tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.comments2023-12-26T20:25:04.539-08:00Dragon Art of Asia - 2012 - Year of the DRAGONGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger119125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-54981806335513805142023-12-26T20:25:04.539-08:002023-12-26T20:25:04.539-08:00Legend from Sanukiyama, Kagawa
During amagoi 雨乞い ...<b> Legend from Sanukiyama, Kagawa </b><br />During amagoi 雨乞い a rain ritual, the Dragon King is venerated,<br />if there come white clouds, a Tengu comes down and sits on matsu no ki 松の木 a pine tree.<br />Now it begins to rain. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2023/12/sanukiyama-legends-kagawa.html<br />,Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-68631752079850499812023-10-13T21:34:40.187-07:002023-10-13T21:34:40.187-07:00Legend from Nagasaki
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大光寺 the T...<b> Legend from Nagasaki </b><br />Saint Nichiren at <br />大光寺 the Temple Daiko-Ji in Iwatsuki city<br />.<br />a fox legend<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2023/05/daikoji-fudo-ikari.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-69820710334233684502022-03-26T17:48:46.987-07:002022-03-26T17:48:46.987-07:00Edo / Tokyo Horinouchi Myōhō-ji Temple 堀之内妙法寺
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h...<b> Edo / Tokyo Horinouchi Myōhō-ji Temple 堀之内妙法寺 </b><br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2013/02/shinjuku.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-44987586859123197752021-12-18T21:16:56.488-08:002021-12-18T21:16:56.488-08:00Ehime 東宇和郡 Higashi-Uwa district 城川町 Shirokawa town...<b> Ehime 東宇和郡 Higashi-Uwa district 城川町 Shirokawa town </b><br />.<br />龍天寺 Temple Ryuten-Ji<br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2021/12/jao-jinja-kochi.html<br />,<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-59781463282278757192021-11-26T16:46:43.781-08:002021-11-26T16:46:43.781-08:00千束の池袈裟懸松 Kesagake-no-Matsu at Senzoku-Ike Pond
千束...<b> 千束の池袈裟懸松 Kesagake-no-Matsu at Senzoku-Ike Pond </b><br />千束の池袈裟懸松 Kesagake-no-Matsu at Senzoku-Ike Pond in Edo <br />The Venerable Nichiren stopped here and washed his feet<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/11/senzoku-district-ota.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-43476227790999934562021-10-22T21:34:34.827-07:002021-10-22T21:34:34.827-07:00Legend from Okayama 岡山市 Okayama city 中区 Naka ward ...<b> Legend from Okayama 岡山市 Okayama city 中区 Naka ward </b><br />ryuu no shita 竜の舌 the tongue of a dragon<br />At the temple Anju-In they venerate ryuu no shita 竜の舌 the tongue of a dragon.<br />In fact it is the nose of a same 鮫 shark.<br />If it is washed in the pond of Ryuo-Do 竜王堂 the Dragon King Hall, there will soon rain be falling.<br /><br />禅光寺 Zenko-Ji の安住院 Anju-In <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/ryujo-female-dragon-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-62243935591886545742021-10-22T18:14:32.835-07:002021-10-22T18:14:32.835-07:00ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo - Legends about female dra...<b> ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo - Legends about female dragons </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/ryujo-female-dragon-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-46001406313486153212021-10-20T21:11:44.499-07:002021-10-20T21:11:44.499-07:00ryuu ga ike, ryuu-ga-ike 竜が池 / 竜ヶ池 / 龍が池 / 龍ヶ池
Ryu...<b> ryuu ga ike, ryuu-ga-ike 竜が池 / 竜ヶ池 / 龍が池 / 龍ヶ池<br />Ryugaike, Tatsugaike "Dragon Pond" legends </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/ryugaike-dragon-pond-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-61306288872968204562021-10-12T18:16:24.508-07:002021-10-12T18:16:24.508-07:00Legend from Shimane, Izumo
