of death"
people come together for the funeral and eat a meal together
. Misaki ミサキ / 御先 / 御前 / 御崎 the Misaki deity .

. Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神 "the fierce deities of the three treasures" . - Legends

. sanshi no mushi 三尸の虫と伝説 Legends about the three worms 三尸虫 .
12 to collect

. sankin kootai 参勤交代 Sankin Kotai Daimyo attendance in Edo .
- - - - - daimyō gyōretsu 大名行列　Daimyo Gyoretsu procession to Edo

. sanshoo 山椒 Sansho mountain pepper .
14 to explore

. Sanzu no Kawa 三途の川 River Sanzu, the river on the way to hell .
19 to explore

. saotome 早乙女 legends about women planting rice .

. saru　申 /　猿　monkey, Affe .
382 to collect // shirozaru, hakuen 白猿 white monkey


. Sarutahiko densetsu 猿田彦伝説 Sarutahiko Legends .

. satoo 砂糖 と伝説 Sato - Legends about sugar - Zucker .

. satoimo sato-imo 里芋 Taro potato / Colocasia antiquorum .
20 to explore

. seki 堰 weir - kigo .
48 to collect

. Sekigahara battle 関ヶ原の戦い and 大谷刑部 Otani Gyobu .
and Iris at Kawakami Hachimangu 川上八幡宮　Shrine

. sekihan, aka no meshi, sekihan 赤飯 red Azuki beans with rice .
. a wolf legend from Miyagi .
112 legends to explore

. sekitoo 石塔 / セキトウ と伝説 Legends about Sekito stone towers .
43 to collect

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 1000 arms .
15 collecting

. senko 線香 incense stick .
66 to collect

. sennin　仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals, mountain hermits .

. senryoobako　千両箱 Senryobako money box legends .

. seppuku 切腹 -- harakiri 腹切り ritual suicide .
to translate

. setomono 瀬戸物 pottery, crockery . *
8 to explore

. setsubun 節分 "seasonal divide" rituals - legends .
oni wa soto 鬼は外 "Demons, get out!" -
100 to explore


shakujo 錫杖 walking staff - a crozier, a crosier
20 to explore

. shamoji 杓文字, 杓、シャモジ / shakuji 杓子 ladle, rice paddle .
43 to explore

shari 舎利 relics of Buddha, Buddha's bones
36 to explore

. shinu 死ぬ Legends about death .
collecting
meido めいど【冥土 / 冥途】 the Netherworld, nether world, underworld
pokkuri 　ぽっくり　sudden death / daioojoo 大往生 daiojo, tales about a peaceful death
raigō 来迎 Raigo, the soul on the way to paradise
rinjuu 臨終 Rinju, death, deathbed
seikyoo 逝去 Seikyo
shi no yochoo 死の予兆 Yocho, forebodes of death
shiun, shi-un 紫雲 purple clouds
sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead
soshiki 葬式 / sogi 葬儀 funeral, Beerdigung



. shichiya 質屋 pawn shop legends .

. shii no ki 椎の木 Shii oak, pasania; chinquapin .
14 to explore (one Niigata, Yamanokami)

. shijukunichi 四十九日 legends about day 49 after death .
43 to collect

. shikimi 樒 / シキミ Skimmia, Illicium religiosum - ritual plant .
樒 13 // シキミ 06 to explore

. shimenawa 注連縄 伝説　sacred rope - legends .
50 to explore

. Shinagawa ku 品川区 "goods river" district legends .

shinbatsu 神罰 divine punishment
35 to explore - one from Nagano

. shinbutsu 神仏 kami to hotoke, the Deities of Japan . **

. Shinigami 死神 God of Death "Grim Reaper" .

. shinka 神火と伝説 Legends about　"divine fire" .
- goshinka, go-shinka 御神火 "divine fire" from a volcano

. shinmei sama しんめい様 legends about the deity Shinmei Sama . **

. shinrei 神霊 / 心霊 spirit, Geist - Legends .
more than 60 collecting

. shinrei 神鈴 "bell of the gods" . *
206 to explore - clay bells and others

. shio 塩 と伝説 Legends about salt .
- collecting

. shishigashira 獅子頭 lion head mask / shishimai 獅子舞 lion dance legends .
collecting

. Shitenno-Ji 四天王寺 Osaka . *

. shizen saigai 自然災害　伝説 Natural Disasters and Legends .


