tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.comments2023-06-13T08:01:46.680-07:00WKD - Saijiki for Festivals and CeremoniesGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger554125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-28904427102647998202023-04-29T21:50:47.457-07:002023-04-29T21:50:47.457-07:00Dokan Sugi 道灌杉 cedar tree in Memory of Ota Dokan
...<b> Dokan Sugi 道灌杉 cedar tree in Memory of Ota Dokan </b><br />It was planted in 1477 by Ota Dokan with the wish to win the war.<br />But in 1944 in withered.<br />In 2014 the area was designated as an important place in Nakano ward.<br /> 東京都中野区沼袋1-31-4 沼袋氷川神社内<br />The tree is located in the compound of Numabukuro Hikawa Shrine. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2023/01/numabukuro-district-nakano.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-83476111640989074442022-08-11T21:22:52.172-07:002022-08-11T21:22:52.172-07:00The Legend of Kunibiki - From Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki...<b> The Legend of Kunibiki - From Izumo-no-kuni Fudoki</b><br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/05/nagahama-shrine-izumo.html<br />,<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-91598763646133644692022-07-16T17:29:48.539-07:002022-07-16T17:29:48.539-07:00Kumano Taisha 熊野大社 Grand Shrine of Kumano, Matsue ...<b>Kumano Taisha 熊野大社 Grand Shrine of Kumano, Matsue </b><br />加夫呂伎熊野大神櫛御気野命(かぶろぎくまののおおかみくしみけぬ <br />Kaburogi-kumano-no-okami-kushimikenu-no-mikoto. <br />.<br />more information<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/04/kumano-taisha-izumo-yagumo.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-72768627061737077972022-06-03T22:15:09.626-07:002022-06-03T22:15:09.626-07:00A Path into the Mountains: Shugendō and Mount Toga...<b>A Path into the Mountains: Shugendō and Mount Togakushi </b><br />Caleb Swift Carter<br />Japan’s tradition of Shugendō has long been an object of fascination and intrigue among scholars and the general public, yet its historical development remains an enigma. A Path into the Mountains offers a provocative reexamination of the complex social, economic, and spiritual terrain from which this mountain religious system arose. Caleb Carter traces Shugendō through the mountains of Togakushi in Nagano prefecture, while situating it within the broader religious landscape of medieval and early modern Japan. His is the first major study to approach Shugendō as a self-conscious religious system—something that was historically emergent but conceptually distinct from the prevailing Buddhist orders of medieval Japan. Beyond the case of Shugendō, this book rethinks a range of issues in the history of Japanese religions, including exclusionary policies toward women, the formation of Shintō, and religion at the social and geographical margins of the Japanese archipelago.<br /><br />A Path into the Mountains takes a novel approach in the study of religions by tracking three recurrent and intersecting elements—institution, ritual, and narrative—in the historical formation of religion. Transmitted to Togakushi in the sixteenth century, Shugendō underwent a gradual process of adaptation to a mountain setting already steeped in Buddhist doctrines, rigorous ascetic practices, and devotion to a nine-headed dragon. Examination of origin accounts, temple records, gazetteers, and iconography from Togakushi demonstrates how its practitioners implemented creative storytelling tactics, new rituals and festivals, and institutional measures to merge Shugendō with their mountain’s culture while simultaneously establishing a foundation of social legitimacy and economic security to buttress their livelihoods. Indicative of early modern trends, the case of Mount Togakushi reveals how Shugendō moved from a patchwork of regional communities into a translocal system of national scope and reputation, eventually becoming Japan’s signature mountain religion. More broadly, it outlines the historical methods by which religious actors mobilized story, ritual, and institution to shape their own sense of religious practice and identity.<br />https://uhpress.hawaii.edu/title/a-path-into-the-mountains-shugendo-and-mount-togakushi/<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-66489196011033358622022-05-09T17:48:09.868-07:002022-05-09T17:48:09.868-07:00This Shrine is Nr. 08 on the
