TEMPLE ONI - Seikoji Temple Kyoto

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. jigoku no oni 地獄の鬼 demons of the Buddhist hell .
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Seikooji, Seikō-Ji 星光寺 Temple Seiko-Ji
京都の六角大宮 / Kyoto Rokkaku no Miya

This temple is famous for an old picture scroll



星光寺縁起絵巻 Seiko-Ji Engi Emaki - Legends about the origin of Seikō-ji
attributed to 土佐光信 Tosa Mitsunobu (1434 - 1525)

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This is a two-volume picture scroll on the origin and history of Seikoji Temple and the miracles of its principal deity, Jizo Bodhisattva, also known as Yanefuki Jizo 屋根葺地蔵 (Jizo repairing a roof) and one of the six Jizos (bodhisattvas) in central Kyoto.
The articles on January 27 and February 29, 1487 of Sanetaka Koki 実隆公記 (Sanetaka's diary) show that Sanjo Sanetaka wrote the legend to the Seikoji Engi-e (paintings of the origins and history of Seikoji Temple) drawn by Tosa Mitsunobu.
Therefore, it used to be generally believed that the two existing volumes together with the legend constituted the standard work of Mitsunobu. However, at present, it is considered to be a quality copy of Mitsunobu's original work, which was made soon after Mitsunobu's original work was created. Nevertheless, the paintings in the scroll constitute the standard work of the late 15th century.
Inside the residence of Taira no Sukechika 平資親 (first volume, act 1), the 山城守 governor of Yamashiro, paintings can be seen on papered sliding doors (fusuma-e), which depict a Mokkei-type bamboo groove and monkeys. The reed and crane fusuma-e paintings surrounding Sukechika's bedroom (first volume, act 3) are also drawn in sumi ink (suibokuga). It is interesting to see how much yamato-e (Japanese paintings) painters have mastered the suibokuga techniques through the fusuma-e. The panels of a folding screen form one large, continuous scene without borders that used to be applied every two panels to divide the screen into sections.
- Look at the scroll here : e-museum
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Yanefuki Jizo 屋根葺地蔵 Jizo repairing a roof


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. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - Introduction .


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. jigoku no oni 地獄の鬼 demons of the Buddhist hell .
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土佐光信 Tosa Mitsunobu (1434 - 1525)

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a Japanese painter, the founder of the Tosa school of Japanese painting.
Born into a family that had traditionally served as painters to the Imperial court, he was head of the court painting bureau from 1493 to 1496.
In 1518 he was appointed chief artist to the Ashikaga shogunates.
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. Sanzu no Kawa 三途の川 River Sanzu, the river on the way to hell .


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EDO temple - Gofunai temples 54 and 55

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. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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Nr. 54 - Shinhasedera 新長谷寺 Shin Hasedera "New Hasedera"

- 東豊山 Higashibuzan　浄瀧院 Joryu-In　新長谷寺 Shin Hasedera
豊島区高田2-12-3 /Takada, Toshima ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派


. 金乗院不動堂 Konjo-In Fudo Do Hall .


The main statue is 目白不動明王 Mejiro Fudo Myo-O.

- in the compound of Gofunai Henro Temple Nr. 38
. 神霊山 Shinreizan 　金乗院 Konjo-In 　慈眼寺 Jigen-Ji .
After World War II it was united with 東豊山浄滝院　新長谷寺 Shin-Hasedera in Mejiro.

Both temples are related to the original Hasedera :
. Hasedera 長谷寺 - Sakurai, Nara .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 延命寺　Enmei-Ji in Shikoku :
くもりなき鏡の縁とながむれば　残さず影をうつすものかな
Kumori naki kagami no en to nagamureba nokosazu kage o utsusu mono kana

. Nr. 54 - 近見山 Chikamizan 宝鐘院　Hosho-In 延命寺 Enmei-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/toshima

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. Mejiro Fudo 目白不動 "Fudo with White Eyes" .

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Nr. 55 - Chookyuuin 長久院 Chokyu-In

- 瑠璃光山 Rurikozan　長久院 Chokyu-In　薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji
台東区谷中6-2-16 / 6 Chome-2-16 Yanaka, Taitō ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded in 1611 by 宥意法印 priest Yui.
The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

Related to the temple 弥勒寺 Miroku-Ji.
It was first located in 神田北寺町 Kanda, Kitateramachi and moved to its present location in 1658.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 南光坊 Nanko-Bo in Shikoku :
このところ三島の夢のさめぬれば　別宮とてもおなじ垂迹
Kono tokoro mishima no yume no samenureba betsuguu totemo onaji suijaku

. Nr. 55 別宮山　金剛院　南光坊 Nanko-Bo / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/taito

. Introduction of Dainichi Nyorai .