. shooben, shoben 小便 pee, pissing .
192 to collect

. shoobu 菖蒲 Shobu, Japanese Iris . *
122 to explore / 菖蒲湯

. shoochuu 焼酎 Shochu strong liquor . *
14 to explore

. shooji 障子 paper sliding doors .
89 to collect

. Shoomen, Shomen Kongo, Seimen Kongo 青面金剛 .

. Shōmu Tennō 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno (707 - 755) .

. Shōnai 庄内地方 Shōnai district, Shonai in Yamagata .
23 legends to explore

. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .
collecting

. shooya 庄屋 Shoya, village headman .
113 to collect

. shooyu 醬油 / 醤油 と伝説 Legends about Shoyu Soy Sauce .


. shugoshin 守護神 （しゅごしん）(shugojin) protector deity, tutelary deity .
59 to explore


silk 絹 kinu and related legends .
silkworm, kaiko 蚕, kuwago 桑子 "mulberry child"

. soba 蕎麦 Legends about buckwheat .

. sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead .
35 to explore

. sotoba 塔婆 grave marker . / Gorintō 五輪塔 Gorinto stupa
27 to collect

. sugegasa 菅笠と伝説 Legends about the sedge hat .

. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .
77 to explore

. sugoroku　双六と伝説 Legends about the board game Sugoroku .
35 to explore

. suishoo 水晶 Legends about crystals / chrystals / Kristall .

. suikazura スイカズラ / 吸葛 / nindoo 忍冬 と伝説 honeysuckle .
Lonicera japonica /

. suinan 水難 legends about water accidents .
kappa yoke 河童除け
53 水難 to collect

. . Suitengu 水天宮 Shrine for the Water God .
27 to collect

. Sumida ku, Sumida-ku 墨田区 Sumida ward, "ink field" legends . - Tokyo

. sumigama 炭竈 と伝説 Legends about charcoal kilns .
- - - 91 炭焼き (00)

. surume スルメ 伝説 Legends about the squid, Kalamar .
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. suzume　雀（すずめ） sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore

. suzuri 硯 inkstone .
25 硯 to explore (01)


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. saba 鯖と伝説 Legends about mackerel, Makrele .
50 to explore


. sagi 鷺 heron .
"blue heron", aosagi 青鷺 / "white heron", egret, shirasagi　白鷺
22 to explore


. sakana 魚 fish - food and kigo .
- katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye
25 to explore
katame buna 片目鮒 / katame no buna 片目の鮒 buna fish with one eye (see above)
. katame uo 片目魚 fish with one eye . - Kobe, Hyogo
- - - - - katame no 片目の things with one eye . . .
87 to explore - 片目の鮭 - 片目の鰻 - 片目の鰍
- . fish with scales like a torii 鳥居 gate . - Nerima, Tokyo


. sake 鮭　legends about the salmon . *
- and the pair of 鮭の大助 Sake no Osuke / Kosuke
47 legends to explore

. Salmon Osuke Legends .


. sanshoouo, sanshoo uo 山椒魚 salamander .
6 to explore

. saru 猿 / 申 monkey .
猿王丸 Saruomaru and the Heike
. carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .
- more than 300 entries to explore - yokai database -

. sazae 栄螺 . サザエ turban shell . *

. semi 蝉 cicada, Zikade .
15 to explore

. shika 鹿 deer .
more than 200 legends to explore
- - - - - . hakuroku, hakushika, shirojika 白鹿 white deer .


. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .
many to explore

. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子と伝説 Legends about Prince Shotoku .

sue musume, suemusume 末娘 youngest daughter
. bakko バッコ（末娘） youngest daughter, Akita .
20 to explore

. suzume　雀（すずめ） sparrow, Spatzen .
89 to explore


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. ta-asobi 田遊び Ta'asobi - Spring ritual of the fields .
10 to explore

. tabi 足袋 split-toe socks .
27 to explore

. tai 鯛 sea bream .
18 to explore


. taika 大火と伝説 Legends about big fires .
55 to collect

. taimatsu 松明 torch .
50 to collect

. Taishakuten 帝釈天 Taishaku Ten .

