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Shiga 滋賀県の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends / 大津 Otsu city
Otsu-E 大津絵 Paintings from Otsu
滋賀県大津市歴博へ「大津絵展」 Exhibition of Otsu-E
The most common topics are
Demons 鬼、Buddhist Deities 仏画、beautiful ladies 美人画、famous warriors 武者絵 and others.
. Otsu Paintings 大津絵 Otsu-E - Introduction .
The name derived from the place where these paintings were sold in the Edo period, in and around the post town of Otsu, which lay on the Tokaido Road. They were welcome cheap souvenirs with a special appeal.
During the 18th century, illustrations were given a moral didactic purpose and explanatory text was introduced about the picture. Often, though, there was a satirical bite: demons were portrayed as monks on alms round,
or as taking a bath with a comment inscribed such as "Many wash the body but not the mind".
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. Otsu Paintings 大津絵 不動明王 of Fudo Myo-O .
- Click on each photo for more pictures !
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Oni no nenbutsu, nembutsu 鬼の念仏 Demon saying Amida prayers
鬼の寒念仏 demon praying in the cold
藤娘 鬼念仏 Fuji Musume and Oni no Nenbutsu
Kitagawa Utamaro
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tokkuri 徳利 sake flasks
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. dorei どれい【土鈴】 clay bells .
. Ootsu-e juuninshuu dorei 大津絵十人衆人形土鈴 .
clay bells of 10 important themes of Otsu paintings from Moriyama town 守山市
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伊東桂楽作 香合 大津絵 鬼 Ito Keiraku - Incense container
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ema 絵馬 votive tablets
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. manhole マンホール covers with art motives .
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信楽焼 Shigaraki pottery
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oni no yuki no naka nenbutsu 鬼の雪中念仏 Demon praying in the snow
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Praying Goblin dressed as a Buddhist Priest
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oni no gyoozui 鬼の行水 Demon taking a bath
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oni to shamisen 鬼三味線 Demon playing Shamisen
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oni to sake 鬼とお酒 Demons and rice wine
and even 酔鬼 the Demon is drunk
- Sake collection with Otsu-E paintings
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rai to yakko 雷と奴 Thunder Demon and Yakko
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源頼光 Minamoto no Yorimitsu - Raikō (948 - 1021)
a hero fighting Shuten dōji 酒呑童子
. Master Carver Enku 円空 (1632 - 1695) .
and his Otsu-e type carvings
酒呑童子 Shuten Doji
いい湯だな～ Oni enjoying a hot bath
- reference source : yasuo1992.blog.fc2.com -
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kokeshi こけし wooden dolls
collection of dolls from Shiga, including Otsu-e Oni
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kakejiku 掛け軸 hanging scrolls
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. Setsubun 節分 ritual on February 3 .
to drive out the demons and invite good fortune
. hiiragi sasu 柊挿す piercing with a holly and fish head .
oni to hiiragi 鬼と柊 Demon and the Holly branch
fuku wa uchi 福は内 oni wa soto 鬼は外 and even fuku wa soto 福は外
oni wa soto 鬼は外 devil driven out
fuku wa soto 福は外 good luck driven out
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- reference source : otsue.jp/os/T_oni2010 -
oni no junrei 鬼の巡礼 Demon on a pilgrimage
and more ONI items
- reference source : otsue.jp/os/T_oni2010 -
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Yanagi Soetsu Muneyoshi 柳宗悦 (1889-1961)
wrote about 大津絵 and Oni at the rituals during Setsubun 追分絵.
In some regions it was custom to stick a painting of an Oni upside-down on a sick part of the body and pray for healing.
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. Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon
Shuten Dōji 酒顛童子, 酒天童子, 朱点童子 Saka Doji / "Demon Child" 鬼童 Kido .
Kidoomaru 鬼童丸、鬼同丸（きどうまる）Kidomaru
It is related to the famous demons of Oeyama 大江山.
And
Minamoto no Yorimitsu 源頼光 (948 – August 29, 1021), also known as Minamoto no Raikō
Oni no dookutsu 鬼の洞窟 Oni's cave
Oni-take Inari Jinja (鬼岳稲荷神社)
Oni-iwa 鬼岩 Demon boulder - Hyogo
鬼越山 Onigoeyama - Ibaraki
Watanabe no Tsuna 渡辺綱 (953-1025) fights against a demon (Ibaraki doji)
鬼殺し Onikoroshi " killing the demon" - Sake
The demon 外道丸 Gedomaru lived a while at the foot of Mount Ibukiyama 伊吹山の麓 as 伊吹童子 Ibuki Doji and then moved on to Oeyama.
dooji kirimaru 童子切丸 Doji Killer Blade
Name of the sword from Minamoto Raiko, used to kill 伊吹童子 Ibuki Doji.
(Below, there are other famous swords called Kirimaru.)
