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11/20/2018

suisho crystal art and craft

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suishoo koogei 水晶細工 Suisho crystal art and craft
クリスタル kurisutaru / chrystal / Kristall





fuku Daruma 福だるま for good luck



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. Ebisu and Daikoku  恵比寿と大黒 .




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Koshu Crystal Carving 甲州水晶貴石細工 Koshu Suisho Kiseki Zaiku
This craft started some one thousand years ago, after quartz was found near Mount Kinpu beyond Mitakeshosenkyo, which is famous for its beautiful views. When it was first discovered, it was used as an ornament but by the middle of the Edo period (1600-1868), Shinto priests were taking the raw material to Kyoto to have them made into gems.
Koshu Suisho Kiseki Zaiku started in the latter days of the Edo period, when master craftsmen were welcomed to the area and began polishing quartz on an iron sheet using a emery powder called kongousha made from a very hard stone, rather in the way that diamonds are polished.
Ornaments and items of jewelry are being produced today. Many of these pieces have been created to make the most of the distinctive features of the natural gem stone, meaning that no two items are alike.
Yamanashi crystal art sculpture cooperative association
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made by 田中佑幸 Tanaka Yuko



. Koshu Crystal Carving 甲州水晶貴石細工 Koshu Suisho Kiseki Zaiku .
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Though crystal mining existed throughout Japan at the time, no resource district could be compared to the mines surrounding the foothills of Mount Kongo in Yamanashi, leading the region to become Japan’s chief production center for crystals.

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. Reference 水晶細工 .



甲州水晶貴石細工の世界 The world of Crystal Art from Koshu
河野すゝむ Kano Susumu

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. garasu ガラス / kiriko 切子 glass art .


source : mag.japaaan.com/archives...

江戸猫グラス 頬っ被り Edo Cat Glass

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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県
下山町 Shimoyama town

ryuujin 龍神 Dragon Deity
Some horse leaders were passing along the riverbank of 上尾河 Aegogawa. One of the female attendants took off the bamboo basket from the horse and threw in into the river.
She said the Dragon Deity in the river might have wanted the crystal ball in the basket.



................................................................................. Kyoto 京都府
右京区 Ukyo district

kaminari 雷 thunder
Once lightning struck quite close to a farmer's home in 嵯峨野 Sagano. An old woman hard of hearing but a wooden tub on the spot. The tub rumbled for a while and then became quiet.
When she took of the tub, there was something like a crystal ball inside, with fire glowing in it.
After that, the crystal ball became lighter and lighter with every thunder.



................................................................................. Mie 三重県
鳥羽市 Toba city

suishoo no hana 水晶の花 crystal flowers
There are flowers that grow on rocks, but that must be crystal flowers !





................................................................................. Nagano 長野県
佐久市 Saku city



hoshikuso, hoshi-kuso 星糞 "poop of th stars"
In the village 信濃国岩村田 Iwamurada a farmer was tilling the fields in Spring when he found a strange crystal, almost dark gray and black.
This is called "poop of the stars" in the local lore.
In this area, many meteors had fallen to the ground and these stones were part of their remains.



................................................................................. Nagasaki 長崎県
森山町 Moriyama town

suishoo no Kannon 水晶の観音 Crystal Kannon Statue


522 Moriyamacho Karako-higashi, Isahaya, Nagasaki / Suishokannon
At the temple 甫陀林 near the pond 唐比の池 Karako no Ike there is a Kannon statue of crystal, about 3 cm high.
One day a person wanted to steal this statue. He went all the way to 小倉 Kokura with it and then felt he had to bring it back. On the way back, the statue fell on the ground once and got a scratch, but in time it healed and is now complete and beautiful again.



................................................................................. Tokyo 東京都
港区 Minato ward

shari 舎利 relics
At the temple Zōjō-ji 増上寺 Zojo-Ji there lived 了学上人 Saint Ryogaku Shonin (1549 - 1634).
On the 15th day of the first lunar month in 1634 he recited 念仏 the Nenbutsu Prayers for a last time and died.
He was cremated and the bones were made into 舎利 numeral relics.
His crystal rosary, which sparkled in five colors, was also made into a relic.





................................................................................. Yamanashi 山梨県
大月町 Otsuki town

hooju 宝珠 precious jewel
In a flat land below コンドウ丸という高嶺 Kondo-Maru of Takamine people sometimes find 水晶の玉 round crystal balls and call them
o-Tama お玉.
During a kanbatsu 旱魃 drought they are thrown into the pond. This will bring rain in a short time.



