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Menkake Gyoretsu - Japanese Mask Festival in Kamakura

On September 18th in Kamakura at the little Goryo Shrine a small but unique festival is held where the participants wear masks which are over 200 years old. The festival is known as Menkake Gyoretsu or Masked Procession. The festival is of uncertain origins but what is certain is that the shrine itself goes back to the late 11th Century. The enshrined kami is that of a famous warrior of the early samurai era - Kamakura Kagemasa popularly known as Gongoro. In fact the locals usually refer to Goryo Shrine as Gongoro Shrine. ...
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. Kashoozan no tengu men 迦葉山の天狗面
Tengu mask from mount Kashozan . - Gunma
Priest Tenson Keijun 天巽慶順 and his Tengu disciple 中峰尊者 Nakamine Sonja.

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天狗の面 - Tsuchiya Takao 土屋隆夫 (1917 - 2011)
Novel about 天狗堂のおりん Tengudo no O-Rin

信州・牛伏村にある天狗伝説。信仰を集めたのは、天狗堂のおりん。天狗講の集まりの日、太鼓の音と呪文の声、天狗の面に囲まれて、男が殺された。そして連続する殺人事件。平和な村を乱すのは、お天狗様の崇りなのか。―駐在所の土田巡査は見えない真相に苦悩する。一種の催眠状態に陥った人間と、宗教と政治の黒い関係を描き出す、著者初の長編推理小説。
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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

...................................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
養老郡 Yoro district

At the mountain village 瀬村 Semura there is a festival where the local people make a large mask of a Tengu and send it off to the next village in the deep mountains with music of drums and bells. The Tengu is seen as a protector of the humans and their animals. This custom lasted until the early Meiji period.

...................................................................................... Ishikawa 石川県
金沢市 Kanazawa

At the meat shop 天狗中田本店 Tengu Nakada Honten　
a Tengu is the protector deity of the shop.

Tengu was a "friend" of the founder on his visits to the local Izakaya bar and also familiar to the shop founder from Kurama in Kyoto. The founder 中田岩次 Nakada Iwatsugi carved a mask, put on some flashing robes and rode through the town on a horse to draw attention to his shop. At that time, eating meat was not yet very popular in Japan.
The shop was first named 天狗乃肉 Tengu no Niku, The Meat of Tengu.

On the 3rd of Nbvember, the founding day of the shop, the mask of Tengu is venerated. During the New Year celebrations, a scroll of Tengu is hung up.

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...................................................................................... Niigata 新潟県
村上市 Murakami

At the annual festival, children are choosen to be the アマメハギ Amamehagi. They wear masks of a Tengu or for a 獅子頭 lion dance and walk around the village from home to home, where they receive sweets.
At night they have to stay awake in the local shrine.

Amamehagiあまめはぎ
is a little male Yokai monster. He has mushrooms on his head which he uses to attack things.

(He is related to the Namahage from Ishikawa prefecture. Mizuki Shigeru has written about this Yokai.)

. Namahage なまはげ - Introduction .

...................................................................................... Okayama 岡山県

. Tengu misaki 天狗ミサキ .
天狗 Tengu and Yatei ヤテイ
guhin sama グヒン様 Guhin Tengu

...................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県

. Taroobooguu 太郎坊宮 Shrine for the Tengu Tarobo .
The Tengu 太郎坊 Taro-Bo venerated here is a symbol of victory.
Tengu masks 天狗面 and bells 天狗鈴 are great amulets.

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

During the Shrine Festival, a man clad in a Tengu mask is lead by a man with a mask of the God Sarutahiko 猿田彦. The onlookers must take care not to look down on the two of them.

- 猿田彦の面 mask of Sarutahiko

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天狗面 and 天狗の面

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里神楽てらてら赤き天狗面
sato kagura teratera akaki tengumen

village Kagura -
the mask of a Tengu
shines ever so red

大橋敦子 Ohashi Atsuko

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祭の月夜子の手に青い天狗の面
栗林一石路

天狗面懸かる飲み屋の泥鰌鍋
上野林泉

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk　Art from Japan .

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Hirata Atsutane平田篤胤　(1776-1843)
has been the subject of numerous studies that focus on his importance to nationalist politics and Japanese intellectual and social history. His prolific writings on supernatural subjects have never been thoroughly analysed in English until now.
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Kako加古里子 Kako Satosh

. Daruma and Tengu 天狗とだるま .
- Little Daruma and Little Tengu だるまちゃんとてんぐちゃん

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. Knutsen, Roald Knutsen .
Tengu -The Shamanic and Esoteric Origins of the Japanese Martial Arts

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Murata村田涼平 Murata Ryohei
tengu no ken　天狗の剣 sword of the Tengu

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Tsuchiya土屋隆夫 Tsuchiya Takao (1917 - 2011)
. 天狗の面 (The Mask of a Tengu) .
Novel about 天狗堂のおりん Tengudo no O-Rin

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. Wilson, Sean Michael Wilson - Issai Chozanshi .
The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts: A Graphic Novel

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Ukiyo-E with Yokai　浮世絵と妖怪

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20 Classic Woodblock Prints of Japanese Ghosts and Monsters

20. “The Sailor Tokuso and the Sea Monster.”
19. “The Ghost Oiwa.” Yotsuya Kaidan
18. “The Ghosts of Togo and His Wife”
17. “Various Yokai Flying out of Wicker Clothes Hamper.” omoi tsuzura
16. The Yuki-onna

15. “Ashinaga and Tenaga Fishing.”
14. “Okiku the Well Ghost.”
13. The ghost of Kohada Koeiji,
12. “A Ghost Appears to Kingo Chunagon.”
11. “Child’s Nightmare of Ghosts.”

10. “Takiyasha the Witch and the Skeleton Spectre.”
9. immortal sage Gama-Sennin. The giant toad i
8. “Oiwa the Lantern Ghost.”
7. Print from Kuniyoshi’s “Bakemono Chunshingura”
6. Depiction of a scene from the kabuki play “Ume no hara gojusan tsugi”.

5. “The Priest Raigo of Mii Temple Transformed By Wicked Thoughts into a Rat.”
4. “The Woman Shizunome Oyaku.”
3. “The Ghost of Kamata Matahachi.” and Kikuno and Mari Yashiro
2. A print of tengu and other demon masks. Utagawa Kunisada.
1. “The Laughing Demon.”

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Kappa densetsu　河童伝説, Kappa minwa 河童民話 - Legends - Introduction .

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア　- Tengu ABC-List .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk　Art from Japan .

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Tengu Reference Jomon Mura 縄文村

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【天狗　てんぐ】
想像上の妖怪。深山に住み、鼻が異様に高く、山伏姿をして空を自在に飛び、神秘的な力をもつと信じられている（集英社国語辞典より）。
天狗には様々な起源、意味があり、上記のように伝えられているのは比較的近世になってからの天狗像である。
特に、「鼻が高い」＝増上慢という言い換えは、江戸時代以降のもの。
もともとは山の神であり、それ以前は「天（あま）駆けるもの」＝流星という意味もあった。
日本書紀には、「舒明天皇9（637）年に、奈良の都の空を大彗星が大きな音をたてて東から西へ飛んでいった」という記述がある。当時、中国留学を終えて戻ってきたばかりの僧・旻（みん）が、「流星に非ずして、是れ天狗（アマツキツネ）なり。其の吠ゆる声、雷に似たるのみ」と天皇に奏上したという。
アマツキツネは、地上に災いをもたらす凶星か獣のこととされた。

天狗がしばしば山伏の姿に見立てられるのは、修験者の驚異的な能力を畏敬したことからくる。修験者のルーツとされる役小角（えんのおづぬ＝役行者・えんのぎょうじゃ）も、天狗に喩えられる。
（参考サイトこちら役行者ファン倶楽部）

鳥のようなくちばしを持つ烏天狗は、河童と同根、あるいは同一のものとする説もある。
いずれにせよ、天狗と山岳信仰は切っても切り離せない。
室町時代以降、全国の霊山や有力な山伏集団のいる山では、山に対する信仰心を強めるため、独自の天狗を誕生させる。日本百名山ならぬ「日本八天狗」というものもある。

愛宕山（あたごさん）太郎坊（京都）
比良山（ひらさん）次郎坊（滋賀）
飯縄山飯綱（いづなの）三郎（長野）
大峰前鬼（ぜんき）（奈良）
鞍馬山僧正（そうじょう）坊（京都）
白峰相模（さがみ）坊（香川）
相模大山伯耆（ほうき）坊（神奈川）
英彦（ひこ）山豊前（ぶぜん）坊（大分）

愛宕山太郎坊はこれら大天狗の総元締め的存在。その前身は聖徳太子の恩師・日羅だともされている。
比良山次郎坊は『今昔物語』（平安後期）にも登場。飯綱三郎は、静岡県の秋葉（あきは）山、東京の高尾山、群馬県の迦葉（かしょう）山などの飯綱系天狗の総大将。などなど、時代を経ると共に、仏教的な序列や意味づけなどもされていった。

【天狗経　てんぐきょう】
天狗は修験道と結びつき、密教的な要素を濃くしていく。
修験者たちが、日本全国の霊山から天狗たちを招聘するために唱えるという経文が天狗経。

「南無大天狗小天狗十二天狗有摩那（うまな）天狗数万騎天狗、先づ大天狗には、愛宕山太郎坊、妙義山日光坊、比良山次郎坊、常陸筑波法印、鞍馬山僧正坊、英彦山豊前坊、比叡山法性坊、大原住吉剣坊、横川覚海坊、越中立山縄乗坊、富士山陀羅尼坊、天岩船檀特坊、日光山東光坊、奈良大久杉坂坊、羽黒山金光坊、熊野大峰菊丈坊、吉野皆杉小桜坊、天満山三尺坊、那智滝本前鬼坊、厳島三鬼坊、高野山高林坊、白髪山高積坊、新田山佐徳坊、秋葉山三尺坊、鬼界ヶ島伽藍坊、高雄内供奉、板遠山頓鈍坊、飯綱三郎、宰府高桓高森坊、上野妙義坊、長門普明鬼宿坊、肥後阿闍梨、都度沖普賢坊、葛城高天坊、黒眷属金比羅坊、白峰相模坊、日向尾股新蔵坊、高良山筑後坊、医王島光徳坊、象頭山金剛坊、紫尾山利久坊、笠置山大僧正、伯耆大山清光坊、妙高山足立坊、石鎚山法起坊、御嶽山六石坊、如意ヶ岳薬師坊、浅間ヶ岳金平坊、総じて十二万五千五百、所々の天狗来臨影向、悪魔退散諸願成就、悉地円満随念擁護、怨敵降伏一切成就の加持、をんあろまや、てんぐすまんきそわか、をんひらひらけん、ひらけんのうそわか」
……この経文には、全部で48の天狗が登場する。
天狗経は室町後期にはすでに存在していたらしい。

【天狗の棲む地　てんぐのすむち】Tengu no Sumu Chi
小説。たくきよしみつ（鐸木能光）著、マガジンハウス　1994年刊　ISBN4-8387-0568-9。絶版。
天狗を祀るミニ新興宗教の主幹・茶弥明成（ちゃやめいせい）が体験する現代の異端草子。

A place where Tengu lives
Novel by 鐸木能光 Takuki Yoshimitsu
The strange experience of Chaya Meisei

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Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests.

and Tengloom - Nekurama Tengu

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Raiju Thunder Yokai

September 27, 2016, 10:39 pm

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raisamaらいさま"Honorable Thunder Man"

Raichu ポケモンライチュウ　is a manga figure in the Pikachu world and in (Pokémon) Pokemon games.
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Raiju is the companion of Raijin, the Shinto god of lightning.
While the beast is generally calm and harmless, during thunderstorms, it becomes agitated and leaps about in trees, fields, and even buildings (trees that have been struck by lightning are said to have been scratched by Raiju's claws).

Another of Raiju's peculiar behaviors is sleeping in human navels and thus harms the person in whose belly the demon is resting. Superstitious people therefore often sleep on their stomachs during bad weather, but other legends say that Raiju will only hide in the navels of people who sleep outdoors.

Its body is composed of lightning and may be in the shape of a cat, fox, weasel, or wolf. It may also fly about as a ball of lightning (the creature might be an attempt to explain the phenomenon of lightning). It's cry sounds like thunder.
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永井殿の岩槻の知行所に雷獣が落ちてきて、畑の周りを走り回ったのを人々が捕らえた。しかし雷獣はえさを食べずに死んでしまった。その雷獣の剥製を見たところ、全体的には子犬のようであり、爪は熊のように鋭く、跡足の折り様は一節多い。薄々とした毛の中に、太くこわきがむらむらと生えている。
?in Iwate

............................................................................ Akita 秋田県

During a thunderstorm, lightning strikes and the Raiju climbs up a tree. Lightning is also called tenka天火 "fire from heaven".

............................................................................ Gifu 岐阜県
金山町 Kanayama

There was once a schoolteacher with a scar of a burn on her cheek. When she was a child, there was a thunderbolt and the Raiju Yokai got wild and scratched her cheek.
Now the children call her Yuudachi sama 夕立様, Miss Evening Rain.
Yudachi evening rain often comes with a thunderbolt.

