kamuro child attendant

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kamuro 禿 / 禿童（かむろ） child attendant of a courtesan

. Oiran 花魁 courtesans and Yoshiwara .
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The young girls had a special hairstyle:

source : wikipedia


- - not to mix with another meaning of the Chinese character - -
hage 禿げ bald

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Kamuro were the small girls who attended the great courtesans of the Yoshiwara. Brought into service at the age of five to nine, they paraded in their "older sister" courtesan's retinue when she appeared in public, ran errands for her, and attended her when she met with clients. The streets of the Yoshiwara were lively with brightly dressed little girls going to and fro, carrying orders to merchants, calling on vendors, delivering gifts, trading jokes with the locals, buying snacks for their older sisters to eat hurriedly between clients. They were participants in the life of the Yoshiwara just as much as their older sisters, laughing at samurai visitors' boorish manners and composing haiku about life in the Yoshiwara.
..... Kamuro as Status Symbols



..... Kamuros' Names
Kamuros' names were simple, in contrast with the courtesans' often flowery names. They were usually written in katakana, a less learned and more childish script, rather than in the more sophisticated kanji. And they were created as a pair: Iroha (Color) and Nioi (Scent), or Chidori (Sandpiper) and Namiji (Trail of Waves). The two names could also have a more erudite theme, such as Kureha and Ayaha, names of famous weavers from two different ancient Chinese kingdoms. They could even reproduce a line of poetry: Fujino + Takane = "the high summit of Mt. Fuji."
-- Some of the most popular combinations were:
Futaba and Midori (Bud and New Greenery)
Hanano and Haruno (Flowery Field and Spring Field)
Hatsune and Kochô
Kanomo and Konomo
Onami and Menami (Big Waves and Little Waves)
Sodeno and Wakaba
Takeno and Sasano
Utagi and Utano

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- - - - - Not related to the ladies, but the same name

. Kamurosan 神室山 Mount Kamuroyama .
秋田県湯沢市 Akita, Yuzawa and 山形県新庄市 Yamagata, Shinjo.
1365 m high


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- ABC - List of Kamuro from the Prefectures




花魁と禿 土人形 Oiran and Kamuro


夜、茶屋に灯がついており、見てみれば禿と坊主の首が出入りしていた。人を呼びに一緒に茶屋に近づくと、灯は消え首もなくなっていた。部屋から離れながらふと振り返ると再び現れていた。

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


about 30 cm high, made by 杉浦亀太郎 Sugiura Kametaro

. Aichi 碧南大浜土人形　Ohama Clay Dolls .



................................................................................ Fukuoka　福岡県 　



古博多土人形 old clay doll from Hakata
made by 中ノ子勝美



................................................................................ Kagawa 香川県 　

. Jooganji no Hage Tanuki 浄願寺の禿狸 bald Tanuki from Jogan-Ji.



................................................................................. Tokyo 東京　



花魁と禿絵馬　Oiran and Kamuro
Shrine 於菊稲荷神社 Okiku Inari Jinja - - ema 絵馬 votive tablet


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hagoita　羽子板 battledore - New Year decoration


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- - another meaning of the Chinese character - - hage 禿げ bald


................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県
北設楽郡 設楽町

mujina マムシ badger - 禿太郎 Hagetaro
猟師の老人が一度だけ体験した不思議な話がある。朝、友達と二人で禿太郎の山に登った時、足元に一匹の蝮をみつけた。脇に進もうとしたが、そこにも同じように蝮がいた。行こうと思った所すべてに蝮が頭を上げているので、友達と顔を見合わせて笑い、その日は引き返して帰った。


................................................................................. Kyoto 京都府

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kamuro 禿 / カムロ
左近丞の家で、日ごろは目に見えなかった14、5歳ほどの禿たちが家のの隅々から出てきて、敵の襲来に際して仲間を呼ぼうと騒ぎ立てる。間もなく髪を肩の辺りで切り揃え、柿の帷子に団扇を持った貧乏神どもがやってきて、梅津の里に入る。貧乏神に対して西宮のえびす三郎は武装して戦うがかなわない。そこで15の童子を連れて稲荷がやってきて、さらに鞍馬の毘沙門天が眷属を具して悪魔降伏の相を現じて剣戟を飛ばすと、貧乏神はたちまち逃げていく。貧乏神の首領を捕えて攻めると、今後は立ち寄らないと約束する。