. Taitoo, Taitō 台東区 Taito Ward, Edo and its legends .


. taka 鷹 hawk .
83 to collect

. takagari 鷹狩 hunting with hawks .
9 to explore (01)

. Takasago Legend 高砂伝説 - an old couple and the pine .

take 竹 bamboo
. takezaiku 竹細工 craft from bamboo - legends .
921 竹 to collect

take 茸 mushrooms
28 to explore
- - - . hiratake 平茸 oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) .


. Takefu town legends 武生市伝説 . - Fukui *

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

takeyabu 竹薮 bamboo grove
. takeyabu in Azabu 麻布 Azabu. Minato ward, Tokyo. .
33 to explore


taki 滝 waterfall
. "Fudo no Taki" 不動の滝 .
. 滝壷 Takitsubo and Yamanokami .
. 鼠餅の大滝 Nezumochi Otaki / 鼠餅瀧 - Yamanokami - Gifu .
08 滝 山の神 Yamanokami
34 滝壷 to explore
593 滝壷 to explore

. tako 凧伝説 Legends about Kites .

. tanabata 七夕 star festival .
47 to explore

. tanishi 田螺 mud snails, paddy snails - Cipango paludina .
40 to collect

. Tanokami, Ta no Kami　田の神 God of the Fields - Legends .
more than 100 to collect

. tansu 箪笥 / 簞笥 / たんす chest of drawers legends, Kommode .
to translate

tantoo 短刀 the short sword
24 to explore


. tara 鱈 cod fish .
12 to explore / 五駄鱈 / ゴンダラ Gondara from Miyagi

tatariyama, tatari yama 崇り山 cursed mountain
15 to explore

. tateishi 立石 "standing stone" .
32 collecting

. ten, itachi 鼬 / 貂 /、イタチ weasel .
42 to collect

. Tengu 天狗 long-nosed goblin . *
1378 legends to explore - karasu tengu　烏天狗 Tengu with a beak

. Tenjin Sama 天神菅原道真伝説 Legends about Tenjin Sugawara Michizane . *
to explore

. tenugui 手ぬぐい /手拭い cotton hand towel .
more than 65 to collect

. tenshukaku 天守閣 castle tower, castle keep - Legends .
25 櫓 yagura, to explore

. teramachi 寺町 temple town, temple district - Legends .
55 to explore

. tetsubin 鉄瓶と伝説 Legends about iron tea kettles .
and chagama 茶釜と伝説 Legends about tea kettles, water kettles


. tokage 蜥蜴 lizzard .
07 to explore

. toigiki 問い聞き / 問聞 / トイギキ と伝説 Legends about Shamanism .
- hotokeoroshi ホトケオロシ / 仏オロシ "calling a Buddha (dead person) to earth"
kamioroshi カミオロシ / 神おろし / 神降ろし "calling a Kami to earth"
- ムジナ落とし mujina otoshi，八卦 hakke, hakka seeking religious help and divination
many to explore

. tokko, dokko 独鈷 と伝説 Legends about the Vajra Thunderbolt .

. tokkuri 徳利 sake flask .
33 to collect

. Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 . (1543 - 1616) .

. tonya, toiya 問屋と伝説 Legends about trade brokers .
to translate

. Toodaiji 東大寺 Todai-Ji in Nara .

. toofu 豆腐 Tofu, Dofu, bean curd . *
49 legends to explore
- and abura-age 112 entries (with the inari fox mostly)

. toogarashi 唐辛子 Togarashi, red pepper, hot pepper .
9 to explore

. tora トラ　- 虎　- 寅 Tiger and toys .
112 虎 to collect

. Toribeno legends 鳥辺野, とりべの,　鳥べの .
an old burial ground since the Heian period in the Higashiyama 東山 area near Mt. Amidagamine 阿弥陀が峰in Kyoto.

. torii　鳥居と伝説 Shinto Shrine gate legends .
72 to collect

. Toshitokujin 歳徳神 God of the New Year - Legends .

. Totsukawa / Totsugawa 十津川と伝説 Legends about Totsukawa village - Nara .