............................................................................ Fukushima 福島県
浪江町 Namie

At the temple Daishooji 大聖寺 Daisho-Ji
享保年中、大聖寺の門内の小社で、天に登れなくなった雷獣を、院主が竿を地面に差してやり登らせた。建廟がこれを聞き、奇異のことだとして社領1石を与えた。

............................................................................ Ibaraki茨城県
久慈郡 Kuji district

苗代の生育中に激しい雷鳴があると、雷獣が天下り苗代を荒らすと信じられている。雷が鳴ると村民は割竹を叩きながら山中に入り雷獣を追いまくる。苗代田には所々に竹を立てておく風習がある。この竹があれば雷獣が再び天に昇ることができると信じられているからである。

............................................................................ Kanagawa 神奈川県
三浦市 Miura

Kaminari is called オカンダチ Okandachi in the local dialect.
If a tree is struck by lightning and shows a scar from it, they say its was the nail of the Raiju Yokai, which tried to climb up the tree to reach the sky.

............................................................................ Mie 三重県

僧玉屑の東行行脚記『あずま貝』に雷獣を捕ったことが記されており、図もあるが、狸の類であるだろう。しかし最近、ある人も捕まえたという。真偽は明らかでないが図を挙げる。

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

加賀国の白山や信濃国の浅間山には雷獣がいるという。これは狐のような獣で、時々捕らえられて京都や大阪で見せ物にするという。鉄の網の中に入れ、何も食わず水も飲まない。夕立が降りそうな気配があると毛を逆立て、勢いが物凄いため、網の上に筵をかぶせるという。
kaminari no tori 雷の鳥 Thunder Bird
時々捕らえられて京都や大阪で見せ物にするという。この雷獣を食べる鳥がおり、それは雷の鳥という。白山の山頂に多く見られるという。

. Asama yama, Asamayama 浅間山 Mount Asama .
active volcano in Nagano and Gunma

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茅野市 Chino

雷獣
峯の中腹にある巌窟には雷神がいるといわれている。穴の付近には猫の毛のような短くて白い毛がある。雷神は子犬のような姿で、毛は狢に似ており、目の周りが黒い。鼻は細く、下唇と尾は短い。足の裏の皮は子供のように薄く、足は五本ある。冬は穴を掘って土の中ですごす。普段は弱く、人にもなれるが、雨が降ると猛々しくなるという。

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ある年の暴雨の時、山から獣の死体が2つ流出した。目の大きさは犬くらい、灰色で頭は長く、尾は狐のようで、爪は鷲に似ていた。落雷のとき、木の根に爪の跡のようなものがあるのはこの獣の仕業か。明和7年閏7月伊奈郡駅科村で捕えられた雷獣も、近江国かがみ村で落雷の際に捕えられた獣も同じ姿をしていた。

............................................................................ Okayama 岡山県
浅口郡 Asakuchi district, 里庄町 Satosho

Once there was a thunderbolt at 虚空蔵山 Mount Kokuzo-Yama. But Kokuzo Bosatsu caught the Yokai and told him "If you do that once again at this place, I will not let you go unpunished!"
Since that time, there has not been a thunderbolt any more.
The villagers were very pleased about it and now have a festival every year on January 13.
In other parts they also know that if you venerate Kokuzo Bosatsu, there will be no thunderbolt.

. Kokuuzoo, Kokūzō 虚空蔵菩薩 Kokuzo Bosatsu .
Akashagarbha Bodhisattva

............................................................................ Shimane 島根県
邑智郡 Ochi district, 瑞穂町 Mizuho

雷が落ちると雷獣が木を引掻いていくという。木の皮がむけて爪あとがついているとも、雷が落ちた時に雷獣が、木に走り登るのを見たなどという話も聞いた。

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

At 烏山 Mount Karasuyama there lived a strange beast, a Raiju. It looked like a mouse but was about as big as a weasel. During summer there were often holes in the mountain and this beast showed its head. When it saw a suitable cloud, this Raiju jumped on it and made its way to heaven.
Sometimes hunters went after this creature in spring, but never caught it.

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

During the Edo period there had been a thunderbolt hitting a boat on the sea. After that they found a strange beast like an otter on the boat.
Since it was such an unusual being, they thought it might be a Raiju Yokai and they put the creature in a 見世物 curiosity show.

. kawauso 獺魚 otter, river otter .

............................................................................ Tokyo 東京都

The Raiju does not like rakuda 駱駝 camels, therefore to prevent a thunder and lightning from hitting, people post the image of a camel on their entrance of the home.

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Edo no Nana Fushigi 江戸の七不思議 Seven Wonders of Edo

寛政１１年夏江戸の七不思議。雷獣を捕えた。女が卵を生んだ。子児が桶で水死した。和睦の後に刀傷におよんだ。三日月井戸の争論が３日に和睦した。鎌倉権五郎景政を祭った社に参詣したら目がつぶれた。１匹の牝犬に２匹の牡犬が交尾していた。

. Edo Nana Fushigi 江戸七不思議 The Seven Wonders of Edo　 .

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乱世に似て雷獣の跳梁す

雷獣もその獣性に駈らるらし

相生垣瓜人 Aiaigaki Kajin (1898 - 1985)

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Torakichi Sendo

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Torakichi, the Tengu apprentice

His master was
Sugiyama Sooshoo (Soojoo)　杉山僧正 Sugiyama Sosho (Sojo),
as reported by Hirata Atsutane.

Sosho is about 3000 years old. He lives in 岩間町愛宕山内 Mount Atagoyama.
His disciples are 呂明・白石左司馬・火の神太郎坊・了知坊・滝本坊他7名+寅吉
(quote from 仙境異聞 Senkyo Ibun / 寅吉物語 Torakichi Monogatari)

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杉山僧正（すぎやま　そうしょう）
平田篤胤の異界探究の論考の一つである仙境異聞に描かれる中枢的神々の一柱、仙童寅吉物語の中に、高山寅吉の師翁である神仙として登場する。
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杉山僧正に関しては、篤胤の編集した仙境異聞や土佐潮江天満宮の神官宮地堅磐が記録した幽界出入日記、「異境備忘録」に記載されている記事などを紐解くことによってその存在が更に浮き彫りにされることとなる。
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Tengu: The Japanese Demon That's Basically a Mini-God
Tengu Abduction: Torakichi, the Edo Period Tengu Boy

Torakichi claimed he was abducted and trained by tengu. A Japanese writer, Hirata Atsutane, interrogated him about his experience and wrote a book that was published in 1822.

Tengu often abducted priests, but they would also kidnap children. Some were permanently damaged mentally by the experience. Others were delirious or unconscious for a few days before eventually recovering. Renowned folklorist Yanagita Kunio said the boys of the mountain village where he grew up, as late as the late nineteenth century, talked constantly of their fear of being stolen by tengu.

One of these boys came back much the better for it, though. Torakichi claimed he was abducted and trained by tengu. A Japanese writer, Hirata Atsutane, interrogated him about his experience and wrote a book that was published in 1822.

Hirata was a serious scholar who was deeply involved in theorizing about the properties of the other world. While some skepticism was beginning to take hold, this was a time when many people still took these legends seriously. As late as 1860, in advance of a visit by the shogun Iemochi, officials of the city of Nikko posted an official notice:

To the tengu and the other demons:
Whereas our shogun intends to visit the Nikko mausoleums next April: Now therefore, Tengu and other demons inhabiting these mountains must remove elsewhere until the shogun’s visit is concluded.

So when Hirata heard of this boy who was telling stories of living with tengu, he wasn't interested in it as folklore – he took him at his word. So much so he abducted Torakichi from another scholar who was also interested in the story.

To Torakichi, it probably didn't matter which scholar he lived with. He was a sickly child born into a poor family, and didn't have a lot of options in life. Hirata saw Torakichi as the source of a lifetime to confirm his theories, and Torakichi was fine with this arrangement.

Torakichi did an excellent job of making use of his storytelling skills to earn his keep. Hirata was interested in every mundane detail and Torakichi had them all – from how tengu made mochi to their recipe for hemorrhoid relief –
as well as the spiritual questions and the things we all want to know (what did it feel like to fly?).

Some of his stories can be explained away as dramatization of rather normal things. He told one exciting anecdote of a creature that flew down and latched onto his face – it wasn't very large, but fierce and had sharp claws. This sounds a lot like a Japanese flying squirrel. Another time, he said he was attacked by a baby dragon that tried to pull him underwater, but it sounds a lot like he'd encountered a large snake. Torakichi was a city kid so natural things may have been unfamiliar and easily misinterpreted and turned into amazing stories.

Other stories seem to be based on well-known folklore, like his tales of orangutan-like monkeys with human faces that are fond of sake – he said they made a particularly delicious liquor.

But in other cases he's just a great storyteller, skilled at making up details that would excite his audience.
Here's what he said about how it felt to fly:

"When one rises into the sky, one feels rather as though one is treading on soft cotton—it may be clouds for all I know. But as one is rushing along as though blown by the wind faster than an arrow, the only sensation one has is of a ringing sound in one’s ears. Some prefer flying high in the sky, others low, rather as some fish swim near the surface of the water, others down in the depths".

"Do you take off from a mountain peak, or the top of a tall tree?"
- - - - - "Not necessarily, You can take off from anywhere you like."
"Is it cold or hot up in the sky?"

"When you first leave the ground it gets gradually colder, but once you are past the cold pole it gets extremely hot. When you are just passing between the cold and hot regions you feel cold from your waist downwards as though you are standing in water, and burning hot above. When you get up still higher, entirely into the hot region, your hair begins to go into tight curls like those on a Buddha image. And when you get up really high you find very calm weather, with no rain or wind."

He was also good at telling Hirata what he wanted to hear, or making up great rationalizations when he didn’t. When Hirata says Torakichi’s description of a trip to the moon doesn't match what Hirata knows about the moon:

Torakichi laughed and said,
"Your theory is flawed because it’s based on information you found in a book. I don’t know about books; I speak from seeing it up close."

And here's a particularly hilarious example of Torakichi telling Hirata what he wants to hear ("my master" refers to the tengu):

Also, since I [Hirata] find it very annoying when my nose hairs grow way out of my nostrils, I keep tweezers close by me so I can readily pluck those hairs. Upon seeing this Torakichi said, "Long nose hair is a sign of long life and my master believes they should never ever be plucked. My master’s nose hair is extremely long. Five or six have grown out of both nostrils and are so long that they are indistinguishable from his moustache. The master takes great care of that nose hair."

Torakichi's story has an ironic ending:
After Hirata lost interest in him, Torakichi eventually found another way to earn his keep: as a Buddhist priest.
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When Tengu Talk:
Hirata Atsutane's Ethnography of the Other World
By Wilburn Hansen
..... There follow chapters explaining the relationship between the implied author and the outside narrator, the Other World that Atsutane helped Torakichi describe,
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Hirata Atsutane 平田篤胤
(6 October 1776 – 2 November 1843) was a Japanese scholar, conventionally ranked as one of the four great men of kokugaku (nativist) studies, and one of the most significant theologians of the Shintō religion. His literary name was Ibukinoya.
..... Atsutane's influence on kokugaku has recently been thought to be overestimated. While he is called one of the "four great men of kokugaku", this is a phrase he invented himself. His work more often influenced religious groups than the government in the Empire of Japan.
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仙境異聞（上）三之巻　　平田篤胤筆記
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Ashitatebo Tengu Myokosan

November 27, 2016, 8:16 pm

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source : toki.moo.jp/gaten 800

Mount Myokosan used to be called 越の中山 Koshi no Nakayama (Mountain in the Middle of the Koshi region), with the Chinese characters
Nakayama 名香山. The Characters 名香 were then read myookoo, 名香山 Myokosan, and hence the name given to the mountain today.

Ashitatebo is related to the Tengu from 飯縄系天狗 Izuna, and also seen as incarnations of 荼吉尼天 Dakini Ten.
He is a protector deity of the Mountain.

. Dakini Ten, Dakiniten 荼枳尼天 Vajra Daakini .

In Myoko Town there is a shrine 関山神社 / 關山神社 Sekiyama Jinja dedicated to the first priest who climbed the mountain in 708 and founded the shrine:

裸行上人 Ragyo Shonin "the naked saint"
a monk who came from China around 350 and practised austerities near the rivers and waterfalls of Japan.
He even went to Kumano and the 那智滝 waterfall of Nachi. He was active in bringing the Kumano belief to the mountain region of Myokosan.
(Other sources state more than one "naked saint" to bring the Kumano belief to other parts of Japan.)
Since Ragyo was always naked during his austerity practise, he got this name.

He was later deified as 関山権現 Sekiyama Gongen.

source and more photos : shashinki.blog.fc2.com/blog
関山三所権現 Three Gongen from Sekiyama

The mountain itself became related to the Paradise of Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来の浄土.
At the top of the mountain is a hall with Amida in the middle and 観音 Kannon and 勢至 Seishi at his side.

Sekiyama Jinja is also related to the temple 妙高山雲上寺宝蔵院 Myokosan Unjo-Ji Hozo-In.

