3 Jan 2020

SHINTO - Osugi Shrine Ibaraki

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/10/osugi-shrine-ibaraki.html

Osugi Shrine Ibaraki

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Oosugi Jinja 大杉神社 Osugi Shrine, Ibaraki

茨城県稲敷市阿波958番地 / Aba (Awa), Inashiki, Ibaraki

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Osugi Shrine, or popularly called あんばさま"Anba-sama," is located in Awa, Inashiki City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
It was a "gosha" shrine in the old shrine rank system and after the World War II it was designated as a "Beppyo Jinjya," meaning that comes under the direct control of "Jinjya Honcho (Association of Shinto Shrines)."
This shrine is the head shrine of all Osugi Shrines that are distributed in Kanto and Tohoku Regions.
The name Osugi (meaning a large cedar) comes from the large cedar tree that stands in the precinct and worshipped as the sacred body of the deity.
It is said that the shrine was first founded in 767, and in 1241 the deities of Oonamuchi no Mikoto and Sukunahikona no Mikoto were invited from Imamiya Shrine in Kyoto and enshrined here.
Since the Edo period the shrine, as the deity of smallpox prevention and waterway traffic, has been widely worshipped by the people living in Kanto Region and on the Pacific side of Tohoku Region. It is said that in the early Edo period the monk Tenkai, who served as a consultant to the Shogun and stayed at Fudoin Temple in nearby town of Edosaki, was on board a ship in Tojo-no-ura, prayed to the large cedar tree in this shrine and successfully achieved a miracle of bringing about rainfall.
He designated this shrine as the guard of "Kimon (ominous direction)" for Edo Castle, and took the position of the resident priest of Annonji Temople, which was an attached temple of this shrine. Due to these links, Annonji Temple has been a Chokkentai temple (directly linked temple) of Nikko-zan Rinnoji Temple, where a mausoleum of the 3rd Tokugawa Shogun is located.
- source : nipponkichi - Oosugi-jinjya　

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Oonamuchi no Mikoto 大己貴命
Sukunahikona no Mikoto 少彦名命

. Jigen Tenkai 慈眼天海 (1536 – 1643) .

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Fudo-In 不動院 Temple hall for Fudo Myo-O

source : inashiki.com/jb/hudouin...

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shuin　朱印 stamp

omamori お守り　amulets

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Osugi Shrine in Ibaraki Prefecture
is the only shrine in Japan said to help make dreams come true! It's also known for its ability to break off bad luck, so this is the place to go if you are looking to make your dreams a reality.
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- Reference : 大杉神社
- Reference : Osugi Shrine

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- - - - - There are other shrines with this name in Japan.

. Osugi Jinja and Benten .
千葉県佐倉市臼井, Chiba, Sakura town, Obukai 498-2

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Osugi Daimyojin 大杉大明神
旧摩耶天上寺 / 摩耶の大杉 Maya no Osugi

source : emiya.co.jp/blog...

. 仏母麻耶山忉利天上寺 Maya Toriten Temple, Kobe .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .

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仙台市 Sendai city

nekozuka 猫塚 mound for a cat，hebizuka 蛇塚 mound for a serpent
A Samurai who lived nearby had a cat, which one day bit into the sleeve of his wifeL's kimono and would not let go. So he cut off the head of the cat and it flew up to the ceiling. There he realized that it had bitten into daija 大蛇 a huge serpent, to protect him from harm.
He held a funeral for the cat and had a small Shrine and mound erected at 大杉神社 Osugi Jinja.
The body of the serpent, which he had cut into three parts, was buried in another mound, to the North of the cat mound.

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

Shorin Jinja and the Nekozuka mound 少林神社の猫塚

8, Wakabayashi Ward, Sendai, Miyagi
猫塚古墳 Nekozuka Kofun
七郷堀の南，現在の若林区文化センターやウルスラ学院のあたりいったいには，【国分小泉屋敷】とよばれる伊達家の大きな別荘（べっそう）がありました。そのすがたをえがいた絵図面が宮城県図書館に残されています。
伊達家の別荘を描いたこの絵図面の一部に猫塚古墳がえがかれているのです。
絵図には【大杉大明神】Osugi Daimyojin として，大きな杉の木のある小山と神社がえがかれています。今は，古墳のおもかげを残していない，猫塚も江戸時代には古墳の形をとどめていたようです。
絵図がえがかれたのは，文政9年（1826）。江戸時代の後半です。
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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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31 Dec 2019

SHRINES - Toshitokujin legends New Year

https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/07/toshitokujin-legends.html

Toshitokujin legends

. Toshitokujin 歳徳神 God of the Year.
- Introduction and Haiku -

. shinnen 新年 the New Year .
The New Year of the Gregorian calendar falls on 1 January.

