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1/26/2022

Imagawa district Suginami

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Imagawa district, Suginami
From the first to the fourth district.

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The Imagawa clan (今川氏)
was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Seiwa Genji by way of the Kawachi Genji.
It was a branch of the Minamoto clan by the Ashikaga clan.

Origins
Ashikaga Kuniuji, grandson of Ashikaga Yoshiuji, established himself in the 13th century
at Imagawa (Mikawa Province) and took its name.
Imagawa Norikuni (1295–1384) received from his cousin the shōgun Ashikaga Takauji
the province of Tōtōmi, and later that of Suruga.

Located at
Ounami no Kori, Mikawa (modern day Nishio, Aichi) mainly Suruga Province and
Tōtōmi Province during the Warring States period

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Imagawa Sadayo
Imagawa Yoshitada
Imagawa Ujichika
Imagawa Ujiteru
Imagawa Yoshimoto
Imagawa Ujizane
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Edo period
Shinagawa Takahisa, the son of Imagawa Ujizane. He was a hatamoto and served the Tokugawa clan.
Imagawa Norinobu, an Imagawa of the late Edo period, was a wakadoshiyori in the Tokugawa administration.
. source - wikipedia .

. Imagawabashi 今川橋 Imagawa Bridge .

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................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県

Aichi 名古屋市 Nagoya city 緑区 Midori ward

karito sama かりと様
地中から現れた「かりと」を村人が掘り出そうとしたところ急に歯が痛くなったので、石碑を立てて祀った。かりと様といい、歯痛に効果がある。歯痛のため不覚を取った今川の武将の墓とも、具足を埋めたところともいう。

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Aichi 豊明市 Toyoake city

kikoku kaii 鬼哭怪異 a demonic monster
今川義元の軍が多く戦死したところで、鬼哭怪異が多発したので、明治21年に一草庵を創立すると全くなくなった。




................................................................................. Shizuoka 静岡県
 

mame-ishi 豆石
汐見坂に落ちている豆石は、大きさも色も煎った大豆そのままである。昔今川勢がここで戦争したときに天から降ったものだといわれていて、七不思議の一つにかぞえられている。

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静岡市 Shizuoka city

tonbo トンボ
一般にカトンボといわれる、夏の初めに出るトンボは、今川義元の怨念が化したもの。

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. Edo, Tokyo 江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .

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. Suginami ward 杉並区 .

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1/23/2022

Numabukuro district Nakano

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Numabukuro 沼袋 Numabukuro district


Places of interest in Numabukuro

Jissoin 実相院 Temple Jisso-In
東京都中野区沼袋4-1-1

. Hyakukannon Meijidera 百観音明治寺 Temple Meijidera with 100 Kannon Statues .
東京都中野区沼袋2-28-20

新道橋 Shindobashi bridge
江戸時代、このあたりで取れた赤蛙が食材として幕府に上納されていたことから、蛙の絵が橋の欄干などに描かれています。
平成26年2月、中野区認定観光資源に認定されました。

Teigenji 貞源寺 Temple Teigen-Ji
東京都中野区沼袋2-19-28

Maruyamazuka Koen 丸山塚公園 Park
園内には、美しく色づく大きなケヤキが立ち並び、公園の片隅に太田道灌と豊島泰経が戦った江古田ヶ原・沼袋の戦の犠牲者を祀る豊島二百柱社があります。
平成26年2月、中野区認定観光資源に認定されました。

Seikokuji 清谷寺 Seikoku-Ji
創建年代は不詳ですが、かつて地蔵堂屋敷だったものを一寺として興したと言われています。
庭先には清谷寺の十三仏板碑は室町時代初期(1399)のもので、梵字により十三仏と菩薩が刻まれている十三仏板碑があります。平成26年2月、中野区認定観光資源に認定されました。 東京都中野区沼袋3-21-7

Numabukuro Hikawa Jinja 沼袋氷川神社 Hikawa Shrine
文明9年(1477)4月、太田道灌と豊島泰経が江古田原沼袋で戦ったと記録にあり、同神社から新青梅街道あたりにかけてがその戦場であったと推定されます。
平成26年2月、中野区認定観光資源に認定されました。
東京都中野区沼袋1-31-4

. 瑠璃光山 Rurikozan 禅定院 Zenjo-In 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji .
東京都中野区沼袋2-28-2

Dokan Sugi 道灌杉 cedar tree in Memory of Ota Dokan
It was planted in 1477 by Ota Dokan with the wish to win the war.
But in 1944 in withered.
In 2014 the area was designated as an important place in Nakano ward.
  東京都中野区沼袋1-31-4 沼袋氷川神社内
The tree is located in the compound of Numabukuro Hikawa Shrine.
. Oota Dookan 太田道灌 Ota Dokan (1432 - 1486) .