Another Buddhist temple hall:
天狗宝窟観音 Tengu Hokutsu Kannon

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The Waka poet Saigyo Hoshi composed the following poem on his travels through the region:

かりがねは歸（かへ）るみちにやまよふらん越（こし）の中山（なかやま）霞へだてて
karigane wa kaeru michi ni yama yoburan Koshi no Nakayama kasumi hedatete

. Saigyoo 西行法師 Saigyo Hoshi (1118 - 1190) .

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Mount Myōkō (妙高山 Myōkō-san)
is an active stratovolcano in Honshu, Japan. It is situated at the southwest of Myōkō city, Niigata Prefecture, and a part of Joshinetsu Kogen National Park. Mount Myōkō is listed as one of 100 Famous Japanese Mountains, and together with Mount Yahiko (弥彦山 Yahiko-yama), it is well known as the "famous mountain" of Niigata Prefecture.
Echigofuji (越後富士) is another name given to this mountain.
..... There are onsen and ski resorts at the foot of the mountain, including Akakura, Suginohara and Ikenotaira.
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the "Jumping Horse of Echigo" appears on the slope of Mount Myokosen when the snow begins to melt and announces the spring season to the farmers.
Myookoosen 妙高山の雪形　”跳ね馬 ”

. Haiku from Echigo 越後 .

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Myoko Kogen & Myoko City
Dominated by the mountain for which it is named after Myoko Kogen lays in beautiful mountain surroundings near Lake Nojiri (Nojiriko) and the historical entrance to the Echigo Plains. Mt. Myoko (Myoko-san 妙高山) is listed as one of the hundred most famous mountains in Japan with it’s summit recorded as 2,454 meters above sea level. ...
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The Heart of Japan: Myoko Festivals & Events
There are plenty of Myoko festivals and events that take place in Myoko-Kogen and Nagano throughout the year with many of these listed below.
-- Takada o hanami (cherry blossom festival)
-- Myokokogen Kan-bara Matsuri (festival)
-- Arai Festival 新井祭り
-- Iiyama Joshi Sakura (Cherry Blossom) Festival
-- Otaya Festival おたや祭り
-- Dontoyaki Snow Hanabi
-- Na-no-hana (Canola Blossom) Festival
-- Iizuna Fire Festival
-- Sekiyama Fire matsuri
Boasting 1200 years of tradition this Myoko festival is held in the middle of July each year. Many events take place including traditional stick-fighting, pine-tree pulling, traditional dancing and sumo wrestling, plus the running of a portable mikoshi (shrine). As a finale ritual the branches of a giant pine tree are lit on fire to pray for a good harvest. Held at Sekiyama jinja.
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一茶墓碑四季の妙高山永久に
Issa bohi shiki no Myookoosan eikyuu ni

河野静雲 Kono Seiun (1887 - 1974)

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Chikugobo Tengu

December 11, 2016, 8:17 pm

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筑後高良山高隆寺（御井寺）/ 高良山玉垂宮　Kora Shrine
source : biglobe.ne.jp/~s_minaga/ato_korasan

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Chikugo Province (筑後国 Chikugo no kuni) is the name of a former province of Japan in the area that is today the southern part of Fukuoka Prefecture on Kyūshū. It was sometimes called Chikushū (筑州), with Chikuzen Province. Chikugo was bordered by Hizen, Chikuzen, Bungo, and Higo Provinces.
The ancient capital of the province was located near the modern city of Kurume, Fukuoka.
In the Edo Period the province was divided into two fiefs: the Tachibana clan held a southern fief at Yanagawa, and the Arima clan held a northern fief at Kurume.
... Kōra taisha was the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) of Chikugo.
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There are many legends about Kappa河童 the Water Goblin in Fukuoka and the Chikugo region.

Chikugo is the origin of a kind of Kappa Gaku Music, which is now an important intangible folk culture asset in Oita 大分県無形民俗文化財.
. Kappa Gaku 河童楽 "Music for the Kappa" .
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more Kappa Legends from Kyushu 　河童伝説　- 九州
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Oita 大分県　: 三隈川（筑後川）River Mikumagawa (Chikugogawa)

Kyushu’s largest river, the Chikugogawa 筑後川 Chikugo River, runs through Kurume and makes up part of a fertile area that has long been called the Chikugo Plains.
. Kappa Legends from Tanushimaru 田主丸 Fukuoka .

. suijin 水神 water deity and Kappa legends .
In the year 901, when Sugawara Michizane was about to be murdered at the 筑後川 Chikugogawa river, the general of the regional Kappa 河童の大将 stretched out his arm to help him, but his hand was cut off.
at Kitano Tenmangu - Fukuoka 福岡県の北野天満宮

筑後の国には水天宮 / 筑後河畔の河童伝説 / 筑前と筑後
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筑後河童 11 legends to explore about the Kappa from Chikugo

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南筑後山村行 / 『筑後風土記』 / 筑後久留米 Chikugo Kurume
八女郡黒木町大字黒木下町（旧筑後国上妻郡黒木町） . . .
- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
27 legends to explore about the region (00)

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Akusekijima is famous for the masked god Boze (ボゼ),
the island deity. Islanders donning Boze masks come out during the annual lunar O-Bon matsuri. Protectors of the island and its natural assets, the Boze frighten small children to ensure their safety for the coming year.
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Kakukaiboo 覚海坊 Kakukai-Bo
横川覚海坊 - Kakukaibo, Yokogawa from Kyoto

source : youkaitama.seesaa.net/article

He was priest 覚海 Kakukai (1142 - 1223) at 比叡山 Hieizan and turned into a Tengu.
Junichiro Tanizaki wrote a short story entitled "Kakukai Shoin Tengu ni naru koto".

. Hieizan 比叡山 Mount Hieizan .

- reference : priest kakukai -

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Kikujoboo 菊丈坊 Kikujo-Bo
熊野大峯菊丈坊 - Kikujobo, Kumano Omine from Nara

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Kishukuboo 鬼宿坊 Kishuku-Bo
長門普明鬼宿坊 - Kishukubo, Nagato Fumyo from Hiroshima

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Koojooboo 高積坊 Kojo-Bo
白髪山高積坊 - Kojobo, Shiragayama from Kochi

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the second highest volcano in Japan (after Mount Fuji) at 3,067 m.
It was thought dormant, but on September 27, 2014, it erupted.
- source : wikipedia

Mount Ontakesan has various peaks populated with individual Tengu.
Ontake shinkō 御嶽信仰 Ontake Shinko is the religion of the region.

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Beliefs and practices associated with Mt Ontake in Kiso (Nagano Prefecture).
It is a mountain cult chiefly supported by confraternities (kō) and religious organizations (kyōkai). It is not clear when Ontake began to be considered a sacred mountain but from the fact that it was of old called Ō no mitake ("The Monarch, Mitake"), it can be inferred that it was related to the Mitake cult of Kimpusen at Yoshino of the Heian period.
It is thought that by the Kamakura period Ontake was revered as a provincial guardian by local shugenja influenced by Kumano and Yoshino: medieval saimon (statements read before the kami during rituals) owned by Ontake Jinja in the village of Ōdaki and founder legends record that buddhas and kami associated with Kumano and Ōmine were revered, and in the Shin sarugaku-ki (Fujiwara Akihira, 1058-65),
Ontake is listed together with Tateyama and Hakusan as a place where Shugendō was practiced.
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source : toki.moo.jp/gaten/701-750/gate734

木曽御嶽山の天狗たち - Many Tengu lived at the peaks of this mountain

前山 - 三笠山刀利天坊 Mikasayama - Toriten-Bo
前山 - 八海山大頭羅坊 Hakkaisan - Daizura-Bo
(摩利支天山 Marishiten Yama) on 阿留摩耶山 the peak Arumayasan アルマヤ坊 Arumaya-Bo

But Rokushaku-Bo was thought to be an incarnation of the deity 御嶽権現 Ontake Gongen.
So he is thought of to be rather special and the leader of them all. He he lived on the Main Peak, Kengamine 剣ケ峰 (3063.4ｍ）.

. Marishitengake in the Kiso Mountains .

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Rokushakuboo 六尺坊 Rokushakubo, Rokushaku-Bo
Climbing Mount Ontakesan for religious practises was very dangerous in former times and the Shugendo priests usually never came back.
It was a place where the Tengu Kodama spirits lived.
One of the few who took residence here was the Tengu Rokushaku-Bo (六尺棒).

. Kodama 木霊 / 木魂 The Tree Spirit .

source : toki.moo.jp/gaten/201-250/gate210

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The volcano Mount Ontake has produced five crater lakes.
One of them isSannoike三ノ池 The Third Lake.
Its waters are said to have healing properties and many people come here to drink it.

source : toki.moo.jp/gaten/201-250/gate209

Legend says the present shelter hut used to be the living quarters of
アルマヤ坊天狗 Arumaya Tengu.

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Tengu have long been considered the main enemies of Buddhism in Japan.
Tengu are one kind of yokai which there is a direct path to becoming: a human that is so wicked, so evil, that they do not even deserve hell can become a tengu. They are reborn in Tengu-do, or the realm of tengu — a place outside of the wheel of reincarnation from which there is no escape.
Tengu never get a chance at becoming a Buddha or being reborn in a better world.
They are stuck there forever, as a yokai, forever apart from happiness and barred from enlightenment.
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During the times of retired emperor Go-Shirakawa後白河天皇（1127 - 1192, tengu were seen as
tenma天魔 heavenly evil spirits

. Tenma - Maten 摩天 .
- a deity who is tempting and disturbing human beings.

天主大魔王: Sixth Heavenly Pillar Deity.
Number six in the Buddhist realm of lust, greed and desire (yokuai, yokkai 欲界 .. kāma-dhātu. Kamadhatu), the highest realm.
People who are reborn in this heaven tend to take the pleasures of others for themselves and enjoy in the happiness of others.

Since a Tenma Tengu comes from a path of Buddhism, he can not enter one of the six realms of existence.
They live in a sphere outside Buddhism, free of any restraints, pursuing their own lust and desire without fear of punishment.

. Myooe Shoonin 明恵上人 Saint Myoe (1173 - 1232) .

A friend of priest Myoe named Gedatsu once had visitors from the Tengudo realm at his humble abode, who told him about the dangers of leaving the Buddhist path and venturing into dangerous terrain outside it.
Myoe used to tell his disciples to study the right path of Buddhism diligently and never think of leaving it.

. Daisoojoo 笠置山大僧正 - Tengu Daisojo, Kasagizan .
and Gedatsu Shoonin, Shōnin 解脱上人 Saint Gedatsu Shonin
Gedatsu shōnin Jookei, Jōkei 貞慶 Jokei (1155 - 1212)

Jokei belonged to the 法相宗 Hosso sect of Buddhism.
He was also called 解脱房 Gedatsu Bo and 笠置寺上人 Kasagidera Shonin, the Saint from Temple Kasagidera.
He believed in Shaka Nyorai, Miroku Bosatsu, Kannon Bosatsu and 春日明神 Kasuga Myojin.
In 1205, he founded 海住山寺 Kaijusen-Ji and spread the belief in Kannon Bosatsu.
He tried to use the power of the Imperial Court to suppress the activities of 法然 Saint Honen.

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Tenma DaiTengu 天魔大天狗

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Tengu-do is a fictional fighting style created by Team Ninja, though when broken down it appears...
Tengu-do. Japanese restaurant offering natural blowfish...
Tengudo - Kibidango ...
Established in 1800, Ohishi-Tengudo Corporation is an old hand at the production of karuta...
TENGU-DO Fishing Sticker. ...
What Can't a Tengo do ? ...

- Not to mix with Tengudoo 天狗堂 Tengu-Do Hall
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Mount Hōman
The mountain is about 830 m high.
It is an important site for Shugendo, and a famous place for rock climbing.
- quote wikipedia-

杖道発祥の地　Mount Homanzan is the place where"the Way of the Stick" to defend oneself originated.

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Jōdō　杖道　Jodo literally means the way of the stick.
Shinto Muso Ryu (SMR) evolved in the castle town of Fukuoka, in the north west of the main southern island of Kyushu.
SMR is a 17th Century art that matches a practitioner equipped with a 4-shaku 2-sun 1-bu (128 cm) long stick against a swordsman. In its complete “old school” (koryu) form SMR comprises seven sets of jo kata, and several ancillary weapon sets including kenjutsu, walking stick (tanjo), sickle and chain (kasuirgama), war fan (tessen) and other arts besides.
It was founded by Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi, a master swordsman of the Tenshin Shoden Katori Shinto Ryu who embarked on warriors quest (musa shugyo), travelling Japan, looking for opponents to duel.
SMR tradition relates that he met Miyamoto Musashi (possibly in Edo) suffering his only defeat to the two sword (Nito) technique. Following this he travelled seeking answers to the juji-dome block.
At Mount Homan in Kyushu,
above the castle town of Fukuoka he spent 37 days meditating and training – and received a revelation from the Tengu (long-nosed winged demons, famous as the source of several martial traditions) to take the round pole and place it on the water of the moon (Water Moon, or Suigetsu, is the Japanese word used in budo to indicate the solar plexus on the human body).
- source : seitei-iaido-seitei-jodo-

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Musō Gonnosuke Katsuyoshi 夢想權之助勝吉 Muso Gonnosuke
was a samurai of the early 17th century and the traditional founder of the Koryu school of jojutsu known as
Shintō Musō-ryū (神道夢想流 / 神道無想流) Shinto Muso-Ryu.

