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3 Feb 2021

MINGEI - ume plum art motives

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ume plum art motives

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ume　梅, 梅の花　plum blossom art motives - Gallery

. ume　梅　plum blossoms - Introduction.

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. kamon 家紋 family crests .

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. kokeshi こけし wooden dolls .

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. Sugawara Michizane　菅原道真 and the Plum Blossoms .

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. dorei どれい / 土鈴 clay bells .

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. tsurushibina つるし雛 / 吊るし雛 small hanging hina dolls .

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. kimono 着物 robes and obi 帯 sash .

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. ukiyo-e 浮世絵　"pictures of the floating world" .

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. o-bon 梅御盆 tray .

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chawan 茶碗　tea bowls and rice bowls with

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. Regional Folk Toys from Japan .

. Japan - Shrines and Temples .

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2 Feb 2021

FUDO - Saihoji Higiri Fudo

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Higiri Fudo Nippa

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .
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Higiri Fudo 日ぎり不動尊
補陀落山 Fudarakuzan 安養院 Anyo-In 西方寺 Saiho-Ji

横浜市港北区新羽町2586 / Nippacho, Kohoku Ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa

Founded by 勝賢僧正 Saint Shoken (1138 - 1196) in 1190 in Kamakura, in the valley 笹目ヶ谷 / 笹目谷 Sasamegayatsu.
He also founded 極楽寺 Temple Gokuraku-Ji in Kamakura and moved Saiho-Ji here in 1495、as a side-temple.
In 1649 the temple was awarded more land.
The temple was accessible via the river 鶴見川 Tsurumigawa.
The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai, a Black statue 「黒本尊」.

日切不動尊　Higiri"cutting the day" refers to the belief that Fudo would bring riches and good luck if one makes a wish and comes to the temple for a certain number of days, then when the last day is over (giri, kiri) the wish would be fulfilled.
A famous Higiri Fudo Temple is in Kumihamacho, Kyōtango, Kyoto.
- reference source : nyoiji.com ..

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- Homepage of the temple
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Also on the following pilgrimages :

横浜七福神（恵比寿） Yokohama Shichifukujin - Ebisu

関東百八地蔵霊場 108 Jizo Temples in Kanto - Nr. 87
子年観音霊場 Nedoshi Kannon Reijo - Nr. 15
Kannon for people born in the year of the nezumi mouse.

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This temple is Nr. 9 of the
. 武相不動尊二十八所 - 28 Fudo Temples in Musashino .

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

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TEMPLE - Enjoji Hakusan Kannon

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Enjoji Kannon Hakusan

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo
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Enjoji 圓乗寺 / 円乗寺 Enjo-Ji - Hakusan
南縁山 Nanenzan 正徳院 Shotoku-In

文京区白山1-34-6 / Bunkyo ward, Hakusan

聖観世音菩薩

- Chant of the temple
観音のおしえのままに導かれただ円(まど)かれとみ船に乗るらん

The temple was founded in 1581 with the name of 密蔵院 Mitsuzo-In in Hongo.
In 1626, 實仙法師 Priest Jissen renamed it to Enjo-Ji.
In 1631 it was relocated to its present place.
This is the temple where Tenna no taika 天和の大火 the great fire caused by the girl 八百屋お七 Yaoya no O-Shichi, "Greengrocer Oshichi" started. Her grave is still in this temple.

. Yaoya O-Shichi 八百屋お七 / 八百屋於七 Kannon .
O-Shichi started a great Tenna fire in the Edo period, where many lives were lost and many temples burnt down.

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

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- Homepage of the temple
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This temple is Nr. 11 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩 .

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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小石川円乗寺の八百屋お七の墓が新しくなっていたので理由を尋ねたら、ある夜同墓所を掃除に来た足軽が顔は小女、身体は鶏になったお七に弔うことを頼まれた為に、その足軽が再興したということだった。
大正の終わり頃、お七の亡霊が出るという噂が何度かたった。円乗寺の門前に毎夜現れるということが新聞に出た。昭和３０年代まで亡霊が出るという噂があった。

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八百屋お七にみる現代の民間信仰 - 中島恵子

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1 Feb 2021

LEGENDS - heavy snow and freezing to death

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ooyuki heavy snow legends

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oyuki 大雪と伝説 Legends about heavy snow
tooshi 凍死 freezing to death

. yuki 雪 snow .
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. yukionna, yuki onna 雪女 (ゆきおんな) "snow woman" legends .