Izumo no Kuni Shinbu...This Shrine is Nr. 08 on the <b><br />Izumo no Kuni Shinbutsu Pilgrimage 出雲國神仏霊場編 </b><br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/03/izumo-shinbutsu-pilgrim.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-29063344485676158042022-02-18T16:50:27.141-08:002022-02-18T16:50:27.141-08:00Kumano Gongen 熊野権現 Legends about Kumano Gongen
Kum...Kumano Gongen 熊野権現 Legends about Kumano Gongen<br />Kumano no Kami / Kumano no Okami / the Kumano Gongen Deity <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2022/01/kumano-gongen-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-83534915005807686382022-02-09T16:56:20.523-08:002022-02-09T16:56:20.523-08:00Legend about Seiryu-Ike Pond
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seiryuu ike 青竜池 t...<b> Legend about Seiryu-Ike Pond </b><br />.<br /> seiryuu ike 青竜池 the pond of the Azure Dragon<br />Below the Golden Hall of 四天王寺 the temple Shitenno-Ji there is<br />the Seiryu-Ike 青竜池 Pond of the Azure dragon.<br />In former times there was a large pond where 青竜 the Azure Dragon lived.<br />When building the temple, the pond was filled, but to appease the dragon,<br />a small pond was left. It became the source of<br />kamei no mizu 亀井の水, where fresh water from the Turtle Well always flows. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2021/04/seiryu-azure-dragon-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-28035534986815205432021-12-07T20:37:16.207-08:002021-12-07T20:37:16.207-08:00Iya Jinja 揖夜神社 Iya Shrine, Shimane
島根県松江市東出雲町揖屋 /...<b> Iya Jinja 揖夜神社 Iya Shrine, Shimane </b><br />島根県松江市東出雲町揖屋 / Shimane, Matsue, Iya, Higashi-Izumocho <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2021/04/iya-jinja-matsue.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-80026629844488977702021-10-26T17:54:40.627-07:002021-10-26T17:54:40.627-07:00kuchiyose Legend from Fukushima 会津若松市 Aizu Wakamat...<b> kuchiyose Legend from Fukushima 会津若松市 Aizu Wakamatsu city 河東町 Kawahigashi town </b><br />.<br /> hotoke no kuchiyose ホトケノ口寄セ ritual to call a dead person<br />Before World War II there was a special ritual at 八葉寺阿弥陀堂 the Amida Hall of the Temple Hachiyo-Ji.<br />A medium would call the soul of dead person and communicate with it. <br />.<br />The Amida hall was established by 空也上人 Saint Kuya Shonin in 964.<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/04/amida-do-hall-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-74501398033134083562021-10-03T21:20:45.288-07:002021-10-03T21:20:45.288-07:00Yoojuin 養壽院 / 養寿院 Yoju-In - Sakuragi
東叡山 Toeizan 養...<b>Yoojuin 養壽院 / 養寿院 Yoju-In - Sakuragi<br />東叡山 Toeizan 養壽院 Yojuin<br />笠森稲荷 Kasamori Inari </b><br />台東区上野桜木1-15-3 / Tokyo, Taito ward, Ueno, Sakuragi<br />.<br />The statue of 准提観音 Juntei Kannon 准胝観音. <br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/04/yojuin-kannon-sakuragi.html<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-81950867892739186682021-08-28T22:23:10.223-07:002021-08-28T22:23:10.223-07:00Miyagi 仙台市 Sendai city 北山 Kitayama 光明寺
Kashima n...<b>Miyagi 仙台市 Sendai city 北山 Kitayama 光明寺 </b><br /><br />Kashima no kaname 鹿島の要 Kaname Stones from Kashima<br />Between 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji at Kitayama and 日浄寺 the temple Nichijo-Ji at 堤町 Tsutsumi town there was a large wetland and the river 梅田川 Umedagawa.<br />In the South was 鹿島神社 the Shrine Kashima Jinja and the area was called<br />鹿島ヶ崎 Kashimagasaki.<br />South to the hill there was a flatland where seven large boulders were scattered.<br />The seven boulders came flying here from 常陸の鹿島 the Kashima Shrine in Hitachi.<br />They are known as Kashima no kaname 鹿島の要 Kashima stones to prevent an earthquake. <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2019/04/komyo-shingon-legends.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-55305453056816160402021-08-24T21:48:51.446-07:002021-08-24T21:48:51.446-07:00Kanagawa, 秦野市 Hadano city
