tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-217848352024-03-13T15:24:23.452-07:00Dragon Art of Asia - 2012 - Year of the DRAGON<br><br>The fabulous and phantastic DRAGON in many varieties of art in Asia
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2012 is the year of the Water Dragon - mizunoe tatsu, jinshin <br>
Das Jahr des Drachen, Wasserdrachen !
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A Gallery of the Daruma Museum.
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This is a BLOG for educational purposes only.
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Dr. Gabi Greve, Darumamuseum, Japan
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<br>Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21784835.post-1138758059897222542024-03-05T23:58:00.000-08:002024-03-06T16:34:46.236-08:00Dragon Art Gallery ENTER<a href="http://darumasan.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size: 78%;">[ . BACK to DARUMA MUSEUM TOP . ]</span></a><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-size: 130%;"><b>Welcome to the Dragon Gallery !</b></span><br />
<span style="color: red; font-size: 100%;"><b>- e-book BLOG by Gabi Greve - </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">All about the Dragon, Phoenix, Tiger<br />
and other Animal Art of Asia.<br />
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<a href="http://ohaga.blogspot.com/"><b><span style="color: #666666;">- Roof Dragon at my home, GokuRakuAn 極楽庵 - </span></b></a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">2012 - the Year of the Dragon - Dragon Year</span><br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">2024 - the Year of the Dragon - Dragon Year</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Das Jahr des Drachen, Jahr des Drachens,<br />
Drachenjahr</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/zodiac-animals.html">Zodiac Animals of Asia, the DRAGON </a><br />
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The <span style="color: #666600; font-family: arial;"><b>DRAGON</b></span> has a special place in Asian mythology and art.<br />
Here is a growing collection of articles and artifacts on the subject.<br />
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The <b><span style="color: #666600;">snake</span></b>, little brother of the Dragon, will also be dealt with.<br />
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<a href="http://www.vinylpulse.com/2010/09/toy-art-gallery-presents-red-carpet-kaiju-0904.html"><span style="font-size: 85%;"> source : toy-art-gallery </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://www.blackdrago.com/index.html">Alphabetical List of Dragons, by Kylie McCormick</a><br />
..... Start from here! With Mythology of World Dragons and more<br />
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<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2011/09/tatsu-dragon-info.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Amulets and Talismans - Tatsu 辰 Dragon . </span> </a><br />
clay bells 土鈴, ema votive tablets 絵馬、hariko 張子 papermachee figures<br />
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<a href="http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2008/02/dragons-gift.html">BHUTAN : The Dragon's Gift: The Sacred Arts of Bhutan</a><br />
February 26 - May 23, 2008<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2009/05/chinese-character-taito.html">Chinese characters, arranged with DRAGON </a> TAITO たいと<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/04/dragon-children-hiiki.html">Children of the Dragon King 龍生九子 Nine Children . </a> <br />
hiiki 贔屓 / 贔負(ひいき) child of the dragon king<br />
bishi びし、 Bìxì<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/01/chinese-dragons-01.html">Chinese Dragons </a>by Crystalinks<br />
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<a class="href=" darumamuseum004="" group="" groups.yahoo.com="" href="https://www.blogger.com/null" http:="" message="">The Chinese Dragon, by Kate Hunt (Artnet) </a><br />
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<a href="http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2007/06/fifth-lucky-dragon.html">Fifth Lucky Dragon, A Fishing Boat Tragedy</a> 第五福竜丸の事件<br />
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<a href="http://www.geocities.com/gabigreve2000/godsofelements.html">Gods of the Elements</a> by Gabi Greve<br />
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<a href="http://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2015/09/ryu-dragon-legends.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . ryuu, ryū 龍 竜 伝説 Ryu - <b>dragon legends</b> . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2006/01/kagura-dance.html">Kagura and the eight-headed serpent Yamata no Orochi</a> by Gabi Greve<br />
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<a href="http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.jp/2007/07/grapes-yakushi.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Kooryuu 甲龍 Koryu "Dragon from Koshu" grapes . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://fudosama.blogspot.com/2004/11/kurikara-sword-of-fudo-myo-o.html">Kurikara, the Sword of Fudo Myo-o</a> by Gabi Greve<br />
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<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/06/nagarjuna.html" target="_self">Nagarjuna, the Dragon Tree 龍樹 Ryuuju</a> Master Translator<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/nature-info.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Nature and Dragon Names . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/dragon-images-of-japan.html">Ryuujin 龍神, 竜神 Ryujin, the Dragon God </a></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">all the details by Mark Schumacher</span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/hachidai-ryu-o-kings.html">Ryuuoo 竜王 Ryuo, the Dragon Kings </a><br />
Hachidai ryuu-oo 八大竜王 Eight Great Dragon Kings<br />
Kairyuu oo kyoo 海龍王経 Sutra of the Dragon King of the Sea<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2012/01/temples-named-seiryu-ji.html">Seiryuu 青龍; 青竜 Seiryu, Azure Dragon in the East</a> <br />
seiryoo, blue dragon, green dragon, <span style="font-weight: bold;">Qinglong</span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/dragon-shrines.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Shrines with Dragon Names . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/dragon-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Temples with Dragon Names . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">- the <b>Kappapedia - Kappa, the Water Goblin </b><br />
水神 - Water Deity - </span><br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://kappapedia.blogspot.jp/2014/12/abc-index.html">- KAPPA - 河童 かっぱ / カッパ </a></span></b><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/search/label/INFO"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. INFO - Latest Dragon information - . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2014/12/abc-index.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . ABC - Index of this BLOG . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/cherry-tree.html">Cherry Tree : The Lying-Dragon Cherry Tree. Garyuuzakura</a> 臥龍桜<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/dragon-palace.html">Palace, Dragon Palace, ryuuguu </a>竜宮城<br />
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<a href="https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/06/ryugu-dragon-palace-legends.html"><span style="font-size: 100%;">. 竜宮と伝説 Ryugu Legends about the Dragon Palace . </span></a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/waterfalls.html">Waterfalls, ryuutaki, Ryu no Taki </a>龍ヶ滝<br />
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<a href="https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2017/10/sashigaya-koishikawa.html">ryuujo 竜女 Ryujo, dragon woman - Legends </a><br />
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<a href="http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/04/dragonfly-tonbo-05.html">Dragonfly (tombo, tonbo) </a>a kigo for haiku<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2007/01/mandarin-ducks.html">Mandarin Ducks, oshidori 鴛鴦、おしどり</a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/phoenix.html">Phoenix in Asian Art </a><br />
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<a href="http://indiasaijikiworlkhaiku.blogspot.com/2006/07/serpent-festival-nag-panchami.html">Serpent Festival (Nag Panchami) India </a><br />
... <a href="http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2006/07/snake-hebi.html">Snake, serpent, viper, cobra (hebi, mamushi, habu) Japan </a>a kigo for haiku<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2005/08/tiger-four-sleepers.html">Tiger, the Four Sleepers, Shisui</a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/tortoise-and-snake.html">Tortoise and Snake (Tsurukame) </a>by Gabi Greve<br />
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Most interesting material disappears soon from the internet. This blog contains a series of articles and pieces of art, collected for educational purposes. <br />
Proper credit is given at the top of each entry.<br />
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2012 - <b>Year of the Dragon</b> <br />
http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2011/12/2012-year-of-dragon.html<br />
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Belt Hook - Jade, 19th cent. China<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/belt-hook.html</span><br />
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Belt (obi)<br />
Silk Embroidery and Weaving Patterns<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/belt-obi.html</span><br />
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Bingata, Dyeing from Okinawa (Ryukyu)<br />
Various types, wall hanger, shirt, stamp and introductory TEXT.<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/bingata.html</span><br />
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Blue Dragon Hermit. Mamiya Eiju (1871-1945)<br />
Painting of Daruma san<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/06/blue-dragon-hermit.html</span><br />
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Bowl, Blue&White , Dragon Design, China<br />
AntiqueTica.com Thailand<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/bowl-01.html</span><br />
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Carpets, Rugs, from China - CYBER RUG CENTER<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/carpet-01.html </span><br />
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Carpet, Flying Dragon over Mount Meru, Wanli period,<br />
The Textile Gallery / EXTERNAL LINK<br />
http://www.textile-art.com/tg/16074.html<br />
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Ceiling Painting, with LIST to all Nari-Ryuu<br />
Meguro Fudo Temple, Tokyo.<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/ceiling-painting.html</span><br />
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Ceiling Painting<br />
Kenninji Temple, Kyoto (Kennin-Ji)<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/04/ceiling-02.html</span><br />
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Chinese Dragons<br />
Roof Dragons and many more, link to Wikimedia<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/01/chinese-dragons-03.html</span><br />
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Clappers (hyooshigi)<br />
From a Zen Temple in Takahashi, Japan<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/clappers.html</span><br />
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Double Dragon- YOM CHI TAEKWON-DO<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/06/double-dragon-01.html</span><br />
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<a href="http://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.jp/2016/08/ajaribo-tengu.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Dragon Bodhisattva Kōen 皇円 Saint Koen . </span> </a><br />
Higo Ajari 肥後阿闍梨<br />
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Flagstaff - Gilt Bronze Dragon Head, Korea<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/flagstaff.html</span><br />
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Flower : Silver Dragon Flower<br />
Monotropastrum globosum<br />
http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/06/silver-dragon-flower.html<br />
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Glass Art Dragon Figures<br />
From Thailand. Buddhist Artwork Com<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/07/glass-art.html</span><br />
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<a href="http://darumapedia-persons.blogspot.jp/2015/07/hidari-jingoro-carpenter.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro and his many dragon carvings . </span> </a><br />
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Hidden Dragon<br />
The Chief Priest of Wudang Mountain. an interview<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/06/hidden-dragon.html</span><br />
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Hokusai, Katsushika Hokusai -Paintings, Woodblocks<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/hokusai.html</span><br />
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Incense Burner, Japanese Hirado Celadon Miniature<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/incense-burner.html</span><br />
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Incense Container, Red Oribe Pottery<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/incense-container-01.html</span><br />
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Incense Burner, Japanese Dragon motif, Silver<br />
Hiro Antiques Sapporo, Japan<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/incense-burner-02.html</span><br />
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Incense Stick Holder, Blue and White, China<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/incense-stick-holder-01.html</span><br />
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<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/07/gifu-folk-toys.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . ichii ittoobori 一位一刀彫 Yew Wood Carvings . </span> </a><br />
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Jar, Blue and White, China TNM<br />
Tokyo National Museum<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/jar-01.html</span><br />
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<a href="http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.jp/2006/02/kasuga-lantern-festival.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">The Dragon God of Kasuga Shrine 春日竜神 Kasuga Ryujin </span> </a><br />
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<a href="https://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2022/01/dancing-dragon-manhole.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. manhole - A dancing Dragon ! . </span> </a> <br />
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<b>Nichiren Dragon Legends</b> <br />
The 7 headed dragon & Kishimo Daimoku<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/nichiren.html</span><br />
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Oil Lamp, Porcelain - Hongwu period<br />
<span style="font-size: small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/07/oil-lamp.html</span><br />
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<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2011/06/kashima-jingu.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . O-Mamori with suikin bell 龍神水琴鈴 . </span> </a><br />
白崎八幡宮 Shirasaki Hachimangu, Yamaguchi<br />
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Painting, Maruyama Okyo<br />
from: MFA Boston, William Sturgis Bigelow Collection<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/04/soga-shohaku.html</span><br />
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Panel : Tiger and Dragon, China<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/tiger-and-dragon.html</span><br />
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Panel, open carving (ranma) with Dragon<br />
Welcome To Another Century New York City<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/panel-ranma.html</span><br />
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Pillow - Freer and Sackler Galleries<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/pillow.html</span><br />
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Ring, Silver, India Including an article about Dragon Jewelery<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://fudosama.blogspot.com/2005/08/dragon-lore.html</span><br />
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Roof Dragons -from various temples in Japan<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/roof.html</span><br />
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Roof tile - "Carp Leaping form Dragon Gate"<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/06/roof-tile-01.html</span><br />
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<a href="https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2017/10/sashigaya-koishikawa.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. ryuujo 竜女 Ryujo, dragon woman . </span> </a><br />
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Seal, Soapstone, China<br />
Hawkes, Asian Art United Kingdom<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/seal-02.html</span><br />
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Seal of the Fifth Dalai Lama, Tibet<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/seal-01.html</span><br />
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<a href="http://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.jp/2015/04/senmi-yakushi-temple.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Senmi Yakushi-Ji 川見薬師寺 Temple carving . </span> </a>- Aichi<br />
