4 Nov 2020

SHINTO - Yokasama deity

https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2016/05/yoka-sama-day-eight.html

Yoka sama day eight

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Yooka sama. Yōka 八日様 Yoka Sama, the Honorable Day Eight
O-Yooka sama お八日様


The eighth day of each month is called yooka, Yoka (not hachinichi).

- - - Many rituals are held to ward off the Deity of Disease:
. Yakubyogami 疫病神 Deity of Diseases .
eyami no kami えやみのかみ
gyooyakujin 行疫神 gyoyakujin
ekijin, yakujin 疫神

- - - In other regions rituals are held for the Deity of Bad Luck:
. yakujin 厄神 Deity of Bad Luck .
He can either bring bad luck or prevent it from happening.

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There are some puns with the pronunciation:
なにかようか、ここのかとうか nanika yooka koko no ka too ka?
何か用か九日十日 (なにかようか ここのかとうか)

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the ennichi 縁日 "Sacred Day" for Yakushi Nyorai is the eighth.
お薬師さまが八日
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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yookatoo, yooka too 八日塔 tower for Day Eight
Usually a stone memorial.



Yoka, Day Eight, is the Sacred Day of 湯殿山 Mount Yudono.
Kobo Daishi opened the Sacred Place of Yudono in the Year 807, on the 8th day of the fourth lunar month 大同二年四月八日.

There are also prayer groupd on Day Eight, 八日講, in Yamagata, Fukushima and Nagano, related to the rituals of Yudono.

These are Sacred Stones at Dewa Sansan, Yudono 出羽三山の湯殿山の供養塔
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. Mount Haguro, Gassan and Yudono 湯殿山 .

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.......................................................................... Fukushima 福島県 ......................................
耶麻郡 Yama district 高郷村 Takasato

People prepare ankomochi あんこ餅 rice cakes with red Anko bean paste for the 厄神様 Deity of Bad Luck.
This deity is known for disliking these types of Mochi very much, so he will stay out of such a home.






.......................................................................... Tochigi 栃木県 ......................................
芳賀郡 Haga district 茂木町 Motegi

Soba to ward off the akki 悪鬼 bad demon
The 8th day of the 2nd month is called Yooka sama 八日様 Yoka Sama, the Honorable Day Eight.
People prepare Soba in the evening, make a small 八日塔 Yoka-To tower of Kumasasa 熊笹 grass and place the Soba there. They also pierce leek and Tofu on Kumasasa grass and place it at the kitchen door. They make a small basket and hang it on the roof with a pole - all to ward off the Evil Demon.




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Villagers make a long straw rope Dragon for a pulling contest, tug-of-war.


source : city.matsumoto.nagano.jp
里山辺追倉(おっくら)のお八日様の綱引きで使う龍
and
入山辺舟付(ふなつけ)のお八日様で使う百足(むかで)入山辺舟付(ふなつけ).
The messenger of this deity is mukade 百足(むかで) the centipede.




.......................................................................... Yamaguchi 山口県 ......................................
大島郡 Oshima district 久賀町 Kuka

hooki no kami 箒の神 (ホウキノカミ) the Yokai Hokigami
This is a day to spent quietly and not use the word to make sure nothing evil will happen.
Yoka-Sama is also seen as 疫病神 Yakubyogami. He has either very big eyes or only just one like a Yokai.
Hitotsume Kozo 一つ目小僧 is said to be the messenger of this Yakubyogami.

. Hōkigami 箒神 Hokigami, Hahakigami - the Broom Deity .
hahakigami ははきがみ

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okoto no kami, o-koto no kami オコトノカミ a deity taking notes
The Yoka Sama is celebrated on the 8th day in December and February.
He is a deity that goes around all year and writes the names of ill people. The records are then burned in the Dondoyaki fire and the people will heal.
He has very large eyes (some say he has only one eye). Yakubyogami 疫病神 the Deity of Diseases is afraid of deities with eyes larger than his own and will soon run away.
. dondon yaki どんどん焼き Dondoyaki New Year Fire Ritual .




.......................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県 ......................................
南都留郡 Minamitsuru district 忍野村 Oshino village

On February 8, a mamono 魔物 demon with one eye comes around and counts the eyes of the family members, so people hang things with many eyes, like baskets, on the entrance of the home to make the demon go away.
But if the demon can count the exact number, people will begin to do strange things.


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

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. 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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1 Nov 2020

SHINTO - Gozu Tenno Legends

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/gozu-tenno-legends.html

Gozu Tenno Legends

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. Shinto Shrines (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
. kami 神 Shinto deities .
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Gozu Tenno Legends 牛頭天王伝説 / 牛頭天皇

. Gion matsuri 祇園祭り Gion festival .
In 869, the people were suffering from plague and pestilence which was attributed to the rampaging deity
Gozu Tennō (牛頭天王).