. Enma-O 閻魔天、閻魔王 Enma, King of Hell .

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. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路　 .

. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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DARUMA - Mingei - Nitohei Kagotani

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@nitouhey_kagotani 二等兵籠谷 Nitohei Kagotani

二等兵展 Nitohei Exhibition in Tokyo -
「駄美術ミュージアム」 2017
With 5 Daruma art pieces

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現代美術二等兵 駄美術展 「Cheap sweets」
2010年6月4日(金)～6月27日(日)


source : shopbtf.com/at/tenran

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tenteki daruma 点滴だるま Daruma as an infusion

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スフィンクスだるま Sphinx Daruma


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「駄美術ミュージアム」


source : hephall.com/1489

こけしアレー Kokeshi

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ダルマ胸像 bust of Daruma - 2012


source : umeda.keizai.biz

「現代美術二等兵活動20周年記念 駄美術大博覧会」が始まった。
ダルマの首から下を表現した「ダルマ胸像」

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. "Regent Daruma" リーゼントだるま .
by デザイナー: 現代美術二等兵
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Gure Daruma in Black 黒ぐれダルマ


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美術界の駄菓子的な
アートユニット「現代美術二等兵」



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KAPPA ONI - oni wa uchi oni mo uchi

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The normal chant for the Setsubun rituals is :

oni wa soto 鬼は外 "Demons, get out!"　
「鬼は―外！　福は―内！」

. setsubun 節分 "seasonal divide" rituals - Introduction .
on February 3, the day before the beginning of spring (risshun 立春) according to the Asian lunar calendar.

For Setsubun, there are usually two demons, Aka-Oni 赤鬼 Red Demon and Ao-Oni 青鬼 Blue/Green Demon. They have two horns and two eyes.


oniuchimame, oni uchi mame 鬼打豆 beans to throw at the demons
..... oni no mame 鬼の豆"beans for the demons

and the famous call accompanying the throwing of the beans :
oni wa soto 鬼は外  "Demons, get out! -
fuku wa uchi 福は内  "Good luck, come in!" 

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But there are some regions in Japan
where the Oni are welcomed into the home - for various reasons.

oni wa uchi 鬼は内 Demons come in!
oni MO uchi 鬼も内
(Good luck come in and) Demons also come in!




There are three places in Nara prefecture, where the Demons are welcomed into the home !

01 - 「福は内、鬼は内」- Fuku wa Uchi, Oni wa Uchi!
- 元興寺 Temple Gango-Ji （奈良県奈良市）
A demon named Gagoze 元興神 drives out evil.
The name of this demon is also spelled 元興寺 / ガゴジ　/ ガンゴジ


元興寺節分絵馬 ema votive tablet with Gagoze

その昔、元興寺の鐘楼に悪霊の変化である鬼が出て、都の人たちを随分こわがらせたことがあります。その頃、尾張国から雷の申し子である大力の童子が入寺し、この鬼の毛髪をはぎとって退治したという有名な説話があります。
この話から、邪悪な鬼を退治する雷を神格化して、八雷神とか元興神と称することになり、鬼のような姿で表現するようになりました。元興寺にまつわる鬼のことをガゴゼとかガゴジとかガンゴなどの発音で呼ばれ、日本全国にも伝わっているようです。
（さらに詳しい解説はこちら「元興寺の鬼」）and even more details
- reference source : gangoji.or.jp/tera/jap/annai/gagoze -