. The Asian Lunar Calendar and its seasons .
spring begins, February 4, risshun 立春
summer begins, May 6, rikka　立夏
autumn begins, August 8, risshuu　立秋
winter begins, November 7, rittoo　立冬

. kamidana 神棚　household Shinto altar, "shelf for the Gods" .
- A special one is often set up for the New Year celebrations.

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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choochin no yoo na hi 提灯のような火 a fire like a lantern
Late at night on the last day of the year, behind the sanctuary for Ujigami there was a light coming down and a strange sound was heard.
The elders of the village say this is the time when Toshitokujin comes down for the New Year.

. ujigami　氏神 clan KAMI deities .

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館林市 Tatebayashi city 下早川田 Shimo-Sagawada

When planting rice seedlings on u no hi 卯の日 the day of the rabbit, Toshitokugami comes down on 卯の刻 the hour of the rabbit.

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. Toshitoku san トシトクさん - Tanokami and the wild boar .
He comes on the day of Inoko Wild Boar, therefore people leave the door open and also the kotatsu コタツ heated table for him to come and sit in the home.
The comes to the fields on the 1st day of the second lunar month and leaves for his home on 亥の日 the day of the wild boar in the 10th lunar month.

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三次市 Miyoshi city 三良坂町 Mirasaka town

On the second day of the second lunar month, children get a moxabustion treatment called ヤイト yaito.
On this day Toshitokujin goes back to Takamagahara 高天原 the Fields of Heaven.

. yaitobi やいと日 day for moxabustion .

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足柄上郡 Ashigara-Kami district 山北町 Yamakita town

Toshigami 年神 / 歳神
Toshigami comes every year on the first day of January and leaves on the 14th day.
In other villages he leaves on u no hi ウの日 / 卯の日 the first day of the rabbit.
On this day people make offerings of azuki mochi 小豆餅 rice cakes with auspicious red beans.

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曽於郡 Soo district

. Toshigami, Yamanokami and Tanokami .

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According to ancient Asian lore, the new year comes with a new female deity.
She comes on the evening of day 30 of the 12th lunar month. People prepare the special kamidana 神棚 Shelf of the Gods for her.
When the year is over they tear it down and burn it, then built a new one.

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東蒲原郡 Higashi-Kanbara district 阿賀町 Aga town

. chinjugami　鎮守神 tutelary deities .
Toshitokujin comes for the New Year as a tutelary deity.

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Niigata 糸魚川市 Itoigawa city

Toshi no Kami 年の神 comes on the New Year day from the direction of アキ / 亜希 Aki.
All preparations for his coming must be finished by lunchtime.
No more cleaning of the home after lunchtime. If someone uses a broom, Toshitokujin will be swept out.

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Niigata 長岡市 Nagaoka city 福島町 Fukushima town

For the New Year, komedawara 米俵 a bale of rice from last year's harvest is decorated in the living room as a welcome for Toshigami sama 年神様.
In many parts 歳徳神 Toshitokujin comes on the first u no hi 卯の日 the day of the rabbit.
If this falls on the 12th day of the year, it is a bad omen and might bring a bad harvest.

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Niigata 佐渡市 Sado city

For the New Year a special toshidana 歳棚 (kamidana) shelf for the New Year is put up for 歳徳神 Toshitokujin.
He comes from the direction of 亜希 Aki town and goes back to this direction.

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Niigata 十日町市 Tokamachi city 松之山 Matsunoyama

歳徳神 Toshitokujin comes on the 30st of December.
A special kamidana 神棚 Shelf of the Gods is put up for her.
After the New Year celebration, this shelf is taken down.

