Dragon Art of Asia - 2012 - Year of the DRAGON

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Welcome to the Dragon Gallery !

All about the Dragon, Phoenix, Tiger
and other Animal Art of Asia.

- Roof Dragon at my home, GokuRakuAn 極楽庵　-

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2012 - the Year of the Dragon - Dragon Year
Das Jahr des Drachen, Jahr des Drachens,
Drachenjahr

Zodiac Animals of Asia, the DRAGON

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The DRAGON has a special place in Asian mythology and art.
Here is a growing collection of articles and artifacts on the subject.

The snake, little brother of the Dragon, will also be dealt with.

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source :　toy-art-gallery

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Alphabetical List of Dragons, by Kylie McCormick
..... Start from here! With Mythology of World Dragons and more
(external link)

. Amulets and Talismans - Tatsu 辰 Dragon .
clay bells　土鈴, ema votive tablets 絵馬、hariko　張子 papermachee figures

BHUTAN : The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan
February 26 - May 23, 2008

Chinese characters, arranged with DRAGON TAITO たいと

Chinese Dragons by Crystalinks

The Chinese Dragon, by Kate Hunt (Artnet)

Fifth Lucky Dragon, A Fishing Boat Tragedy 第五福竜丸の事件

Gods of the Elements by Gabi Greve

Kagura and the eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi by Gabi Greve

Kurikara, the Sword of Fudo Myo-o 　by Gabi Greve

Nagarjuna, the Dragon Tree 龍樹 Ryuuju Master Translator

. Nature and Dragon Names .

Ryuujin 龍神, 竜神 Ryujin, the Dragon God
all the details by Mark Schumacher

Ryuuoo 竜王 Ryuo, the Dragon Kings
Hachidai ryuu-oo 八大竜王 Eight Great Dragon Kings
Kairyuu oo kyoo 海龍王経　Sutra of the Dragon King of the Sea

Seiryuu 青龍; 青竜 Seiryu, Azure Dragon in the East
seiryoo, blue dragon, green dragon, Qinglong

. Shrines with Dragon Names .

. Temples with Dragon Names .

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. INFO - Latest Dragon information - .

Check "View by subject" on the right side for more details.

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... ... ... Other Dragons

Cherry Tree : The Lying-Dragon Cherry Tree. Garyuuzakura 臥龍桜

Palace, Dragon Palace, ryuuguu 竜宮城

Waterfalls, ryuutaki 龍ヶ滝

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... ... ... Other Animals

Dragonfly (tombo, tonbo) a kigo for haiku

Mandarin Ducks, oshidori 鴛鴦、おしどり

Phoenix in Asian Art

Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) India
... Snake, serpent, viper, cobra (hebi, mamushi, habu) Japan a kigo for haiku

Tiger, the Four Sleepers, Shisui

Tortoise and Snake (Tsurukame) by Gabi Greve

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Some links are at the right sidebar of this BLOG.

More links are here.

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Most interesting material disappears soon from the internet. Here is a series of articles and pieces of art, collected for educational purposes. Proper credit is given at the top of each entry.
Please read the . Copyright Policy . of the Daruma Museum.

For the latest additions check the monthly archives
at the end of the right sidebar of this BLOG.

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2012 Year of the Dragon

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2012 - Year of the Dragon

初夢や辰の上に立つ富士の山
hatsu yume ya tatsu no ue ni tatsu Fuji no Yama

first dream -
a dragon at the foot
of Mount Fuji

Katsushika Hokusai　葛飾北斎

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tatsu 辰 Dragon
ryuu,ryoo 龍 /　竜　dragon

The TATSU Dragon is one of the 12 zodiac animals of the Asian lunar calendar.
He is therefore a well-liked animal in folk art and handicraft.

It comes as a papermachee doll, clay doll or clay bell and other materials.

. Tatsu 辰 The Zodiac Dragon

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2012年のだるま　Daruma for 2012
干支だるま《辰》

source :　takasaki-kankoukyoukai.or.jp

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Kurashiki, shrine Ashitaka Jinja 倉敷市笹沖, 足高神社
for the year Heisei 24　平成24年

At the shrine Tsurusaki Jinja 鶴崎神社 they are preparing a huge dragon ema with two dragons, in auspicious white and red, made from origami paper.
They show a "dragon going to heaven" 昇り竜
symbolizing the future for Japan, which must go up after so much damage in 2011.

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Some labyrinths to work through!

Find the differences !
間違い探しの年賀状　「辰（たつ）の餅つき」

迷路の年賀状　「辰（たつ）とだるま」

Look at many more wonderful Dragon games :

source : blog.kotoba.littlestar.jp

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Dragon Bisquits in a Daruma Box
小戸橋製菓おすすめの「お年賀ギフト」

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昇龍開運絵馬

source :　www.murakudo.com

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source :　web-room-krym4.com

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nengajoo　年賀状 New Year Greeting Cards

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New Year Greetings with Daruma

source :　maneki_neko

. Nenga 年賀状 New Year Greetings with Daruma .

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. Kunitokotachi no Mikoto .

龍神「国常立尊」 Kunitokotachi no Mikoto
『日月神示』でも
「日本列島が国常立尊の肉体」だと示されている通り、日本列島は龍体をしている。

"The Japanese Islands
are the body of the Dragon Kunitokotachi.!

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Zodiac Animals

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12 Zociac animals 干支　 eto, kanshi

Dragon : tatsu　辰　
Dragon and Snake : tatsumi 辰巳

Grace Kelly (1928), Napoleon III (1808), and Deng Xiaoping (1904) were Dragon born.

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2012 is the year of the Water Dragon

mizunoe tatsu, jinshin 　
壬辰みずのえたつ /　じんしん

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Jikkan Junishi (literally 10 stems and 12 branches)
refers to the Chinese zodiac symbols, also called eto in Japanese. The 10 heavenly stems referred yin-yang principles and the elements of wood, fire, earth, metal and water.

The 12 earthly branches included 12 animals:
rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse,
sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and wild boar.
© http://asnic.utexas.edu/asnic/countries/china/czod.html

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DRAGON:
Full of vitality and enthusiasm, the Dragon is a popular individual even with the reputation of being foolhardy and a "big mouth" at times. You are intelligent, gifted, and a perfectionist but these qualities make you unduly demanding on others. You would be well-suited to be an artist, priest, or politician.

Born in 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024, 2036, 2048, 2060.

Read more about the other Zodiac Animals
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In China, instead of asking your age, people may ask you questions like "what do you belong to?" Don't ever think that you are expected to answer like "I belong to the US". You are supposed to belong to one of twelve animals! (Those are mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig.) It is not that weird as you have to follow the order of a mouse or a tiger. That is Chinese Zodiac. The Chinese Zodiac is based on a twelve year cycle --- each year being represented by an animal that imparts distinct characteristics to its year.

Many Chinese believe that the year of a person's birth is the primary factor in determining that person's personality traits, physical and mental attributes and degree of success and happiness throughout his lifetime. Actually, in China, this is just an alternative way to say how old you are.

Chinese astrology has a history of more than 3,000 years. Ancient Chinese people invented the 10 Heavenly Stems and 12 Earthly Branches for chronological purposes. However, since most people were illiterate, 12 animals were designated to symbolize the 12 Earthly Branches in order to be better remembered. These lucky animals are rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig successively.

According to legend, many years ago Buddha summoned all the animals to a meeting in which he would designate the first 12 animals arriving,to be signs of a year respectively. On the night before the departure, cat notified his pal, rat, and they agreed that the one waking up first the next morning must awake the other so they can depart for the meeting together. However, rat broke his promise and arrived for the meeting alone. Then, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig arrived one after the other. When cat woke up and hurried there, the meeting was over. It is said that is the reason why the cat kills rats.

Chinese astrology argues that one's personality profile can be revealed form one's birth time. However, Chinese zodiac is based on the year rather than in the month as in the western system. In China everybody knows which animal sign he or she is born under. Do you want to know which animal you are born under and check out your astrological path according to Chinese Zodiac?

The Chinese Calendar

Chinese New Year is the main holiday of the year for more than one quarter of the world's population. Although the People's Republic of China uses the Gregorian calendar for civil purposes, a special Chinese calendar is used for determining festivals. Various Chinese communities around the world also use this calendar. At right, a large dragon lantern glows at a festival for Chinese New Year at the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial. Taipei, Taiwan.

The beginnings of the Chinese calendar can be traced back to the 14th century B.C.E. Legend has it that the Emperor Huangdi invented the calendar in 2637 B.C.E.

The Chinese calendar is based on exact astronomical observations of the longitude of the sun and the phases of the moon. This means that principles of modern science have had an impact on the Chinese calendar.

2000-year-old Almanac Found in Suizhou Hubei Province
- Chongzhen Lishu
- Shoushi Calendar
- Chinese Lunar Calendar
- Tibetan Wuhou Calendar
-- a Unique Ethnic Minority Calendar
- Ten-month Solar Calendar of Yi Ethnic Minority
- Origins of the Solar Calendar
- Chuxiong Solar Calendar Cultural Park -- Symbol of the Yi Civilization

- Calendarian Achivements
- Calendar Making in Ancient China
- Solar Terms
- Chinese Calendar vs. Western Calendar
- Taichu Calendar
- Daming Calendar
- Dayan Calenar

Read a lot more here
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The Lunar Calendar in Japan
By Steve Renshaw and Saori Ihara

KANSHI (or ETO 干支) = Zodiac Calendar
JUUNI SHI (or JUNI SHI 十二支) = 12 Zodiac Animals
By Mark Schumacher

Dragon and its Buddhist Patron, - Fugen Bosatsu -

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Nakayugawa papermachee doll
会津中湯川土人形 - by Aoyagi san 青柳守彦

. Catfish, Dragon and Daruma .

Read a short introduction by Gabi Greve

. Zodiac Animals and Japanese Folk Toys .

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- Dragon Temples

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Temples with the "dragon" in their name

The Dragon in temple names refers to the Chinese dragon bringing clouds.
It also refers to local legends about snakes and dragons in a pond.
Another source is the posthumous Buddhist name of the temple founder, which often contains "Dragon".

There are usually more than one temple with the same Dragon name.

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Anryuuji 安竜寺 Anryu-Ji“Peaceful Dragon Temple”
Banryuuji 蟠竜寺 Banryu-Ji“Coiling Dragon Temple”

Honryuuji 本竜寺 Honryu-Ji“Original Dragon Temple”
Hooryuuji 宝竜寺 Horyu-Ji “Precious Dragon Temple”

Jyooryuuji 浄竜寺 Joryu-Ji“Pure Dragon Temple”

Keiryuuji 慶龍寺 Keiryu-Ji“Celebratory Dragon Temple”
Kooryuuji 興竜寺 Koryu-Ji“Rising Dragon Temple”
Kooryuuji 光竜寺 Koryu-Ji“Light Dragon Temple”
Kooryuuji 高竜寺 Koryu-Ji“Tall Dragon Temple”

Manryuuji 万竜寺 Manryu-Ji“Myriad Dragons Temple”
Ooryuuji 黄竜寺 Oryu-Ji“Yellow Dragon Temple”

Ryuudooji 龍洞寺 Ryudo-Ji "Dragon Cave Temple"
Ryuufkukuji 龍福寺　Ryufuku-Ji "Dragon Luck Temple"

Ryuuganji 龍岩寺 Ryugan-Ji "Dragon Rock Temple"

Ryuugeji 龍華寺 Ryuge-Ji "Dragon Lotus Temple"
- GE can also be the Bodhi tree of Maitreya

Ryuujooji 滝上寺 Ryujo-Ji "Dragon Above Temple"
Ryuujooji 龍城寺 Ryujo-Ji "Dragon Castle Temple"

Ryuujuuji 竜樹寺　Ryuju-Ji "Dragon Tree Temple"
. The translator Nagarjuna was called Ryuju, Dragon Tree

Ryuukooji 龍湖寺 Ryuko-Ji "Dragon Lake Temple"
... Ryuusuiji 龍水寺 Ryusui-Ji "Dragon Water Temple"

Ryuukooji　龍興寺 Ryuko-Ji "Dragon Prospering Temple"

Ryuumonji 竜門寺 Ryumon-Ji "Dragon Gate Temple"
Ryuuonji 竜穏寺 / 龍穏寺 Ryuon-Ji "Dragon Calm Temple" (H)
Ryuusenji 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji "Dragon Fountain Temple"

Ryuushooji Ryusho-Ji
龍昌寺
龍翔寺
龍照寺
龍勝寺 Ryusho Nagarjuna Temple

Ryuutaku-ji 龍沢寺 Ryutaku-ji"Dragon Swamp Temple"
Ryuutenji 龍天寺 Ryuten-Ji "Dragon Heaven Temple"
Ryuutooji 龍頭寺 Ryuto-Ji "Dragon Head Temple"
Ryuuunji, Ryoounji 龍雲寺 Ryuun-Ji, Ryoun-Ji "Dragon Cloud Temple"
Ryuuzooji龍蔵寺 Ryuzo-Ji "Dragon Store Temple"

Senryuuji 泉竜寺 Senryu-Ji“Fountain Dragon Temple”
Shinryuuji 信竜寺 Shinryu-Ji “Trusty Dragon Temple”
Shooryuuji 昌竜寺 Shoryu-Ji“Flourishing Dragon Temple”
Sooryuu-ji 蒼龍寺 Soryu-Ji“Blue Dragon Temple”

Tamaryuuji 玉竜寺 Tamaryu-Ji "Pearl Dragon Temple"

Zenryuuji 善竜寺 Zenryu-Ji “Good Dragon Temple”
Zenryuuji 全竜寺 Zenryu-Ji “Whole Dragon Temple”
Zuiryuu-ji 瑞龍寺 Zuiryu-Ji“Auspicious Dragon Temple”

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. Kairyuuooji 海龍王寺 Kairyuo-Ji
"Sea Dragon King Temple" .