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Soga Shohaku, Painter - Various of his Dragons<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/04/soga-shohaku.html</span><br />
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Sword Decoration -Tsuba Gilt Bronze Dragon<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/sword-decoration.html</span><br />
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Takada Keihoo, Ceiling paintings <br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/04/takada-keihoo.html</span><br />
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Tatsumi Inari Shrine, Kyoto /Woodblock Print by J. Rome<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/06/tatsumi-inari.html</span><br />
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<a href="http://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.jp/2016/08/tokko-dokko-vajra-thunderbolt-legends.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . 龍の子太郎 Tatsu no Ko Taro - Dragon Boy . </span> </a><br />
- Legend, Book, Manga and Movie !<br />
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Teapots and Cups samples<br />
Imperial Tea Court Company, S.Francisco<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/teapots-01.html</span><br />
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Tray, Mother of Pearl, China TNM<br />
Tokyo National Museum<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/tray-01.html</span><br />
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<a href="https://www.facebook.com/1500627963552129/photos/a.1500631056885153.1073741827.1500627963552129/1536444676637124/?type=1&theater"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川国芳 . </span> </a><br />
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Vase, Blue and White Porcelain, Red Dragons<br />
Freer and Sackler Galleries<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/vase-02.html</span><br />
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Vase for Temple Flowers, Bronze /Kodo Arts<br />
<span style="font-size: x-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/vase-01.html</span><br />
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Woodblock Print - Yoshitoshi, Mt. Minobu<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/03/woodblock-yoshitoshi.html</span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2014/12/abc-index.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Zennyo Ryūō 善如龍王 / 善女龍王 . </span> </a><br />
"goodness-like dragon-king"<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"> <b>A dancing Dragon !</b> </span> <br />
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龍ヶ崎市のキャラクターである「まいりゅう」 Mairyu !<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:180%;" >2012 - Year of the Dragon </span><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;">初夢や辰の上に立つ富士の山 </span><br />
hatsu yume ya tatsu no ue ni tatsu Fuji no Yama<br />
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<a href="http://happyhaiku.blogspot.com/2012/01/first-dream.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">first dream -<br />
a dragon at the foot<br />
of Mount Fuji </span> </a><br />
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<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAobg5f5mxrnaD5nPik3ukiJSDSMTJkJEnB8zobe-QPUFQ6iuwmZ_bH4zvLCAJvOhc15VtuX7zt68fcCsc_cmUiKQcduzgl1mV1HNvDj0AWzMOekRYdiK57k46t2EBWybMloEeWg/s1600/dragon+first+dream+Hokusai.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 281px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAobg5f5mxrnaD5nPik3ukiJSDSMTJkJEnB8zobe-QPUFQ6iuwmZ_bH4zvLCAJvOhc15VtuX7zt68fcCsc_cmUiKQcduzgl1mV1HNvDj0AWzMOekRYdiK57k46t2EBWybMloEeWg/s400/dragon+first+dream+Hokusai.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5693130103364202690" border="0" /></a><br />
<span style="font-style:italic;">Katsushika Hokusai</span> 葛飾北斎<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">tatsu</span> 辰 Dragon<br />
ryuu,ryoo 龍 / 竜 dragon</span><br />
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The <span style="font-weight:bold;">TATSU</span> Dragon is one of the 12 zodiac animals of the Asian lunar calendar.<br />
He is therefore a well-liked animal in folk art and handicraft.<br />
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It comes as a papermachee doll, clay doll or clay bell and other materials.<br />
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<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2011/09/tatsu-dragon-info.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Tatsu 辰 The Zodiac Dragon </span> </a><br />
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2012年のだるま <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">Daruma for 2012</span></span><br />
干支だるま《辰》<br />
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<a href="http://www.takasaki-kankoukyoukai.or.jp/blog/2011/11/2012.html"><span style="font-size:85%;"> source : takasaki-kankoukyoukai.or.jp </span> </a><br />
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Kurashiki, shrine <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ashitaka Jinja</span> 倉敷市笹沖, 足高神社<br />
for the year Heisei 24 平成24年<br />
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At the shrine<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Tsurusaki Jinja</span> 鶴崎神社 they are preparing a huge dragon ema with two dragons, in auspicious white and red, made from origami paper.<br />
They show a "dragon going to heaven" 昇り竜<br />
symbolizing the future for Japan, which must go up after so much damage in 2011.<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;">Some labyrinths to work through!</span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Find the differences !</span><br />
間違い探しの年賀状 「辰(たつ)の餅つき」<br />
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迷路の年賀状 「辰(たつ)とだるま」<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Look at many more wonderful Dragon games :</span><br />
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<a href="http://blog.kotoba.littlestar.jp/?eid=1303688">source : blog.kotoba.littlestar.jp </a><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Dragon Bisquits in a Daruma Box</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:85%;">小戸橋製菓おすすめの「お年賀ギフト」</span><br />
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昇龍開運絵馬<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">nengajoo 年賀状 New Year Greeting Cards</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:130%;" >New Year Greetings with Daruma</span><br />
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<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2011/12/tamaki-jinja-kunitokotachi.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Kunitokotachi no Mikoto . </span> </a><br />
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龍神「国常立尊」 Kunitokotachi no Mikoto<br />
『日月神示』でも<br />
「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。<br />
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"The Japanese Islands<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Reference - Books, Articles . . . </span></span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/dragons-and-lotus-blossoms.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Dragons and Lotus Blossoms . </span> </a><br />
Vietnamese Ceramics from the Birmingham Museum of Art<br />
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<a href="http://traveloguegokuraku.blogspot.com/2011/12/calligraphy.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Dragon Horse Mountain - Ryuma San . </span> </a><br />
Yoshitsune Temple Gikeiji at Minmaya<br />
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<a href="http://haikutopics.blogspot.com/2006/11/flute-fue.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Dragon Flute - ryuuteki, ryuteki 竜笛 . </span> </a><br />
gagaku and flute music<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/zodiac-animals.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Zodiac Animals - The DRAGON in our Gallery . </span> </a><br />
The Chinese Lunar Calendar and much more links ...<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/dragon-palace.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Dragon Palace - ryuuguu 竜宮 in Japan . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/waterfalls.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Waterfalls like Dragons . </span> </a><br />
There are many in Japan !<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/02/phoenix.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Phoenix 鳳凰 Start exploring Phoenix Art. . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/search/label/tiger"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . TIGER archives of the Dragon Gallery . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2006/01/chinese-dragons-01.htm"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Chinese Dragons, Article . </span> </a><br />
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Alphabetical Index and more about Dragons by Kylie McCormick<br />
This is a most extensive resource on Dragon Lore !<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.blackdrago.com/contentlist.htm</span><br />
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Dragon Pictures, Asian Dragons: Tim Spalding<br />
in Art and on the WEB<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.isidore-of-seville.com/dragons/22.html</span><br />
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Kyoto National Museum -English Pages<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/eng/index_top.html</span><br />
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Tokyo National Museum TNM<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.tnm.jp/en/servlet/Con?pageId=X00&processId=00</span><br />
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Trocadero Antiques: search for more than 500 DRAGONS<br />
Antiques, Fine Art & Decorative Art. Collectibles, Gifts<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.trocadero.com/</span><br />
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Himalayan Art<br />
Features over 1500 artworks from Tibet, Nepal, Bhutan, India, China and Mongolia.<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.himalayanart.org/</span><br />
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Orientations--the website of the leading Asian Art magazine<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www.orientations.com.hk/</span><br />
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Zodiac Animals - The Lunar Calendar in Japan<br />
, By Steve Renshaw and Saori Ihara<br />
<span style="font-size: xx-small;">http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/calendar.htm</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">12 Zociac animals 干支 eto, kanshi </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Dragon : tatsu 辰 </strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Dragon and Snake : tatsumi 辰巳</strong></span><br />
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Grace Kelly (1928), Napoleon III (1808), and Deng Xiaoping (1904) were Dragon born.<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">2012 is the year of the Water Dragon</span><br style="font-weight: bold;"><br style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">mizunoe tatsu, jinshin <br />
壬辰 みずのえたつ / じんしん</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><strong>Jikkan Junishi</strong> </span>(literally 10 stems and 12 branches)<br />
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.<br />
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The 12 earthly branches included 12 animals:<br />
<span style="font-size:130%;">rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, <strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">dragon,</span></strong> snake, horse,<br />
sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and wild boar.</span><br />
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<strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;">DRAGON:</span></strong><br />
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.<br />
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Born in 1916, 1928, 1940, 1952, 1964, 1976, 1988, 2000, 2012, 2024, 2036, 2048, 2060.<br />
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<a href="http://www.chinatoday.com/culture/zodiac/zodiac.htm">Read more about the other Zodiac Animals</a><br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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According to legend, many years ago <strong>Buddha summoned all the animals to a meeting</strong> 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. <strong><span style="color:#996633;">Then, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, sheep, monkey, rooster, dog and pig arrived one after the other.</span></strong> When cat woke up and hurried there, the meeting was over. It is said that is the reason why the cat kills rats.<br />
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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?<br />
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<strong><span style="color:#996633;"><span style="font-size:130%;">The Chinese Calendar</span><br />
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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.<br />
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The beginnings of the Chinese calendar can be traced back to the 14th century B.C.E. Legend has it that the <strong>Emperor Huangdi</strong> invented the calendar in 2637 B.C.E.<br />
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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.<br />
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<a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/2000-tear-old-almanac.htm">2000-year-old Almanac Found in Suizhou Hubei Province</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/chongzhen-lishu.htm">Chongzhen Lishu</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/shoushi-calendar.htm">Shoushi Calendar</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/chinese-lunar-calendar.htm">Chinese Lunar Calendar</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/tibetan-wuhou-calendar.htm">Tibetan Wuhou Calendar<br />
-- a Unique Ethnic Minority Calendar</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/ten-month-solar-calendar.htm">Ten-month Solar Calendar of Yi Ethnic Minority</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/origins-of-the-solar-calendar.htm">Origins of the Solar Calendar</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/chuxiong-solar-calendar-cultural-park.htm">Chuxiong Solar Calendar Cultural Park -- Symbol of the Yi Civilization</a><br />
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- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/calendar-making.htm">Calendarian Achivements</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/calendar-making.htm">Calendar Making in Ancient China</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/solar-terms.htm">Solar Terms</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/comparison.htm">Chinese Calendar vs. Western Calendar</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/tai-chu-calendar.htm">Taichu Calendar</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/da-ming-calendar.htm">Daming Calendar</a><br />
- <a href="http://www.chinastyle.cn/chinese-zodiac-calendar/da-yan-calendar.htm">Dayan Calenar</a><br />
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<a href="http://www2.gol.com/users/stever/calendar.htm">The Lunar Calendar in Japan<br />
By Steve Renshaw and Saori Ihara</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/12-zodiac.shtml">KANSHI (or ETO 干支) = Zodiac Calendar<br />
JUUNI SHI (or JUNI SHI 十二支) = 12 Zodiac Animals </a><br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">By Mark Schumacher</span><br />
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Dragon and its Buddhist Patron, <a style="FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-STYLE: normal" href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/fugen.shtml"> - Fugen Bosatsu - </a><br />
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Nakayugawa papermachee doll<br />
会津中湯川土人形 - by Aoyagi san 青柳守彦<br />
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<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2011/08/namazu-catfish.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Catfish, Dragon and Daruma . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://groups.yahoo.com/group/happyhaiku/message/1868">Read a short introduction by Gabi Greve</a><br />
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<a href="http://edoflourishing.blogspot.jp/2014/03/third-lunar-month.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. tatsubina 辰雛 Dragon hina dolls . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2011/07/eto-zodiac-animals.html"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD5O-DVb3XwgqRLYtYDXmNfc4itW4sI6jmvWZxm3VxGWpUK6wvnSu3F6MRQzgIni1yf2ps-pF_-lVhOAMS-txyWnO0hT5k7hLtbt_Rt_Oh-J75EPFupaPi89YuwfFp7BpjVJFF8A/s320/eto+zodiac+animals.JPG" /></a><br />
<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.com/2011/07/eto-zodiac-animals.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Zodiac Animals and Japanese Folk Toys . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> Zennyo Ryūō 善如龍王 / 善女龍王 </span></span><br />
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is a rain-god dragon in Japanese mythology. According to Japanese Buddhist tradition, the priest Kūkai made Zennyo Ryūō appear in 824 CE during a famous rainmaking contest at the Kyoto Imperial Palace.<br />
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The dragon name Zennyo Ryūō is written with Japanese zen 善 "good, goodness; virtuous", nyo 女 "woman; female" or nyo 如 "like; as if; be like; thus" (differentiated with the "mouth radical" 口), and ryūō 龍王 or 竜王 "dragon king".<br />