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January 15th is called okuri-shogatsu 送り正月 "seeing off the New Year".
All the decorations made for the New Year are being taken to the local Shinto shrine and burned in a special ritual.
After that special kagamimochi 鏡餅 rice cakes for the New Year are offered, they are fried in this fire, taken home and eaten with the family.

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Tokushima 池田町 Ikeda town

January 15 is the koshoogatsu 小正月 "small New Year", 歳徳神 Toshitokujin is offered a new light and special food on the shelf.

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Tokushima 美馬郡 Mima district 貞光町 Sadamitsu town

January 15 is the koshoogatsu 小正月 "small New Year", sometimes called agari shoogatsu 上がり正月 - day to put down the New Year decorations and sending 歳徳神 Toshitokujin home.

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Tokushima 三野町 Mino town

January 15 is the koshoogatsu 小正月 "small New Year, sometimes called okuri shoogatsu おくり正月 "sending the New Year off".
The New Year decorations are burned at the local Shinto Shrine or under a bridge.
歳徳神 Toshitokujin is sent off with the smoke of these fires.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
26 年神 toshigami (02)

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27 Dec 2019

EDO - Miiki Kaido Road

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Miike Kaido Okan Road

Posted: 25 Dec 2019 09:17 PM PST

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Miike Kaido 三池街道 / Miike Okan 三池往還 Miike Road
Kumamoto

Used by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1587 as an army road built by 加藤清正 Kato Kiyomasa, Lord of 熊本城 Kumamoto Castle.
It started at Kumamoto castle,

- Postal stations on the road -
Mitori Shimachi 味取新町
Konoha 木葉
Takase 高瀬町
Kanayama 金山
Fumoto 府本
Iwamoto 岩本
Miike 三池

In former times also called
高瀬街道 Takase Kaido.

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三池街道とその周辺

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Mitori Shinmachi 味取新町
(now in 熊本市北区 Kita Ward, Kumamoto city)
The Buzen Kaido 豊前街道 Buzen Highway
branched off at Mitori Shinmachi.
The town thrived as the starting point of the Buzen Kaido.
When 細川忠利 Hosokawa Tadatoshi (1585 - 1641) became the lord of the region,the town got its name.
There were more than 100 Hatago lodgings in town.

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Tabaruzaka 田原坂 Tabaru slope
A mountain road leading up about 80 m via three slopes along 1,5 km along the river 木葉川 Konohagawa.

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Konoha 木葉
(former 木葉村 Konoha village, now 玉名郡玉東町 Tamana district, Gyokuto town)
The temple 徳成寺 Tokujo-Ji is located in this town.
The kiln 木の葉猿窯元 Konoha Sarugamamoto is located here, with a history of more than 1300 years, making the famous
three monkeys.
. Konoha saru 木の葉猿 monkey from Konoha .

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Takase 高瀬
(now 玉名市 Tamana city)
Before the Mejij period there was no bridge over the river 菊池川 Kikuchigawa (about 100 wide river) and travelers had to use a boat.
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Tamana Onsen
Tamana Onsen is one of the best hot springs in Kumamoto, being proud of its abundant, high-quality spring water with a history over 1,300 years old.
It is also called "Ryuganji Onsen," and has been popular with local people since the olden days.
Legends say that a heron used the water to heal its wounded wing, after which it was able to fly. The old part of the town, near Hikino Shrine, still has a tasteful atmosphere to date, and "Ryuganji Park", in the town center, offers a free foot baths, which are popular with visitors who wish to unwind their minds and bodies.
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Kanayama 金山
(now 荒尾市金山 Arao city, Kanayama)
It was the residence of the 大野一族 Ono clan since the 戦国時代 Sengoku period (1467 – 1600).
Arao was a large coal mining town, but it has since lost a great deal of its population, due to the closing of the mine.
Arai is famous for its Shōdai ware, an art form almost completely exclusive to Arao, involving slow kilning and under glazing.
Also, the Arao nashi pear is a fruit product grown widely in this town. The pear is round, brown and about the size of a bowling ball.
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Fumoto 府本
(now Arao city, Fumoto荒尾市府本)
In 1714 Fumoto got permission from the Hosokawa domaine to become a postal station of the Miike Highway.
The shrine 熊野宮 Gumano-Go has an old stone marker from 1743.