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kamuro 禿童 / カムロ
もとはある庭にあった岩の付近で、妖怪が禿童となって夜通る人を尾恐がらせるという噂になり、岩は場所を移された。その岩に祈ると乳がよく出るようになるという。

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kamuro 禿，貧乏神 Bingogami ，毘沙門天 Bishamonten
左近丞の家で、日ごろは目に見えなかった14、5歳ほどの禿たちが家のの隅々から出てきて、敵の襲来に際して仲間を呼ぼうと騒ぎ立てる。間もなく髪を肩の辺りで切り揃え、柿の帷子に団扇を持った貧乏神どもがやってきて、梅津の里に入る。貧乏神に対して西宮のえびす三郎は武装して戦うがかなわない。そこで15の童子を連れて稲荷がやってきて、さらに鞍馬の毘沙門天が眷属を具して悪魔降伏の相を現じて剣戟を飛ばすと、貧乏神はたちまち逃げていく。貧乏神の首領を捕えて攻めると、今後は立ち寄らないと約束する。



................................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県
仙台市 Sendai 青葉区 Aoba

kamuro yashiki かむろ屋敷 Kamuro estate
Before Sendai became a castle town, there was a district called 北七番丁 Kita-Shichibancho with the estate of 湯田靱負 Yuda Yukie, a vassal of 大崎 Osaki.
Around 1500 when there was a party, a young woman appeared and helped, working as hard as ten people. When the trays with the meal were served, the young woman suddenly vanished. At the end of the meal she appeared again and did all the cleaning. She never said a word and nobody knew where she had come from.



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

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下伊那郡

atama ga hageru 頭が禿げる getting bald
筍を折って盗まれたときには、折口に塩を塗っておくと盗んだものの頭が禿げるといわれている。


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飯田市

kamuro suijin 禿水神 / カムロスイジン
乞食の娘が金持ち夫婦に養育された。ある時友達から乞食であったことを知らされ行方をくらます。葬式をした夜に娘が夫婦の枕もとに立ち、淵の主になったので死体を捜さない事、赤い帯と下駄がほしい事を伝えた。以後淵に雨乞いすると雨が降る。



................................................................................. Nagasaki 長崎県　

ryuuguu 龍宮，hagiwara 禿童 / ハギワラ
いつのころか、長者原に夫婦がいて、長い間龍宮を信仰していた。あるとき龍宮に招かれ、龍王からはぎわらをもらった。そのはぎわらを先達にすると海が割れ、即座に家に帰り着いた。家に着き、はぎわらの天窓をなでて居宅と四方四万の蔵がほしいというとそのとおりになった。また、夫婦ともに28歳になりたいという願いも叶った。しかし、はぎわらを龍宮に返すと全てを失ってしまったという。



.................................................................................Okinawa 沖縄県

kamuroo カムロー，カムラー小 kamuraa gu - Kamuroo Yokai monster
カムローとカムナーは妖怪である。古井戸を除くと水面の影をカムローに取られて病弱になることがあるという。カムラーは人のシーで２０～３０センチ程度の小人である。マーは子供を川や池の深みに引きずり込む。人語を話し、水から出ると元気をなくす。
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カムワーは井戸に住んでいて、子供などが井戸をのぞくと引き入れてしまう。古井戸をのぞくと水面の影をカムローに取られ病気になる。




................................................................................. Tokushima 徳島県

. Hage-tanuki 禿狸 Hage Tanuki, bald Tanuki .




................................................................................. Toyama 富山県
中新川郡 立山村

hagesugi 禿杉，kamibatsu 神罰 / カミバツ
昔白比丘の老尼とその妹の加半呂という小尼僧が山に登ったが、当時女人近世があったので神罰によって木にかえられた。それを「禿杉」とよんでいる。


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
28 禿 to explore (10)
カムロ / かむろ -- OK

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傾城をかむろとりまく粽哉
keisei o kamuro torimaku chimaki kana

Kamuro sitting
around a courtesan
eating Chimaki . . .

. 正岡子規　Masaoka Shiki .