. Kinryuuji 金龍寺 Kinryu-ji - Golden Dragon Temple .
Goldener Drachentempel
The Golden Dragon (kinryuu son 金龍尊) is often mentioned in the Suvarna- prabhasa-sutra "Golden Light Sutra" (Goldglanz Sutra).

. Ryooan-ji 龍安寺 /竜安寺 Ryoan-Ji, Royanji
"Dragon Peace Temple" .

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Ryuugaiji 龍蓋寺 Ryugai-Ji "Dragon Lid Temple"
(gai has various symbolic meanings in Buddhism)
better known as Okadera　岡寺 Hill Temple, in Akusa, Nara.

It was founded by Priest Gien (義淵) during the 7th century, and is the 7th temple on the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage.
The statue of Gien is one of the national treasures of Japan.

During the time of Emperor Tenchi 天智天皇　Gien made an exorcism of a local vicious dragon, banned him in the pond and put a lid on it to keep it safe there.
Drachendeckel-Tempel.

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. Ryuuginji 龍吟寺 Ryugin-Ji -Singing Dragon Temple .
..... Ryoogin An 龍吟庵 Kyoto
ryuugin koshoo 龍吟虎嘯　 Dragon and Tiger lore

. Ryuukooji　龍口寺 Ryuko-Ji - Dragon Mouth Temple .
Fujizawa. Saint Nichiren and
Tatsu no Kuchi 竜の口 the "Mouth of the Dragon"

. Ryuukooji 龍光寺 Ryuko-Ji - Temple of Dragon's Ray .
Ryuukooin 龍光院 Ryuko-In
Ryookooin 龍光院 Ryoko-In
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Ryuutokuji 竜得寺　Ryutoku-Ji "Temple of Great Dragon Quality"

. Ryuuooji 竜王寺 Ryuo-Ji "Dragon King Temple" .

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. Seiryuujii, Shooryuuji 青竜寺 Seiryu-Ji .
Azure Dragon of the East

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Shooryuuji 正龍寺 Shoryu-Ji - Real Dragon Temple

正龍寺 -鹿児島県指宿市山川
正龍寺 -埼玉県：大里郡／寄居町／藤田村
正竜寺愛知県：幡豆郡／吉良町／小山田村

Shooryuuji mura 正竜寺村- 山形県：酒田市
village named Shoryu-Ji

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. Tenryuuji 天龍寺 Tenryu-Ji
"Heavenly Dragon Temple" .
. . . . . Tenryu-In 天龍院

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Unryuuji 雲龍寺 Unryu-Ji "Cloud Dragon Temple"
The dragon in the clouds is a metaphor for the enlightened mind, reaching out and above of the samsara world.

Saṅsāra or Saṃsāra (Sanskrit: संसार), (in Tibetan called "khorwa"), literally meaning "continuous flow",
is the cycle of birth, life, death, rebirth or reincarnation within Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism, Sikhism, and other Indian religions.
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Temples of this name
群馬県館林市 Gunma
兵庫県三木市 Hyogo

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. Henro Pilgrim Temples in Shikoku .

12 Temple of the Burning Mountai 焼山寺 Shozan-Ji
21 Temple of the Great Dragon 太龍寺 Tairyu-Ji / Dairyu-Ji
36 Temple of the Green Dragon 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji
41 Temple of Dragon's Ray 龍光寺 Ryuko-Ji

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. Wakasa Bay 若狭湾 .

Wakasa Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples
若狭の三十三観音
3 Dragon Temples

第０３番　金照山　　Ryuukeiin 龍渓院　Ryukei-In　
Dragon Gorge Hall
福井県三方郡美浜町丹生 47-1

第１１番　大龍山　　永源寺　　Dairyuuzan
福井県小浜市田烏 37-3

第１７番　龍雲山　　神通寺　　Ryuuunzan
福井県小浜市遠敷 56-2

http://www.kimura-product.co.jp/kannon7/wakasa33/wakasa.htm

There are more Ryukei-In in Japan.

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In Tokyo
Kinryuuzan Akakusadera 金竜山浅草寺
Kinryuzan - Golden Dragon Mountain
. Asakusa Kannon　浅草観音 .

Kinryuuzan no oidashi
きんりゅうざんの追出（おいだ）し
to be driven out because of Kinryuzan
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Kinryuuzan no koi shirazu
きんりゅうざんの恋（こい）知（し）らず
Kinryuzan does not know about love

When the temple bell rang in the morning, the lovers from the Asakusa pleasure quarters of nearby Yoshiwara had to part and the men had to go home.

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Dragon lore
is traditionally associated with Buddhist temples. Myths about dragons living in ponds and lakes near temples are widespread. De Visser (1913:181-184) lists accounts for Shitennō-ji in Osaka, Gogen Temple in Hakone, Kanagawa, and the shrine on Mount Haku where the Genpei Jōsuiki records that a Zen priest saw a 9-headed dragon transform into the goddess Kannon. In the present day, the Lake Saiko Dragon Shrine at Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi has an annual festival and fireworks show.

Temple names, like Japanese toponyms, frequently involve dragons.
For instance, the Rinzai sect has Tenryū-ji 天龍寺 "Heavenly Dragon Temple", Ryūtaku-ji 龍沢寺 "Dragon Swamp Temple", Ryōan-ji 竜安寺 "Dragon Peace Temple".
According to legend (de Visser 1913:180), when the Hōkō-ji 法興寺 or Asuka-dera 飛鳥寺 Buddhist temple was dedicated at Nara in 596, "a purple cloud descended from the sky and covered the pagoda as well as the Buddha hall; then the cloud became five-coloured and assumed the shape of a dragon or phoenix".

The Kinryū-no-Mai "Golden Dragon Dance" is an annual Japanese dragon dance performed at Sensō-ji, a Buddhist temple in Asakusa. The dragon dancers twist and turn within the temple grounds and outside on the streets. According to legend, the Sensō Temple was founded in 628 after two fishermen found a gold statuette of Kannon in the Sumida River, at which time golden dragons purportedly ascended into heaven. The Golden Dragon Dance celebrates the temple founding and allegedly provides good fortune and prosperity.
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. Ryuu Jinja 龍神社 Ryu Jinja "Dragon Shrines"

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There are many more temples in Japan which are related to the Dragon, but do not carry its character in the name.

Mangan-Ji 満願寺 Kyoto - Tatsu no Myooken 辰の妙見
. Myooken Bosatsu 妙見菩薩 Myoken .
and the Star Shrines of Japan
Hokushin Myoken Bosatsu 北辰妙見菩薩
Hokushin Bosatsu 北辰菩薩　Sk: Sudrsti
Hokushin Jinja 北辰神社 -
..... "Northern Dragon Shrine" Pole Star Shrine

- Reference : 北辰神社 in Japan

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Saitatsuji 西辰寺 "West Zodiac Dragon Temple"
Hokkaido

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Thanks to Jan Walls
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. Omamori 龍神札 Dragon God Amulets .

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Ryuu Jinja 龍神社 Ryu Jinja "Dragon Shrine"

in the compound of
Takano Shrine, Takano Jinja 高野神社

Izumo Kaido : In no Shoo

. In no Shoo 院庄

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Shrines with the kanji for dragon in the name

There are various shrines in Japan with this name.

In Chiba 龍神社
千葉県船橋市海神

In Ibaraki 竜神社
猿島町生子八坂社南方に鎮座

In Kumano
たつじんじゃ【龍神社】Tatsu Jinja
人吉市下田代町

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Ryuujoo jinja 龍城神社 Ryujo Jinja "Dragon Castle"

. Ryuuoo jinja 竜王神社 Ryuo Jinja "Dragon King" .

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In Akita
Sekiryoo Jinja 石龍神社 Stone Dragon Shrine
秋田市寺内神屋敷

In Fukui
福島県八龍神社

In Fukushima 八龍神社
福島市飯坂町平野

In Iwate 巖龍神社 Ganryuu Jinja
Morioka, Tono

In Nara
Kinryuu jinja 金龍神社 (of Kasuga Taisha)
deity is Kinryuu Ookami 金龍大神

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In Yamagata 劔龍神社 Kenryuu Jinja
劔龍山大権現 Kenryu Daigongen
http://www.genbu.net/data/dewa/kenryu_title.htm

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Tsurugi Jinja 劔神社
in Fukui
http://tsurugi-jinja.jp/

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Shrines for the Dragon God 龍神 - LIST of prefectures

秋田県 Akita
龍神神社秋田市土崎港中央一丁目
八龍神社男鹿市船越八郎谷地
八大龍王神社潟上市天王中羽立
八郎神社潟上市昭和大久保野村
龍神社能代市能代町

愛媛県 Ehime
龍神社今治市高部
龍神社今治市波止浜１丁目２−１３

福島県 Fukushima
八龍神社福島市飯坂町平野
八龍神社伊達市梁川町柳田町尻

岐阜県 Gifu
八大白龍大神各務原市各務おがせ町
八大龍王各務原市各務おがせ町

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兵庫県 Hyogo, Akaishi
Seiryuu Jinja 青龍神社 Seiryu Jinja - Green Dragon Shrine
明石市藤江
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茨城県 Ibaraki
青竜大権現東茨城郡茨城町小幡

岩手県 Iwate
八大龍神社大船渡市末崎町門之浜
龍神社紫波郡矢巾町白沢中ノ口

鹿児島県 Kagoshima
Ryuuguu Jinja 龍宮神社指宿市山川町岡

神奈川県 Kanagawa
Kuzuryuu Jinja 九頭龍神社 Kuzuryu Jinja, Shrine with a nine-headed dragon
足柄下郡箱根町元箱根

長野県 Nagano
青龍神社北佐久郡御代田町塩野

佐賀県 Saga
八龍社佐賀市西与賀町厘外
八大龍王社小城郡芦刈町永田住ノ江
八竜大明神佐賀郡大和町池上

滋賀県 Shiga
龍宮神社草津市新浜町

静岡県 Shizuoka
竜宮神社伊東市静海町

栃木県 Tochigi
八竜神社小山市荒川
青龍神社日光市本町
八龍神社下都賀郡大平町北武井
竜神社下都賀郡藤岡町大字大前

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東京都 Tokyo
青龍神社葛飾区高砂

九頭竜神社西多摩郡檜原村数馬 Kuzuryuu Jinja

source : www.kuzuryujinja.net

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Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima or Itsukushima Island
in Japan's Inland Sea was believed to be the abode of the sea-god Ryūjin's daughter. According to the Gukanshō and The Tale of Heike (Heinrich 1997:74-75), the sea-dragon empowered Emperor Antoku to ascend the throne because his father Taira no Kiyomori offered prayers at Itsukushima and declared it his ancestral shrine. When Antoku drowned himself after being defeated in the 1185 Battle of Dan-no-ura, he lost the imperial Kusanagi sword (which legendarily came from the tail of the Yamata no Orochi (dragon) back into the sea.
In another version, divers found the sword, and it is said to be preserved at Atsuta Shrine. The great earthquake of 1185 was attributed to vengeful Heike spirits, specifically the dragon powers of Antoku.

Ryūjin shinkō ryuujin shinkoo 竜神信仰 "dragon god faith" is a form of Shinto religious belief that worships dragons as water kami. It is connected with agricultural rituals, rain prayers, and the success of fisherman.
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Ryūjin shinkō
Ryūjin ("dragon kami") faith is a form of religious thought and practice associated with dragons, a mythical sacred animal of ancient China. Although Japanese ryūjin worship was influenced by China, the Japanese dragon as an object of faith was a deified snake, a symbol of a water kami (suijin). Besides the term ryūjin, ryūō ("dragon king") and ryūgū ("dragon palace") are also used. The dragon kami is connected with agriculture because of its characteristic as a water kami. Prayers for rain were performed at rivers, swamps, ponds, and deep pools which were regarded as the abodes of the ryūjin. Agricultural rituals, such as prayers for rain and rope pulls, were carried out using a straw rope shaped like a serpent-like dragon. As a water kami, ryūjin is connected with raijin, the kami of thunder, who brings forth rain and lightning. It is thought that the dragon kami ascends to heaven when a tornado occurs.

