2022-01-01

Yokai Database

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Kaii-Yōkai Denshō Database 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース


The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)

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A database of yōkai and mystery stories which have been collected from Japanese folklore.
The database is published by International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
The prototype was created on March 19, 2002, and the first live version was released on June 20, 2002.
The project supervisor is Kazuhiko Komatsu (小松和彦), a Japanese folklorist who is a professor of the study of yōkai.

The database includes verbal information, without visual information. Data are collected from:

Akira Takeda (竹田旦) "民俗学関係雑誌文献総覧" 1978
"日本随筆大成" 1975 - 1978
Kunio Yanagita "妖怪名彙"
Books of histories of Japanese local governments.

For each item, in the database has an abstract of around 100 characters.
The full text is searchable, and the database can be searched by name or the region where the item was found.
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Folktales of Strange Phenomena and Yōkai (Spirits, Ghosts, Monsters)
Paintings of Strange Phenomena and Yōkai (Ghosts, Monsters, Spirits)

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- search the nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

- search the database in English -

- the old search pages - sekiei.nichibun.ac.jp -
https://sekiei.nichibun.ac.jp/cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/msearch/msearch.cgi?index=&config=&hint=%E3%81%B2%E3%82%89%E3%81%8C%E3%81%AA&set=1&num=100&query=
- now I get the message
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/YoukaiDB3/msearch/msearch.cgi on this server.

the very old search page (not active any more)
https://www.nichibun.ac.jp/YoukaiDB/search.html
now gives a list of the most frequent words
(from kitsune キツネ [3,768事例] to mujina ムジナ [462事例] )
and links to all prefectures


The second search function on this page
その文字を含む怪異・妖怪呼称の一覧を示します。(全国)
[呼称検索] has a space for words that works !!

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2021-04-28

kunishi kokushi governor legends

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kunishi, kokushi 国司と伝説 Legends about a local governor

. Kokushi 国司 Kuni no tsukasa .
officials in Classical Japan sent from the central government to oversee a province from around the 8th century,
after the enactment of the 律令 Ritsuryo system.

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......................................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県
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小田原市 Odawara city

ryuuguu 龍宮,daija 大蛇
昔、貧乏で正直な葱売りの男が龍宮から美しい姫を嫁にもらった。
kunishi 国司 the local governor がその妻を奪おうとして無理難題をふっかけたが、最後は姫が大蛇になって国司の首を絞め殺した。
大蛇はそのまま龍宮に帰り、男は元の葱売りに戻って揖請をすごしたという。




......................................................................................... Okayama 岡山県
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. Kunishi no Hokora 国司の祠 .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
15 国司 to explore

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. Kaido highway legends 街道と伝説 - - 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 .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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2021-04-26

arrow with white feathers legends

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kaburaya 鏑矢 Legends, see below
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shiraha no ya 白羽の矢と伝説 Legends about arrows with white feathers


shiraha no ya ga tatsu 白羽の矢が立つ One who is specially selected from a crowd.
(Literally: An arrow with white feathers sticks out.)

. hamaya 破魔矢 talisman arrow for the New Year .

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. kaburaya 鏑矢 whistling arrow and Yabusame .

. kaburaya used at Iwashimizu Hachimangu 岩清水八幡宮 .

The kaburaya 鏑矢 whistling arrow is expecially powerful at driving out malice and vice.

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

kuzu no daija 九頭の大蛇 a huge snake with nine heads
Minamoto no Mitsunaka 源満仲 (912 - 997) had a dream vision to shoot an arrow toward the sky.
When he did so the sky lit up like a flash of lightning and the arrow disappeared in the sky.
The next morning, on advise of an old man, he went to a nearby pond.
The year before, 俵藤太秀郷 Tawara no Tota Hidesato had shot a mukade 百足 centipede with nine heads,
but the spirit of the cenitpede had turned into a huge serpent with nine heads.
The kaburaya 鏑矢 a whistling arrow had hit the serpent in the head and the animal died.
. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .


......................................................................................... Aomori 青森県
八戸市 Hachinohe city 七戸町 Shichinohe town

Hachimandake 八幡岳 (1020 m) Mount Hachiman
In the spring of 1338 there was a strong light at night coming from 八幡岳 Mount Hachimandake.
When 西野孫左衛門 Nishino Magozaemon climped up the next day,
he found kaburaya 鏑矢 a whistling arrow and took it home.
His son 孫四郎 Magoshiro later had an oracle telling him to venerate 八幡大明神 Hachiman Daimyojin
and call the mountain 八幡岳 Mount Hachimandake.