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Gagoze
Gagoze is a horrible-looking ghost who haunts the ancient temple Gango-ji in Nara prefecture. His story dates back to the Asuka period (550-710 CE). He is first depicted in illustration in Toriyama Sekien's Gazu Hyakki Yakko, and he is said to take the appearance of a demon in monk's garb.
His story says
that during the time of Emperor Bidatsu, in old Owari province (now Nagoya in Aichi prefecture), lightning struck the ground near an farmer's house. From the lightning emerged a thunder god in the form of a young boy, and the farmer ran outside with a stick to kill the boy. The boy pleaded with the farmer to spare his life, and promised that he would return the deed by giving the farmer and his family a young boy as strong as the thunder god. The farmer agreed, and allowed the thunder god to return to the sky.
Sure enough,
the farmer's wife soon bore a child, and the child was as strong as a thunder god! However, the child was born with a snake wrapped around his head, with the head and tail going down the back like a ponytail. When the boy turned 10, he had grown so strong and proud that he challenged a member of the imperial family to a contest of strength and won.
After this,
the boy was apprenticed to Gango-ji temple. Shortly after that, the belltower boys began dying very strange deaths one-by-one, and rumors began to spread that an oni, or demon, was behind the deaths. The boy wanted to solve the mystery, so he said he would catch the oni. He waited all night by the belltower, and towards dawn finally the oni came. The boy grabbed the oni by the hair and dragged him around so hard that he ripped his entire scalp off, and the oni was able to escape. The boy followed the blood trail left by the oni all the way to its end, where he found the grave of a (former) very lazy and bad temple servant. The lazy servant's ghost had become this terrible ghost-demon, and the boy had defeated it! The boy became famous and grew up to be a priest at the temple, and the oni's scalp became one of the holy treasures of Gango-ji.
The story doesn't really tell too much about the yokai itself, but it does at least explain who Gagoze was: a lazy priest-servant-turned-demon-ghost who liked to kill children! ...
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source : fukunaga.deviantart.com/art/Gagoze

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Wie es kam, dass einer dem Donner einen Gefallen tat
und ihm ein Kind von großer Kraft geboren wurde.
Zur Zeit des Bidatsu Tennō 敏達天皇,
in der Provinz Owari　尾張国, bewässerte ein Bauer ein Reisfeld, als es zu regnen begann und der Blitz vor ihm einschlug. Der Blitz nahm die Gestalt eines Kindes an. Der Bauer wollte das Kind mit einer Stange züchtigen, wurde aber vom Kind angehalten es zu verschonen. Als Gegenleistung werde es ihm seine Nachsicht mit einem Kind belohnen, wenn der Bauer ihm ein Kampferboot baue.
Kurze Zeit später
wurde dem Bauer ein Kind geboren, das eine zweimal herumgewundene Schlange um den Kopf hatte. Als das Kind sein Jugendalter erreichte, hörte es von einem starken Prinz der nordöstlich des Kaiserlichen Palast lebte. Also machte er sich auf die Stärke dieses Prinzen auszutesten. Es kam zu einem Weitwurfwettbewerb mit einem schweren Stein zwischen dem Knaben und dem starken Prinz. Als der Prinz dem ebenfalls kräftigen Knaben unterlag, versuchte er diesen zu fassen, schaffte es aber nicht ihn einzuholen. So musste er den Knaben als ihm überlegen anerkennen. Einige Zeit später wurde der Knabe ein Gefolgsmann des Gangō-Tempel 元興時. Dort wurde jede Nacht ein Novize des Tempels ermordet. Der Knabe nahm sich vor, dem ein Ende zu setzen. Er vertrieb den Unhold, nachdem er ihm alle Haare ausgerissen hatte, erfolgreich. Dies stellte sich als der Geist eines schlechten Tempeldieners 悪奴 heraus.
Der Knabe
wurde ein Laienmönch und lebte weiter im Gangō-ji. Als die Prinzen die Bewässerung der Felder des Tempels verhindern wollten, nahm er einen Stein der zu schwer für 100 Männer war und blockierte den Zugang zur Wasseröffnung. Die Prinzen waren verschreckt von seiner Stärke und ließen den Tempel fortan in Ruhe.
Der Laienmönch wurde bekannt als
Dharma Meister Dōjō 道場法師, der Held des Gangō-ji. Seine enorme Kraft war die Belohnung für Wohltaten in seinen vergangenen Leben.
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鳥山石燕『画図百鬼夜行』Toriyama Sekien

. Gangōjil 元興時 Temple Gango-Ji .


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02 - 鬼は内、福は内」- Oni wa Uchi, Fuku wa Uchi !
- 天河神社 - Tenkawa Jinja

On the eve of Setsubun, the shrine becomes the home of the oni 鬼の宿 until the rituals are over.
February 2 - 鬼の宿（神迎えの神事）
The Oni get にぎりめし O-Nigiri rice balls and 梅干し Umeboshi dried plums for dinner.



The shrine is relate to the Demons Zenki and Goki.
天河社社家は、役行者の供に祀られております前鬼、後鬼の子孫と言い伝えられており、節分祭宵の晩『鬼の宿』として、先祖である鬼（神）をお迎えします。かつて天川の民が新しい年（節分）を迎える前夜、里宮を通して祖先の霊を迎えた古い信仰の名残りともいわれる神仏習合の神事です。

- HP of the Shrine
奈良県吉野郡天川村坪内107
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奈良県 Nara 天川村 / 天河 Tenkawa

. the Demon Zenki 前鬼 and his wife Goki 後鬼 .