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Zennyo is a common theme in Japanese art, usually depicted as a small dragon but sometimes as a human, either male or female, with a dragon's tail. The "female" representations could explain this variant character 女 (Visser 1913:162). Fowler (1997:155) cites Nishida Nagao 西田長男 that this 女 "woman" in Zennyo was an error for the original character 如. In Japanese Buddhist terminology, nyo 如 "like; thus" is used to translate Sanskrit words like nyorai 如来 "thus come" for tathāgata. Compare shinzennyo 近善女 "near goodness female" translating upāsikā "female disciple; female devotee".<br />
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Zennyo 善如 was also the name of a Jodo Shinshu priest (1333-1389 CE) who was a grandson of Kakunyo and the fourth chief priest of the Hongan-ji.<br />
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Some legends give the name of Zennyo as Zentatsu 善達 "goodness penetration" with tatsu 達 "penetrate; arrive at; reach; realize" instead of nyo.<br />
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Zennyo or Zentatsu 善達 supposedly lived in the Ryūketsu 龍穴 "Dragon Hole/Cave" on Murōyama 室生山 "Mount Murō" in Nara Prefecture, which was an ancient locale of Japanese dragon worship and rainmaking ceremonies.<br />
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The oldest historical record is the 937 CE Ben’ichizan nenbun dosha sōjō 宀一山年分度者奏上 "Mount Murō Annual Report of Ordained Monks". It states that in 778 CE five Buddhist monks went to the mountain and ceremonially prayed for the health of future Emperor Kammu (r. 781-806), who later established the Murō-ji Temple in appreciation. This text also states that in 781 CE, (Fowler 1997:147), "a Dragon King (龍王) who had been residing at this site vowed to protect the country and particularly the temple complex. For this gesture the dragon king was honored with a courtly rank, as was commonly offered to deities."<br />
The ca. 1212-1215 CE Kojidan "Talks about Ancient Matters" specifies this dragon's name and history. - snip-<br />
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The best-known appearance of Zennyo was during an 824 CE Buddhist rainmaking competition at the Shinsen'en or Shinzen'en 神泉苑 "Divine Spring Garden" in Kyoto. The scholar priest Kūkai or Kōbō-Daishi (774-835 CE), founder of Shingon "True Word" Buddhism, and his rival priest Shubin 守敏 held a rain-sutra recitation contest. Visser (1913:25) describes the Mahamegha sutra, Japanese Daiunkyō 大雲經 "Great Cloud Sutra" or Daiun Seiukyō 大雲請雨經 "Great Cloud Praying for Rain Sutra", as the "most important of the sūtras, recited by the Northern Buddhists for causing rain in times of drought". In 823 CE, Emperor Saga (r. 809-823) put Kūkai in charge of the Tō-ji "East Temple" and Shubin in charge of the Sai-ji "West Temple". In the next year, a 3-month drought occurred and Emperor Junna (r. 823-833) ordered Kūkai and Shubin to perform rainmaking ceremonies.<br />
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Zennyo is worshipped at the Zennyo Ryūō-sha 善女竜王社 Shinto shrine on an island in the Shinsen'en, reached by crossing the Hōsei-bashi 法成橋 "Dharma Completion Bridge".<br />
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Some versions of this Kūkai story record Zennyo coming from Mount Murō and others from Lake Anavatapta, which is at the center of the world in Buddhist cosmology. Anavatapta was also the name of a Nāga "snake; dragon" king, a Nagaraja "Dragon King", who lived in this namesake lake. According to Mahayana tradition (Visser 1913:4), Anavatapta was one of the Hachi-ryūō 八龍王 "8 Dragon Kings" that first heard the Buddha preach the Lotus Sutra.<br />
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Various early Japanese texts record legends about Kūkai invoking the rain-dragon Zennyo. The 835 CE Goyuigō 御遺告, which records Kūkai's last words, first describes Zennyo (Fowler 1997:154) as, "a golden snake measuring eight sun 寸 (approx. 24 cm) riding on the head of a dragon measuring nine shaku 尺 (approx. 2.7 m). This description is repeated in several other literary sources."<br />
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The early 12th-century Konjaku Monogatarishū "Collection of Tales About Times Now Past" gives this account.<br />
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[I]n a time of heavy drought the Emperor ordered [Kōbō-Daishi ] to cause rain, and the saint for seven days practised the Doctrine of the Rain-praying-sūtra in the Sacred Spring Park. Then there appeared on the right side of the altar a snake, five shaku long, carrying a little gold-coloured snake, about five sun in length, and after a while both disappeared into the pond. Only four of the twenty priests who were sitting in a row could see the apparition. One of these elected ones asked what it meant, whereupon another answered that the appearance of the Indian dragon-king Zennyo, 善如, who lived in India in the Anavatapta pond and was now living in the pond of the Sacred Spring Park, was a sign that the doctrine would be successful. And really, a dark cloud rose up in the Northwest, and soon the rain was pouring down. Thenceforth, whenever drought prevailed, the same doctrine was practised in the park, and never in vain. (tr. Visser 1913:162)<br />
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The Kojidan elaborates the rainmaking story, It says the Emperor first permitted Shubin's request to practice the rain sutra ceremonies, but this only caused showers in the Kyoto area. Kūkai promised to make it rain throughout Japan, and after reciting sutras for seven days without rainfall, he went into mediation and realized that his rival had secretly used magical tantra to capture all the dragons and shut them up in a pitcher. He continued reciting rain prayers for two more days, and said,<br />
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"In this pond is a dragon, called Zennyo, who pities mankind. To him I have prayed, and now I see him rising out of the midst of the lake, gold-coloured, about eight sun long, seated on the head of another dragon, eight shaku in length". This was reported to the Emperor, who soon sent a messenger with offerings for the Dragon-King. And when the seven days of the new vow had expired, a heavy thunderstorm broke forth and a torrent of rain came down all over the country, so that the water of the pond overflowed the altar. As a reward for having saved the people from starvation, Kūkai was elevated to the rank of Shōsōzu, bishop. (Visser 1913:163)<br />
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The ca. 1372 CE Taiheiki "Record of the Great Peace" expands the rainmaking story and says Shubin became jealous of Kūkai's successes after returning from China in 806 CE. He magically caused the 824 drought by using tantras to capture "all the dragon-gods of the inner and outer seas".<br />
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Then Kōbō-Daishi reported to the Emperor that there was only one dragon, a Bodhisattva of higher rank than Shubin, namely the Dragon-king Zennyo of the Auavatapta pond in Northern India, who was not in Shubin's power. Immediately a pond was dug before the Palace and filled with pure water, whereupon Kōbō invited the dragon-king to come and live there. And behold, a gold-coloured dragon, eight sun long, appeared, seated on the head of a snake, more than nine shaku in length, and entered the pond. When Kōbō had reported this lucky news, the Emperor sent a messenger with all kinds of offerings in order to worship the Dragon-king. The result was marvellous, for soon it rained for three days all over the Empire. (Visser 1913:164)<br />
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Kūkai constructed a straw dragon effigy and declared he would transform it into a dragon king who would return to Lake Anavatapta, thus causing the original rain-dragon to stay in the park. He instructed his Shingon priests to pray to Zennyo whenever Japan suffered from droughts. Fowler (1997:157-159) contrasts the present-day autumn festival at Ryūketsu Shrine, where abstract dragons are fashioned out of straw cords and maple leaves, but are no longer associated with rain prayers to Zennyo.<br />
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中尊寺から散逸した経典断簡、奈良・宇陀の寺で発見<br />
平安時代後期、奥州藤原氏の基礎を築いた初代清衡(きよひら)が書写させたとみられる「紺紙(こんし)金銀字一切経(いっさいきょう)」(中尊寺〈ちゅうそんじ〉経)の断簡(だんかん)が、奈良県宇陀(うだ)市の宗祐寺(そうゆうじ)で見つかった。寺などが9日発表した。多数の経典を集成した一切経の多くは桃山時代に散逸したが、奈良東部の融通念仏宗の寺に伝わった詳しい経緯は不明という<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Year of the Snake - 2013 巳年 midoshi </span></span><br />
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The snake, serpent, the little brother of the Dragon!<br />
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tatsumi 辰巳 dragon and snake<br />
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龍神拝所では珍しい「阿吽の龍」<br />
The A-Un Dragon - like a serpent<br />
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Fudo Myo-O <br />
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at <b>Chikubu Shima </b> 竹生島<br />
A sacred island in lake Biwako 琵琶湖, Shiga.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">fire crackers …<br />
on the heels of fire dragon<br />
slides the water snake </span><br />
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Asni Amin<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">even the dragon<br />
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Year of The Snake<br />
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forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden Year of the Snake </span><br />
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Johnny Baranski<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Chinese New Year---<br />
a sign on store window<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">lunar new year<br />
the miscue of head handler<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: rgb(255 , 0 , 0); font-weight: bold;">Temples with the "dragon" in their name</span></span><br />
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The Dragon in temple names refers to the Chinese dragon bringing clouds.<br />
It also refers to local legends about snakes and dragons in a pond.<br />
Another source is the posthumous Buddhist name of the temple founder, which often contains "Dragon".<br />
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There are usually more than one temple with the same Dragon name.<br />
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<a href="http://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.jp/2015/12/ryugeji-dragon-flower-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Ryuugeji 竜花寺 Ryuge-Ji "Dragon Flower Temple" . </span> </a><br />
2085 Muramatsu, Shimizu Ward, Shizuoka <br />
静岡市清水区村松2085 <br />
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竜海寺 Ryukai-Ji, 竜心寺 Ryushin-Ji, 竜天寺 Ryuten-Ji and 竜王寺 RyuO-Ji.<br />
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Ryuufkukuji 龍福寺 Ryufuku-Ji "Dragon Luck Temple"<br />
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Ryuuganji 龍岩寺 Ryugan-Ji "Dragon Rock Temple"<br />
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<a href="http://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.jp/2015/12/ryugeji-dragon-flower-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Ryuugeji 龍華寺 Ryuge-Ji "Dragon Lotus Temple" . </span> </a><br />
- GE can also be the Bodhi tree of Maitreya<br />
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Ryuujooji 滝上寺 Ryujo-Ji "Dragon Above Temple"<br />
Ryuujooji 龍城寺 Ryujo-Ji "Dragon Castle Temple"<br />
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Ryuujuuji 竜樹寺 Ryuju-Ji "Dragon Tree Temple"<br />
. The translator Nagarjuna was called Ryuju, Dragon Tree<br />
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Ryuukooji 龍湖寺 Ryuko-Ji "Dragon Lake Temple"<br />
... Ryuusuiji 龍水寺 Ryusui-Ji "Dragon Water Temple"<br />
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Ryuukooji 龍興寺 Ryuko-Ji "Dragon Prospering Temple"<br />
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Ryuumonji 竜門寺 Ryumon-Ji "Dragon Gate Temple"<br />
Ryuuonji 竜穏寺 / 龍穏寺 Ryuon-Ji "Dragon Calm Temple" (H)<br />
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Ryuushooji Ryusho-Ji<br />
龍昌寺<br />
龍翔寺<br />
龍照寺<br />
龍勝寺 Ryusho Nagarjuna Temple<br />
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Ryuutaku-ji 龍沢寺 Ryutaku-ji"Dragon Swamp Temple"<br />
Ryuutenji 龍天寺 Ryuten-Ji "Dragon Heaven Temple"<br />
Ryuutooji 龍頭寺 Ryuto-Ji "Dragon Head Temple"<br />
Ryuuunji, Ryoounji 龍雲寺 Ryuun-Ji, Ryoun-Ji "Dragon Cloud Temple"<br />
Ryuuzooji龍蔵寺 Ryuzo-Ji "Dragon Store Temple"<br />
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Shinryuuji 信竜寺 Shinryu-Ji “Trusty Dragon Temple”<br />
Shooryuuji 昌竜寺 Shoryu-Ji“Flourishing Dragon Temple”<br />
Sooryuu-ji 蒼龍寺 Soryu-Ji“Blue Dragon Temple”<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/09/banryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">Banryuuji 蟠竜寺 Banryu-Ji“Coiling Dragon Temple” </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Dannoo Hoorinji 檀王法林寺 Danno Horin-Ji </span><br />
Kyoto<br />
In the compound of this temple is a <br />
Ryuujindoo 龍神堂 <span style="font-weight: bold;">Ryujin Do Hall Dragon Hall</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Kamogawa Ryuujin 加茂川龍神 <b><br />
Kamogawa Dragon Deity</b></span><br />
with a special ritual on June 1 (or the first sunday in June) to pray for safe rain and a good harvest.<br />
ryuujin hooyoo 龍神法要<br />
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Prayers are made to this deity in times of drought or too much rain.<br />
The statue is gentle like a Kannon statue, with a fearful dragon with long arms on her head.<br />
It was made in 1666 by order of Emperor Reigen Tenno 霊元天皇, after the river Kamogawa caused a great flooding.<br />
The Deity represents one of the Eight Great Dragon Kings 八大龍王 in its Buddhist version. Later Buddhist versions of the Dragon King Deities became more popular.<br />
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The temple was founded by Hoosei Rooryoo-e 望西楼了恵 (1243 - 1322) under the auspicious of Emperor Kameyama 亀山天皇<br />
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<span style="font-size: 78%;">京都市左京区川端通三条上る法林寺門前町36 </span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/10/gyokuryu-ji-pearl-dragon-temple.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Gyokuryuuji 玉竜寺 Gyokuryu-Ji <br />
"Pearl Dragon Temple" . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/09/honryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Honryuuji 本竜寺 Honryu-Ji“Original Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/09/horyu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Hooryuuji 宝竜寺 Horyu-Ji “Precious Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
- - - - - 法龍寺 Horyu-Ji <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Law Dragon Temple"</span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/09/joryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Jyooryuuji 浄竜寺 Joryu-Ji “Pure Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/hachidai-ryu-o-kings.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Kairyuuooji 海龍王寺 Kairyuo-Ji<br />
"Sea Dragon King Temple" . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/09/keiryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Keiryuuji 慶龍寺 Keiryu-Ji“Celebratory Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
Keiryuuin 慶龍院 Keiryu-In<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2011/12/temples-named-kinryu-ji.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Kinryuuji 金龍寺 Kinryu-ji - Golden Dragon Temple . </span> </a><br />
Goldener Drachentempel<br />
The <span style="font-weight: bold;">Golden Dragon </span>(kinryuu son 金龍尊) is often mentioned in the Suvarna- prabhasa-sutra "Golden Light Sutra" (Goldglanz Sutra).<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/09/koryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Kooryuuji 光竜寺 Koryu-Ji“Light Dragon Temple”<br />
Kooryuuji 興竜寺 Koryu-Ji“Rising Dragon Temple”<br />
Kooryuuji 高竜寺 Koryu-Ji“Tall Dragon Temple" . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/09/manryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Manryuuji 万竜寺 Manryu-Ji “Myriad Dragons Temple” . </span> </a><br />
萬龍寺 <br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/10/oryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ooryuuji 黄竜寺 Oryu-Ji“Yellow Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2012/01/ryoan-ji-temple.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryooan-ji 龍安寺 /竜安寺 Ryoan-Ji, Royanji<br />
"Dragon Peace Temple" . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/10/ryudo-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuudooji 龍洞寺 Ryudo-Ji "Dragon Cave Temple" . </span> </a><br />
Ryuu no makura ishi 龍の枕石 stone pillow for the dragon<br />
Dragon's pillow rock<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Ryuugaiji 龍蓋寺<span style="font-weight: bold;"> Ryugai-Ji "Dragon Lid Temple"</span> </span><br />
(gai has various symbolic meanings in Buddhism)<br />
better known as Okadera 岡寺 Hill Temple, in Akusa, Nara.<br />
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It was founded by Priest Gien (義淵) during the 7th century, and is the 7th temple on the Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage.<br />
The statue of Gien is one of the national treasures of Japan.<br />
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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.<br />
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<b>Is this temple the inspiration behind Dragon Ball Z?</b><br />
Visit Okadera Temple and the monks will likely say to you, “This is the Dragon Ball Z Temple. It is here where wishes can be granted.” Come back at them with a quip about the anime and the 7 dragon balls (they’re waiting for it) and laughs are bound to follow as is the story of Okadera.<br />