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. 十善山 Juzenzan 密蔵院 Mitsuzo-In 蓮花寺 Renge-Ji .
中野区沼袋2-33-4 / 2 Chome-33-4 Numabukuro, Nakano ward

. 瑠璃光山 Rurikozan 禅定院 Zenjo-In 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji .
中野区沼袋2-28-2 / 2 Chome-28-2 Numabukuro, Nakano ward

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Maruyama 丸山町 Maruyama district a district of Shibuya, Tokyo.

Maruyamazuka Koen 丸山塚公園 Park

. Maruyamachō (円山町) wikipedia .

. Shibuya ku 渋谷区 Shibuya ward .

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8/06/2020

Nihon himitsu secrets

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Nihon no sugoi himitsu ねずさんの知っておきたい日本のすごい秘密
The amazing secrets of Japan

by 小名木善行 Onagi Zenko



第1章 記紀に学ぶ日本の国柄
一 隠身という大切な概念
1 神話と神語 2 古事記に書かれた天地創成 3 「隠身」という大切な概念 4 天之御中主神と日の丸の旗
二 すべては神々の御心のままに・諸命以
1 諸命以・修理固成・天沼矛 2 すべては神々のもの 3 ココヲヲロロというオノマトペ
三 目指すは「よろこびあふれる楽しい国」
1 あに国なけむや 2 古代日本の庶民の暮らし 3 身分よりも人 4 盗窃せず、諍訟少なし
四 清陽も大事、重濁も大事
1 清陽も大事、重濁も大事 2 日本的な陰陽とは 3 清陽

こらむ 教育と文化の国を目指した日本


第2章 古代の日本と周辺国との関係
一 日本建国の理由
1 建国理由を教えない日本 2 日本建国の詔を読む 3 建国までの経緯を学ぶ 4 たびかさなる試練 5 諸外国と異なる建国の経緯
二 疫病対策を成功させた崇神天皇
1 甚大な被害をもたらした疫病の歴史 2 記紀に描かれた疫病被害 3 たいせつな手水舎の教え 4 ほろびない国であることの大切さ
三 神功皇后の三韓征伐と栲衾の国
1 意味のないことで騒ぐ 2 不思議なお告げ 3 お告げがもたらした千八百年間の平和 4 現代をどうみるか
四 仁徳天皇が築いた国際国家日本
1 二年分のお米の備蓄 2 災害に備える 3 災害対策によって豊かになった日本
五 雄略天皇による古代日本の建て直し
1 よろしく攻め伐って天罰をくだせ 2 不正をただす 3 人質 4 高句麗の行った自立自存 5 雄略天皇の御心とは

こらむ 漢字渡来の嘘
1 漢字は部品でできている 2 阿比留草文字 3 漢字は異なる記号の組み合わせ文字 4 漢字渡来の嘘 5 日本独自の漢字の使用


第3章 日本の基礎を築いた中世日本
一 人口の三分の一が渡来人だった平安初期
1 歴史の再現性 2 蓬莱山の国、扶桑の国 3 新撰姓氏録といまの日本 4 黄金の国ジパング
二 日本書紀、万葉集が編纂された理由
1 持統天皇という偉大な存在 2 日本書紀と万葉集 3 日本文化を創造した天皇
三 万葉集にある「令和」の根拠となった歌
1 初春の歌 2 元号のもたらす意味
四 いまこそ大切にしたい日本の国柄
1 迩々芸命のご事績を日本の国の形とされた神武天皇 2 大水田を誕生させた仁徳天皇 3 仁徳天皇の事績を踏襲された雄略天皇 4 和の国を打ち出した聖徳太子 5 再び民のカマドの煙を持ち出された舒明天皇 6 天智天皇・天武天 7 教育と文化による国つくりをした持統天皇


