Shinmeigu Shrine Legends

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Shinmeigu 神明宮 Shinmeigu Shrines
Shrines where the deity 天照大御神 Amaterasu Omikami is venerated.
They are also called
伊勢神宮内宮 Ise Jingu Uchinomiya - the Main Ise Shrine / お伊勢さん O-Ise San
神明神社（しんめいじんじゃ） Shinmei Jinja
神明社（しんめいしゃ） Shinmeisha
皇大神社（こうたいじんじゃ) Kotai Jinja
天祖神社（てんそじんじゃ） Tenso Jinja
しんめい様 / シンメイサマ Shinmei Sama

阿佐ヶ谷神明宮 Asagaya Shinmei Gu - 東京都杉並区 Tokyo Suginami Ward

. Amaterasu Omikami 天照大神 .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


.......................................................................　Aichi 愛知県 .....
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Aichi 知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita town

Myojin 明神， Shira-Ame Daimyojin 白雨大明神

Once a fisherman from 内海 Utsumi had a vision:
"I am 明神 the Myojin Deity living in Utsumi.
In former times I was venerated at the local Shrine here.
If you rebuilt the Shrine, I will bring prosterity to the village!"
First he did not understand the message.
It might have been from 蛇神様 the Hebigami Snake Deity.
When they tried to built a Shrine, the villagers used the name 村雨神宮 Murasame Shingu Shrine.
When they performed amagoi 雨乞い a rain ritual, there was a strong storm and rain
and they venerated it as the Deity Shira-Ame Daimyojin 白雨大明神 "White Rain Daimyojin Deity".
. Hebigami 蛇神と伝説 Legends about the Snake Deity .

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Aichi 江南市 Konan city 石枕町 Ishimakura town (stone pillow town)

. Ishizukuri Jinja 石作神社, Shinmeigu 神明宮 .




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Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city 四倉町 Yotsukura town

しんめい様
渡邊という旧家に、神明宮があってしんめい様が祀られていたが、渡邊家に継ぐ者がいなくなり、しんめい様は不動様 Fudo Sama と呼ばれている盲目の男に預けられた。執筆者がこの男に会ってしんめい様はと尋ねると、小川村の八幡様に預けてあるが、夢で時々取りに来てくれと言われるので近いうちに行きたいと語ったという。
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Fukushima 田村郡 Tamura district 三春町 Miharu town

Shinmei Sama しんめい様
三春町庚申坂の神明宮の神明様。 この神明様は伊勢の大神宮様で、男と女の一対。（人々が供える）着物が100枚になると、祈祷して伊勢の大神宮に送る。ご神体はしゃくなげの木であるが、ふだんはもったいなくて拝めない。顔の白い布は年に1度ご元朝にしか取って拝めない。男のほうが少し小さく、胴体は径1寸ほどで和紙がまいてある。全長７、８寸。おしんめい様は出たくなると夜中でもいつでも出る。宮を守っている人の夢などで、「出たい出たい」と知らせる。そういうときは、すぐに出ないとしかられる。おしんめい様と歩いていると、76歳のじいさんでも一日中歩いて疲れない。




.......................................................................　Gifu 岐阜県 .....
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Gifu 恵那市 Ena city 山岡町 Yamaoka town

koishi 小石
伊勢参りから帰ってくる途中、草鞋の中に小石が挟まった。いくら取っても絡まってくる。不思議な石なので神明神社に祀った。その小石は次第に大きくなったという。

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Gifu 飛騨市 Hida city 神岡町 Kamioka town

Koojin Sama 荒神様 Kojin sama
野首にある神明神社の向かって左側に立っている石塔は力を授けてくれる神として信仰を集めている荒神様である。かつてこの石塔が杉の大木の下にあったとき、落雷で木が燃えてしまった。それを見たある女の人が、その大きな石塔を持ち上げて避難させた。これ以来、首にわらじをかけて参り、「荒神でー、荒神でー、おー荒神でー、荒神でー」と3回唱えると力を授けられるという。

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Gifu 高山市 Takayama city

赤い顔の鼻の高い男，Tengu 天狗
神明神社から三軒ほど下の家が火事になったことがあった。その家の前に赤い顔で鼻の高い男がいたので、天狗が火をつけたのだろうと言われたという。




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志摩 Shima region

Sanbo Kojin
竈の上に祭ってある三宝荒神に供える松の枝の葉が枯れかけると家族の誰かが必ず頭痛になるので、常に新しい枝と取り替えるという。村の神明宮 Shinmei Gu の氏子の女性は、片方の乳が小さいといわれている。夜、弦月に星が近づいて見えることを寄り星といい、近いうちに必ず誰かが死ぬといわれている。船おろしの際にまく餅を妊婦が食べると、お産が軽いという、など。