Emperor Seiwa ordered that the people pray to the god of the Yasaka Shrine 八坂神社, Susanoo-no-mikoto. Sixty-six stylized and decorated halberds, one for each province in old Japan, were prepared and erected at Shinsen-en, a garden, along with the portable shrines (mikoshi) from Yasaka Shrine.

. Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine - Legends .

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Gozu Tennō
Literally, "ox-head-heaven-king." Also called Gion Tenjin, Gozu Tennō is a product of kami-buddha "combinatory" religion, worshiped at the Gion Shrine (Yasaka Jinja) in Kyoto, and at other shrines such as Tsushima, Tennō, Susanoo, and Yakumo. Originating as a deity of pestilence, Gozu Tennō is worshiped within observances related to the festival known as Gion-e.
A variety of ritual formulae
and sacred histories purport to explain the origins and nature of Gozu Tennō; historically originating in India, the deity's features underwent successive transformations and systematic development as it was transmitted to China and Japan. The actual details of its transmission and the process of amalgamation with other deities, however, are complex issues and not universally agreed upon.
In India, the deity was called Gosirsa Devaraja, a minor tutelary deity in Buddhism known as a protector of the Monastery of the "Jeta Grove" (Jp., Gion Shōja), while in Tibet it was known as the deity of "Ox-Head Mountain" (Jp. Gozusan). Transmitted to China, the deity's cult merged with esoteric Buddhism, Daoism, and Yin-Yang beliefs, and then was transmitted to Japan, where it experienced further mingling with Japanese Yin-Yang (Onmyōdō) divination.
The deity also became associated
with the legend of a Japanese kami of plague called Sominshōrai and was identified with the kami Susanoo; taking on a trinitarian nature that incorporated characteristics of Susanoo's consort and child, he also came to be identified with the Japanese kami Onamuchi.
On the popular level, however,
Gozu Tennō's chief features continued to emphasize his nature as a deity of epidemic disease. The Gion Goryō-e first observed in the tenth century became widely popular and was institutionalized as a regular summer observance to exorcise the evil spirits responsible for frequent outbreaks of epidemic disease.
With origins as a spirit causing disease,
Gozu Tennō was in time transformed into a tutelary that protected its worshipers from such epidemics, taking on further characteristics as a deity of justice, a deity that ascertained truth (Tadashi no kami), and a deity of the cardinal directions. As observances of the Gion-e type spread regionally, Gozu Tennō was also established as a local tutelary deity (chinju no kami).
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Gion Daimyojin 祇園大明神

. Somin Shorai 蘇民将来 .

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the Gion Shrine of Yasui-Konpira-gu
The ema (votive plaque) celebrates the eight base pillars in personified form as eight strong men. In this way the subshrine not only acknowledges the shrine's Buddhist past but is dedicated to one of Shinto's prime concerns – extraordinary displays of power (which are seen as a manifestation of the lifeforce).
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. hayariyamai はやり病 / 流行病と伝説 Legends about epidemics .
densenbyoo 伝染病 Densenbyo contagious diseases / pandemic


. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .

. kami 神 Shinto deities - ABC-LIST - .

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. tsurumen 犬神人 / ツルメソ / inujinin (いぬじにん、いぬじんにん、つるめそう) .
When Gozu Tenno first came down from Heaven on this earth, he had two dogs with him. They gave birth and the baby soon turned into a human, Tsurumen.


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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


Truth and legends of Sominshorai Gozu Tenno 蘇民将来 / 巨端将来

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The deity also became associated with the legend of a Japanese kami of plague called Sominshōrai and was identified with the kami Susanoo; taking on a trinitarian nature that incorporated characteristics of Susanoo's consort and child, he also came to be identified with the Japanese kami Onamuchi.
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. 津島大社 Tsushima Taisha / 津島神社 Tsushima Jinja - Aichi .




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

. Great Tsushima Shrine 津島大社 Tsushima Taisha .

津島牛頭天王社 Tsushima Gozu Tenno Shrine
- extensive reference about Gozu Tenno -
「牛頭天王と蘇民将来伝説の真相」 by 長井博 Nagai Hiroshi

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Ehime 喜多郡 Kita district

On 用の山 Mount Yonoyama (540 m) there is a shrine for Gozu Tenno 牛頭天王神社, where Susano-o no Mikoto is worshipped. There was a huge カシの木 Kashi oak tree in the compound, which the villagers cut down to build the shrine. But it turned out to become a curse of Gozu Tenno and all the babies and young children of the village died.
The villagers heard the sound of someone dancing a ritual Kagura dance and went to have a look, but there was nobody. Eventually a diviner told them that it was the angry Gozu Tenno. He wanted them to get new trees from a different mountain nearby and re-plant them here go get the peace back in the village.

. Oak Trees / Quercus .