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At the border between the old provinces of Bungo and Miike is the
Iwamoto Bansho barrier 岩本番所.
(now 荒尾市上井出 Arao, Shimo-Ide)
The 高瀬奉行所 Takase Bugyo barrier office from the Hosokawa clan was located here.
The families of 内野 Uchino and 桜井 Sakurai held this position for many years and their descendants still live in the town.
Before a bridge was built, travelers had to use a boat to cross the river 諏訪川 Siuwagawa.
In 1865, the barrier was abolished.

- - - - - Info from Temple 徳成寺 Tokujo-Ji
- source : tokujoji.hakuai-net.com

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. Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 (1537 - 1598) .

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Miike coal mine (三池炭鉱 Miike Tankō),
also known as the Mitsui Miike Coal Mine (三井三池炭鉱 Mitsui Miike Tankō), was the largest coal mine in Japan, located in the area of Ōmuta, Fukuoka and Arao, Kumamoto, Japan.
Mining began in the region during the Kyoho era, with the Miike mine under the control of the Tachibana clan.
The mine was nationalised in 1872 by the Meiji government. The Mitsui zaibatsu took control in 1899.
The mine closed in 1997,[6] with devastating effects on the local economy.
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三池街道をゆく - - Walking the Miike Kaido Road
石川保　Ishikawa Tamotsu

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Miike Hatsuichi 三池初市 first market of the year
Miike Hatsuichi is a spring market which announces the arrival of the spring to Omuta. It is said to have originated from the barter trade of farming tools, rice and vegetables along Miike Kaido Road during the Edo Era (1603 - 1867). The market has a roughly 300 year history and there is a saying, "If you feel a breeze at Hatsuichi, you won't catch a cold all year!"
The market takes place on March 1 and 2, during which time about 200 stalls selling local specialties like flower and bamboo baskets, saplings, garden trees and food line the road.
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25 Dec 2019

EDO - Mito Kaido

https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/12/mito-kaido-highway.html

Mito Kaido Highway

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Mito Kaido 水戸街道　Mito Highway
From Edo, Senju Juku to Mito city in Ibaraki.
For Sankin Kotai of the Mito Clan.
Mito doochuu 水戸道中　Mito Dochu road

. Tokugawa Mitsukuni 徳川光圀 - Mito Komon 水戸黄門 .
(1628 - 1701)

People traveling from Mito to Edo called the road
Edo Kaido 江戸街道 Edo Highway

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Tokyo
01. Senju juku (千住宿) (also part of the Nikkō Kaidō)
02. Nii juku (新宿) Niijuku (not to mix with Shinjuku 新宿)

Chiba Prefecture
03. Matsudo juku (松戸宿)
04. Kogane juku (小金宿)
05. Abiko juku (我孫子宿)

Ibaraki Prefecture
06. Toride juku (取手宿)
07. Fujishiro juku (藤代宿)
08. Wakashiba juku (若柴宿)
09. Ushiku juku (牛久宿)
10. Arakawaoki juku (荒川沖宿)
11. Nakamura juku (中村宿)
12. Tsuchiura juku (土浦宿)
13. Nakanuki juku (中貫宿)
14. Inayoshi juku (稲吉宿)
15. Fuchū juku (府中宿)
16. Takehara juku (竹原宿)
17. Katakura juku (片倉宿)
18. Obata juku (小幡宿)
19. Nagaoka juku (長岡宿)
20. Mito juku (水戸宿)

- reference source : rekisanpota.blogspot.com... -
水戸街道のルート地図を作成してみた

Details and photos of all the postal stations:
- reference source : Mito Kaido Dochu -

旧水戸街道繁盛記
山本鉱太郎

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. Senju 千住 Senju district .
Since traffic passing Senju was busy since the early Edo period, Tokugawa Ieyasu allowed a large bridge to be built over the river 隅田川 Sumidagawa in 1594. It was about 200 meters more upstream than the bridge is now, and the postal station 千住宿 Senju-Shuku was on the North side of the bridge (Kita Senju).

Senju in Musashi Province
Katsushika Hokusai

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. Nii juku (新宿 / にいじゅく) Niijuku .