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<b>- - - - - The Temple and its Legends</b><br />
According to temple legend a Buddhist monk named <b>Gaien </b>confronted a dragon that was marauding what is now Asuka Village. Gaien defeated the dragon and imprisoned it under the floor of a small pond. He placed a large rock, a “ryugai” or dragon lid, in the pond to prevent the dragon from escaping. Thusly Ryugaiji Temple, Okadera’s formal name, was founded in 663. Supposedly, the dragon’s heart was “reformed” by its fight with Gaien and it became one of the temple’s deities. Japanese dragons have a ball near the end of their tail that contains magic. It is said that by the power of this dragon ball wishes can be granted.<br />
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Dragon balls, Okadera’s most powerful variety of amulet, can be purchased (¥600ea.) but they are not of the 1 through 7 star variety. Known as “ryutama” 龍玉 (dragon balls) or negaitama (wishball), Okadera’s dragon balls are made of wood, inscribed with Okadera’s kanji characters, and contain a small paper scroll. Write your wish on the scroll and hang your dragon ball on one of the designated trees in the temple’s garden.<br />
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Besides dragon ponds and dragon balls, Okadera is home to the Nyoirai Kannon Bosatsu wish granting seated Buddha statue, the oldest ceramic Buddha in Japan at 1200 years old, a 3-story pagoda overlooking the central Asuka Village area, several beautiful and historic buildings, and a garden of maple and deciduous trees that become riotously colorful in the fall.<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2012/01/ryugin-dragon-tiger.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuuginji 龍吟寺 Ryugin-Ji -Singing Dragon Temple . </span> </a><br />
..... Ryoogin An 龍吟庵 Kyoto<br />
ryuugin koshoo 龍吟虎嘯 Dragon and Tiger lore<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2012/01/temple-ryuko-ji.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuukooji 龍口寺 Ryuko-Ji - Dragon Mouth Temple . </span> </a><br />
Fujizawa. Saint Nichiren and<br />
Tatsu no Kuchi 竜の口 the "Mouth of the Dragon"<br />
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<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/10/henro-41.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuukooji 龍光寺 Ryuko-Ji - Temple of Dragon's Ray . </span> </a><br />
Ryuukooin 龍光院 Ryuko-In<br />
Ryookooin 龍光院 Ryoko-In<br />
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Ryuutokuji 竜得寺 Ryutoku-Ji "Temple of Great Dragon Quality"<br />
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<a href="https://fudosama.blogspot.jp/2017/06/ryuko-fudo-ginza.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuukoo Fudoo 龍光不動尊 Ryuko Fudo Son .</span> </a>- Ginza, Tokyo <br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/08/ryuo-in-noten-yoshino.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuuoo in 龍王院 Ryuo-In - Dragon God Hall . </span> </a><br />
at temple Kinpusenji 金峯山寺, Yoshino, Nara<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/hachidai-ryu-o-kings.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuuooji 竜王寺 Ryuo-Ji "Dragon King Temple" . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/05/owari-four-kannon-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuusenji 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji "Dragon Fountain Temple" . </span> </a><br />
Aichi, Nagoya 愛知県名古屋市守山区<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2012/01/temples-named-seiryu-ji.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Seiryuujii, Shooryuuji 青竜寺 Seiryu-Ji . </span> </a><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Azure Dragon of the East</span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/10/senryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Senryuuji 泉竜寺 Senryu-Ji“Fountain Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%; font-weight: bold;">Shooryuuji 正龍寺 Shoryu-Ji - Real Dragon Temple</span><br />
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正龍寺 -鹿児島県指宿市山川<br />
正龍寺 -埼玉県:大里郡/寄居町/藤田村<br />
正竜寺愛知県:幡豆郡/吉良町/小山田村<br />
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Shooryuuji mura 正竜寺村- 山形県:酒田市<br />
village named Shoryu-Ji<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2012/01/tenryu-ji.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Tenryuuji 天龍寺 Tenryu-Ji "Heavenly Dragon Temple" . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Unryuuji 雲龍寺 Unryu-Ji "Cloud Dragon Temple"</span><br />
The dragon in the clouds is a metaphor for the enlightened mind, reaching out and above of the samsara world.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Saṅsāra or Saṃsāra</span> (Sanskrit: संसार), (in Tibetan called "khorwa"), literally meaning "continuous flow",<br />
is the cycle of birth, life, death, rebirth or reincarnation within Hinduism, Buddhism, Bön, Jainism, Sikhism, and other Indian religions.<br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsara"><span style="font-size: 85%;">© More in the WIKIPEDIA !</span></a><br />
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Temples of this name </span><br />
群馬県館林市 Gunma<br />
兵庫県三木市 Hyogo<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/10/zenryu-ji-good-dragon-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Zenryuuji 善竜寺 Zenryu-Ji “Good Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.jp/"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Zenryuuji 全竜寺 Zenryu-Ji “Whole Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/10/zuiryu-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Zuiryuu-ji 瑞龍寺 Zuiryu-Ji - Zuiryo-Ji<br />
“Auspicious Dragon Temple” . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/temple-shozan-ji-shikoku.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Henro Pilgrim Temples in Shikoku . </span> </a><br />
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12 Temple of the Burning Mountai 焼山寺 Shozan-Ji<br />
21 Temple of the Great Dragon 太龍寺 Tairyu-Ji / Dairyu-Ji<br />
36 Temple of the Green Dragon 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji<br />
41 Temple of Dragon's Ray 龍光寺 Ryuko-Ji<br />
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<a href="http://darumasan.blogspot.com/2010/02/wakasa-laquer.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Wakasa Bay 若狭湾 . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Wakasa Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples </span><br />
若狭の三十三観音<br />
3 Dragon Temples<br />
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第03番 金照山 Ryuukeiin 龍渓院 Ryukei-In <br />
Dragon Gorge Hall<br />
福井県三方郡美浜町丹生 47-1<br />
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第11番 大龍山 永源寺 Dairyuuzan<br />
福井県小浜市田烏 37-3<br />
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第17番 龍雲山 神通寺 Ryuuunzan<br />
福井県小浜市遠敷 56-2<br />
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<span style="font-size: 78%;">http://www.kimura-product.co.jp/kannon7/wakasa33/wakasa.htm</span><br />
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Kinryuuzan Akakusadera 金竜山浅草寺 <span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />
Kinryuzan - Golden Dragon Mountain </span><br />
<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/01/asakusa-kannon.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Asakusa Kannon 浅草観音 . </span> </a><br />
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Kinryuuzan no oidashi<br />
きんりゅうざん の 追出(おいだ)し<br />
to be driven out because of Kinryuzan<br />
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Kinryuuzan no koi shirazu<br />
きんりゅうざん の 恋(こい)知(し)らず<br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Kinryuzan does not know about love</span><br />
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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.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Dragon lore </span><br />
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.<br />
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Temple names, like Japanese toponyms, frequently involve dragons.<br />
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".<br />
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".<br />
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The <span style="font-size: 130%;">Kinryū-no-Mai "Golden Dragon Dance"</span> 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.<br />
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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.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Mangan-Ji 満願寺 Kyoto - Tatsu no Myooken 辰の妙見 </span><br />
<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/02/star-shrines-hoshi-jinja.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Myooken Bosatsu 妙見菩薩 Myoken . </span> </a><br />
and the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Star Shrines of Japan</span><br />
<span style="font-weight: bold;">Hokushin Myoken Bosatsu</span> 北辰妙見菩薩<br />
Hokushin Bosatsu 北辰菩薩 Sk: Sudrsti<br />
Hokushin Jinja 北辰神社 -<br />
..... <span style="font-weight: bold;">"Northern Dragon Shrine" Pole Star Shrine</span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/dragon-shrines.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Dragon Shrines . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ryuu Jinja 龍神社 Ryu Jinja "Dragon Shrine" <br />
竜神社 </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;">Izumo Kaido : In no Shoo </span><br />
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<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2007/01/izumo-kaido-in-no-shoo.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. In no Shoo 院庄 </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shrines with the kanji for dragon in the name</span></span><br />
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In Akita<br />
龍神社 能代市能代町<br />
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In Chiba<br />
龍神社 - 千葉県船橋市海神<br />
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In Ehime <br />
龍神社 今治市高部<br />
龍神社 今治市波止浜1丁目2−13<br />
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In Ibaraki <br />
竜神社 - 猿島町生子 八坂社南方に鎮座<br />
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In Iwate<br />
龍神社 紫波郡矢巾町白沢中ノ口<br />
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In Kumano<br />
龍神社】たつじんじゃ Tatsu Jinja<br />
人吉市下田代町<br />
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In Tochigi<br />
竜神社 下都賀郡藤岡町大字大前<br />
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Hakone, Nine Headed Dragon Shrine<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/12/ryuuguu-jinja-ryugu.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Ryuuguu jinja 龍宮神社 Ryugu Jinja - Dragon Palace . </span> </a><br />
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Ryuujoo jinja 龍城神社 Ryujo Jinja "Dragon Castle"<br />
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Ryuuoo jinja 竜王神社 Ryuo Jinja "Dragon King"<br />
<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/hachidai-ryu-o-kings.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Ryuuoo 竜王 Ryuo "Dragon King" . </span> </a><br />
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<b>Muroo Ryuuketsu Jinja</b> 室生竜穴神社<br />
1 km east of temple Muro-Ji 室生寺<br />
also called <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Ryuo Jinja"</span>.<br />
Ryuuketsu 竜穴 Ryuketsu is lit. a "<span style="font-weight:bold;">hole for the water deity</span>".<br />
Three three Ryuketsu deities <br />
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劔龍山大権現 Kenryu Daigongen . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Seiryu 青龍 / 青竜 the Azure Dragon </span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/12/seiryu-azure-dragon-shrines.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Seiryuu Jinja 青龍神社 Seiryu Azure Dragon Shrines . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Hachiryuu 八龍神社 <b>Eight Dragon Shrines</b> </span><br />
Hachi Dai Ryuu-oo Jinja 八大龍王神社<br />
Eight Great Dragon King Shrines<br />
八竜神社 - Hachi Ryuu Daimyoojin 八竜大明神<br />
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Hachi Dai Ryuu-oo 八大竜王 Ryu-O<br />
Eight Great Dragon Kings <br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/12/hachi-eight-dagon-shrines.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Eight Dragon Shrines . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shrines for the Dragon God 龍神 - LIST of prefectures </span></span><br />
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秋田県 Akita<br />
Sekiryoo Jinja 石龍神社 Stone Dragon Shrine<br />
秋田市寺内神屋敷<br />
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岩手県 Iwate<br />
Ganryuu Jinja巖龍神社 cliff dragon, Morioka, Tono<br />
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Kuzuryuu Jinja 九頭龍神社 Kuzuryu Jinja, Shrine with a nine-headed dragon<br />
足柄下郡箱根町元箱根 Hakone, Ashigara<br />
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Kinryuu jinja 金龍神社 (of Kasuga Taisha)<br />
deity is Kinryuu Ookami 金龍大神<br />
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東京都 Tokyo<br />
九頭竜神社 西多摩郡檜原村数馬 Kuzuryuu Jinja<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Itsukushima Shrine on Miyajima or Itsukushima Island</span><br />
in Japan's Inland Sea was believed to be the abode of the sea-god Ryūjin's daughter. According to the Gukanshō and <span style="font-weight: bold;">The Tale of Heike </span>(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.<br />
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.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Ryūjin shinkō</span> 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.<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:130%;" >Ryūjin shinkō</span><br />
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.<br />
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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").<br />
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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.<br />
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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.<br />
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Here is a list for <span style="font-weight:bold;">Kyoto</span> with great photos<br />
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Kibune Jinja 貴船神社<br />
Manai Jinja 真名井神社<br />
Heian Jingu 平安神宮<br />
Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社<br />
Shinsen en 神泉苑<br />
Kandakara Jinja 神宝神社<br />
Tatsuo Jinja 瀧尾神社 "Dragon tail shrine"<br />
Kuzuryu Seniarai Benzaiten 九頭龍銭洗弁財天<br />
Hakuryuu Zeniarai Benzaiten 白龍銭洗辨財天<br />
Kuzuryuu Taisha 九頭竜大社 "Dragon with nine heads"<br />
Takenobu Inari Jinja 武信稲荷神社<br />
<a href="http://www.merosu.com/ryu.html">source : www.merosu.com </a><br />
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<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/02/star-shrines-hoshi-jinja.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Myooken Bosatsu 妙見菩薩 Myoken . </span> </a><br />
and the <span style="font-weight:bold;">Star Shrines of Japan</span><br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Hokushin Myoken Bosatsu</span> 北辰妙見菩薩<br />
Hokushin Bosatsu 北辰菩薩 Sk: Sudrsti<br />
Hokushin Jinja 北辰神社 -<br />
..... <span style="font-weight:bold;">"Northern Dragon Shrine" Pole Star Shrine</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.google.co.jp/#hl=ja&q=%22%E5%8C%97%E8%BE%B0%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE%22&oq=%22%E5%8C%97%E8%BE%B0%E7%A5%9E%E7%A4%BE%22&aq=f&aqi=g-rJ1&aql=&gs_sm=s&gs_upl=35281l36453l0l37312l2l2l0l0l0l0l266l532l2-2l2l0&bav=on.2,or.r_gc.r_pw.r_cp.,cf.osb&fp=1838906900476067&biw=828&bih=816">- Reference : 北辰神社 in Japan </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2012/01/omamori-amulets.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Omamori 龍神札 Dragon God Amulets . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/dragon-temples.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Dragon Temples . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Hachiryuu 八龍神社 Eight Dragon Shrines <br />
Hachi Dai Ryuu-oo Jinja 八大龍王神社 <br />
Eight Great Dragon King Shrines<br />
八竜神社 - Hachi Ryuu Daimyoojin 八竜大明神</span></span><br />
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There are various shrines for the eight dragon kings in Japan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">The main <span style="font-weight: bold;">DARUMA MUSEUM</span> entry is here</span><br />
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<a href="http://haikutopics.blogspot.jp/2006/07/shrine-jinja.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja) . </span> </a><br />
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Hachi Dai Ryuu-oo 八大竜王 Ryu-O<br />
<b>Eight Great Dragon Kings </b><br />
<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2011/12/hachidai-ryu-o-kings.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O - The Dragon King . </span> </a><br />
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八龍神社 男鹿市船越八郎谷地<br />
八大龍王神社 潟上市天王中羽立<br />
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Fukui<br />
福島県 八龍神社<br />
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八龍神社 福島市飯坂町平野<br />
八龍神社 伊達市梁川町柳田町尻<br />
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八大龍王 各務原市各務おがせ町<br />
and white dragon<br />
八大白龍大神 各務原市各務おがせ町<br />
see . 白龍龍寿大神 White Dragon God for Long Life . <br />
Shrine Susaki Jinja<br />
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八大龍神社 大船渡市末崎町門之浜<br />
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八龍社 佐賀市西与賀町厘外<br />
八大龍王社 小城郡芦刈町永田住ノ江<br />
> 八竜大明神 佐賀郡大和町池上<br />
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八竜神社 小山市荒川<br />
八龍神社 下都賀郡大平町北武井<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> Seiryuu Jinja 青龍神社 Seiryu Azure Dragon Shrines <br />
