tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.comments2023-08-31T13:32:32.306+09:00WKD (NEWSLETTER) ... World Kigo DatabaseGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-89443370449962319992023-08-31T13:32:32.306+09:002023-08-31T13:32:32.306+09:00佐渡郡 Sado district 佐和田町 Sawada town
. ike no nushi...佐渡郡 Sado district 佐和田町 Sawada town<br /><br />. ike no nushi 池の主 と伝説 the Master of the Pond .<br />A woman named Otowa working at 長福寺 the Temple Chofuku-Ji<br />went to the mountain forest to collect fuki 蕗 butterbur. <br />.<br />more in my blog<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2023/04/chofukuji-yakushi-nukata.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-88119661954879883482023-04-18T12:53:13.544+09:002023-04-18T12:53:13.544+09:00Legend from Hokkaido
Since olden times, the kujir...<b> Legend from Hokkaido </b><br />Since olden times, the kujira 鰊 whale is a special fish of Hokkaido 蝦夷 Ezo. When the season comes, fishermen say special prayers and go out to sea. In the second lunar month, it was not allowed to ring a large temple bell. The vibrations of such a bell would be heared in the sea and the whales might disappear. <br />Words like whale, kitsune 狐 fox and awabi 蚫 were not allowed to use, since these animals were enemies of the whale.<br />.<br />https://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/04/herring-nishin.html<br />,Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-723278793917967722023-04-14T12:57:10.203+09:002023-04-14T12:57:10.203+09:00Legend from Shiga
Once a man went up to the mount...<b> Legend from Shiga </b><br />Once a man went up to the mountain to gather chestnuts.<br />He picked up some chestnuts near the hole of a fox, so the fox bewitched him.<br />The farmer took some rice cakes and herring to apologize and soon<br />he got well again. <br />.<br />https://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.com/2008/04/herring-nishin.html<br />,Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-19087543552753393062022-08-13T13:56:13.038+09:002022-08-13T13:56:13.038+09:00A frog legend from Hiroshima, 三次市 Miyoshi city 吉舎町...A frog legend from Hiroshima, 三次市 Miyoshi city 吉舎町 Kisa town<br />.<br />During the rain season in May, 後鳥羽天皇 the Emperor Gotoba Tenno<br />(1180 - 1239) <br />was on his way to 隠岐の島 the Island of Oki for his exile.<br />The frogs in the wet fields were so loud he could not sleep.<br />So the Emperor begged the frogs:<br />"If you are sincere, please stop your noisy croaking."<br />The noisy frogs soon stopped their croaking.<br />And now, many hundred years later, the frogs are still not croaking. <br />.<br />https://darumapedia-persons.blogspot.com/2022/03/gotoba-tenno-emperor.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-90169480923775202822022-05-05T09:42:50.534+09:002022-05-05T09:42:50.534+09:00Osaka, Shitenno-Ji
In March of 784, the first yea...<b> Osaka, Shitenno-Ji </b><br />In March of 784, the first year of the regency of 桓武天皇 Emperor Kanmu Tenno (735 – 806)<br />20000 gama 蝦蟇 toads came to the shore at 難波 Nanba and walked to 四天王寺 the Temple Shitenno-Ji.<br />After showing their respect, the animals scattered. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/10/shitennoji-temple-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-82906604283180992152022-04-16T14:09:18.614+09:002022-04-16T14:09:18.614+09:00Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage 西国三十三観音霊場
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ht...<b> Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage 西国三十三観音霊場 </b><br />Saikoku<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/01/saigoku-kannon-pilgrimage-info.html<br />,Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-38741404249651047832022-01-30T13:32:30.677+09:002022-01-30T13:32:30.677+09:00Legends about kajika 河鹿 kajikagaeru, a river frog ...<b> Legends about kajika 河鹿 kajikagaeru, a river frog </b><br />.<br />Toyama, 富山市 Toyama city <br />Between the eyes of kajika カジカ the local river frogs there is a pattern like fish scales.<br />In the nearby village of 蜷川村 Hirukawa at 最明寺 the Temple Saimyo-Ji they keep memorials of 北条早雲 Hojo Soun,<br />who used the fish scale pattern as his family crest.<br />The memorials were kept at 安養寺 the temple Anyo-Ji before.<br />.<br />One more Legend from 岐阜県 Gifu<br />nagaragawa no kajika 長良川の河鹿 river frog in the river Nagaragawa<br />This river frog is said to be the spirit of a woman servant of 織田秀信 Oda Hidenobu (1580 - 1605),<br />who killed herself after he died in 関ケ原 the battle of Sekigahara. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/10/anyoji-fudo-yoshimi.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-54409306442695201152022-01-05T13:31:04.729+09:002022-01-05T13:31:04.729+09:00Gifu 岐阜県 揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa town