. hooju 宝珠 Hoju jewel .

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

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水晶の珠數の玉なり蓮の露
suishoo no juzu no tama nari hasu no tsuyu

crystal becomes
beads of a rosary -
dew on the lotus


水晶に朝日かゝやぐ氷柱哉

水晶に稻妻うつる夕かな

. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 .

. nenju, juzu 念珠、数珠, 誦数 rosary .

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水晶の山路分け行く清水かな
suishoo no yamaji wake-iku shimizu kana

this clear water
comes out of the mountain path
of a crystal mountain . . .


. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 (1715 - 1783) .

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水晶のはんこにうつる柿若葉 北口秀子
水晶の一面光り渡り鳥 小川軽舟
水晶の中のけむりや暮の秋 波多野清
水晶の商談壺に梅一枝 木村蕪城 一位
水晶の国へ母置き二月果つ 鳥居美智子
水晶の国やみなぎる鯉のぼり 大木あまり
水晶の大塊に春きざすなり 小澤實(1956-)
水晶の如くに湧きて泉かな 内田じすけ
水晶の念珠つめたき大暑かな 日野草城
水晶の念珠に映る若葉かな 茅舎
水晶の念珠ふれたる昼寝覚め 中嶋秀子
水晶の散らばる夢も首夏の光(かげ) 小檜山繁子
水晶の数珠雪山にかげなき日 柴田白葉女
水晶をもはや産まざる山粧ふ 藤田湘子
水晶を包む天鵞絨山眠る 朝吹英和
水晶を夜切る谷や時鳥 泉鏡花
水晶を頸にをみなの肌は夏 文挟夫佐恵

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Suishoojima, Suishootoo 水晶島 Suishojima, Crystal Island - Tanfiliev Island
One of the 歯舞群島 Habomai Islands, Northern Territories



水晶島樺の樹氷の間に見ゆ

佐藤哲 Sato Tetsu (1944 - )



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Mount Suishodake 水晶岳 2,986 m
富山県富山市, Toyama - in the Northern Alps



水晶岳越えて飛び去る月の雲
Suishoodake koete tobisaru tsuki no kumo

clouds from the moon
flying over Mount Suishodake
and disappear . . .

Tr. Gabi Greve

水晶岳更けて月下に雲払ふ
水晶岳望の夜雲を脱ぎ聳ゆ
水晶岳秋風湧けば雲まとふ
水晶岳雲脱ぎ望の夜を聳ゆ


Okada Nichiroo 岡田日郎 Okada Nichiro (1932 - )

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6/04/2016

zui un auspicious clouds

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zui-un moyo 瑞雲文様 auspicious cloud art motives
sai-un, saiun, sai un 彩雲 "colorful clouds"



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. kumo (un) 曇 cloud, clouds in Japanese Culture .
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Auspicious clouds were used as amulets to make sure the rain falls regularly
to sustain the growing of a good rice harvest.

. ame 雨 rain in Japanese Culture .
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. amagoi 雨乞 rain rituals .
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Yakumo (eight clouds) is another name for
cloud iridescence, zui-un 瑞雲 or sai-un 彩雲.

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source : kamigata-ginka.
「八雲」は「弥雲」Yagumo
誉田屋源兵衛の帯展 Obi exhibition by Kondaya Genbei

. Yamanashi Folk Art - 山梨県  .


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. ema 絵馬 votive tablets .



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source : kumano.net

At the shrine Kumano Hayatama Taisha 熊野速玉大社 the head priest commissioned a large ema in 2004. The crow is made of silver and produces a divine golden shine (mihikari 神光) from its back, enlightening all around it.
The crow carries a brand of the sacred shrine tree (nagi no ki 梛の木 / 凪の木) . It is walking on auspicious red clouds, which appear on special situations (zui-un 瑞雲).
This votive tablet was offered with the wish for a better life of all mankind.

. Kumano Shrines Wakayama .


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. kimono 着物 robes and obi 帯 sash .

Robes of noble ladies were often lavishly decorated with these clouds, to make sure their Lord would get necessary rain in his domaine.



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More art motives



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source : huuraiki.exblog.jp

楽焼鉢「瑞雲に桐鳳凰紋万年青鉢」  

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- Legends about zui-un from the Prefectures

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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Kamakura 鎌倉市

A priest named Yuusoo 祐崇 Yuso (1426 - 1509) had walked all around the Eastern Regions and studied hard before coming to 光明寺 Komyo-ji as head priest, where he lectured about the sutras. When he got older he decided to recite the Nenbutsu prayer for 10 nights at the beginning of winter. But after the first day he felt ill and saw 瑞雲 a lot of auspicious clouds hovering around him. Now he knew he was about to die. So he corrected his position, sat straight, recited his last Nenbutsu and passed over to the next world.