At the home of the 柿阪秀元氏 Kakisaka Hidemoto family, on the eve of the Setsubun ritual in spring, they place ritual water at the entrance and prepare a special seat for the Oni to take a rest.
They do not pierce the head of a sardine (a custom to drive away the Oni), and they call
"Fuku wa Uchi, Oni wa Uchi" May good luck come in, may the Demon come in!
The family is said to have Zenki and Goki as their ancestors.

The shrine 天河神社 Tenkawa Jinja also sells an amulet for
. shogei jootatsu 諸芸上達守 progress in all arts .

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oni no shison 鬼の子孫 / onisuji 鬼筋 descendants of the Oni
Near the temple 安生寺 Ansho-Ji there are five families, who do NOT prepare chimaki 粽 ritual rice dumplings for the Boy's festival on May 5th and hishimochi 菱餅 red and white dumplings for the Girls's festival on May 3.
These families claim to be descendants of the Demons (Zenki and Goki). The Chimaki look like the tsuno 角 horns of an Oni and the Hishimochi look like oni no shita 鬼の舌 the tongue of an Oni, thus they feel it an insult against the ancestors to prepare them.
During the Setsubun rituals, they never chant
oni wa soto 鬼は外 but only fuku wa uchi 福は内.

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03 「福は内、鬼も内」- Fuku wa Uchi, Oni mo Uchi!
金峯山寺蔵王堂（奈良県吉野郡吉野町）Kinpusen-Ji, Zao-Do

Many demons that are driven out at Setsubun come here for a rest. They are welcomed and some have a change of heart and become benevolent Oni afterwards.
The rituals on February 3 are called
onibi no saiten 鬼火の祭典 Onibi Festival





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. Kinpusenji Yoshino 金峯山寺　吉野山 Kinpusen-Ji .
Zaodoo　蔵王堂 Zaodo Hall for Zao Gongen

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There are other places in Japan, where the Demons are welcomed into the home !

「福は内、鬼は内」- Fuku wa Uchi, Oni wa Uchi!
- 稲荷鬼王神社 Inari Kio Jinja （新宿区歌舞伎町）Shinjuku, Tokyo

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「福は外、鬼は内」- Fuku wa Soto, Oni wa Uchi!
- 千蔵寺 Senzo-Ji （神奈川県川崎市）Kanagawa-ken, Kawasaki-shi, Kawasaki-ku, Nakaze, 3

- HP of the temple
- reference source : tesshow.jp/kanagawa/kawasaki -

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鬼は外」は禁句 - Oni wa soto is not allowed to chant.
大須観音 Osu Kannon

愛知県名古屋市中区大須2-21-47
. Oosu Kannon 大須観音 Osu Kannon .

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「福は内」 - only Fuku wa Uchi!
- 成田山新勝寺 Shinsho-Ji （千葉県成田市）




beans to invite the Oni in !　招福豆

. Narita San 成田山　Shinshō-ji 新勝寺 .

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 伝統的な商家　old merchant families chant only
「鬼は内」Oni wa Uchi !
The word ONI 鬼 is seen as a pun with 大荷 "a big load of merchandise", so to keep the business prosperous, they invite it inside.

- reference source : blog.narasaku.com -

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Oni wa uchi fuku wa soto
by Keisuke Nishimoto; Yutaka Murakami (Author)

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愛媛県 Aichi 越智郡 Ochi district 魚島村 Uoshimamura

For Setsubun, farmers put together a bunch of Susuki grass with leaves of メッツタ Metta and ホーベーの葉 Hoobee to ward off the Demons.
At home they use the normal chant for Setsubun 「福は内、福は内、鬼は外、鬼は外」.
On their fishing boats they chant:
「ふか外、ふか外、鬼は内、鬼は内」- Oni wa uchi!
Good Luck get out, Demons come in!


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石川県 Ishikawa 金沢市 Kanazawa

Once upon a time an Oni appeared at the home of the 富永家 Tominaga family and since that time, the family was blessed with good fortune.
Since then, they throw beans and chant at Setsubun
福は外鬼は内 Fuku wa soto, Oni wa uchi!
Once there was a fire in the castle town of Kanazawa. A black cloud in the form of an Oni appeared over their house and spread like an umbrella, protecting it from burning down.