漫才岩 M...<b> Gifu 岐阜県 揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa town <br />漫才岩 Manzai-Iwa - Manzai Rock </b><br />.<br />A group of Manzai dancers coming from Aichi, 三河 Mikawa, were asked to perform a dance by a man who was resting in the shadow of a rock.<br />They climbed the rock and danced.<br />The man gave them a lot of money, but when they reached the village, the money had turned into tree leaves.<br />The villagers told them that there lived a vicious tanuki 狸 badger near the rock. <br />.<br />https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2021/10/manzai-new-year.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-69518930061264761682021-08-17T09:45:01.743+09:002021-08-17T09:45:01.743+09:00Botamochi Bakemono monster ぼた餅化け物
Appearance: Bot...<b>Botamochi Bakemono monster ぼた餅化け物 </b><br />Appearance: Botamochi bakemono are audio phenomena which come from underneath a house’s floorboards. It gets its name from botamochi, a sweet made from sticky rice covered in brown azuki paste.<br /><br />Behavior: Botamochi bakemono are sound mimics. They prank people by copying the voices of people who live in the house.<br />more<br />https://yokai.com/botamochibakemono/<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-5484337702064372692021-07-25T13:01:08.910+09:002021-07-25T13:01:08.910+09:00Legend from Yamaguchi, 美祢市 Mine city 秋芳町 / しゅうほうちょ...<b> Legend from Yamaguchi, 美祢市 Mine city 秋芳町 / しゅうほうちょう Shuho town </b><br />ryuujin 竜神 the Ryujin Dragon Deity <br />Once there was amagoi 雨乞い a rain ritual in a cave of 秋吉台 Akiyoshidai.<br />The priest held a special ritual and gave a kechimyaku lineage chart to the Dragon Deity.<br />If the paper sinks down to the bottom of the pond, there will soon be rain. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/kechimyaku-lineage-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-34275752393660646992021-07-21T13:17:21.500+09:002021-07-21T13:17:21.500+09:00toso mulled rice wine
During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Sa...<b> toso mulled rice wine </b><br />During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was the saying that<br />if only one member of the family drinks Toso the whole family would get ill.<br />But if all family members would drink Toso, they would stay healthy for the whole year.<br />The Toso was kept in a well and pulled out on the first of January. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/12/saga-tenno-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-87105384306666730512021-06-30T09:36:38.549+09:002021-06-30T09:36:38.549+09:00Legend from Fukushima
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A doctor from Fukura was ...<b> Legend from Fukushima </b><br />.<br />A doctor from Fukura was walking along 山王坂 the Sannozaka slope when he met 大入道 the O-Nyudo monster, which took away his fish.<br />This was itachi イタチ a weasel. On days when it rains, an Itachi can shape-shift into an O-Nyudo monster. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/hiyoshi-shrine-and-sanno-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-13858651424894519232021-06-27T13:32:13.113+09:002021-06-27T13:32:13.113+09:00Legend from Gunma 子持村 Komochi village
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The carvi...<b> Legend from Gunma 子持村 Komochi village </b><br />.<br />The carving of a crane at 双林寺 the Temple Sorin-Ji came to live at night and devastated the fields.<br />The hunters had to shoot it down.<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2015/03/yakushi-miyagi-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-12208289338333855782021-05-31T13:56:02.997+09:002021-05-31T13:56:02.997+09:00Kaiunji 海雲寺 Kaiun-Ji - Shinagawa
龍吟山 Ryuginsan 瑞林...<b>Kaiunji 海雲寺 Kaiun-Ji - Shinagawa </b><br />龍吟山 Ryuginsan 瑞林院 Zuirin-In <br />with <br /> chikara ishi 力石 heavy power stone <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/09/kaiunji-kannon-shinagawa.htmlGabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-25787589921420134892021-04-25T13:39:52.138+09:002021-04-25T13:39:52.138+09:00Sugoroku board game for Newly Selected Famous Sake...<b>Sugoroku board game for Newly Selected Famous Sake </b><br /> (Shinsen Meishu Sugoroku) <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2017/09/sugoroku-game-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-13506004315941008022021-04-20T13:15:29.569+09:002021-04-20T13:15:29.569+09:00Legend from Akita 横手市 Yokote city
Once there cam...<b> Legend from Akita 横手市 Yokote city </b><br />Once there came a weasel to 龍泉寺 the temple Ryusen-Ji, asked for Sutra letters to be written on tree leaves, made a nest for the leaves but then died. That night the weasel appeared in the dream of the priest.<br />The weasel asked the priest to bring it up when it would be re-born as a human.<br />The priest did as he had promised and eventually the child became an important priest, with a lot of mythical Buddhist powers. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/12/ryusenji-temples-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-42412916759902826522021-04-07T09:32:33.673+09:002021-04-07T09:32:33.673+09:00Baisoin, Baisō-In 梅窓院 Baiso-In - Minami-Aoyama