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Once upon a time a messenger from Korea was on his way to Kyoto. He came from Naniwa via the river 淀川 Yodogawa and looked out for the Imperial Palace far away in the North-East. There he felt a premonition and knew that on the Imperial Throne there would always be 天然の瑞雲 natural auspicious clouds.


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. Ennin 円仁 Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 .

When Jigaku Daishi set out for a pilgrimage to the East he stayed first some time at 浅草寺 the Asakusa Temple. Once day an old man with white hair appeared and told him, that in the East there was 霊地 a sacred place where he should place a statue of himself. So he prepared a statue and set off to the East. Suddenly he saw auspicious clouds all in one place and then a 青竜 green dragon in the clouds.
So Ennin founded a temple here for the dragon. The dragon was happy about this and then his features dissolved again in the sky.
But from time to time there were 竜燈 dragon lights in the area now.

. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 竜燈 "dragon lantern" .
A phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.
It is also seen in other parts of Japan as a light that the Dragon God sends out to honor the deities of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan.

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年あたらし瑞雲彫りし八雲琴
nen atarashi zui-un-borishi yagumogoto

a new year starts -
this Yagumogoto
with cloud pattern carvings


下田稔 Shimoda Minoru




yagumogoto, yagumo-goto 八雲琴 two-string zither

. koto 琴 Koto, Japanese zither .

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瑞雲の壁画の広間名刺受
千原草之

大玻璃の瑞雲見惚れ四月馬鹿
榛谷美枝子

丑年の牛に瑞雲の畑となる
阿部みどり女

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Zui-Un Kaku Cemetery 瑞雲閣
Nagoya 名古屋大須の万松寺
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- - - - - 瑞雲寺 Zui-Un-Ji temples
金龍山 瑞雲寺
龍光山 瑞雲寺
羽黒山 瑞雲寺
醫王山 瑞雲寺
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Plate by Imaizumi Imaemon 13th -
十三代 今泉今右衛門 染錦 somenishiki 瑞雲模様 zui-un moyo
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. karakusa 唐草 / からくさ Karakusa art motives .
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. Japan - Shrines and Temples .


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5/29/2015

Legends red cow akaushi

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Legends about the Red Cow, Red Bull 赤牛と伝説 aka-ushi, akaushi
akage no oushi (o-ushi) 赤毛の牡牛 a Bull with red hair


akaushi no yookai 赤牛の妖怪 monster red bull
oni wa akaushi 鬼は赤牛 a demon is the red bull


「緑牛」の正体 ? and what about the green bull ?

I have come across some legends about cows, but the special mention of color, like the RED, GREEN or BLACK cow
. . must have some deeper meaning.
Sometimes the red cow is the "ike no nushi" 池の主の赤牛  master of the pond.
Still trying to find that out. Any help is welcome.
Some sources say it was the malaria.

Gabi Greve, May 2015

- Part 2 -
. Legends about the Black Cow, Black Bull  黒牛と伝説 kuro-ushi, kuroushi .


. Legends about animals 動物と伝説 .
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. ushi oni, ushioni, gyuuki 牛鬼 "bull-demon" ox ogre .
a monster in the pandemonium of Western Japan.




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Akaushi (赤牛, あか牛  roughly meaning "red cow")
is a Japanese Wagyū breed of cattle. The beef produced by Akaushi cattle is richly marbled with fat and produces a very tender, flavorful, and expensive variety of steak which is used in Kobe restaurants.
Beef
originally carrying the title of "Kobe beef" were simply cattle from herds in the Kobe area of Japan, and could be any of four breeds of Wagyu cattle: the Akaushi (Japanese Red), the Kuroushi (Japanese Black), the Japanese Polled and the Japanese Shorthorn.
The Akaushi
is a Japanese breed of cattle actually created by a government project that included as many as 150 scientists at one point and spanned more than 50 years. The story goes that these cattle were considered the property of the Japanese government and they were never to leave the Japanese islands.
Currently,
the largest purebred group of Wagyū outside Japan is a herd of Akaushi cattle located in Harwood, Texas, owned by HeartBrand Beef. It was raised from a Japanese imported herd of 11 which was guarded by off-duty Texas Rangers to protect from interbreeding for over 12 years until the herd grew to over 5,000 cattle.
The meat
contains high concentrations of oleic acid, a heart-healthy fatty acid. Akaushi beef has a high ratio of monounsaturated to saturated fats.
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- Now let us go back to the past and enjoy some legends about "red cows".
Since most farmers in former times used cows for the field work, I use that translation.
Oxen and bulls were kept by specialized farmers for breeding.



from the Mooo bar, Shiraishi Island, Japan

. Buddha Statues and Cows (Bulls, Oxen) .