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KAPPA ONI - onigokko onibarai

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onigokko, oni-gokko 鬼ごっこ game of tag
onigoto 鬼ごと

Tag is a playground game that involves two or more players chasing other players in an attempt to "tag" or touch them, usually with their hands.
This game was already popular in the Edo period, in a version called :
ko o toro ko toro 子をとろ子とろ / 子を捕ろ子捕ろ "get hold of a child, get it!"


守貞漫稿 Morisada Manko

One player is the Oni, one is the parent and all the others are children. The children try to hide behind the parent. The Oni tries to grab the last child in line. The parent spreads out his arms and tries to ward off the Oni.
As they run, the row of children begins to sway like a serpent or a whirlpool.


source : Waseda University Library

幼童遊び子をとろ子とろ osana asobi ko o toro ko toro
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige

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This game has a long history, all the way to Hell,
where 地蔵菩薩　Jizo Bosatsu is trying to lead the poor souls out of hell, past the Oni guardian.



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During the Heian period, there was a ritual at the court called
onibarai no gishiki 鬼払いの儀式 "driving out the demons"
oniyarai 鬼遣らい
which is seen as the beginning of Onigokko.
This ritual was performed as a prayer for 五穀豊穣 gokoku hojo, the fertility of the five grains and thus a good harvest.

There was also a chasing game called
hifukume　ひふくめ　－ ヒ＋フ＋クメ : One Two and Three
久米（来目）とは「三（みつ）.hi fu kume

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In the beginning of the Heian period, Hososhi who appears and runs around at new year eve's court function "Oni-yarai" in the greater palace is considered the origin of any stories about "Oni", which stands for a devil. His manner reminds us of the familiar "Onigokko" that the "Oni" chases children, while "Oni" is emphasized with objection, it is overlapped as one of the old "Onigokko" named "Kakure-Oni" (Hidden Oni).

By contrast, in the Edo period, there was "Hifukume" who appears in Kottoshu, Santokyo-den (an old literature).

In the middle of Heian period, when a Buddhist monk called Eshin Sozu Genshin preaches people, he used a format that Jizo Bosatsu protects against "Oni" who chases children.
Whether or no, these three elements of "Parent", "Children", "Oni" hold an important fact in the game, and it is easy to imagine that the game was spread around for the children naturally.

And now, "Hifukume" comes down to "Kotoro kotoro" more than it was expected.


Here is a picture of a swallow playing "Kotorokotoro", drawn by Hiroshige Ando, from late Edo period when Ukiyoe (Japanese woodblock prints) established one culture. It is a surprising fact that Ukiyoe artist Hiroshige drew it, but fresh looking swallow's faces are attractive.

There is almost no children who know about "Kotorokotoro" as a game nowadays. I have a sense of crisis about the situation that "Onigokko" which came down from the Heian period and in which parents protect children, or "Onigokko" that is a tool to know community and the way of contacting people to people is disappearing even though it is a most well-known one.


- Internatinal Onigokko Association - Onigotter Japan -
- reference source : onigokko.or.jp - 鬼ごっこ協会公式へようこそ

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. Genshin　源信　Eshin Soozu 恵心僧都 Eshin Sozu (942-1017).

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source : ameblo.jp/onigokko-kyoukai/entry


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千葉県 Chiba

During the Setsubun ritual of Onibabari 鬼払い driving out the demons,
there are three Oni, ao-oni 青鬼 Blue Demon, aka-oni 赤鬼 Red Demon and kuro-oni 黒鬼 Black demon.
People who take over the part of these three Oni will not experience and evil or bad influence, will not be called to the military and will not be the target of shooting. So there are many young men who want to become Oni during the Setsubun rituals.




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新潟県 Niigata 　笹神村 Sasakamimura 　

Once upon a time
the girls were playing tag. One of the girls felt a strange pain in her shin and when she looked, the flesh had split and she was almost bleeding. She tried to be brave and walked all the way to the bridge. At the bridge blood was suddenly flowinig out of her leg.
It must have been a kamaitachi かまいたち "sickle weasel".

. kamaitachi 鎌鼬 cut of the skin by a cold sucking wind .
- kigo for winter
and also a strange Yokai monster.


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EDO Gofunai temples 52 and 53

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Gofunai temples 52 and 53

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Nr. 52 - Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji

- 慈雲山 Jiunzan　蓮華院 Renge-In　観音寺 Kannon-Ji
新宿区西早稲田1-7-1 / 1 Chome-7-1 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded in 1682 by 賢栄和尚 Priest Kenei.
The main statue is 十一面観音 Kannon with 11 Heads, carved by 智證大師 Chisho Daishi.