.......................................................................　Saitama 埼玉県 .....
埼玉県所沢市中富 - 神明社 Shinmeisha .......................................................................

imo no kami いもの神　Deity of Sweet Potatoes

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日比谷　Hibiya

. 日比谷神明 Hibiya Shinmei .
Shiba Daijinguu 芝大神宮 Shiba Daijingu
In former times, it was also called
Iikura Myoojin Guu 飯倉神明宮 Iikura Myojin Gu / Iikura Shinmei Gu
Shiba Myoojin Guu 芝神明宮 Shiba Myojin Gu / Shiba Shinmei Gu

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神明宮 / 神明神社
15 しんめい様 collecting
38 シンメイサマ collecting

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Iya Jinja Matsue

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Iya Jinja 揖夜神社 Iya Shrine, Shimane

島根県松江市東出雲町揖屋 / Shimane, Matsue, Iya, Higashi-Izumocho

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Izanami no Kami 伊邪那美神

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The shrine is dedicated to the goddess Izanami
This shrine was mentioned in the “Izumo no Kuni Fudoki”, a record of the culture and geography of the region and is the only record left today in Japan that is in complete condition since 733, meaning the shrine was regarded as very important by the capital at the time.
The main hall uses Taisha-zukuri architecture, but the area where the sacred object is kept is made in the opposite fashion to Izumo Taisha, where order goes from left to right.
Iya shrine is also famous as the very setting for one of Japanese mythology stories.
The Shrine is dedicated to the goddess Izanami who is the wife of the god Izanagi.
Together they were said to have created the Japan Archipelago and a lot of the Japanese gods/ goddesses.
They used to be a loving couple with the same ambitions until Izanami died as the result of giving birth to the god of fire.
Since then, their paths had separated with Izanami belonging to the land of the dead while Izanagi to the living.
After Izanami died, Izanagi had spent days grieving and missing her so much that he chased after her into the land of the dead trying to get her back, only to find that his loving wife turned into a monstrous creature rotten from the inside out. Izanagi ran for his life and back to the living world, chased by Izanami, who was furious because he looked at her face when she told him not to.
In the end, Izanagi shut her in the underworld at the boundary of the living world with a huge rock,

which is now known as 黄泉比良坂 Yomotsu-hira Saka. There you can actually witness the very rock he used to shut the entrance to the underworld.
Izanami cursed Izanagi from the other side of the rock saying,
“For the shame you have caused me, I will kill 1000 people from your world every day!”
Izanagi replied to her “Then, I will create 1500 people every day.”
And they never saw each other again.
Thus, Izanami is forever stuck in the underworld and has been ever since.
Iya shrine might have been built by those who sympathize with her, praying for her to rest in peace.
- source : kankou-shimane.com/en ..

. Izanami　伊邪那美命 and Izanagi 伊弉諾 .

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Yearly Festivals　年中行事

穂掛祭　Hokake Matsuri
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Ho-kake Matsuri 穂掛祭 Hokake Festival

The festival is held both on sea and land. People pray for a generous harvests and safety at sea.
The god worshipped is first brought in a Mikoshi on a boat to reach a sacred place before returning to the shrine.
The rituals include a Kagura dances on a stage next to the shrine, mochi-maki (distribution of pounded steam rice cakes), Japanese drums and fireworks.
. Matsue Festivals .

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connecting Himeiji with Izumo

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Chinju sama Guardian legends

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Chinju Sama, Chinjusama 鎮守様 Guardian Deity Legends

. chinjugami　鎮守神 tutelary deities .
chinju 鎮守 regional deity, local deity
chinju doo 鎮守堂 Chinju-Do Hall for the Regional Kami, a kind of Hokora, tochidoo 土地堂 Tochi-Do.

. chinju no mori 鎮守の森 forest in the shrine compound .
. ujigami　氏神 / Ubusunagami clan KAMI deities .

. katame no Kami 片目の神 Kami with one eye .
They are often seen as Guardian Deities.

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鎮守様の森で by 竹川新樹


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.......................................................................　Aichi 愛知県 .....
岡崎市 Okasaki city 古部町 Kobu town

. ubugami 産神 "deity of birth" . - Ubusunagami 産土神
The real personality of the Ubugami is not quite clear. Nevertheless
it is 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity of the village.




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Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city 四倉町 Yotsukura town // 鎮守の杉

chinju no sugi 鎮守の杉 cedar tree of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity
About 40 years ago, a grandfather became wery ill for a long time.
In former times, his wife had hit a nail into sugi no ki 杉の木 a cedar tree to curse someone.
When they looked carefully at the tree, they found the nail.
This tree had been 鎮守の杉の木 the sacred cedar tree of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity.
When they pulled the nail out, the man got better.
. Wara ningyo 藁人形 straw dolls for curses .
the vodoo dolls.