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Koganejuku 小金宿

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Toridejuku 取手宿

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Nakanukijuku 中貫宿

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Inayoshijuku 稲吉宿

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Takeharajuku 竹原宿

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. Dolls from Tsuchiura 土浦市 .

. 青竜大権現 Seiryu Daigongen Blue Dragon from Obata 小幡.

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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我孫子市 Abiko city / 阿比古

. Ketsubon Kyo Sutra 血盆経 .
and Hossho Daizenni no rei 法性大禅尼の霊 the spirit of the nun Hossho Daizen-Ni
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. ushi 牛と伝説 Legends about ox, bull, cow . . .
The master of the pond 手賀沼 Teganuma is a bull.
Once upon a time, a young priest came to the hamlet of Abiko and won the respect of all villagers.
But nobody had ever seen him eat anything.
One day he said "All my children and grand-children, may you stay healthy!" 「我が孫や子よ、健やかなれ」
Then he changed his form into a white ox and disappeared. Since then the spelling of ABIKO changed from
阿比古 to 我孫子 (my grand children and children)

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藤代宿 Fujishiro juku

. oogon butsu 黄金仏 Golden Buddha .

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Ibaraki 長岡 Nagaoka

- folk belief -
The family of 平塚カツ子家 Hiratsuka Etsuko does not grow shooga ショウガ /生姜 ginger or ninniku ニンニク garlic.
If they do, disaster would come over the family. But if they get it as a present or buy it at the store, this is no problem.

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Ibaraki 竹原村 Takehara village

. Kappa densetsu　河童伝説 legends about the Kappa .
Since many people had died in accidents in the river, the villagers decided they had to do something about it.
They begun to pray to him as 水神様 Sujjin Sama and held rituals for him by the riverside.
They even built a mound for him, 河童塚 Kappazuka.

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Ibaraki 取手市 Toride

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
One day grandmother did not come home and all went searching for her. She was squatting in the middle of the field when they found her. Asked what she was doing, she replied:
"I am combing the hair of this man!"
They all thought she must have been bewitched by a fox.

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Ibaraki 土浦市 Tsuchiura city

In 鷹匠町 Takajo town at the temple 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji there is a special nettle tree

enoki hachiman 榎八幡 Nettle tree at the Hachiman shrine.
If people touch its leaves, the tree would take revenge.
Once upon a time, the Samurai 信太範宗 Shida Norimune had killed the child of his younger brother and it was buried at the temple Ryusen-Ji.
Since the grave was cursed, people built a Hachiman Shrine nearby and planted a nettle tree to appease the soul.

. enoki 榎 nettle tree, Japanese hackberry .

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Inari sama no tatari 稲荷さまのたたり the curse of Inari
Once a man built a sumigama 炭竈 / 炭窯 kiln for making charcoal in a corner of his property. Soon his child became very ill and died. His next child also died suddenly. Then his third child became this strange illness. The father became suspicious and asked a fortune-teller for advise. He was told that the smoke from the kiln was annoying to the Inari Deity.
He tore town the kiln immediately and the child was saved.
. Inari 稲荷と伝説 Legends about the Fox Deity .
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itazura boosan いたずら坊さん a naughty priest
A man walked the road at night and in front of him walked a priest, holding a bright choochin 提灯 lantern.
He hurried to come close to the priest and walk together with him, but however much he hurried, he could not catch up.
It must have been a 狐 fox or 狸 Tanuki posing as a priest.
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. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .
弁慶 Benkei had loaded the stolen temple bell on a boat and wanted to cross the lake. Close to 三又 Mimata the bell suddenly begun to sound. A strong wind begun to blow, waves got higher and the boat was about to sink. So Benkei threw the bell into the lake and soon it became quiet and the moon begun to shine bright.
The bell is at the bottom of the lake to our day, sometimes one can see a whirlpool.
On stormy nights one can even hear the bell toll.
. Benkei 弁慶と伝説 Legends about Musashibo Benkei .
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Sankichigitsune, Sankichi Kitsune 三吉狐 The fox Sankichi
At the town hall there lived an old couple as caretakers. One day in the evening the old woman went out for an errand but did not come back. They looked for but could not find her.
Next morning they found her standing confused near 観音堂の池 the pond of the Kannon Hall. She had come as far as the lake but could not find her way back home. She must have been bewitched by Sankichi.
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Once a mother with her baby on the back passed by the home of Sankichi the fox, when the baby begun to cry very loud. The mother hurried to get home, but when she looked at her baby, it was dead, killed by Sankichi.
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Once a man passed by the home of Sankichi the fox on a snowy night, and Sankichi hit his head very hard.
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

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Ibaraki 牛久 Ushiku

. Ushiku 牛久 and Kappa legends .