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mansei no ha 蔓菁の葉 (マンセイノハ) leaf of a Kabura turnip
When a fermer walked through his fields in October, he saw thet the leaves of the Kabura turnip where much bigger than usual.
This means that there will be heavy snow in the coming winter, said his old companion.
And indeed, there was heavy snow this winter.

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北設楽郡 Kita-Shitara district 振草村 Furikusa village

doorokugami どうろく神 / 道祖神 the Dosojin deity
(どうろく神 Wayside God in local dialect
This deity has only one leg.
Once a woodcutter had built a small hut below a cliff and stayed there over night.
One night when there was heavy snow, he heard something walking over his hut. When he looked the next morning, he saw a huge footprint, but just one.
. Doosojin 道祖神 Dosojin, Dososhin - Legends about Wayside Gods .

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香取郡 Katori district 多古町 Tako town

On the second day of the New Year, there is a fire ritual at the local Shrine.
If this ritual is not performed, there will be great misfortune in the village.
One year there was heavy snow and the villgers could not go out to have the ritual. But at night an old woman saw someone making the ritual fire at the Shrine.
It must have been the Deity itself, the villagers thought and from that time on, they held the ritual every year.

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今治市 Imabari city 玉川町 Tamagawa town
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shishigamisama 獅子神様 wild boar Deity
About 200 years ago, a high-ranking priest Saint Muso 無相上人 helped a 小猪　small wild boar on a day of heavy snow on 奈良原山 Mount Narabarasan.
He had practised for a long time and then went on a pilgrimage through Japan.
Before he left, he asked another priest to care for the inoshishi.
This priest cared for it very well for a while, but then he felt tired of it and let the boar run into the wild fields.
The villagers shot the boar with a gun.
Since then all the villagers were cursed and decided to venerate the wild boar as a deity.

source : manryouy.exblog 稲わらイノシシ
To our day after the harvest villagers make wild boars from straw.
. Muso Daishi 無相大師 .

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hendobaka 遍土墓 (ヘンドバカ) grave of a Henro pilgrim
About 150 years ago there lived a man alone with his child after his wife had died.
The daughter had promised to get married to 四国遍路 a Henro Pilgrim but her relatives did not agree, so she left the house.
On that day there was a heavy snow. The daughter could not see the road and fell to her death down a deep valley.
Since then her family was befallen with misfortune. They erected a statue of 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu on the location where she had died and prayed for her.
This place is now remembered as Hendobaka.

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南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district 檜枝岐村 Hinoemata village

Heavy snow in winter is an omen that it will be a rich harvest.

......................................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
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Gifu 恵那市 Ena city 明智町 Akechi town

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢－ racoon dog, badger legends .
Once on a night with heavy snow, there came a traveller and stayed over night. He went into the bath but did not come out for a long time.
The host thought this strange and had a peek into the bathroom. There he saw a Tanuki washing his body with his long tail.

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Gifu 神岡町 Kamioka town

kumo katsura 蛛蜘桂 Katsura tree and spiders
- - - - - katsura 桂 Japanese Judas tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum
Around 1580, on a day with heavy snow, a warlord was bewitched by 山蜘蛛 the mountain spiders.
He stayed under a Katsura tree, because he thought it was a house, but later many of his servants were found dead under the tree.
Now the villagers fear this tree.
. kumo 蜘蛛と伝説 Legends about spiders / Spinnen .

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珠洲市 Suzu city

kaki no tane 柿の種 persimmon seeds

In the year 1814, a traveller passed in Autumn near the local Temple. He saw a persimmon tree and took the seeds to stick them into the ground upside-down.
This would bring heavy snow to the area.
When the snow season came, there was more than 6 meters of snow!

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Kyoto 船井郡 Funai district

. saru 猿と伝説 Legends about monkeys - Affen .
On a winter day with heavy snow a hunter found daien / oozaru 大猿 a huge monkey at the foot of oimatsu 老松 an old pine tree. The monkey begged for his life, but the hunter shot him. When the hunter looked closer, he saw the monkey was pregnant.
His family became cursed and died out.