Further, umi no kami (kami of the sea), thought to reside on the other side of the ocean and to rule over the sea, is connected with water kami belief and is frequently used as a synonym for ryūjin. Fishermen prayed to the dragon kami for an abundant catch and calm seas. They carried out festivals for ryūjin, celebrated as the kami of the sea and the kami of the dragon palace. These festivals are referred to by such names as uramatsuri ("inlet festival"), isomatsuri ("beach festival"), and shiomatsuri ("tide festival").

From the belief that metal nullified the magical powers of a snake, there developed the idea of refraining from actions that would anger the snake. Hence, fishermen believed it was taboo to drop metal in the ocean. This was the background to the idea of the equivalence of the snake kami, the dragon kami, and the sea kami. The motif of interaction between the sea kami and humans often appears in folk tales such as Urashima Tarō and Ryūgū Dōji. The belief that wealth and treasure is brought from the other side of the ocean derives from this source.
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There are many more shrines in Japan which are related to the Dragon, but do not carry its character in the name.

Here is a list for Kyoto with great photos

Kibune Jinja 貴船神社
Manai Jinja 真名井神社
Heian Jingu 平安神宮
Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社
Shinsen en 神泉苑
Kandakara Jinja 神宝神社
Tatsuo Jinja 瀧尾神社 "Dragon tail shrine"
Kuzuryu Seniarai Benzaiten 九頭龍銭洗弁財天
Hakuryuu Zeniarai Benzaiten 白龍銭洗辨財天
Kuzuryuu Taisha 九頭竜大社 "Dragon with nine heads"
Takenobu Inari Jinja 武信稲荷神社
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. Myooken Bosatsu 妙見菩薩 Myoken .
and the Star Shrines of Japan
Hokushin Myoken Bosatsu 北辰妙見菩薩
Hokushin Bosatsu 北辰菩薩　Sk: Sudrsti
Hokushin Jinja 北辰神社 -
..... "Northern Dragon Shrine" Pole Star Shrine

- Reference : 北辰神社 in Japan

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Nature and Dragon Names
Natur und Drachen

There are many phenomenon in nature carrying the name of the dragon.
And natural phenomenon that look like dragon . . .

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. Branch, branches like a dragon .

. Ike 池 - Ponds like dragons .
Lakes named "Dragon"

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Kuzuryuugawa 九頭竜川 Kuzuryugawa
"Nine-headed dragon"
Kuzuryuu kyoo 九頭竜峡（くずりゅうきょう）gorge
Kuzuryuubashi 九頭竜橋（くずりゅうばし） bridge
Fukui

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. Taki 滝 Waterfalls - Wasserfall .

. Tatsumaki 竜巻き "dragon whirl" .
tornado, whirlwind, twister - Wirbelsturm

. Tatsunokuchi, tatsu no kuchi 辰口　Mount Dragon Mouth .
Enoshima, Kanagawa. related to the Nichiren legends

. Tenryuugawa 天竜川 River Tenryugawa
From Suwa to Hamamatsu

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Ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O - The Dragon King

Der Drachenkönig

source :　www.butuzou.co.jp

The Dragon King　龍王 (or Dragon God, Ryuujin 竜神)
is a manifestation of the Snake. His realm is the ocean and he can climb to the sky, provoke clouds and rain.

Temples named
Ryuuooji 竜王寺 Ryuo-Ji "Dragon King Temple"

滋賀県蒲生郡竜王町 Shiga

香川県小豆郡小豆島町 Kagawa

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In Buddhism we have the eight
Hachibushuu, Hachi Bushu 八部衆
Eight Legions, Eight Deva Guardians of Buddhism

. Hachibushu 八部衆.

Acht Gruppen göttlicher Wesen
Auch "Himmlische Drachen" (Tenryuu Hachibushuu) oder
"Drachengottheiten" (Ryuushin Hachibushuu) genannt.

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Hachidai ryuu-oo 八大竜王 Ryu-O
Eight Great Dragon Kings
Eight Dragon Kings
Acht grosse Drachenkönige

source :　www.ryu-sho.co.jp

Caraved from hinoki 桧 cedar wood.

Carved at a store called Dragon in Okayama
龍祥
岡山県岡山市南区新保1155-11

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Vishnu sleeping on Ananta

They are deities from India.

〔1〕Nanda 難陀（なんだ）（ナンダ Nanda の音写。「歓喜」の意）
アナンタ（Ananta）
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〔2〕Hotsu Nanda 跋（ばつ）難陀（ウパナンダ Upananda「弟ナンダ」）
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〔3〕Shagara 沙伽羅（しゃがら）（サーガラ Sgara「海」
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〔4〕Washukichi 和修吉（わしゅきち）（バースキ Vsuki「九頭」）
ヴァースキ（Vaski)
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〔5〕Tokushaka 徳叉迦（とくしゃか）（タクシャカ Takaka「多舌」）
タクシャカ(Taksaka)
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〔6〕Anokudatsu 阿耨達（あのくだつ）（アナバタプタ Anavatapta「無熱悩」）
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〔7〕Manashi 摩那斯（まなし）（マナスビン Manasvin「慈心」）
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〔8〕Ubara 優鉢羅（うぱら）（ウトゥパラカ Utpalaka「青蓮華（れんげ）
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Hachidai Ryuu-ou (Eight Great Dragon Kings)
are mentioned in the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyo 法華経) and they appear sometimes in Japanese artwork.
These eight are dragon kings said to live at the bottom of the sea, apparently in reference to the eight dragon kings, each with many followers, who assembled at Eagle Peak to hear the Lotus Sutra as expounded by the Historical Buddha. According to the Kairyu-o Sutra 海龍王経　(Sutra of the Dragon King of the Sea, Kairyu-o-kyo), dragons are often eaten by giant man-birds called Garudas, their natural enemy.
The Phoenix is another enemy of the dragon. Nanda Ryuuou, who is one member of the Hachidai group, can sometimes represent the whole set, as he does in the Hokke Mandala 法華曼荼羅.
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eight great dragon kings
[八大竜王] ( hachidai-ryuo )

Also, eight dragon kings.
Eight dragon kings who assembled at the gathering where Shakyamuni preached the Lotus Sutra, as described in the sutra. Kumarajiva's translation of the Lotus Sutra refers to them by their Sanskrit names:
Nanda, Upananda, Sagara, Vasuki, Takshaka,
Anavatapta, Manasvin, and Utpalaka.
According to the "Introduction" (first) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, each attends the gathering accompanied by several hundreds of thousands of followers.
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Dragon King’s Daughter
(represented on the Gohonzon Diagram by #22,
the Eight Great Dragon Kings)

Of all Shakyamuni’s teachings, only in the Lotus Sutra do women attain enlightenment. Shakyamuni challenges our misconception that time is needed to attain enlightenment. He also challenges us to realize that enlightened life exists not just in old learned men, but in the very young as well. That’s why there is no distinction among believers. The Dragon King’s Daughter is:

- not fully human
- female
- she attained enlightenment in an instant

Enlightenment is a state of life that is even difficult for Buddhas to fully comprehend. Yet, this state of life is available to us at every moment. The Dragon King’s Daughter represents attaining that enlightenment at this moment and then perceiving our life from this state. We use this wisdom available to us to constantly move our lives in a positive and happy direction.
source : www.gakkaionline.net

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Kairyuuooji 　海龍王寺　Temple KaiRyuo-Ji
Nara
奈良県奈良市法華寺
897 Hokkeji Kita-machi Nara City,

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Kairyuoji temple,
located to the east of Hokeji temple, was built for prayers for the safety of Japanese envoys during his voyage to China during the Tang Dynasty. The first chief priest of Kairyuoji temple, Genbo, was one of these envoys. He stayed in China for 17 years, together with Kibi no Makibi and Abe no Nakamaro.
During his return journey from China to Japan, his ship was caught in a violent storm, and he chanted the Kairyuo Sea Dragon King Sutra unceasingly.
It is said that the Sutra protected the ship, and since then, prayers for the safety of envoys crossing the sea to Japan have been offered at the temple.
source : www.pref.nara.jp

The tempel is famous for a five-storied pagoda.

small five-storied pagoda 五重小塔

source : genkikidx

Genbō (玄昉, d. 746), also known as Gembō,
was a Japanese scholar-monk and bureaucrat of the Imperial Court at Nara.

In 717-718, he was part of the Japanese mission to Tang China (Kentōshi) along with Kibi no Makibi and Abe no Nakamaro. Genbō stayed in China for 17 years before returning to Japan.
He was a prominent figure associated with the Hossō sect of Buddhism in Japan, appointed abbot (sojo) of Kōfuku-ji by Emperor Shomu.

740 (Tenpyō 12): Gembō made improper advances to the wife of Fujiwara no Hirotsugu, Hirotsugu petitioned for the removal of the priest, but Kibi no Makibi and Genbō conspired successfully to discredit him.
At the time of Genbō's death, it was popularly believed that he was killed by the vengeful spirit of Hirotsugu.
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海龍王経
The sutra on the king of the sea dragons is now in the National Museum in Nara.

At the temple Kairyuo-Ji an annual ceremony is held in memory of priest Genbo and the Dragon King Sutra. Prayers are for the safety of the four seas, for those who have to go and come back safely and for those who lost their lives on sea.

Shikai Anon kigan hooyoo 四海安穏祈願法要
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Shooryuuji 正龍寺 Temples named Shoryu-Ji

文治４年（1187年）城下に青龍が出現し、龍泉の湖をつくり、住んだそうです。
後に和尚が教化し、「八大竜王」としてこの寺に祀ったそうです。
鹿児島県指宿市 Kagoshima
source : 正龍寺

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There are also Shinto shrines dedicated to the Dragon king.

Ryuuoo jinja 竜王神社　Ryuo Jinja
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Postal Stamps

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. Stamps (kitte　切手) .

. Stamps with Folk Toys 切手 .

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Dragon God Amulets 龍神札

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omamori　御守り O-Mamori
ofuda　お札 O-Fuda

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. Kifune Shrine 貴船神社 .　
Kurama, Kyoto

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The Year of Dragon - Vietnam

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The dragon has been a long time symbol of loyalty and power in Vietnamese culture and spiritual life. The sacred creature deeply influences people's activities, particularly royalty of the past.

On the occasion of the Year of Dragon, the Viet Nam National Museum of History yesterday organised a special exhibition entitled Dragon on Antiquities. The exhibit is a unique opportunity for visitors to appreciate the rich diversity of dragon images across a wide span of Vietnamese historical and cultural life.

"More than 100 typical objects representing many cities and provinces nationwide are on display in our exhibition," said Nguyen Quoc Cuong, museum director.

"For the thousand years since early civilisation, the dragon has existed in people's lives in different forms and material. Dragon on Antiquities is only a small part of our collection, but we hope that it will satisfy visitors' eyes," Cuong said.

At the showcase are many skilful carvings of dragon motifs, such as jade, jewellery, gold books, ewer and basin and silver incense burners.

museum at No 1 Trang Tien Street, Hoan Kiem District.
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The National Museum of Vietnamese History
is dedicated to showcasing Vietnam's history through objects and artifacts starting from the stone ages to the French colonial period. Things to find at the museum include tools, pottery, wooden imperial furniture, excavated tombs and bronze drums.
The museum is housed in a building that was built in 1932, during the French rule. It is one of Hanoi's most magnificent buildings. The building is a mixture of French colonial and Indochinese architecture.
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. Dragons and Lotus Blossoms .
Vietnamese Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art
Exhibitin January 22 - April 8, 2012

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Tenryuuji 天龍寺 Tenryu-Ji
"Heavenly Dragon Temple"

The naming might go back to the Shogun Ashikaga Takauji, who saw a golden dragon above the sky of the temple in a dream.
The dragon symbolizes the emperor Go-Daigo.

Before that, the temple was called

Ryakuooji　暦応寺 Ryakuo-Ji
according to the era name nengoo when it was built.

Tenryū-ji (天龍寺) — more formally known as
Tenryū Shiseizen-ji (天龍資聖禅寺) —
is the head temple of the Tenryū branch of Rinzai Zen Buddhism, located in Susukinobaba-chō, Ukyō Ward, Kyoto, Japan.
The temple was founded by Ashikaga Takauji in 1339, primarily to venerate Gautama Buddha, and its first chief priest was Muso Soseki. Construction was completed in 1345.
As a temple related to both the Ashikaga family and Emperor Go-Daigo, the temple is held in high esteem, and is ranked number one among Kyoto's so-called Five Mountains. In 1994, it was registered as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, as part of the "Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto".

In the early Heian period, Empress Tachibana no Kachiko, wife of Emperor Saga, founded a temple called Danrin-ji on the site of present-day Tenryū-ji. The temple fell into disrepair over the next four hundred years.

In the mid-thirteenth century, Emperor Go-Saga and his son Emperor Kameyama turned the area into an imperial villa which they called "Kameyama Detached Palace" (亀山殿, Kameyama-dono). The name "Kameyama", which literally means "turtle mountain", was selected due to the shape of Mt. Ogura, which lies to the west of Tenryū-ji—it is said to be similar to the shape of a turtle's shell. All Japanese temples constructed after the Nara period have a sangō, a mountain name used as an honorary prefix. Tenryū-ji's sangō,
Reigizan (霊亀山, lit. "mountain of the spirit turtle"),
was also selected due to the shape of Mt. Ogura.