こらむ シルクロードはジャパンロード
1 シルクロードは 19世紀に創られた名前 2 長安の人口 3 原始取得物の物々交換


第4章 黄金の国だった日本の近世
一 徳川家康と大阪経済
1 家康が豊臣方と戦った理由 2 商流経済と生産者優先経済 3 家康の行った大偉業
二 古代に学んだ信長の誇り
1 織田弾正信長 2 桶狭間の戦いの意味 3 桶狭間効果
三 鎌倉幕府の崩壊と児嶋高徳
1 財政破綻のおそろしさ 2 持明院統と大覚寺統 3 児嶋高徳 4 臥薪嘗胆
四 和気清麻呂に学ぶ
1 皇居にある二人の銅像 2 かかあとやっこ 3 道鏡の陰謀 4 宇佐八幡の御神託 5 道鏡失脚 6 皇統を護る
五 武士道とお能の不可分の関係とは
1 武家文化としてのお能 2 熊野の物語 3 松風の物語 4 鵺の物語 5 武士道を築いたお能

あとがき 日本文化が巨大な胃袋を持つといわれる理由とは

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. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳 Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


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8/02/2020

cotton momen

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. Edo shokunin 江戸の職人 Craftsmen of Edo .
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momen 木綿 cotton in the Edo period

. momen, wata  木綿 cotton, Baumwolle - Introduction .
wata 綿 floss silk
momenbari 木綿針 sewing needle for cotton thread
itoguruma 糸車 a spinning wheel

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Transition from Linens to Cottons
here were many wholesale textile merchants who purchased and sold cottons in Õdenma-chô (present day Nihonbashi in Chûô-ku), which were called "momen-dana" (literary means "cotton merchant").
It must be noted that the development of cotton industry transformed the fashion of Edo. The period saw the transition of one type of clothes to another on the streets, as the linens worn by the people in the past could no longer be seen so often in public and it was replaced almost completely with cottons. Cotton is strong as well as nice and soft when touching it, and besides competent for moisture alsorption. Moreover, as it can be dyed easily, the fabric began to be adopted for casual-style kimono called "hitoe" (literally means "single-layered clothing") such as yukata, as well as for other products such as a padded dressing gown (i.e. wataire), socks (i.e. tabi) and bedding.
Furthermore, unlike expensive silk, cotton was not a costly fabric, and thus, it soon became popular among the people and grew into absolutely necessary products.
Picture of Dye House from "Picture Book: Amusements of Edo" (Ehon Azuma Asobi Kouya no Zu) Compiled by Asakusa-an and painted by Katsushika Hokusai 1802 (Kyōwa 2)

This, however, can be said that it occurred as a result of the encouraging policies about making cottons of the Tokugawa Shogunate as well as of the local feudal domains across the country. Especially, both Kansai region and Tôkai region were famous for their cotton products. These cottons were transported from these regions to the city of Edo, and many towns consisting of wholesale cotton merchants were developed here and there in the city of Edo. One famous example of this is Õdenma-chô.
- source : Tokyo MET library

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. Doing Business in Edo - 江戸の商売 .


source : 1000ya.isis.ne.jp...

takani momen uri 高荷木綿売り selling cotton
cotton cloth seller
He had the rolls of cloth piled up high for the customers to see it easily and make their choice. By putting up different patterns every day before walking the streets of Edo, the vendors could choose their customers.

Image by 松野霞城 Kajo Matsuno Kajo
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. Ōdenma-chō 大伝馬町 Odenmacho district  .
The packhorse and messenger superintendent 馬込勘解由 Magome Kageyu from Mikawa (now Aichi) was the first to establish his business here. He welcomed Tokugawa Ieyasu in Edo and was given the privilege as superviser and head of the ward.
Many of his people from Mikawa made a living as horse keepers in Edo and made some extra money by dealing in cotton from Mikawa (momendana 木綿店). They lived mostly in the second district of Odenmacho.
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. Hirata momen kaido 平田の木綿街道 Hirata Cotton Road .

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. kenyaku 倹約 frugality, thrift - Sparsamkeit .
Yukuta robes from cotton were allowed, so the craftsmem made them with ever more elaborate patterns. Bright red and yellow colors were not allowed any more. so the craftsmen prepared
hyaku nezumi 百鼠 a hundred shades of gray so show their individual tastes.


. shitateya 仕立屋 / 仕立て屋 tailor, seamstress .
futomonodana 太物(ふともの)店 sold "thick robes" made from cotton 木綿, in contrast to the Gofukuya, who often sold silk material 絹.
kiwataya 木綿店 cotton cloth dealers


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moohatsu 毛髪 Mohatsu, human hair // 糸車
Human hair has mysterious power. If it is hung on a tree, birds will not come close. In the ground it does not rot.
If someone is fleeing, if people put his hair on a spinning wheel and turn it left, this person will get lost and soon come back.



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鹿角市 Kazuno city // 糸車

kitsune 狐 fox
In the middle of the mountain forest, a fox shapeshiftes into a woman using a spinning wheel. If someone shoots with a gun, she will just laugh. In that case the hunter should aim at the spinning wheel, not the woman.