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Kyoto 中郡 Naka district 大宮町Omiya town

yukinbo 雪んぼ a female snow monster
In a remote mountain region on a night with heavy snow, grandmother was alone at home with her grandchild, when 雪んぼ the Yukinbo monster came.
Grandmother took the grandchild on her back, fled down to the village and then stayed there to live.

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Yukinbo is made from matsuyani 松やに pine resin and snow and if people throw fire at her, especially if they hit her huge breast, she melts.

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栗原市 Kurihara city 金成町 Kannari town

. ne 子 / nezumi 鼠　 Rat, Mouse .
At the temple 正法寺 Shobo-Ji in 江刺 Esashi there came a huge mouse and ate the head priest.
Another priest, who kept a cat well even in heavy snow times, became the next head priest. His cat killed the mouse and thus saved his life.
Since then the table for the sutras in this temple had legs like a cat and a mouse.
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Miyagi 柴田郡 Shibata district 大河原町 Ogawara town

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Around 1920, there was a men bewitchen by a fox, who froze do his death.
Others say he did not freeze to death, but who knows ?

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A man who wanted to secretely hunt for foxes with meatballs, where he had included gunpowder, got lost in the forest on a winter night and froze to death.
He had been cursed by the local foxes!

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- tooshi 凍死 frozen to death

. Bishamon-Ten 毘沙門天 Tamonten and Mount Shigisan .
The young owner of a wealthy shop had his fortune told by a diviner three years ago.
He was told he would die within three years of cold and hunger, but if he went to the Bishamon Deity at 信貴山 Mount Shigisan every year for three years, this fate would be turned and he could live a long life.
The young man went to Shigisan for two years, but on the third year there was such heavy snow! He told his servant to go up and get a palanquin.
When the servant returned, the young man was 凍死 frozen to death.

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佐渡市 Sado city 畑野町 Hatano town

kami no ta asobi 神の田遊び Kami playing in the fields
At the 大久保の白山神社 Okubo Hakusan Shrine there is a special ritual on the third of January, where the deities come to enjoy the field work and farmers pray for an auspicious harvest.
Around 1930, there was such a heavy snow that the farmers could not go to the shrine.
But in the village they heard a strange loud sound. The Kami had performed this ritual all by themselves !
But in that year there was a severe epidemic in the village.

小比叡神社田遊び神事 Kohie Jinja ta-asobi ritual
. Hakusan Jinja 白山神社 Hakusan Shrines in Japan .

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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
A hunter from 横道 Yokomichi found the bell and golden chopsticks of 山伏 a Yamabushi mountain priest in the forest.
To pay his respects and pray to the Tengu Sama, he went to the mounain every day.
On the 9th day of February, when Yamanba 山ン婆 the old mountain hag monster cooks rice, people are not allowed to go to the forest.
But the hunter went to his 天狗山 Tenguyama mountain anyway.
He shot at an old man, looking like a monkey (the Tengu), but he fell into a deep valley himself.
It was a night of heavy snow and the hunter lost his way.
Later they found him deep in Tenguyama with a large wound.

......................................................................................... Tochigi 茨城県
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東村 Higashimura village

source : twitter 妖怪カルテ @yokaikarte
Shozuga babaa しょうづがばばあ / 正塚の婆さん / 葬頭河の婆 Shozuka no Basan - Datsueba
Once upon a time, on a morning when it had snowed a lot that night, a woman was found frozen to death.
If someone passes this place at night, they say a monster is showing up now.
Children never dare to pass here in the evening.
If children play here late in the evening, they are often frightened by the Old Hag of Hell.
. Datsueba 奪衣婆 / 脱衣婆 the Old Hag of Hell .

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鶴岡市 Tsuruoka city

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
A few years ago, there was a man who had retired from his work as woodcutter. Just before the Newy Year he went to buy some fish, but went missing on the way. When others went searching for him, they found him in his black coat under a tree, frozen to death.
People said he was tricked by a fox from the near mountain.

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The winter of 2020/2021 has brought extremely heavy snow and blizzards to most parts of Japan.