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Ryuta sama 竜蛇さま
Thi...<b> Legend from Shimane, Izumo </b><br />.<br /><br />Ryuta sama 竜蛇さま<br />This 白蛇 small white serpent named Ryuta Sama is venerated at the Shrine 佐太神社 Sada Jinja, at Izumo Taisha 出雲大社 the Great Shrine at Izumo and at 日御碕神社 the Shrine of Hinomisaki.<br />It is the messenger of ryuuoo 竜王 Ryu-O the Dragon King.<br />Before Ryuta Sama comes, the weather turns bad and a storm comes.<br />The fisherman who catched the Ryuta will become rich.<br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2021/04/ryuja-dragon-serpent-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-19750886352922387942021-10-11T21:51:38.983-07:002021-10-11T21:51:38.983-07:00ryuuja 竜蛇と伝説 Legends about Ryuja / Ryuda - a Drago...<b> ryuuja 竜蛇と伝説 Legends about Ryuja / Ryuda - a Dragon Serpent </b><br />Legend from izumo <br />During 神在祭 the Kamiari Festival there is often very bad weather.<br />On the next day, 竜蛇 a Ryuja white serpent is sometimes washed on the beach.<br />The person who finds it brings if to the Shrine.<br />The serpent is seen as a messenger from Ryuuguu 竜宮 the Ryugu Dragon Palace.<br />In such a year there will be a rich harvest and a good catch of fish. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2021/04/ryuja-dragon-serpent-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-61962313284286393172021-08-29T21:24:11.386-07:002021-08-29T21:24:11.386-07:00Tenryuuji, Tenryūji 天龍寺 Tenryu-Ji - Shinjuku
護本山 G...<b>Tenryuuji, Tenryūji 天龍寺 Tenryu-Ji - Shinjuku<br />護本山 Gohonzan 天龍寺 / 天竜寺 Tenryuji </b><br />新宿区新宿4-3-19 / Shinjuku <br />The main statue is Senju Kannon 千手観音 with 1000 arms <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/09/tenryuji-kannon-shinjuku.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-68297026379933646162021-08-20T21:24:11.314-07:002021-08-20T21:24:11.314-07:00Legend from Shiga
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三井寺 - 弁慶の引摺り鐘 the Benkei temp...<b> Legend from Shiga </b><br />.<br />三井寺 - 弁慶の引摺り鐘 the Benkei temple bell at Miidera <br />- quote -<br />The temple bell, Benkei no hikitsuirgane, which was manufactured during the Nara period, is said to have been donated to the Mii-dera temple as an expression of gratitude to Fujiwara no Hidesato for the Extermination of the Centipede (“Mukade Taiji”, a legendary episode) living on mount Mikamiyama.<br />The bell is also said to have been brought back from Ryu-gu, the underwater Palace of the Dragon King.<br />In the tenth century, during the succession disputes which broke out between Tendai monks, Benkei (a warrior monk, popular subject of Japanese folklore) took the bell away and dragged it up to the summit of mount Hiei. There, he tried to strike it and got mad when he heard it ringing “eeno eeno”, which means “I want to go back” in the Kansai dialect.<br />Benkei then threw the bell down to the bottom of the valley.<br />The scars and cracks which can be seen on the bell are said to be traces of this episode.<br />- source : shiga-miidera.or.jp ... - <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/04/chinsho-sunken-bell-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-1308448483151582152021-07-24T18:38:22.181-07:002021-07-24T18:38:22.181-07:00Legend from Nagano