The garden, created by Musō Soseki, features a circular promenade around Sōgen Pond (曹源池, sōgenchi), and is registered as both a special place of scenic beauty and a historical landmark.
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source :　lasksnow.blog
Dragon at the ceiling
雲龍図 Cloud Dragon Painting

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me ga deru Daruma 目が出る達磨
"Daruma with protruding eyes"
If you peek into the hole at the head, the ceiling painting of the dragon will appear.

The story of
. "Daruma with protruding eyes" .

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amulet to prevent cancer ガン封じ

A restaurant for vegetarian temple food 精進料理

Annual Festivals
冬の特別「精進料理」（龍門亭）
天龍寺節分会
大方丈　旧「雲龍図」特別公開　鈴木松年画伯
法堂「刺繍八相大涅槃図」特別公開
暁天講座
子供サマースクール（派内寺院のみ）
曹源池庭園
除夜の鐘
source : www.tenryuji.com/info

Homepage of the Temple
京都府京都市右京区嵯峨天龍寺芒ノ馬場町68
source : www.tenryuji.com

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Other tempels named Tenryu-Ji

天龍寺 (秋田市) in Akita town

天龍寺 (新宿区) in Shinjuku, Tokyo

Other tempels named Tenryu-In 天龍院

愛宕神社 (行方市玉造甲) 天龍院支配

神谷山天龍院 Ueno, Tokyo

常陸太田市

善光山天龍院法照寺

and quite a few more.

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Tenryu-Ji Haiku 天龍寺俳句

夏山をはみ出す甍天龍寺
natsuyama o hamidasu iraka Tenryuuji

rooftiles protruding
from the summer mountain -
temple Tenryu-Ji

Urajima Taro
source : 浦島太郎

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Ponds and lakes with dragon names

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. Daruma Ike だるま池 ponds named Daruma pond .

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Yokuryuuychi 浴龍池 "Swimming Dragon Pond"
Shugakuin Imperial Villa in Kyoto

source :　"One Time One Meeting"

MORE photos of the pond at night !
Reflections on "Lying Dragon Pond (臥龍池）
source : "One Time One Meeting"

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Garyuuchi 臥竜池 Garyuchi Pond
Pond of the dragon lying down

Kokeizan Eihooji 虎渓山・永保寺（こけいざん・えいほうじ）
Temple Eiho-Ji
The garden has been made by Muso Kokushi 夢窓国師.

source :　wakamurasaki

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Ryuuchikai 龍池会 / 竜池会 Ryuchi-Kai
Group of the Dragon Pond

Later named
Nihon Bijutsu Kyookai 日本美術協会
Japan Art Association

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The Ryuchikai, precursor of the Japan Art Association, came into existence in 1879 in order to revive and promote Japanese art.

Right from the start the Ryuchikai saw part of its purpose as the introduction of Japanese art overseas. The first exhibitions abroad were held in Paris in 1883 and 1884. The Ryuchikai gained the support of the Imperial Family and was granted land to build an exhibition pavilion. In 1887, the name was changed to the Japan Art Association. For much of the early part of the twentieth century, the main activities of the Association were researching and cataloging Japanese artworks, and preventing their removal from Japan.

At the same time the Association encouraged a controlled export of Japanese art and craftwork as a counterbalance to the lack of industrial products that Japan had for sale. Activities ceased during the Second World War, and recovery was slow for the Association after it, but between 1968 and 1972 a new exhibition hall was completed and named the Ueno Royal Museum.

It has subsequently proved to be an important venue, hosting exhibitions from, for example, The Museum of Modern Art, New York.
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Dragon Lake 龍湖

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hakuryuuko 白龍湖 white dragon lake

kinryuuko　金龍湖　golden dragon lake

shinryuuko 神龍湖 God Dragon lake

小高龍湖

龍湖寺

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Games with Dragons

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Games with Dragons

Shoogi - Shogi 将棋 shōgi, generals' chess.
also known as
Japanese chess,
is a two-player board game in the same family as Western chess, chaturanga, and Chinese xiangqi, and is the most popular of a family of chess variants native to Japan.
Shōgi means general's (shō 将) boardgame (gi 棋).

The earliest predecessor of the game, chaturanga, originated in India in the 6th century, and was brought to Japan sometime in the 10th to 12th centuries, where it spawned a number of variants. Shogi in its present form was played as early as the 16th century, while a direct ancestor without the "drop rule" was recorded from 1210 in a historical document Nichūreki, which is an edited copy of Shōchūreki and Kaichūreki from the late Heian period (ca. 1120).

Promoted rook ("Dragon")
Promoted rook 龍王 ryūō dragon king

Promoted bishop ("Horse")
Promoted bishop 龍馬 ryūma or ryūme dragon horse

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Shared by Elaine Andre
Joys of Japan
Chopstick rests with Shogi patterns

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. Tendoo Shoogi 天童将棋 Tendo Shogi.

. Ryuume, the Dragon Horse.

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麻雀マージャン Maajan

Mahjong, sometimes spelled Mah Jongg,
is a game that originated in China, commonly played by four players (with some three-player variations found in Korea and Japan). The four player table version should not be confused with the popular Western single player (tile matching) computer game (Mahjong solitaire), which is a recent invention and completely different from the table game. Similar to the Western card game rummy, mahjong is a game of skill, strategy and calculation and involves a certain degree of chance. In Asia, mahjong is also popularly played as a gambling game (though it may just as easily be played recreationally).

The game is played with a set of 136 tiles based on Chinese characters and symbols, although some regional variations use a different number of tiles. In most variations, each player begins by receiving thirteen tiles. In turn players draw and discard tiles until they complete a legal hand using the fourteenth drawn tile to form four groups (melds) and a pair (head).

There are fairly standard rules about how a piece is drawn, stolen from another player (melded), the use of basic (numbered tiles) and honours (winds and dragons), the kinds of melds, and the order of dealing and play. However there are many regional variations in the rules; in addition, the scoring system, the minimum hand necessary to win varies significantly based on the local rules being used.

The three dragon (cardinal) tiles
The Red, Green and White Dragon

There are two different honor suits:
the winds and the dragons.
the dragons are Red, Green and White

some winning hands with dragons
Pearl Dragon - All circles and a pong of the white dragon
Ruby Dragon - All characters and a pong of the red dragon
Jade Dragon - All bamboo and a pong of the green dragon
Great Dragons - Three pongs of all three dragons

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Dragons like to play computer games

source :　instructionaldesignfusions

Dragon Tiles

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Dragon Game

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Ryugin Dragon Tiger

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Ryuugin 龍吟 ryugin

There is a famous Chinese proverb

ryuugin koshoo 龍吟虎嘯　

龍吟雲起　虎嘯風生
りゅうぎんずればくもおこり　
とらうそぶけばかぜしょうず

When the dragon sings, clouds are arising.
When the tiger roars, wind is coming.

Calendar for the year 2010

source :　dottailor.jugem.jp

leather jacket with this motive

MORE :

dragon and tiger -
rain and wind and
Japanese art

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Cloud Dragon Wind Tiger - CD

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kozure ookami　子ずれ狼

Lone Wolf and Cub 7:
Cloud Dragon, Wind Tiger

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There is more than just blood between parent and child.
Itto Ogami and his son Daigoro have seen more blood flowing from more bodies than anyone in Edo, but what connects them is their spirit and their path. In this collection of classic stories, Itto must protect a young girl after her family is destroyed by a cunning courtesan.

Meanwhile, Itto's archenemy, Retsudo Yagyu, has sent the civilian police force to round up the Lone Wolf as a common criminal, and before long, Daigoro is coincidentally tangled in a messy pair of crimes. And, most dramatically,
Itto returns to the scene of one of his past executions to enter a tender and honorable sword fight against an executed lord's former retainer.
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Ryuuginji 龍吟寺 Temples named Ryugin-Ji
temple of the singing dragon

青森県西津軽郡深浦町大字風合瀬字中砂子川９８
Aomori

竜吟寺（浄土宗）鳥取県鳥取市 in Tottori

北海道函館市湯川町３丁目３５−５ Hakodate, Hokkaido

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Ryooginan 龍吟庵 Ryogin-An
Hall of the Singing Dragon

京都府京都市東山区本町15丁目812

東福寺龍吟庵（とうふくじりょうぎんあん）

The famous stone garden at the temple Tofuku-Ji (Toofukuji 東福寺) Ryogin-An was created by the master gardener Shigemori Mirei.

. 東福寺龍吟庵 Tofuku-Ji, Ryogin-An.

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Ryuugin 龍吟 restaurant Ryugin
Roppongi, Tokyo

日本料理龍吟（りゅうぎん）
港区六本木7-17-24 サイド六本木ビル　1F

source :　hime-ameblo

They have laquer ware and pottery with dragon motives.

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Ryuutooki 竜灯鬼 Dragon-lantern-carrying demon

Tentooki 天燈鬼 Tentoki
Ryuutooki 龍燈鬼 Ryutoki

One of a pair of demons carrying lanters.

at temple Kofuku-Ji　興福寺

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Ryoan-Ji Temple

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Ryooan-ji 龍安寺 /竜安寺 Ryoan-Ji
"Dragon Peace Temple"
not: Ryuuanji, Ryuan-Ji
Daiunzan 大雲山 "Great Cloud Mountain"

This temple is most famous for its rock garden.
竜安寺の石庭
There are 15 rocks, but one is always hidden and you can only see 14 at any given time.
They say these rocks represent the planets in our system.

English HP of the temple
source : www.ryoanji.jp/

fusuma-e 襖絵 screen door paintings of dragons
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Ryōan-ji (Shinjitai: 竜安寺, Kyūjitai: 龍安寺)
The Temple of the Dragon at Peace
is a Zen temple located in northwest Kyoto, Japan. Belonging to the Myoshin-ji school of the Rinzai branch of Zen Buddhism, the temple and karesansui garden is one of the Historic Monuments of Ancient Kyoto, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

The site of the temple was originally a Fujiwara family estate. It eventually came into the hands of the Hosokawa clan branch of the Fujiwaras. Hosokawa Katsumoto inherited the residence, and lived here before the Ōnin War. Katsumoto willed the war-ravaged property to be converted into a Zen sect temple complex after his death. Later Hosokawa emperors are grouped together in what are today known as the "Seven Imperial Tombs" at Ryoan-ji.

The burial places of these emperors -- Uda, Kazan, Ichijō, Go-Suzaku, Go-Reizei, Go-Sanjō, and Horikawa -- would have been comparatively humble in the period after their deaths. These tombs reached their present state as a result of the 19th century restoration of imperial sepulchers (misasagi) which were ordered by Emperor Meiji.

Dry landscape rock garden
To many, the temple's name is synonymous with the temple's famous 'Zen garden', the karesansui (dry landscape) rock garden, thought to have been built in the late 15th century. The garden consists of raked gravel and fifteen moss-covered boulders, which are placed so that, when looking at the garden from any angle (other than from above) only fourteen of the boulders are visible at one time. It is traditionally said that only through attaining enlightenment would one be able to view the fifteenth boulder.
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tenugui hand towel 龍安寺手ぬぐい
with the rock garden pattern

Amulets from Ryoan-Ji

The famous tsukubai water basin in form of a coin with a hole.
吾唯知足 ware tada taru shiru
"I have everything I need."

This basin was offered to the temple by Tokugawa Mitsukuni, the famous Mito Komon.

kootsuu anzen 交通安全お守り（銭型）
traffic safety amulet, in the form of a coin

龍安寺参詣手形 Tegata Mamori amulet

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I first visited Kyoto’s Ryoanji Temple in the autumn of 1984.
Richard Newton
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Temples named Ryoun-Ji

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Ryoounji 龍雲寺 / 竜雲寺 Ryoun-Ji
temples named Ryoun-Ji

This refers to the image of a dragon bringing rain and thus the necessary water to the farmers.
Even priests at temples had to pray for rain in times of drought
or for the rain to stop during longer flooding periods.

Some of them have famous dragon paintings on the ceiling.

. Rain Rituals, Dances and Prayers (amagoi) .

There are a few temples of this name in Japan.

山梨県南巨摩郡身延町 Minobusan Yamanashi
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北海道標津町
東京都世田谷区
静岡県浜松市
富山県高岡市
長野県上高井郡小布施町 Obuse
長野県佐久市
三重県いなべ市
京都市伏見区
大阪府和泉市
鳥取県大山町
島根県浜田市
宮崎県高鍋町

Ryuuunin 竜雲院 Ryuun-In
宮城県仙台市青葉区

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. . . . . Nagano

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Koizumi Junsaku

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Koizumi Junsaku 小泉淳作

(1924 – January 9, 2012)

CLICK for more of his paintings.

Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2012
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Todaiji painter Koizumi dies at 87

Artist Junsaku Koizumi, who painted 40 paper screens of Todaiji, the renowned Buddhist temple in Nara Prefecture, died Monday of pneumonia at a hospital in Yokohama, his family said.
He was 87.