......................................................................................... Saga 佐賀県
神埼町 Kanzaki town

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake legends .
In 1333, a horse was passing 櫛田宮 Shrine Kushida Gu and suddenly stopped.
When they shot kaburaya 鏑矢 a whistling arrow at the Shrine door, the horse moved on.
When they cheked the road, they found orochi 蠎 a huge serpent on the road.


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shiraha no ya 白羽の矢と伝説 Legends about arrows with white feathers


. Sarutahiko deity 猿田彦, 猿田彦神 - Sarugami 猿神 Monkey Deity .
Once upon a time 白羽の矢 an arrow with white feathers hit the door of a family
and they had to offer their daughter for a ritual.
But a Yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest came to help.
At the night hour for curses, ushimitsu 牛三, someone came to the home
and begun to dance around the cupboard where the daughter was hiding.
The mountain priest let loose a dog which bit and killed the monster.
When they looked next morning, it was an old monkey.
. yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest .
. ushimitsu 牛三 night time for curses .




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七戸小川町 Shichinohe Ogawa town

fushussan 不出産
奥州七戸小川町の弥右衛門 Yauemon の娘・さなは17年前に懐妊し、未だに出産していない。そもそも20年前に結婚した時に、夫婦ともに襟に白羽の矢が立ったという夢を見て懐妊したが、産月になっても出産しなかった。ただ胎児はさなにだけ聞こえるように、不浄の地では生まれたくないといっており、皇城の地を踏まないと生まれないと神夢を見た。
さらに北野天満宮 Kitano Tenmanguに参詣したら程なく生まれるだろうとの神夢を得たという。




......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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福島市 Fukushima city 飯坂町 Iizaka town

daija 大蛇
平家の落人が白羽の矢で大蛇退治をした。その大蛇が苦しんで3日3晩のたうちまわった場所を、ミカズリ Mikazuri という。

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茂庭の湖に大蛇が住み、人年貢をとった。建久3年の年に、金を集めて生贄の娘を那須野ヶ原に求めた。妹を売った人は斎藤実良の家臣今野図書で、主君の父の一周忌の追善のために妹・猿姫を売った。実良は不審に思い事情を聞いて大蛇退治に出かけた。9月19日に稲荷様からいただいた白羽の矢で大蛇を退治した。実良はその功により、伊達家の客として茂庭を頂き、移り住んだ。




......................................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
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郡上市 Gujo city 和良村 Wara village

oni 鬼 a demon
天暦年間の事。鬼が瓢岳に棲み付き、村人を苦しめたので勅命で藤原高光が退治にきた。鬼は姿を巧みに隠したので高光は瓢岳と高賀山に6つの社を祀り、虚空蔵菩薩 Kokuzo Bosatsu からお告げと白羽の矢を受けて鬼を射止めた。鬼の首をはねた刀を洗ったら鰻に変じたので、虚空蔵菩薩のお使いとして、この村では鰻を食べない。この鬼の首が念興寺にあり、持ち出すと天が荒れるといわれている。




......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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. bonsho 梵鐘 a temple bell .
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Kagawa 高松市 Takamatsu city

hakuryuu 白龍 a white dragon
. white dragon at 国分寺 the temple Kokubun-Ji . **

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Kagawa 高松市 Takamatsu city / 牟礼 Mure

yume 夢 a dream
Around 1480, the Lord of Mure had a dream:
白羽の矢 an arrow with white feathers came flying from the East
and fell down in a forest in the North.
He believed this was a revelation from the Deities.
When he searched for the arrow, he found it at the mountain behind 阿弥陀寺 the Temple Amida-Ji.
The ordered a Shinto Shrine to be built there, 白羽神社 the Shrine Shiraha Jinja.
. Amidaji 阿弥陀寺 Temple Amida-Ji .




......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
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亀岡市 Kameoka city

ogon no tori 黄金の鶏
2つの並んだ塚に雌雄の鶏が埋められていて、節分の晩に雄鶏が鳴く。この鶏は黄金で出来ているが、掘り出そうとすると白羽の矢が飛んできて掘ることが出来なかったという。
. niwatori 鶏と伝説 / ニワトリ Legends about the rooster, cock, chicken .