. byooninda 病人田 / byooninbatake 病人畑 "sick field" .
and the temple 薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji

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Ibaraki 若柴町 Wakashiba town / 若芝宿 / 龍ケ崎市 Ryugasaki city

Mito Kaido 水戸海道 Sea road to Mito

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Once a man from 栗山村 Kuriyama village near Mount Tsukuba passed the postal station Wakashiba along the sea road to Mito, when a beautiful woman appeared.
He found this quite strange, but took the woman home and she became his wife. They had a child and when it was three years old, the woman was found out to be a fox and had to leave.
They say the descendants of this family still live nearby.

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. Edo, Tokyo　江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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24 Dec 2019

MINGEI - kujira whale toys

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kujira whale toys

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kujira 鯨 whale and toys .

from Usaburo Kokeshi Shop 卯三郎こけしオンラインショップ

. Kokeshi, こけし / 小芥子 / 子消し wooden doll .

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kujira hige koogeihin 鯨ヒゲ工芸品 art work from whalebone, baleen

source : クジラ屋店長の気まぐれブログ

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- ABC - List of whale toys from the Prefectures

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. Sora Tobu Kujira 空とぶくじら A whale flies in the sky .

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. kujiraguruma 鯨車　whale on wheels - cookie .

. kujiraguruma 鯨車 whale on wheels - the toy .

................................................................................ Miyazaki 宮崎県

. kujiranobori, kujira nobori 鯨のぼり　streamers in the form of a whale .

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. kujira no shiofuki 鯨の潮吹き whale spourting, blowing . .

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. semikujira 背美鯨児持土鈴 whale fish with baby .

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. kujirahigebera 鯨髭べら spatula from "whale beard" baleen .
to make takenuri shikki 竹塗漆器 bamboo items coated with laquer

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. gangu 玩具　伝説, omochcha おもちゃ　toy, toys and legends .
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. kujira 鯨 whale .
hokei 捕鯨 whaling, whale hunting 　
kujiranabe 鯨鍋 whale hodgepodge
- collecting legends about the kujira whale.

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EDO - Kanamachi Niijuku Katsushika

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Kanamachi Niijuku Katsushika

Posted: 14 Dec 2019 09:02 PM PST

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
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Kanamachi (かなまち）金町
Katsushika ward, 南葛飾郡金町 Minami-Katsushika
and the sub-districts Higashi-Kanamachi, Kanamachi jōsuijō, Niijuku and Tōganemachi (Toganemachi)

Kanamachi was formerly called 金町郷 Kanamachi Go.
It thrived as part of the 下総国香取神宮領 Katori Jingu Shrine of Shimofusa, Chiba.

Later renamed to 金町村 Kanamachi mura village.
In 1399 in the records of 葛西御厨注文 and in 1559 in the records of 小田原衆所領役帳 the name is already mentioned.
In the record 三浦和田文書 the place is also mentioned as 下総国金町郷.

In the middle ages, the Shinto Shrine 葛西神社（かさいじんじゃ） Kasai Jinja (later 香取神宮 Katori Jingu) became an important place in the area.

In the Edo period, it became a postal station of the Mito Kaido Highway and a sekisho 関所 barrier station at the river crossing:
金町松戸御関所 Kanamachi Matsudo Gosekisho,

located at 葛飾区東金町8-23 Higashi-Kanamachi.

During the Edo period, Niijuku became the second postal station of the
. Mito Kaido 水戸街道　Mito Highway .
Nii juku (新宿　/ にいじゅく) Niijuku in Katsushika, (not to mix with Shinjuku 新宿)
Matsudo 松戸 is the third postal station along the 水戸街道 Mito Kaido highway,
on the Chiba side of the river 利根川 Tonegawa.