Toyotomi Hideyoshi 秀吉
17 豊臣秀吉
33 秀吉 to explore / 11 太閤

. Trees - Legends about trees - 木と伝説 .

. tsubaki つばき /　椿 camellia .
127 椿 to collect / 65 椿村

. tsue　杖 stick, walking stick - Wanderstab .
collecting


. tsukimono 憑き物 bewitched .
Being bewitched by a fox, badger, a Yokai or other ill-meaning foe was pretty common in Japan,
there are many legends and tales about it.


. Tsunami Legends 津波 .

. tsurube otoshi 釣瓶落し throwing a well bucket . sunset .
8 to explore

. tsuwari つわりと伝説 Legends about morning sickness .
kuseyami クセヤミ 8 to explore // tsuwari つわり 11 to explore


. Typhoon legends - taifū 台風 伝説 Taifun Legenden .
- - - - - 風神 Fujin, God of Wind / 雷神 Raijin, God of Thunder



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. taka　鷹 hawk .
81 legends to explore
- - - - - . takagari 鷹狩り falconry, hunting with hawks .


. tako 蛸と伝説 Tako Legends about Octopus .
38 to explore


. tanuki 狸 mujina 狢　－ badger legends . *
more than 1000 to explore
- - - . Tanuki and Sake 狸とお酒 .


toraneko 虎猫 tiger-cat
. carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .
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. tsubame つばめツバメ / 燕　 swallow .
83 to explore / ツバメ 25

. Tsuchinoko (ツチノコ or 槌の子) hammerspawn. *
bachi hebi (バチヘビ) in Northeastern Japan.
40 legends to explore


. tsuru 鶴 the crane in Japanese culture .
more than 200 legends to explore

tsuru no ongaeshi　鶴の恩返し　The Gratitude of the Crane 　
a story about the rewards of kindness and the danger of curiosity.

. Tsuru carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro .


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. ubugami 産神 "deity of birth" .
Hōkigami 箒神 Hokigami, Hahakigami - the Broom Deity .
45 産神 to explore
. Tokyo, Toshima ward 豊島区 - ubugami .


. udon うどん / 饂飩 Udon noodles .
30 to collect

. udonge 優曇華 / ウドンゲ と伝説 Legends about Udonge flowers .

. ujigami 氏神 deity of family, clan .
199 to collect // 53 ujiko 氏子


. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説　horse legends .
to collect

. umakata 馬方 owner of a horse - legends .
to collect


. umeboshi 梅干と伝説 Legends about dried plums .


. umigame 海亀 sea turtle legends .

. umi no kami 海の神 deity of the sea - Legends .


. unagi　鰻 / うなぎ / ウナギ と伝説 Legends about the eel - Aal .
鰻 99 to explore / ウナギ 60 to explore / うなぎ　8 to explore

. unsui 雲水と伝説 Legends about itinerant monks .


. uranai　占い fortune telling, divination .
109 to explore (00)

. uri 瓜 gourd .
Urikohime　瓜子姫 The princess born from a gourd
kin no uritane / uridane 金の瓜種 - kin no uri 金のうり The golden gourd seeds

. uri 瓜, makuwa uri 真桑瓜 Oriental melon .
Cucumis melo var. makuwa
hisago 瓠 Hisago gourd, bottle gourd .


. urushi 漆 lacquer, Lack / shikki 漆器 laquer ware legends .
96 to explore

. usagi　兎 / 兔 / うさぎ / ウサギ と伝説 Legends about the rabbit / hare .
白兎 white rabbit from Inaba, 月山玉兎 Tamausagi from Gassan ...
28 ウサギ to explore


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. 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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. 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 .
- collecting

. 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 .
- - - - - . - daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake - .
jayanagi (hebiyanagi) 蛇柳 the "serpent willow tree" Snake Willow - Kabuki
explore

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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kitsune to oni 狐と鬼 伝説 Legends about fox and demon

. kitsune densetsu 狐　伝説 fox legends - Introduction .
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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。


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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.



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



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



............................................................................... Hiroshima 広島県
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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 .






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



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



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




............................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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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。




............................................................................... Wakayama 和歌山県
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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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