Japan - Shrines and Temples

07/03/2020

Ishigami Stone Deity 2

Jinseki 石神 a place name in Hiroshima

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. Iwagami 岩神 "rock deity" .
Often a special rock or boulder venerated by the villagers.

. Shibagami 柴神 / シバガミ Shibagami / 柴取り神 Shibatorigami .
and トンビョウ神 Tonbyogami

. magaibutsu 磨崖仏散歩 Stone Cliff Buddhas .

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Isonokami, iso no kami 石上 (ishi no ue) 石上サン on a stone

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homepage of isonokami.jp

. Isonokami Jingu 石上神宮 .

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- - - - - Various shrines with the name Ishigami Jinja 石神神社 / 石神社 - - - - -

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The "Ishigami-san" (Stone God) on the grounds of 神明神社 Shinmei Jinja Shrine
is worshipped by the women divers since the old days as a god who "grants at least one wish of a woman".
In the present day, many women from all parts of Japan come to worship here.
All you have to do is to write just one wish on the "Wish Paper", and post the Wish Paper in the wish box in front of "Ishigami-san", then pray.
A rather unique good luck charm, which has the embroidery of a star and grills, is also popular.
Because a star could be drawn in one stroke, the women divers believed "they could return where they started after the dive".
Also, the grills implied that "there is no open space from where a demon could enter".
- source : kankomie.or.jp/en/spot... -

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source : pmiyazaki.com/takachiho/isigami...

高千穂の石神神社　（いしがみじんじゃ）in Takachiho
Deity in Residence is 牛神大明神 Ushigami Daimyojin
. ushigami 牛神　Kami of cattle .
= Ta no Kami, Ta-no-Kami 田の神 Tanokami, God of the Fields

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. Onishi Jinja 鬼石神社 Onishi Shrine .
Onishi 鬼石町（おにしまち） was a town located in Tano District, Gunma Prefecture.
The region produced many stones 石の産地.
The protector deity of stones was called 鬼石明神 Onishi Myojin and is known at least since 1703.

oni ishi 鬼石 lit. Demon Stone

- Reference : kojiki.kokugakuin...

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. shingun 神軍 / jingun ジングン heavenly army phenomenon .
Stones like arrowheads falling from the sky.

. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) - Introduction .

. kami　神　Shinto deities - ABC-LIST - .

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蝶の類枯れ石神に日燦爛
木村蕪城

化石神やまなみねがえりをうつか
田畑耕作

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- - - Ishigami 石神 often refers to an unusual stone formation, venerated as a deity.

reference : 蒲生郡安土町老蘇式内奥石神社『神社本紀』

青森県黒石市牡丹平大山祇神社　砲弾鬼石神
大山祇神社（おおやまづみじんじゃ）Oyamazumi Jinja

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Hakoishi Jinja 箱石神社
in 宮城県 Miyagi 石巻市 Ishinomaki city

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
A ujigami 氏神 clan deity of the ashigaru 足軽 soldiers of the Sendai domain, who lived in 成田町 the Narita town, along 北上川 the river Kitakamigawa.
When 坂上宿禰高道 Sakanoue Sukune passed here in 863 to fight the Emishi, he found his death here.
His soul turned into a dragon and caused great flooding. To appease his soul, the shrine was erected.

. ashigaru 足軽 "light legs", common foot soldier .

. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 (758 - 811) .

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Retsuishi Jinja 裂石神社 "split stone" Shrine
in Yamanashi　山梨県, Enzan city - 岩盤から湯が湧出
The saddle of the deity riding to Retsuishi Shrine became a stone.

At the temple 裂石山雲峰寺 Retsuishizan Unpo-Ji

source : rubese.net/gurucomi...