Koizumi studied under the famed Kyujin Yamamoto (1900-1986) while attending Tokyo School of Fine Arts, which later became Tokyo University of the Arts.

He won his first award at a 1954 exhibition of new paintings. After he turned 40, he tended to stay away from painters' circles and was sometimes described as a noble loner. He produced many ink paintings of magnificent and serene landscapes.

Koizumi's representative works include ceiling paintings at Kenchoji Temple in his native Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, and at Kenninji Temple in Kyoto Prefecture. In 2010, he completed the 40 paper screens at Todaiji, a World Heritage site.

He also created calligraphy work and pottery.
source : Japan Times

Dragon at temple Kennin-Ji 建仁寺

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Koizumi Junsaku
painted the stunning dragon paintings on the ceilings of temples
Kenchô-ji and Kennin-ji.

Koizumi Junsaku (小泉淳作) was born in Kamakura in 1924. He was conscripted into the Imperial Japanese Military in 1943, shortly after he began his undergraduate studies in the Nihonga section at Geidai (Tokyo Fine Arts University), but contracted tuberculosis at military academy, and was dismissed from service. Koizumi did not return to school, however, until 1948, when he began studying under accomplished Nihonga painter Yamamoto Kyûjin, graduating in 1952.

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Ranma transom

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Ranma 欄間 transom

Carved wooden transom panels, open panel carvings

durchbrochene Zierleisten

at the Ishitani Family Residence, Chizu, Okayama
智頭石谷家住宅

. Ishitani Family Residence .

To entertain visitors, incense was burned in the room next to the visitor's room. The fragrance would come through the openings of the ranma, providing a faint smell.
Sometimes fragrant flowers were placed in the adjoining room.

The kanji for orchid is 蘭 RAN.

ranma 蘭間 "orchid space"

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A transom.
A rectangular opening, longer in the horizontal direction, constructed between the lintels *kamoi 鴨居 or uchinori nageshi 内法長押, of the frame for sliding screens and the ceiling. Transoms may also be found at the boundary between a veranda and the interior of a dwelling, under the ridges of a gate, on a fence for above the main entrance *genkan 玄関 of a structure.

Transoms filled with lattice or muntins in a variety of arrangements are called 'latticework transoms' renji ranma 連子欄間. Renjiranma often have small screens *shouji 障子, called shouji ranma 障子欄間, slide horizontally on both sides and have a central strut where they meet when closed. This type of ranma was popular from the 12c through the 14c.

Flat openwork *sukashibori 透彫 became common in the 15c. From the latter part of the 16c to approximately the end of the 17c, elaborate trees, figures and scenes from history and legend filled the transom spaces, especially in temple halls of the *shoin 書院 style. In spite of transoms providing a place for decorative expression, they did not lose their function of increasing light and air circulation.

There are many kinds of decoration used in the transoms. The most common is plain lattice work, koushi ranma 格子欄間, like that used on the inside of the doors of the Phoenix Hall, at Byoudouin *Hououdou 平等院鳳凰堂（1053), in Kyoto. Another common type of lattice is laid diagonally forming a lozenge pattern, hishigoushi ranma 菱格子欄間.

There is also the *yumiranma 弓欄間, twhich has curvilinear slats set into a transom. The osaranma 筬欄間 has closely-spaced vertical bars and a small number of horizontals set across them. When the same type of lattice is used for transoms above a veranda, it is called sayaranma 鞘欄間. Transoms called *itaranma 板欄間 have thin boards with openwork designs cut into them or arranged decoratively with an open area.

"The Bamboo node transom"*take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間, has posts that are grooved at the base and neck to resemble bamboo nodes. The intervals between the posts have double wood strips that run diagonally.
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source :　shashin-haiku.jp - HIKO

定位置に父母の遺影や冬座敷
teiichi ni fubo no iei ya fuyuzashiki
　
in their normal position
the photos of my dead parents -
living room in winter

Hiko

The photos are hung up above the Buddhist family altar in the corner.
And up ther to their left,
there are the beautiful ranma of a traditional family home.

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Temples named Seiryu-Ji

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Seiryuujii, Shooryuuji 青竜寺
temples named Seiryu-ji or Shoryu-Ji

seiryoo, seiryuu 青龍; 青竜 "blue dragon", "green dragon"
Azure Dragon God in the East

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The Azure Dragon is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. It represents the east and the spring season. It should not be confused with the mythological yellow dragon that is associated with the Emperor of China. It is also referred to in media, feng shui, other cultures, etc., as the Green Dragon and the Avalon Dragon.

It is known as Qinglong in Chinese, Seiryuu in Japanese, Cheongnyong in Korean, and Thanh Long in Vietnamese. It is sometimes called the Azure Dragon of the East (simplified Chinese: 东方青龙; traditional Chinese: 東方青龍; pinyin: Dōng Fāng Qīng Lóng, or sometimes simplified Chinese: 东方苍龙; traditional Chinese: 東方蒼龍; pinyin: Dōng Fāng Cāng Lóng).

Origin
In the novel Shuo Tang Yanyi (Tales of Tang Dynasty), the White Tiger's star is reincarnated as General Luo Cheng (羅成 / 罗成), who served Li Shimin.
The Azure Dragon's Star is reincarnated as General Shan Xiongxin (單雄信 / 单雄信), who served Wang Shichong.
The two generals are sworn brothers of Qin Shubao (秦叔寶 / 秦叔宝), Cheng Zhijie (程知節 / 程知节) & Yuchi Jingde (尉遲敬德 / 尉迟敬德). After death, their souls are said to possess heroes of the Tang & Liao dynasties, such as Xue Rengui (薛仁貴 / 薛仁贵) & He Suwen (郃苏文).

In other legends, the Tang Dynasty general Xue Rengui is said to be the reincarnation of the White Tiger's Star. While his archenemy, General He Suwen of the Liao Dynasty is said to be the reincarnation of the Azure Dragon's Star.

Influence
In Japan, the Azure Dragon is one of the four guardian spirits of cities and is said to protect the city of Kyoto on the east. The west is protected by the White Tiger, the north is protected by the Black Tortoise, the south is protected by the Vermilion Bird,
and the center is protected by the Yellow Dragon.

In Kyoto there are temples dedicated to each of these guardian spirits.
The Azure Dragon is represented in the Kiyomizu Temple in eastern Kyoto. Before the entrance of the temple there is a statue of the dragon which is said to drink from the waterfall within the temple complex at nighttime.
Therefore each year a ceremony is held to worship the dragon of the east. In 1983, the Kitora Tomb was found in the village of Asuka. All four guardians were painted on the walls (in the corresponding directions) and a system of the constellations was painted on the ceiling. This is one of the few ancient records of the four guardians.

In Korea, the murals of the Goguryeo Tombs found at Uhyon-ni in South Pyongan province features the Azure Dragon and the other mythological creatures of the four symbols.
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It was in 805 that Kūkai finally met Master Hui-kuo (746 – 805) the man who would initiate him into the esoteric Buddhism tradition at Changan's Qinglong Monastery (青龍寺). Huiguo came from an illustrious lineage of Buddhist masters, famed especially for translating Sanskrit texts into Chinese, including the Mahavairocana Sutra.
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. The Four Directions 東西南北 . .
Four Gods, Shijin (四神)

Tortoise (Black Warrior, Black Turtle-Snake) = North, Winter, Black, Water, Mountain　玄武
White Tiger (Kirin) = West, Fall, White, Metal, Road　白虎
Red Bird (Phoenix, Vermilion Bird) = South, Summer, Red, Fire, Sea　朱雀
Blue Dragon (Azure Dragon) = East, Spring, Blue/Green, Wood, River　青龍

In the city of Edo
Hiragawa was seen as the Green Dragon in the East.
In Kyoto
Kamogawa River in the East

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Azure Dragon Temple
Tempel des Grünen Drachen, Blauen Drachen
This name refers to the Chinese legends.

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Green Dragon Temple (Qinglong Temple 青龍寺中国)
Green Dragon Temple is a famous Buddhist Temple from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). When it was built in 582, it was called Linggan Temple (Temple of Inspiration) and then renamed to its present one in 711. When Buddhism was prevalent during the Tang Dynasty, some Japanese monks were sent to China to study Buddhism. Six of them studied at Green Dragon Temple, and this led to a flourishing period of the temple in the ninth century.

Kukai, the most learned of the six monks, made great progress in learning Buddhist sutras, Sanskrit, poems and Chinese calligraphy. After his return to Japan in 806, he advocated the building of a Vagra Temple (Vagra means Buddhist Warrior Attendant) and founded the Zhenyan Sect (the True Word Sect). He is highly honored by both Japanese and Chinese, and in 1982 Kukai Monument was constructed inside the Green Dragon Temple.

For uncertain reasons the Green Dragon Temple which had no fortune, like other ancient temples was destroyed. This was perhaps during the Northern Song Dynasty (960-1127).

The present temple was reconstructed in 1963. Memorial halls for the earlier monks and exhibition halls with some excavations displayed are all built in the Tang architectural style.

Green Dragon Temple is a place where the cherry blossoms can be enjoyed. Every year during May and June, an endless stream, of tourists comes to appreciate its beauty.
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There are a few temples of this name in Japan.

Seiryuuui

青森県青森市にある真言宗総本山高野山の青森別院 Aomori
山形県鶴岡市にある真言宗豊山派の寺院 Yamagata
滋賀県大津市坂本にある天台宗の寺院 Shiga
京都府京都市東山区にある浄土宗の寺院 Kyoto
..... at Hieizan 比叡山延暦寺の西塔の黒谷
鳥取県八頭郡八頭町にある真言宗醍醐派の寺院 Tottori
高知県土佐市にある真言宗の寺院 Kochi / Tosa Henro Nr. 36

and the famous tempel in China
中国の陝西省西安市

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. . . . . Aomori

Seiryū-ji (青龍寺)
is a Kōyasan Betsuin (an affiliate temple) located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture.

昭和大仏
The temple was founded by a Great Acharya Ryūkou Oda (織田隆弘), who later built Shōwa Daibutsu (昭和大仏) in 1984. Roughly 21.35 meters in height, it is the tallest seated bronze figure of Buddha in Japan.
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. . . . . Kochi

. Temple 36 Shooryuuji 青龍寺 .

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. . . . . Kyoto

Seiryuji 青龍寺 on the Rakuyo Pilgrimage in Higashiyama, of Kyoto.
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sooryoo, sooryuu 蒼竜; 蒼龍 blue dragon
Azure Dragon God

Seiryuuji 成龍寺 Seiryu-Ji
Chiba 千葉県袖ヶ浦市久保田3212
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Water Sprout tatsunokuchi

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Water Sprouting Dragon Head
龍の口から水の出る手水鉢
tatsu no kuchi kara mizu no deru choozubachi

tatsu no kuchi 龍の口 the mouth of the dragon
ryuunokuchi, ryuu no kuchi is not a common reading.
water sprouts

This is one of the most common dragon figures to meet at the entrance of a shrine or temple, sprouting water to rinse your hand and mouth and purify yourself.

choozuya, temizuya 手水舎
a small water basin under a roof

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shizenseki chouzubachi 自然石手水鉢
Lit. natural stone water basins.
A generic name for a water basin, *chouzubachi 手水鉢, in which the addition of a water pool *mizuana 水穴 is the only major change to the original appearance of the stone.
Common types of shizenseki chozubachi include
the *fujigata chouzubachi 富士形手水鉢,
the *sodegata chouzubachi 袖形手水鉢,
the *ichimonji 一文字,
the *shibaonkougata chouzubachi 司馬温公形手水鉢,
the "standing stone shape" tate-ishigata chouzubachi 立石形手水鉢
the "sickle shape" kamagata chouzubachi 鎌形手水鉢, and
the "shell shape" kaigata chouzubachi 貝形手水鉢.
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Doi, Doi Shrine, Doi Jinja, 　土井神社

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My Visit to Izumo Kaido, the Town of Doi
Gabi Greve

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the guardian of the temizuya at the shinto shrine
Ohira Hachimangu (大平八幡宮)
David A. LaSpina
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. Shrine Omiwa Jinja 大三輪神社 .
Nara

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Clouds and Trees

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Clouds and dragn trees in Doi town

. Izumo Kaido - Doi Town .
出雲街道　美作市土居宿

　　　

dragon branches
trying to reach dragon clouds -
my dragon phantasy

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. Nature and Dragons　.

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- Decorations

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Decorations like Dragons

There are many decorations that remind us of dragons.

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. Izumo Kaido, Doi Town .
出雲街道　美作市土居宿

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- Pottery

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Pottery with Dragon Pattern

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Sweets with Dragons

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Sweets with Dragons

Sweets and bisquits for the New Year
eto no kashi 干支の菓子

flat crackers with auspicious symbols
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アイシングクッキー cookies with icing

焼印が刻印された干支の菓子 ema bisquit

With many more :
eto castella 干支カステラ
Edo kawara 江戸瓦「暦（こよみ）
maneki fuku 招福福笑い
干支・辰車
辰の春
季節の上生菓子
eto senbei 干支せんべい rice crackers with zodiac animals

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. Ema 絵馬 Votive Plaques, Prayer Tablets .