. chimaki 茅巻（ちまき）Chimaki ritual rice cakes .
for the Boy's Festival
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Shrine Nishino Jinja 西野神社 札幌　 This is a shrine in Sapporo, Hokkaido 札幌市西区平和1条3丁目 Heiwa 1o 3chome, Nishi-ku, Sapporo, Hokkaido Video about the shrine as a powerspot : source : 11ch.tv/sapporo Since 2009, this shrine promotes amulets for all kinds of traditional Japanese martial arts budoo mamori 武道守り They are mostly sold during the autumn festival of the shrine. There are three types, for archery, sword fighting and judo. 「弓」「剣」「柔」 On the back side is the crest of the shrine and its name. 御神紋（三巴） ................................................................................. amulets for sports hitting the ball 卓球 - 籠球 - 野球 - 排球 - 庭球 - 羽球 - 蹴球 o-fuda 歳徳神 for the deiry of the year 竈神鎮火札 for the deity of the kitchen hearth 商売繁盛・家内安全 good business and family http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=1 amulets to carry with you - many manga figures シナモロール ウルトラセブン ウルトラマン Ultraman リラックマストラップ rirakkuma bear リラックマ守り ケロロ軍曹 サッカーエンブレム socker Fussball 勝ち守り（サッカー）winning amulet for sports 稚児・すこやか守り child protection 子宝安産守 福ろう根付け fukuroo lucky owls たれぱんだストラップ守 panda けろけろけろっぴ frog Kerokerokeroppi ダニエル cat Daniel yume kanau mamori 夢叶う守 may your dream come true and many more beautiful brocade bags http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=2 amulets to ward off evil sama ema 左馬絵馬 horse bending left http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=3 traffic safety amulets 交通安全ステッカー sticker for your car http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=4 amulets for good health 五臓六腑兵丹守 for your intestines 勾玉守 magatama 水晶腕輪守 chrystal bracelet / crystal http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=5 all kinds of colorful EMA votive tablets http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=6 arrows and New Year items http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=7 amulets for schooling and examinations gookaku Daruma 合格守 http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=8 amulets to find a good partner enmusubi 縁結び守 koi mikuji 恋みくじ http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=9 other types of amulets and mikuji http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=10 zodiac animals for the year a maneki inviting Dragon 招き辰 for 2012 ! http://nishinojinja.or.jp/omamori/?om=11 ................................................................................. Deity in residence protector of Japanese Martial Arts budoo　武道 Hondawake no mikoto 譽田別命 （ホンダワケノミコト） another name for Hachiman Daishin 八幡大神, the deity prortector of samurai sports. Another name is Oojin Tennoo 応神天皇 Ojin Tenno, the 15th emperor Homutawake no mikoto 誉田別尊（ほむたわけのみこと） Homepage of the shrine source : nisinojinnjya ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 quote Homudawake [Homudawake no mikoto](Kojiki)(Nihongi) Other names: Hondawake no mikoto(Kojiki, Nihongi) Given name of Emperor Ōjin, offspring of Emperor Chūai and his consort Okinagatarashihime. According to Kojiki, Homudawake was an alternate name for Ōtomo Wake no mikoto. It is also said to have been the original name of the central deity (saijin) Kehi ōkami of the shrine Kehi Jingū. An alternate account related by Nihongi in relation to Emperor Ōjin's early life states that as crown prince, Homudawake had exchanged names with the kami Kehi ōkami (Izasawake no kami), with the result that the original name of Kehi ōkami was Somudawake, while the crown prince's was Izasawake. Motoori Norinaga, however, claimed that this interpretation of events was based on a misunderstanding by the editors of Nihongi. Based on the Kojiki version, Motoori stated that Izasawake no ōkami's desire to change names with the crown prince did not mean that each took the name of the other, but rather merely that the deity wished to be allowed to receive one of the crown prince's names. The crown prince's original names were Ōtomowake no mikoto and Hondawake (or Homudawake) no mikoto, but he later became known as the emperor Honda no sumera mikoto (Emperor Honda), which means that he must have given the name Ōtomowake to the kami. As a result, while Kehi ōkami originally had the name Izasawake no ōkami, it came to be known after this event as Ōtomowake no ōkami. source : Nishioka Kazuhiko, Kokugakuin . Warrior Deity Hachiman 八幡神 . . Hondawake no mikoto 品陀和気命 . and his mother, Regent-Empress Jinguu Koogoo 　神功皇后 Jingu Kogo ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 Amulets for other sports from the collection of Nishino Jinja ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 . Atariya 当たり矢 arrow to hit good luck . . Kyuudoo　弓道 Kyudo Japanese Archery . ....................................................................... - quote sakkaa サッカー Soccer Omamori Fukagawa Fudo-do is well-known for its prayers and charms for road safety, and you can even have prayers said for your car at the Kotsu Anzen Kigan-den hall. But the charm that caught our eye is the official Japan Football Association ‘Soccer Omamori.’ There are three kinds of omamori, all with the emblem of the national team on them, for 700 yen each, so you can buy one to support the national team and also to improve your own skills. A must for any football fan. - source : www.timeout.jp/en . Amulets from Fukagawa Fudo 深川不動堂 - 御守り . - - sakkaa お守り サッカー soccer amulets . Soccer club of Tokyo FC東京 . .............................................................................................................................................. . Sumo　相撲 　Sumo wrestling . - - tenisu お守り テニス Tennis amulets yakyuu お守り 野球 baseball amulets . . . . . . . . CLICK here for Sports Amulet Photos ! . Reference . . 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Shrine Hibita Jinja 比々多神社