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Tateiwa Jinja 立石神社 (たていわじんじゃ) "standing stone" in various places / 立石稲荷
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. ubusuna ishi うぶすな石 stone for the Deity of Birth .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

// 石の神
There is 自然石の神 a natural stone deity called 松倉様 Matsukura sama.
They say if flew here in one night.

source : www43.tok2.com/home/hikeaomori...
Matsukura Jinja 松倉神社
Aomori, 五所川原市前田野目

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秋田市 Akita city 金足 Kanaashi

Ishigami Sama 石神様
At 鳰崎 Niozaki there are two hokora 祠 small Shrines, one dedicated to 石神様 Ishigami Sama and one to 白山様 Hakusan Sama.
At the Hakusan Shrine, amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals are performed. If they do not bring any result, the next rain ritual is performed at the Shrine for Ishigami Sama.
. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .

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大石神社 Shrine Oishi Jinja

Gomiso ゴミソ a Shaman like the Itako
Around 1920, 工藤むら Kudo Mura was worried about the health of his daughter さだ Sada. He consulted a local Gomiso Shaman, who told him she should to go to 赤倉山 Mount Akakurayama.
For three years and three months, she went to venerate the ウブスナさま Ubusuna-Sama in the village of 鼻和村 Hanawa. At the end of this time, 成田の不動様 the great Fudo of Narita showed his form. The following year from the New Year on she went to Akakura and the shrine 大石神社 Oishi Jinja for three days of prayer and eventually became a Gomiso Shaman.

The Shrine 赤倉山神社 Akakurayama Jinja is located at Higashiiwakisan-1-39 Hyakuzawa, Hirosaki.

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今治郡 Imabari district // 石神サン

There is kyoseki 巨石 a huge stone megalith and if people touch it, their stomach will begin to ache.

There are various large stones in Imabari.

伯方島　宝股山　石神
石清水八幡神社　磐座
伯方島　喜多浦八幡神社の亀石
手水鉢の石
- reference and more photos : shamon/kyoseki/ehime/imabari... -

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Ehime 西条市 Saijo city 千町 Sencho town // 石の神体

osainoki san, o-sai no ki san おさいのきさん honorable tree at the border
This type of tree is located ath the borders of a village.
One is at 旧加茂村内部落 Kamo village Murauchi hamlet at the pond 御代池 / 御代ヶ池(みよがいけ) Myogaike, where ia rock is venerated as Kami.
At its side are many zoori 草履 straw sandals.
It is venerated as tagori no kami タゴリの神 (tagori means coughing).
If prayers have helped to cure, people offer straw sandals.

. Sekigamisama 咳神様 Deity of coughing .

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群馬県利根郡片品村花咲
source : webgunma.com/189...

hanasaki ishi 花咲石 - ハナサキイシ Hanasaki Stone
Yamato Takeru was on his way to Northern Japan to fight 悪勢（おぜ）Oze, a bad grouop of people.
In the mountains lived majin 魔神 a bad deit (Oze), which did not follow the orders of the Imperial Court but brought trouble to the villagers.
This bad deity was overpowered and burned. His daughter was a pure girl, but the soldiers of Takeru captured and killed her. Her maid servant cried herself to death and her soul became a stone. The stone was called Hanasaki "Stone of flowering blossoms".
The stone is now a historical landmark in 片品村 Katashina village.
Another version of the legend tells of the wife of Oze, which had hidden in a cave. The enemy set fire to the cave and she died in the flames. Her dead body begun to grow into a large stone, with the pattern of rainbow-colored botan 牡丹 peony blossoms.
After her death, the villagers begun to get ill and have misfortunes, so they built a red torii 鳥居 Shrine gate and venerated the place as
牡丹石明神.
This part of Katashina village is called 花咲 Hanasaki Hamlet.

. Yamato Takeru 日本武尊 .

. majin 魔神 - akushin, akujin 悪神 devil, Teufel .