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. Kaido highway legends 街道と伝説 - - ABC list .

. animals and their legends 動物と伝説 - - ABC list .

. plants and their legends 　植物と伝説 - - 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 .

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31 Jan 2021

GOKURAKU - Joshinji Kannon Temple

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Joshinji Kannon Mukogaoka

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. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo
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Joshinji 浄心寺 Joshin-Ji - Mukogaoka
湯嶹山 Yushimazan 常光院 Joko-In 浄心寺 Joshin-Ji

文京区向丘2-17-4 / Bunkyo ward, Mukogaoka

十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads

- Chant of the temple
たのめただ　枯れたる木にも自ら実りの花や桜観世音

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.
On on side is the Kannon statue, on the other side is a statue of 勢至菩薩 Seishi Bosatsu.
The temple was originally founded in Suruga (Shizuoka) by 文喬和尚 Priest Bunkyo.
After the death of 徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu the local lord 畔柳武重 Kuroyanagi Takeshige (? - 1603) wend back to Edo and his family in 1612 rebuild the temple at 湯島妻恋坂 Yushima Tsumakoizaka.
The temple was lost in 振袖火事 the Furisode Taika fire and after that rebuilt at its present location.
Above the hall is a beautiful hengaku 扁額 temple name plate with golden letters.

There are many cherry trees in the compound. Therefore the temple is also called
Sakura Kannon 桜観音 Cherry Blossom Kannon.

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浄心寺布袋尊 Statue of Hotei

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shuin 朱印 stamp "Sakura Kannon"

- Homepage of the temple
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. taika 江戸の大火 Edo no Taika "Great Fires of Edo" .
March 2–3, 1657 - Meireki no Taika 明暦の大火 Great Fire of Meireki, Furisode Fire

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

Nr. 17
. 上野王子駒込辺三十三ヶ所観音霊場 .
Pilgrimage to Ueno Oji Komagome 33 Kannon Temples

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This temple is Nr. 10 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads

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30 Jan 2021

FUDO - Kozenji Yokohama

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Zenryu Fudo Takada

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .
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Zenryu Fudo 善立不動尊
圓瀧山光明院 Komyo-In 興禅寺 Kozen-Ji

神奈川県横浜市港北区高田町1799 / Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kohoku ward, Takata

The temple was founded in 853 by 慈覚大師円仁和尚 Priest Ennin.
He carved a statue of 勝軍地蔵 Shogun Jizo and built a hall for it.
In 1649, the temple was awarded with more land by the government.

. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 (794 – 864) .

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興禅寺福禄寿 Fukurokuju

. Fukurokuju 福禄寿 .
One of the Seven Gods of Good Luck

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十二支護守観音像 12 Kannon Statues

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shuin 朱印 stamp

- Reference of the temple
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Also on the following pilgrimages :

関東百八地蔵霊場 86番 - 108 Jizo Temples in Kanto
都築橘樹酉年地蔵尊霊場 10番
准秩父三十四観音霊場27番 - 34 Kannon Temples Chichibu
横浜七福神寿老神 - Yokohama Shichifukujin
稲毛七薬師6番 - Inage 7 Yakushi

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. 武相不動尊二十八所 - 28 Fudo Temples in Musashino .

. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
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EDO - Kyogen Legends

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Kyogen theater

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Kyoogen 狂言 Kyogen Theater - Legends

. Kyogen 狂言 Introduction .

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What Really Happens in the Kyōgen Backstage

This material offers explanations mainly through picture on the tools and works, which were used for backstage devices of Kabuki. This helps us to learn about dramaturgy of Kabuki, including stage sets and theater properties.