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. bookon 亡魂と伝説 Bokon Legend...<b> Legend from Nagano </b><br />.<br /><br />. bookon 亡魂と伝説 Bokon Legends about a dead soul .<br />Once the villagers were having a meeting in the evening, when suddenly they heard someone cry outside the window.<br />There were two naked men standing outside.<br />When the villagers chanted the Amida Buddha prayers, the men disappeared.<br />The two men were butchers, but because of their work they could not get any kechimyaku 血脈 linage charts.<br />When 閑唱上人 Saint Kansho came to 穢多村 Eta village and gave them Kechimyaku.<br />The two appeared in his dream, thanked him and then disappeared. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/kechimyaku-lineage-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-63499993615636425662021-06-08T21:48:30.563-07:002021-06-08T21:48:30.563-07:00kame 亀と伝説 Legends about turtles, tortoise - Schild...<b> kame 亀と伝説 Legends about turtles, tortoise - Schildkröte </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/kame-turtle-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-43629567151765355712021-05-06T21:34:37.038-07:002021-05-06T21:34:37.038-07:00
Kosodate Kannon 子育観音 Kannon to bring up children ...<br />Kosodate Kannon 子育観音 Kannon to bring up children <br />子生山 Koikesan 東福寺 Tofuku-Ji Yokohama<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/05/tofukuji-fudo-tsurumi.html<br />,Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-21159918150397870492021-04-07T21:38:51.041-07:002021-04-07T21:38:51.041-07:00Legend from Yamanashi 甲斐市 Kai city 竜王 Ryuo village...<b> Legend from Yamanashi 甲斐市 Kai city 竜王 Ryuo village </b><br />.<br />The founding priest from 慈照寺 Temple Jisho-Ji was a descendant of an Akuryu, 悪竜 malicious dragon.<br />To show his gratitude, the dragon stumped his staff into the ground and a well sprung up, the<b><br />竜王水 Dragon King Water. </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/akuryu-malicious-dragon-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-36118885264438613452021-04-03T22:18:56.282-07:002021-04-03T22:18:56.282-07:00Legend from Miyazaki 西都市 Saito city 銀鏡 Shiromi
. ...<b> Legend from Miyazaki 西都市 Saito city 銀鏡 Shiromi </b><br />. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 竜灯 Ryuto, "dragon lantern" .<br />A phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours. <br />.<br />Shrine Shiromi Jinja 銀鏡神社<br />Shiromi Kagura, also called 米良神楽 Mera Kagura, is performed at the Shrine 銀鏡神社 Shiromi Jinja from evening all through the next morning.<br />The mountain above the Shrine is called 竜房山 and ryuujin 竜神 the Dragon Deity lives on its top.<br />Sometimes there is special Dragon Light on the top of the mountain.<br />At the dance 銀鏡(しろみ)神楽 Shiromi Kagura there are two masks, one of a skull with straw nets and one wooden of ryuutoo 竜頭 a dragon head.<br />Rituals at this Shrine will bring rain.<br />The dragon is one of the 八大竜王. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/ryuzu-dragon-head-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-80225411425087871312021-03-31T21:52:10.381-07:002021-03-31T21:52:10.381-07:00ryuuzu 竜頭と伝説 Legends about the dragon head
ryuuzu ...<b> ryuuzu 竜頭と伝説 Legends about the dragon head<br />ryuuzu りゅうず, ryuutoo りょうとう Ryuto </b><br />ryuuzu 竜頭 Ryuzu, "dragon head" - hook of a temple bell <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/ryuzu-dragon-head-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-87434131972376331732021-03-31T21:47:20.859-07:002021-03-31T21:47:20.859-07:00ryuuzu 竜頭と伝説 Legends about the dragon head
ryuuzu ...<b> ryuuzu 竜頭と伝説 Legends about the dragon head<br />ryuuzu りゅうず, ryuutoo りょうとう Ryuto </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/04/ryuzu-dragon-head-legends.html<br />,Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-25498927294421828052020-09-11T17:53:22.596-07:002020-09-11T17:53:22.596-07:00/
龍神 - 天龍白蛇の滝 - 熊野若王子神社(京都)
./<br />龍神 - 天龍白蛇の滝 - 熊野若王子神社(京都)<br />.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-85765055770462347182020-06-14T21:49:13.833-07:002020-06-14T21:49:13.833-07:00椙森神社 Sugimori Jinja
