monkey leading horse

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saru no umabiki 猿の馬曳き　// saru no komabiki 猿の駒曳き
saru hiki uma 猿曳き馬 - 猿曳馬 // saru hiki koma 猿曳き駒 - 猿曳駒
uma hiki saru 馬曳猿 // koma hiki saru 駒曳猿
umaya saru 厩猿 monkey in a horse stable

Monkeys were seen as protector animals for horses
and their amulets were kept in the horse stables.
In modern times, amulets and ema votive tablets are kept in the garage to protect the car !

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Following Chinese traditions that keeping a monkey in a stable would protect horses from diseases and accidents, the Japanese gave monkeys the important role of horse guardians, honorifically called the umayagami (厩神, "stables god").
This belief gave rise to two related practices.
First, both samurais and farmers covered their quivers with monkey hides so as to harness the protective power of the monkey over horses.
Second, people drew horse pictures on ema (絵馬, lit. "picture horse") "votive wooden plaques" and offered them at Shinto shrines to ensure the health of their horses.
"A large number of ema from various historical periods and regions of Japan depict monkeys pulling horses, providing rich evidence that the monkey functioned as guardian of horses." Monkeys were believed to scare away other animals and pests, and farmers in southern Japan fed monkeys in order to protect their fields.
The monkey's role in healing was not limited to horses, ...
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ezen 絵銭 coins with pictures

saru hiki koma 猿曳駒 - Meiji period

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Saru-Hiki-Goma monkey leading horse - Edo period

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- ABC - List from the Prefectures

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................................................................................ Aichi 愛知県

saru no umabiki ema 猿の馬曳き絵馬 monkey leading a horse,
ema votive tablet - from Susaki Jinja 洲崎神社







................................................................................ Iwate 岩手県

Hayachine Jinja "早池峰神社 - 猿曳駒


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. Hayachine Jinja 早池峰神社 Hayachine Shrine .




................................................................................ Miyagi 宮城県

Nakano Sakura Jinja 中野桜神社 / Ishinomaki - 猿の駒曳き


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................................................................................ Nagano 長野県

Iwade Kannon Temple 岩出観音
1431-8 Suhara, Okuwa, Kiso District, Nagano


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................................................................................ Tochigi 栃木県

. Nikko Toshogu Shrine 東照宮 - Tokugawa Ieyasu .


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馬曳猿


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