Sagami no kuni, San no Miya, Hibita Jinja
相模國三之宮　比々多神社



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In Sagami, there were five major shrines starting with the

First Shrine (Ichi-n-miya), followed by
Kawawa Shrine (Ni-no-miya, or the second shrine),
Hibita Shrine (san-no-miya 三ノ宮, or the third shrine),
Sakitori Shrine (shi-no-miya, or the fourth shrine) and
Hiratsuka Hachimangu Shrine (Go-no-miya, or the fifth shrine).

At the top of those was the mother shrine Rokusho Jinja.
(All are extant in today's Hiratsuka, Oiso and Chigasaki areas.)

Samukawa Jinja Shrine
The origin of the Shrine is rather obscure. Ancient records state that way back in the 5th century, Emperor Yuryaku (his date of birth and death unknown) offered a holy tribute, or a wand with hemp and paper streamers, to the Shrine. Emperor Yuryaku was the 21st generation of the imperial family and was on the throne during the 22-year period from 456 through 478.

During the Edo Period (1603-1868) under the rule of the Tokugawa Shogunate, the Shrine was revered by the folk in eastern Japan as the guardian deity to protect the eight provinces, or today's Tokyo and its five outlying prefectures, from all evils. Later, the Shrine began to be worshiped as the guardian deity to protect the eight directions (Happoo in Japanese), in other words, all directions, after the eight provinces changed the names to today's metropolitan Tokyo and five prefectures. For instance, superstitious carpenters, who are often nervous on the directions, has been visiting the Shrine to receive its soil and using it on a ground-breaking ceremony to exorcise evil spirits.

MORE
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The Hibita shrine may date back as a sacred region to more than 10000 years, according to some recent excarvations in the compound.
There was a stone circle in the compound with "standing stones" tateishi 立石.

First mention in the shrine papers date back to 655, to Jinmu Tenno 神武天皇. The shrine was connected with the mountain worship at Mount Ooyama.

. Oyama Afuri Jinja Shrine　大山 阿夫利神社 .

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Deities in residence

Toyokuni nushi no mikoto 豊国主尊
..... same as
Toyokumu nushi mikoto 豊斟渟尊

Amenoakarutama, Ame no Akaru tama no mikoto、天明玉命
(to pray for children)
- related to Tamanooya no mikoto 玉祖命, deiity related to the magatama makers.

Wakahirume no mikoto 雅日女尊
deity of weaving, making garments for all the deities beside her sister, Amaterasu.

Yamato Takeru no mikoto、日本武尊


- Aidonogami, aidono shin 相殿神（あいどのしん）
Other deities

Oosakatoke no kami 大酒解神
protector of sake ricewine production

Kosaketoke no kami 小酒解神
for a good partner and having children



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Hibita Daruma to pass an examination



Homepage of the shrine

神奈川県伊勢原市三ノ宮1472
Kanagawa Ken, Isehara Town Sannomiya


O-mamori

. Nasu 願を茄子守 Eggplant .
This is a pun with nasu ... may it become as you wish



nirinsha omamori 二輪車守 for two-wheelers




ema 比々多神社絵馬 votiv tablet


良縁成就守 finding a partner
勾玉守 magatama amulets
安産守 easy birth
あかちゃんプレート守 akachan baby plate for the car
ランドセル守 school bag for children
合格守 - Daruma
ぼけ封じ守 against Alzheimer
交通吸盤守 traffic safety
ちりめんペット守 for pets
クリスタル狛犬 komainu