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Kyoto 上京区 Kamigyo ward

仙洞御所 Sento Imperial Palace Residence of a retired Emperor
In 1715 on day 20 of the 8th lunar month, at the 仙洞御所 Sento Imperial Palace
白羽の矢 an arrow with white feathers rell in the garden.
This was seen as an auspicious omen and the emperor wrote a poem about it.
The waka 和歌 Waka poem was dedicated to 石清水八幡宮 the Shrine Iwashimizu Hachimangu.
. Shrine Iwashimizu Hachimangu 石清水八幡宮 .




......................................................................................... Mie 三重県
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志摩市 Shima city 阿児町 Ago town

dondoro ishi ,どんどろ石
城山の鞍部よりやや東北の斜面にひひが住んでいた。そして北側の大日山の麓に石が突き刺さっていた。白羽の矢が屋根にささった家では、美人の娘をどんどろ石の上に供えた。娘は夜のうちに対岸の森に住むひひにさらわれて行った。この石に触れると祟りがあるといわれていた。




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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上伊那郡 Kami-Ina district 中川村 Nakagawa village

. Koozenji 光前寺 Temple Kozen-Ji .
霊犬早太郎伝説 The legend of the spiritual dog Hayataro.
"A Heroic Dog of the Kozenji Temple" and the old monkey monster (老ヒヒ).

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諏訪市 Suwa city

nana fushigi 七不思議
正月元旦神前の御手洗の蛙を捕り白羽の矢で射る




......................................................................................... Shimane 島根県
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安来市 Yasugi city 広瀬町 Hirose town

白羽の矢
平家の勇士がやって来て、御社を今ある所に移したいといった。景清の築いた城跡が山の上に残っているが、もとは八幡宮 Shrine Hachimangu があった。城郭を構えようとして神に祈祷すると、遷座の許しが出たので、喜んで白羽の矢を射た。矢は今の社の池の中に刺さった。そこに社を造り白羽の矢を神宝の第一とした。




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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磐田市 Iwata city 見付 Mitsuke

. Hihi 狒々/ 狒狒 / 比々 The Hihi Baboon Monster .
At 矢奈比売神社 the Shrine Yanahime Jinja there was a festival on the 10th day of the 8th lunar month.
白羽の矢 an arrow with white feathers was shot toward the village and where it landed,
the daughter had to become a human sacrifice.
In 1308, on day 9 of the 8th lunar month, an itinerant monk heard the story
and said "This must not be known to シッペイ太郎 / しっぺい太郎 Shippeitaro!".
The villagers went to borrow Shippeitaro and finally got rid of the baboon monster.
Mitsuke Tenjin 見付天神 矢奈比売神社 Shrine Yanahime Jinja
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This shrine enshrines Yanahime-no-Mikoto, the Kami(deity) of safe delivery.
And it enshrines Sugawara-no-Michizane, the Kami of study.
The Shrine is well known for the Hadaka-Matsuri (festival) and
the folklore of a holy dog named Shippei-Taro. - source : mitsuke-tenjin.com ... -


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. Kaido highway legends 街道と伝説 - - 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 .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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2021-04-22

Hakuryu White Dragon Legends

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. seiryuu 青龍と伝説 / 青竜 Legends about Seiryu, Azure Dragons .
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hakuryuu 白竜 / 白龍と伝説 Legends about Hakuryu, white dragons

. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
石川郡 Ishikawa district 平田村 Hirata village

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
Once a child in 小平集落 the hamlet Kodaira killed a hakuja 白蛇 white serpent
in the garden of an official building.
Soon many members of her family became ill.
When they asked a priest about it, he told them that
the child had killed mamorigami 守り神 the protector deity of the building and was now cursed.
The deity is now venerated as hakuryuu gongen 白龍権現 Hakuryu Gongen, the White Dragon Deity.




......................................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
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The priest at 柳玄寺 the Temple Ryugen-Ji was still very young.
For a special reason he did a fasting ritual for 21 days.
On the last day Hakuryu 白龍 a White Dragon appeared in his dream
and promised to give him more spiritual power and let him have a ritual death.
The priest could now help many people.
When he felt his last days had come, he sat on his table for three months,
not moving, with hands folded in prayer.
On the last day, he ascended to heaven.