He is perhaps most famous for his duels with the legendary swordsman Miyamoto Musashi.
- His first duel with Miyamoto Musashi
- Seclusion, Jojutsu and the second duel
The outcome of the second duel, or even that a second duel occurred, is not conclusively known. The stick-fighting school he founded maintains that Gonnosuke, now armed with the jo, defeated Musashi through the use of the superior length of the jo to keep Musashi's swords out of range of Gonnosuke and thus hinder him from using the X-shaped technique effectively. Gonnosuke had Musashi at his mercy but let him live as a way of returning the favour granted in the first duel. ...
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宝満宮竈門神社 Homan-Gu Kamado Jinja
883 Uchiyama, Dazaifu, Fukuoka

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Tamayori-hime, Emperor Ōjin, Empress Jingū

From the 中宮 Middle Shrine the 行者道 Shugendo Path begins.
About half way up there is the Tengudo天狗道 Tengu Path, but this is now forbidden for hikers and tourists.

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. Miyamoto Musashi 宮本武蔵 (1584 - 1645) .
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source : collections.lacma.org

Miyamoto Musashi Slashing a Tengu
Alternate Title: 宮本無三四
by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892)

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And was the great Miyamoto Musashi not nicknamed "the little Tengu",
he who remained undefeated after more than sixty duels ?

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by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 185)

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Tengu Geijutson　天狗芸術論 The Demon's Sermon on the Martial Arts　
Discourse of the God Tengu on the Art of the Sword
Neko no myoojutsu 猫の妙術 Neko no Myojutsu
The Cat's Eerie Skill / The Cat's Uncanny Skill / The Mysterious Technique of the Cat
佚斎樗山 Issai Chozan (Chozanshi) (1659 - 1741)
Die wunderbare Kunst einer Katze
tr. Karlfried Graf Dürckheim (1896-1988)

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This collection of parables written by an eighteenth-century samurai is a classic of martial arts literature. The tales are concerned with themes such as perception of conflict, self-transformation, the cultivation of chi (life energy), and understanding yin and yang. Some of the parables seem light and fanciful, but they offer the reader valuable lessons on the fundamental principles of the martial arts; “The Mysterious Technique of the Cat” is iconic.
The “demon”
in the title story refers to the mythical tengu, who guard the secrets of swordsmanship. A swordsman travels to Mt. Kurama, famous for being inhabited by tengu, and in a series of conversations he learns about mushin (no-mind), strategy, the transformation of chi, and how the path of the sword leads to the understanding of life itself.
The author, Issai Chozanshi,
had a deep understanding of Taoism, Buddhism, Confucianism, and Shinto, as well as insight into the central role of chi in the universe—points that are succinctly explained in William Scott Wilson’s fine introduction and extensive endnotes. This is essential reading for anyone who wants to truly understand the philosophical underpinnings of martial arts, and how these principles relate to our existence.
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A Graphic Approach to Musashi and Demons: Shambhala's “The Book of Five Rings”
and
“The Demon’s Sermon on the Martial Arts”

..... The story revolves around a young would-be swordsman who ventures into the deep woods to seek the instruction of the tengu, the mythical bird-men of Japan who were said to have instructed the legendary hero Minamoto no Yoshitsune in the ways of warfare. Coming across a group of them holding a discussion in a tree, he settles in to eavesdrop and benefit from their wisdom. The title is somewhat of a misnomer-tengu aren’t demons in the Western sense of the word (that being malevolent beings or spirits from Hell) but more like ‘forest spirits’. Wilson here chooses to break “The Demon’s Sermon” into several parts and use it as a framework to structure the shorter stories. This allows the short stories to reinforce and expand upon the concepts brought up by the tengu, as well as letting the tengu introduce the concepts to be spotlighted in the short stories.
An interesting choice by Wilson, it helps to tie the work together as a unified whole rather than a series of stories. Many of the ideas are the same as those looked at by Musashi in “Five Rings”, again showing how Buddhist and Confucian ideals found their way into sword training. The tengu discuss the concept of no-mind or emptiness, using your chi (the energy that flows through everything) correctly, the importance of practice and discipline, and how adaptability and lack of attachment are vital.
Humorously, the tengu also find most martial arts schools to be lacking in their instruction with too great an emphasis on rigid technique.
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Onipedia - 鬼ペディア　- Oni Demons - ABC-List -
Dämonen von Japan - 日本の鬼の研究　-鬼学入門

- Shrine Ho-Un no Miya 宝雲宮 Katsuyama

Oni with individual names are marked with *****.
The character 鬼 is also read as KI.

A counterpart of Oni is the AKUMA 悪魔, translated as Devil (but a bit different from the Christian image of a devil or Satan.)
evil spirit, fiend, ...

. Oni 鬼　Demon art motives - Gallery .
all kinds of dolls, kokeshi, plates . . .

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. akuma no Daruma 悪魔 Daruma the Demon .
* investigating the Christian concept of Devil / Satan versus the Japanese akuma

. Amanojaki, Amanojaku 天邪鬼　あまんじゃき "heavenly evil spirit " . - "heavenly evil spirit"
- - - - - . Amanojaku legends .
天探女（あまのじゃく） - Amanosagume / 天探女（あめのさぐめ）/ 天佐具売 Amenosagume
Amanojaku statue in the eaves at temple 岩船寺 Gansen-Ji, Kyoto
Amanojaku no Chikaramizu 天邪鬼の力水 Power-giving water
Kobo Daishi 弘法大師 and Amanojaku

. akaoni, aka-oni 赤鬼 red demon . *
..... Shiga

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. oni yanma 鬼やんま devil's dragonfly .
Anotogaster sieboldii

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. aooni, ao-oni 青鬼 blue demon / green demon . *
..... Shiga

***** . Ayo no sato no oni 阿用郷の鬼 from Izumo, Shimane .

. Bakemono, O-Bake お化け Ghosts and Demons .

beer - named oni
- Shiga

Beppu　別府　Oni legends and articles - see Oita

. Daruma oni　だるま鬼ー reddo debiru レッドデビル red devil Daruma .

Edo 江戸 the demons of Edo
14 to explore

. ema　絵馬　votive tablets .
5 legends to explore
. ema 「鬼」の絵馬 - amulets .
..... Shiga

. Enku 円空仏 master carver and his Otsu-E Oni Statues .

. Enma Ten 閻魔天、閻魔王 Emma, the King of Hell - Yama .

***** . Fujiwara no Chikata no Yonki 藤原千方の四鬼 The four demons of Fujiwara Chikata .

***** . Gedoomaru 外道丸 Gedomaru .
at the foot of Mount Ibukiyama 伊吹山の麓

. gaki 餓鬼 hungry demons, hungry ghosts .
..... Oita

. gyuuki, gyūki 牛鬼 "bull-demon" - Ushi-oni .

haiku　俳句 with Oni . . . by Yosa Buson and others
. oni sudaku togakushi no fumoto soba no hana .
Buson is talking about - kijo momiji　鬼女紅葉 The Female Demon called "Momiji"

. hamaki　破魔鬼　demon mask to ward off evil .

. hone　鬼の骨 the bones of Oni demons .

. imi 忌み / 斎み imi - taboo, ritual abstinence .
imibi. kijitsu, kinichi 忌日 taboo day
忌鬼 14 to explore (00) /// 斎鬼 15 to explore (00)

. jaki 邪鬼 / じゃき - Jaki　. - "heavenly evil spirit" *

. jigoku 地獄 the Buddhist Hell .
13 to explore

. jinja - list of Shinto shrines with ONI . *

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kakure-oni 隠れ鬼 "hidden oni", kakurenbo, hide and seek

. kami　神　Shinto deities / Japanese gods .
kami to oni 神と鬼 the Deities and Demons of Japan

. Kidoomaru, Kidōmaru 鬼童丸 Kidomaru .
..... a robber and a magician.

kijin 鬼人 "human demon" - 11 to explore
..... Shiga

Ki Jinja 鬼神社（きじんじゃ）"Demon Shrine" - see 鬼沢 Onizawa, Aomori

. Kijin Jinja 鬼鎮神社 - Saitama .
with Oni Ema
..... "Fuku wa uchi! Oni wa uchi! Akuma soto!"

***** . kijo momiji　鬼女紅葉 The Female Demon called "Momiji" .

. Kikotsuji, Kikkotsuji 鬼骨寺 Kikotsu-Ji "Temple of Oni bones" .

. kimon 鬼門 / 忌門 demon gate .
in the ushi-tora 丑寅 Northern direction

kiraigoo, ki raigoo 鬼来迎 Kiraigo, welcoming the demons

. kisha 鬼射 "hitting the demon" ritual with arrow shooting .

. Kishibojin 鬼子母神 "Child eating demon mother" .
..... 訶梨帝母 Kariteimo - Kangimo 歓喜母 - Hariti - and many legends about her
..... 鬼子母神堂　Hall for Kishimojin
..... kishi megami　鬼子め神　"child eating female deity" at 身延山 Mount Minobusan

kishin, onigami 鬼神 "Oni Deity", "Demon Deity"
..... Iwate *, Shiga,
魔羅鬼神 Mara Kishin (Kijin) - a revengeful demon 霊鬼神
鬼神集落 Onigami village
(55 legends to explore)

. kishitoo 鬼舐頭 the hair falls out in a circle 円形脱毛症 .

kitsune　狐 oni and foxes　・鬼　狐 31 to explore
..... Shiga

koki-ita 胡鬼板（こきいた） a kind of 羽子板 hagoita

. kubihiki 鬼の首引き neck tug of war of the demons .
..... 朝比奈義秀の鬼の首引き Asahina Yoshihide

. Landscape and Oni Legends - shizen 自然と鬼伝説　 .

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. mayoke men 魔よけ面 Demon amulets to ward off evil . .

. men　面 mask with an Oni .
鬼の面　- 10 legends to explore

. Momotaro 桃太郎 the Peach Boy .

monkey-demon / at Iwaido Shrine
. saruoni, saru-oni 猿鬼 Monkey-Demon .

. namahage なまはげ the Oni of Oga, Akita .
..... 出羽鶴　本格焼酎　-　なまはげ Namahage Shochu Liquor

. netsuke 根付 . with Oni .

. Oita大分県の鬼伝説　Oni Demon Legends .
..... Kijima 鬼島 Demon Island ..... kichoo 鬼鳥 "demon bird" ..... oni no ido 鬼の井戸 the Demon well ..... 鬼ケ原の幽霊 The Ghost of Onigahara
..... 鬼の石段 stone stairs made by a demon

. omamori, o-mamori お守り amulets to ward off the demons .

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Oni – The classic Japanese demon. It is an ogre-like creature which often has horns.

. Oni 鬼　Demon Amulets .

. Oni 鬼　Demon art motives - Gallery .

. Onibaba 鬼婆 The demon hag of Adachigahara .
(onibaba 鬼婆々 - 52 legends to explore)
..... Oita, Shiga

. Onibashiri 鬼走 running demons for Setsubun .
- and Oni eshiki 鬼会式 Demon Festival

Onibi 鬼火 A demonic flame which can suck out life if they come too near.
. "devil's fire", onibi 鬼火　（おにび） .
..... kitsunebi 狐火 (きつねび) "fox fire"

. onigawara 鬼瓦 demon roof tiles .

. Onigo Matsuri 鬼子祭り "Demon Boys Festival" .
..... Kokuseki-Ji Naked Man Festival 黒石裸祭 Kuroishi Festival

. Onihagi　鬼萩 "Demon Hagi"萩焼 Hagi-yaki pottery .

Onihitokuchi, oni hitokuchi 鬼一口　 One-eyed demons that kill and eat humans.

. Oni jinja 鬼神社 "Demon Shrine" .- Oita

. oni kenbai 鬼剣舞 "demon sword dance" Iwate .