With the growing popularity of ghost story-related plays since the Bunka and Bunsei periods (1804-1830), the large scale devices were developed by Hasegawa Kanpei, a professional set designer/producer, who handled all the stage sets at three officially recognized Kabuki theaters of Edo. This page is one of the scenes of "Imoseyama Onna Teikin" and describes the devise of "takiguruma (waterfalls wheels)" that expresses the Yoshino River. Usually, pale blue cloth is used to express the flow of a river. In this play, however, this devise was used to make it appear as if the water flew from the back of the stage to the audience seats.
In addition, this work includes the burning lantern entrance (chōchin nuke), the revolving door panel (toita gaeshi), the garden lantern entrance (tōrō nuke) of "Ghost Story at Yotsuya on the Tōkaidō", and the disclosure of a trick for a midair stunt feat of Ishikawa Goemon. The books for trick disclosure were a popular project to satisfy the curiosity of the audience, and many other books based on similar ideas were also published.
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kamanari 釜鳴 the kettle makes auspicious noises
A 刀鍛冶 sword smith named 国員 Kunikazu wanted to make mochi 餅　rice cakes for the New Year at the end of December, when suddenly his kama 釜 kettle begun to make auspicious noises. Since then Kunikazu became famous.
If a kettle makes noises the family will become prosperous. Kunikazu changed his name store name to
Kamanariya 釜鳴屋.
If a kettle begins to make noise in the kitchen, the womenfolk use new underwear and place it on the kettle to make it quiet.

. Narikama 鳴釜 Narigama yokai / Kamanari 釜鳴 .

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. saru 猿と伝説 Legends about monkeys - Affen .
A ship carrying Kyogen actors from a tour to Yamaguchi became shipwrecked and the people, rescued on land, did not know where they are. There were no human houses on the island. But the monkeys on the island found the humans and many came to the beach to look at them. Since it was a ship carrying actors, the monkeys asked them for a performance of a 狂言 Kyogen. So one of them danced 三番叟 the Sanbaso. The monkeys liked that very much and threw some food at them. Then they climbed on a high tree and showed the actors the direction. When the actors started rowing that way, they finally reached 長門国 the Nagato province.

Sanbaso by Masayuki Kunisaki
. Sanbasoo 三番叟 The Sanbaso Dance .
It started in the ninth century as a dance to avoid earthquakes.
Later it was performed in Noh, Kyogen and even Kabuki.

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中京区 Central ward

. Mibudera 壬生寺 Temple Mibu-Dera .

During the Kyogen performances in April at the 大念仏会 Great Nenbutsu Rituals there appear performers with masks.
The masks are of 牛若 Ushiwaka, 弁慶 Benkei, 土蜘蛛 Tsuchigumo, the Ground Spider, 鬼 Oni demons, 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu and others.

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. Horaijima 蓬莱島 a mythical island of eternal youth .
In a Kyogen performance for 節分 Setsubun rituals in Spring, an Oni 鬼 demon comes from Horaijima Island. He is tricked by a woman who snatches his kakuremino 隠れ蓑 straw raincoat (which makes him invisible). Then she throws Setsubun ritual beans at him to drive him out.

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月ヶ瀬村 Tsukigase village

. Mount Konoyama 神野山 and koedame 肥溜め an area for fertilizer .

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Osaka 堺市 Sakai city 少林寺町 Shorinji town

釣狐 Tsurigitsune ('Fox Trapping') - 狐釣り狂言 Kitsune tsuri

tsuri kitsune 釣狐 Tsurigitsune, Tsuri-gitsune "fox trapping"

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. The Fox Hakuzosu 白蔵主 / 伯蔵主 .
The legend of Hakuzōsu became a Kyōgen play "Fishing for a fox", 釣狐 Tsurigitsune ('Fox Trapping') / Konkai ('The Cry of the Fox')
In Tsurigitsune, an old fox who has lost all of his relatives to a hunter's trap assumes human form to try to convince the hunter to stop killing. In this story, a hunter is visited by his uncle, the priest Hakuzōsu, who lectures his nephew on the evils of killing foxes. The hunter is nearly convinced, but after the priest departs, he hears the cry of the fox and realizes it wasn't his uncle at all but a fox in guise.
The fox resumes his natural form and reverts to his wild ways, takes the bait in a trap and is captured.
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sanbon ashi no kitsune 三本足の狐 a fox with three legs
Hakuzosu was a strong believer in 稲荷神 the Inari fox deity.
One day he found a fox with three legs. He thought this was a present of the deity and he brought it up with great care.
The fox became a wise animal and helped the priest to forecast disaster and bad luck.
The staff of the priest used in the Kyogen performance is made of bamboo taken from the bamboo grove at 少林寺 the temple Shorin-Ji.