Ryuugenji 柳玄寺 Temple Ryugen-Ji
Shinmachi, Tono, Iwate
. 熊野権現 the Kumano Gongen Deity at Ryugen-Ji .




......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
高松市 Takamatsu city

. bonshoo 梵鐘 Bonsho Temple Bell Legends .
Once a brave Samurai came to kill 白竜 Hakuryu, a white dragon,
who had been seen wearing a special bonsho 梵鐘 temple bell.
He killed the dragon with an arrow with white feathers.
Then he took the temple bell and offered it to 国分寺 the temple Kokubun-Ji.
The bell made a very mysterious sound and people said,
the spirit of 白竜 Hakuryu, the white dragon was still alive.
When the lord of Takamatsu wanted to bring it to his estate,
the bell kept saying: 国分寺へ戻りたい - I want to go back to Kokubun-Ji.
So the lord gave the bell back to the temple.
. Kokubunji 国分寺 Kokubun-Ji Temple Legends .




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

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
They are venerated as 白龍大明神 the Hakuryu Myojin Deity.
In former times there used to be an old enoki 榎 nettle tree
where a shirohebi 白蛇 white serpent lived.
The farmers had built a small sanctuary and venerated the serpent there.
Once there lived many serpents and the farmers had killed many of them.
Thus the serpent had cursed the humans.
. enoki 榎 nettletree, Chinese hackberry tree .




......................................................................................... Shiga 佐賀県
武雄市 Takeo city

A person named 白龍山人 Hakuryu Sennin from Nagasaki has seen 白竜 Hakuryu, a white dragon,
near a well near Takeo station.
The dragon was about 5 meters long, with shining scales.
Its body was white as ice and snow, only its eyes were light black.
After seeing the dragon, the man changed his name.




......................................................................................... Tochigi 栃木県
河内郡 Kawachi district 上三川町 Kaminokawa town

A boy reports, he has been chases by 白竜 Hakuryu, a white dragon,
on his way home from shool and was very afraid.

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

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. Kaido highway legends 街道と伝説 - - 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 .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -

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2021-04-20

Seiryu Azure Dragon Legends

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. hakuryuu 白竜 / 白龍と伝説 Legends about Hakuryu, a white dragon .
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seiryuu 青龍と伝説 / 青竜 Legends about Seiryu, Azure Dragons

. ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - dragon legends .
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. goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 Dragon Gods of five colors .

. Shooryuuji 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji .
Shikoku Henro Temple Nr. 36

. Seiryuuji 青龍寺 Seiryu-Ji .
東北三十六不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples in Tohoku - Nr. 18 
Seiryu 青龍 can also be translated as Emerald Dragon.

. Temples named Seiryu-ji or Shoryu-Ji .
The Azure Dragon is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations.
It represents the east and the spring season.
Kukai Kobo Daishi visited the Seiryu-Ji in China.

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京都市東山区下河原通八坂鳥居前下ル3丁目南町411
. 青龍寺 Seiryu-Ji Kyoto . - tba

Seiryu-Ji Okayama, Niimi
Seiryu-Ji Tottori, Yazu
Temples named 青龍山 Seiryuzan - TBA

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. Chishoo Daishi 智證大師 Chisho Daishi / Enchin 圓珍 . - (814 - 891)
After Priest 智証大師 Chisho Daishi came back from China, he turned into the South-West direction,
took a water ablution and folded his hands.
When his disciples asked him about the reason, he told them
"There is a fire at 青龍寺 the Temple Shoryu-Ji and I want to help to extinguish the fire."
. Shooryuuji 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji - Kochi .


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

A Zen-priest named 無因 Mu-In hit the corner of a rock with his staff many times.
The rock burst and water came flowing out. White clouds came up and
seiryuuu 青龍 an Azure dragon came out and moved to heaven.
This is the origin of the Temple name 青龍山瑞泉寺 Seiryuzan Zuisen-Ji.
愛知県犬山市瑞泉寺 - Zuisenji-7 Inuyama, Aichi




......................................................................................... Aomori 青森県
The same legend is told in 秋田県 Akita.