最上家伝来の宝刀「鬼切丸」/ Onimaru 鬼丸 - - Oni Kirimaru - "Demon cutter"
源氏重代の宝刀の一つ鬼切
- reference source : samidare.jp/yoshiaki -
The elder brother of Raiko, 美女丸 Bijomaru,
took the sword and became quite wild. His father 光仲 Mitsunaka ordered 藤原仲光 Fujiwara no Nakamitsu to kill Bijomaru, but Nakamitsu killed his own son instead and presented it to Bijomaru. Bijomaru finally changed his wild ways and became a monk at 比叡山 Hieizan.
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美女丸 Bijomaru and 幸寿丸 Kojumaru (小童寺 Shodoji Temple)
There is a tragic tale told of Shodoji Temple located in Nishiuneno.
Minamoto-no-Mitsunaka, who was the Lord of Settsu and the person who built Tada-In （Tada Shrine） in the 10th century, sent his son, Bijomaru, to Nakayamadera Temple （Takarazuka City）, to receive training to become a Buddhist priest. Bijomaru, however, spent all his time playing martial arts, and was not serious at all in his training to become a priest.
One day, when Bijomaru became 15 years old, his father, Mitsunaka asked him how much progress he made in his training. When Mitsunaka realized that Bijomaru could not read Buddhist scriptures, nor compose a tanka （a 31-syllable Japanese poem） nor play music, he became furious and ordered his chief vassal, Nakamitsu Fujiwara, to kill Bijomaru by cutting his head.
Nakamitsu was in big difficulties, since he could not take the life of a son of his lord. As Kojumaru, one of the sons of Nakamitsu, knew the plight of his father, he told his father to kill him instead. Nakamitsu found Kojumaru join his hands in prayer, and close his eyes. Holding back his tears, Nakamitsu slew his son, and let Bijomaru secretly go off to Mount Hiei （Shiga Prefecture）.
Bijomaru later found out what had happened, and devoted himself to ascetic practices to become a priest. He became a high-ranking priest, called Genken-sozu, and built Shodoji Temple to enshrine the spirit of Kojumaru.
The temple of this legend is highlighted by ever-changing scenery of the seasons, from cherry blossoms in spring to vibrant yellows and reds in autumn.
- source : city.kawanishi.hyogo.jp -
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hebi kirimaru 蛇切丸 serpent cutter sword
Niigata, 松之山町 Matsunoyama
The serpent wanted the princess of the pond 蒲生池 / 蒲生の池 Kamo-no-ike as his bride. But the Nakodo was refused. In his anger he killed all the members of the family.
He borrowed the famous serpent-cutting sword Hebikirimaru 蛇切丸 and fought with the enemy.
. nakōdo 仲人 Nakodo, legends about matchmakers .
kumo kirimaru 蜘蛛切丸 spider cutter, spider-killing sword
The sword Kimaru, Onimaru 鬼丸という刀 used to kill the Tsuchigumo monster 土蜘蛛退治.
This sword is also called Hizamaru (膝丸)
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There are various theories to the story of the tsuchigumo, and in the Heike Monogatari, there is as following (they were written as 山蜘蛛).
When Yorimitsu suffered from malaria, and lay on a bed, a strange monk who was 7 shaku (about 2.1 meters) tall appeared, released some rope, and tried to capture him. Yorimitsu, despite his sickness, cut him with his famous sword, the Hizamaru (膝丸), causing the monk to flee. The next day, Yorimitsu led his Four Guardian Kings to chase after the blood trail of the monk, and arrived at a mound behind shrine Kitano jinja where there was a large spider that was 4 shaku wide (about 1.2 meters). Yorimitsu and the others caught it, pierced it with an iron skewer, and exposed it to a riverbed. Yorimitsu's illness left him immediately, and the sword that cut the spider was from then on called the Kumo-kiri (蜘蛛切り, spider-cutter).
The true identity of this tsuchigumo was said to be an onryō of the aforementioned local clan defeated by Emperor Jimmu.
This tale is also known from the very fifth noh, "Tsuchigumo."
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the sword Onimaru 鬼丸
Onimaru is one of the 'Tenka-goken', the five famous swords of Japan.
Its legend is about an ogre which made Hojyo Tokiyori, 5th regent in Kamakura era, suffer from nightmares. One night, he saw a dream of an old man, who turned out to be a spirit of the katana. After following the his advice in real world, the katana fell down and cut down the silver decoration of an ogre.
Since then, he never saw a nightmare again.
Imperial Household Agency is currently keeping this Onimaru. Unfortunately, it has only been displayed three times.
- source : wasa-bi.com/topics -
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kishin 鬼神 "Demon Deity"
Once Fujiwara no Chikata used his four Demon Deities to haunt travellers in the region.
But Tamuramaro came to punish him.
. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 (758 - 811) .
... a general and shogun of the early Heian Period of Japan.