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. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

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29 Jan 2021

LEGENDS - Narikama Narigama Kamanari

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Narikama Narigama Kamanari

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Narikama 鳴釜 Narigama yokai / Kamanari 釜鳴

. Narukama-Shinji 鳴釜神事 ritual at Kibitsu Jinja, Okayama .
A boiling water pot is beaten and the sound that comes from doing so is used to determine if your wish will come true or not.

. Minakamidera 水上寺 Minakami-dera Fudo Temple .
釜鳴の法 ritual in Spring

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A tsukumogami Yokai originating from the myth of an iron kettle which could predict one's fortune.

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A Narikama (also called Narigama or Kamanari)
is one of Japanese yokai (ghosts, spirits and monsters) that was portrayed in Sekien TORIYAMA's yokai art collection book: "Hyakki Tsurezure Bukuro" (The Bag of One Hundred Random Demons; the term 'hyakki' in its title is a pun on the usual hyakki, replacing the character for demon which is written as "鬼" in Japanese with a character for vessel written as "器," and sure enough, most of the yokais shown in this book are tsukumogami [a type of Japanese spirits that originate in items or artifacts that have reached their 100th birthday and become alive]). It is a kind of the tsukumogami (specters transmuted from objects).
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Sekien portrayed the Narikama as a hairy yokai, putting a kama (a metal pot) on and holding a votive picture tablet in his hands as if it is doing fortune-telling. It is allegedly originated from the Narukama Shinji Ritual, practiced in Kibitsu-jinja Shrine in Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture. According to one legend, the ritual was started when an ogre named Ura or Onra, which had been killed by Kibitsuhiko no mikoto and become a deity to give divine messages to people through sounds of steam from an iron pot. Some say that the specter Narikama is this Ura portrayed as a tsukumogami of a kama based on the legend, thus depicting the kama as a specter.
In a similar way, there are other tales of divination by sounds from a kama. A farmer dug up an iron pot in a cist. When the farmer boiled water with the iron pot, it might sound, and whenever the pot made some sounds, it always rained on that day. Then it is said that the iron pot became famous as a weather forecaster.
Moreover, a kama yokai (metal pot specter) was portrayed in "Hyakki yagyo emaki" ('Night Parade of One Hundred Demons' picture scroll) in the Muromachi period, and the Narikama was supposedly modeled on it.
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In many rural areas of Japan, there are legends about a kettle or hearth that makes a noise. This is often not seen as anything special or auspicious.

This penomen often happens in the New Year bewtwen the first ne no hi 子の日 day of the rat and i no hi 亥の日 day of the wild boar and is then seen as something bringing bad luck.
If a cattle starts making noise, a man has to wear woman's robes to make it stop.
A woman has to wear man's robes to make it stop.

If a kettle starts making noise, people hang some new underwear of a woman on the lid to stop it.

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banyo 婆女 demon hag, mother in law
If the kettle in the kitchen makes a noise, on has to call out Banyo (Demon Hag). This will stop the fire below the kettle and bring good luck.

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kane ga naru 鐘が鳴る a temple bell rings
Sometimes the kettle begins to make a noise while cooking rice for dinner. Sometimes the sound resembles that of a temple bell. Adjusting the fire it may sound like someone playing the lute. Sometimes the sound can be heard just three times and brings joy to those who hear it.

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. A 刀鍛冶 sword smith named 国員 Kunikazu .

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平鹿郡 Hiraka district 平鹿町 Hiraka town

When a local Sake dealer made rice wine and boiled rice in the large kettle, the kette started to make a noise like 「もんもん！もんもん！」 monmon mon mon .
This sound can be heared from close by and from far away.
So the Sake dealer sold the kettle, but from that day on his business went down and bancrupt.

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遠野市 Tono city

Once a shugenja 修験者 mountain priest came to the town and performed a Kamanari ritual.
He boiled water in a huge kettel, placed a large wooden bottle on it and placed a lit on it.
Then he performed some ritual prayers and called out " Now, Kettle, begin to make a sound!"
The kettle sounded in a high and deep voise and then stoped.
(Some say it was the voice of the skillful priest . . . )

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