. 八太郎 Hachitaro and the Lord of 八郎潟 Hachirogata. .
The lord of 十和田湖 Lake Towadako was a large unagi 鰻 eel.
Once a Yamabushi 山伏 mountain priest fought with 八郎太郎 Hachirotaro and regained the land.
On the land he was venerated as Seiryu Gongen 青龍権現 Venerable Seiryu Azure Dragon.
Another version mentions a priest from 三戸郡科町龍現寺 Temple Ryugen-Ji in Sannohe.
The priest shape-shifted into a serpent and drove Hachirotaro away.
. unagi うなぎ / 鰻 と伝説 Legends about the eel .

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Seiryū-ji (青龍寺)
is a Kōyasan Betsuin (affiliate temple) located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture.
The temple was founded by a Great Acharya Ryuko Oda (織田隆弘),
who later built Shōwa Daibutsu (昭和大仏) in 1984.
Roughly 21.35 meters in height, it is the tallest seated bronze figure of Buddha in Japan.
Yamazaki 45-2 Kuwabara, Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture
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......................................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
館林市 Tatebayashi city

青龍山 Seiryuzan 茂林寺 Temple Morin-Ji
A Tanuki turned tea kettle (or a tea kettle turned Tanuki) is told for more than 400 years at 青龍山茂林寺 the temple Seiryuzan Morin-Ji.
. Bunbuku Chagama 文福茶釜 / 分福茶釜 the Lucky Tea Kettle Story .




......................................................................................... Ishikawa 石川県
七尾市 Nanao city

. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯 と伝説 Legends about Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" .
A Seiryu 青竜 Azure Dragon sometimes brought a light to the hands of the Kannon Statue.
Therefore the temple was named
龍燈山竜華樹院観自在寺 Temple Ryutozan, Ryugeju-In, Kanjizai-Ji.
This Kannon had come from the sea, riding on a deer.
It was also called Kashima Kannon 鹿島観音 Kannon from Kashima.
Kanjizai (観自在) is the name of Avalokitesvara (観音 Kannon Bosatsu)
which is used in the Heart Sutra (般若心経 Hannya Shingyo).




......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
高松市 Takamatsu city 川部町 Kawanabe town

. The treasure of 長福寺 the Temple Chofuku-Ji .




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

. nozuchi 野槌 / 槌の子 tsuchinoko ツチノコ Hammerspawn .
The priest of the temple 清滝不動院 Kiyotaki Fudo-In, 青龍住職 priest Seiryu,
had frequently chased something like a Tsuchinoko from the temple compound.
Even visitors had seen the creature. They all helped searching,
even along the deep slopes, but could not find it.




......................................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
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Seiryuzan Zuigan-ji (青龍山 瑞巌寺, Seiryuzan Zuigan-Ji)
is a Rinzai Zen Buddhist temple in located in the town of Matsushima, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan. Belonging to the Myōshin-ji-branch of Rinzai Zen, it was founded in 828 during the Heian period by Jikaku Daishi.
91 Matsushima Chōnai, Matsushima-chō, Miyagi-gun, Miyagi-ken
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. Jigaku Daishi Ennin 慈覚大師仁円 Legends .




......................................................................................... Osaka 大阪府
大阪市 Osaka city 天王寺区 Tennoji ward

seiryuu ike 青竜池 the pond of the Azure Dragon
Below the Golden Hall of 四天王寺 the temple Shitenno-Ji there is
the Seiryu-Ike 青竜池 Pond of the Azure dragon.
In former times there was a large pond where 青竜 the Azure Dragon lived.
When building the temple, the pond was filled, but to appease the dragon,
a small pond was left. It became the source of
kamei no mizu 亀井の水, where fresh water from the Turtle Well always flows.
. Shitennoji 四天王寺 Temple Shiteno-Ji .




......................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
大津市 Otsu city 坂本本町 Sakamoto Honmachi

. Chishoo Daishi 智證大師 Chisho Daishi / Enchin 圓珍 . - (814 - 891)
When Enchin went to China, he stayed at 青龍寺 the Chinese Temple Seiryu-Ji.
When he was head priest at 比叡山 Hieizan, he once used his water ladle and threw water in the sky in the Western direction three times.
When his students asked him about it, he told them there was a fire at 青龍寺 the Temple Seiryu-Ji and he wanted to extinguish it.
Next year a man from China came to the temple and told them that during the fire there was suddenly a great rainstorm, extinguishing the fire.

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2021-04-18

taika big fire legends

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taika 大火と伝説 Legends about big fires


. 江戸の大火 Edo no Taika "The Great Fires of Edo" .