At 大日堂 the Dainichi Do ...<b> Kanagawa, 秦野市 Hadano city </b><br />At 大日堂 the Dainichi Do Hall at the temple 香音寺 Koon-Ji there was an Itako medium.<br />If someone had died, his family would go there to contact the dead via the Itako, be it man or woman.<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/03/dainichi-do-hall-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-77270730384364049312021-08-18T21:00:22.001-07:002021-08-18T21:00:22.001-07:00Dainichi Nyorai
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https://www.on...<b> Dainichi Nyorai </b><br />by Mark Schumacher<br />https://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/dainichi.shtml<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-26861594537653678942021-07-30T21:56:08.578-07:002021-07-30T21:56:08.578-07:00大日堂伝説 Dainichido, Dainichi Do Hall densetsu
Legen...<b>大日堂伝説 Dainichido, Dainichi Do Hall densetsu <br />Legends about a Dainichido Hall </b><br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/03/dainichi-do-hall-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-9929948485632887142021-06-30T21:51:32.839-07:002021-06-30T21:51:32.839-07:00Saga Tenno 嵯峨天皇 Legends about Emperor Saga
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htt...<b> Saga Tenno 嵯峨天皇 Legends about Emperor Saga </b><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-3425704564220359420.post-5233210238978477202021-06-29T21:43:03.543-07:002021-06-29T21:43:03.543-07:00Miyagi Nangu Jinja 南宮神社 Nangu Shrine
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Nangu Sh...<b>Miyagi Nangu Jinja 南宮神社 Nangu Shrine </b><br />.<br />Nangu Shrine is one of the 鹽竈神社14末社 14 sub-Shrines of 鹽竈神社 Shrine Shiogama Jinja. <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-3425704564220359420.post-39375512414151794832021-06-18T21:04:57.979-07:002021-06-18T21:04:57.979-07:00Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine Legends
and Hi...<b>Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine Legends </b><br />and Hie Jinja legends<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-3425704564220359420.post-58334370777106343882021-06-18T17:42:53.455-07:002021-06-18T17:42:53.455-07:00Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine Legends
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http...<b>Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine Legends </b><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-3425704564220359420.post-29731697123248131902021-06-16T18:37:01.660-07:002021-06-16T18:37:01.660-07:00Legend from Niigata 糸魚川市 Itoigawa city
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. Sann...<b> Legend from Niigata 糸魚川市 Itoigawa city </b><br />.<br />. Sanno 山王 the "Mountain King" .<br />He is Ujigami 氏神 the clan deity venerated at 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja. He often goes out at night to look after the water and check the growth of uri 瓜 water melons.<br />One evening a dog howled at him and he fled. He slipped on the cow dung and hurt his eye on a gomagara ゴマガラ sesame plant.<br />He now had only one eye and the villagers never plant sesame any more. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2021/04/katame-no-kami-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-66856782055180875692021-05-24T20:39:20.474-07:002021-05-24T20:39:20.474-07:00愛知郡 Aichi district 東郷町 Togo town