青竜神社</span></span><br />
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There are various shrines with the name Seiryu Jinja in Japan.<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/01/temples-named-seiryu-ji.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Seiryu 青龍 / 青竜 the Azure Dragon . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://haikutopics.blogspot.jp/2006/07/shrine-jinja.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja) . </span> </a><br />
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Seiryuu Jinja 青龍神社 Seiryu Jinja - Azure Green Dragon Shrine<br />
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Seiryuu Daigongen 青竜大権現 Seiryu Daigongen<br />
東茨城郡茨城町小幡<br />
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青龍神社 北佐久郡御代田町塩野<br />
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青龍神社 日光市本町<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> Ryuuguu jinja 龍宮神社 Ryugu Jinja - Dragon Palace<br />
竜宮神社 </span></span><br />
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There are various shrines with the name Ryugu Jinja in Japan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">The main <span style="font-weight: bold;">DARUMA MUSEUM</span> entry is here</span><br />
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<a href="http://haikutopics.blogspot.jp/2006/07/shrine-jinja.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja) . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2006/02/dragon-palace.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Urashima Taro . </span> </a><br />
The legend of the Dragon Palace at the bottom of the sea<br />
Ryūgū-jō 竜宮城 Ryuuguu joo<br />
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The Dragon Palace at Enoshima 江ノ島の竜宮<br />
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龍宮神社 Ryugu Shrine Otaru<br />
<b>Hokkaido, Otaru</b> (小樽市) <br />
北海道小樽市稲穂鎮座<br />
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Deities in residence<br />
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Sokotsu Wadatsumi no Kami 底津和田都美神<br />
Nakatsu Wadatsumi no kami 中津和田都美神<br />
Uwatsu Wadatsumi no Kami 上津和田都美神<br />
The three deities of Wadatsumi (綿津見三神)-<i> see below </i><br />
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豊受姫命、大物主神、大毘古命、桓武天皇<br />
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The whole land where Otaru City is located was once owned by Takeaki Enomoto 榎本武揚 (1836 - 1908). <br />
He had Ryugu Jinja or Ryugu shrine erected to deify the spirit of Emperor Kanmu 桓武天皇 (737 - 806). Emperor Kanmu had founded Enomoto’s birthplace, the city of Kyoto. In the Ryugu shrine, one can find plates that contain writings of Enomoto and writings of an Imperial prince named Arisgawa nomiya, <br />
The festival is held every year on the summer solstice, June 21.<br />
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<b>Kagoshima, Ibusuki</b> 指宿市<br />
鹿児島県指宿市山川岡児ケ水鎮座<br />
Palace of the Dragon King Shrine in Nagasakibana<br />
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Nagasakibana is a cape which protrudes into the ocean from the southernmost coast of Satsuma Peninsula.<br />
There is an old Japanese folktale about Urashima Tarō travelling on the back of a sea turtle from this cape to the <b>Dragon King's Palace (Ryūgū Palace)</b> at the bottom of the ocean. Ryūgū Shrine, also in the Ibusuki area, honors the Prince and Princess of the Sea. Considering the legend surrounding this place, it's appropriate that sea turtles also come to lay their eggs here in the summer. <br />
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Blue sea and sky, ocean spray, a white lighthouse and the majestic peak of Mount Kaimon: the scenery here is truly picturesque.<br />
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<b>Kochi, Muroto Misaki</b> 高知県室戸市<br />
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Ohana no Ryugu Iwa 「おはなの龍宮巌」 お鼻<br />
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Located within a huge boulder at the tip (hana, nose) of Muroto Misaki 室戸岬.<br />
On the first outing of the New Year, local boats come to the sea before this boulder and turn around once in reverence, praying for a good catch during the coming year. The womanfolk hold a celebration in front of the boulder-shrine.<br />
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滋賀県 Shiga 草津市新浜町<br />
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静岡県 Shizuoka 伊東市静海町<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">龍宮も今日の潮路や土用干 </span><br />
ryuuguu mo kyoo no shioji ya doyoo boshi<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">there is a tide way<br />
to the Dragon palace today -<br />
airing all things </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;"> Tr. Gabi Greve </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The three deities of Wadatsumi 綿津見三神</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Sokotsu Wadatsumi no Kami 底津和田都美神</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Nakatsu Wadatsumi no kami 中津和田都美神</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Uwatsu Wadatsumi no Kami 上津和田都美神</span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Watatsumi </span><br />
Watatsumi no ō-kami(Kojiki), Watatsumi no mikoto(Nihongi)</b><br />
A tutelary of the sea. According to Kojiki, the sea deity Ōwatatsumi no kami was produced by Izanagi and Izanami as part of the process of giving birth to the kami (kamiumi). Both Kojiki and Nihongi record that when Izanagi returned from the underworld land of Yomi and performed ablution (see misogi, harai), three Watatsumi deities were produced, representing the <br />
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"bottom" (Sokowatatsumi) parts of the water where he bathed.<br />
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The name Watatsumi derives from the words wata-tsu-mochi, literally meaning "holder of the sea," indicating a kami with domain over the ocean.<br />
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The Kojiki account also records that Hoori no mikoto (Yamasachi) traveled to the undersea palace of the ocean kami Watatsumi and married Watatsumi's daughter Toyotamabime (Toyotama Hime). <br />
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Below we explore the possible origins of the triple Japanese Gods of the Sea, the Watasumi Sanjin and associated mythical themes, characters and symbols.<br />
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The following text is from the Wikipedia article “Watasumi:<br />
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a legendary Japanese dragon and tutelary water deity. In Japanese mythology, Ōwatatsumi kami (大綿津見神, “great deity of water god”) is another name for the sea deity Ryūjin 龍神; and the <b>Watatsumi Sanjin</b> (綿津見三神, “Three Watatsumi gods”) ruling the upper, middle, and lower seas were created through the divine progenitor Izanagi’s ceremonial purifications after returning from Yomi “the underworld”.<br />
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The earliest written sources of Old Japanese diversely transcribe the sea kami 神 “god; deity; spirit” named Watatsumi. The ca. 712 CE Kojiki (tr. William George Aston 1896) writes it semantically as 海神 lit. “sea god”, and transcribes it phonetically with man’yōgana as Wata-tsu-mi 綿津見 lit. “cotton port see” in identifying Ōwatsumi kami and the Watatsumi Sanjin. The ca. 720 CE Nihongi (tr. Basil Hall Chamberlain 1919) also writes Watatsumi as 海神 “sea god”, along with 海童 “sea child” and 少童命 “small child lords” for the Watatsumi Sanjin. In the modern Japanese writing system, the name Watatsumi is usually written either in katakana as ワタツミ or in kanji phonetically 綿津見 or semantically 海神 “sea god”.<br />
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Note that in addition to reading 海神 as watatsumi, wata no kami, or unagami in native Japanese kun’yomi pronunciation, it is also read kaijin or kaishin in Sino-Japanese on’yomi (from Chinese haishen 海神 “sea god”). Watatsumi has an alternate pronunciation of Wadatsumi. The original Watatsumi meaning “tutelary deity of the sea” is semantically extended as a synecdoche or metaphor meaning “the sea; the ocean; the main”.<br />
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The etymology of the sea god Watatsumi or Wadatsumi is uncertain. Marinus Willern de Visser (1913:137) notes consensus that wata is an Old Japanese word for “sea; ocean” and tsu is a possessive particle, but disagreement whether mi means “snake” or “lord; god”. “It is not impossible” he concludes, “that the old Japanese sea-gods were snakes or dragons.” Compare the Japanese rain god Kuraokami that was similarly described as a giant snake or a dragon. The comparative linguist Paul K. Benedict proposed (1990:236-7) that Japanese wata 海 “sea” derives from Proto-Austronesian *wacal “sea; open sea”.<br />
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The Kojiki version of the Japanese creation myth honorifically refers to Watatsumi 海神 with the name Ōwatatsumi kami 大綿津見神 “Great Watatsumi god”. Compare this sea god with mountain god named Ohoyamatsumi 大山積. The world-creating siblings Izanagi and Izanami first give birth to the Japanese islands (kuniumi) and then to the gods (kamiumi ) .<br />
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When they had finished giving birth to countries, they began afresh giving birth to Deities. So the name of the Deity they gave birth to was the Deity Great-Male-of-the-Great-Thing; next they gave birth to the Deity Rock-Earth-Prince; next they gave birth to the Deity Rock-Nest-Princess; next they gave birth to the Deity Great-Door-Sun-Youth; next they gave birth to the Deity Heavenly-Blowing-Male; next they gave birth to the Deity Great-House-Prince; next they gave birth to the Deity Youth-of-the-Wind-Breath-the-Great-Male; next they gave birth to the Sea-Deity, whose name is the Deity Great-Ocean-Possessor; next they gave birth to the Deity of the Water-Gates, whose name is the Deity Prince-of-Swift-Autumn; next they gave birth to his younger sister the Deity Princess-of-Swift-Autumn. (tr. Chamberlain 1919:28)<br />
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Chamberlain (1919:30) explains mochi 持ち “having; taking; holding; grasping; owning” behind translating Ōwatsumi kami as “Deity Great-Ocean-Possessor”, “The interpretation of mochi, “possessor,” though not absolutely sure, has for it the weight both of authority and of likelihood.”<br />
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A subsequent Kojiki passage describes Watatsumi’s daughter Otohime and her human husband Hoori living with the sea god. After Hoori lost his brother Hoderi’s fishhook, he went searching to the bottom of the sea, where he met and married the dragon goddess Otohime. They lived in the sea god’s underwater palace Ryūgū-jō for three years before Hoori became homesick.<br />
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So he dwelt in that land for three years. Hereupon His Augustness Fire-Subside thought of what had gone before, and heaved one deep sigh. So Her Augustness Luxuriant-Jewel-Princess, hearing the sigh, informed her father, saying: “Though he has dwelt three years [with us], he had never sighed; but this night he heaved one deep sigh. What may be the cause of it?” The Great Deity her father asked his son-in-law saying: “This morning I heard my daughter speak, saying: ‘Though he has dwelt three years [with us], he had never sighed; but this night he heaved one deep sigh.’ What may the cause be? Moreover what was the cause of thy coming here?” Then [His Augustness Fire-Subside] told the Great Deity exactly how his elder brother had pressed him for the lost fish-hook. Thereupon the Sea-Deity summoned together all the fishes of the sea, great and small, and asked them, saying: “Is there perchance any fish that has taken this fish-hook?” So all the fishes replied: “Lately the tahi has complained of something sticking in its throat preventing it from eating; so it doubtless has taken [the hook].” On the throat of the tahi being thereupon examined, there was the fish-hook [in it]. Being forthwith taken, it was washed and respectfully presented to His Augustness Fire-Subside, whom the Deity Great-Ocean-Possessor then instructed. (tr. Chamberlain 1919:149)<br />
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Watatsumi instructs Hoori how to deal with Hoderi, and chooses another mythic Japanese dragon, a wani “crocodile” or “shark”, to transport his daughter and son in law back to land.<br />
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Two Nihongi contexts refer to Watatsumi in legends about Emperor Keikō and Emperor Jimmu. First, the army of Emperor Keikō encounters Hashirimizu 馳水 “running waters” crossing from Sagami Province to Kazusa Province. The calamity is attributed to the Watatsumi 海神 “sea god” and placated through human sacrifice.<br />
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Next he marched on to Sagami, whence he desired to proceed to Kadzusa. Looking over the sea, he spake with a loud voice, and said: “This is but a little sea: one might even jump over it.” But, when he came to the middle of the sea a storm suddenly arose, and the Prince’s ship was tossed about, so that he could not cross over. At this time there was a concubine in the Prince’s suite, named Oto-tachibana-hime. She was the daughter of Oshiyama no Sukune of the Hodzumi House. She addressed the Prince, saying: “This present uprising of the winds and rushing of the waves, so that the Prince’s ship is like to sink, must be due to the wishes of the God of the Sea. I pray thee let me go into the sea, and so let the person of thy mean handmaiden be given to redeem the life of the Prince’s Augustness.” Having finished speaking, she plunged into the billows. The storm forthwith ceased, and the ship was enabled to reach the shore. Therefore the people of that time called that sea Hashiri-midzu. (tr. Aston 1896:206)<br />
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Second, the genealogy of Emperor Jimmu claims descent from the goddess Toyotama-hime, the daughter of Hori and Otohime, who is identified as the daughter of Watatsumi 海童.<br />
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The Emperor Kami Yamato Ihare-biko’s personal name was Hiko-hoho-demi. He was the fourth child of Hiko-nagisa-takeu-gaya-fuki-ahezu no Mikoto. His mother’s name was Tamayori-hime, daughter of the Sea-God. From his birth, this Emperor was of clear intelligence and resolute will. (tr. Aston 1896:109-110)<br />
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There is uncertainty whether Nihongi scribes wrote tsumi with dō 童 “child; boy” simply for pronunciation or for some semantic significance.<br />
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<b>The Three Watasumis: Watatsumi Sanjin</b><br />
When Izanagi’s sister-wife dies giving birth to the fire god Kagutsuchi, his destroying it creates various deities, including the water dragon Kuraokami. After Izanagi goes to the underworld in a futile attempt to bring Izanami back to life, he returns to the world and undergoes ritual purifications to cleanse himself of hellish filth. He creates 12 deities from his garments and belongings and 14 (including the 3 Watatsumis) from bathing himself.<br />
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With the tsu 津 in these three dragon names being read as the genitive particle “of”, they rule different water depths in the sea, soko 底 “bottom; underneath”, naka 中 “middle; center”, and uwa 上 “above; top” (Kojiki) or uwa 表 “surface; top” (Nihongi). Chamberlain (1919:48) notes, “There is the usual doubt as to the signification to be assigned to the syllable tsu in the second, fourth and last of these names. If it really means, not “elder” but “possessor,” we should be obliged to translate by “the Bottom-Possessing-Male,” etc.”<br />
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The earlier Kojiki version of the “Three Watatsumi Gods” calls them Wakatsumikami 綿津見神 “Wakatsumi gods”: Sokotsu Watatsumikami 底津, Nakatsu Watatsumikami 中津綿津見神, and Uwatsu Watatsumikami 上津綿津見神.<br />
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Thereupon saying: “The water in the upper reach is [too] rapid; the water in the lower reach is [too] sluggish,” he went down and plunged in the middle reach; and, as he washed, there was first born the Wondrous-Deity-of-Eighty-Evils, and next the Wondrous-Deity-of-Great-Evils. These two Deities are the Deities that were born from the filth [he contracted] when he went to that polluted, hideous land. The names of the Deities that were next born to rectify those evils were: the Divine-Rectifying-Wondrous Deity, next the Great-Rectifying-Wondrous-Deity, next the Female-Deity-Idzu. The names of the Deities that were next born, as he bathed at the bottom of the water, were: the Deity Possessor-of-the-Ocean-Bottom, and next His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Bottom. The names of the Deities that were born as he bathed in the middle [of the water] were: the Deity Possessor-of-the-Ocean-Middle, and next His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Middle. The names of the Deities that were born as he bathed at the top of the water were the Deity Possessor-of-the-Ocean-Surface, and next His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Surface. These three Ocean-Possessing Deities are the Deities held in reverence as their ancestral Deities by the Chiefs of Adzumi. So the Chiefs of Adzumi are the descendants of His Augustness Utsushi-hi-gana-saku, a child of these Ocean-Possessing Deities. These three Deities His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Bottom, His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Middle, and His Augustness Elder-Male-of-the-Surface are the three Great Deities of the Inlet of Sumi. (tr. Chamberlain 1919:45-46)<br />