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .




................................................................................. Ehime 愛媛県
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喜多郡 Kita district // 木綿針

. kooryuu 蛟龍 / 蛟竜 Koryu, a mythical dragon monster .




................................................................................. Gifu 岐阜県
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大野郡 Ono district 丹生川村 Nyukawa village

doosai どうさい / ドウサイ / 蟇 Dosai Hikigaeru bull frog
Every night there came a beautiful woman to the mountain hut of the forest workers and used itoguruma 糸車 a spinning wheel to make 木綿糸 cotton thread. They were quite afraid and asked a hunter to shoot her. The next morning there was a doosai bull frog dead on the ground, with a shot in one eye. It was about 100 cm long.

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Gifu 高山市 Takayama city 上宝町 Kamitakara town

iwana イワナ / 岩魚 bull trout
There is a river pool with a strong whirlpool, where the great master of the iwana bull trout lives.
There was a beautiful girl in the village and a handsome young man came to visit her regulary. But the mother of the girl was suspicious of the young man and made him eat 麦の焼き餅 mochi grilled with barley straw. Then she put a thread in her needle for cotton work and stuck it into the man. When she followed the cotton thread, she saw a large bull trout trying to swim in great pain. The bull trout asked the mother to forgive it and disappeared.



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姫路市 Himeji city

ike no naka no wata 池中の綿 cotton threads in the pond
There was a small pond where a child had drowned and died. The villagers wanted to drain the pond and make fields out of it. When they had gotten all the water out of the pond, there were white connon threads at the bottom. There were so many that the villagers could sell these high-quality threads to other villages. The villagers became quite rich with this trade.

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Hyogo 神戸市 Kobe city

chi no ike jigoku 血の池地獄 the blood pond of hell
There is ritual near the 観音橋 Kannon bridge over the small river on the way to the 不動の瀧 Fudo Waterfall near 摩耶山 Maya san. Women who have died giving birth are supposed to fall into the blood pont of hell, but on this bridge they have put some white cotton cloths on sticks. People passing here can scoop some water and if the cloths make a hole to let the water through, the soul of the dead person will be saved and soon go to the Buddhist paradise.
. Maya san 摩耶山天上寺 Temple Tenjo-Ji .

. Waterfalles named "Fudo no Taki" 不動の滝 .

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




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鳳至郡 Fugeshi district 門前町 Monzen town

choota mujina 長太ムジナ A badger named Chota
In the evening, walking on the narrow road from Minazuki toward Kamiozawa there is often the badger Chota coming out. He piles rocks on the road so that people can not pass. When travelers wander around the rocks their food will be stolen. The badger shape-shifts into a huge serpent or a monster and scares people. Once a man could feel the badger coming on and threw a stone at him. A man appeard and said "Let us have a fight!" "Let us compare the size of our kintama 金玉 "golden balls", testicles. (Badgers are famous for the size of their testicles.) They placed a furoshiki 木綿風呂敷 wraping cloth from cotton on the ground and the badger pulled out his testicles, in a hurry tearing them apart, so he fled back to the mountain. Since then he never appeared here.


. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 - racoon dog, badger legends .




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. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
The warm winter robes wor working in the snow have a crotch of 黒木綿 black cotton. This should prevent serpents to sneek inside while the owner takes a nap.

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遠野市 Tono city 土淵町 Tsuchibuchi town // 糸車

. zashiki warashi 座敷童子 / ざしきわらし girl spooks .
The zashiki warashi 座敷童子 girl spook at the home of 助十 Sukeju can make a noise like itoguruma 糸車 a spinning wheel turning. Nobody has ever seen this girl, but the sound can be heard day and night. Sometimes there is also the sound of someone walking in the room.




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ittan momen 一反木綿 "one roll of cotton" Yokai monster
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"one bolt(反 tan) of cotton") are a yōkai monsters from Kōyama, Kimotsuki District, Kagosima Prefecture (now Kimotsuki. They are also called "ittan monme" or "ittan monmen.
According to the Ōsumi Kimotsukigun Hōgen Shū (大隅肝属郡方言集) jointly authored by the locally born educator, Nomura Denshi and the folkloricist Kunio Yanagita, at evening time, a cloth-like object about 1 tan in area (about 10.6 meters in length by 30 centimeters in width) would flutter around attack people.
They are said to wrap around people's necks and cover people's faces and suffocate people to death,[2][3][4][5] and in other tales it is said that wrapped cloths would spin around and around and quickly come flying, wrap around people's bodies, and take them away to the skies.
- more in the wikipedia




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登別市 Noboribetsu city 幌別町 Horobetsu

Things used for a funeral are not thought to be impure. Items made of cotten can be used to wrap around the body when going fishing.