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Fukushima 郡山市 Koriyama city 湖南町 Konan town

The 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity is enshrined at 高井神社 the Shrine Takai Jinja.
The deity once hurt herself at goma no ki ゴマの木 a sesame tree and lost one eye.
Therefore the villagers do not grow sesame.
Some villagers have very narrow eyes.

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Fukushima 南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district 檜枝岐村 Hinoemata village

. bakeneko 化け猫 / 化猫と伝説 Legends about monster cats .
The 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity of the village was a kind of monster that used to eat one virgin every year as an offering.
One villager took the courage, went to 伊勢の国 Ise to get a dog called 天地白 and brought it back.
The dog bit the monster to death. It turned out to be a
. Hihi 狒々/ 狒狒 / 比々 Hihi Baboon Monster .

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. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
When women have to go to the mountain fields for work, they often stick a needle into their front hair.
Serpents are afraid of needles and do not come close.
There are also ritual chants that keep the serpents away.
In former times it was because of the blessings of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity that there were no serpents in the village.
Even nowadays, serpents are very few.

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If someone gets ill, they have to pray to 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity.
If the illness is very severe, they call a priest to perform prayer rituals.
If the priest can not come, they use prayer amulets instead.

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鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity once slipped in a field of satoimo 里芋 taro potatoes
and lost her left eye in a field of goma 胡麻 sesame.
Since then the villages do not plant taro or sesame.
Many villagers have a small left eye.

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Fukushima 十日町市 Tokamachi city

鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity lost one eye when he slipped on wheat.
Since then the villagers do not plant wheat any more.

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Fukushima 耶麻郡 Yama district 高郷村 Takasato village

In former times, 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity slipped on cow dung and fell into the well of the village.
Since then people do not keep cows and do not dig wells any more.




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龍ヶ崎市 Ryugasaki city

. Kokuzo Bosatsu 虚空蔵 and unagi 鰻 the eel .




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横浜市 Yokohama city 港北区 Kohoku ward

鎮守様 The Chinju Sama guardian deity, which is 八幡様 Hachiman Sama, does not like silk,
therefore when they bring babies to the Shrine, they do not use silk hats or bibs.




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Niigata 北蒲原郡 Kita-Kanbara district 阿賀町 Aga town

neko 猫 cat and hebi 蛇 serpent
The villagers were told by a Shaman that there was a curse from cats and serpents.
They made votive paintings of a cat and a serpent
and gave it as offerings to 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity

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Niigata 古志郡 Koshi district 山古志村 Yamakoshi village

The 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity once hurt herself at goma no ki ゴマの木 a sesame tree and lost one eye.
Therefore the villagers do not grow sesame.

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Niigata 中頚城郡 Naka-Kubiki district 吉川町 Yoshikawa town

. The Ibaraki Doji Monster 茨城童子 / 茨羅鬼童子 .
Next to the boulder of 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity of the village 尾神 Ogami,
the monster child Ibaraki Doji used to live.
Now there are only his footprints and 33 Buddha statue left.

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Niigata 中魚沼郡 Naka-Uonuma district 津南町 Tsunan town

. katame no kamisama 片目の神様 Kami with one eye .
鎮守様 The Chinju Sama guardian deity stepped on mugi 麦 wheat and fell down
then it hit one eye with goma ゴマ sesame and had only one eye left.
Since then the villagers do not grow wheat or sesame.




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川上郡 Kawakami district 備中町 Bitchu town

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
In the hamlet 布瀬 Nunose there is a small Sanctuary under a muku no ki 椋の木 Muku tree (Aphananthe aspera),
where kitsune sama キノネ様 a fox is venerated.
In local dialect it is also calld 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity,
or マツリデン Matsuri Den or イワイデン Iwai Den, place for a festival .




.......................................................................　Tokushima 徳島県 .....
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平島村 Hirashima village

. Inugami 犬神 "Dog Deity" .
Once a kind man with a sanctuary for Inugami 犬神 the Dog Deity in his estate behaved quite strange.
In the back of his estate was a place to venerate 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity.
In the building they found a small baby dog and then kept it.




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立川市 Tachikawa city

. Chinju Hachimangu 鎮守八幡宮 in Tama 武蔵国多摩郡 .




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下関市 Shimonoseki city

mori sama 森さま The Honorable Forest
In the forest in the back of the estate of 内山家 the Uchiyama family, there is a sanctuary called
森さま Mori Sama. If it is cleaned regularly, the family will always have enough money.
It is 鎮守様 the Chinju Sama guardian deity of the family.
Once a man cut down matsu no ki 松の木 a pine tree in the forest, but he hurt himself very much.
. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .


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OK 鎮守の杉 / 鎮守の池 / 鎮守八幡宮

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Jingu Kogo Legends

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Empress Jingu Kogo 神功皇后 / 神宮皇后 - Legends

. Empress Jingu Kogo 神功皇后 / 神宮皇后 - Introduction .
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. funadama, funatama 船玉 / 船霊 / 船魂 guardian deity of a boat .
The fact that protector deities of ships and boats are female goes back to 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo.

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An old stone mason tells this story:
In former times the area of 豊前の国 Nagato no Kuni and 豊前の国 Buzen no Kuni (both in Fukuoka and Oita) was connected by a place called 穴門 Anamon, now in Nagato. It was also written 穴戸 Anato.
When 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo took the army to Korea, part of the land was cut away to make place for the war ships to pass.
Anamon refers to Kanmon Kaikyo 関門海峡 the Kanmon Strait.

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Sumiyoshi no Kami 住吉の神， Funadama no Kami 船玉の神
In 房総 Boso (old name for Chiba), 住吉の大神 the great Kami of Sumiyoshi is venerated as 船玉神 Funadama no Kami.
神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo during her war in Korea venerted this deity. All the Kami came to her help and produced a favorable wind. When she was back in Japan, she verneated the Kami at 摂津住吉 Settsu Sumiyoshi Shrine in Osaka. . Sumiyoshi Jinja 住吉神社 Shrine legends .




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Fukui 三方町 Mikata town

. u 鵜 cormorant .
神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo is venerated at 常神社 the Shrine Tsune Jinja,
which was the original Shrine named 常宮神社 Jogu Jinja in Tsuruga.
Woman come to pray here for an easy birth.
When 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo had to wait here for favorable winds and during that time gave birth to a son.
She buried the son in the sand of the beach and soon went on to Korea.
The local u 鵜 cormorants took care of the baby and warmed it with their feathers.

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Jogu Shrine

Affectionately known by locals as “Osan no Jogu-san,” the shrine of childbirth, this shrine features an abundance of natural beauty that changes from season to season, such as plum blossoms, cherry blossoms, and fall colors.
After Empress Consort Jingu safely gave birth here to the imperial prince who would go on to become Emperor Ojin, she became revered as the deity of safe childbirth.
Empress Consort Jingu was the empress of Emperor Chuai, the enshrined deity of Kehi Jingu Shrine, so Jogu Shrine and Kehi Jingu Shrine are thought of as husband and wife, with Jogu Shrine considered the rear shrine of Kehi Jingu Shrine.
Every July, the enshrined deity of Kehi Jingu Shrine, Emperor Chuai, crosses the sea in a mikoshi portable shrine boat to visit his wife, Empress Consort Jingu, at Jogu Shrine, where she is enshrined, in a romantic Shinto rite. Because of the location, and because Empress Consort Jingu was said to have prayed for safe navigation before the legendary ancient conquest of the Korean peninsula, this shrine is also considered a protector shrine for voyages and fishing.
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Fukui 敦賀市 Tsuruga city

mumei zuka 無名塚 a mound without name
In former times, Kobo Daishi passed here on his pilgrimage and cut himself some hashi 箸 chopsticks
from the wood of タモの木 an ash tree (Fraxinus mandshurica). After the meal he stuck the chopsticks into the ground and they begun to grow into a large tree.
When 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo passed here she buried many people here who had died during her war.
They also put the weapons and armour of the soldiers into the mound.




.......................................................................　Fukuoka 福岡県 .....

Sumiyoshi Daimyojin 住吉大明神

When 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo was on her way to war with Korea,
the deity 住吉大明神 Sumiyoshi Daimyojin appeared to her as an old man.
He told her to take kanju manju 干珠満珠 the tide jewels for a safe journey.
She would get the jewels from Azumi no Isora, who worked as her general during the war.
. Azumi no Isora 阿曇磯良 .
. kanju manju 干珠満珠 the tide jewels .




.......................................................................　Hiroshima 広島県 .....
三原市 Mihara city 幸崎町 Saizaki town

ukidai 浮鯛 a floating sea bream
神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo poured some sake rice wine on a tai 鯛 sea bream and the animal started floating.
There is now a Shrine, 浮鯛神社 Ukidai Jinja, in this place.

1-11-19 Saizakinoji, Mihara, Hiroshima - Ukidai Jinja
. tai 鯛 sea bream .




....................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県 .....
宝塚市 Takarazuka city

takara zuka 寶塚 a mound full of treasures
This name refers to the treasures burried by 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo.
If people find something worth picking up on this mountain, they will be lucky.




.......................................................................　Kochi 高知県 .....
幡多郡 Hata district 大月町 Otsuki town

. Kaijin 海神 God of the Sea .
A woman should never go aboard a ship alone.
Once 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo was on a ship alone,
Kaijin 海神 the God of the Sea became angry and caused a storm.
The Empress had to throw her body into the water.