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The later Nihongi version describes the “Three Watatsumi Gods” as Watatsumi Mikoto 少童命 “small child lords”: Sokotsu Watatsumi Mikoto 底津少童命, Nakatsu Watatsumi Mikoto 中津少童命, and Uwatsu Watatsumi Mikoto 表津少童命. These Watatsumis are paired with three O Mikoto 男命 “male lords”.<br />
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Moreover, the Deities which were produced by his plunging down and washing in the bottom of the sea were called Soko-tsu-wata-tsu-mi no Mikoto and Sokotsutsu-wo no Mikoto. Moreover, when he plunged and washed in the mid-tide, there were Gods produced who were called Naka I tsu wata-dzu-mi no Mikoto, and next Naka-tsutsu-wo no Mikoto. Moreover, when he washed floating on the surface of the water, Gods were produced, who were called Uha-tsu-wata-dzu-mi no Mikoto and next Uhai-tsutsu-wo no Mikoto. There were in all nine Gods. The Gods Soko-tsutsu-wo no Mikoto, Naka-tsutsu-wo no Mikoto, and Soko-tsutsu-wo no Mikoto are the three great Gods of Suminoye. The Gods Soko-tsu-wata-dzu-mi no Mikoto, Naka-tsu-wata-dzu-mi no Mikoto, and Uha-tsu-wata-dzu-mi no Mikoto are the Gods worshipped by the Muraji of Adzumi. (tr. Aston 1896:27)<br />
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Aston notes translations of “Bottom-sea-of-body”, “Middle-sea-god”, and “upper”.<br />
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There are numerous Shinto shrines dedicated to the sea god Watatsumi. Some examples include the Ōwatatsumi jinja or Daikai jinja 大海神社 in Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka (associated with the Sumiyoshi Taisha shrine), the Watatsumi jinja 海神社 in Tarumi-ku, Kobe, and the Watatsumi jinja 綿都美神社 in Kokura Minami-ku, Kitakyūshū.<br />
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Given the distribution of crocodiles in the Indian continent-to–ISEA region, it is possible that the Watatsumi deities originated in the ports of the Indo-Sakka region, i.e. North-western coast or Bay of Bengal coastal areas (which would make sense of the reference to the Indian “cotton-ports”, from which came the goods (cotton and silks, stones and jewels) coveted by the Greek and Roman merchants (see Voyage around the Erythaean Sea #56-57 ). The crocodile was the (totemic?) mount of the Indian-Iranian sea deity Varuna or Waruna. It has been said that the myths of Hoori and Hoderi, the Watatsumi sea deities and the Ryugu dragon are Korean in origin (Japanese Myths of Descent from Heaven and Their Korean Parallels), however, this seemingly makes nonsense of the idea of Toyotama-hime’s taking the form of the totem animal of her native land, the crocodile, since crocodiles are obviously non-native to Korea:<br />
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“…wani is a fundamental theme in the myth of the demigod brothers Hoori and Hoderi. The sea god Watatsumi or Ryūjin” summoned together all the crocodiles” (tr. Chamberlain 1919:150) and chose one to escort his pregnant daughter Toyotama-hime and her husband Hoori from the Ryūgū-jō palace back to land. Soon after their arrival, the beautiful Toyatama-hime made a bizarre request concerning her shapeshifting into a wani.<br />
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Then, when she was about to be delivered, she spoke to her husband [saying]: “Whenever a foreigner is about to be delivered, she takes the shape of her native land to be delivered.” — Wani (Dragon)<br />
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However, if we consider that the Korean peninsula’s first king of Kara, King Suro’s marriage to an Indian princess, and that many Indo-Scythian or Indo-Iranian elements are manifested in the tomb culture of Silla, Paekche and Gaya chiefdoms thus evidencing trading contacts with Indo-Iranian (perhaps Indo-Sakka or Indo-Bactrian) culture and alliances with people from the Indian subcontinent, then the mythical themes of crocodiles, naga-like dragons and sea-deities, princesses, and jewels, then the abovementioned tales begin to make a lot of sense.<br />
<a href="http://japanesemythology.wordpress.com/toyota-mahime/watasumi-or-owatatasumi/">- source : japanesemythology.wordpress.com </a> <br />
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There are many phenomenon in nature carrying the name of the dragon.<br />
And natural phenomenon that look like dragon . . .<br />
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Black Dragon River, Heilongjiang, Kokuryuukoo, Kokuryuko<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2012/01/branch-branches.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Branch, branches like a dragon . </span> </a><br />
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Lakes named "Dragon"<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;">Kuzuryuugawa 九頭竜川 Kuzuryugawa<br />
"Nine-headed dragon"</span><br />
Kuzuryuu kyoo 九頭竜峡(くずりゅうきょう)gorge<br />
Kuzuryuubashi 九頭竜橋(くずりゅうばし) bridge<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/10/ryudo-ji-temples.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Ryuu no makura ishi 龍の枕石 stone pillow for the dragon . </span> </a><br />
Dragon's pillow rock<br />
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<a href="http://ohaga.blogspot.com/2006/11/061107-tatsumaki.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Tatsumaki 竜巻き "dragon whirl" . </span> </a><br />
tornado, whirlwind, twister - Wirbelsturm<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/amy-chavez.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Tatsunokuchi, tatsu no kuchi 辰口 Mount Dragon Mouth . </span> </a><br />
Enoshima, Kanagawa. related to the Nichiren legends<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.com/2011/12/river-tenryugawa.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Tenryuugawa 天竜川 River Tenryugawa </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O - The Dragon King</span></span><br />
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Der Drachenkönig</span><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;">The Dragon King 龍王 (or Dragon God, Ryuujin 竜神)</span><br />
is a manifestation of the Snake. His realm is the ocean and he can climb to the sky, provoke clouds and rain.<br />
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Temples named<br />
<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Ryuuooji 竜王寺 Ryuo-Ji "Dragon King Temple"</span></span><br />
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滋賀県蒲生郡竜王町 Shiga<br />
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香川県小豆郡小豆島町 Kagawa<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/04/dragon-children-hiiki.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Nine Children of the Dragon King 龍生九子 . </span> </a><br />
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In Buddhism we have the eight<br />
<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hachibushuu, Hachi Bushu 八部衆</span></span><br />
Eight Legions, Eight Deva Guardians of Buddhism<br />
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<a href="http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.com/2008/06/ashura.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Hachibushu 八部衆. </span> </a><br />
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Acht Gruppen göttlicher Wesen<br />
Auch "Himmlische Drachen" (Tenryuu Hachibushuu) oder<br />
"Drachengottheiten" (Ryuushin Hachibushuu) genannt.<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Hachidai ryuu-oo 八大竜王 Ryu-O<br />
Eight Great Dragon Kings </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size:130%;">Eight Dragon Kings<br />
Acht grosse Drachenkönige</span><br />
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Caraved from hinoki 桧 cedar wood.<br />
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Carved at a store called Dragon in Okayama<br />
龍祥<br />
岡山県岡山市南区新保1155-11<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Vishnu sleeping on Ananta</span></span><br />
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They are deities from India.<br />
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〔1〕Nanda 難陀(なんだ)(ナンダ Nanda の音写。「歓喜」の意)<br />
アナンタ(Ananta)<br />
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〔2〕Hotsu Nanda 跋(ばつ)難陀(ウパナンダ Upananda「弟ナンダ」)<br />
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〔3〕Shagara 沙伽羅(しゃがら)(サーガラ Sgara「海」<br />
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〔4〕Washukichi 和修吉(わしゅきち)(バースキ Vsuki「九頭」)<br />
ヴァースキ(Vaski)<br />
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〔5〕Tokushaka 徳叉迦(とくしゃか)(タクシャカ Takaka「多舌」)<br />
タクシャカ(Taksaka)<br />
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〔6〕Anokudatsu 阿耨達(あのくだつ)(アナバタプタ Anavatapta「無熱悩」)<br />
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〔7〕Manashi 摩那斯(まなし)(マナスビン Manasvin「慈心」)<br />
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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)<br />
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<a href="http://100.yahoo.co.jp/detail/%E5%85%AB%E5%A4%A7%E7%AB%9C%E7%8E%8B/"><span style="font-size:78%;"> source : 100.yahoo.co.jp </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Hachidai Ryuu-ou (Eight Great Dragon Kings) </span></span><br />
are mentioned in the Lotus Sutra (Hokekyo 法華経) and they appear sometimes in Japanese artwork.<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> Kairyu-o Sutra 海龍王経 (Sutra of the Dragon King of the Se</span></span><em></em><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">a, </span></span><em>Kairyu</em>-o-kyo<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">),</span></span> dragons are often eaten by giant man-birds called <span style="font-weight:bold;">Garudas</span>, their natural enemy.<br />
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.<br />
<a href="http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/dragon.shtml">source : - Mark Schumacher - </a><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;">eight great dragon kings<br />
[八大竜王] ( hachidai-ryuo ) </span><br />
hachi ryuuoo 八竜王 / 八龍王<br />
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Also, eight dragon kings.<br />
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:<br />
<span style="font-size:130%;">Nanda, Upananda, Sagara, Vasuki, Takshaka,<br />
Anavatapta, Manasvin, and Utpalaka. </span><br />
According to the "Introduction" (first) chapter of the Lotus Sutra, each attends the gathering accompanied by several hundreds of thousands of followers.<br />
<a href="http://www.sgilibrary.org/search_dict.php?id=518">source : www.sgilibrary.org </a><br />
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hachi ryuu nichi / hachi ryuu no hi 八竜日 <b>day of the eight dragons</b><br />
The first day of the new year, according to the yin-yang philosophy, with the constellation <br />
ki no e ne 春の甲子(きのえね)<br />
first day of the rat and the element water<br />
..... hatsu kasshi 初甲子(はつかっし)<br />
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<a href="http://darumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2008/02/daikoku.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. WKD : first day of the rat and the element water . </span> </a><br />
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ki no to i no hi 乙亥(きのとい)の日 (otsugai) <br />
second day of the wild boar<br />
twelfth of the sexagenary cycle <br />
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This day brings bad luck and should not be used to start a business.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" >Dragon King’s Daughter </span><br />
(represented on the Gohonzon Diagram by #22,<br />
the<span style="font-weight:bold;"> Eight Great Dragon Kings</span>)<br />
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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:<br />
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- female<br />
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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.<br />
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<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Kairyuuooji 海龍王寺 Temple KaiRyuo-Ji</span></span><br />
Nara<br />
奈良県奈良市法華寺<br />
897 Hokkeji Kita-machi Nara City,<br />
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<span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:130%;" >Kairyuoji temple,</span><br />
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, <span style="font-weight:bold;font-size:130%;" >Genbo</span>, was one of these envoys. He stayed in China for 17 years, together with Kibi no Makibi and Abe no Nakamaro.<br />
During his return journey from China to Japan, his ship was caught in a violent storm, and <span style="font-weight: bold;">he chanted the Kairyuo Sea Dragon King Sutra unceasingly.</span><br />
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.<br />
<a href="http://www.pref.nara.jp/nara_e/dd_aspx_itemid-1507.htm">source : www.pref.nara.jp</a><br />
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The tempel is famous for a five-storied pagoda.<br />
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small five-storied pagoda 五重小塔<br />
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<a href="http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/genkikidx/21204752.html">source : genkikidx</a><br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >Genbō (玄昉, d. 746),</span> also known as Gembō,<br />
was a Japanese scholar-monk and bureaucrat of the Imperial Court at Nara.<br />
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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.<br />
He was a prominent figure associated with the Hossō sect of Buddhism in Japan, appointed abbot (sojo) of Kōfuku-ji by Emperor Shomu.<br />
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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.<br />
At the time of Genbō's death, it was popularly believed that he was killed by the vengeful spirit of Hirotsugu.<br />
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<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/12/kentooshi.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Envoys to China 遣唐使 Kentoshi . </span> </a><br />
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The three Dragon Kings of shrine <span style="font-weight:bold;">Muro Ryuketsu Jinja</span> 室生竜穴神社<br />
(Muroo ryuuketsu jinja)<br />
(near tempel Murooji 室生寺 Muro-Ji in Nara)<br />
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Myokichijo Ryuketsu 妙吉祥竜穴<br />
Mochiho Kichijo Ryuketsu 持法妙吉祥竜穴<br />
Sashara Ebisu Kichijo Ryuketsu 沙遮羅夷吉祥竜穴<br />
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At the entrance to the shrine is a frame with the inscription<br />
Zennyo Ryuuoo 善女龍王社 <b>Dragon Lady Zennyo</b><br />
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Seiryoo Gongen 清滝権現 and<br />
<a href="http://darumamuseumgallery.blogspot.jp/2007/05/nyoirin-kannon.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. the Dragon Lady Zennyo and Kannon . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://enkumastercarverjapan.blogspot.jp/2013/01/seki-enku-museum.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . 善女龍王 carved by 円空 Enku . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2013/11/zennyo-ryuo.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;"> . Zennyo Ryūō 善如龍王 / 善女龍王 . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2011/12/dragon-shrines.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Dragon Shrines . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.com/"><span style="font-size:78%;"> source : nydwyn greendragon </span> </a><br />
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Muro-ji<br />
... by the Shingon Buddhist sect and completed in the early ninth century, <br />
<a href="http://www.webpages.uidaho.edu/arch499/nonwest/japan3/muroji.htm">source : www.webpages.uidaho.edu </a> <br />
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Kichijoo ryuuketsu 吉祥龍穴 Kichijo Ryuketsu<br />
<span style="font-weight:bold;">Kissho Dragon Cave</span><br />
an opening in the rocks behind temple Muro-Ji<br />
The other two caves are not found today any more.<br />
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The Ryuketsu in Nara is one of the <span style="font-weight:bold;">three famous Ryuuketsu</span> in Japan.<br />
日本三大龍穴 three Dragon Holes of Japan:<br />
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<a href="http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.jp/2011/06/kifune-shrine-festivals.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Kibune no Ryuketsu 貴船の龍穴 . </span> </a>kyoto<br />
Bizen no Ryuketsu 備前の龍穴 (瀬戸内市, 岡山)<br />
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three great Dragon Deity shrine gates<br />
roomon 楼門 tower gate<br />
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江ノ島神社楼門(神奈川)<br />
赤間神宮楼門(下関市,山口)<br />
武雄温泉楼門(佐賀)<br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;">海龍王経</span><br />
The <span style="font-weight:bold;">sutra on the king of the sea dragons</span> is now in the National Museum in Nara.<br />
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At the<span style="font-size:130%;"> temple Kairyuo-Ji</span> 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.<br />
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Shikai Anon kigan hooyoo 四海安穏祈願法要<br />
<a href="http://2010aoniyoshi.at.webry.info/201005/article_3.html"><span style="font-size:78%;"> source : aoniyoshi </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Shooryuuji 正龍寺 Temples named Shoryu-Ji</span></span><br />
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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。<br />
後に和尚が教化し、<span style="font-size:130%;">「八大竜王」</span>としてこの寺に祀ったそうです。<br />
鹿児島県指宿市 Kagoshima<br />
<a href="http://library666.seesaa.net/article/6932372.html">source : 正龍寺 </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/01/temples-named-seiryu-ji.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Temples named Seiryu-Ji . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/01/temples-named-seiryu-ji.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Seiryuu, Shooryuu 青竜 / 青龍 Azure Dragon . </span> </a><br />