O-Fuda
神宮大麻 great fuda
切札

kiyome no o-shio 清め塩 purification salt

source : hibita.jp/pray/talisman.shtml


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Annual Festivals

元旦祭・元旦大祈祷 New Year

節分祭（2月節分の日）Setsubun

祈年祭（2月17日）

例大祭（4月21・22日）Main festival

国府祭（5月5日）Kofu festival

まが玉祭（5月第3土・日）Magatama festival

大祓式（6月30日・12月20日）Great summer purification

正祭・招魂祭（10月17日に近い日曜日）

新穀勤労感謝祭（11月23日）Harvest Thanksgiving



酒祭 （11月下旬）Sake festival
Sake brewers from all over Japan come here to pray.
source : www4.ocn.ne.jp/~hibita


. Sake, Nihonshuu, 日本酒, the Drink of Japan .


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Amenoakarutama 天明玉命
Other names:
Ama no akarutama, Toyotama Hime　豊玉姫 (Nihongi), Tama no oya (Kojiki), Kushiakarutama no kami, Haakaru tama, Tamanoya no mikoto (Nihongi).

According to Kojiki and an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihongi, Amenoakarutama was commanded to fabricate the carved stones (tama) hung on the decorations (mitegura) used to entice Amaterasu from her rock cave. From that event, he was known as the ancestral kami (sojin) of the Shinabe clan, which manufactured such carved stone jewels (magatama).

Amenoakarutama entrusted the jewels to Ninigi, and in Kojiki his name is also associated with the "chiefs of the five clans" who accompanied the Heavenly Grandchild on his descent from heaven (tenson kōrin). According to Nihongi, Amenoakarutama was Ninigi's child, while he is described as the grandson of Takamimusuhi in Shinsen shōjiroku.

Other deities identified with Amenoakarutama include Haakarutama and Kushiakarutama. The first appears in Kogo shūi and an "alternate writing" quoted in Nihongi as the deity who meets Susanoo upon the latter's assent to heaven, and who later gives Susanoo the jewels used in his contest (see ukei) with Amaterasu. Kushiakarutama, on the other hand, appears as the priest Tamasuri ("he who makes the jewels") who enshrines Ōmononushi at the time of the "transfer of the land" (kuniyuzuri).

The work Engishiki also includes in its list of shrines some related to the clans and occupational groups Tamanooya no Muraji and Tamatsukuri-Be.
source : Mori Mizue, Kokugakuin, 2006





Toyotama hime "Luminous Pearl Princess"
giving birth to a dragon child

She was a child of the Dragon God.

. Japanese dragons .


. Toyotama Hime and her Husband Yamasachihiko 山幸彦 .

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Toyotama Hime Jinja 豊玉姫神社 Princess Toyotama Hime Shrine
佐賀県嬉野市嬉野町大字下宿乙2231-2 - Saga, Kino Hot Spring

Toyotama Hime was known for her beautiful white skin and is now seen as the
bihada no kamisama 美肌の神様 deity for beautiful skin.



In the compound is also a monument for one of her retainers, the honorable catfish, Namazu sama なまず様. Once there was an outbreak of skin disease in the village and the princess was worried. The catfish said "I will help you". He let all the people of the village touch his body to become healthy and beautiful again.


- source : poohsuke.blog.so-net.ne.jp


. biyoo jisha 美容寺社 praying for beauty .


. namazu なまず　. 鯰　 catfish amulets - der Wels .


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Wakahirume 雅日女尊
[Wakahirume no mikoto] (Nihongi)

A kami of uncertain identity appearing in an "alternate writing" transmitted in Nihongi's "divine age" chapters. Wakahirume is sometimes identified as the child or younger sister of Amaterasu, or as Amaterasu herself.

The name Wakahirume ("young-day-female") suggests a contrast to Ōhirume ("great-day-female"), another name for Amaterasu).

According to the alternate Nihongi account, Wakahirume was inside the "sacred weaving hall," weaving clothes for the other heavenly kami, when Susanoo cast a "backwards-flayed piebald colt" into the hall, startling Wakahirume and causing her to fall from the loom and die.
It was her grief over Wakahirume’s death that drove Amaterasu to hide herself away in a cave.
Empress Jingu founded the Ikuta Shrine near Kobe in honor of Wakahirume.
source : Nishioka Kazuhiko, Kokugakuin 2005


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. Shrine Ikuta jinja 生田神社 in central Kobe .