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- ABC - List of Red Cow legends from the Prefectures

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. . . . . . . . . . Fukushima 福島県

aka-beko, aka beko, akabeko 赤べこ a red cow
protecting from smallpox, like Daruma



aka-beko, aka beko 赤べこ
The most important of the Aizu Papermachee Dolls is the Red Oxen, Akabeko. The red color is auspicious for warding off illnesses. Many papermachee dolls of the Aizu area are called "Red Things" (akamono) for this reason.
Red things are also good luck symbols for childrearing.



. ushi 丑 ox, oxen (cow, bull, calf) amulets .

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. . . . . . . . . . Kagawa 香川県 

Once uopon a time
an old woman was on her way back from a pilgrimage to Konpira san and walked through the valley 五重谷, when a red cow came running after her. The old woman became quite scared and thought this must be a monster, so she hid in the forest. The red cow eventually disappeared, but to pray for its soul people built a small statue of Jizo Bosatsu at this spot.

. Konpira Daigongen . 金毘羅大権現 .

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. . . . . . . . . . Kagoshima 鹿児島県

日置郡 Hioki gun 山町 Yamamachi

Way back in the mountanis of the hamlet there is the top of an old five-storied stone pagoda 五輪塔, called ガラン Garan. It is not allowed for women to go there and other villagers may only come during the special ritual days. There are 16 powerful deities venerated here and they use the red bull.
Recently a five-storied pagoda has been dug out below the Garan, but the man who did it became a terrible headache. So this one too is venerated in the Garan now.

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. . . . . . . . . . Miyagi 宮城県

亘理町 Watari

When 伊達成実 Date Shigesane (1568 - 1646) built the castle, he had a red bull burried alive in the wall as a protector deity. On a special prayer hill in the South of his living quarters he planted a keyaki ケヤキ zelkova tree, but whoever would use its branches for firewood was cursed.



Watarijoo 亘理城 Watari Jo Castle


There are other castles or a samurai residences with a red bull burried alive (臥牛城 gagyuujoo) in Miyagi,
for example
登米郡登米町寺池の伊達氏登米館 - Date residence in Tome gun - Teraike Jo 寺池城
角田市の石川氏角田館 - Ishikawa residence in Kakuda town, 角田城 Kakuda Jo
玉造郡岩出山町の伊達氏岩出山城 - Date residence in Tamatsukuri gun - Iwadeyama Jo
柴田郡川崎町平沢の高野氏平沢館 - Takano residence in Shibata gun - Hirazawa Yakata
柴田郡川崎町,川崎城,川崎要害- Kawasaki castle, Kawasaki Yogai Stronghold

gagyuujoo, fushiushijoo 臥牛城(がぎゅうじょう、ふしうしじょう)gagyujo, fushiushijo -
Fushiushi Castle "Lying ox castle" - in Japan:

駒ヶ嶺城 (福島県相馬郡新地町)- Komagamine Jo castle, Fukushima
大森城 (福島県福島市)- Omori Jo castle, Fukushima
結城城 (茨城県結城市)- Yūki- Yuki Jo castle, Ibaraki

水沢城 (岩手県奥州市、大休城とも)- Mizuzawa Jo castle, Iwate
source : japan-iwate.info

岡城 (大分県竹田市)- Oka Jo castle, Oita
source : okacastleruins

烏山城 (栃木県那須烏山市)- Karasuyama- Jo castle, Tochigi
source : Karasuyama-castle

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. hitobashira 人柱 "human pillar" - human sacrifice .
ikenie 生贄 / 生け贄 human sacrifice


Gagyuuzan 臥牛山 Mount Gagyuzan in Okayama, Takahashi, 487 m high

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臥牛とは神慮に適ひあたたかし
後藤夜半

天つ日や臥牛に炎ゆる曼珠沙華
渡邊水巴 (from the collection : Mount Fuji 富士)

土手の臥牛が軸で水郷ぎりと輪転
山崎愛子


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. . . . . . . . . . Nagasaki 長崎県