. hibuse 火防と伝説 / 火伏せ Legends about fire prevention .


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天狗 Tengu causing fire
The towers of the temple 東寺 To-Ji and 法勝寺 Hossho-Jiin Kyoto were lost through fire, which was an act of a Tengu.
Other great fires in Kyoto, Osaka and Edo, which started as small fires and then became large rapidly were also the doing of a Tengu.


......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
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taika no zencho 大火の前兆 a foreboding of great fire
One year before 天明の大火 the great fire of Tenmei (1788, March 3), more than 1000 people people of 畿内近国 Kinai Kingoku (Kinki) walked every day around the four corners of Kinri 禁裏 the Imperial Palace.
This was an omen of the coming great fire.




......................................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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清内路村 Seinaiji village

tatari 祟り the curse of a great fire
The lord of 飯田城 Iidajo Castle captured お建 O-Ken and carried out the death penalty at 愛宿下 Atagoshita.
Because of her curse, there was a great fire in the castle.
The shrine in her honor お建の社 and the trees in the forest also suffered great damage and people feared her curse.


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2021-04-16

hebi snake serpent legends

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hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents
hebi 蛇 / 蛇 / へび / ヘビ snake - Schlange


In the traditional Kagura dance, the serpent is called Orochi 大蛇 .

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

. dokuhebi 毒蛇と伝説 poisonous snakes and serpents .

. Hebigami, Jashin 蛇神 Snake Deity .

. Jao 蛇王 / Hebio Sama ヘビオウサマ Serpent king .

. Suwa Jinja 諏訪神社 Suwa Shrine .
The messenger of the Deity is a serpent.
. ike no nushi 池の主 the Master of the Pond .

. mekura hebi メクラヘビ the blind snake from Sekigahara .

. mizuchi, medochi 蛟 water Yokai like a serpent . 大虬, 蛟龍, 美都知

. nuibari and snake 縫針 sewing needle .


. Benten to hebi 弁天と蛇伝説 Legends about Benten and serpents .

. shimenawa 注連縄 sacred rope and serpents .

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .


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

The serpent and thunder (lightning) are the same.
Once in a village in Ibaraki 努賀媛(ねがひめ) Princess Nugahime became intimate with a God and gave birth to 小蛇 a small serpent.
When the serpent ascended to heaven, she tried to kill her father (震殺 furi-korosu) with a shock of lightning, but did not succeed.
- source : 雷神研究 / 郷土趣味




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Is someone points with a finger to a snake or bat, this finger will rot.
One has to put spittle on it and insert the finger into the obi 帯 belt to be cured.


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............................................................................... Aichi 愛知県
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. aodaishoo, ao daishoo 青大将 Japanese rat snake .
eating ants to protect swallows


. hebi 蛇 a serpent turned woman .
at 扶桑村 Fuso village




............................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県
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四国中央市 Shikoku Chuo City 富郷町 Tomisato town

tonbyoo gami トンビョウ神 Tonbyo no Kami / トンボ神 Tonbogami / トボ神 Tobogami
トンビョウサン tonbyoo san or トンベ神 Tonbegami are other names for serpents. Some have the power to possess humans.
They are small serpents of about 30 cm. They like to possess humans with resentments for others.




............................................................................... Fukui 福井県
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福井市 Fukui city

. katame no hebi 片目の蛇 snake with one eye .
and a hitobashira 人柱 "human pillar" sacrifice

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今立郡 Imadate district 池田町 Ikeda town

. amagoi 雨乞い a rain ritual with surume スルメ squid .




............................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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Fukushima 南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district 檜枝岐村 Hinoemata village

. 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity .

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Fukushima 南相馬市 Minami-Soma city

. 八沢の蛇塚 a stone mound for the serpent in Yasawa .




............................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
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揖斐川町 Ibigawa town

. ao daishoo 青大将 at 諏訪神社 Suwa Jinja .

. ohaguro お歯黒 / 御歯黒 black teeth serpent .




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

. Serpents in 榛名湖 Lake Harunako .




............................................................................... Kyoto 京都府 
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北区 Kita ward

. Arigaike 蟻が池 / 蟻ケ池 "the Ant Pond" .

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木津川市 Kizugawa city 山城町 Yamashiro town

. Kanimanji 蟹満寺 Kaniman-Ji, Kyoto "Crab Temple" .