From the medieval period,
Niutsuhime was viewed as the mother of the Buddhist deity Kōya Myōjin, and generally identified with the kami Wakahirume.

. Niutsuhime, Niutsubime 丹生都比女 .


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Anzan Kosodate 安産子育て - all about Children - Introduction - ko sazuke 子授御守　amulet for getting pregnant kodakara no ishi 子宝石 stone to get pregnant obi iwai 帯祝い amulet for a safe pregnancy . Amulets during pregnancy . . Boshijin, Hahakogami 母子神　"Mother-Child Deity" . . Awashima sama　粟島さま at Awashima Jinja 淡島神社 - Wakayama . with prayers for children .................................................................................................................................................................. Anzan　安産 is a special talisman is used for an easy delivery. Kosodate is the next step, to pray for the safe growing-up of the child buji seichoo　無事成長　"may they grow up healthy" Read more details here: . Anzan o-Mamori 安産お守り - Talismans for Safe Delivery . Haragomori Fudo 腹ごもり不動明王 / お腹ごもり不動尊 Fudo Myo-o granting pregnancy and easy birth . . chichi Yakushi 乳薬師 Yakushi Nyorai and breast milk feeding . Midwifes in Aomori praying to anzan no kami 安産の神 . Sake 酒 rice wine for rituals and festivals . .................................................................................................................................................................. How to make it yourself - - 本格的なお守り袋: - source : atelier.woman.excite.co.jp/creation .................................................................................................................................................................. During the Edo period, there was a custom to bring a child to a special temple every year after birth until it was 13 (juusan). . Annual Temple Visit for Children . juusanmairi 十三参り ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 sukoyaka kodomo omamori すこやか子供守 amulet for children grow up happily . . . CLICK here for Photos ! ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 an amulet from Meguro Fudo Temple 目黒不動尊のお守り Jizo Bosatsu is the protector of Children. source : hisaesan.exblog.jp . Meguro Fudo Temple 目黒不動 . - - - - - Kobayashi Issa - - - - - I went to Tokumanji Temple and prayed to Jizo there -- 段々に朧よ月よこもり堂 dan-dan ni oboro yo tsuki yo komoridoo gradually the night mistier hey, the moon deep in mist, hey above the Child Protector's Hall　　 Tr. Chris Drake Issa climbed up to a Shingon-school Buddhist temple called Tokumanji and prayed to its famous statue of the bodhisattva Jizo, known as Child-Rearing Jizo (子育て地蔵). The Jizo at this temple became very famous after it cured a dying three-year-old child that was declared by doctors to have no hope of recovery. MORE . 徳満寺 Temple Tokuman-Ji . . WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo . ....................................................................... Kosodate Jizo　子育て地蔵　Jizo Bosatsu taking care of children - shared by Dougill John, facebook near Gojo-In, Kyoto ....................................................................... The Waka poet . Kakinomoto Hitomaro 柿本人麻呂 Hitomaru 人丸 / 人麿 . venerated at various shrines in Japan anzan no kami 安産の神 Anzan - Deity to grant easy birth - hitomaru 人丸 - 人生まる - hito umaru - giving birth - a pun ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 . . . CLICK here for Photos ! . Reference . ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 Mikumari Jinja 御子守神社 and Mikomori Myōjin 御子守明神. . . . CLICK here for Photos ! quote Also called Komori Myōjin 子守明神, a female deity who may appear in a triad known as Mikomori Sannyoshin 御子守三女神 (details below). This female deity of the shrine Yoshino Mikumari Jinja 吉野水分神社 is situated on a ridge above the village of Yoshino 吉野 in southern Nara. It is one of four major watershed shrines in old Yamato 大和 (i.e., Japan). Yoshino Mikumari appears in a record of 702 and was known as a site at which to pray for control of rain and water. Apparently through a misapprehension of the sound, Mikumari became known as Mikomori, a protector of children. Mikomori is one of the eight gongen 権現 of Yoshino, gongen being the forms taken by supernatural beings in order to manifest themselves on earth. There are twenty sculptures of the deity at Yoshino Mikumari Jinja. source :　yosinomikumarijinjya Tamayori Hime from Yoshino Mikumari Jinja The most famous of these is that of Tamayorihime 玉依姫, dating from 1251. She appears in KOJIKI 古事記 (712) as the mother of Emperor Jinmu 神武. In this case she appears accompanied by two other deities and the three together are known as the Mikomori Sannyoshin. It is important to note that Tamayorihime is not identical with Mikomori Myōjin, since the latter is the collective deity of the whole shrine and includes a number of other deities. In paintings Mikomori may appear alone or in a triad. She is shown as a court lady, and she may be with children or shown holding a vajra (a symbol/weapon often held by Buddhist deities to represent their power to overcome evil). She and/or her shrine often appear in Yoshino Mandala 吉野曼荼羅. Mikomori Myōjin's Buddhist counterpart (honjibutsu 本地仏) is Jizō Bodhisattva 地蔵, and