. a red bull and the okeya 桶屋 bucket maker .
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西彼町 Seihi village

宮浦の峠に、狐がたくさん出た。ある日、老人が赤牛を連れて峠に行くと、ツワの葉を体にたくさん付けた狐がいた。老人は狐が化かしていると思ったが、そのときにはもう化かされており、どこか違う家の書斎に居る気になっていた。そこへ人が通りかかり何をしているのかと問いかけると、老人は牛のしっぽに掴まって「狐だ」と言っていたという。


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. . . . . . . . . . Niigata 新潟県

西蒲原郡 Nishi Kanbara gun 赤塚村 Akatsuka village

The master of the pond Akazu no Ike 明かずの池 was a huge serpent (or a red bull), which killed the villagers and brought much misfortune to the village. So the priest from temple 正元寺 performed special rituals and prayers for seven days and seven nights.
The red bull had to flee from the pond and escaped to another one, the pond in Jigokudani (Valley of Hell 地獄谷).

. Jigokudani 地獄谷 ”Hell Valley" -- Jigoku no Tani 地獄の谷 .

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. . . . . . . . . . Okayama 岡山県 

The Red Cow and Awakura Hot Spring  粟倉温泉 

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総社市 Soja

昔六社宮は山上に祭られていたが、すぐ潰えるので、人柱の代わりに赤牛を入れることになった。当時ある者が赤牛を飼っていて、金を出せば出しても良いということになった。その後は潰えなくなったが、牛を出した者の家では2代も3代もオシゴロウが出たという。

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. akaushi ni notta sennin 赤牛に乗った仙人 the Immortal who rode on a red bull .



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. . . . . . . . . . Okinawa 沖縄県

ウシ・マジムンは死棺を入れる籠が牛に化けたものだという。夜遅くの帰りに、赤牛が突進してきた。両角を追って組み伏せたが疲れて倒れた。翌朝になってみると籠の両側につけた飾り物を握っていた。

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宮古郡 Miyako

ヤーマス・ウガン由来伝承は、3人兄弟の出生譚として異常妊娠(いつとはなしに孕む)、異常出産(3つの卵を生む)、生長段階の異常食欲、来間島での牡赤牛との格闘なとの話しを持つ。牡牛から来間無人化の理由を聞いてヤーマス・ウガン再興を約束し、女(老婆の連れ去られていた娘)を連れ帰り、長男の嫁とした。生まれた娘たちを次男、三男の嫁とした。
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ヤーマス・ウガンの由来に関する説話では、赤牛ではなく、黒牛が出てくる話が採録されている。「牛のような怪物」という表現の頻度も高い。「天プトク地プトク根入リヤプトク主司」の説話では、赤牛が死ないし死後の世界にかかわる例がある。伊良部島の伝承では小さな赤牛が侵略者をひっかけてミルクガマへとつれ去る。

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この話に出てくる鬼は赤牛だが、先に紹介した「卵から生まれた英雄」にも赤牛の妖怪が来間島に出現している。牛に神性があることを早くに指摘したのは石田英一郎で「河童駒引考」の中で詳しく解説している。
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. . . . . . . . . . Shizuoka 静岡県

Nagatsuro no kakure sato 長津呂のかくれ里 the hidden village of Nagatsuro

Once upon a time

むかし、南伊豆の長津呂(ながつろ)に与丸(よまる)という若者が母親と二人で暮らしていた。家に財産と呼べるようなものは、飼っている赤牛のアカくらいのものだった。それでも与丸はいたって気がやさしく、仕事のない日は浜辺の大岩の上で昼寝をするのがなによりの楽しみだった。

ところがこの与丸、ちょっと人が良すぎるところがあった。今日は庄屋さんの家で働いてきたのに、もらったお金は権左に貸してしまい、また吾作に貸したお金も返してもらっていない。この前は次郎兵衛の所で働いたのに、一銭ももらわずに帰って来たりといった調子だった。

ある日、与丸はいつものように浜辺の大岩の上で昼寝をしていた。起きてみると、いつも近くで草を食んでいるアカの姿が見当たらない。与丸がアカを呼ぶと、それに答えて「モ~~~」というアカの鳴き声が聞こえる。どうも鳴き声は大岩の中から聞こえてくるようだった。そして、与丸が鳴き声が聞こえてくる辺りを触ってみると、与丸は大岩の中に吸い込まれてしまう。

与丸が気がつくと、辺りは甘い香りが漂い、与丸がこれまで見たこともないような美しい景色が広がっていた。甘酸っぱい花の香りにつられて歩いて行くと、与丸はお爺さんがアカを連れて歩いているのを見つける。お爺さんは与丸に言う。