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干支の菓子

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eto senbei 干支せんべい sembei

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dragon sweets -
a balance of calendar
and calories

. WAGASHI - SWEETS Saijiki　.

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Branch, branches

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Branches like Dragons

Many branches look like dragons,
if you have an eye to see it.

. My Dragon Branches .

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A pine branch in Iwaiizaki, Kesennuma, Miyagi

宮城県気仙沼市の岩井崎で、昇り竜のように見える松の木
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. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011　.

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. a few petals
floating on the pond . . .
and dragon branches　.

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Chinese Dragon

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Chinese Dragon for 2012

2012 龍年春帖，祝福台灣綠色大地上，紅光照耀，活力如龍。

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Sickles and Echizen knife village

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Dragon made out of sickles

The head from sickles and knives

from a knife museum in Echizen town　越前市

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越前市（武生）越前打刃物　

source : sensuke/rekisi.html

Echizen town is famous for its production of sickles, knives and swords and all kinds of blades.

There is a festival on January 1 :
New year’s production of knives at Knife Village

Takefu Knife village (タケフナイフヴィレッジ)
This is a workshop where handmade cutlery is made by local artisans.
You can see how to make cutlery in the traditional fashion of Echizen. You can even join a class that teaches how to make a letter opener, kitchen knife, or how to polish and sharpen knives.
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. Sickle (kama　鎌) - saw (nokogiri　のこぎり) .

. Knife, knives (hoochoo 包丁).

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The Dragon Within

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The Dragon Within
by John Dougill

... the dragon is just about ubiquitous in Japanese religion, for it’s not only a guardian of Buddhism but a much featured part of Shinto too. You’ll find dragons on the roofs of Zen temples (Jake Davis has a stunning shot of Kyoto’s Kennin-ji roof here). And you’ll often find dragons at water-basins in Shinto shrines, where they act as a symbol of good fortune. Unlike the fire-breathing monsters of the Western tradition, Japanese dragons tend to be benevolent.

It’s said the dragon originated in China in ancient times, long before the arrival of Buddhism with which it later became associated. My supposition would be that immigrants from the continent brought tales of the mythical creature to Japan, which came to haunt the Japanese imagination. It helps explain why the legends and folklore are so unclear about whether there’s a snake, serpent, dragon or monster involved.

The true dragon is a composite figure, made up of a variety of creatures. In this way, presumably, it has the attributes of all of them, hence its potency. Maybe there’s a theme there to work on this year: how to harness the strength of different animals. Unleash your inner dragon!

The picture below, taken from a defunct Japanese website, shows the Frankenstein manner in which the dragon is patched together. As can be seen, the body is indeed snake-like… (Incidentally, a curious bit of trivia:
the Chinese dragon tends to have four claws,
but the Japanese dragon three.)

Green Shinto is a blog by John Dougill
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Mogura earth dragon

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Mogura モグラ; モグラモチ (土竜; 土龍)
"earth dragon", mole - Maulwurf

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Moles
are small cylindrical mammals adapted to a subterranean lifestyle. They have velvety fur; tiny or invisible ears and eyes; and short, powerful limbs with large paws oriented for digging. The term is especially and most properly used for the true moles, those of the Talpidae family in the order Soricomorpha found in most parts of North America, Asia, and Europe.

It also refers to other completely unrelated mammals of Australia and southern Africa which have also evolved the mole body plan; while it is not commonly used for some talpids, such as desmans and shrew-moles, which do not fit the common definition of “mole” as well.

Although the mole can be eaten, the taste is said to be deeply unpleasant.
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kigo for the New Year

mogura-uchi 土龍打 ( もぐらうち) "hitting the moles"
..... mogura oi 土龍追（もぐらおい）
sending the moles away, mogura okuri 土龍送り（もぐらおくり）
urokomochiuchi, uroko mochiuchi うろこもち打（うろこもちうち望打ち）

On the 15th day of the first lunar month (koshoogatsu), farmers walked around the fields and prayed that the moles would not destroy their fields and bring danger to the good harvest. They sing special songs and hit the ground with freshly cut bamboo poles. The songs are different in each region of Japan.

This is one of the rural

yoshoku girei 予祝儀礼
special rituals to prevent something bad from happening

土龍打つ子どもでありし我らかな
mogura uchi kodomo de arishi warera kana

hitting the moles -
we act
like children

. Hasegawa Kai 長谷川櫂　 .

. "Little New Year" (koshoogatsu) .

SAIJIKI – NEW YEAR OBSERVANCES

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. mole cricket ケラ（螻蛄）kera .

. mogura daikon もぐら大根 "mole radish"　.

. mugura 葎 (むぐら) cleavers .
..... mogura もぐら

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Dragons of Yonago

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Yonago 米子の寺町

. The Temple Town of Yonago / Teramachi

New Stone Lantern with DRAGON FOOT

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Carving of a dragon

Mizokuchi Shrine

Mizoguchi 溝口宿

Izumo Kaido, The Old Road of Izumo 出雲街道

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Tawara Tota - Legend

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Tawara Toota Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷 Tawara Tota

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Tawara Tota Emaki 俵藤太絵巻 scroll
Click this link for the three scrolls:
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Tawara Tōda, "Lord Bag of Rice"

source : ioreth.org/mukashi/tawaratoda.html

Mukashi mukashi,
a samurai named Fujiwara Hidesato came to a bridge that spanned the beautiful Lake Biwa. He was about to cross it when he noticed a great serpent fast asleep, in the middle of the bridge. Hidesato, without a moment's hesitation, climbed over the dragon and went on his way.

He had not gone far when he heard someone calling to him. He looked back and saw that the dragon was gone. In its place, a man stood bowing to him courteously. He was a strange looking man with a dragon-shaped crown resting on his red hair.

"I am the Dragon King of Lake Biwa,"
explained the red-haired man. "A moment ago I took the form of a dragon in the hope of finding a mortal who would not be afraid of me. You, my lord, showed no fear, and I rejoiced exceedingly."

"A great centipede lives in the woods on the mountain. Every day he comes down to the shore to drink. He dips his thousand poisonous feet into the beautiful water, turning it all foul and dirty. He enters my palace, and destroys my children and grandchildren. One by one they have been eaten by this creature, and I fear that unless something can be done that I too will be eaten. I have waited a long time for a brave man. All who have seen me so far as a dragon have run away. You are brave, so I beg that you will kill my enemy."

Hidesato thought and said,
"I do not know if I can help you, but I will gladly go with you and try."

When Hidesato reached the Dragon King's palace he found it to be a magnificent building, hardly less beautiful than the Dragon Palace of the Sea. It was a beautiful house, all made of coral and pearl. His servants, the crabs and sunfishes, brought them rice, fruit, and tea, served on tiny green leaves. The tea looked like water and the rice looked like seafoam, but they tasted all right.

While he feasted ten goldfish danced, and just behind them ten carp played skillfully on the koto and shamisen. Hidesato was thinking how excellent the entertainment was, when they heard an awful roaring and rumbling. It sounded as though a mountain were being torn up.

Hidesato and the Dragon King hastily rose and ran to the balcony. They saw that Mount Mikami was scarcely recognizable, for it was covered from top fo bottom with the great coils of the centipede. In its head glowed two fiery lights, and its hundred feet were like a long winding chain of lanterns.

Hidesato fitted an arrow to his bowstring and pulled it back with all his might. The arrow sped forth into the night and struck the centipede in the middle of the head, but glanced off immediately without inflicting any wound. Again Hidesato sent an arrow at the monster, where it struck and fell harmlessly to the ground. He had only one arrow left, and the monster was almost at the water's edge.

Suddenly he remembered that when he was a boy his grandfather had told him that if you wet the head of an arrow in your mouth it will kill any monster.

It took just a second to wet the head of his last precious arrow and send it whizzing at the centipede. It struck him on the forehead and he fell over dead. Lake Biwa, with its palace beneath, was shrouded in darkness. Thunder rolled, lightning flashed, and it seemed for the moment that the Dragon King's palace would fall to the ground.

The next day, however, all signs of the storm had vanished. The sky was clear and the sun shone brightly. In the sparkling blue lake lay the body of the centipede.

The Dragon King and his family and servants were overjoyed. Hidesato was feasted again, and when he departed a retinue of fish turned into men escorted him. The Dragon King gave Hidesato five gifts: two bells, a bag of rice, a roll of silk, and a cooking pot. The Dragon King accompanied him as far as the bridge.

When he reached his home, he found he had been given no ordinary gifts. The roll of silk would never empty no matter how much of it he used, the cooking pot would cook without need of any fire, and best of all, the rice bag was inexhaustible. Only the bells were ordinary, and these he presented to a nearby temple. He grew rich and became famous. People no longer called him Hidesato, but Tawara Tōda, or "Lord Bag of Rice".

-- Combined from two English versions,
translated by F. Hadland Davis and Teresa Williston.

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Fujiwara no Hidesato was a real historical warrior, most famous for his famous defeat of the rebel warrior Taira Masakado (for more information on this episode, see Karl Friday's The First Samurai). Interestingly, Masakado was also said to have been slain by an arrow. This story is said to have taken place before his battle with him. The Tōda part of his name actually means "firstborn son of the Fujiwara", and the Tawara part, rather than meaning "straw sack" as the folktale says, was likely taken from a town where Hidesato lived later in his life.

Insects and spiders in Japanese folklore were thought of as impure but supernatural creatures, mostly because of the way they ruined crops. Centipedes (mukade 百足) were no different.

This story, while more about the centipede than the dragon, aptly illustrates the differences between Eastern dragons (ryū or tatsu 竜) and Western ones.
In the East, dragons are creatures of air and water, living either in the heavens where they fly without wings, or in the depths of lakes or oceans. They are also creatures of order, and represent wisdom, age, strength, and supernatural power. Contrast this to the fiery, chaotic role of the dragon in Western myths and fairy tales.
In the West, dragons are always a threat to the heroes, something to be defeated and against which one can test himself; while ryū are nearly always messengers of heaven or beings of good.
There are exceptions, of course, such as Kiyohime, and a man who was reincarnated as a great serpent to take his revenge (which, while antagonistic, is far from evil).

The Dragon King (Ryūō 竜王) in this story is not the same as the Dragon King in other stories; in folklore, every body of water might have its own dragon. Ryūgū 竜宮, the Dragon Palace of the Sea, is also referenced. This palace appears in other tales such as "The Monkey's Liver" and "Urashima Tarō".

As Japanese were largely unfamiliar with red-haired people, the colour was used to indicate a stranger or a supernatural person.

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Tawara Tota Hidesato and the Dragon Princess of Seta
1865
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

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Ryugujo, Tawara no Tota Hidesato ni sanshu no miyage okuru
(The Dragon Palace:
Tawara no Tota Hidesato is given three gifts)
Utagawa Kuniyoshi

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. Bishamonten and the Mukade Centipede .

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. Poet Tawarabo 田原坊　.

He was born in Sagawa no Kuni (Kanagawa prefecture) in the late Edo Period. In Sagami, even now there are many people with the name of TAHARA.
He choose the reading of a famous warrior of the Heian period, Tawara no Hidesato 藤原秀郷, who was also called
Tawara no Toota 俵藤太/ 田原藤太（たわらのとうた）.

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Papercraft Canon

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Canon - Chinese Dragon

The main DARUMA MUSEUM entry is here

. Papercraft Daruma.

You can download the pages to make it yourself!

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The Chinese dragon is a spiritual beast; a mythical creature with a long, snakelike body and sharp talons. Its image differs slightly to that of the Western dragon, being considered a sacred creature: a god that reigns over direction. In China, it is also used to symbolize the power of the emperor.

The Chinese dragon is believed to control the weather, being responsible for causing tempests, lightning, and tornadoes. In its hand it holds a flaming pearl, thought to be harbinger of fortune and good luck.

Feng Shui principles state that if you place a dragon ornament in the southeast corner of a building with a container of water, a dragon will come down to drink the water, improving your fortune in business and causing trade to flourish. Also a symbol of strength, the dragon is said to invite all kinds of luck.

Leaving a dragon at the entrance to a building, on the right as you enter a room, or in the north corner is said to increase your luck in terms of wealth and love.

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. Dragon Statues - big and small　.

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Nobori ryu ascending

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Nobori ryuu 昇り竜／登り竜 ascending dragon
昇龍・登龍
climbing dragon, flying dragon

This dragon is used for many decorations and paintings.

Here is even one with Daruma
This is a signature on a kite

source :　www.townnews.co.jp
招福凧の凧っ平 made by Asami san 浅見宝

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A plant called Nobori Ryu
Climbing Dragon Sacred Lily
Rohdea japonica

source :　www.plantdelights.com

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Kaidan Nobori Ryu - The Blind Woman's Curse
directed by Teruo Ishii and starring Meiko Kaji
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Japanese Tsuba 鍔　Sword Guard
Flying Dragon (Nobori Ryu)
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More TBA

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Tenugui hand towel

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Tenugui 手ぬぐい hand towel

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Main Entry :
Japanese Cotton Towel
. Tenugui 手ぬぐい　Small Towels .