. oniko, oni-ko　鬼子 Oni from Tsugaru, Aomori .
..... torii no oniko 鳥居の鬼コ Demons of the Toorii gates
鬼子 - also read as kishi and onigo

. Onikobe village 鬼首村 "Demon Head Village" Miyagi .
Onikoobe onsen　鬼首温泉　Onikobe Hot Spring

. onimanjuu, oni manjuu 鬼饅頭 demon's cakes .
This is a local souvenir in rememberance of the 大江山鬼伝説 Demon Legend of Oeyama Mountain

oni-musume 鬼娘 demon daughter

oni no kan 鬼の館 Oni Museum
..... 「鬼」という文字の解説 - explaining the character for ONI
. Kitakami 北上市・鬼の館 . *

. oni no kan nenbutsu 鬼の寒念仏　－大津絵 Otsu-E pictures .
Oni no nenbutsu, nembutsu　鬼の念仏 demon praying in the cold

oni no iwaya 鬼の岩屋　- 2 legends to explore
..... Shuten Doji

. Onioi matsuri, oni-oi matsuri　鬼追い祭り .
at Kumano shrine 熊野神社, Soo town 曽於市, Miyazaki

. Onimaru 鬼丸 / 鬼切丸 Onikirimaru sword .
- dooji kirimaru 童子切丸 Doji Killer Blade

onimatsu 鬼松 demon pine tree
1 to explore

. onisube, oni sube 鬼すべ "smoking out the demons" ritual .
..... 大宰府天満宮 Dasaifu Tenmangu

onisuji 鬼筋 / oni no shison 鬼の子孫 descendants of an Oni
鬼筋 3 to explore / 鬼の子孫 4 to explore

onitaiji, oni taiji 鬼退治 driving out the demons
during the Setsubun rituals and in regional legends
26 to explore

. oniuchigi, oni uchigi 鬼打木 firewood to ward off the demons .
onigi 鬼木（おにぎ） "demon's firewood" / oniyokegi 鬼除木 /firewood to keep the demons away
..... onisaegi, oni saegi 鬼障木 / onioshigi 鬼押木 / oniuchiboo, oni uchiboo 鬼打棒

. oniyo 鬼夜 "demon's night" fire festival .
..... Daizenji Town, Kurume, Fukuoka

. oniyoozu 鬼揚子 Oniyozu kite .

. Onizawa 鬼沢 town in Tsugaru, Aomori .

onizuka 鬼塚 Demon Mound / 牛鬼塚
5 to explore

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onsen 温泉 hot spring / oniyu 鬼湯
4 to explore
..... Oita
湯かけ鬼蔵（ゆかけきぞう）
source : noboribetsu-spa.jp

. Otsu-E 大津絵 Paintings from Otsu .
Oni no nenbutsu, nembutsu　鬼の念仏 Demon saying Amida prayers

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- - - - - - plant names with ONI

. hoozuki 鬼燈－鬼灯 - ほうずき Hozuki, Chinese lantern plant .
ground cherry, lampion flower, winter cherry, husk tomato, Physalis alkekengi

. oniyuri 鬼百合 tiger lily .
ko oniyuri 小鬼百合　Lilium leichtlinii

plant names with ONI, a long list
平安時代に成立した辞書に鬼とは、隠（おん）のなまったもので”隠れて姿を表さないもの”と書かれています.
- reference source : eisai.co.jp/museum -

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- - - - - - proverbs and saying with ONI

. kotowaza　諺　/ ことわざ idioms, sayings, proverbs - ABC-List .

geji ni namerareru to kami ga ochiru げじになめられると髪が落ちる
If a GEJI licks your head, your hair falls out.
Other versions quotge gejigeji げじげじ, the galley worm house centipede. But in fact this is not about the animal, but about gejiki下食(げじき), a Demon Deity 鬼神 Onigami (Kishin).
There is an illness called kishitoo 鬼舐頭, when the hair falls out in a circle 円形脱毛症.

oni ni kanabo 鬼に金棒 the oni gets a spiked iron club
to be invincible and unbeatable

oni no inu ma ni sentaku 鬼の居ぬ間に洗濯
Doing the laundry while the devil is away
the mice enjoy the home while the cat is away

oni no nyooboo ni onigami 鬼の女房に鬼神
oni no nyooboo ni kijin ga naru 鬼の女房に鬼神がなる
‘the wife of a demon becomes a devil’
- the apprentice surpasses/outstrips the master

oya ni ninu ko wa oni no ko 親に似ぬ子は鬼の子 a child that does not resemble its parents is the child of an oni

鬼が住むか蛇が住むか /鬼が出るか蛇が出るか
oni mo juuhachibancha mo debana 鬼も十八番茶も出花
oni ni koromo 鬼に衣
oni no kakuran 鬼の霍乱
oni no kubi o totta yoo 鬼の首を取ったよう
oni no me ni namida 鬼の目にも涙
oni no sora nenbutsu 鬼の空念仏 / oni no nenbutsu 鬼の念仏
oni o azamuku 鬼を欺く
oni o su ni shite kuu 鬼を酢にして食う
oni to mo kumu 鬼とも組む

- reference source : nohmask21.com/oni -

. oni ga warau 鬼が笑う to make an Oni laugh .*

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. Rashomon Gate 羅生門 - Rashomon no Oni .

. Rozan-Ji Kyoto 廬山寺 : Oni of three colors. .
The red one symbolizes Greed, the blue (green) one Anger and the black one stupidity.

. Ryuutooki 龍燈鬼 Ryutoki . Dragon-lantern-carrying demon

sake 　酒 rice wine - 鬼殺し Onikoroshi " killing the demon" - Shiga
48 legends to explore

. sakaki oni 榊鬼 Sakaki demon . - Aichi

Sazae-oni さざえ鬼　– A turban snail that turns into a woman.

. setsubun　節分 oni wa soto 節分　－　鬼は外　demons get out! .

. Shiga滋賀県の鬼伝説　Oni Demon Legends .

. Shimane島根県鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends .

shitenno 四天王 four Ten deities stepping on Jaki demons or are flanked by them
. Jaki and Shitenno .*

***** . Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon .
..... Ibaraki-doji, his disciple, 鬼越山　Onigoeyama in Ibaraki
..... Kidoomaru 鬼童丸、鬼同丸（きどうまる）Kidomaru
..... Oni no dookutsu 鬼の洞窟 Oni’s cave
..... Oni-take Inari Jinja 鬼岳稲荷神社 Shrine
..... Oni-iwa 鬼岩 Demon boulder - Hyogo, Gifu and others *
..... 鬼殺し Onikoroshi " killing the demon" - Sake

. sumoo 鬼の相撲 Sumo wrestling of the Demons .
..... Oni no Sumoba 鬼の相撲場　The Devil's Sumo Ring

sword　刀 katana, blades to kill an Oni - onikiri, Onimaru
..... Shiga

tiger pants - 虎柄のパンツ
. oni no koshimaki 鬼の腰巻 - oni no fundoshi 鬼の褌
oni no pantsu 鬼のパンツ pants of an oni - loincloth .
..... Oni no pants, a children's song

torii 鳥居の鬼 shinto shrine gate - see oniko
2 to explore / Iwate, Akita . . .

Toriyama Sekien and his oni

. tsuno　鬼の角　the horns of Oni demons .
some have two, some have one and some have no horns
53 to explore

. ukiyo-e 浮世絵　"pictures of the floating world" .

. ushioni, ushi-oni gyuuki, gyūki 牛鬼 "bull-demon" .
..... ox-headed monsters
Ushioni fuchi 牛鬼淵 riverside of Kochi

yonki, Fujiwara no Chikata no Yonki 藤原千方の四鬼 The four demons of Fujiwara Chikata
..... Shiga

. Yukijin 湯鬼神 Demon Guardian of the Hot Springs .
..... Oni 登別の鬼　The Demons of Noboribetsu Hot Spring, Hokkaido

***** . Zenki 前鬼 and his wife Goki 後鬼 .

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- wikipedia - Oni and list of Yokai -

- reference : JAANUS -
ichi-no-oni 一の鬼
onidai 鬼台
Kikokushi 鬼谷子
oni-arashikou ganna 鬼荒仕工鉋
oni-ita 鬼板
oniwaku 鬼枠

- reference - kokugakuin - Kawamura Kunimitsu 2005

Noriko T. Reider - Transformation of the Oni
From the frightening and diabolical to the cute and sexy
- reference source : nirc.nanzan-u.ac.jp -

- reference : yokai database -
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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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Shimane 島根県の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends

Izumo is a region rich of legends:
. Izumo Fuudoki 出雲風土記 "Records of Wind and Earth" .
The Records of Izumo, Izumo Fudoki, where written about 733.

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. ushi oni, ushioni, gyuuki 牛鬼 "bull-demon" - Introduction .

A well-known ushi-oni is a massive, brutal sea-monster which lives off the coast of Shimane Prefecture and other places in Western Japan and attacks fishermen. It is often depicted with a spider- or crab-like body. This ushi-oni seems to be connected to another monster called the nure-onna濡れ女 / 濡女 , who sometimes appears before an ushi-oni attack and tricks the victim into holding her child, which then becomes a stone stuck to the person's hands and grows heavier in order to hinder escape.
In Iwami Ginzan (Shimane) the story goes on about a young samurai who held the heavy stone baby.
A famous sword in his family suddenly flew into the sky, cut off the head of the demon and cut the body into nine pieces.

If it rains for a long time in Shimane, the Ushioni starts to show up under bridges. Once a man passed a bridge and saw a white light flickering there. After he had passed the bridge the flickering kept hovering around him. People in the neighbourhood who saw this thought the Ushi-Oni was the reason for it.
Another word for this monster in local dialect is
オシミ（牛鬼） oshimi (ushioni) .
The more people try to get rid of the flickering by shaking their sleeves, the more it clings to them. To get rid of it one has to get some urin on the hands and splatter that around.

. Nure-onna 濡女 "Wet Woman" .

Kaikidan Ekotoba 怪奇談絵詞
Nure-onna濡女 "Wet Woman" was a dragon with a snake's body and a woman's head.
She was typically seen while washing her hair on a riverbank and would sometimes kill humans when angered.

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安濃郡 Ano district太田町 Otamachi

Once a man went fishing in the evening, when the Nure-Onna appeared. She gave him a baby to hold and disappeared. He threw the baby away and fled, but Ushi-Oni came right after him. He managed to take shelter in a farmer's house and was safe.

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知夫郡 Chibu district知夫村 Chibu village

Once a brave man was on his way to 伊勢神宮 Ise Shrine with a lot of money for offerings, but an Oni in the form of the 庚申 Koshin Deity took all his money away. But it was just a wicked person clad like Koshin. When the Deity heard the story, he hurried to give the money back to the brave man.

. The Koshin Deity 庚申 .

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出雲市 Izumo city

Fishermen at the coast are often called Yasha 夜叉 Demons in the local dialect.
Yasha were seen as demons, sometimes female ones. People in mountainous regions call them 鬼 Oni.

. Yasha 夜叉 - the Twelve Heavenly Generals 十二神将 .

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石見の国 Iwami no Kuni

nure onna to ushi-oni ぬれ女と牛鬼
Once upon a time in the land of Iwami
there lived a samurai named 森山玄蔵 Moriyama Genzo, who liked to go fishing at night.

むかしむかし、石見の国(いわみのくに→島根県)に、森山玄蔵(もりやまげんぞう)という侍がいました。
玄蔵は大変な釣り好きで、ひまさえあると、釣りに出かけます。
さて、ある夏の事、玄蔵は夕方から磯へと夜釣りに出かけました。
その日はどうしたわけか、次から次へと魚が釣れる日で、またたく間に、びくの中は魚でいっぱいになりました。
「こんなに釣れるとわかっていたら、もっとでっかいびくを持ってくるんだったな」
これ以上は釣っても持って帰れないので、玄蔵が引き上げようとしたら、後ろにだれか立っていました。
「おや？」
と、振り向いてみると、だれもいません。
「おかしいな」
そう思って、もう一度前に向き直ったら、なんと目の前の海に、ずぶぬれの女が赤ん坊を抱いて立っているのです。
月の光に照らされた顔は、まるで死人のように青白です。
玄蔵は逃げ出そうとしましたが、足がひきつり、動く事が出来ません。
女は、まるで海の上を歩くようにして、玄蔵のそばにやってきた。
そして、ぞっとするほど冷たい声で言いました。
「すみません。この子が、お腹をすかせて困っています。どうか、魚を一匹やってくださいな」
「や、や、やるとも」
玄蔵は震える手で、釣りあげたばかりの魚を女に手渡しました。
そして女が、その魚を赤ん坊に持たせるとどうでしょう。
赤ん坊は、いきなり魚の頭にかぶりつき、骨ごとバリバリと、またたく間に食べてしまったのです。
「すみません。もう一匹」
玄蔵は、びくごと女にわたしました。
すると赤ん坊は、バリバリ、ムシャムシャ、ペチャペチャと、口のまわりを血だらけにして、びくの中の魚を一匹残らずたいらげてしまったのです。
あまりの恐ろしさに、玄蔵は、もう気絶しそうです。
「すみませんが、ちょっとこの子を抱いてくれませんか？」
玄蔵は嫌がりましたが、女は玄蔵に赤ん坊を無理矢理おしつけたかと思うと、すうっと海の中に消えてしまいました。
玄蔵は、あわてて赤ん坊を投げようとしましたが、赤ん坊は胸にしっかりとしがみついて、どうやっても離れてくれません。
「とにかく、ここを逃げ出さなくては」
玄蔵は赤ん坊を抱いたまま、夢中で駆け出しました。
そしてようやく岩場を抜けて海辺の道へ出たとき、後ろから、ひづめの音が近づいてきました。
「あっ、牛鬼！」
ふりかえった玄蔵の前に、鬼の顔をした牛の化け物が、角をふりかざしながらやってきます。
「だ、だれか～！」
玄蔵は、声をふりしぼって叫びました。
そのころ玄蔵の家では、奥さんが一人で留守番をしていました。
座敷の方から、ガタガタと、おかしな音がするので、中をのぞいてみると、主人が大切にしている床の間の刀が、一人であばれているのです。
「これはもしや、主人の身に、何かあったにちがいない」
気の強い奥さんが表の戸を開けて外へ出ようとしたら、床の間の刀がさやから抜けて、矢の様に飛び出して行きました。
刀は空に舞い上がると、そのまま海辺にむかって一直線に飛んでいきます。
「どうか、主人をお守りください」
奥さんは、刀に向かって手を合わせました。
そのとき玄蔵は牛鬼に追いつめられ、するどい角でいまにもひと突きにされようとしていました。
「もうだめだ！」
玄蔵が思わず目をつむった瞬間、
「ぎゃあ！」
目の前で、ものすごい叫び声がしました。
それと同時に、玄蔵の胸から赤ん坊が落ちました。
恐る恐る目を開けてみると、牛鬼の首に、自分の刀が突き刺さっているではありませんか。
「助かった」
玄蔵は腰が抜けて、その場にへなへなと座り込んでしまいました。
次の朝、玄蔵が村人たちと一緒に昨日の海辺へ来てみると、牛鬼も赤ん坊の姿もなく、血の跡が、てんてんと海まで続いていたそうです。
ぬれ女とは海の岩場に住むお化けで、必ず、牛鬼を連れて現れるという事です。
oshimai - The END
- reference source : hukumusume.com/douwa/pc -