「これはこれは、与丸どの。牛を黙って借りてすまなかったのぅ。ところでの、与丸どの、この畑を鋤く(すく)一ヶ月ばかりあんたの牛を貸してはくれんかのぅ?」お爺さんはその代わりにと、与丸に蓮(はす)の種を一粒渡してまた言う。「その種を家に帰って水の中に蒔いてみなされ。良いことがありますぞな。」

ところが、アカを人に貸してしまったと聞いた与丸のおっかさんは、「アカを人に取られたら、どうやって暮らせばいいんじゃ。」と言って怒り、与丸が蓮の種を見せると「こんな物!!」と言って与丸の手をはたき、種は家の裏の池に落ちてしまう。

それからしばらく、与丸とおっかさんはアカの分までこれまでの何倍も働かねばならなかった。そんなある朝、与丸が目を覚まして何気なく裏の池を見ると、池にはきれいな蓮の花が咲いていた。その蓮の花はこの世のものとは思えぬ美しさで、あたかも極楽の景色のようだった。

またしばらくして、約束の期日になったので、与丸はアカを返してもらおうと浜辺の大岩の所に行った。与丸はお爺さんから礼を言われ、無事アカを返してもらった。ところが、家に帰ると、池の蓮の花は散っており、なにやら重そうな実をつけている。与丸が見てみると、なんと蓮の実は金の粒だった。金の粒はアカを貸した日数とちょうど同じ30粒あった。この金のおかげで、与丸の家はすっかり裕福になった。

しかしその後、与丸がいくら大岩のもとに行っても、二度と大岩の中に入ることは出来なかったそうな。

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Tajima no Akaushi 対島の赤牛

昔、伊豆の対島(たじま)に福泉寺(ふくせんじ)というやぶれ寺があった。この寺に住む住職は次々に行方不明になり、今では誰も住む者がなくなってしまった。村人たちは、福泉寺の奥にある大池の主が池に引き込んでしまうのだと言った。

それから何年かして、美濃の国の名のある武将が、何か思うところがあり出家した。僧になった武将は対島を訪れ、対島の美しい眺めを見て、ここを入定の地と定めた。そこで僧は、福泉寺のことを古老に聞いた。古老が言うには、福泉寺の森の奥に大池があり、夜中にその池の方から牛の鳴き声のような恐ろしい声が聞こえると言うのだ。僧は、それならば今晩、福泉寺に泊まり化け物の正体を見届けると言い、古老が止めるのも聞かず一人で福泉寺に向かってしまった。

夜、福泉寺の本堂では、静まり返った闇の中で僧の読経の声だけが響く。すると池の方から化け物の咆哮が聞こえた。僧が本堂から外に出てみると、そこには赤牛がいた。僧は赤牛に向かって、「もしそなたに仏性(ぶっしょう)があるなら人間の姿になって話してみなさい。」と言う。すると赤牛は夜叉(やしゃ)の女の姿になって本堂に入ってきた。

赤牛を目の前にして一切動じない僧を見て、赤牛は問う。「主(ぬし)は命が惜しくないのか?」僧はこれに応える。「自分は命に執着はない。そなたには仏性がある。仏の功徳(くどく)を聞かれてはどうか。ここに来た理由は救われたいがため?」

赤牛はこれを否定する。「自分は魔界に生を受けたもの。仏法などには縁はない。ここに来た理由はお主を殺そうと思ったからだ。しかし、お主は今までの僧とは違う。ここの住職は自分を恐れるばかりで、なかには討ちかかってくる者までいた。それでやむなく池に引き込んで沈めてしまった。しかし、ここにきて殺生が嫌になった。」

僧は言う。その心こそが仏性であると。僧は続けて自分が出家した経緯を話す。「自分が出家を思い立ったのは、戦で多くの人を殺したがため。私とそなたは同じ悩みを持つもの同士で、その二人がここで対峙するのも、仏のみ心によるものであろう。」

こう言って僧は、夜を徹して赤牛に仏の道を聞かせた。そして夜が明ける頃には、僧と赤牛は二人で手を合わせて読経していた。すると赤牛の身体が光り、これまで夜叉の女の姿であったものが美しい女の姿に変じた。これは赤牛が発心(ほっしん)したためであった。

女の姿に変わった赤牛は、本堂をでて大池に向かった。すると歩く道は白い光となり、赤牛を導くように大池の方に向かって伸びた。女の姿の赤牛は念仏の声とともに大池の水面上で消える。明朝、このことを聞いた古老は、なんとも有り難い話であると感嘆した。

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伊東市 Ito town

Before the development of the town, most of the plain was a huge pond, and its master was a red cow. It killed the priests of temple 福泉寺 Fukusen-Ji one after another.
Eventually a samurai turned priest named 和泉良孝 Izumi Yoshitaka began to read the sutras and finally all became quiet in the region.