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Manga Dragons

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Manga Dragons 漫画　竜　

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Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi まんが日本昔ばなし
Legends from Japan
Japanese Fairy Tales

Listen to the Introduction :
source : youtu.be

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Dragonball ドラゴンボール

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Dragon Ball (ドラゴンボール, Doragon Bōru)
is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Toriyama. It was originally serialized in Weekly Shōnen Jump from 1984 to 1995; later the 519 individual chapters were published into 42 tankōbon volumes by Shueisha.

Dragon Ball was inspired by the classical Chinese novel Journey to the West.
It follows the adventures of Goku from his childhood through adulthood as he trains in martial arts and explores the world in search of the seven mystical orbs known as the Dragon Balls, which can summon a wish-granting dragon when gathered. Along his journey, Goku makes several friends and battles a wide variety of villains, many of whom also seek the Dragon Balls for their own desires.

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Dragon Half (ドラゴンハーフ, Doragon Hāfu)

is a manga created by Ryūsuke Mita and serialized in Monthly Dragon Magazine from 1988 to 1994. It was adapted into a two episode anime OVA series in 1993. ADV Films licensed the anime series in North America.
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The Dragon From "Spirited Away"

source : www.theotaku.com

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Spirited Away 千と千尋の神隠し
Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi,
lit. "The Mysterious Disappearance of Sen and Chihiro")

is a 2001 Japanese animated fantasy-adventure film written and directed by Hayao Miyazaki and produced by Studio Ghibli. The film tells the story of Chihiro Ogino, a sullen ten-year-old girl who, while moving to a new neighborhood and after her parents are transformed into pigs by the witch Yubaba, becomes trapped in an alternate reality that is inhabited by spirits and monsters.Chihiro takes a job working in Yubaba's bathhouse to find a way to free herself and her parents and escape back to the human world.
... When released, Spirited Away became the most successful film in Japanese history, grossing over $274 million worldwide, and receiving critical acclaim.

Miyu Irino as Haku/Spirit of the Kohaku River
(ハク／饒速水琥珀主（ニギハヤミコハクヌシ）,
Haku/Nigihayami Kohakunushi,
lit. "god of the swift amber river"):
A dragon in the guise of a human who helps Chihiro after her parents are transformed into pigs. Haku works as Yubaba's direct subordinate, often running errands and performing various missions for her. He has the ability to fly in his true form, which is a dragon.

The Dragon Boy (竜の少年, Ryū no Shōnen)
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Gegege no ryuu ゲゲゲ　竜

source :　toukai/aichi

. Ge Ge Ge no Kitarō ゲゲゲの鬼太郎, Gegege .
Shigeru Mizuki

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Kawara roof tiles

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Kawara　瓦　roof tiles

For the roof of our Darumado Hall we had two dragons made especially, one for each side.
They protect the house from fire and water damage.
Sometimes they smoke . . .

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gatoo 瓦当 end tiles
circular antefixes

With more tiles :
source :　www.yane-pro.com

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Eave-end tiles with a circular or semi-circular ornamental pendant.
Gatou were brought to Japan from China and the Korean peninsular. Han-dynasty gatou were often decorated with auspicious characters. Japanese examples are decorated with the comma shape tomoemon 巴文, arabesque karakusamon 唐草文, or other designs.

Round gatou are called engatou 円瓦当, and semi-circular gatou are called hangatou 半瓦当. Sometimes pendant tiles are called by the name of the pattern decorating them. For example, round gatou decorated with a comma pattern, tomoemon, are often referred to as "eaves commas" nokidomoe 軒巴. The pendant tiles not only apply a decorative finish to the edge of the eaves but also serve to deflect the rain as they have a slightly outward slant.
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source :　www.tezukayama-u.ac.jp

From Tezukayama University Museum 帝塚山大学
Nara

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干支瓦【辰】扇 Dragon rooftile in fan format
decoration as auspicious symbol for 2012
43 cm wide, 22 cm high
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. Carp Leaping form Dragon Gate .

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Rooftile-Dragon on the wall of an estate, China
塀の上の瓦

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The roof of the Asakusa temple in under repair.
For this time a cover with a dragon covers the roof.

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Onigawara 鬼瓦
Literally “Demon Tile” or “Goblin Tile”
Also known as Oni-ita 鬼板 or Hanagawara 花瓦

source : - Mark Schumacher -

Shachi 鯱 or Shachihoko 鯱鉾
Literally “Killer Whale”

source : - Mark Schumacher -

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Demon Gable Tiles, Onigawara 鬼瓦 goblin-tile
. Tiles, Roof Tiles Kawara 瓦　かわら .

. Dolls made from rooftile clay　.

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- QUOTES - Proverbs

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Dragon Quotes and Proverbs

"Do not get stuck in loving a carved dragon.
We should go forward and love the real dragon".

. Doogen Zenji 道元禅師 Zen Master Dogen .

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望子成龍 Wang Zi Cheng Long
May my son become a dragon!

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Kinryuuzan no oidashi
きんりゅうざんの追出し
to be driven out because of Kinryuzan
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Kinryuuzan no koi shirazu
きんりゅうざんの恋知らず
Kinryuzan does not know about love

When the temple bell rang in the morning, the lovers from the Asakusa pleasure quarters of nearby Yoshiwara had to part and the men had to go home.

. Kinryuuzan Akakusadera 金竜山浅草寺 .

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. Dragon Quotes　.

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- Dragon Words - Vocabulary

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Dragon Words

Copy any of the Chinese characters below and google here
. google images japan .

doragon ドラゴン dragon, Drachen

ryuu, ryoo, tatsu 竜; 龍 dragon

fukuryuu 伏龍; 伏竜 "lying dragon", suicide divers (in WW II)
... fukuryuu hoosuu 伏竜鳳雛 gifted young person
liegender Drache

garyuu 牙龍; 牙竜 dragon's fang.
Drachenzahn

garyuu 臥龍; 臥竜 "dragon lying down" reclining dragon
great man; exceptional person hidden among the masses;
liegender Drache. in der Welt unbekannte große Persönlichkeit
... garyuu hoosuu 臥竜鳳雛 gifted young person
... garyuu tensei 画龍点睛; 画竜点睛; 画竜天睛; 臥龍点睛
the finishing touch, critical step

ginryoosoo ギンリョウソウ (銀竜草) Ginryō-sō, Indian pipe
Monotropa uniflora, Monotropastrum globosum

gyoryuu 魚竜 "fish dragon" ichthyosaur. Ichthyosaurus

haooryuu 覇王竜 tyrannosaurus rex

hakuryoo, hakuryuu 白竜 white dragon
weisser Drache

hiryuu 飛竜 flying dragon
fliegender Drache
hiryuuzu, hiryoozu 飛竜頭; 飛竜子 filhos.
food, prepared from rice four.

Iseebi, ise-ebi いせえび竜蝦 / 伊勢海老 'spiny lobster'
Hummerkrabbe, Hummer,Languste, Garnele

jiryuu 地竜 "land dragon"
herbal medicine prepared from dried earthworms
chinesische Medizin

karyoo 火竜 firedrake
... karyoosen 火龍船
... karyoohoo 火龍炮
... karyuu 火龍 a figure in the shogi game
Feuerdrache

keiryuu kihei 軽竜騏兵 Royal light cavalry
leichte Kaiserliche Kavallerie

konryoo 袞竜; 袞龍 imperial robes. Kleidung des Kaisers

kooryuu 亢竜 dragon which has already ascended to heaven
in den Himmel aufgestiegener Drache

kooryuu, kooryoo 蛟竜; 蛟龍 rain dragon, hidden genius
Wasserdrache, Regendrache.
Person mit versteckten großen Fähigkeiten.

kyooryuu 恐竜 "terrible dragon", dinosaur
Dinosaurier
(other dinosaur words will not be added)

mogura モグラ; モグラモチ (土竜; 土龍) "earth dragon", mole
Mogera imaizumii. Maulwurf

noboriryuu, nobori ryuu 昇り竜／登り竜 ascending dragon, rising dragon
aufsteigender Drache

ooryuu 応竜; 応龍 Yinglong, Chinese dragon with wings
Chinesischer Drache mit Flügeln

peeron 飛竜; 白竜 "flying dragon, white dragon", peron dragon boat
Drachenboot

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ryuubanrui 竜盤類 Saurischia dinosaurus
Echsenbeckensaurier

ryuuga 竜駕 imperial carriage
kaiserliche Kutsche

ryuugan 竜眼 "dragon eye" longan plant
Dimocarpus longan, Euphoria longana. Longanbaum; Drachenauge

ryuugan 竜顔 "dragon face" imperial countenance
Gesicht des Kaisers

ryuuguu 竜宮 dragon palace. Drachenpalast
ryuuguujoo 竜宮城 palace of the Dragon king
Schloss des Drachenkönigs am Meeresgrund

ryuuhimaki, ryuuhi maki 竜皮巻 vinegared white fish rolled with konbu
Fischrolle mit Kombu

ryuujin 龍神; 竜神 dragon god, dragon deity
Drachengott
ryuujoo kohaku 竜攘虎搏 (りゅうじょうこはく) fierce fight
heftiger Kampf (wie zwischen Drachen und Tiger)

ryuukihei 竜騎兵 "dragon cavalry", dragoon
Dragoner-Regiment

ryuuko 竜虎; 龍虎 "dragon and tiger", two mighty rivals, hero, good writer
Drache und Tieger. Zwei Helden
... ryuuko aiutsu 竜虎相搏つ diamonds cut diamonds
... ryuuko no arasoi 竜虎の争い well-matched contest

ryuukotsu 竜骨 "dragon bone", keel. Kiel
... ryuukotsuza 竜骨座 keel star, carina constellation
Carina (Sternbild des südlichen Himmels

ryuukyakurui 竜脚類 sauropod. Sauropoden

ryuume 竜馬 "dragon horse", - splendid horse
- promoted bishop in the boardgame shogi
"Drachen-Pferd", prachtvolles Pferd. Shōgi-Spielfigur.

ryuunoo 竜脳 borneol, crystalline turpenoid alcohol
Borneokampfer
..... ryuunoogiku 竜脳菊 Chrysanthemum makinoi Matsum

ryuu no hige 竜の髭 "beard of a dragon", dwarf mondo grass
Ophiopogon japonicus

ryuu o 竜王 dragon king. Drachenkönig
Naga-Raja

ryuusen 竜船 "dragon boat". Drachenboot

ryuusha 竜舎 Ryusha, part of a pagoda finial
kugelförmige Verziehrung des metallenen Aufsatzes einer Pagode

ryuusha 竜車 "dragon carriage", imperial carriage
kaiserliche Kutsche

ryuushuu 竜舟; 龍舟 dragon boat. Drachenboot
(usually canoe for 22 persons for traditional boat racing)

ryuutan, rindoo 竜胆 gentian, bellflower, Gentiana scabra. Enzian
... tsururindoo 蔓竜胆 Tripterospermum japonicum
... harurindoo, haru rindoo 春竜胆 Gentiana thunbergii

ryuuteki 竜笛; 龍笛 "dragon flute" from bamboo
Drachenflöte

ryuuten sazae 竜天栄螺 tapestry turban shell, Turbo petholatus
"Drachen-Kreiselschnecke"

ryuutoo 竜灯 "dragon lamp"
phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night, thought to be the torches of the Dragon King
Meeresleuchten

ryuutoo tabi 竜頭蛇尾 "head of dragon, tail of snake"
strong beginning and a weak ending
Antiklimax. starker Anfang und schwaches Ende

ryuuza 竜座 "dragon seat" Draco constellation
Draco Sternbild des nördlichen Himmels

ryuuzenkoo 竜涎香 ambergis incense
Amber. Ambra -Duftstoff aus der fettigen Darmausscheidung des Pottwals

ryuuzetsuran リュウゼツラン竜舌蘭; 龍舌蘭 American aloe; century plant
(Agave americana)

ryuuzu 竜頭 "dragon head" - part of a temple bell
Ring am oberen Teil einer Tempelglocke
- tatsugashira part of armour
竜頭の滝
竜頭山神社
竜頭泉
ryuutoo gekishu 竜頭鷁首 two boats, one with dragon head, one with heron head
used in the Heian period
ryuzumaki no tokei竜頭巻きの時計 arm watch,
Aufzieh-Armbanduhr