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鹿足郡 Kanoashi district日原村 Nichihara village

On the evening of Setsubun the 出雲に鬼 demons of Izumo come out. The God of Izumo sits on his bronze horse and drives them away with his bow and arrow.
On this day the people of Izumo do not go outside to see him.
Once a curious old hag peeked out from a small hole, but the Deity saw her and hit her eye with his arrow.

shinba 神馬 the divine horse from Izumo

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那賀郡 Naka district浅利村 Asari village (Present day 江津市浅利町）

Once upon a time the local Shrine priest went fishing in the evening, when the Nure-Onna gave him a baby to hold. He tried to throw it away, but it stuck to his hands. Finally Ushi-Oni came running after him. The priest run for his life, but suddenly he saw a white flash of light hitting the head of the Ushi-Oni. Later he understood that it was the sword from his Shrine that had come to his rescue.

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迩摩郡 Nima district

Once an old man took his small fishing boat and went out at night. An Ushi-Oni came after him, but he caught the demon and tried to birng him to his home. But near his fishing hut the Ushi-Oni fled. A young man who was watching tried to hit the Ushi-Oni and managed to cut off its head. But when they looked closer it was just 椿の古根 an old root of a 椿の古根 tsubaki camellia tree.

- - - Some researchers say the real origin of this monster is a root of a camellia tree (tsubaki no ne).
This tree is sacred in many parts of Japan. Ushi-Oni is in fact a local deity turned demon.
Camellia trees grow in many parts along the beaches and peninsulars, being brought there by the waves of the sea. Camellia flowers blossom at the border to the other world.

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西ノ島町 Nishinoshima town

Oniko 鬼子 Child of a Demon
The local people here never have a wedding ceremony on the Koshin day.
They say a child conceived on the Koshin day will either become a Demon Child or 蛇の子 the child of a serpent.

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仁多郡 Nita district大馬木川 Omaki River

oni no shitaburui 鬼の舌震 shaking of the Demon's tongue

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A valley filled with massive, peculiarly-shaped rocks; a reminder of the primeval age
Oni No Shitaburui is a valley in the midstream of Omaki River.
You will never get tired watching the clear water flowing sometimes fast, sometimes slowly, between massive rocks. The valley is surrounded with abundant nature that looks different in different seasons. You can also enjoy the scenery on the walking path.

There is a legend explaining the origin of the name of the place.
Once upon a time, a small shark (wani ワニ) fell in love with a princess living in a village, and visited the village every day over the Sea of Japan. The princess felt sick of this and stemmed the water with a large rock to stop the shark, but the shark continued to admire the princess. It is said that the current name is a corruption of wani no shita buru (meaning the shark in love).

On both sides of the valley are steep cliffs, and the rows of massive, peculiarly-shaped rocks are a spectacular sight. There is a dam downstream, and you can enjoy fishing. The barrier-free walking path is suitable for wheelchairs and baby strollers. The Izumo area is a land of myths. Imagine the ancient days in the freely-growing trees forming a scene like a virgin forest of the primeval age.
- source : jnto.go.jp/eng/spot/natuscen -

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大原郡 Ohara district 阿用郷（アヨ）Ayo village (now 大東町 Daito town)

This is maybe the oldest mention of an ONI in Japanese records.

Once upon a time
there lived a wild demon, who was very large and had only one eye. He appeared in the fields and when the farmers were busy, he took away their child and begun to eat it. The farmer and his wife hid in the bamboo forest in great fear and could not do anything to help. They trembled and the bamboo swayed, making quite a sound. When the child heard the sound, it begun to shout "
「アヨ、アヨ（動いたよ、動いたよ）」 Ayo! Ayo! (It's moving.)
This is how the region became its name.
- reference source : kotodama.日本伝.com -

This legend is mentioned in the Izumo Fudoki:
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the inhabitants of the Central Land who are not subjugated "ashiki," or evil gods. In Izumo fudoki, a one-eyed A appears in a reclaimed land in the community of Ayo of Izumo Province (present-day Shimane prefecture) and devours a man (Akimoto 238-39).
Komatsu Kazuhiko writes,
"People who had different customs or lived beyond the reach of the emperor's control" were considered some form of oni ("Supernatural Apparitions and Domestic Life in Japan" 3). This concept is actually not unique to Japan.
Targets of subjugation and different ethnic groups that do not assimilate the precepts of hegemonic authority are described as %, by the Han race even before the period of Six Dynasties (220-589) in China (Li 427). It is not certain, however, whether the character, was pronounced as oni or mono. Indeed, the character is rendered as mono in Man'yoshu (Ten Thousand Leaves, ca. eighth century).
There exists no definitive example of the term"on" in the ancient literature (Tsuchihashi 94-95).
- source : archive.org/stream/JapaneseDemonLore -

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別府 Beppu, a well-known hot spring area

chinoike 血ノ池 Chi-no-Ike - "The Blood Pond"

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This is Japan's oldest natural hot spring.
Chinoike-jigoku is a pool of red hot mud and has been in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, for over 1300 years.

People in Japan's past named the Onsen Chinoike-jigoku血の池地獄, the "Blood Pond Hell", based on an image of hell found in Buddhism.
- reference source : Jigoku-meguri (Hell Tour) in Beppu -

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chinoike nankoo 血ノ池軟膏 Chi-no-Ike skin cream

The bottom mud from the Red Pond is sold as a cream for sore skin.

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Kijima 鬼島 Demon Island in Beppu

A legend from the times of Kobo Daishi:

Once a farmer did not give a sweet persimmon to Kobo Daishi as he passed by on his pilgrimage. So the venerable Daishi turned the tree into 渋柿 bitter persimmons to teach the farmer a lesson.
This kind of happening is passed on by villagers in various regions in Japan.

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kichoo 鬼鳥 "demon bird"

When a woman dies during childbirth, she becomes a ghost called ubume ウブメ.
The ghost walks around, holding her baby 夜行遊女, and this is called "Demon Bird". From her hips down the is dressed in bloody robes. Eventually she wears a different robe and becomes a bird. Then she starts to harm the children of other mothers.

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豊後高田市 Bungo Takada

Once upon a long, long LONG time - 昔の昔のその昔ずーっと昔のその又其昔
There lived a family of four in a poor man's house. When the mother had gone out, a 鬼婆 Onibaba Demon Hag changed her features to look like mother, came inside and ate the baby. The two other elder children saw it and tried to run away in fear. From heaven a chain came down to let the children escape, but when the Onibaba tried to grab the chain, it wound around her neck and strangled her to death.

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直入郡 Naoiri district

Once upon a time, the bottom of the 阿蘇の盆地 Plain of Aso was a lake.
A demon tried to fill the lake with earch and carried earth to the place, but he broke the pole of his carrier. The earth fell down and this became 上萩岳 Upper Ogidake mountain and下萩岳 Lower Ogidake mountain.

The Demon became angry and pressed against the boulder 不動岩 Fudo-Iwa but could not move it. Since that time, there are the remains of the demon's head, back and both hands on the boulder.

There is also boulder in the form of a bridge. Legend knows that once upon a time, a Demon had to built it in one night, but when the cock crowed, the bridge was not finished and . . .

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大分市 Oita city

Oni no ido 鬼の井戸 the Demon well
A demon helped the blacksmiths from Takada dig the well.

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大野郡 Ono district　長谷川村　Hasegawa

Once upon a time, there lived a demon on this side of the river, and he liked to have shouting contests with the demon on the other side.
Once they both went over to 日高の高千穂 Takachiho to get a human being. This is now called the oni no ie 鬼の家, house, family of the demon. Many members of this family have fangs.

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佐伯市　 Saiki

鬼ケ原のゆうれい　. 鬼ケ原の幽霊 The Ghost of Onigahara

a rather long story:
- reference source : saiki.tv/~p360/densetu -

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臼杵郡 Usuki district

If people hit their 茶碗 chawan rice bowl with the chopsticks, a gaki餓鬼 hungry demon is coming to visit the family.
So all are careful not to hit their bowls.

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由布院町 Yufuin

鬼が一夜で造った石段　 A demon made the stone stairs in just one night

Once the Kami deity wanted to drive out the demon so that humans could live in the region. He told the demon to count to 100 until the cock was crowing.
The demon counted fast and was already at 99, when the deity hit a 箕 winnow and imitated the sound of a cock. So the demon had to leave the region.

Another version
tells that the oni was asked to built a staircase with 100 steps and built 100 houses, but the demon could not finish before the cock crowed.
This is the Tsukahara densetsu 塚原伝説 Tsukahara legend.
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「青鬼ピルスナー」Blue Demon and 「赤鬼レッドエール」Red Demon

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The most well known story is about Shuten Doji and the Demons of Oeyama.

. Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon
Shuten Dōji 酒顛童子, 酒天童子, 朱点童子 Saka Doji / "Demon Child"鬼童 Kido .
Kidoomaru 鬼童丸、鬼同丸（きどうまる）Kidomaru
It is related to the famous demons of Oeyama大江山.
And
Minamoto no Yorimitsu 源頼光 (948 – August 29, 1021), also known as Minamoto no Raikō
Oni no dookutsu 鬼の洞窟 Oni’s cave
Oni-take Inari Jinja (鬼岳稲荷神社)
Oni-iwa 鬼岩 Demon boulder - Hyogo
鬼越山　Onigoeyama - Ibaraki
Watanabe no Tsuna 渡辺綱 (953-1025) fights against a demon (Ibaraki doji)
鬼殺し Onikoroshi " killing the demon" - Sake
The demon 外道丸 Gedomaru lived a while at the foot of Mount Ibukiyama 伊吹山の麓 as 伊吹童子 Ibuki Doji and then moved on to Oeyama.

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dooji kirimaru 童子切丸 Doji Killer Blade
Name of the sword from Minamoto Raiko, used to kill 伊吹童子 Ibuki Doji.
(Below, there are other famous swords called Kirimaru.)

最上家伝来の宝刀「鬼切丸」/ Onimaru 鬼丸 - - Oni Kirimaru - "Demon cutter" of the Mogami clan
源氏重代の宝刀の一つ鬼切
- reference source : samidare.jp/yoshiaki -

The elder brother of Raiko, 美女丸 Bijomaru,
took the sword and became quite wild. His father 源光仲 Mitsunaka ordered 藤原仲光 Fujiwara no Nakamitsu to kill Bijomaru, but Nakamitsu killed his own son instead and presented it to Bijomaru. Bijomaru finally changed his wild ways and became a monk at 比叡山 Hieizan.

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美女丸　Bijomaru and 幸寿丸　Kojumaru (小童寺　Shodoji Temple)
There is a tragic tale told of Shodoji Temple located in Nishiuneno.
Minamoto-no-Mitsunaka, who was the Lord of Settsu and the person who built Tada-In （Tada Shrine） in the 10th century, sent his son, Bijomaru, to Nakayamadera Temple （Takarazuka City, to receive training to become a Buddhist priest. Bijomaru, however, spent all his time playing martial arts, and was not serious at all in his training to become a priest.
One day, when Bijomaru became 15 years old, his father, Mitsunaka asked him how much progress he made in his training. When Mitsunaka realized that Bijomaru could not read Buddhist scriptures, nor compose a tanka （a 31-syllable Japanese poem） nor play music, he became furious and ordered his chief vassal, Nakamitsu Fujiwara, to kill Bijomaru by cutting his head.
Nakamitsu was in big difficulties, since he could not take the life of a son of his lord.
As Kojumaru, one of the sons of Nakamitsu, knew the plight of his father, he told his father to kill him instead. Nakamitsu found Kojumaru join his hands in prayer, and close his eyes. Holding back his tears, Nakamitsu slew his son, and let Bijomaru secretly go off to Mount Hiei （Shiga Prefecture）.
Bijomaru later found out what had happened, and devoted himself to ascetic practices to become a priest. He became a high-ranking priest, called Genken-sozu, and built Shodoji Temple to enshrine the spirit of Kojumaru.
The temple of this legend is highlighted by ever-changing scenery of the seasons, from cherry blossoms in spring to vibrant yellows and reds in autumn.
- source : city.kawanishi.hyogo.jp -

source : MUROMACHI Nakayo
美女丸と幸寿丸

- A friend remarked:
... about Minamoto no Yorimitsu (raiko) and his father Mitsunaka ...
... until 1068 this family was 摂関　Sekkan (Sesshō+Kampaku), after it was Go-Sanjō-tennō (71th) and they took back the dictature until 1185
- anyway it means they were the highest level in the hierarchy
and the Minamoto-shi was Chinjufu-shōgun (so kokushi) meaning vassal of all the people of Fujiwara-shi.
So as the nippon-no-rekishi is very complex, this story is tricky, as a Fujiwara cannot be in the service of a Minamoto.
Any answers to this?