Ippeki ike no aka-ushi 一碧湖の赤牛 The Red Cow from Ippeki Pond

Once upon a time
there lived a red cow in the pond, and sometimes it came out of the water, attacked the boats or shapeshifted into a beautiful farm girl and teased the farmers. It also shapeshifted into a dragon and attacked the fisherman and anglers on the shore and the villagers were really in trouble.



In the Kanei period (around 1635) the priest of the temple 光栄寺 Koei-Ji heared about this nuisance, came to the lake, settled down on one of the small islands and begun to pray and perform rituals for seven days. Finally the red cow was contained and the lake became quiet again.



Then he built a small hall there and placed copies of the 法華経 Lotus Sutra in it. Now this island is called
経島 "the Sutra Island".
By the way, there is also a small hall for the 水神 God of Water on the island and people come here to pray for rain.

Ippeki pond is a small crater lake, about six kilometers south of Ito city. The circumference is only 4 km, but this is the largest lake in Izu Peninsula where there are very few lakes and ponds. There are twelve islands, and the beautiful scene reflecting the Amagi Mountains on the lake is known as the ”the eye of Izu”.

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中伊豆町 Nakaizu village

雨乞いには、万城の滝に七面堂の釣鐘を沈めた。
The master of the waterfall 万城の滝 Manjo no Taki was either 大蛇 a huge serpent or a red cow.
Another version says
The real master of the waterfall 万城 の滝 Manjo no Taki near the 地蔵堂 Jizo Hall was a red cow.

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田方郡 Tagata gun 戸田村 Heda village

真城山のさなぎ池
The real master of the Sanagi pond at mount Sanagiyama is a red cow.


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. . . . . . . . . . Yamanashi 山梨県

北巨摩郡 Kitakomo gun 小淵沢町 Kobuchisawa
At the pond called Kobuchi there was a thriving forest and also a small sanctuary.
In former times when there were visitors, farmers would to this sanctuary the night before and ask for food ready to be served on trays 膳椀, just then number of visitors. The next morning they could get the trays full of food, but they had to bring the plates and trays back by evening.
Then one farmer forgot to bring the plates and trays back and the master of the pond, a red bull, got angry and flew away, all the way to lake Suwako 諏訪湖.
There was no more food delivery at this pond, of course.

(There are similar legends of this type where a Kappa makes the delivery.
What could be the background of these legends?)

. Kappa providing food 膳椀と河童 .

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南巨摩郡 Minamikoma gun 五開村 Gokai village

Once the son of a millionaire died, so they wrote the name on his back and held a funeral for him.
Soon after that in the neighbour's farm a red ox was born with the name of this son written on his back. So the rich man asked to have the ox, but since he was on very bad terms with his neighbour, he did not get his wish. Until they died, they were enemies.
We can learn from this story
that it is no good to write the name or seal on the back of a dead person.


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マンガ昔話データベース Manga Mukashibanashi database
- source : nihon.syoukoukai.com -

妖怪 データベース yokai database
- source : www.nichibun.ac.jp -


. Legends about animals 動物と伝説 .

. minwa 民話 folktales / densetsu 伝説 Japanese Legends .
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. Legends about the Black Cow, Black Bull  黒牛と伝説 kuro-ushi, kuroushi .

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Goshiki suzu, goshiki rei 五色鈴 five-colored clay bells
goshikisuzu, goshiki rei


The concept GOSHIKI "five colors" comes from Buddhist philosphy :

. Goshiki Daruma and Color Symbols
五色だるま .




. Clay Bells どれい【土鈴】 dorei .

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- ABC - List of five-colored clay bells from the Prefectures

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. . . . . . . . . . Aichi Folk Art - 愛知県 

Suzaki, Susaki jinja no goshiki suzu 洲崎神社の五色鈴

The small bells come in red, yellow, blue, green and white.


source : popyah/aichi

From 16596 to 1615, whileTokugawa Ieyasu had just started to build the town of Nagoya, there was an epidemy of illness, so he ordered the head priest of the shrine to pray for the people and make these bells to ward off the bad spirits.