For protection purposes of the barrier they needed hooks and other tools for the carpenters made form metal (金 kana).
One tool was the kanejaku 曲尺（カネジャク) curved ruler.
The area of the craftsmen was first called Magarikane 曲金（マガリカネ）"bent metal".
Kanemachi 金町 could also be written 曲町（カナマチ）.

. Katori shrine 香取神宮 and Kashima Shrine 鹿島神宮 .

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Kanamachi Railway Station 金町駅
opened on 27 December 1897.

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半田稲荷神社 Shrine Handa Inari Jinja
東金町4-28-22 Higashi-Kanamachi.

The Shrine was used by the 尾張徳川家 Owari Tokugawa clan.

Some records claim it was first built in 711.
In the Mid-Edo period, it became known as a place to pray for protection from diseases, especially hashika 麻疹 measles and easy birth.
The Shrine was also mentioned in Kabuki theater and Kyogen stories.
Around 1780, there was a popular song by priest 願人坊主 Gannin Bozu:
葛西金町半田の稲荷、疱瘡も軽い麻疹も軽い...

. Handa Inari Shrine Festivals .

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KAIDO - Akama Kaido Akamagaseki Karatsu

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Akamagaseki Karatsu Kaido highways

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Akamagaseki Kaido, Akama Seki Kaido 赤間関街道 Akamagaseki Highway
Akama Kaido 赤間街道 Akama Highway
From Shimonoseki to Akiragi (near Hagi)　 Mostly in Yamaguchi 山口県
About 140 km.

part of it is called
中道筋 Nakamichi Suji

- Places of interest on the way -
Akiragi town 明木
Yokoze 横瀬
Hibari Toge pass 雲雀峠
Edo town 絵堂
Shimo no Tao 下の垰(しものたお)
Okubo dai 大久保台
Akiyoshi Cho Town 秋吉町
Kawahara 河原
Shirogahara 四郎ヶ原
Mine town 美祢
Shiomi Toge pass 塩見峠
Kami-Sadatsune 上貞恒
Shimonoseki Yoshida town 下関吉田

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This road has been used by the Bakumatsu heroes of the region:
. Yoshida Shōin 吉田松陰 Yoshida Shoin . - (1830 - 1859)
and
. Takasugi Shinsaku 高杉晋作 . - (1839 – 1867)

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Hibari Toge pass 雲雀峠

Shiomi Toge pass 塩見峠

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Mine (美祢市 Mine-shi) is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture
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- Akiyoshidai Quasi-National Park,
which includes the Akiyoshidai (秋吉台 Akiyoshi plateau) and Japan's longest cave, the Akiyoshido (秋芳洞), the latter of which is designated a Special Natural Monument. Akiyoshidai is served by a natural history museum, visitor center, rest house, youth hostel and park headquarters building, and is traversed by a scenic roadway and several walking trails. Events include a fireworks festival in July, a "Karst Walk" in November, and an annual burning off of dry grasses in February called "Yamayaki".
- Akiyoshido, Akiyoshido (秋芳洞).
Towards the southern end of Akiyoshidai is the Akiyoshido cave, named by Emperor Hirohito on May 30, 1926 when he was still crown prince. This spacious cave is up to 100 meters wide and has 8.79 kilometers of passages, making it the longest in Japan and one of the longest in Asia. At the present time an approximately one-kilometer-long section of the cave is open to the public as a sightseeing course, with a walkway and bridge system, entering at the cave's lowest point and exiting via an artificial elevator. This portion of the cave is also well decorated with a variety of large and colorful speleothems.
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. Zenji Kappa 禅師河童 Kappa the Zen Teacher .
Once upon a long time
in the region of the cave 秋芳洞 Akiyoshido in Yamaguchi there was a long period of drought and only strong sunshine. ...