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幡多郡 Hata district 大月町 Otsuki town // 糸車

. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
Once a murderer was loading his gun to shoot a girl in front of a cat. The cat hurried out, shapeshifted into the girl using a spinning wheel. However much the murderer shot at her, he did not hit her. The mother-in-law suggested to shoot at the spinning wheel instead and indeed, the cat died.
One should never load a gun in front of a cat.



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角田市 Kakuda city 東根 Higashine // 糸車

Kakuda no nana fushigi 東根の七不思議 The Seven Wonders of Kakuda
③ Number 3 - At the parking space of Kanomata hall there often appeared a monster with three eyes in the evening. It made the sound of someone turning itoguruma 糸車 a spinning wheel.




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木曽郡 Kiso district 上松町 Agematsu town

hebizuka 蛇塚 stone mound for a serpent
In 萩原の里 the hometown of Hagiwara there was a farmer’s home where three beautiful sisters lived. The youngest sister was especially beautiful and soon had a young lover, who came to her home every night. The other members of the house felt a bit strange about this man. One day they put a cotton thread in a sewing needle and stuck it into his robe. Later they followed the thread to 箱だたみの淵 the Hakodatami river pool. The young man was a serpent living there. The young man never came to the house again. The daughter got pregnant and had a child, which was a young serpent. The girl died soon after that. The family built a stone mound to pray for the serpent.
. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .

Lake Hakotatami / 箱だたみ池 Hakodatami




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出雲市 Izumo City 大塚町 Otsuka town

shiroi momen 白い木綿 white cotton
When someone has a problem with an itching eye, if it gets worse, one has to wrap a piece of white cotton three times around the leg of the side where the eye hurts, saying "I take you off when my eye is healed!"
When the eye is healed the cotton colth has to be cut off.




................................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県
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豊野村 Toyono village

momen boozu 木綿坊主 the cotton monk
The cotton monk comes in the fourth lunar month. This is the time for sowing cotton seeds, when people pray for a good harvest. Farmers prepare special mochi 餅 rice cakes and call out: "Please come to stay here!"
The number of the rice cakes must be 21 or 23.




................................................................................. Shiga 滋賀県
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伊香郡 Ika district 余呉町 Yogo town

ushi no toki mairi 丑のときまいり cursing ritual at the hour of the ox
People have to do this for seven nights, hitting a nail into a straw doll.
Once a man did this, wearing 白木綿 a white piece of cotton and two candles on a holder. He had the impression that invisible people were shouting at him in disgust.

. ushi no toki mairi 丑のときまいり to curse a person .




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東牟婁郡 Higashimuro district 北山村 Kitayama village

. Kojoro 小女郎 the Tanuki prostitute .
Kojoro had been often going to the pond 船戸池 Funatoike to meet a man. Her parents put a needle with a cotton thread into her robes and followed her. The poor Kojoro threw herself into the pond and died and her man followed her. Near the pass there is a grave of both. Kojoro was a beauty with long black hair, but from the waist down she looked like same 鮫 a shark.





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ito-tori ba 糸とり姥 the spinning old hag // 糸車
On the Eastern mountain of the village, farmers could often see an old hag near the fire turning 糸車 the itoguruma spinning wheel. They were quite afraid and asked a hunter to shoot her. He tried many times, but could not stop the sight. So the farmers asked him to shoot the fire, which he did with great doubts. When they looked, they found a lot of big and small coins on the ground. This might have been the money collected by 狸 the Tanuki, who was the old hag.
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最上郡 Mogami district 真室川町 Mamurogawa town// 糸車

banba 婆んば an old hag
It became dark, a strong lukewarm wind like a typhoon begun to blow and the mountain was rumbling. A hunter appeared and fired his gun at the mountain, where a female demon seemd to lurk. The villagers saw an old hag with white hair turning her spinning wheel. When the villagers followed the bloody track, they found a dead serpent in a hole in a tree.



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阿武郡 Abu district 福栄村 Fukue village // 糸車

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
A hunter made a shelf for his guns, but it was a bit to small and they say a monster would live there. Every night there was a strange light and they heard the sound of a spinning wheel turning. If he shot at the light, the bullet would not leave the gun. His friends advised him to shoot at the spinning wheel and the spook stopped.
It might have been the trick of a fox.