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hebi kirimaru 蛇切丸 serpent cutter sword

Niigata, 松之山町 Matsunoyama
The serpent wanted the princess of the pond 蒲生池 / 蒲生の池 Kamo-no-ike as his bride. But the Nakodo was refused. In his anger he killed all the members of the family.
He borrowed the famous serpent-cutting sword Hebikirimaru蛇切丸 and fought with the enemy.

. nakōdo 仲人 Nakodo, legends about matchmakers .

宝剣蛇切丸宇佐神社 Usa Jinja, Kagawa, Sanuki town

歌川芳艶　Utagawa Yoshitsuya (1822 - 1866)

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kumo kirimaru 蜘蛛切丸 spider cutter, spider-killing sword

The sword Kimaru, Onimaru鬼丸 used to kill the Tsuchigumo monster 土蜘蛛退治.
This sword is also called Hizamaru (膝丸)

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There are various theories to the story of the tsuchigumo, and in the Heike Monogatari, there is as following (they were written as 山蜘蛛).
When Yorimitsu suffered from malaria, and lay on a bed, a strange monk who was 7 shaku (about 2.1 meters) tall appeared, released some rope, and tried to capture him. Yorimitsu, despite his sickness, cut him with his famous sword, the Hizamaru (膝丸), causing the monk to flee. The next day, Yorimitsu led his Four Guardian Kings to chase after the blood trail of the monk, and arrived at a mound behind shrine Kitano jinja where there was a large spider that was 4 shaku wide (about 1.2 meters). Yorimitsu and the others caught it, pierced it with an iron skewer, and exposed it to a riverbed. Yorimitsu's illness left him immediately, and the sword that cut the spider was from then on called the Kumo-kiri (蜘蛛切り, spider-cutter).
The true identity of this tsuchigumo was said to be an onryō of the aforementioned local clan defeated by Emperor Jimmu.
This tale is also known from the very fifth noh, "Tsuchigumo."
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歌川国義　Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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the sword Onimaru鬼丸
Onimaru is one of the 'Tenka-goken', the five famous swords of Japan.
Its legend is about an ogre which made Hojyo Tokiyori, 5th regent in Kamakura era, suffer from nightmares. One night, he saw a dream of an old man, who turned out to be a spirit of the katana. After following the his advice in real world, the katana fell down and cut down the silver decoration of an ogre.
Since then, he never saw a nightmare again.
Imperial Household Agency is currently keeping this Onimaru. Unfortunately, it has only been displayed three times.
- source : wasa-bi.com/topics -

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kishin 鬼神 "Demon Deity"

Once Fujiwara no Chikata used his four Demon Deities to haunt travellers in the region.
But Tamuramaro came to punish him.

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 (758 - 811) .
... a general and shogun of the early Heian Period of Japan.

Fujiwara no Chikata no Yonki 藤原千方の四鬼 The four demons of Fujiwara Chikata

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Fujiwara no Chikata - kutsu 窟 cave (Takao, Iga City)
This is the castle of Fujiwara no Chikata, who appears in the Taiheiki, or Records of Great Peace.

In the Heian Period, noble family Fujiwara no Chikata started war with the imperial court, used the
yonki (four devils: kinki 金鬼 gold devil, fuuki 風鬼 wind devil, suiki 水鬼 water devil,
ongyoki 隠形鬼 / 怨京鬼 stealth devil)
to distress the imperial armies.
The waka poem of Kinotomo, who had come to put down Fujiwara no Chikata, said
“All things, whether grass or tree, are ruled by the Emperor,
and not even a devil can turn his back to the Emperor and live in this land”
to disperse the four devils and Fujiwara no Chikata was defeated. The four devils are said to have been the original archetype for ninja. The Chikata monument was built in 1760, and commemorates Fujiwara no Chikata and Wakamiya deities.
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kijin 鬼人 "human demon"

Once upon a time
King Ashoka (阿育王 Aiku-O) from India asked a human demon to throw three rocks to 琵琶湖 lake Biwako in Japan.
This is the beginning of an island called Shiraishi 白石島 "white stone island".

沖の白石 Oki no Shiraishi - rocks in the middle of Lake Biwako
There are now four rocks, sticking out from about 80 meters below the water level.
Now a favorite resting place for birds, which turned the rocks white from bird droppings.

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蒲生郡 Gamou district日野町 Hino

At the shrine 綿向神社 Watamuki Jinja there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet of a half-naked woman, only clad in koshimaki腰巻 waste wrapper, and an Oni with only a fundoshi褌1丁 male underware doing a bout of 相撲 sumo wrestling.
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馬見岡綿向神社 Umamioka Watamuki Jinja
滋賀県蒲生郡日野町村井711　 / 711 Murai, Hino-chō, Gamou-gun, Shiga

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Umamioka Watamuki Shrine at the foot of Mt. Watamuki in Hino Town, Shiga Prefecture, is a historic shrine founded in 545. The enshrined deities are Amenohonohi no Mikoto, Amenohinadori no Mikoto and Takemikumaushi no Mikoto.
It was originally founded at the top of Mt. Watamuki and was transferred to the present place in 796.
The spring festival of the shrine
"Hino Festival” held on May 2 to 4 every year is the most gorgeous festival on the eastern side of Lake Biwa. The festival dates back to 1170, since when ancient rituals and customs have been passed down to the present time.
On the main festival day on May 3,
a lot of Shinto rites are performed in traditional ways. The highlight is the parade with the 3 holy children and the guarding attendants in samurai costumes in the lead, who are followed by a sacred horse, shrine priests and the 3 mikoshi from the attached shrines and sumptuous 16 festival floats, which were donated by wealthy Omi merchants about 130 to 200 years ago. The festival is prefecturally designated as an intangible cultural property.
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伊香郡 Ika district西浅井町 Nishiazai

kimon 鬼門，忌門 the Demon gate
When building a new home, people have to take great care in the Northern direction .

. kimon 鬼門 the Demon Gate .
The north is considered an un-auspicious region and needs protection from real and imagined enemies, fiends and demons. 　

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甲賀市 Koga town甲南町 Konan

oniban 鬼 / オニバン
Ganzan Daishi was explaining the sutras. To drive out the akuma悪魔 devil he transformed himself into an Oni.
Amulets with this figure are now used for healing purposes (病気平癒・虫除け).

. Ganzan Daishi, Gansan Daishi 元三大師 .
Ryōgen 良源 Priest Ryogen (912 – 985)

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大津市 Otsu

. Otsu-E 大津絵 Oni Paintings from Otsu - Gallery .
Oni no nenbutsu, nembutsu　鬼の念仏 Demon saying Amida prayers
鬼の寒念仏 demon praying in the cold and more Oni motives .

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At the temple 明王院 Myo-O-In in the village of 葛川 Kuzugawa there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet showing an aka-oni 赤鬼 red demon with white fundoshi ふんどし underpants and a waist wrapper made from 豹の毛皮 panther skin. His opponent is a huge man with strong muscles, all naked. They have a rope around the neck
kubihiki 首引き and pull in a contest of strength, a kind of "Neck tug of war".

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kishin 鬼神 "Demon Deity" - waka no toku 和歌の徳 -
At Karasaki there is a famous 唐崎の松 matsu pine tree.

Once it was about to wither but through the power of Waka poetry the Kishin was moved and helped it to regain its lush green color.

. Matsuo Basho visiting Karasaki .
The pines of Karasaki are another of the famous eight landscapes of Omi (omi hakkei　近江八景） Eight Views of Omi Province.

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高島市 Takashima town

ura kimon 裏鬼門 the back-side kimon deomn gate
The kitchen entry and main pillar of the home are the KIMON.Taking the opposite direction is the ura kimon.
There in the garden you should not plant anything, because that will cause bad luck.

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高島郡 Takashima district マキノ町 Makino

onibaba 鬼婆 demon hag
She invites travellers to stay over night in her home and then kills and eats them.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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. Sumoo　相撲　Sumo wrestling - Introduction .

sumoo 鬼の相撲 Sumo wrestling of the Demons

地獄谷鬼と熊の相撲 Oni and a bear doing a bout of Sumo at a hot spring in Noboribetsu, Hokkaido.

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群馬県　Gunma　草津　the hot spring of Kusatsu

Oni no Sumoba 鬼の相撲場　The Devil's Sumo Ring

source :　blog.livedoor.jp/kusatsu932

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岐阜県 Gifu和良村 Waramura

Once upon a time at night, 赤鬼と青鬼 the red Oni and the blue Oni were doing a bout of Sumo near a cliff.
The red Oni fell down. When the villagers looked the next morning, there was a dead human.
This must have been the bad doing of a fox.

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山形県 Yamagata真室川町 Mamurogawa

Once upon a time a husband went hunting at night. When he came back he found that his pregnant wife had been eaten by an 鬼婆 Onibaba Hag. But she had not eaten the baby in her belly. The child grew up to become a big, strong man. He went after the Onibaba, gave her iron bullets to eat and killed her. Finally he had taken revenge at the enemy of his mother !
They say he was the ancestor of Sumo wrestlers.
And the Onibaba turned out to be a dead fox.

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鍾馗と鬼の相撲　Shoki and the Demon doing a bout of Sumo.

. Shooki 　鍾馗　Shoki The Demon Queller .

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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kubihiki 鬼の首引き neck tug of war of the demons - a special kind of Sumo

This is maybe the first children's book where 鬼の娘 the daughter of an Oni is the hero. She was supposed to have her first meal of a human 「お食い初め」and the story tells about the ruses the human, a young man, who tries to survive. He has to win a neck tug of war with many Oni.
Text by 岩城範枝 / Illustrations by 井上洋介

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Yanagi Soetsu Muneyoshi 柳宗悦 (1889-1961)
wrote about 大津絵 Otsu-E paintings and Oni at the rituals during Setsubun 追分絵.
One of them was the neck tug of war.

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福島県 Fukushimaいわき市 Iwaki

At the 住吉神社 Sumiyoshi Shrine there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet.
On the left side of the rope sits a strong man with a sword at his side, and a hachimaki 鉢巻 headband.
On the right side sits an Oni with protruding eyes.

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朝比奈義秀の鬼の首引き Asahina Yoshihide

. Asahina Saburo Yoshihide - 朝比奈三郎義秀 - 13th century .
Asahina's name is associated with some incredible feats.

- More ONI carvings on this festival float 「だるま連」屋台彫刻 :
正面鬼板・懸魚「鍾馗の鬼退治」
- reference source : asdk.sakura.ne.jp/fukude -

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source : hokuriku.my-fav.jp/event

俵屋宗達 Tawaraya Sotatsu (around 1620)

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武士と鬼の首引 Bushi and Oni Kubihiki
and
Bushi and Tengu Sumo 武士と天狗の相撲
菱川師宣 Hishikawa Moronobu (around 1695)

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk Art from Japan .

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滋賀県大津市歴博へ「大津絵展」 Exhibition of Otsu-E

The most common topics are
Demons 鬼、Buddhist Deities 仏画、beautiful ladies 美人画、famous warriors 武者絵　and others.
. Otsu Paintings 大津絵 Otsu-E - Introduction .

The name derived from the place where these paintings were sold in the Edo period, in and around the post town of Otsu, which lay on the Tokaido Road. They were welcome cheap souvenirs with a special appeal.
During the 18th century, illustrations were given a moral didactic purpose and explanatory text was introduced about the picture. Often, though, there was a satirical bite: demons were portrayed as monks on alms round,
or as taking a bath with a comment inscribed such as “Many wash the body but not the mind”.
- quote wikipedia-

. Otsu Paintings 大津絵不動明王　of Fudo Myo-O .

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Oni no nenbutsu, nembutsu　鬼の念仏 Demon saying Amida prayers
鬼の寒念仏 demon praying in the cold

藤娘　鬼念仏 Fuji Musume and Oni no Nenbutsu
Kitagawa Utamaro

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tokkuri 徳利 sake flasks

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. dorei どれい【土鈴】 clay bells .

. Ootsu-e juuninshuu dorei 大津絵十人衆人形土鈴 .
clay bells of 10 important themes of Otsu paintings from Moriyama town 守山市

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伊東桂楽作香合大津絵鬼 Ito Keiraku - Incense container

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ema 絵馬 votive tablets

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. manhole マンホール covers with art motives .