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Ehime 宇和島市 Uwajima city

The land of the Shinto Shrine was sold and the new owner used it for fields. Now strange things happened:
Rocks came tumbling down the mountain and people died. This was the curse of the deity of the 天王社 Tenno Shrine and the farmer stopped to use the fields.




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北九州市 Kita-Kyushu city 小倉北区 Kokura-North ward

Kokura Yasaka Shrine 小倉八坂神社
2-2 Jonai, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka


source : traveltowns.jp/spots...

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Yasaka Shrine in Kokura, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture,
is the highest ranked shrine in the city and it stands on the ruin of the Kitanomaru building of Kokura Castle. The shrine was once called Gionsha and it was located in Imoji-machi.
It was renamed Yasaka Shrine in the Meiji Period and transferred to íts current location in 1934.
The shrine already existed in the beginning of the Heian Period (794 to 1185) and it honored the god Susanouno-mikoto. After the Battle of Sekigahara (1600), 細川越中守忠興 Hosokawa Tadaoki was awarded a fiefdom in Kokura and he moved to Kokura Castle from Tango. He rebuilt the shrine in Imoji-machi and named it Gionsha, at where twelve deities including Susanouno-mikoto were worshiped.
According to legend, during his hunting trip with a falcon, Tadaoki found a small shrine and peeked inside for closer look at the statue of a deity. Suddenly, a falcon flew out from the shrine and damaged Tadaoki's eyes with its talons. Facing the possible crisis of losing his eyes, Tadaoki saw it as a god's punishment and he built a magnificent shrine to ask for forgiveness. His eyes are said to have healed after that.
Yasaka Shrine has long been deeply venerated as a guardian shrine by locals. The Kokura Gion Festival, held every July, is known as one of the Three Greatest Gion Festivals in Japan and the splendid performance of the Gion Taiko Drum is a must-see event that enchants spectators.
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. divination at the Shrine 蟇目鹿島神社 Hikime Kashima Jinja .




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出石郡 Izushi district 高橋村 Takahashi village

At the Shrine for Gozu Tenno there was roosugi 老杉 an old cedar tree.
From the 10th lunar month until winter people could hear the sound of drums near the tree. Sometimes there was the sound of the tree falling down.
On the night of the third day of the 11th lunar month at the time of ushimitsu 丑満ツ / 丑三つ there comes a storm an the trees are groaning.
This is when the gods come home from their yearly trip to 出雲 Izumo.

. ushi mitsu 丑満ツ / 丑三つ the double-hour of the ox .
A time when the spirits of the dead and the gods are alive too.




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山田村 Yamada village

The 牛頭天皇社 Shrine for Gozu Tenno was swept away on the 8th of April in 1265 during a flooding. To determine the place for rebuilding the Shrine, the villagers put some branches of yanagi 枯柳 the old willow tree in the ground and one of them became a tree over night. So they used this area for the new Shrine.




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. Kappagami カッパ神 the Kappa deity .
Kappagami san 河童神さん The Kappa Deity
June 15 is the day of 河童祭 the Kappa Festival. At 牛頭天王神社 the shrine of Gozu Tenno and other places special water rituals are held. People make offerings of cucumbers, a speciality of Kappa san. Children get special amulets from the Kappa Shrine 河童神社 and after that they can enjoy swimming in the river.
June 10 is the day of 牛頭天王祭 the festival for Gozu Tenno. People make offerings of cucumbers and later throw them into the water, praying for the protection of the children.

Isora Jinja 磯良神社 - the Kappa Shrine
Miyagi, Kami District, Shikama 色麻町
. Kappa Legends from Miyagi .

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Miyagi 名取市 Natori city 増田 Masuda

umazuka, uma-zuka 馬塚 horse mound
A place to venerate 第六天神 Dairokutenjin.
Once the mikoshi 神輿 portable shrine of 小豆島牛頭天王 Gozu Tenno from Shodoshima passed here. The weather suddenly turned wild and the shinme 神馬 sacred horse died.
Now people can experience healing for cattle and horses.

. Dairokuten Ma-O 第六天魔王 Big Number Six Heavenly Deity .


第六天神社 Shrine Dairokuten Jinja
宮城県名取市増田1-3-36
Built in 1506.
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小海町 Koumi

Once a villager was leading his horse when it suddenly stepped into a huge hole in the ground. From the bottom of the hole came a voice
"I am the Gread Deity Gozu Tenno. If you do not venerate me in this village, I will curse you all!"
Therefor all villagers now venerate him in the Eastern Direction at the top of Mount 馬場山Babayama.