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神石郡 Jinseki district 神石高原町 Kogencho town // 石神さん

A 伊勢参りの旅人 pilgrim to the Ise Shrine forgot a package on iwa 岩 a rock, but the villagers found it. First they wanted to throw it away but the next day they put it back in the rock. This went on for a few days and eventually they opened it.
Inside were tamagushi 玉串 branch offerings. The villagers placed them on the rock and venerated them as shintai 神体 the Body of Kami.
Later a stone mason wanted to split the rock, but red blood came out of it.
The stone had originally been the size of a bed, but now it begun to grow more and more into the sky.

. tamagushi 玉串 offering of a sacred Sakaki branch .

. shintai 神体 "body of the deity" .

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Hiroshima 庄原市 Shobara city 東城町 Tojo town

. Ishigami san 石神さん The Venerable Stone Deity .

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明石市 Akashi city // 明石の神 Kami from Akashi

. Kakinomoto Jinja 柿本神社 Shinto Shrine in Akashi, Hyogo .
moojoozakura 盲杖櫻 / 盲杖桜 "Blind Stick Cherry".
A blind person from 筑紫 Tsukushi no Kuni province come here and repeated the prayer for a certain time:
ほのゞとまこと明石の神ならば　我にも見せよ人丸の塚
When he could see again, he placed his blind stick here and it grew into a cherry tree.

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Hyogo 神戸市 Kobe city まや山天上寺 Mayasan Tenjo-Ji

yakusui shinkoo 薬水信仰 belief in healing water
At the temple Tenjo-Ji there is a special stone monument with a hole on the top, where the water collects.
In former times this was attributed to 石神 Ishigami or 石仏地蔵碑 a stone statue of Jizo Bosatsu.
The water would heal eye diseases.

. Maya san Tenjooji 摩耶山天上寺 Tenjo-Ji .

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八幡平市 Hachimandaira city

Shizukuishi Jinja 滴石神社

At this Shrine there is a mysterious stone with an opening like a bottle to pour a drink. On its top it makes a sound like シズクイシ "shizuku ishi", on the bottom it makes a dripping sound like tantan タンタン. Many people come here to take a look. The local headman who had to guide the visitors became weary of the job and split the top of the spring stone. As a curse his family became very poor, but the story was told from grandfather to grandchild.

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さぬき市 Sanuki city // 田石の神様 Taishi no Kamisama

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢－ racoon dog, badger legends .
The neighbour of 広瀬 Hirose san once said "I am going to pray at 田石の神様 Taishi no Kamisama sanctuary. When he wanted to go back, it was already quite dark. Suddenly 白い狸 a white tanuki appeared in front of him. This Tanuki, quite a Yokai monster, was called Ashimagari 足まがり Ashi-Magari, trying to prevent him from going straight .
But he kicked the animal with one leg, so it disappeared.
It took him more than 12 hours to get home.

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鎌倉市 Kamakura city

At the Shrine 石神神社 Ishigami Jinja (In the compound of Goryo Jinja) there is an annual ritual on the 25th of July to appease the local 河童 Kappa. Young men with bowls of offerings swim as far as the point from where the island of Enoshima can be seen, then they throw the offerings into the sea. This will prevent the Kappa from doing harm to the swimmers on the famous beach.
. Kappa Legends from Kanagawa 神奈川 .

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幡多郡 Hata district 西土佐村 Nishi-Tosa village // 石神さん

. kannazuki 神無月 month where the Kami are absent .
kami no rusu 神の留守 the gods are absent
This is the 10th lunar month, when the Kami father at 出雲 Izumo.
During that time Izumo no matsu 出雲の松 the pine of Izumo begins to bend.
Konpira san 金毘羅さん and 石神さん Ishigami san do not go.

. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .

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上京区 Kamigyo ward

iwagami 石神 / イワガミ Iwagami Deity
The rock at 下の石神 Shimo no Iwagami has been pulled here by 高松殿 the lord of Takamatsu. There had been a strange light every night at the top, so the wet nurse of the lord was awarded to become priestess at the temple / shrine to venerate and appease Ishigami 石神寺 / 石神社.
The Shrine is also known as 岩神神社 Iwagami Jinja, 「岩神祠(いわがみし/いわがみ　の　ほこら)」 Iwagami no Hokora, 、「岩神さん」 Iwagami san or 「岩上神社」 Iwagami Jinja.