Fujiwara no Chikata no Yonki 藤原千方の四鬼 The four demons of Fujiwara Chikata
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Fujiwara no Chikata Kutsu 窟 cave (Takao, Iga City)
This is the castle of Fujiwara no Chikata, who appears in the Taiheiki, or Records of Great Peace.
In the Heian Period, noble family Fujiwara no Chikata started war with the imperial court, used the
yonki (four devils: kinki 金鬼 gold devil, fuuki 風鬼 wind devil, suiki 水鬼 water devil,
ongyoki 隠形鬼 / 怨京鬼 stealth devil)
to distress the imperial armies.
The waka poem of Kinotomo, who had come to put down Fujiwara no Chikata, said
"All things, whether grass or tree, are ruled by the Emperor,
and not even a devil can turn his back to the Emperor and live in this land"
to disperse the four devils and Fujiwara no Chikata was defeated. The four devils are said to have been the original archetype for ninja. The Chikata monument was built in 1760, and commemorates Fujiwara no Chikata and Wakamiya deities.
- source : iganinja.jp/en/place/spo -
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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kijin 鬼人 "human demon"
Once upon a time
King Ashoka (阿育王 Aiku O) from India asked a human demon to throw three rocks to 琵琶湖 lake Biwako in Japan.
This is the beginning of an island called Shiraishi 白石島 "white stone island".
沖の白石 Oki no Shiraishi - rocks in the middle of Lake Biwako
There are now four rocks, sticking out from about 80 meters below the water level.
Now a favorite resting place for birds, which turned the rocks white from bird droppings.
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蒲生郡 Gamou district 日野町 Hino
At the shrine 綿向神社 Watamuki Jinja there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet of a half-naked woman, only clad in koshimaki 腰巻 waste wrapper, and an Oni with only a fundoshi 褌1丁 male underware doing a bout of 相撲 sumo wrestling.
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馬見岡綿向神社 Umamioka Watamuki Jinja
滋賀県蒲生郡日野町村井711 / 711 Murai, Hino-chō, Gamou-gun, Shiga
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Umamioka Watamuki Shrine at the foot of Mt. Watamuki in Hino Town, Shiga Prefecture, is a historic shrine founded in 545. The enshrined deities are Amenohonohi no Mikoto, Amenohinadori no Mikoto and Takemikumaushi no Mikoto.
It was originally founded at the top of Mt. Watamuki and was transferred to the present place in 796.
The spring festival of the shrine
"Hino Festival" held on May 2 to 4 every year is the most gorgeous festival on the eastern side of Lake Biwa. The festival dates back to 1170, since when ancient rituals and customs have been passed down to the present time.
On the main festival day on May 3,
a lot of Shinto rites are performed in traditional ways. The highlight is the parade with the 3 holy children and the guarding attendants in samurai costumes in the lead, who are followed by a sacred horse, shrine priests and the 3 mikoshi from the attached shrines and sumptuous 16 festival floats, which were donated by wealthy Omi merchants about 130 to 200 years ago. The festival is prefecturally designated as an intangible cultural property.
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伊香郡 Ika district 西浅井町 Nishiazai
kimon 鬼門，忌門 the Demon gate
When building a new home, people have to take great care in the Northern direction .
. kimon 鬼門 the Demon Gate .
The north is considered an un-auspicious region and needs protection from real and imagined enemies, fiends and demons.
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甲賀市 Koga town 甲南町 Konan
oniban 鬼 / オニバン
Ganzan Daishi was explaining the sutras. To drive out the akuma 悪魔 devil he transformed himself into an Oni.
Amulets with this figure are now used for healing purposes (病気平癒・虫除け).
. Ganzan Daishi, Gansan Daishi 元三大師 .
Ryōgen 良源 Priest Ryogen (912 – 985)
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大津市 Otsu
At the temple 明王院 Myo-O-In in the village of 葛川 Kuzugawa there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet showing an aka-oni 赤鬼 red demon with a white fundoshi ふんどし underpants and a waist wrapper made from 豹の毛皮 panther skin. His opponent is a huge man with strong muscles, all naked. They have a rope around the neck 首引き and pull in a contest of strength.
waka no toku 和歌の徳 - kishin 鬼神 "Demon Deity"
At Karasaki there is a famous 唐崎の松 matsu pine tree.
Once it was about to wither but through the power of Waka poetry the Kishin was moved and helped it to regain its lush green color.
. Matsuo Basho visiting Karasaki .
The pines of Karasaki are another of the famous eight landscapes of Omi (omi hakkei 近江八景） Eight Views of Omi Province.
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高島市 Takashima town
ura kimon 裏鬼門 the back-side kimon deomn gate
The kitchen entry and main pillar of the home are the KIMON.Taking the opposite direction is the ura kimon.
There in the garden you should not plant anything, because that will cause bad luck.
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高島郡 Takashima district マキノ町 Makino
onibaba 鬼婆 demon hag
She invites travellers to stay over night in her home and then kills and eats them.
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