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

. 狩野元信 Kanō Motonobu, Kano Hogen (1476―1559). .
painting at Shrine 神波多神社 Kanhata Jinja




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新発田市 Shibata city

二階堂マキの作物禁忌 A special day for Nikaido Maki
At the 天王社 Tenno-sha dedicated to 二階堂マキ the main festival in on June 15. Nidoimo Taro is boiled and offered at the shrine. When the nearby villagers bring cucumbers, they boil them with rice gruel.
Nikaido Maki said people would get ill if they grow cucumbers.
nidoimo 二度芋 a kind of Taro that can be harvested twice a year (nido).

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須佐之男神社(新発田市天王〈てんのう〉) / かつて天王宮(牛頭天王)




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There are many shrines in his honor, where he is called 天王様 Tenno Sama.
Some are called 祇園宮 Gion no Miya.




............................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県
飯能市 Hanno town 中沢 Nakazawa

Gozu Tenno likes cucumbers 胡瓜 and they are also a motive in the crest.
In the river 名栗川 Nagurigawa there lives a clan of 河童 Kappa, a famous group in 奥武蔵 the Oku-Musashi area. On the fullmoon night of the sixth lunar month, they all meet for a feast. On this occasion, the villagers throw cucumbers into the river and pray there will be no harm from the water.
This custom is not kept any more.
Nearby in Hachioji 八王子 at a shrine there is a religious restriction 禁忌 not to plant cucumbers. The villagers of the Group to venerate Gozu 牛講 keep this taboo very strictly at the shrine.

reference : 牛頭天王信仰と民間伝承 ― 奥武蔵・天王山八王寺― by 荒井貢次郎 Arai Kojiro




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御前崎市 Omaezaki city

Sakuragaike 桜が池 / 桜ヶ池 "the cherty-blossom pond"
In 遠江国笠原庄桜村 Sakura village there are two small ponds, 男池女池 "the pond for men and the pond for women", together called 桜が池 Sakuragaike. At the pond is a Shrine for 牛頭天王 Gozu Tenno.
During the Summer equinox, people make an offering of sekihan 赤飯 red auspicious rice and place it in a barrel, with a wish. A good swimmer has to push it to the middle of the pond and then let go. The swimmer then has to swim on to the other side. The water begins to swirl and the barrel is pulled down. According to the wishes of the people, the number of barrels is different in ever year.

. Sakuragaike 桜が池 "The Cherry Blossom Pond" - Legends .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

reference : 『梅津長者物語』と『牛頭天王縁起』- お伽草子庶民物の塑像 - 真下美弥子 Mashita Misako

- 牛頭天王縁起 - pdf file


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28 Oct 2020

FUDO - Nasu Namikiri Fudo

https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/04/nasu-namikiri-fudo-tochigi.html

Nasu Namikiri Fudo Tochigi

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .
. Namikiri Fudo 浪切不動明王 Wave-cutting Fudo .

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Nasu Namikiri Fudo 那須波切不動尊
北照山 Hokushozan 田福寺 Denfuku-Ji 金乗院 Konjo-In

栃木県那須塩原市沼野田和571 / Tochigi, Nasu Shiobara city, Numanotawa


The statue is about 6 meters high and weighs 11 tons. It was cast by 広田佳胤 Hirota Yoshitane from Fukuoka. It stands on one large rock and is the largest Namikiri statue in Japan.

The temple has been founded about 1200 years ago by 弘法大師空海 Kobo Daishi Kukai.

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Reisui Yakushi Nyorai 霊水薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai with miraculous water
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Jibo Kannon 慈母観音 Kannon Bosatsu
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Gantsu Daishi (Kuguri Daishi) 願通大師[くぐり大師] Kobo Daishi to walk below and make a wish
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Warabe Jizo 六体のわらべ地蔵 six statues of Jizo as a child

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shuin 朱印 stamp


omamori お守り amulets


- Homepage of the temple
境内奥にお立ちの波切不動尊は、高さ約6メートル、重さ11トンで、著名な仏師・広田佳胤氏が九州福岡で一心を込めて彫られました。一枚岩の石仏として造られた波切不動尊としては日本で最大の仏様です。 人生の見えない荒波を切ってくださる、 このお不動様は、右手頭上にかかげる利剣により一切の諸難を断ち、左手の綱により弱き人の心を強力につなぎ止め、 後方紅蓮の大火炎により一切の悪を焼き尽くし、さらに、頭上金色の蓮華の上に乗せてまで、願主の人生を切り開き助けて下さるという、 強い智恵と広大な慈悲の心をもたれた有り難い仏様です。加えて、このお不動様の下には、北関東三十六不動尊霊場全てのお砂が納められています。どうか御参拝の皆様には、出来ますれば直接手を触れてお参りいただければお不動様もお喜びのことでしょう。 - source : plala.or.jp/konjouin...


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Part of the following pilgrimages :
関東薬師九十一霊場 Pilgrimage to 91 Yakushi Temples in Kanto
関東地蔵百八札所 Pilgrimage to 108 temples of Jizo Bosatsu in Kanto


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This temple is Nr. 23 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .