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Yamaguchi 防府市 Hofu city

. Tateishi Inari 立石稲荷 / 立石稲荷神社 .


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. Edo, Tokyo 江戸 - 東京 - 伝説 Legends Index .


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5/14/2020

saya ate kabuki

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sayaate, saya-ate 鞘当て scabbard-clashing, scabbard-collision, sheath collision
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contentions in love-affairs - and a Kabuki play



source : uranus.dti.ne.jp...

In the Edo period, Samurai were always carrying two swords and sometimes when they had to pass each other on a narrow town-road, the scabbards could clash - and even provoke a fight between the two men. Often one Samurai did it on purpose to provoke a fight.




. Katana - the Japanese Sword .

. Kabuki Theater ... 歌舞伎 .


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Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma 浮世柄比翼稲妻

History
A sayaate is a scabbards clashing confrontation between two warriors.
In the Kabuki world, this word is associated to the confrontation between Nagoya Sanza and Fuwa Banzaemon, who were both in love with the courtesan Katsuragi. The very first sayaate scene in Kabuki history was staged in the 3rd lunar month of 1680 at the Ichimuraza.
"Sayaate"
is now a 20-minute visually-striking dance look-alike popular act, which is based on the version written by Tsuruya Nanboku IV for his long drama "Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma", which was premiered in the 3rd lunar month of 1823 at the Ichimuraza It is accompanied by a light Nagauta ensemble.
Structure
"Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma" was divided in two parts, 9 acts and 19 scenes. The "Sayaate" scene of this drama was the 8th and last scene of the first part. It quickly became a successful independent drama. When "Ukiyozuka Hiyoku no Inazuma" is staged as a tôshi kyôgen, "Sayaate" is entitled "Date Kurabe Kuruwa no Sayaate".
Summary
Fuwa Banzaemon carries a sword named "Thunder" and wears a kimono decorated with a pattern of "lightning-in-the-clouds". His rival Nagoya Sanzaburô (Sanza for short) carries a sword named "Amorous Swallows" and wears a kimono decorated with a "swallows-in-the-rain" pattern. Unaware of each other, they make simultaneous entrances along the two raised passageways (hanamichi) through the audience. As they pass on the main stage, which represents Nakano Street in the Yoshiwara pleasure district at cherry blossom time, their sword hilts clash. They exchange insults, remove their green sedge travelling-hats, recognize one another and draw swords to fight over the courtesan Katsuragi. The mistress of a neighbouring tea house rushes forward and persuades them to call a truce.
Trivia
Depending on the production, the person who makes Nagoya Sanza and Fuwa Banzaemon lower their swords, is the mistress of a neighbouring tea house, the courtesan Katsuragi or a tea house bantô. The name of the mistress of a neighbouring tea house is related to the actor, who plays the role. It is for examples Otoki when Nakamura Tokizô plays the role or Okyô when she is played by Nakamura Shibajaku (because of his yagô Kyôya).
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ほたるにも戀 (恋)の鞘当てありぬべし
hotaru ni mo koi no saya-ate arinu beshi


Tr. Gabi Greve

高澤良一 Takazawa Ryoichi


. hotaru 蛍 fireflies .
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4/01/2020

Kyogen theater

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Kyoogen 狂言 Kyogen Theater - Legends


. Kyogen 狂言 Introduction .

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What Really Happens in the Kyōgen Backstage
This material offers explanations mainly through picture on the tools and works, which were used for backstage devices of Kabuki. This helps us to learn about dramaturgy of Kabuki, including stage sets and theater properties.
With the growing popularity of ghost story-related plays since the Bunka and Bunsei periods (1804-1830), the large scale devices were developed by Hasegawa Kanpei, a professional set designer/producer, who handled all the stage sets at three officially recognized Kabuki theaters of Edo. This page is one of the scenes of "Imoseyama Onna Teikin" and describes the devise of "takiguruma (waterfalls wheels)" that expresses the Yoshino River. Usually, pale blue cloth is used to express the flow of a river. In this play, however, this devise was used to make it appear as if the water flew from the back of the stage to the audience seats.
In addition, this work includes the burning lantern entrance (chōchin nuke), the revolving door panel (toita gaeshi), the garden lantern entrance (tōrō nuke) of "Ghost Story at Yotsuya on the Tōkaidō", and the disclosure of a trick for a midair stunt feat of Ishikawa Goemon. The books for trick disclosure were a popular project to satisfy the curiosity of the audience, and many other books based on similar ideas were also published.
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .

