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Umezono Tenmanguu 梅園天満宮 Umezono Migawari Tenmangu Shrine 梅園身代り天満宮
?Baien Tenmangu
長崎県長崎市丸山町2-20 - Nagasaki, Maruyama
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Beginning in 2001, Maruyama Hana Festival is the festival of Umezono Migawari Tenmangu Shrine, and has been held in Maruyama-cho.
During this festival, a portable shrine known as an onna mikoshi is carried on the shoulders of women, and is courageously and noisily paraded along Kankodori Aveune from Maruyama-cho to the Hamanomachi Arcade shopping street.
Another highlight during this women only festival is the procession of courtesans that is reminiscent of when Maruyama-cho was a geisha district.
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This shrine has been built in 1700 by Yasuda Ji-emon 安田次右衛門 from Maruyama, and since then been the protector shrine of the Maruyama Geisha District.
A legend from 1693 tells about 安田次右衛門, who was attacked by 梅野五郎左衛門 and finally fled into his own estate. Like a miracle, he was not hurt but the statue of Tenjin sama (Sugawara Michizane) showed blood flowing.
This is why the shrine is also called Migawari - personal substitute.
In 1770 the governor of Nagasaki allowed theater groups and leisure attraction shops and even Sumo wrestling in the compound and then the parade of the geishas began too.
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. Sugawara Michizane 菅原道真 .
in the main hall 正殿
Uga no Mitama no Kami 宇賀御魂神
in the Inari Shrine （稲荷社）
. Uga no Mitama and Uga Benzaiten 宇賀弁財天, .
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The main Tenmangu Festival, Maruyama Hana Matsuri 丸山花祭り, is on the second Sunday in November.
The famous geisha Aihachi of Nagasaki and the BURABURA song
愛八姉さんの「ぶらぶら節」
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Aihachi was sold into the life of a geisha as a young girl from an impoverished fishing village, but became a shamisen player of distinction and a woman of refinement, while never forgetting her humble beginnings. Though not wealthy, she gave freely of her earnings to poor children.
She became a minarai (watching apprentice) with the Suekichi okiya (geisha house) of the Maruyama hanamachi (geisha district) in Nagasaki at the age of 10, debuting as ‘Aihachi’ at the age of 17 in the autumn of 1890, she unexpectedly became a meigi (famous geisha) around the age of 20 or 21.
In February 1931, she recorded ten folk songs that were popular during the Edo period, for the Victor record label, including “Burabura-bushi” a typical folk song of Nagasaki, which has since became known as the national folk song of Nagasaki. The film, "Nagasaki burabura-bushi" (The Nagasaki stroll about song), based on a Naoki Prize winning novel by well-known songwriter Rei Nakanishi, loosely recounts her life story.
The Maruyama district has long been known for its fabulous kimonos. A famous saying in Old Japan was:
“I wish I could have a beautiful courtesan of Shimabara [Kyoto] with the dashing spirit of a Yoshiwara [Edo] woman, wearing the gorgeous apparel of Maruyama [Nagasaki], at a sumptuous ageya of Shinmachi [Osaka].”
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egao bijin 笑顔美人 talisman for a smiling beautiful face
In the shrine compound is a famous rock called
Ebisu ishi 恵比須石 Ebisu Rock / Ebisu Stone
Time has left its marks on the rock but it looks like a smiling God Ebisu to all now.
If you look at the stone closely, your own face will get beautiful and you will become a "smiling beauty" with a smiling kind heart.
. Ebisu えびす 恵比寿 .
one of the seven gods of good luck.
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egao 笑顔 amulets for a smiling face
Japan Smile Project
. egao 笑顔 things for a smiling face.
Temple Jookooji 浄光寺 Joko-Ji, Nagano
egao genki kun 笑顔元気くん 金刀比羅宮 for a smiling face
. from Kotohira Shrine 金刀比羅宮 .
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. WKD : Nagasaki Prefecture Festivals - 長崎県 .
. Migawari 身代わり the deities substitute for us .
. biyoo jisha 美容寺社 praying for beauty .
. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja 神社) - Introduction .
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