. O-Mamori お守り Amulets and Talismans .


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



. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海 (774 - 835) .


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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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23 Oct 2020

SHINTO - Yasaka Shrine legends

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Yasaka Shrine Legends

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Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto - Legends

Also called Gion Jinja 祇園神社 Gion Shrine.
There are now many Yasaka Shrines in Japan.


. Yasaka Shrine and the Gion Festival .
祇園祭 Gion Matsuri Festival - - - There are many kigo related to the Gion Festival.
yamaboko 山鉾 (やまぼこ)Gion Festival floats

. Gozu Tenno 牛頭天王 - Legends.
In 869, the people were suffering from plague and pestilence which was attributed to Gozu Tennō 牛頭天王.

. hayariyamai はやり病 / Ryukobyo 流行病と伝説 Legends about epidemics .
densenbyoo 伝染病 Densenbyo contagious diseases // ekiri 疫痢 plague // ekibyoo 疫病 epidemic


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....................................................................... Chiba 千葉県 .....
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成田市 Narita city

千葉県成田市吉岡 Chiba, Narita, Kichioka
- reference source -

The ujiko 氏子 parishioners of the Yasaka Shrine never eat eggs.

. ujiko 氏子 local worshiper, parishioner of a Shinto shrine .




....................................................................... Fukuoka 福岡県 .....
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小倉 Kokura city

Jonai, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
- homepage of Kokura Yasaka Shrine -

At the shrine 小倉八坂神社 Kokura Yasaka Jinja there is a legend about the beginning of the festival. Once Lord 細川越中守忠興 Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563 - 1646) went hunting with hawks and took a rest at 不動山 Mount Fudoyama. There was one small stone shrine and when Tadaoki placed his staff against it, it opened and one 霊鷹 sacred hawk flew out of it. The hawk kicked out both eyes of Tadaoki. He felt great pain, went home soon but would not heal at all. He realized it was the punishment of Gozu Tenno and had a shrine built in his honor. After a performance of a ritual Kagura Yudate, 神楽湯立, one eye begun to heal. He had 能興行 No Kogyo rituals of Noh performed and the other eye begun to heal too.




....................................................................... Hiroshima 広島県 .....
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尾道市 Onomichi city

Gion Jinja 祇園神社 Gion Shrine
広島県尾道市土堂  Tsuchido, Onomichi, Hiroshima
- reference source -

About 300 years ago there was a severe ekibyo 疫病 epicemic in the region and the local fishermen and merchants suffered a lot. To help them the head priest of 鞆の浦の祇園神社 the Gion Shrine of Tomonoura prepared many amulets and went to Onomichi, but the local villagers did not let him in, because they said there was a Gion Shrine in Onomichi. They gathered at the nearby temple 常称寺 Josho-Ji and offered prayers too. Indeed, the epidemic stopped miraculously and Onomichi returned to a quiet fishing village.
Many villagers believe in 祇園さま Gion Sama and from June 7 for seven days they celebrate a large festival to honor the deity.




....................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県 .....
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津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Shiroyama town


. hitodama 人魂 / 人玉と伝説 Legends about the lights of the human soul .
The main festival of Yasaka Shrine is on August 1. Sometimes on a bright evening, when the mikoshi 神輿 floats parade through the town there appear hitodama 人玉 lights like human souls among the floats.




....................................................................... Kochi 高知県 .....
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幡多郡 Hata district 大月町 Otsuki town 

960 Himenoi, Otsuki, Hata district, Kochi

八坂宮 Yasaka no Miya Shrine
During the war, an important person came to this shrine and said "If you do not worship here, you will be cursed!" Then he died. So the villagers now pray for him here.




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京都祇園八坂神社七不思議 The seven wonders from Yasaka Shrine - there are varieties
The West Gate 西楼門(にしろうもん) Nishiromon (Sairomon), formerly called Kagomon 籠門 / also Goryumon
saru 猿 monkey
kiji 雉 pheasant
竜宮まで届く底無し井戸 a well to the dragon palace
Futami Iwa 二見石
kinukake iwa 衣掛岩
chikaramizu 力水
ryuuboe 龍吼
ryuuketsu 龍穴
Tadamori no tooroo 忠盛灯篭 / ? 油取りの燈籠
yonakiishi 夜啼石
- source : yasakajinjya-nanafushigi... -

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東山区 Higashiyama ward

kaibutsu 怪物 monster
About 800 years ago on a very stormy rainy night, at the 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine, there appeared a monster holding something that looked like a bundle of thick needles over its head. The soldiers of 平忠盛 Taira no Tadamori (? - 1153) were much afraid, but when they looked closer, they realized it was the kannushi 神主 Shinto priest who had covered his head with wheat straw during the rain.