the bonji 梵字 (Siddham letter or mystical sound of the deity) for Dainichi Buddha 大日 of the Taizōkai Mandala 胎蔵界曼荼羅 may appear on paintings of her. source : Mark Schumacher ................................................................................. Uda Mikumari Shrine (宇太水分神社, Uda Mikumari-jinja) is a Shinto shrine located in Uda, Nara, Japan. It is dedicated to mikumari, a female Shinto kami associated with water. The honden hall was built near the end of the Kamakura period, and is listed as a National Treasure of Japan. ©　More in the WIKIPEDIA ! ................................................................................. quote Mikumarinokami - Mikumari no kami　水分神　 "Water-dividing kami," tutelaries of the allocation of running water. The root kumari possesses the same significance as the modern kubari (allocate, distribute), and mi is an abbreviated form of mizu or water. Mikumari no kami are most often found enshrined at stream headwaters, or at the distribution forks of irrigation canals. The Kojiki describes the offspring of Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime as the two water kami Amatsumikumari no kami (Heavenly Mikumari) and Kunitsumikumari no kami (Earthly Mikumari). Shrines devoted to these two kami as objects of worship (saijin) can be found in numerous locales, but the best known would include the shrines Katsuragi Mikumari Jinja, Yoshino Mikumari Jinja, Uda Mikumari Jinja, and Tsuge Jinja (all in Nara Prefecture); and the Take Mikumari Jinja and Ame no Mikumari Toyoura Mikoto Jinja (Osaka). Due to its domain over the allocation of water, the kami was also the object of worship in rites invoking rain (amagoi). With time, mispronunciation of the name Mikumari as Mikomori led to its association with a tutelary of children and childbirth (in this case, mi is understood as an honorific prefix, while ko-mori = lit. "child-protector," nanny, babysitter, etc.). In connection with the motif of water, Mikumari no kami is also sometimes identified with the kami of the rice paddy (ta no kami), and when enshrined at mountain springs, with the kami of the mountain (yama no kami). source : Iwai Hiroshi, Kokugakuin 2005 Mikumari shrine at Yoshino 吉野水分神社 宝珠守 Amulet from Uda Mikumari Shrine . Tamayori Hime 玉依姫命 Tamayoribime . Ceremonies at Shrine Samegawa Jinja 佐女川神社, Hokkaido . komori 子守 / 子守り taking care of a baby . - all kinds of dolls - ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 maria Jizo マリア地蔵 Jizo like Maria (Mary) at 大宝寺 Daiho-Ji - quote - Maria Jizo (stone statue) was found in a nearby bush by a local resident at the beginning of the Showa Period. It is believed to have been made for clandestine Christians to give a prayer in secret. Temple Daiho-Ji Nagano 長野県塩尻市奈良井４２３ 大寳寺 - reference source : naraijuku.com ... - ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 Protectors of Children - Japanese Buddhism, Shintoism Patrons of Motherhood, Fertility, and Easy Delivery 14 Deities of Children and Motherhood Koyasu Kannon / Koyasu Jizo - Mark Schumacher - .................................................................................................................................................................. chigo omamori 稚児守り . Shookei-In 松景院 Temple Shokei-In . - Kamitera Miyagi 神寺 . Kosodate Ebisu 子育て（子授け）恵比須 child-protecting Ebisu . . Koshikiiwa Jinja 越木岩神社 Koshikiiwa Shrine . - Hyogo The 10 meter-high Koshiki-iwa Rock is the shrine's deity, and has been believed to be the god of pregnancy and safe delivery since a long time ago. . Koyasu Fudo 子安不動明王　 Fudo Myo-O as Child Protector . a very rare statue ! . koyasu Jizoo 子安地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu as child protector . . .................................................................................................................................................................. Koyasu no kami 子安の神 kinderschützende Gottheit In Japan gab es eine eigene kinderschützende Gottheit (koyasu no kami), die auch eine leichte Geburt gewährte. Ihr Name ist Konohana no sakuya hime no mikoto und sie ist sie Göttin des Berges Fujisan. . Kariteimoten (Hariti) - Kishimojin . Kinderschützende Kannon (Koyasu Kannon) Auch "Kindererziehungs-Kannon" (Kosodate Kannon), "Kindersegen-Kannon" (Komochi Kannon), "Barmherzige Mutter Kannon" (Jimo Kannon), "Säuglings-Kannon" (Jiji Kannon) u.a. genannt. Heute häufig für abgetriebene Kinder zuständig (Mizuko Kannon). Wegen der Ähnlichkeit mit der christlichen Marienfigur oft von den Heimlichen Christen im Japan der Edo-Zeit verehrt. Im Volksglauben besonders verbreitet. Bosatsu-Statue mit Kindern auf dem Arm und um die Füße. Mit weißen Gewändern und hoher Frisur. Manchmal mit nacktem Oberkörper, einem Säugling die Brust reichend. . Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 . ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 . Koyasu Daishi 子安弘法大師 Kobo Daishi . 子授招福大師 Kosazuke Daishi ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 kodomo omamori 子供お守り amulet to protect a child tamago mamori たまごまもり amulet like an egg from Saijo Inari, Okayama　最上稲荷 buji seichoo　無事成長　"may they grow up healthy" to become as strong as a sumo wrestler