....................................................................... Shimane 島根県 .....

Sankan-seibatsu (the conquest of three countries in old Korea) (三韓征伐)
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Sankan-Seibatsu (the conquest of three countries in old Korea)
was written in the war affairs of the "Nihonshoki" (Chronicles of Japan), on the military expeditions against Silla (pronounced "Shiragi" in Japanese: Kingdom of ancient Korea) by the Empress Jingu who was a descendant of Prince Amenohiboko of Silla. After Silla surrendered, two remaining countries from the three (Paekche [pronounced "Kudara" in Japanese: Kingdom of ancient Korea] and Koguryo [pronounced "Kokuri" in Japanese: Kingdom of ancient Korea]) surrendered to Japanese authority, one after another; so, this war affair came to be known as the Sankan-Seibatsu.
However, in some cases it was called the "Conquest of Silla."
- reference source : japanese-wiki-corpus.org/history... -


Susa Shrine 須佐神社 / 須佐大宮

30 Sadacho Susa, Izumo, Shimane

When 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo passed here, she performed a dance.
The song read Han Nan Mo Hi Ten No
「はん（拝）なん（南）もう（方）ひい（日）てん（出）のう（邦）」.
This is a Buddhist prayer song and helps to keep favorable winds, warding off rain.




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和歌山市 Wakayama city

玉津島 Tamatsushima Island is the place where 神功皇后 Empress Jingu Kogo on her trip to Korea
found nyoi-ju 如意珠 a wish-fulfilling jewel coming up from the waters.
. nyoi hooju 如意宝珠 Wishfulfilling Jewel .



On this very small princess Daruma doll there is only one of these jewels.
The three jewels remind us of the Korean war of Empress Jingu, which was favoured by a strong wind
called "Treasure of Ebb and Tide" (kanju manju 干珠満珠).

玉津島神社 Shrine Tamatsushima Jinja

Wakayama, Wakauranaka, 3-4−2

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katame no Kami legends

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katame no Kami 片目の神 Kami with one eye - legends
These Kami lost one of their two eyes.

. Yama no Kami　山の神 has only one eye .
Amanomahitotsu no kami　天目一箇神 / Amatsumara 天津麻羅
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. Yama no Kami and Jūni sama 十二様 Juni Sama .
hitotsu manako ヒトツマナコ "one eye"
Once the deity of 十二神社 the Shrine Juni Jinja, Yamanokami, fell down in a field of garlic and lost one leg,
looked at the ears of wheat and lost one eye.
So he is now known as 片目片足の神様 the Deity with one Eye and one Leg.
. komugi 小麦と伝説 Legends about wheat .

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桑名市 Kuwana city // 隻眼 sekigan

katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye
In the pond of the Shinto Shrine, there are 隻眼の魚 fish with one eye.
They had a fight with the sojin 祖神 ancestors and lost one eye as punishment.
. katame no buna 片目の鮒 crucian carp with one eye .




.......................................................................　Nagano .....
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南佐久郡 Minami-Saku district 川上町 Kawakami town

. Ujigami, Ubusuna 氏神 clan deity .
In Iikura 居倉 when the Ujigami 氏神 clan deity descendet for a visit, it hit his eye at a hooki no ki 箒の木 summer cypress (broom cypress). Therefore the villagers do not make brooms.
. hooki 箒 / ほうき Hoki, broom, Besen .
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In Azusayama 梓山 when the Ujigami 氏神 clan deity descendet for a visit, he entangled his legs in 山藤の蔓 the wisteria wine and hurt his eye with kuri 栗 chestnuts.
Therefore the villagers do not plant wisteria or chestnuts. Even if they do, the plants wither.
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When the Ujigami 氏神 clan deity of the Kobayashi family descendet for a visit, he hurt one eye with a kyuuri きゅうり cucumber.
Therefore the villagers do not plant cucumbers.

go shintai 御神体 Go-Shintai, Shintai object of Shinto worship
Go-Shintai should not be looked at. Is someone does, he will lose his eyesight.




.......................................................................　Niigata 新潟県 .....
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糸魚川市 Itoigawa city

. Sanno 山王 the "Mountain King" .
He is Ujigami 氏神 the clan deity venerated at 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja. He often goes out at night to look after the water and check the growth of uri 瓜 water melons.
One evening a dog howled at him and he fled. He slipped on the cow dung and hurt his eye on a gomagara ゴマガラ sesame plant.
He now had only one eye and the villagers never plant sesame any more.

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Niigata 成願寺町 Joganji town

. Yama no Kami and Jūni sama 十二様 Juni Sama .

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Niigata 柏崎市 Kashiwazaki city

Shrine Kasuga no Yashiro 春日社

The deity at the Shrine Kasuga no Yashiro has only one eye.
When he descendet for a visit, he entangled his legs in fuji 藤 the wisteria wine and hurt his eye with goma ゴマ sesame.
The villgers cut off all the wisteria and do not grow sesame any more.