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信楽焼 Shigaraki pottery

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oni no yuki no naka nenbutsu 鬼の雪中念仏 Demon praying in the snow

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Praying Goblin dressed as a Buddhist Priest

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oni no gyoozui鬼の行水 Demon taking a bath

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oni to sake　鬼とお酒　Demons and rice wine

and even 酔鬼 the Demon is drunk

- Sake collection with Otsu-E paintings

. Master Carver Enku 円空 (1632 - 1695) .
and his Otsu-e type carvings

酒呑童子 Shuten Doji

いい湯だな～ Oni enjoying a hot bath

- reference source : yasuo1992.blog.fc2.com -

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kokeshi　こけし　wooden dolls

collection of dolls from Shiga, including Otsu-e Oni

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kakejiku 掛け軸 hanging scrolls

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. Setsubun 節分 ritual on February 3 .
to drive out the demons and invite good fortune

. hiiragi sasu 柊挿す piercing with a holly and fish head .

oni to hiiragi鬼と柊 Demon and the Holly branch

fuku wa uchi 福は内 oni wa soto 鬼は外　and even fuku wa soto 福は外

oni wa soto 鬼は外 devil driven out

fuku wa soto 福は外 good luck driven out

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oni no junrei 鬼の巡礼 Demon on a pilgrimage

and more ONI items
- reference source : otsue.jp/os/T_oni2010 -

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Yanagi Soetsu Muneyoshi 柳宗悦 (1889-1961)
wrote about 大津絵 and Oni at the rituals during Setsubun 追分絵.

In some regions it was custom to stick a painting of an Oni upside-down on a sick part of the body and pray for healing.

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. Shiga滋賀県の鬼伝説　Oni Demon Legends .

Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon, 童子切丸 Doji Killer Blade, Onimaru 鬼丸 killer blade
and much more
Fujiwara no Chikata no Yonki 藤原千方の四鬼 The four demons of Fujiwara Chikata
kijin 鬼人 "human demon"
綿向神社 Watamuki Jinja

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oniko, oni-ko 津軽の鬼子伝説　/ 鬼コ Oniko Demon Legends from Tsugaru, Aomori

The kanji for 鬼子 are read oniko,onigo orkishin.

torii no oniko 鳥居の鬼コ Demons of the Toorii gates

source with all photos : yukitomanager.blog.jp/archives

. torii 鳥居 gate of a Shinot shrine .

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What is “Oniko”?
Oniko means a demon in Tsugaru dialect.
Oniko, enshrined on top of a Torii gate, is worshipped in about 30 shrines over 7 cities and towns in northwest Tsugaru County. It is not clear how enshrining Oniko on Torii gate began. It is believed that Oniko were worshipped to stop flooding of Iwaki River, hence all Oniko shrines are located alongside of Iwaki River.
Religious belief associated with Oniko on Torii gates and Suiko sama have been part of life in Tsugaru County.
Many enshrined Oniko and Suiko sama are also found in Tsuruta town.
- reference source : en-tsuruta.com/spot/shrines -

The demons are usually perched between two beams of a Shinto shrine gate 鳥居 torii and seem to support it with all their might.
Some look like a red on blue (green) oni　赤鬼　青鬼, others like Sumo wrestlers or Yamabushi mountain priests.

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The Oni-ko of Onizawa 鬼沢, by Joshua Solomon
I recently visited the town of Onizawa, a short drive from my apartment in the provincial city of Hirosaki, to visit the local shrines. Many of the shrines there are distinctive because the torii gates are decorated with carved wooden Oni (or Oni-ko in local parlance), the red ogre-like demons from which the town gets its name. These small shrines are scattered throughout the village, tucked away between rice fields, alongside the riverbank, behind a butcher’s shop ... locating them can be half the fun.

According to Japanese geomantic beliefs, northeast is an inauspicious direction related to the kimon“Oni gateway.” The zodiac animals associated with northeast are the bull and tiger, so Oni are typically depicted as cow-horned demons with tiger fangs wearing tiger-skin loincloths. It is said that Aomori, in the northeastern region of Japan, has a particular abundance of Oni.
This one was painted quite vividly:

There is a legend in Onizawa describing a benevolent Oni, more of a mountain-man than a demon.
As the story goes, the Oni was a friend of a villager 弥十郎 Yajuro, and offered to assist in the construction of a dam to collect water for his rice paddies. He did so under the condition that no-one watched him as he worked. Naturally, the villager’s wife breaks the rule by sneaking over to spy on the Oni. The Oni runs away, never to appear again; however, he leaves in such a hurry that he forgets all of his tools. The metal remains of these massive ogre-sized tools — a saw, an ax, a hoe, etc — are now collected and displayed at the Oni shrine in Onizawa.

There are many other stories like these scattered throughout the prefecture, forming a part of the invisible landscape of folkloric knowledge. Nowadays, much of that knowledge has begun to fade from the local communal consciousness, and instead is preserved on blogs and tourism websites.
- reference source : lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs -

Kijinja, Ki Jinja 鬼神社 "Demon Shrine" , Oni Shrine
鬼沢菖蒲沢地区

鬼神社の鬼
At that old time, Onizawa was called 「ながねはだち」Nagahagedachi.
鬼沢には他に、《鬼の腰掛け柏》や《鬼の土俵》など鬼伝説縁の場所がある
そのため、鬼沢の住人は今でも節分の日に豆をまかない・端午の節句にヨモギや菖蒲を屋根にのせないことを習慣にしている家庭が多い。鬼沢では、鬼が神様なのである。
鬼の正体には、田村麻呂に追われ岩木山麓に隠れ住んだ落武者であるとか、卓越した製鉄技術、潅漑技術を持っていることなどから、大陸から漂着した渡来人ではないか、という説もあるが、定かではない。
- reference source : city.hirosaki.aomori.jp/school/jitoku -

鬼神社　Ki Jinja （鬼沢宇菖蒲沢151）

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鬼沢村 a legend from Onizawa

oohito 大人 Ohito, a large man
A 木こり forest worker became friends with an Ohito and they often enjoyed 相撲 Sumo wrestling together. When the forest worker won a bout, the Ohito carried a lot of firewood bundles to his home during the night. After many times of winning, the forest worker eventually also became an Ohito and was not seen in the village again.

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- - - - - List of the shrines found online :

At the shrine 八幡宮 Hachimangu
（八幡平塚42）in Hirosaki the statue looks like a Tengu.

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（喜良市桔梗野40）Kiraichi Kikyono

立野神社 Ritsuno Jinja

and an Oni like a sumo wrestler

sourceand more photos : nekoyama96.net/basercms/index.php

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Kurumidate 胡桃舘

Hachimangu 八幡宮
胡桃舘字池田20 / 20 Ikeda Kurumidate Tsuruta, Aomori

since 1873 - Yellow-horned demon god statue (w/ Hannya face), Small red-horned and blue-horned demons sit on top of the worship hall.

青鬼 Ao-Oni

赤鬼 Aka-Oni

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(撫牛子1－3－1）Naijoshi - Hirosaki

八幡宮 Hachimangu

Ao-Oni 青鬼 Blue-Green Demon
He does not have any horns and there is a children's song about him:

撫牛子の鬼コに角コ無エ-
Mothers pass theough this gate with the strong wish for their children to grow up strong and healty, hoping for the
oni no jinzuuriki 鬼の神通力 Jinzuriki - divine supernatural power of the Oni.

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中崎野脇70 Nakazaki Nowaki

月夜見神社 Tsukiyomi Jinja

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Oki

Kuraokami Shrine　“くらおかみ”神社
Kitada Kurumidate Tsuruta, Aomori　（沖字岡田295） . 鶴田町

since 1684 - Goriki type stone demon, Stone Torii

Kuraokami Jinja “くらおかみ”神社（神山鶉野34-1）Kamiyama Uzurano - three statues

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Sakai

Hachimangu 　八幡宮
Takada Sakai Tsuruta, Aomori

since 1663 - the head is lost

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八幡宮 Hachimangu （五林平細田90）Gorindai, Hosoda

三社神社 Sanja Jinja （日沼高田89-1）Hinuma Takada - Hirakawa 平川市

二柱神社 Nihashira Jinja 　（稲垣町沼館友開23）Inagakicho Numadate Tomobirki

八幡宮 Hachimangu （石川寺山62）Ishikawa Terayama - 強力型赤鬼 Aka-Oni, almost smiling

八幡宮 Hachimangu （三千石二潟60) 板柳町 Itayanagicho Sanzengoku Futagata

八幡宮 Hachimangu (常海橋駒田242-1）Jokaibashi, Komata

不動宮 Fudogu （金木町沢部205）Kanagicho Sawabe

稲荷神社 Inari Jinja （掛落林“からばやし“宮本111）Karabayashi Miyamoto

八幡宮 Hachimangu （唐笠柳皆瀬16）Karakasayanagi Minase - 青鬼 Ao-oni

八幡宮 Hachimangu （嘉瀬萩元181）Kase Hagimoto - two at the two torii

稲荷神社 Inari Jinja （嘉瀬上端山崎112-1）Kase Kamihayamazaki

八幡宮 Hachimangu （柏木町柳田124）Kashiwagimachi Yanagida - stone statue

稲荷神社 Inari Jinja （柏下古川絹川1）Kashiwa Shimokogawa Kinukawa

三柱神社 Mihashira Jinja （川倉林下91）Kawakura Hayashishita - two statues, one 赤鬼 Aka-oni

丹生川上神社 Niue Kawakami Jinja （喜良市千苅28）Kiraichi Sengari - like a Sumo wrestler

熊野宮 Kumano-Gu （喜良市千苅73）Kiraichi Sengari - like a Sumo wrestler, with straw bundles

稲荷神社 Inari Jinja （木造出野里吉野1）Kizukuri Idenosato Yoshino - 木製神像型（山伏風）

天満宮 Tenmangu （木造蓮花田駒ケ宿38）Kizukuri Rengeda Komagalshuku - from stone

鹿嶋神社 Kashima Jinja （木造大畑宮崎32－4）Kizukuri Obata Miyazaki - from stone

金比羅宮 Konpiragu （蒔田桑元22）Makita Kuwamoto - 赤鬼 Aka-oni, like a Sumo wrestler

日吉神社 Hiyoshi Jinja （三和上池神53）Miwa Kamiikegami - Hirosaki 弘前市

胸肩神社 Munakata Jinja （藻川村崎644）Mogawa Murasaki ?Hirosaki-shi, Shinakawamachi

“たかおかみ”神社 Takaokami Jinja （長富竹崎19）Nagatomi Takezaki - 赤鬼 Aka-oni

磯崎神社 Isisaki Jinja （中柏木鎧石151）Nakakashiwaki Yoroishi

八幡宮 Hachimangu （沖飯詰帯刀49）Okiizume Tatewakk - 赤鬼 Aka-oni

八幡宮 Hachimangu （境鶴住335）Sakai Tsuruzumi

熊野宮 Kumanogu （種井鐙潟7-1）Tanei Abumigata

熊野宮 Kumanogu （種市熊谷6）Taneichi Kumagai - 赤鬼

神明宮 Shinmeigu （富栄笹崎126）Tomisakae Sasazaki

白山姫神社 Shirayamahime Jinja （旧十六善神社）（鳥井野宮本4）Toriino Miyamoto

熊野宮 Kumanogu 　（豊島豊本39）Toyoshima Toyomoto aka-oni

八幡宮 Hachimangu （鶴ヶ岡鎌田221）Tsurugaoka Kamata

八坂神社 Yasaka Jinja （夕顔関長田34-2）Yugaozeki Osada

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赤倉山神社 Akakurayama Jinja （百沢東岩木山1-39）Hyakuzawa Higashiiwakisan - 黒鬼の面 Mask of black Oni

今泉神明宮 Imaizumi Shinmeigu （今泉唐崎261）Imaizumi Karasaki - 鬼神 Kishin Deity

石上神社 Ishigami Jinja （楢木牧野）Naranoki Makino - stone statue

巖鬼山神社（十腰内猿ケ沢78－17）Sarugasawa - Hirosaki - 鬼面　mask from paper

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. Onigo Matsuri 鬼子祭り "Demon Boys Festival" .
..... Kokuseki-Ji Naked Man Festival 黒石裸祭 Kuroishi Festival
at Mizusawa Town, Iwate

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Legends about ONIKO
including 鬼子母神
- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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鬼　青森　Oni Aomori
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. Kishibojin 鬼子母神 Deity .
Kishibojin, Kishimojin 鬼子母神と伝説 Legends about the deity Kishibojin
訶梨帝母 Kariteimo - Kangimo 歓喜母 - Hariti
She is one of the Jūrasetsu-nyo 十羅刹女 Jurasetsu-Nyo, Ten Demon Daughters
Kijibojin mairi 鬼子母神参 pilgrimage to visit Kishibojin at temple 三井寺 Miidera
Kishibojin matsuri 鬼子母神祭 Kishibojin Festival
鬼子母神堂 Kishiboji Hall
kishi megami　鬼子め神　"Child eating female deity"

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