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seiryoo, seiryuu 青龍; 青竜 "blue dragon", "green dragon"
Azure Dragon God in the East
der Azurblaue Drache
..... seiryuutoo青竜刀 chinese broad sword
chinesisches Breitschwert

shako シャコ /蝦蛄; 青竜蝦 mantis shripm
Heuschreckenkrebs. Oratosquilla oratoria

shooryuu 昇竜 rising dragon
aufsteigender Drache

shugoryuu 守護竜; 守護龍 guardian dragon
guards the "dragon cave" 龍穴
Schutz-Drache

sooryoo, sooryuu 蒼竜; 蒼龍 blue dragon
Azure Dragon God

Tatsutahime 竜田姫 princess Tatsutahime; goddess of autumn
Herbstgöttin

tatsutaage, tatsuta age 竜田揚げ; 立田揚げ; 竜田揚;
立田揚 food. flavored fish meat, deep fried

tatsu no kuchi 竜の口 dragon-head gargoyle, gutter sprout
Drachenmaul. Wasserspeier
(very seldom ryuu no kuchi)

tatsu no otoshigo 竜の落し子 sea horse
"lost child of the dragon"
Seepferdchen . fam. Hippocampinae

tatsumaki 竜巻き "winding dragon" tornado
Trombe, Wasserhose, Windhose

tenryuu hachibushuu 天竜八部衆; 天龍八部衆 "heavenly dragons"
the eight legions (devas, nagas, yakshas, gandharvas, ashuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)

tokage 蜥蜴; 石竜子 "stone dragon child" lizzard
Eidechse. Eumeces latiscutatus
..... tokageza 蜥蜴座 Lacerta constellation
Lacerta Sternbild am nördlichen Himmel

tooryuumon 登竜門; 登龍門 "dragon gate" gateway to success
Tor zum Erfolg

uuron 烏龍; 烏竜; 鳥龍 / ウーロン Oolong
ウーロン茶, 烏竜茶 Oolong Tea

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tatsu, shin 辰 dragon, fifth Chinese zodiac animal
in combination with others in the sexagenary cycle

boshin 戊辰 Boshin. fifth of the sexagenary cycle

hinoe tatsu 丙辰 53rd of the sexagenary cycle

hokushin 北辰 North Star, pole star, Polarstern
Hokushin gongen 北辰権現
北辰一刀流

jishingi 時辰儀 chronometer

jitsugetsu seishin 日月星辰 sun, moon and stars
Sonne, Mond und Himmelskörper

kanoe tatsu, kooshin 庚辰 17th of the sexagenary cycle
kanoe tatsu, kooshin 甲辰 41st of the sexagenary cycle

kashin 嘉辰; 佳辰 auspicious day or occasion
glückverheißender Tag

mizunoe tatsu 壬辰 29th of the sexagenary cycle

seishin 星辰 stars, celestial bodies. Himmelskörper
seishin suuhai 星辰崇拝
Astrolatrie, Sternverehrung

shinsha 辰砂; 辰沙 cinnabar, cinnabar lacquerware
Zinnober

tanshin 誕辰 "birthday dragon"
Geburtstag

tatsumi 辰巳; 巽 "dragon and snake" southeast,
Südosten
辰巳上
辰巳之園
辰巳用水
辰巳_(江東区)
辰巳の森海浜公園
tatsu no koku 辰の刻 "hour of the dragon" 8 am

tatsumi geisha 辰巳芸者 geisha from Fukagawa, a red-light district in Edo

tatsudoshi 辰年 year of the dragon. Drachenjahr
tatsu no toshi 辰の年 year of the dragon
Jahr des Drachen

Tatsumi Geisha by Utagawa Toyokuni 歌川豊国

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. Chinese characters for Dragon - Kanji .

. Dragon Quotes .

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Dragon Horse ryuume

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ryuuma 竜馬, 龍馬 : "splendid horse"
非常にすぐれた馬。駿馬。
りゅうま。りょうめ。りょうば。たつのうま。
ryuuma, ryuume, ryuuba, tatsu no uma

Dragon-Horse at a Lotus Lake temple, Taiwan

© Hakym at flickr

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"The dragon by nature is yin, and there is nothing with which it will not mingle. If it consorts with an ox it will bear a qilin (kirin　麒麟) ;
cross it with a pig and it will bear an elephant (he uses the archaic term "kisa"　象きさ),
cross it with a horse and it will bear a dragon-steed (ryuume 竜馬)."

Takizawa Bakin
Nanso Satomi Hakkenden
(The Satomi Clan and the Eight Dogs)

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Dragon Horse
(quote from the" Serene Dragon")

Region: China
Time Period: 2nd Century BC
References in Literature: None
Sources: Giants, Monsters and Dragons pg 107, Dragons and Dragon Lore

Dragon's body and the front of a horse
Could fly with wings
Was the heavenly messenger of the gods
Revealed Yin and Yang and the balance of the cosmos
Heaven and Earth combined into one being
Horse's body, dragon scales, wings. Is also mentioned with a hug serpent tale

In some pictures, the wings are underdeveloped and feathery, in others, the wings are fully developed
There is an account from 741 AD, cited by Visser
Can walk on water

"If a holy man is on the throne it comes out of the midst of the Ming River carrying a map on its back."
(Source: Dragons and Dragon Lore)

Emperor Muh drove a carriage with 8 winged dragon-horses.

The use of a horse dragon, and it's development, may come in part from the Chinese people's history with horses. The horses would then slowly take on dragon characteristics.

Read a lot more about Dragon Lore:
the serene dragon.net

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Ryuume, the Dragon Horse, is a stone in the Japanese Shogi Game.

Wikipedia about Ryuume (Japanese)
shoogi
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. Dragon Horse Temple　龍馬山 .

Yoshitsune Temple Gikeiji at Minmaya
「義経寺」（ぎけいじ）三厩村

Minmaya Village rests at the northern top of the Tsugaru Peninsula and is the closest town to Tappi Saki (Cape of the Flying Dragon). This beautiful little fishing village is nestled tightly between the mountains and the sea and looks out over the Tsugaru Straits to Hokkaido to the north and Shimokita to the east.

The village has a long history and is well known for the Yoshitsune legend from almost 1000 years ago. Yoshitsune Minamoto was a famous general who lived from 1159 to 1189. Yoshitsune's older brother Yoritomo became jealous of Yoshitsune's popularity and strength and ordered him to be killed by his ally Yasuhira Fujiwara. Yoshitsune chose to commit suicide rather than be killed. This apparently took place in Iwate ken in 1189. There are however, a number of legends surrounding his apparent death. Some even go as far to say that he changed his name to Ghengis Khan and united Mongolia.

One legend has it that the person who committed suicide was his vassal, and that Yoshitsune himself ran away to the north. There does seem to be some evidence to support the theory that Yoshitsune did travel north, through Tohoku to Tsugaru then across to Hokkaido and the legend of Minmaya supports this view.

After fleeing from Iwate Ken, Yoshitsune reached Minmaya Mura from where he hoped to cross to Hokkaido, but found it impossible due to rough seas. As he was unable to do anything he sat on a rock and prayed to Kunnanon, the goddess of Mercy. At the end of the third night, a grey haired prophet suddenly appeared and told Yoshitsune that he would be able to cross the sea riding three horses.

In the morning he found the sea as smooth as glass and three Pegasus' in the rock cave. Yoshitusne was then able to cross safely to Hokkaido. The rock cave is called Miya-ishi and is known as the origin of Miumiya, which is the shed of three horses, from which Minmaya gets its name.

A temple dedicated to Yoshitsune sits above the rock from which there are views of Hokkaido and the fishing village below. Every August the Yoshitsune Matsuri is held where his journey is re-enacted in the town.
source: Clare Thompson

Kannon Hall and Yoshitsune Rock

岩の下の洞穴に三頭の龍馬（りゅうば）がつながれていた。
これが「三馬屋→三厩」の地名のいわれだという。

There is also a famous Kannon statue carved by Enku in this temple.
I once visited there and found the area very impressive!

When Enku visited this area, he saw a shining Kannon and later learned about the Yoshitsune legend. So he carved this statue and hid the shining Kannon in its back.

. Enku, the Master Carver 円空 (Enkuu)

. WKD : Genghis Khan and Haiku 　

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A restaurant called "Ryuume"
行田にあるサッパリ系(佐野ラーメン系)が食べられるお店です。

http://www.geocities.jp/xxsizzxx/tabemono/tara41.html

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There is also a proverb with the Dragon-Steed

竜馬の躓き（りゅうめのつまずき）　
ryuume no tsumazuki : the Dragon-Horse stumbles

even a skilled person sometimes makes a mistake

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坂本龍馬 Sakamoto Ryooma
Sakamoto Ryoma (1834-1867)

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... legends such as Shōtoku’s riding a flying horse ...

This article argues that myths and legends of deadly horse-riding spirits were most likely shaped not by the memory of ancient horse riding armies, but rather by a host of forces that included immigrant deities, natural disasters and plagues from which even rulers were hard pressed to escape.

Horses,Dragons,and Disease in Nara Japan PDF file
Michael Como

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Horse Deities of Japan
Bato Kannon, White horses and Shinto Deities ...
batoo kannon

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Haiku from 2012

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The Language of Dragons

Aubrie Cox
January 01, 2012

I think I can speak for a lot of us in saying that 2011 was a rough year in one way or another, and I can’t think of any better way to start 2012 —also the one year anniversary of Yay Words!— than with poetry.
Wonderful, heartfelt poetry and art.

source :　yaywords.wordpress.com

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out of the cave
of the old year
two eyes of the water dragon

Merrill

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Temple Ryuko-Ji

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Ryuukooji　龍口寺 Ryuko-Ji

source :　Peter Miller, kamprint.com

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Ryukoji Temple　龍口寺
Tatsu no Kuchi　　竜の口　藤沢
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Ryukoji stands on the site of the former Tatsu no Kuchi Execution Grounds, and its names uses the same two kanji. It was here that Nichiren was to have been executed in 1271. Nichiren was the only man who survived from the execution at this ground. After this event, Nichiren was banished to Sado Island for three years. Nichiren wrote many books and scrolls with the experience of Tatsukuchi.

In 1337, Nichiren's student, Priest Nippo, established Temple here in Tatsunokuchi.

Major buildings at the temple include the Hondo, a five-story pagoda, a stupa, and the Shichimendo. The cave were Nichiren was confined is preserved on the grounds.
A statue of him stands in the courtyard in front of the Hondo.

Main Temple
built in 1832. One of the popular Kanagawa style building.

Five-story Pagoda
built in 1910. Kanagawa's only five-story pagoda.

Sanmon Gate
built in 1864.

Myokendo 妙見堂
built in 1720.

source : www.mustlovejapan.com

. Saint Nichiren 日蓮 .

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Jakkozan Ryukoji Temple
3-13-37 Katase, Fujisawa, Kanagawa

The Temple's beginning (Engi)

June, 1271, Kamakura was suffering from a great drought. Nichiren Shonin prayed for rain as did the priest Ryokan-bo Ninsho of the Gokurakuji Temple. Although Nichiren's prayer brought rain and Ryokan's did not, Nichiren was summoned by the court on September 10. Nichiren Shonin submitted his writing, the "Rissho Ankoku-ron" to the government for a second time on September 12. In the evening on that day, he was arrested by Hei-no Yoritsuna who had attacked Nichiren's hut at Matsubagayatsu in August of 1260. At the court, Nichiren Shonin remonstrated the government, "I, Nichiren, am like a pillar of Japan. Losing me is the same as a pillar of Japan toppling down. I predict that Japan will experience domestic rebellion and foreign invasion in 100 days." As a result, the government determined to exile Nichiren Shonin to Sado Island and sent him to Honma's residence in Echi, Kanagawa. However, Yoritsuna planned secretly to execute Nichiren Shonin, so he was taken to the execution grounds at Tatsunokuchi on the night of September 12.

At the moment when Nichiren Shonin was to be beheaded, an object shining like the moon at the edge of Enoshima Island flew across the sky like a ball of lightning. The executioner and guards were frightened by the sight and Nichiren Shonin thus escaped execution.

September, 1337, Nippo enshrined the founder Nichiren Shonin's statue and founded the temple. In 1601, a great hall was built.
source : AboutUs/major/ryukoji.html

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Painting Meiji

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Painting from the Meiji Period

source :　Robin D Gill

print from a Meiji Era book
PORTRAIT OF THE NEW YEAR
「新年画賛」

年立つもじっと立つことなき辰を
腰かけ画けし爪さきまでも　　

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. Dragon and Paintings .

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Movies

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Movies with a Dragon Name

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日本侠客伝花と龍　 Blossoms and Dragon
1969

source :　eigadouyakuza.blog95

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Korean Drama - Tears of the Dragon
龍の涙 - 韓国ドラマ

source :　www.bs4.jp/drama/dragon

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Dragon Tears - Dean R. Koontz

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Fusuma sliding doors

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Fusuma-e 襖絵 Sliding Door Painting

Photo :　Pedro Teixeira da Mota

大徳寺　塔頭　　龍源院　
Temple Daitoku-Ji, Ryuugenin, Ryugen-In

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Ryooanji 龍安寺 Temple Ryoan-Ji. Kyoto
not : Ryuuanji 龍安寺 Temple Ryuan-Ji

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Kissako Art and Yoga

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Kissako Art and Yoga

Two yoga teachers in our village in Ohaga, renovating the old kindergarden and entertaining visitors with art and yoga courses.

In 2012, it is Dragon Yoga !

アート＆ヨガ道場喫茶去（きっさこ）
岡山県久米郡美咲町大垪和西1024

. Kissako Art and Yoga　.

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