Iwagami Shrine (岩上神社) - Daikokucho, Kamigyo Ward, Kyoto

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It Shrine is very small. When I first visited the place, I almost overlooked it, because the shrine consists of only one water basin and one main building. The size of the shrine is about 10 square meters of land. However, it has obviously been enshrined importantly by local people for a long time.

This shrine’s object of worship is this rock.
There is an interesting story related to this rock. In ancient times, this rock used to be placed at Nijo Horikawa. However, people in those days decided to relocate the rock to different places, and they did so several times. The rock was actually really upset about it, and some people heard the sound of crying from the rock at night. What is more, soon after the relocations, many unfortunate accidents happened in Kyoto over and over again. People of that time were terrified and started to believe that these accidents were results of the rock’s wrath. Consequently, people decided to establish a shrine to appease the wrath of the rock, and they restored the peace in the city. Today, we can still see the rock enshrined at Iwagami Shrine. - source and more photos : urarachan.wordpress.com/... -

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河藝郡 Kawage district 栗眞村 Kurima village // 石神

A woman in the village became ill. An oracle told her, it was because the family had burned down the little forest around the local Shrine for 石神 Ishigami. Since then the family begun to pray at the Shrine and never cut a tree from there again.

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西都市 Saito city 銀鏡 Shiromi // 石神

tatsu no koma 龍の駒 horse of a dragon
On the Westernn slope of 龍房山 Mount Ryubusuyama there is a hamlet called 秋切集落 Akkiri.
There is 石神 a stone deity named Ryu no Tama 龍之玉. In the nearby river the tatsu no koma 龍の駒 horse of the deity comes do drink.

銀鏡(しらみ)神社 Shirami Jinja / 銀鏡神社（しろみ神社） Shiromi Shrine
- reference source : pmiyazaki.com/siromi_j... -

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マユイシノカミは前石の神 mayuishi no kami

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モンイシノカミ mon ishi no kami
門の石の神 stone deity of the gate

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パライシノカミ para ishi no kami
パライシノカミ（腹石 hara no ishi）は柱石の神である。

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シティイシノカミshitii ishi no kami
シティイシノカミは墓の下部の石の神である。

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ウヤイシノカミ waya ishi no kami
ウヤイシノカミは親石、または上石の神である。

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天王寺区 Tennoji ward

During the construction of 四天王寺 Shitenno-Ji temple, ox carts were used to transport the stones. When the construction was finished, one bull turned into a stone.
He is now venerated at 石神の祠 a small Ishigami Shrine, Ishigami Do　石神堂.

. Temple Shitenno-Ji 四天王寺 .

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東松浦郡 Higashi-Matsuura district 鎮西町 Chinzei town // 石の神

ochosusama, o-chosu sama おちょす様 Deity to protect children
At the roadside is a stone deity named O-Chosu Sama, venerated in a small shrine with a thatched roof.
On the 20th day of the New Year there is 的射り a ritual of children shooting at a target. The small shrine was once relocated to 十二社宮 the place for 12 Shrines, but a priest said this was not good, so it was brought back to its old place.
In former times, children had used bamboo sticks to pick the stone, but a farmer stopped them.
The farmer soon died of a curse from the Deity.
. kodomo no kami 子供の神 Deity to protect children .

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浜田市 Hamada city

Once upon a time, there was a huge rock. If people touched it, they got crazy or even died. When スサノオノミコト the Deity Susanoo no Mikoto split it into two parts, the strange things did not happen any more. One of these rocks gave name to the Shrine erected there, 石神神社 Ishigami Jinja.