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Kosasuke omamori 子授け御守 amulet to get pregnant

. Shrine Miyazaki Jingu 宮崎神宮 .

. Arima Tosen Shrine 有馬　湯泉神社 Toosen Jinja .

. suzume no sugomori 雀の巣ごもり sparrows in a nest .
and はらみ餅 / 孕み餅 harami Mochi rice cakes, to pray for a safe pregnancy.

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Kotozaki Hachimangu 琴崎八幡宮 山口県宇部市上宇部大小路 Yamaguchi, Ube town CLICK for photos of the shrine. The shrine Kotozaki Hachimangu 琴崎八幡宮 in Yamaguchi is especially famous for its "Work Amulets" and more than 700 other amulets of all kinds. It has the biggest variety of amulets and talismans of all Japan - they say. . . . CLICK here for Photos ! quote 琴崎八幡宮は平安時代の貞観元年（８５９）琴芝（琴柴）八王子に宇佐八幡宮の御分霊の幣帛を、琴柴村八王子社という祠を建ててお祀りしたのに興ります。 その後、寿永３年（１１８４）西の宮に遷して宇部郷の鎮守としました。 のち、天授３年（１３７７）僧の性禅と祀職の豊住が神託受けて新社地を探し求め、現在の社地に遷座いたしました。 source : http://kotozaki.com shiawase mamori しあわせ守 amulet to become happy ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::　 Acording to the shrine legend, the wandering priest Gyoogyoo 行教 Gyogyo visited the region of Ube around 859 and had a shrine built in 宇部郷琴芝の浦. The villagers prayed to Hachiman there and later built a shrine at its location where it is today, probably in 1377, according to the outcome of an oracle. Illustrated legend of the shrine The emperor Seiwa Tenno 清和天皇 on his way from Usa Hachimangu (Kyushu) to Iwashimizu Hachimangu in Kyoto, found his fleet in a great storm (represented as a bull) and had to take shelter in Kotoshiba no ura 琴芝の浦. He had a small shrine built to thank the deities for his safety. The first scroll is about 18 m long, the second one 16 m. On the box is the date of 1491. Look at it HERE : source : kotozaki.com Annual Festivals source : kotozaki.com/calendar ................................................................................. anzan mamori 安産守 amulet for a safe birth hiyoko mamori ひよこ型孫守 amulet to protect grandchildren The form is that of a fledgeling (hiyoko). Look at the amulets HERE : source : kotozaki.com/omamori.html They are not sold via the internet. You are supposed to come to the shrine and pray to the deities, to get the full benefit of an amulet. niji-iro yakuyoke 虹色厄除け守 rainbow colors to ward off evil

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