Therefore they are also called
"clay bells to ward off an epidemy" 疫病除洲崎神鈴 shinrei

Each one of the bells resembles the nut of a Gingko biloba tree.
The string of the bells is made of paper, with a poem written on it.

shinrei 神鈴 "bell of the Gods" sacred bell

In Mie, Kuwana 桑名市
At the shrine 国幣大社 多度神社 Tado Jinja there is a legend about the bell.
明和年間に大暴風雨で山崩れがあり、神の怒りかと住民は恐れたが、その地点から古鏡と鈴2個を掘り出したという。

- reference : nichibun yokai database -
206 Legends about all kinds of bells.

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Shrine Suzaki Jinja
愛知県名古屋市中区栄1丁目31-25

Deities in residence

Susano-o no Mikoto素戔鳴尊(すさのをのみこと)
Inada hime no mikoto 稲田姫命(いなだひめのみこと)
also called :
. Kushinadahime - Kushinada hime 櫛名田媛 .

The main festival in on July 13/14
Choochin matsuri 提灯祭  Lantern Festival

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Susaki Shrine was founded in 860's.
This festival has been kept since in the Edo Period
At that time, this was one of the big festivals in Owari (Nagoya area).

Approximately 1,000 lanterns are displayed in the shrine yard.
Wa-kuguri (Chinowa-kuguri), Torii-kuguri and Jyunishi-mairi are also held.
- source : kikuko-nagoya.com/html



The shrine was venerated since very very olden times, as a deity of the stone resident here.


source : www.yumemusubi.com
Ishigami 石神 Stone Deity
futsumitama 布都御魂(ふつみたま)Futsu no mitama


In the Edo period, this shrine was one of the 10 big shrines of Edo Owari 江戸尾張十社, and frequented by the aristocracy and the Tokugawa shogun.

The shrine is now famous for amulets about finding a good match (enmusubi), luck with money, health, progress in studying and career for those in the entertainment business.




There is also a small shrine for the White Dragon of Long Life in the compound.
白龍龍寿大神
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Near this shrine is the sacred Gingko tree of the compound 神木の銀杏.




More amulets of Susaki shrine :

source : www.lets-go-aichi.jp



. The Dragon Art Gallery – 2012 .


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source : leoriel/diary
Totsuka no tsurugi 十握剣(とつかのつるぎ)
and
Futsunomitama 布都御魂(ふつのみたま)


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Futsunomitama
Other names: Sajifutsu no kami, Mikafutsu no kami (Kojiki)

The personification of a divine sword.
At the time of Emperor Jinmu's campaign to the east, Amaterasu ordered Takemikazuchi to assist the beleaguered Jinmu, whereupon Takemikazuchi miraculously sent his divine sword Futsu no mitama to appear in the warehouse of Takakuraji in Kumano.
Takakuraji found the sword and presented it to Jinmu, whereupon Jinmu was enabled to complete his campaign. In Sendai kuji hongi, Futsu no mitama is called "Futsunushi no kami's sword of spirit," presented by Jinmu to Umashimaji as a prize for killing Nagasunehiko and submitting to the imperial forces.

It is believed to represent a divine sword worshiped by the martial clan Mononobe, who were instrumental in the early pacification of Japan, and is enshrined as the central deity (saijin) of Isonokami Jingū and other shrines.

source : Kadoya Atsushi, Kokugakuin 2005

Futsunomitama 布都御魂(ふつのみたま)
Futsumitama no tsurugi 韴霊剣、布都御魂剣(ふつみたまのつるぎ)
Sajifutsu no kami 佐士布都神(さじふつのかみ)
Mikafutsunokami 甕布都神(みかふつのかみ)



. Katana 日本刀 Japanese Swords .


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. . . . . . . . . . Mie Folk Art - 三重県  



Five little bells to bring you good luck.

From the shrine Miyamado Jinja 海山道神社

This shrine is dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane and has the largest statue of him as Tenjin sama. 天神様.

海山道天神菅原社
三重県四日市市海山道町1丁目62


More amulets from this shrine
source : miyamado-jinja.com


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. . . . . . . . . . Yamanashi Folk Art - 山梨県  



source : wcddr162

from Minobusan, Temple Kuon-Ji
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source : popyah/yamanashi

They are related to the story of the "Lucky Dragon", who drained the water out of the plain of Kofu.
While the dragon rang the five-colored bells, the water flew out of the valley.
So dolls of the dragon and the five bells are closely related.

. Fukuryuu 福龍 lucky dragon .


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