1-10-2 Nihonbashi Horidomecho...<b>椙森神社 Sugimori Jinja </b><br />1-10-2 Nihonbashi Horidomecho, Chuo City, Tokyo <br />A shrine well known for its gorgeous festival, with more than 1,000 years of history.<br />It is one of the oldest shrines in Tokyo.<br />It is said that in 940 a warrior called Tawara Tota Hidesato prayed for victory and to beat a strong enemy, and he dedicated a silver fox statue.<br />It is also said that Ota Dokan's ritual for rain at this shrine saved people from drought at the end of the 15th century.<br />It is counted as the three forests of Edo, and many people still worship there.<br />- source : centraltokyo-tourism ... - <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/05/tatamicho-district.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-44777622419272655942020-05-22T20:55:55.344-07:002020-05-22T20:55:55.344-07:00Ryujin Kaido 龍神街道 Ryujin Highway of the "Drag...<b> Ryujin Kaido 龍神街道 Ryujin Highway of the "Dragon God" </b><br />.<br />This road was used by Tokugawa Yorinobu, the 10th son of Tokugawa Ieyasu. He was the lord of Wakayama and often called<br />Nanryuko 南龍公 "Honorable Southern Dragon".<br />He went to the hot spring 龍神温泉 Ryujin Onsen "of the Dragon God".<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/ryujin-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-34687693810407542592020-01-27T20:11:46.920-08:002020-01-27T20:11:46.920-08:00Legend from Nagasaki, 西海市 Saikai city 西彼町 Seihi to...<b> Legend from Nagasaki, 西海市 Saikai city 西彼町 Seihi town</b><br />Saint ひでん上人 / 日伝上人 / 日傳上人 Hiden Shonin and Saint Nichiren had a match about praying for rain.<br />To make sure he would win, Hiden Shonin gave some poisoned rice cakes to Nichiren, but Nichiren did not eat them and gave them to a dog instead. The dog ran three and a half time around 銀杏 a gingko tree and then died.<br />Nichiren buried the dog near the tree and made a 卒塔婆 Sotoba marker like 杖 a pilgrim walking staff from the Gingko wood. He wrote the 法華経 Hokekyo Sutra on the marker.<br />He said in three and a-half years there would be a new sprout from the staff.<br />Since the staff had been planted upside down, the leaves also grew upside down.<br />The leaves are used to our day to prevent food poisoning. <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/11/sotoba-grave-marker-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-8530673147748529532019-10-03T21:26:07.431-07:002019-10-03T21:26:07.431-07:00Legend from Tochigi
In the area of 阿曽沼 Asonuma swa...<b> Legend from Tochigi</b><br />In the area of 阿曽沼 Asonuma swamp lived a man skilled with falcons.<br />One day he captured oshidori 鴛の雄 a male mandarin duck.<br />That night in a dream a beauiful woman appeared, crying in dispair.<br />"Why did you kill my husband?" The hunter said "But I did not kill anybody!"<br />"Yes you did, today in the swamp." Then she flew off and he saw it was the female mandarin duck.<br />Next morning he looked at the male duck and saw a female one, her beak like kissing him.<br />The man had a great shock, stopped hunting and became a monk.<br />.<br />Hunting with falcons in Edo<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2015/10/kamimeguro-district.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-32979665212445691982019-09-16T21:09:29.357-07:002019-09-16T21:09:29.357-07:00Legend from Tochigi
Iwadakemaru 岩嶽丸
The villain ...<b>Legend from Tochigi </b><br /><br />Iwadakemaru 岩嶽丸<br />The villain Iwadakemaru was beheaded, and his head flew away and got stuck on a large tree, he then fell into a nearby pond and died.<br />The vengeful spirit of Iwadake Maru became a daija 大蛇 large serpent and caused much trouble.<br />The villagers built a Shrine to apease his soul and venerated him as 八竜神 one of the eight Dragon Deities.<br />He is now the protector of the waterways and the fields. Mizu no Kami 水の神<br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/06/mizunokami-unagi-legends.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com