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練馬区 Nerima ward

. Shakujii Park 石神井公園 Shakujii Koen .
石神井神社 Shrine Shakujii Jinja

sakana 魚 fish
At 石神井の池 the pond in Shakuji Park there lived a strange fish, each of its scales looked like a torii 鳥居 gate of a Shinto shrine.
During flooding this fish is swept out to the surrounding rice and vegetable fields. The villagers revere it as a messenger of the deity of Shajuji Shrine and never catch it.

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Once a man heard the bell of a bicycle along the river Shakujigawa.
There were very few bycicles in this area and it might have been the mischief of the ghost of someone who had once fallen into the river and drowned.
Suddenly the place became quite popular and many people came to look out for the ghost.
Finally they realized it was the voice of frogs and the excitement died down.

. Yamata no orochi 山田の大蛇 / 八岐大蛇 huge monster serpent .

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防府市 Hofu city // 立石

Tateishi Inari 立石稲荷 / 立石稲荷神社
Dannouracho, Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi

Built in the slope in three steps.

Tateishi Inari Myojin 立石稲荷明神
Once the elder brother was very sick and his life in danger. The parents went to 立石稲荷社 Tateishi Inari Jinja to pray for his recovery. The next morning there was a long flag from white cotton hanging from the ceiling. The flag touched the cheek of the boy, fell down before the mother and then vanished. The sick boy recovered very soon. The flag must have been from the Deity of the Tateishi Shrine.

. momen 木綿 legends about cotton .
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大島郡 Oshima district 周防大島町 Suo Oshima town

On the mountain near the Shrine 志度石神社 Shidoishi Jinja there is a bird with white patterns below its wings. It is said to be fed by the Deity itself.
On the 11th day of the new year, there is a ritual called Otogui, O-to kui 御鳥喰 "feeding the bird", when the bird is fed. If the bird does not eat the food, there will be a bad year with disasters ahead.

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// 石の神

On the 14th day of the New Year the Dosojin 道祖神 Wayside Gods are venerated as 石の神 Ishi no Kami. The fire of the ritual will protect children from getting ill.
. Doosojin 道祖神 Dosojin, Dososhin - Legends about Wayside Gods .

. Yooka sama. Yōka 八日様 Yoka Sama, the Honorable Day Eight .
oyooka sama お八日様 O-Yoka Sama

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
（蒲生郡安土町老蘇式内奥石神社『神社本紀』）

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Shibagami

On the way up to the Shrine is a red Torii gate and this male symbol.
People come here to pray for children, not getting female diseases and other problems during a pregnancy.
Once upon a timeon
a Samurai and his daughter passed here on a long journey. The daughter was very tired but her father got angry, killed her and buried her, putting a piece of shiba 柴 brushwood on the grave.
The villagers took pity of the girl and built a small Shrine to venerate her.
Since then women with female health problems come here to pray.
- reference source : washimo-web.jp/Information/Shibatatsuhime... -

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. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) - Introduction .

. kami　神　Shinto deities - ABC-LIST - .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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西海町 Saikai town // 柴折りさま

Oshiori Sama, O-Shiori sama オシオリサマ，足軽るさま Ashigaru Sama
At the entrance of the village is a valley called シオリ谷 Shioridani.
In former times, 柴折りさま Shibaori sama was venerated here.
If people offer some shiba 柴 brushwood before leaving the hamlet, they will walk easily (ashigaru, ashi ga karuku naru)

- - - - - オシオリサマ in 城辺町 Gusukube city
If there are two hamlets connected via a pass, there is just one way to reach each other.
Each hamlet has a statue of 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu called オシオリサマ O-Shiori Sama.
If travelers pass the statue, they make offerings of shiba brushwood and pray that they will walk easily.