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仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward

宮城県仙台市宮城野区岩切字若宮前11-7 / Wakamiyamae, Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, Miyagi

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Kappagami カッパ神 the Kappa deity
During a お花湯立 divination ritual with hot water at the 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine, people bring two kyuuri 胡瓜 cucumbers, one as an offering for the deity and one to throw in the river as an offering to Kappagami 河童神 the Kappa Deity. The villagers do not eat cucumbers until this festival is over and they made their offerings.
Gozu Tenno Gozu Tenno 牛頭天王 likes cucumbers.

Gion Kappa 祇園かっぱ The Kappa Water Goblin connection
祇園さま Gionsama, Gion Sama, Gion-Sama - The Gion Deity
The messenger of お稲荷さん the Inari deity is the fox, but the messenger of the deity Gion sama is the Kappa.
Therefore on the festival for Gion Sama children must not play in the river to avoid accidents. Instead they have to throw cucumbers into the river from the bridge.

. Gion Sama 祇園さま / Gion Kappa 祇園かっぱ .
. . Miyagi 宮城県 Kappa Legends 河童伝説 .

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. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .
It is a taboo to cut the sugi 杉 cedar tree in the compound of 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine or pick up some needles from the ground.
Once the tree seemed to bend and almost fall down, so a miko 巫女 shrine maiden performed an oracle ritual.
She was told to leave the tree alone, the Deity would care for it.




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甲賀市 Koka city 水口町 Minakuchi town


Behind the Shrine 八坂神社 Yasaka Jinja is Ryuu-ga-mori 竜ヶ森 the Dragon Forest. There stood a huge sugi 杉 cedar tree which 6 people could hardly cover with their arms around it. A dragon lived in this tree. The tree was hit twice by lighting, and at the second time, the Dragon went back to heaven.
This special tree broke down during the Isewan Typhoon.
Nearby is a Ryuu-ga-ido 竜ヶ井戸 "Dragon Well" which is used for amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals and prayers.
. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .


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21 Oct 2020

EDO - Nihon Himitsu secrest


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Nihon himitsu secrets

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Nihon no sugoi himitsu ねずさんの知っておきたい日本のすごい秘密
The amazing secrets of Japan

by 小名木善行 Onagi Zenko



第1章 記紀に学ぶ日本の国柄
一 隠身という大切な概念
1 神話と神語 2 古事記に書かれた天地創成 3 「隠身」という大切な概念 4 天之御中主神と日の丸の旗
二 すべては神々の御心のままに・諸命以
1 諸命以・修理固成・天沼矛 2 すべては神々のもの 3 ココヲヲロロというオノマトペ
三 目指すは「よろこびあふれる楽しい国」
1 あに国なけむや 2 古代日本の庶民の暮らし 3 身分よりも人 4 盗窃せず、諍訟少なし
四 清陽も大事、重濁も大事
1 清陽も大事、重濁も大事 2 日本的な陰陽とは 3 清陽

こらむ 教育と文化の国を目指した日本


第2章 古代の日本と周辺国との関係
一 日本建国の理由
1 建国理由を教えない日本 2 日本建国の詔を読む 3 建国までの経緯を学ぶ 4 たびかさなる試練 5 諸外国と異なる建国の経緯
二 疫病対策を成功させた崇神天皇
1 甚大な被害をもたらした疫病の歴史 2 記紀に描かれた疫病被害 3 たいせつな手水舎の教え 4 ほろびない国であることの大切さ
三 神功皇后の三韓征伐と栲衾の国
1 意味のないことで騒ぐ 2 不思議なお告げ 3 お告げがもたらした千八百年間の平和 4 現代をどうみるか
四 仁徳天皇が築いた国際国家日本
1 二年分のお米の備蓄 2 災害に備える 3 災害対策によって豊かになった日本
五 雄略天皇による古代日本の建て直し
1 よろしく攻め伐って天罰をくだせ 2 不正をただす 3 人質 4 高句麗の行った自立自存 5 雄略天皇の御心とは

こらむ 漢字渡来の嘘
1 漢字は部品でできている 2 阿比留草文字 3 漢字は異なる記号の組み合わせ文字 4 漢字渡来の嘘 5 日本独自の漢字の使用


第3章 日本の基礎を築いた中世日本
一 人口の三分の一が渡来人だった平安初期
1 歴史の再現性 2 蓬莱山の国、扶桑の国 3 新撰姓氏録といまの日本 4 黄金の国ジパング
二 日本書紀、万葉集が編纂された理由
1 持統天皇という偉大な存在 2 日本書紀と万葉集 3 日本文化を創造した天皇
三 万葉集にある「令和」の根拠となった歌
1 初春の歌 2 元号のもたらす意味
四 いまこそ大切にしたい日本の国柄
1 迩々芸命のご事績を日本の国の形とされた神武天皇 2 大水田を誕生させた仁徳天皇 3 仁徳天皇の事績を踏襲された雄略天皇 4 和の国を打ち出した聖徳太子 5 再び民のカマドの煙を持ち出された舒明天皇 6 天智天皇・天武天 7 教育と文化による国つくりをした持統天皇