. 智證大師 Chisho Daishi - Enchin 圓珍 - 円珍 . (814 - 891) .
Nephew of Kobo Daishi.

The temple was called 牛込南蔵院門徒慈雲山大悲院 Ushigome Nanzo-In.
The village of 早稲田村 Waseda Mura was once called 元牛込村 Moto Ushigome Mura.

The modern building looks more like a museum. It was designed by an architect of the nearby Waseda University,
石山修武　Ishiyama Osamu.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 太山寺 Taisan-Ji in Shikoku :
太山に 登れや汗の 出でけれど 後の世思えば 何の苦もなし
taisan ni noboreba ase no ide keredo nochi no yo omoeba nani no ku mo nashi

. Nr. 52 - 龍雲山 Ryu-Unzan　太山寺 Taisan-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Also part of the following pilgrimages:
豊島八十八ヶ所霊 Toshima Nr. 52
山の手三十三観音霊場 Yamanote 33 Kannon Nr. 14


In the compound are statues of 恵比寿様　Ebisu and 大黒様　Daikoku.



- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/shinjuku


. Introduction of Kannn Bosatsu .


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Nr. 53 - Jishooin 自性院 Jisho-In

- 本覚山 Hongakuzan　自性院 Jisho-In　宝光寺 Hoko-Ji
台東区谷中6-2-8 / 6 Chome-2-8 Yanaka, Taitō ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗



This temple was founded in 1611 by 道意上人 Saint Doi.
The main statue is 金胎両部大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
There is also a statue of 愛染明王 Aizen Myo-O, where people come to pray for finding a good partner and a peaceful married life.
It the compound was an old katsura 桂 Japanese Judas tree. In 1740, the ninth head priest 貫海上人 cut this tree and carved a statue of Aizen Myo-O. It is about 1 meter high.
The temple is therefore also called
愛染寺 Aizen-Ji or 谷中愛染堂 Yanaka Aizen-Do.


source : taito-culture.jp/city

The temple was first located in 神田北寺町 Kanda Kita-Teramachi and moved to its present location in 1648.

The temple is related to 本所弥勒寺 Honjo Miroku-Ji.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 円明寺 Enmyo-Ji in Shikoku :
来迎の弥陀の光の圓明寺照りそふ影は夜な夜なの月 　
Raikoo no mida no hikari no Enmyooji terisoo kage wa yonayona no tsuki

. Nr. 53 - 須賀山 Sugasan 円明寺 Enmyo-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Also part of the following pilgrimages:
The temple is Nr. xx here:
. 関東三十六不動霊場
Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples in Kanto / Bando .

- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.tesshow.jp/taito


. Introduction of Dainichi Nyorai .

. Intorduction of Aizen Myo-O 愛染明王 Aizen Myō-ō .

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The statue of Fudo Myo-O is made of hinoki ヒノキ cypress. Made in the Kamakura period.
木造不動明王立像（台東区指定文化財）
source : city.taito.lg.jp/index/kurashi

. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja – Fudo Myoo .

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The novel 愛染かつら "Aizen Katsura" by 川口松太郎 Kawaguchi Matsutaro refers to this temple.


There is another temple in Nagano which claims an Aizen Katsura tree.


source : t-koshino.com/big_tree

Aizendoo 愛染堂 Aizen-Do Hall
at 長野県上田市別所温泉1666 / 1666 Besshoonsen, Ueda-shi, Nagano


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Matsutarō Kawaguchi 川口松太郎
(1 October 1899 – 9 June 1985) was a Japanese novelist, playwright and movie producer active during the Shōwa period of Japan.
..... In 1935, Kawaguchi won the first Naoki Prize for a short story titled Tsuruhachi Tsurujirō.
He followed this with a serialized novel, Aizen Katsura, a melodramatic love story involving a nurse and a doctor, which ran from 1936-1938. The story became a tremendously popular bestseller and gained him considerable fame. It was later made into a movie starring Kinuyo Tanaka and Ken Uehara, and was the basis of numerous television series. .....
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. neko Jizoo 猫地蔵 Neko Jizo. "Jizo with Cat" .
at another temple with the same name 自性院 Jisho-In
新宿区西落合1-11-23 Shinjuku, Tokyo : Nekodera 猫寺 The Cat Temple

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