reibutsu 霊仏 &quo...<b>愛知郡 Aichi district 東郷町 Togo town </b><br />reibutsu 霊仏 "Spirit Buddha"<br />At the temple 祐福寺 Yufuku-Ji there is a statue of <b>善導大師 Zendo Daishi. </b><br />Fishermen had found it in their nets and brought it to 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji, because they had seen this temple in their dreams.<br />It was later brought to Temple Yufuku-Ji.<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/05/komyoji-fudo-nishirokugo.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-40545166614197614712021-05-19T17:22:04.911-07:002021-05-19T17:22:04.911-07:00Tônosawa, from the series Seven Hot Springs of Hak...<b>Tônosawa, from the series Seven Hot Springs of Hakone </b><br />(Hakone shichiyu zue) 「箱根七湯図絵 塔の沢」, 1852<br />Ando Hiroshige (1797–1858) <br />.<br />google<br />https://www.google.com/search?q=%E7%AE%B1%E6%A0%B9%E4%B8%83%E6%B9%AF%E5%9B%B3%E4%BC%9A&client=firefox-b&sxsrf=ALeKk02j44tLwZ3JD8Hhia67wx4jg-iyqA:1621470102578&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUi-nr_tbwAhXSyosBHe-mDGAQ_AUoAXoECAEQAw&biw=1600&bih=814<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-45820887089536602062021-05-05T17:25:33.958-07:002021-05-05T17:25:33.958-07:00Legend from Okayama
There were three nekomata 猫又 ...<b> Legend from Okayama </b><br />There were three nekomata 猫又 cat monsters, at 掌善寺 Shozenji, ごま屋 Gomaya and きさ屋 Kisaya.<br />They wanted to capture the dead body of Grandpa Gomaya and decided to eat it.<br />The priest Gengo heard about this.<br />While the family was walking toward the graveyard, there was a loud thunder and all the people fled in fear.<br />In the black clouds there were the three cats, trying to get the dead body.<br />Now the priest from the temple Shozen-Ji hit the cat with his prayer beads.<br />The cat lost one eye and died soon after. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/03/nekomata-cat-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-22607767219500440932021-04-19T21:05:24.815-07:002021-04-19T21:05:24.815-07:00Legend from Aichi, 名古屋市 Nagoya city 守山区 Moriyama w...<b> Legend from Aichi, 名古屋市 Nagoya city 守山区 Moriyama ward </b><br />.<br /><br />. ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo- Legends about female dragons .<br />When 伝教大師 Priest Dengyo Daishi was visiting 熱田の宮 the Shrine of Atsuta, 竜女 a female dragon appeared.<br />She told him she was living in the pond of 竜泉寺 temple Ryusen-Ji and wanted him to come there too and get a special blessing.<br />When Dengyo Daishi came to the temple Ryusen-Ji the female dragon showed up to teach her something special.<br />From then on, whenever there was a drought, she would bring rain if people prayed here.<br />. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) . <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-3425704564220359420.post-44378933857277964542021-03-27T20:44:52.624-07:002021-03-27T20:44:52.624-07:00Kasuga gongen reigenki emaki
春日権現霊験記繪巻
(Illustra...<b>Kasuga gongen reigenki emaki </b><br />春日権現霊験記繪巻<br />(Illustrated Scrolls of the Miracles of the Kasuga Deity) in three rolls.<br /> The Illustrated Miracles of the Kasuga Deity, in twenty fascicles, is an illustrated hand scroll that contains depictions of the miracles of the Kasuga Deity, the tutelary god of the Fujiwara clan. The deity was worshipped at the Grand Shrine of Kasuga (Kasuga Taisha), which wielded great political and cultural influence along with Koufukuji with which the shrine was intergrated.<br /><br />The scolls were completed in 1309 (Enkyou 2), during the late-Kamakura period, by the painter Takashina Takakane. The set is a rare example of illustrated scroll for which the precise date and creator are known and is thus been recognized as an important historical resource.<br />.<br />http://mahoroba.lib.nara-wu.ac.jp/y04/index_eng.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3425704564220359420.post-38854109563796078972021-02-20T20:25:39.646-08:002021-02-20T20:25:39.646-08:00Ubadoo 姥堂 Hall for Datsueba
Once upon a time in ...<b> Ubadoo 姥堂 Hall for Datsueba </b><br />Once upon a time in a year with long rain 三途川 the river Sanzunokawa overflowed, the hall were the statue of 奪衣婆 Datsueba was kept, floated downriver to 正津川 Shozugawa. The villagers brought the things back, but over night they all went back to Shozugawa.<br />Therefore the villagers now built a hall for the statue and kept the statue there.<br />.<br />More about Datsueba - the Old Hag of Hell .<br />.<br />https://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2009/11/datsueba.html<br />.<br /> Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com