こらむ シルクロードはジャパンロード
1 シルクロードは 19世紀に創られた名前 2 長安の人口 3 原始取得物の物々交換


第4章 黄金の国だった日本の近世
一 徳川家康と大阪経済
1 家康が豊臣方と戦った理由 2 商流経済と生産者優先経済 3 家康の行った大偉業
二 古代に学んだ信長の誇り
1 織田弾正信長 2 桶狭間の戦いの意味 3 桶狭間効果
三 鎌倉幕府の崩壊と児嶋高徳
1 財政破綻のおそろしさ 2 持明院統と大覚寺統 3 児嶋高徳 4 臥薪嘗胆
四 和気清麻呂に学ぶ
1 皇居にある二人の銅像 2 かかあとやっこ 3 道鏡の陰謀 4 宇佐八幡の御神託 5 道鏡失脚 6 皇統を護る
五 武士道とお能の不可分の関係とは
1 武家文化としてのお能 2 熊野の物語 3 松風の物語 4 鵺の物語 5 武士道を築いたお能

あとがき 日本文化が巨大な胃袋を持つといわれる理由とは

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17 Oct 2020

FUDO - Kanman Fudo Komyo-Ji

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Kanman Fudo Tochigi

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Kanman Fudo 感満不動
霊水山 Reisuisan 普門院 Fumon-In 光明寺 Komyo-Ji


栃木県さくら市氏家 / Tochigi, Sakura city, Ujiie

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai

The temple Komyo-Ji was erected in 1723 on request of the villagers of the postal station Ujiie shuku 氏家宿 on the Oshu Kaido 奥州街道 Highway.



On a rock behind the main temple building is a huge bronze statue of Fudo Myo-O, almost 3 meter high.
The bronze statue was cast in 1759 by the craftsman 戸室卯兵衛 Tomuro Uhei from 宇都宮 Utsunomiya city.
It is a construct of many separate pieces.

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shuin 朱印 stamp



- Homepage of the temple
- source : kita36fudo.com/tochigi...


. Ōshū Kaidō 奥州街道 Oshu Kaido Highway .


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This temple is Nr. 22 二十二 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .



. O-Mamori お守り Amulets and Talismans .


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



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16 Oct 2020

SHINTO - Yasaka Shrine legends

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Yasaka Shrine Legends

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Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine, Kyoto - Legends

Also called Gion Jinja 祇園神社 Gion Shrine.
There are now many Yasaka Shrines in Japan.


. Yasaka Shrine and the Gion Festival .
祇園祭 Gion Matsuri Festival - - - There are many kigo related to the Gion Festival.
yamaboko 山鉾 (やまぼこ)Gion Festival floats

. Gozu Tenno 牛頭天王 - Legends.
In 869, the people were suffering from plague and pestilence which was attributed to Gozu Tennō 牛頭天王.

. hayariyamai はやり病 / Ryukobyo 流行病と伝説 Legends about epidemics .


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....................................................................... Chiba 千葉県 .....
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成田市 Narita city

千葉県成田市吉岡 Chiba, Narita, Kichioka
- reference source -

The ujiko 氏子 parishioners of the Yasaka Shrine never eat eggs.

. ujiko 氏子 local worshiper, parishioner of a Shinto shrine .




....................................................................... Fukuoka 福岡県 .....
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小倉 Kokura city

Jonai, Kokurakita Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka
- homepage of Kokura Yasaka Shrine -

At the shrine 小倉八坂神社 Kokura Yasaka Jinja there is a legend about the beginning of the festival. Once Lord 細川越中守忠興 Hosokawa Tadaoki (1563 - 1646) went hunting with hawks and took a rest at 不動山 Mount Fudoyama. There was one small stone shrine and when Tadaoki placed his staff against it, it opened and one 霊鷹 sacred hawk flew out of it. The hawk kicked out both eyes of Tadaoki. He felt great pain, went home soon but would not heal at all. He realized it was the punishment of Gozu Tenno and had a shrine built in his honor. After a performance of a ritual Kagura Yudate, 神楽湯立, one eye begun to heal. He had 能興行 No Kogyo rituals of Noh performed and the other eye begun to heal too.