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Niigata 長岡市 Nagaoka city // 栃尾市 Tochio city

. Suwa Jinja 諏訪神社 Suwa Shrine .

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Niigata 中魚沼郡 Naka-Uonuma district 津南町 Tsunan town

. 鎮守様 The Chinju Sama guardian deity .

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Niigata 古志郡 Koshi district 山古志村 Yamakoshi village
and the villages
東蒲原郡 三川村 // 北魚沼郡 湯之谷村 // 東頸城郡 安塚町

. Chinju Sama, Chinjusama 鎮守様 Guardian Deity .
The chinju sama 鎮守様 guardian deity of the village once hurt his eye with goma ゴマ sesame.
Now the villagers never plant sesame any more.
This tale is known in many towns and villages.

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Niigata 中頚城郡 Nakakubiki district 清里村 Kiyosato village

If people plant goma ゴマ sesame, their eyes will go bad, so they do not plant it.
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Niigata 魚沼市 Uonuma city

katame no kamisama 片目の神様 Kami with one eye
Suwa Sama 諏訪様 The deity of the Suwa Shrine once had a bout of Sumo wrestling in a field of goma ゴマ sesame.　
The shells of the sesame pierced its eyes and it became a deity with one eye.

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Sekigan 隻眼（せきがん）もしくは Dokugan 独眼（どくがん）は、
片側の目そのものや視力を失った身体障害の状態をいう。病気（腫瘍など）の内因の他、事故や戦闘中の負傷など外因、奇形による先天的な要因の場合もある。外因により視力を失った際、多くは反対側の眼にも失明を及ぼすため、片目を喪失した者のうちで隻眼となるのは多数ではない。失った目が、右目でも左目でも同じように呼ばれる。
目が失われたために義眼を入れたり、眼帯などで隠し、自らの威厳の誇示を兼ねることがある。「隻」とは「対になっている物の片方」を数えるときに用いる助数詞である。
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Hiyoshi Shrine and Sanno legends

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Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine Legends

. Hiyoshi Jinja 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrines and their Festivals .

. Hie Jinja 日枝神社 Hie Shrines and their festivals .
Hie Shrines, also called Hiyoshi Shrines.

Sanno 山王 the "Mountain King" is venerated at these shrines.

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.......................................................................　Aichi 愛知県 .....
西春日井郡 Nishi-Kazugai district 清洲町 Kiyosu town

The monkey of an ema 絵馬 votive tablet at 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja had been painted by the famous 狩野元信 Kano Motonobu.
It came to life at night and devastated the nearby fields every night.
They had to cover its eyes with cloth to keep it in place.
. Kano Motonobu 狩野元信 (1476 - 1559) .




.......................................................................　Akita 秋田県 .....

. Kappa legends 河童 カッパ　かっぱ from Akita .
Kappa is venerated as 山王様 Sanno Sama during the festival on the 15th day.




.......................................................................　Chiba 千葉県 .....
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Chiba 木更津市 Kisarazu city / 山王様の沼

. Mizuchi, Medochi 蛟 water snake Yokai .
Mizuchi ミヅチ is a kind of water snake monster.
Until the Meiji period, people who passes at 山王様の沼 the swamp of Sanno Sama dismounted their horse and payed respect to the deity.
The Masters of the Pond at 吾妻神社 the Azuma Shrine in Kisarazu where two 白蛇 white serpents.
At the beginning of the Meiji period they came to live at the Swamp of Sanno Sama.

Hie Jinja 日吉神社, 木更津市大久保73 73 Okubo, Kisarazu, Chiba

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Chiba 東金市 Togane city

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
A woman from 和泉 Izumi had thrown herself into a pond.
Her onryoo 怨霊 revengeful ghost had become a huge serpent in the pond.
The serpent would eat people and cause much damage.
So the villagers aseked the priest from 日吉神社 Hiyoshi Shrine to have a ritual to appease her.
Through this great power, the serpent perished.

HP of the Shrine
- reference source : touganehiyoshi.org -




.......................................................................　Ehime 愛媛県 .....

. Nobusuma 野衾 (のぶすま） "wild quilt", "wild blanket" monster .
Near the small Shrine where 山王様 Sanno Sama is venerated is a small road which is dark even during the day.
There lives a fusuma ふすま Nobusuma monster that brings disaster to the people.