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kamanari 釜鳴 the kettle makes auspicious noises
A 刀鍛冶 sword smith named 国員 Kunikazu wanted to make mochi 餅 rice cakes for the New Year at the end of December, when suddenly his kama 釜 kettle begun to make auspicious noises. Since then Kunikazu became famous.
If a kettle makes noises the family will become prosperous. Kunikazu changed his name store name to
Kamanariya 釜鳴屋.
If a kettle begins to make noise in the kitchen, the womenfolk use new underwear and place it on the kettle to make it quiet.

. Narikama 鳴釜 Narigama yokai / Kamanari 釜鳴 .


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. saru 猿と伝説 Legends about monkeys - Affen .
A ship carrying Kyogen actors from a tour to Yamaguchi became shipwrecked and the people, rescued on land, did not know where they are. There were no human houses on the island. But the monkeys on the island found the humans and many came to the beach to look at them. Since it was a ship carrying actors, the monkeys asked them for a performance of a 狂言 Kyogen. So one of them danced 三番叟 the Sanbaso. The monkeys liked that very much and threw some food at them. Then they climbed on a high tree and showed the actors the direction. When the actors started rowing that way, they finally reached 長門国 the Nagato province.
Sanbaso by Masayuki Kunisaki
. Sanbasoo 三番叟 The Sanbaso Dance .
It started in the ninth century as a dance to avoid earthquakes.
Later it was performed in Noh, Kyogen and even Kabuki.


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中京区 Central ward

. Mibudera 壬生寺 Temple Mibu-Dera .
During the Kyogen performances in April at the 大念仏会 Great Nenbutsu Rituals there appear performers with masks.
The masks are of 牛若 Ushiwaka, 弁慶 Benkei, 土蜘蛛 Tsuchigumo, the Ground Spider, 鬼 Oni demons, 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu and others.


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. Horaijima 蓬莱島 a mythical island of eternal youth .
In a Kyogen performance for 節分 Setsubun rituals in Spring, an Oni 鬼 demon comes from Horaijima Island. He is tricked by a woman who snatches his kakuremino 隠れ蓑 straw raincoat (which makes him invisible). Then she throws Setsubun ritual beans at him to drive him out.


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月ヶ瀬村 Tsukigase village

. Mount Konoyama 神野山 and koedame 肥溜め an area for fertilizer .


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Osaka 堺市 Sakai city 少林寺町 Shorinji town

釣狐 Tsurigitsune (‘Fox Trapping’) - 狐釣り狂言 Kitsune tsuri

tsuri kitsune 釣狐 Tsurigitsune, Tsuri-gitsune "fox trapping"

Fox Dancing before a Fox Trap
the Kyôgen Play Tsurigitsune
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

- Tsuri-Gitsune - kyogen-in-english text -

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. The Fox Hakuzosu 白蔵主 / 伯蔵主 .
The legend of Hakuzōsu became a Kyōgen play "Fishing for a fox", 釣狐 Tsurigitsune (‘Fox Trapping’) / Konkai (‘The Cry of the Fox’)
In Tsurigitsune, an old fox who has lost all of his relatives to a hunter's trap assumes human form to try to convince the hunter to stop killing. In this story, a hunter is visited by his uncle, the priest Hakuzōsu, who lectures his nephew on the evils of killing foxes. The hunter is nearly convinced, but after the priest departs, he hears the cry of the fox and realizes it wasn't his uncle at all but a fox in guise.
The fox resumes his natural form and reverts to his wild ways, takes the bait in a trap and is captured.
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sanbon ashi no kitsune 三本足の狐 a fox with three legs
Hakuzosu was a strong believer in 稲荷神 the Inari fox deity.
One day he found a fox with three legs. He thought this was a present of the deity and he brought it up with great care.
The fox became a wise animal and helped the priest to forecast disaster and bad luck.
The staff of the priest used in the Kyogen performance is made of bamboo taken from the bamboo grove at 少林寺 the temple Shorin-Ji.

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1/10/2018

Sangenjaya district

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Sangenjaya 三軒茶屋 Sangen-jaya, "three tea stalls"
世田谷区 Setagaya ward / Sangenchaya 三軒茶屋



Under the un-auspicious name of "tea stall", a lot of extra entertainment was available in Edo.
Along the public roads to the countryside, there were many Chaya for travellers to rest.

. chaya, -jaya 茶屋 tea shop, tea stall - Introduction .