............................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
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仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward

. jatai banzan 蛇体番山 (ジャタイバンザン) straw serpent from Mount Banzan .




............................................................................... Nagano 長野県
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十日町市 Tokamachi city 松之山町 Matsunoyama town

. Two Snake Legends .



............................................................................... Nara 奈良県
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吉野郡 Yoshino district 下北山村 Shimo-Kitayama

hakuja (shirohebi) 白蛇 white serpent
At Eboshi no taki, エボシ滝 / えぼしの滝 the Eboshidaki waterfall in エボシ谷 the Eboshi valley once there hang a white serpent like a Shimenawa at the top of the waterfall.
To keep it alive, people are not allowed to make a fire near the tail part of the serpent.

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吉野郡 Yoshino district 十津川村 下北山村 野近川村 川上村 Totsukawa region ..

. nodohikari ノドヒカリ / 咽喉光り/ 蛇 "shining throat", serpent .




............................................................................... Niigata 新潟県
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西頚城郡 Nishi-Kubiki district 能生町 Noo machi

. 天狗山 Mount Tenguyama deity is a serpent .




............................................................................... Osaka 大阪府
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岸和田市 Kishiwada city

. shooja 小蛇 small serpent at 竜宮 the Dragon Palace .

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Osaka 吹田市 Sugita city

. Serpent and the Chinoike 血の池 Blood Pond .




............................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県
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庵原郡 Ihara district 両河内村 Ryogochi mura village

. Serpent and inoshishi 猪 wild boar .




............................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県
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三好郡 Miyoshi district

. Serpent as messenger of Yamanokami 山の神 is hikagiri ヒカギリ Hikagiri .
a small serpent with a ring around its neck.




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

. Chuo Ward 中央区 - snake becomes a belt .

. Itabashi 板橋 ward and snake legends .

. Kanda Aisomegawa 神田藍染川 wara ningyoo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .

. Negishi 根岸 and snake legends .

. Shinagawa 撫で白蛇 white serpent to rub for making a wish .

. Shinjuku 新宿区 - 円照寺 Ensho-Ji / 宝仙寺 Hosen-Ji Nakano .

. Sumida 墨田区 - 両頭蛇 serpent with two heads .

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Tokyo, 新島村 Niijima island

. Shipwrecked in Niijima Island .




............................................................................... Toyama 富山県
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高岡市 Takaoka city

. Harumi matsuri 晴見祭り Harumi festival .
with four snakes, on 卯月中の巳の日 in the fourth lunar month on mi no hi 巳の日 the day of the snake



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

. Snake legends .
from Arida district 有田郡 and Hidaka district 日高郡



............................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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南陽市 Nanyo City

. a monk playing the biwa 琵琶 lute for a serpent .




............................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
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南巨摩郡 Minami-Koma district 南部町 Nanbu town

. Suwa Jinja no Kami 諏訪神社の神 The Deity of Suwa Shrine - a white serpent .

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2374 蛇 collecting
956 ヘビ (00)
8 霊蛇 reija (01) 19 青大将 aodaisho Japanese rat snake (02) 50 小蛇 small serpent (01)
12 巳の日 (01)
12 蛇塚 hebizuka (01)

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2021-04-14

sanjuusan legends

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sanjuusan 三十三と伝説 Legends about things with 33

. Sanjusan Gendo 三十三間堂 Temple Hall in Kyoto. .

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豊田市 Toyota city

rei 霊 a spirit
3年前、四国八十八カ所巡りの第三十三番目で、先達に乗り移って「家に連れて帰ってくれ」という霊がいた。以前、川下の人が三十三カ所めの山で迷い、死んでしまい、案内者がいなかったので極楽へいけなかったのだという。
高福山 幸福院 雪蹊寺 Sekkei-Ji - 四国八十八ヶ所霊場会
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sanjuusann nen jichuu de ikita hito 三十三年地中で生きた人 a person living 33 years under the earth
信州浅間ヶ嶽辺で百姓が井戸を掘っていると、2丈余り掘っても水が出ず、なぜか瓦が出てきた。奇妙に思い更に深く掘ると土蔵の屋根を掘り当て、中に5、60才の人間が2人いた。彼らは33年前の山崩れで閉じ込められ、他の4人は死んだが、彼らは中にあった米や酒で生き延びたという話だ。


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