.......................................................................　Fukushima 福島県 .....
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郡山市 Koriyama city 湖南町 Konan town // 山王坂

Some children had gone to 山王坂 the Sannozaka slope to collect wild herbs, but one of them did not come back.
The next morning they found it on the embankment of Sannozaka.
The lunch it had taken yesterday was all smelly.
It must have been bewitched by a fox.
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A doctor from Fukura was walking along 山王坂 the Sannozaka slope when he met 大入道 the O-Nyudo monster, which took away his fish.
This was itachi イタチ a weasel. On days when it rains, an Itachi can shape-shift into an O-Nyudo monster.
. Oonyuudoo 大入道 the O-Nyudo Monster .




.......................................................................　Gifu 岐阜県 .....
郡上市 Gujo city 和良村 Wara village

On the old road to 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja there is a stone imprint called
garan baba がらん婆 old woman named Garan
They say the Garan family lived here, but not much is known about it.



.......................................................................　Gunma 群馬県 .....
渋川市 Shibukawa city 北橘町 Kita-tachibana town / 山王様

In the compound of the Shrine where 山王様 Sanno Sama is venerated, there lived a monster and some people got ill. It was abandoned because nobody wanted to live therer or buy any land.



.......................................................................　Ibaraki 茨城県 .....
茨城町 Ibaraki town / 山王様

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
Sometimes people saw a light at night below the shrine where 山王様 Sanno Sama is venerated.
A boy thought his brother had come to show him the way, but when he called the name of his brother, he got no answer.
He kept calling and suddenly the light of the lantern estinguished and all was gone. It must have been a Tanuki.




.......................................................................　Iwate 岩手県 .....
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江刺南町 Esashiku-Minami

. Temple 光明寺 Komyo-Ji and Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 .




.......................................................................　Miyagi 宮城県 .....
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伊具郡 Igu district 丸森町 Marumori

The boulders of Sanno Gongen, Sanno Iwaya 山王岩屋 are at the very narrow part of the Abukumagawa gorge, where a huge boulder hang on each side. The messenger of Sanno Gongen, a saru 猿 monkey comes here often and his footprints are in the rock.
The warlord Abe no Sadato 安倍貞任 used this place for the defense of his territory.
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多賀城市 Tagajo city 南宮 Nangu

Nangu Jinja 南宮神社 Nangu Shrine

The Deity 大山咋命 Oyama Kui no Kami had fallen in love with 和加佐姫命 (a combination of the legendary 金山彦 Kanayamahiko and 金山姫 Kanayamahime) but the Princess did not like him.
She run away and slipped in a field of hemp and of sweet potato leaves, she hurt her eye at a branch of a tea tree and finally reached 船形山 Mount Funagatayama (1500 m). The Shinto priest had a mortar and his her there.
The preist sat on the mortar and told Iku no Kami to give up.
At the village of Nangu they do not grow hemp nor sweet potatoes nor tea.

If men from the village of the Sanno Shrine go up to Mount Funagata, they will get a divine punishment.
Nangu Shrine is one of the 鹽竈神社14末社 14 sub-Shrines of 鹽竈神社 Shrine Shiogama Jinja.
. Shiogama Jinja　鹽竈神社 in Shiogama City .

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Oyamakuhi no kami (大山咋神)
The god is also called Yamasue no onushi no kami.
He is the son of Otoshi no Kami and Amenochikarumizu hime.
The 'kuhi' of his name means pile, (heavy beam of timber) indicating that he is a deity who drives a pile of heavy timber into Oyama ("Big Mountain"), and the mountain's owner. According to the Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters - Japan's oldest historical record), the deity is enshrined in Hieno-yama (later called and Mt. Hiei) and Matsuo, Kazuno District, and Narikabura is where the deity resides.
Since Enryaku-ji Buddhist Temple of the Tendai sect was built on Mt. Hiei, the deity also came to be regarded as the guardian deity of the Tendai sect and Enryaku-ji Temple. The god is also called "Sanno," the king of Mt. Hiei.
A Shinto school derived from the Tendai sect was called "Sanno Shinto," later changed to "Sanno Ichijitsu Shinto" by Tenkai (a priest of the Tendai sect, who lived in the early Edo period). Dokan OTA built Hie-jinja Shrine by moving Oyamakuhi no kami from Kawagoe-Hiyoshi-sha Shrine to make it the guardian deity of Edo-jo Castle.
During the Edo period, the deity was regarded as that of the Tokugawa family, and since the Meiji period, it has been regarded as the guardian deity of the imperial palace.
Hiyoshi-Taisha Shrine at the foot of Mt. Hiei is the headquarters of all the Hie-jinja Shrines that worship Oyamakuhi no kami across the country. Later, Omononushi (a deity in Japanese mythology) was enshrined in Hie-jinja Shrines; Omononushi is called "Obie" ("Big Hie") and Oyamakuhi no kami "Kobie" ("Small Hie").
"Sanno" is the general term for these two deities. Omononushi is enshrined in Nishihongu ("West Main Shrine") and Oyamakuhi no kami in Higashihongu ("East Main Shrine").
Besides, the two deities are enshrined in Higashihongu (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo Prefecture), and also in Matsuo-taisha Shrine (Nishikyo Ward, Kyoto City).
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.......................................................................　Niigata 新潟県 .....
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糸魚川市 Itoigawa city

. katame no Kami 片目の神 a Kami with one eye .