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There are also Shinto shrines dedicated to the Dragon king.<br />
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Ryuuoo jinja 龍王神社 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Ryuo Jinja</span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2011/12/dragon-shrines.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. 竜王神社 Dragon King Shrines . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/08/ryuo-in-noten-yoshino.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Ryuuoo in 龍王院 Ryuo-In - Dragon God Shrine . </span> </a><br />
at Kinpusenji Nara 金峯山寺 <br />
Dedicated to the Snake Deity Nooten Ookami 脳天大神 <span style="font-weight:bold;">Noten Okami</span><br />
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at Shrine Uwase Jinja 宇波西神社<br />
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Ranryoo oo no mai 蘭陵王の舞<br />
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<a href="http://omamorifromjapan.blogspot.jp/2012/04/goshiki-suzu-clay-bells.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. 白龍龍寿大神 White Dragon God for Long Life . </span> </a><br />
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goshiki ryuujin 五色龍神 <b>Dragon God of five colors</b><br />
In the 犬山市 Inuyama region and<br />
金龍神 Golden - 白龍神 - White - 黒龍神 Black - 赤龍神 Red - 青龍神 Green<br />
at 田無神社 Tanashi Jinja -Tokyo, Nishitokyo, 田無町3−7−4<br />
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ryuugonsan リュウゴンサン / 龍王神 <b>the Dragon King Deity</b> <br />
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goshiki no tsume 五色の爪 <b>nails of five colors of the</b> 竜王 <b>Dragon Deity</b><br />
At the Temple Muro-Ji 室生寺の境内 along the river 室生川 the saint 慶円上人 Keien (1140 - 1223) once passed. At the riverside a female Dragon King 善女竜王 waited for him. He asked her to show her real features and after some discussion, she turned into a black cloud and showed her right hand. It had long nails of about 3 cm in five colors.<br />
Since than the riverbank is called 爪出が淵 Tsumedegafuchi.<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2006/02/dragon-palace.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Urashima Taro 浦島太郎<br />
and the Dragon Palace . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/04/dragon-children-hiiki.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Nine Children of the Dragon King 龍生九子 . </span> </a><br />
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a dragon which is still on this earth, and has not yet climbed to heaven.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Kenryuu Jinja 劔龍神社 Kenryu Jinja <br />
"Sword Dragon Shrine" </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Kenryusan Daigongen 劔龍山大権現</span><br />
another name for 剣龍山大権現薬師如来<br />
Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来, the Buddha of Healing<br />
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Deity in residence<br />
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Oonamuchi no Kami 大己貴命 (おおなむちのかみ) 大巳貴命<br />
Oonamuchi no Mikoto 大穴牟遅命<br />
another name for <b>Okuninushi no Kami</b> 大国主命 Daikoku Sama<br />
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Deity in charge of "making the land", and then of a good harvest, good business, good relationships (enmusubi), family prosperity and much more.<br />
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The shrine was built in 806.<br />
Legend says that Chokai threw his sword (ken, tsurugi) from nearby mount Chokai-san and it landed here, so a shrine was built in honor of the Heavenly Sword.<br />
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鳥海一の王子医王尊にて、牛頭天王の本地仏にて、云々<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Omonoimi Jinja 小物忌神社</span><br />
is also in the compound.<br />
剣龍山小物忌神社とも称した<br />
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Deity in residence is<br />
Uka no Mitama no Mikoto (Uganomitama) 倉稲魂命<br />
Deity to protect the rice fields and harvest<br />
The child of Izanami and Izanagi.<br />
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In Yamagata<br />
山形県飽海郡遊佐町大字当山字上戸2<br />
With many photos<br />
<a href="http://www.genbu.net/data/dewa/kenryu_title.htm"><span style="font-size: 78%;"> source : www.genbu.net/data/dewa </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Tsurugi Jinja 劔神社 "Sword Shrine"</span><br />
in Fukui <br />
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in honor of <br />
<a href="http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.jp/2012/11/oda-nobunaga.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Oda Nobunaga 織田信長 . </span> </a><br />
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The Buddha of Healing<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/search/label/Shrine"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. SHRINE label - this BLOG . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2011/12/dragon-shrines.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Dragon Shrines Japan . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> - Haiku by Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - </span></span><br />
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featuring the kanji for dragon <span style="font-size: x-large;">龍</span> .<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">The main <span style="font-weight: bold;">WKD KIGO DATABASE </span> entry is here</span><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2006/03/haiku.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Kigo and Haiku about Dragon . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://matsuobasho-wkd.blogspot.jp/"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">龍宮も今日の潮路や土用干 </span><br />
龍宮もけふの潮路や土用干<br />
ryuuguu mo kyoo no shioji ya doyoo boshi<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">there is a tide way<br />
to the Dragon palace today -<br />
airing all things </span><br />
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written in 1677, third day of the third lunar month <br />
延宝5年3月3日<br />
This is the year when Basho decided, at age 34, to become a professional "haikai master" 俳諧師.<br />
This was the day of the great spring flood tide. <br />
The sea receeded so much that even the folks at the Dragon Palace could air their belongings on this occasion.<br />
This hokku shows the gentle humor and vivid imagination of Basho, mixing real events with old legends.<br />
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<a href="http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.jp/2005/04/dog-days-doyoo.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. doyoo-boshi 土用干 airing during the dog-days . </span> </a><br />
<b><span style="color: red;"> kigo for late summer </span></b><br />
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The legend of Urashima Tarō 浦島太郎 and the <br />
<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2006/02/dragon-palace.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryūgū-jō 竜宮城 the Dragon Palace . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://www2.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp/~itoyo/basho/oinokobumi/oino27.htm"><span style="font-size: 78%;"> source : itoyo/basho </span> </a><br />
Nara, Yoshino, <b>Ryumon Dragon Gate Waterfall </b><br />
at the foot of mount Ryumondake (Dragon Gate Peak), Yoshino 吉野.<br />
奈良県吉野町大字平尾龍門瀧 - 龍門岳<br />
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Basho is alluding the the famous Chinese poet 酒仙人李白, who loved to drink while observing beautiful nature and waterfalls.<br />
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南見瀑布水 挂流三百丈 噴壑數十里<br />
<span style="font-size: 130%;">falling straight down for three thousand JO 丈<br />
it looks as if the Milky Way <br />
had fallen from the sky </span><br />
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<a href="http://wkdhaikutopics.blogspot.jp/2011/01/li-po-li-bo.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Li Po, Li Bo, Li Bai 李白 . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">龍門の花や上戸の土産にせん </span><br />
ryuumon no hana ya joogo no tsuto ni sen <br />
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written in 1688、Basho at age 45 (Oi no kobumi 笈の小文)<br />
This hokku has the cut marker YA in the middle of line 2.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Dragongate Falls <br />
flowers opening — a gift<br />
for my drinking friends </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;"> Tr. Barnhill </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Dragon Gate— <br />
a splendid souvenir <br />
for my drinking friends </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;">Tr. ? publishersrow.com</span><br />
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<a href="http://www2.yamanashi-ken.ac.jp/~itoyo/basho/oinokobumi/oino27.htm"><span style="font-size: 78%;"> source : itoyo/basho </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">酒のみに語らんか ゝる瀧の花 </span><br />
sakenomi ni kataran kakaru taki no hana / sake nomi ni <br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">I'll tell my drinking friends <br />
of these blossoms <br />
hanging over the waterfall </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;">Tr. ? scribd.com</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">drinking friends<br />
to talk I'll hang over like this<br />
a waterfall of flowers </span><br />
<span style="font-size: 78%;">Tr. Reichhold</span><br />
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There is a stone memorial for this haiku <br />
at the temple Jookaiji 浄閑寺 Jokai-Ji in Yoshino.<br />
奈良東吉野村浄閑寺<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2006/02/waterfalls.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Dragon Waterfalls 龍の滝 . </span> </a><br />
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<b>MORE </b>- hokku about drinking sake by <br />
<a href="http://matsuobasho-wkd.blogspot.jp/2012/06/sake-ricewine-and-cup.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD . </span> </a><br />
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<b>MORE </b>- hokku about Yoshino <br />
<a href="http://matsuobasho-wkd.blogspot.jp/2012/06/yoshino-and-shizuka.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">五月雨や龍燈あぐる番太郎 </span><br />
samidare ya ryuutoo aguru Bantaroo<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">samidare rain -<br />
the "Dragon Lantern" shines<br />
from the flood warden's hut </span><br />
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written in 1677 延宝5年, Basho at age 34<br />
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<b>Bantaro,</b> tsujiban kidoban 辻番(木戸番, 橋番) is a flood warden or bridge warden, who has to keep an eye on the water level to warn people of imminent danger. They were very important in the Edo period.<br />
banta 番太 caretaker of something<br />
When the flood warden puts out his lamp to warn people, it looks almost like the "Dragon Lamp", a natural phenomenon observed along the seacoast of Japan.<br />
Basho had worked for the Water Department of the Edo Government and maybe spent some time as a Bantaro himself.<br />
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This is a hokku where Basho pictures the customs of the Edo period very well.<br />
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<a href="http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%BE%8D%E7%87%88"><span style="font-size: 78%;"> source : 龍燈、龍灯、竜灯- wikipedia </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://wkdkigodatabase03.blogspot.jp/2010/06/earth-in-autumn-saijiki.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. ryuutoo 龍燈 Ryuto, "dragon lantern" . </span> </a><br />
A phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.<br />
It is also seen in other parts of Japan as a light that the Dragon God sends out to honor the deities of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan.<br />
<b><span style="color: red;"> kigo for mid-autumn </span></b><br />
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<a href="http://worldkigodatabase.blogspot.jp/2006/06/rain-in-various-kigo.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. samidare 五月雨 rain in the fifth lunar month . </span> </a><br />
Now it refers mostly to the rain during the Rainy Season.<br />
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mizu bannin 水番人<b> water supervisors</b><br />
under the mizu bugyoo of Edo<br />
<a href="http://www.us-japan.org/edomatsu/josui/frame.html">source : edomatsu/josui </a> <br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/12/ryuuguu-jinja-ryugu.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuuguu jinja 龍宮神社 Ryugu Jinja - Dragon Palace . </span> </a><br />
Shrines in Japan<br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/2012/01/ryutoki-lantern-demon.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Ryuutooki 龍燈鬼 Ryutoki . </span> </a><br />
Demon carrying a Dragon Lantern<br />
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<a href="http://matsuobasho-wkd.blogspot.jp/2012/06/cultural-keywords.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2018/06/ryuto-dragon-lantern-legend.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯 と伝説 Legends about Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> 鶴ヶ島 龍神祭 Tsurugashima Dragon Festival </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">sune ori amagoi 脚折雨乞 </span><br />
A festival as a rain ritual.<br />
Usually in August. Saitama prefecture.<br />
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at <span style="font-size: large;">shrine Shirahige Jinja 白鬚神社</span><br />
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Suneori Amagoi <br />
is a rainmaking ritual held on the first Sunday of August once every four years when the Summer Olympics roll around. <br />
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Three hundred men carry <b>a 36-meter-long gigantic dragon</b> that weighs 3 tons made of bamboo and straw, bravely parade the 2-kilometer-long road from Shirahige Shrine in the Suneori district to Raiden Pond, and pray for rain and good harvest there. This rainmaking ritual, handed down from the Edo period, has been designated as an intangible folk cultural asset. .<br />
<a href="http://www.sainokuni-kanko.jp/eng/craftworks/066.html">source : www.sainokuni-kanko.jp </a> <br />
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<b>Watch it here: </b><br />
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<a href="http://dragondarumamuseum.blogspot.jp/search/label/festival"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Dragon Festivals - this BLOG . </span> </a><br />
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<a href="http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.jp/2006/06/rain-rituals-amagoi-05.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">. Rain Rituals, Dances and Prayers (amagoi) . </span> </a><br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Erlitou Culture China </span></span><br />
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Xia (21-16th century BC) and Shang Dynasties (16-11th century BC)<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Palatial site at Erlitou, Yanshi, Henan Province</span><br />
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In July 2004, archaeologists discovered the remains of a palace at Erlitou in Yanshi City of Central China's Henan Province. Palaces and walls as well as rammed-earth foundations have been excavated. Covering 108,000 square meters, the rectangular city is about 300 meters wide from east to west, and 360 meters long from north to south. In the palatial area, nine large-sized building sites have been dug up, with two groups of them revealing obvious axial lines. The ruined sites, with a history of more than 3,600 years, reportedly makes up the earliest palace ever found in China.<br />
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The crisscross roads formed the transportation network in the palace's central area. The palace, the large-scalebuilding complex, and the roads were all lined up in the same direction, showing the palace city had a clear layout, which might have served as the model for the construction of later imperial palace cities.<br />
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Important relics, such as wheel tracks, large rammed earth bases, and the remains of turquoise-making workshops, were also found. The discovery of small-sized two-wheeled tracks pushed back the appearance of two-wheeled vehicles in China to as early as the Xia Dynasty.<br />
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In addition to the discovery of the said tracks, a <b>large turquoise dragon</b> ware was excavated. The dragon, about 70 centimeters long and made up of 2000-odd various fine turquoises, is a rare dragon-designed antique in early China in terms of scale, exquisiteness, and weight.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Erlitou dragon</span><br />
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In an undisturbed grave a dragon about 70 cms in length, made from about 2000 pieces of tourquoise, lay on the chest on a man who was about 35 years old and seems to have held a bell in his right hand.<br />
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Erlitou turquoise dragon<br />
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<a href="http://www.waa.ox.ac.uk/XDB/tours/china11.asp">source : www.waa.ox.ac.uk </a> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Erlitou culture </span><br />
(simplified Chinese: 二里头文化, <br />
traditional Chinese: <span style="font-size: large;">二里頭文化, </span><br />
pinyin: èrlǐtóu wénhuà) is a name given by archaeologists to an Early Bronze Age urban society that existed in China from 1880 BCE to 1520 BCE.<br />