- - - - The three tea shops were
Ishibashi-ya 石橋屋 - originally 信楽 Shigaraki
Kado-ya 角屋
Tanaka-ya 田中屋

They were located at the beginning of two highways out of Edo,
大山街道 Oyama Kaido
and
二子街道 Futago Kaido.

Oyama Kaido was a favorite pilgrim road to
. 大山の不動様 Oyama no Fudo Son .
Shrine Oyama Afuri Jinja 大山阿夫利神社
There were two Oyama Kaido leading out of Edo, dividing at Sangen Jaya.


source : sangendyaya.co.jp

The rest of the area was still fields and forest in the early Edo period, but there were enough pilgrims to keep the tea stalls busy.
The Oyama Kaido is now called Tamagawa-doori 玉川通り Tamagawa-Dori.

The Futago Kaido was famous for
. Tamagawa Daishi 玉川大師 - temple Gyokushin Mitsuin .
4 Chome-13-3 Seta, Setagaya.
The postal station Futago Juku was at Kawasaki
神奈川県川崎市高津区二子 / Futago, Takatsu Ward, Kawasaki, Kanagawa


The tea stalls used to have two stories, with a second floor where the visitors could rest (and even stay over night if need be).
It is even told that Sakamoto Royma stayed at the 信楽 Shigaraki chaya.


source : sancha.jp/history


.... Ishibashi-ya 石橋屋
The shop was originally called 信楽 Shigaraki, but the name was later changed to 石橋楼 Ishibashi-rō.
In the Meiji Period,
Kado-ya went out of business and Tanaka-ya was lost in a fire.
In 1936, Ishibashi-ya moved across the street and changed its name to 茶寮イシバシ Saryō Ishibashi which means something like “Tea Room Ishibashi.” The first floor was a 洋食喫茶 yōshoku kissa a café specializing in yōshoku, Japanized western dishes. The second floor was a banquet hall that served yōshoku for large events and parties. In 1945, the family running the shop was evacuated due to the destruction incurred by the American firebombing of Tōkyō.
... according to local legend Tanaka-ya re-emerged at some time in the Sangenjaya area. It didn’t come back as a teahouse but as a ceramics shop. The modern shop is called 田中屋陶苑 Tanakaya Tōen Tanaka Ceramics. The shop uses the family name and is the only surviving business with any connection to the Sangen-jaya place name.



source : t-mame.blogspot.jp...
A modern reminder of Sancha 三軒茶屋交差点の交番前


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The area is often affectionately called 三茶 Sancha “three tea.”

..... In the Edo Period,
the area called Sangenjaya today was comprised of the former 中馬引沢村 Naka-Umahikizawa Village, 下馬引沢村 Shimo-Umahikizawa Village, and 太子堂村 Taishi-dō Village in former 武蔵国荏原郡 Ebara District, Musashi Province.
It seems that by the 1800’s, the popular name Sangen-jaya was already well known in the area. However, the name didn’t officially exist until quite recently. The birth of the official place name Sangen-jaya coincided with the 1932 creation of Setagaya Ward.
In the Meiji Period, the area became famous for シャボン屋 shabon-ya shops selling western soaps, 立飲屋 tachinomi-ya shops where you drink while standing, 駄菓子屋 dagashi-ya cheap candy and snack shops, and 魚屋 sakana-ya fish mongers. Today, it’s a rather affluent area with many bustling restaurants and bars.
- source : japanthis.com/2015/01/14/sangenjaya

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Tokiwabashi 常盤橋 Tokiwa bridge




This bridge is located at the Futago Kaido in the village 中馬牽沢村 Naka-Umahikizawa at Sangenjaya.


登戸街道 Noborito Kaido / Noborito-juku postal station



The road was called 津久井道 Tsukui Michi. This road met with the Oyama Kaido at Sangenjaya.

source : symphonic-net.com/tackara2000/rekishi/edomeishozue...


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ayu no michi 鮎の道 road to carry ayu trout
also called Tsukui Ookan 津久井往還 Road of Tsukui, a town in the North-West of Kanagawa prefecture.
Trout that were fished in Kutsui had to be transported to Edo for consumption as fast as possible. They were carried to the tea shop Sangenjaya 三軒茶屋 in Setagaya.
The fish were put in buckets and the carriers stopped ever so often to put fresh water into the bucket to keep the fish happy and alive.
. ayu 鮎 trout .



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kuchisake onna 口裂け女 the slit-mouthed woman
She likes the number three, so she likes to come here.
She knocks at the door three times.

. kuchisake onna 口裂け女 slit-mouthed woman .

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. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売 - Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳 Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


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