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新潟市 Niigata city 江南区 Konan ward 焼鮒駅 Yakifuna station // 日枝神社

. funa densetsu 鮒 伝説　crucian carp - legends .
In the compound of 日枝神社 Shrine Hie Jinja there used to be an old pond, where a special yakifuna 焼鮒 "burned Funa" lives.
When 親鸞聖人 Saint Shinran threw a dead burned Funa into the pond, it came back to life and its descendants live there to our day.
Its scales still have the color of burning.

source : Seven Wonders of Shinran




.......................................................................　Okayama 岡山県 .....
総社市 Soja city 秦 Hada / 山王様

. yashikigami 屋敷神 "estate deity" .
In the estate of shooya 庄屋 the village headman there is a sanctuary for 山王様 Sanno Sama.
In former times, a family member had killed 白い蛇 a white serpent and as punishment grandmother became blind.
To atone for the killing, they built the sanctuary.




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nojin (nogami, nokami) 野神 Kami of the Wilderness
Nogami reigns in the wilderness.
The main festival for this Kami is on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month.
This Kami is also known for its close relation to bulls and cows.
The festival for Nojin at 今堀日吉神社 the Hiyoshi Shrine of Imabori is held on the 7th day of the 7th lunar month.
It may be related to the festival for 牛神 Ushigami.
. ushigami 牛神　Kami of cattle .

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Shiga 伊香郡 Ika district 西浅井町 Nishi-Azai town

. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
If there is no rain for a long time, people go to 日吉神社 the Hiyoshi Shrine and ask the priest to perform rain rituals.
After the rain has fallen, they come again to express their gratitude.

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Shiga 長浜市 Nagahama city

Tokobo no hashi トコボの橋 "The bridge of Tokobo, the Kappa".
Coming from the compound of 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja there is a bridge over the river 藤田川 Fujitagawa, called
Tokobo no hashi トコボの橋 "The bridge of Tokobo, the Kappa".
If people want to cross it, there comes a Kappa and pulls them into the river by their legs.
Therefore people avoid passing this bridge.
. Kappa Legends - Kappa densetsu　河童伝説 .

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Shiga 大津市 Otsu city / 日吉山王の社 / 日吉大社

On the 7th day of the 7th lunar month in 1281, the Mongolians were coming to Japan.
The bell of 日吉山王神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Sanno Jinja begun to ring and the temple treasure, a divine sword, stood up to the West.

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Shiga 高島郡 Takashima district マキノ町 Makino town

Once in the past the priest of 日吉神社 the Shrine Hiyoshi Jinja wanted to see the object of worship.
He practised purification rituals for seven day and then opened the 厨子 small Shrine.
He saw the figure of a farmer holding a hoe.
When he looked inside a second time, he saw only flames.
The priest expressed his greatfulness by offering a huge Shrine name plate for the gate with the inscription
山王大明神 Sanno Daimyojin.

.......................................................................　Tokyo 東京都 .....
西多摩郡 Nishi-Tama district 桧原村 Hinohara village // 山王様

山王様のバチ The punishment of Sanno Sama
A grandmother became suddenly ill in front of the small sanctuary for 山王様 Sanno Sama in the garden and died soon after.
Her grandson asked a diviner for advise and was told that grandmother had kicked at the small sanctuary.
So he built a bigger Shrine to apologize for the sin of his grandmother.




.......................................................................　Tokushima 徳島県 .....
阿波町 Awa town

. noroi 呪い a voodoo curse .
If someone wants to curse someone else, he has to come at the the old double-hour of the ox, hit a voodoo doll with a strong nail into the tree at 日吉神社 the Hiyoshi shrine. Then break one branch of the tree and throw it into the direction of the enemy.

Hiyoshi-215 Ichibacho Obari, Awa, Tokushima




.......................................................................　Yamanashi .....
南巨摩郡 Minami-Koma district 早川町 Hayakawa town / 山王神社

komabiki iwa 駒引き岩 Horse-pulling rock
At Shimo-Yushima in 奈良田 Narada village theree is 山王神社 the Shrine Sanno Jinja.
In the compound is a rock called 駒引き岩 Komabiki iwa.
On this rock there are many imprints that look like the hooves of a horse.
They say they date back to the time when 孝謙天皇 Koken Tenno (718 - 770) Empress Shotoku came to Narada and died.
Her grave is in 法王神社 the Shrine Hoo Jinja 奈良法王神社.

- reference source : hayakawa-nara-howo-shrine... -

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -

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