The culture was named after the site discovered at Erlitou (二里頭村) in Yanshi, Henan Province. The culture was widely spread throughout Henan and Shanxi Province, and later appeared in Shaanxi and Hubei provinces. Most Chinese archaeologists identify the Erlitou culture as the site of the Xia Dynasty, while most Western archaeologists remain unconvinced of the connection between the Erlitou culture and the Xia Dynasty[citation needed] since there are no extant written records linking Erlitou with the official history.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Nirito Bunka</span> 二里頭文化(にりとうぶんか) in Japaneses<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Ryuudooji 龍洞寺 Ryudo-Ji "Dragon Cave Temple"</span></span><br />
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There are various temples with the name Ryudo-Ji in Japan.<br />
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龍洞寺<br />
岐阜県可児市今渡 1513<br />
Gifu<br />
Koyasu Kannon <br />
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Ryuu no makura ishi 龍の枕石 stone pillow for the dragon<br />
<a href="http://www.aruku88.net/tera/702gifu/ryudouzi-kani/index.html">source : www.aruku88.net</a> <br />
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龍洞寺<br />
山形県 寒河江市字上河原183<br />
Yamagata, Sagae town<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">Ryuudoo in 龍洞院 Ryudo-In</span><br />
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愛知県小牧市にある曹洞宗<br />
Aichi, Komaki town<br />
Soto zen sect<br />
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愛知県北設楽郡東栄町にある寺<br />
Aichi, Toei town<br />
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北海道寿都郡寿都町にある曹洞宗の寺<br />
Hokkaido, Suttsu gun (すっつぐん)<br />
Soto zen sect<br />
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長野県上田市にある寺<br />
Nagano,Uneo town<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ryuu no makura ishi 龍の枕石 <br />
stone pillow for the dragon</span></span><br />
<b>Dragon's pillow rock</b><br />
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<a href="http://www.google.co.jp/search?num=10&hl=ja&biw=837&bih=816&q=%E9%BE%8D%E3%81%AE%E6%9E%95%E7%9F%B3&um=1&ie=UTF-8&tbm=isch&source=og&sa=N&tab=wi&ei=CxJ6UN_gDqmOiAfk8YDYCQ" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Z98_ZqBNOLlxJYOQ1UaRVp6gzl6tT_p2-mFqu__qjfzeCE3nf3Z9Z7FRBgWudRC9K-jHqOIUjc9y98ErKrVcxwviydusCSz16qC8fNvTGuSTRN3qnBHOYGAO3DKmvlhtpicMnQ/s400/dragon+makura+ishi.jpg" width="225" /></a><br />
near shrine Kasuga jinja in Kakuda town.<br />
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Once upon a time, a dragon who lived there used it as its pillow.<br />
The trees around this huge boulder are strangely twisted.<br />
It became a natural treasure in Heisei 23 and is painted on a votive tablet of nearby temple Fukuooji 福應寺絵馬 Fukuo-ji.<br />
This temple has a famous hall for ema.<br />
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春日神社の竜の枕石 <br />
宮城県角田市鳩原字寺<br />
Miyagi, Kakuda town<br />
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秘湯の宿 龍洞 <b>Hot spring named Ryudo - Dragon Cave </b><br />
Gunma, 水上温泉 奥利根 <br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> Senryuuji 泉竜寺 Senryu-Ji“Fountain Dragon Temple”</span></span><br />
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There are various temples with the name Senryu-Ji in Japan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">泉龍寺 Senryu-Ji</span><br />
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群馬県吾妻郡高山村にある曹洞宗の寺院。<br />
Gunma <br />
Soto Zen sect<br />
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Daruma San<br />
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Statue of Daigen Shuri Bosatsu 大権修利菩薩<br />
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HP of the temple<br />
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広島県福山市駅家服部永谷にある浄土真宗本願寺派のある寺院。<br />
Jodo-Shu sect<br />
広島県福山市霞町にある曹洞宗の寺院。<br />
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Ibaraki <br />
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神奈川県相模原市にある曹洞宗の寺院。<br />
Kanagawa - Soto Zen sect<br />
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京都府中京区にある曹洞宗の寺院。<br />
Kyoto - Soto Zen sect<br />
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長野県松本市にある曹洞宗の寺院。<br />
Nagano - Soto Zen sect<br />
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東京都狛江市にある曹洞宗の寺院。<br />
Tokyo, Komae - Soto Zen sect<br />
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<b>A Sōtō Zen temple.</b><br />
According to the legend, <b>St.Roben</b> (a prominent 8th Century Buddhist monk) once prayed here and an abundant spring gushed out; so St.Roben founded a temple here, dedicated to Benten (the goddess of waters).<br />
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The temple thrived in the 17th century, under the patronage of Ishigaya Sadakiyo (a trusted retainer of Shogun Ieyasu) who was assigned to control this area. Organizing clever melioration, he increased prosperity and was highly praised by the shogun for that. His tomb is on the premises as well as a pond fed by St.Roben's spring; once the pond almost disappeared due to aggressive development but was saved by the temple and the parish.<br />
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A well-known well-known <b>Mawari Jizō</b> statue is located in the temple. <br />
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鳥取県日野郡日野町にある曹洞宗の寺院。<br />
Tottori, Hino town - Soto Zen sect<br />
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Housing the relics of 12 samurai from Inaba<br />
因幡二十士の遺品保存 <br />
本尊釈迦牟尼仏・脇立文珠菩薩普賢菩薩の尊像を安置する曹洞宗のお寺です。幕末、鳥取藩の勤皇派因幡二十士が幽閉されたことで知られ、<br />
現在も二十士の遺品・書画・誌文などが数多く保存されています。<br />
<a href="http://www.town.hino.tottori.jp/dd.aspx?menuid=1284">source : www.town.hino.tottori.jp </a> <br />
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and another "incident" from Inaba<br />
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An Yong-bok (fl. 1692 - 1697) <br />
was a Korean oarsman in 17th century Joseon Dynasty who became known for his travels to Japan during which his activities were instrumental in determining fishery rights in the waters of two islands in the Sea of Japan (East sea): Ulleung Island and the Liancourt Rocks.<br />
The An Yong-bok incident occurred in the spring of 1693 about 40 Korean fishermen from Busan and Ulsan clashed with the Otani and Murakawa fishermen at Ulleung-do. An Yong-bok, and Pak Eo-dun, (박어둔) were captured and taken to the Yonago in the Tottri clan (modern-day Yonago city and Tottori Prefecture).<br />
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An was detained at Otani's house in Yonago for two months, and investigated by the Tottori clan. The shogunate ordered to send them to the Nagasaki magistrate place, and to send them to Tsushima clan in addition. An was held hostage by the lord of Tsushima clan (So Yoshitsugu) again. When An was repatriated to Korea, the Tokugawa Shogunate demanded the prohibition of Koreans going to Ulleung-do. <br />
This led to diplomatic friction between Japan and Korea.<br />
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As result of diplomatic negotiation, senior statesmens of shogunate issued the following instructions to the load of Tsuhima clan in January 1696 (translated into English):<br />
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1.<b>Ulleungdo(Takeshima)</b> is about 160-ri (640 km) from Oki but only about 40-ri (160 km) from Korea; therefore, it can be considered that Japanese Takeshima is same island as Korean Ulleungdo.<br />
2.Japanese are forbidden henceforth to make passage to Takeshima for the Japan-Korea friendship because the island is useless.<br />
3.The lord of Tsushima should communicate this to Korea. <br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> Zenryuuji 善竜寺 Zenryu-Ji “Good Dragon Temple”</span></span><br />
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<b>Hyogo,</b> Tatsuno town 兵庫県たつの市龍野町上川原<br />
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善竜寺 - 一雲山<br />
<b>Osaka </b>大阪市天王寺区下寺町2-1-17<br />
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Jodo sect 浄土宗.<br />
founded in 1602.<br />
Main statue is Amida Nyorai.<br />
With a large graveyard.<br />
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<b>Tokyo,</b> Asakusa 台東区西浅草1-9-2<br />
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Jodo sect 浄土真宗東本願寺派<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> Zenryuuji 全竜寺 Zenryu-Ji “Whole Dragon Temple”</span></span><br />
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There are various temples with the name Zenryu-Ji in Japan.<br />
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五雲山 全龍寺<br />
<b>Fukuyama</b>, Kurobe 黒部市宇奈月町下立2911<br />
Zen sect<br />
Founded in 1552 by 松室文寿<br />
Along the road of the local lords on their way to Edo.<br />
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With a special ceiling painting of 36 mountain hermits by Gusen <br />
三十六歌仙天井絵図 - 七世石橋愚宣, from 1700<br />
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神奈川県川崎市中原区下小田中5丁目3−15<br />
<b>Kanagawa</b>. also sometimes listed in Okubo, Tokyo.<br />
Zen sect, with an eleven-headed Kannon 曹洞宗の寺院<br />
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全龍寺, Kaikisan 海亀山 <br />
東京都新宿区大久保1丁目<br />
<b>Tokyo,</b> Shinjuki, Okubo<br />
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Homepage of the temple<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;">Gyokuryuuji 玉竜寺 Gyokuryu-Ji <br />
"Pearl Dragon Temple" </span></span><br />
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There are various temples with the name Gyokuryu-Ji in Japan.<br />
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;">Tamaryuuji 玉竜寺 Tamaryu-Ji</span><br />
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<b>Aichi</b>. 愛知. 春日井市庄名町1012-3<br />
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Soto Zen sect.<br />
The main statue is a Sho Kannon 聖観世音菩薩<br />
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玉龍寺 - 寶雲山玉龍寺<br />
<b>Gifu.</b> 岐阜県関市神野1603-1<br />
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Not related to any Buddhist sect, 無宗派<br />
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with international connections to Zen Buddhist centers<br />
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<a href="http://www.gyokuryuji.com/cgi-bin/gyokuryuji/siteup.cgi?category=1&page=0">source : www.gyokuryuji.com</a> <br />
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from the Zen Temple Shinzan-Ji 心山寺 HP<br />
Gyokuryuuji is erected by great Zen master <b>Bankei</b> at Edo period. <br />
<a href="http://shinzanji.com/english.html">source : shinzanji.com </a> <br />
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<b>Julian Daizan Skinner </b>(Juran Daizan 寿鸞 大山), <br />
(born November 22, 1963) is a British Rinzai Zen Buddhist Rōshi. He has also received Dharma Transmission in the Sōtō tradition of Zen. Daizan Roshi is the founder of the Zenways Sangha and head abbot of Yugagyo Dojo.<br />
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In 2003, Daizan began training with Rinzai Zen Master Shinzan Miyamae Rōshi of Gyokuryuji Temple in Gifu, central Japan. The temple was the former hermitage of the outstanding Rinzai Zen reformer <b>Bankei Yōtaku Zenji</b> (1622–1693).<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;">Bankei Yōtaku 盤珪永琢 Bankei Yotaku, Yootaku </span><br />
Bankei Eitaku <br />
(1622-1693)<br />
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was a Japanese Rinzai Zen master, and the abbot of the Ryōmon-ji and Nyohō-ji. He is best known for his talks on the Unborn as he called it. According to D. T. Suzuki, Bankei, together with Dogen and Hakuin, is one of the most important Japanese Zen masters and his Unborn Zen is one the most original developments in the entire history of Zen thought.<br />
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Bankei Yōtaku was born in 1622, in Harima Province to a samurai turned medicine man named Suga Dosetsu.<br />
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At the age of 26 Bankei went to Gifu Prefecture to Daisen-ji where Gudo was abbot.<br />
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The haiku poetess Den Sutejo became a student of <br />
<b>Bankei Eitaku,</b> 盤珪永琢, a Zen master (1622 - 1693). She built her temple Futai An 不徹庵 beside his temple Ryuumon-Ji 龍門寺 / 竜門寺, where she lived with about 30 other ladies. Her grave is at the temple Ryuumon-Ji.<br />
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and temple 龍雲寺 Ryuun-Ji related to Bankei Yotaku<br />
<a href="http://ryuun-ji.or.jp/history/index.html">source : ryuun-ji.or.jp </a> <br />
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another Gyokuryu-Ji in Gifu<br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">要仲山玉龍寺</span><br />
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This temple has been founded about 1270 years ago by Gyoki Bosatsu.<br />
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<a href="http://www.gero-navi.jp/spot_52.html">source : www.gero-navi.jp </a> <br />
Gifu, Gero town 岐阜県下呂市金山町中切1545<br />
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It is famous for a dragon painting on the ceiling.<br />
竜杖昇天図<br />
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in autumn more than 100 maple trees of different kinds provide a spectacular scene.<br />
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<b>Nara.</b> 奈良県奈良市二名<br />
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with the grave of Honda Tadayoshi 本多忠義.<br />
(1602 - 1676)<br />
He was a daimyo of Arima and other domains<br />
播磨姫路新田藩3代藩主、遠江掛川藩主、越後村上藩主、陸奥白河藩初代藩主。<br />
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History of 掛川藩, Kakegawa-han<br />
Honda Tadayoshi, grandson of Honda Tadakatsu was assigned to Kakegawa next, and revenues were increased to 70,000 koku. However, in 1644, Honda Tadayoshi was reassigned to Murakami Domain in Echigo Province.<br />
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<span style="font-size: 130%;"><span style="color: red; font-weight: bold;"> Zuiryuu-ji 瑞龍寺 Zuiryu-Ji<br />
“Auspicious Dragon Temple”</span></span><br />
Zuiryooji 瑞龍寺 <b>Zuiryo-Ji</b><br />
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There are various temples with the name Zuiryu-Ji in Japan.<br />
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</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Zuiryooji 瑞龍寺 Zuiryo-Ji</span><br />
Gifu <br />
岐阜市内<br />
Rinzai Zen sect<br />
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Zuiryoji is located in the centre of downtown Gifu. Zuiryoji Mountain and the southern slopes of Kinka Mountain provide the scenic backdrop as you enter the grounds of a religious community where, enclosed by a white wall, six temples straddle the approach.<br />
At the far end stands the Zen training monastery of Zuiryoji itself.<br />
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In the second year of Onin (1468 CE), Lord Saito Toshiharu 斉藤利藤, a senior official of the Province of Mino (the ancient name for Gifu Prefecture), also known by his Buddhist name of Great Layman Myochin, consecrated a temple to the salvation of his late liege lord, the Duke Toki Nariyori 土岐成頼, and invited the highly respected Zen Master <b>Gokei Soton Zenji </b>to take up residence there.<br />
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In ancient times during the Asuka Period(552-645 CE), the temples of Churinji and Atsumidera of the Tendai Sect of Buddhism had stood on this venerable ground.<br />
Subsequently, however, these spiritual centres had fallen into neglect and been abandoned.<br />
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The founder of the Tokai line, one of the four sub-groups comprising the Myoshinji family of temples, Gokei Soton Zenji, who also held the title Teacher of the Naion, dedicated himself to restoring the area, and in the second year of Bunmei(1470) completed work on seven temples.<br />
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<b>Gokei Soton Zenji 悟渓宗頓禅師 </b><br />
initially concentrated his efforts of spiritual guidance in the Provinces of Owari (now western Aichi Prefecture) and Mino, but gradually through his influence Zuiryoji became known throughout Japan as an important centre of the Tokai line.<br />
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Gokei Zenji trained nine Zen Masters to be his Dharma Heirs, as well as over 700 other disciples. <br />
Following the death of Gokei Soton Zenji on the 6th of September in the ninth year of Meio (1500), his disciples took it in turns in a system of annual rotation to be responsible for the running of Zuiryoji, and as a consequence the monastery was preserved.<br />
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... <b>Inzan Ien Zenji</b> 隠山惟琰禅師 <br />
did a great deal to promote the fortunes of Zuiryoji. He also left behind him some remarkable Dharma Heirs who became known as the Nine Sages. Life at Zuiryoji as a monastic training centre has continued during the one hundred and eighty or so years since his death. <br />
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Doing Zazen, Training, History and much more :<br />
<a href="http://www.zuiryo.com/index.html">source : www.zuiryo.com </a> <br />
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富山県高岡市<br />
Toyama, Takaoka town<br />
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Soto Zen sect<br />
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<b><span style="color: red;">observance kigo for late summer </span></b><br />
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<a href="http://wkdfestivalsaijiki.blogspot.jp/2007/03/august-1-hassaku.html"><span style="font-size: 130%;">. Hitotsu Yaito ひとつやいと one moxabustion . </span> </a><br />
for the tired monks and lay people. With the wish for health in the coming summer.<br />
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