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. Akama Jingu 赤間神宮 Akama Shrine .
dedicated to 安徳天皇 Antoku Tenno, a Japanese emperor who died young in the Battle of Dannoura in 1185.
4-1 Amidaijicho, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

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Karatsu Kaido 唐津街道 Karatsu Highway
From Wakamatsu, 福岡県 Fukuoka to 浜崎 Hamasaki, 唐津市 Karatsu city in 佐賀県 Saga

- Postal Stations on the Highway -
若松 Wakamatsu
芦屋 Ashiya
赤間 Akama
畦町 Azemachi
青柳 Aoyagi
箱崎 Hakozaki
博多 Hakata
福岡 Fukuoka
姪浜 Meinohama
今宿 Imajuku
前原 Maebaru
深江 Fukae
浜崎 Hamasaki

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Karatsu Kaido: A Major Artery for Ancient Travelers
A series of roads, or kaido, were built throughout Japan in the Edo Era for both feudal lords trekking to Edo and regular travelers. The most famous road in Kyushu was the Nagasaki Kaido, but there was also another road that ran through Fukuoka City: Karatsu Kaido. The road connected Karatsu in Saga prefecture to Kitakyushu via Hakata, and it was used by the lords of the Fukuoka and Karatsu domains for their trips to Edo. There were five rest areas along the Karatsu Kaido that now lie within the Fukuoka city limits:
Hakozaki, Hakata, Fukuoka, Meinohama and Imajuku.
In fact, some experts think this road was in use well before the Edo period. They speculate that it was used by people coming from and going to the Asian mainland in ancient times, thereby serving as a conduit through which Chinese culture spread throughout Japan. The Karatsu Kaido was also an important defense against the Mongol invasions of the late 13th century, and it is said that Hideyoshi Toyotomi marched down the road for his attempted invasion of Korea.
Unfortunately,
almost no signs of the old road remain within the city limits of Fukuoka, but many old historic sites, shrines and temples that once lined the road still exist today. There are also some areas along the old route where even machiya (Kyoto-style townhouses)—a rarity in Fukuoka—remain. These include the shopping districts of Hakozaki and Maidashi, the area of Hakata near the Ishidobashi Bridge, Kuromon, Tojinmachi and the shopping district of Nishijin.
Among these old station towns,
Meinohama is actively engaged in community development based on the Karatsu Kaido. Local residents established the Karatsu Kaido Meinohama Community Development Council to invigorate the community while working to preserve machiya and the history of the old road. The Council's base is the Maizuru Miso shop, an Edo-era machiya that is now used as a gallery and concert space. Two machiya in Meinohama have been designated as Registered Cultural Properties of Fukuoka City under the city's newly established heritage registration system. The Council also runs local guided tours and various other events, and all are welcome to attend.
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Akamajuku 赤間宿 Akama postal station
in Fukuoka, 宗像市 Munakata city
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A ship from 筑前 Chikuzen (Fukuoka) was almost shipwrecked and landed in 津軽 Tsugaru.
The sailors went on land and into the mountains, where they found a woman of about 40 years, who was of the same hometown as the sailors.
She said she had left a horagai 法螺貝 conch under wakamatsu 若松 a young pine tree in her hometown.
When the sailors made it back to their hometown, they found it. The tree had become very old and the conch looked quite ancient too.
When they asked the woman again, she said during the time of Antoku Tenno she had been 20 years old.

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In the North-West of 定義阿弥陀堂 the Teigi Amida Hall there is a 天皇塚 Tenno Mound where relics from 安徳天皇 Antoku Tenno are burried.
On the mound is enoki 榎 a nettle tree.
If a woman wants to become pregnant, she hugs the tree, picks up a pebble from below the tree and puts it in her sleeve pocked.
The tree is now lost, but its roots are still there.

Temple 西方寺 Saiho-Ji

宮城県仙台市青葉区大倉字上下 / Joge-2 Okura, Aoba Ward, Sendai

Teigi, Sadayoshi 「定義」（さだよし）- 平貞能 Taira no Sadayoshi
He was the governor of Higo and Chikugo provinces in Kyūshū. He was a samurai commander for the Taira clan during the Genpei War around 1180.

Tennozuka 天皇塚（安徳天皇）Mound for Antoku Tenno

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中津川村 Nakatsugawa

Fukada no tsuka ふかだの塚 Fukada Mound
The mound is also called Tamaniwa 玉庭 Gyokutei.
This mound is said to be the grave of Antoku Tenno.
It was to be excarvated in 1925, but the workers all got bad dreams and illness and so they stopped the project.

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海松青し赤間の宮の御裳裾に

轡田進 Kutsuwada Susumi (1923 - 1999）

蕗のたう安徳帝の宮に摘む

石川纓子　Ishikawa Eiko

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