....................................................................... Hiroshima 広島県 .....
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尾道市 Onomichi city

Gion Jinja 祇園神社 Gion Shrine
広島県尾道市土堂  Tsuchido, Onomichi, Hiroshima
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約300年前、尾道が尾道の浦と呼ばれていた頃、疫病がはびこり漁民、商人たちは苦しんだ。これを見かねて鞆の浦の祇園神社の神主が守護札を持って尾道に渡来したが、尾道の年寄衆は尾道にも祇園神社があると固辞し、早速常称寺に合祀してあった御神体とともに移し祈りを捧げた。霊験あらたかに病魔はたちまち退散し、尾道は平和な漁村に戻った。祇園さまのご利益と信心するものが多く出て、旧6月7日から7日間、盛大な大祭が行われることとなった。




....................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県 .....
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津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Shiroyama town


. hitodama 人魂 / 人玉と伝説 Legends about the lights of the human soul .
The main festival of Yasaka Shrine is on August 1. Sometimes on a bright evening, when the mikoshi 神輿 floats parade through the town there appear hitodama 人玉 lights like human souls among the floats.




....................................................................... Kochi 高知県 .....
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幡多郡 Hata district 大月町 Otsuki town 

960 Himenoi, Otsuki, Hata district, Kochi

八坂宮 Yasaka no Miya Shrine
During the war, an important person came to this shrine and said "If you do not worship here, you will be cursed!" Then he died. So the villagers now pray for him here.




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京都祇園八坂神社七不思議 The seven wonders from Yasaka Shrine - there are varieties
The West Gate 西楼門(にしろうもん) Nishiromon (Sairomon), formerly called Kagomon 籠門 / also Goryumon
saru 猿 monkey
竜宮まで届く底無し井戸 a well to the dragon palace
kiji 雉 pheasant Futami Iwa 二見石
kinukake iwa 衣掛岩
chikaramizu 力水
ryuuboe 龍吼
ryuuketsu 龍穴
Tadamori no tooroo 忠盛灯篭 / ? 油取りの燈籠
yonakiishi 夜啼石

- source : yasakajinjya-nanafushigi... -

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東山区 Higashiyama ward

kaibutsu 怪物
約800年前、大雨の夜に八坂神社で頭に太い針を束ねたような形相の怪物が現われ、平忠盛りのお供の武士を恐れさせたが、よく見ると麦稈を束ねて頭に被った神主であった。




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仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward

宮城県仙台市宮城野区岩切字若宮前11-7 / Wakamiyamae, Iwakiri, Miyagino Ward, Sendai, Miyagi
勧請年月不祥。往古、此地の百姓源三郎なるものの祖先伊勢参宮の砌り京都にて霊験を頂き、年末同人の氏神として祀られる。元文3年(1739)3月28日大沢地区の鎮守として勧請したるものなりと古書にあり。元今宮牛頭天王と称したものを明治元年に八坂神社と改める。また、同村鎮守の春日神社を合祀して昭和20年8月大風のため社殿倒壊、昭和24年現社殿を建立して今日にいたる。現在は泉区の発展に伴ひ、新興団地、工業団地を背景にして崇敬者も増加の傾向にある。
- reference source : miyagi-jinjacho.or.jp... -


Kappagami カッパ神,O-Tenno Sama お天王様
八坂神社のお花湯立ての儀礼には胡瓜を二本持参、一本を供え、一本は河童神に供える(川に流す)。部落の人々も胡瓜を供えないうちは食べてはならない。お天王様がボウの病になったとき胡瓜畑で休み、目が覚めると胡瓜を食べてのどの渇きをいやし、迎えに来た牛に乗って帰って助かったからだとされている。

Gion Kappa 祇園かっぱ The Kappa Water Goblin connection
祇園さま Gionsama, Gion Sama, Gion-Sama - The Gion Deity
The messenger of お稲荷さん the Inari deity is the fox, but the messenger of the deity Gion sama is the Kappa.
Therefore on the festival for Gionsama children must not play in the river to avoid accidents. Instead they have to throw cucumbers into the river from the bridge.

. . Miyagi 宮城県 Kappa Legends 河童伝説 .
. Gion Sama 祇園さま / Gion Kappa 祇園かっぱ .

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. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .
It is a taboo to cut the sugi 杉 cedar tree in the compound of 八坂神社 Yasaka Shrine or pick up some needles from the ground.
Once the tree seemed to bend and almost fall down, so a miko 巫女 shrine maiden performed an oracle ritual.
She was told to leave the tree alone, the Deity would care for it.




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甲賀市 Koka city 水口町 Minakuchi town


Behind the Shrine 八坂神社 Yasaka Jinja is Ryuu-ga-mori 竜ヶ森 the Dragon Forest. There stood a huge sugi 杉 cedar tree which 6 people could hardly cover with their arms around it. A dragon lived in this tree. The tree was hit twice by lighting, and at the second time, the Dragon went back to heaven.
This special tree broke down during the Isewan Typhoon.
Nearby is a Ryuu-ga-ido 竜ヶ井戸 "Dragon Well" which is used for amagoi 雨乞い rain prayers.



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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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