長青山...Baisoin, Baisō-In 梅窓院 Baiso-In - Minami-Aoyama<br />長青山 Choseizan 寶樹寺 Hoju-Ji <br />Binzuru 賓頭盧 is venerated near the entrance of the temple. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/09/baisoin-kannon-minamiaoyama.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-21091647806505496962021-03-03T09:48:18.884+09:002021-03-03T09:48:18.884+09:00Legend from Nagano 北佐久郡 Kita-Saku district 三井村 Mit...<b> Legend from Nagano 北佐久郡 Kita-Saku district 三井村 Mitsui village </b><br />.<br />At 安養寺 the temple Anyo-Ji there was a wooden statue of the founder.<br />Once there was a fire, but the wooden statue jumped out of the building and into the pond and prevented wounds from the flames.<br />Since then the tanishi mud snails in this pond to not have a butt. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/09/anyoji-kannon-kagurazaka.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-55657691994407842132021-02-10T13:53:03.631+09:002021-02-10T13:53:03.631+09:00. Horaijima 蓬莱島 a mythical island of eternal youth.... Horaijima 蓬莱島 a mythical island of eternal youth .<br />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<b> kakuremino 隠れ蓑 straw raincoat (which makes him invisible). </b>Then she throws Setsubun ritual beans at him to drive him out.<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/04/kyogen-theater.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-89225841941439500832021-02-03T13:49:50.210+09:002021-02-03T13:49:50.210+09:00Legend from Toyama about
. nanakusa gayu 七草粥 ritu...<b> Legend from Toyama about <br />. nanakusa gayu 七草粥 ritual gruel with seven Spring vegetables </b><br />.<br />If people prepare ritual rice gruel with seven herbs, the akushin 悪神 devil will not come into the home.<br />It will also prevent people from falling ill and bring them good luck in the coming year. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/majin-akushin-devil-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-6131951085153855222021-01-28T13:41:32.160+09:002021-01-28T13:41:32.160+09:00Kujira Kannon 十一面観音像 Kannon Bosatsu with 11 faces ...<b>Kujira Kannon 十一面観音像 Kannon Bosatsu with 11 faces riding on kujira 鯨魚 whale. </b><br />.<br />https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2019/11/kujira-whale-toys.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-6473647019386265702021-01-28T13:19:31.409+09:002021-01-28T13:19:31.409+09:00Legends about 鯨 / くじら the Kujira whale
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and more...<b> Legends about 鯨 / くじら the Kujira whale </b><br />.<br />and more Kujira whale toys and art <br />.<br />https://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2019/11/kujira-whale-toys.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-54195975110863093992021-01-01T13:25:50.665+09:002021-01-01T13:25:50.665+09:00Legend from Fukushima 須賀川市 Sukagawa city
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O-Shog...<b> Legend from Fukushima 須賀川市 Sukagawa city </b><br />.<br />O-Shogatsu Sama お正月様 is a woman. Since she did not marry, she is happy if young men come to get wakamizu 若水 the first water of the year. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/07/toshitokujin-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-13687779787845461072020-12-23T13:40:51.619+09:002020-12-23T13:40:51.619+09:00komugi 小麦 wheat offerings for O-Bon .
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https://h...<b>komugi 小麦 wheat offerings for O-Bon . </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/komugi-omugi-wheat-barley-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11660576.post-86800236045500838142020-12-14T13:25:38.783+09:002020-12-14T13:25:38.783+09:00Legend from Nagano 諏訪市 Suwa city
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At 信州諏訪大社 the ...<b> Legend from Nagano 諏訪市 Suwa city </b><br />.<br />At 信州諏訪大社 the Great Shrine of Suwa there was a frog venerated at the river 御手洗川 Mitarashigawa, the river where people purify their hands in the water.<br />Once the Shrine priest cut the ice of the river with an ax and frogs came jumping out. He caught three frogs and used them as an aim for shooting with his arrow.<br />In the year 1706, on the last day of the year, there was a strong rain and all the ice had melted. So the priest could not get any frogs. But when the first day of the New Year had come, the priest saw three frogs squatting at the stairs to the Shrine. So he could proceede with the rituals. <br />This is one of the seven wonders of the Great Shrine of Suwa. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/suwa-jinja-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com