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Ehime 宇和島市 Uwajima // シバオリサン

Shibagami シバガミ
If people pass a road with a statue of 石地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu or 道祖神 the Dosojin Wayside gods, they make offerings to シバオリサン Shibaori san of shiba brushwood and pray for the safety on the road.
To get protection from the pranks of tanuki 狸 badgers, yamainu 山犬 wolves or notsugo ノツゴ Yokai monsters, they break (ori) green grass by the roadside and make an offering.

notsugo (notsuko) is an invisible yokai that makes it difficult for villagers to walk in the forests.
In other places it makes the sound of a child crying or screaming.

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四国中央市 Shikoku Chuo City 富郷町 Tomisato town

tonbyoo gami トンビョウ神 Tonbyo no Kami / トンボ神 Tonbogami / トボ神 Tobogami
トンビョウサン tonbyoo san or トンベ神 Tonbegami are other names for serpents. Some have the power to possess humans.
They are small serpents of about 30 cm. They like to possess humans with resentments for others.

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .

.......................................................................　Kochi 高知県 .....
柴折さま

. Hidarugami ヒダル神 / ひだる神 / ヒダルカミ the Hunger Gods .
If people make proper offerings of shiba 柴 for 柴折さま the Shibaori Sama, they will not be bewitched by the Hidarugami ひだる神 Hunger Gods.

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Kochi 土佐山 Tosayama // 柴折様

The 石神さん Ishigami san is also シバオリさん a Shibaori san deity.
If people make a fire on the day of this deity, there will be a fire in their home.
. Ishigami 石神 Stone Deity .

Shibaori Sama 柴折様
If someone walks up a mountain road and suddenly feels very hungry and cold sweat, this is called ダリガミ Hidarigami
In Tosayama this is called kuwan クワン. In that case one must put something to eat into the mouth, even a rain of rice will do.
If one makes proper offerings to Shibaori Sama, this will not happen.
kuwan kuwan クワン imitates the sound of a fox.

. Hidarugami ヒダル神 / ひだる神 / ヒダルカミ Hidarigami Hunger Gods .

.......................................................................　Okayama 岡山県 .....
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久米町 Kume town // 柴取り

The third day of June is called 柴取りの口開け the "opening day of Shibatori".
From this day on people can cut and collect brushwood from the mountain forest.

.......................................................................　Tokushima 徳島県 .....
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三好市 Miyoshi

Shibaori Jizo san 柴折地蔵さん
A statue of Jizo Bosatsu along the road where someone has died is venerated with offerings of shiba 柴 brushwood.

兵庫県諭鶴羽山 Shibaori Jizo in Hyogo, Mount Yuzuruba (607 m)

Shibaori Jizo in Hyogo

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
柴神 ok / 柴折 ok / 柴取 ok / シバオリ ok / トンビョウ神 ok

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shinrei spirit legends

Sometimes a dead person can come back to haunt or help others as a bad or good ghost or a divine spirit.

. Shrine Uji Jinja 宇治神社 .
The following persons and their Spirits are venerated here :

大職冠鎌足神霊　（タイショクカンカマタリシンレイ）Taishokukan Kamatari Shinrei / 藤原鎌足 Fujiwara no Kamatari
和気清麿神霊　（ワケノキヨマロシンレイ）Wake no Kiyomaro Shinrei
菅原道真神霊　（スガワラノミチザネシンレイ）Sugawara no Michizane Shinrei
楠正成神霊　（クスノキマサシゲシンレイ）Kusunoki Masashige Shinrei
羽倉東麿神霊　（ハクラアズママロシンレイ）Hakura Azuma Maro Shinrei
岡部真淵神霊　（オカベマブチシンレイ）Okabe Mabuchi Shinrei / 賀茂真淵 Kamo no Mabuchi
本居宣長神霊　（モトオリノリナガシンレイ）Motoori Norinaga Shinrei
平田篤胤神霊（ヒラタアツタネシンレイ）Hirata Atsutane Shinrei

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aramitama 荒魂 / 荒御魂 - nigimitama 和魂
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This is one of the ways of referring to a spirit (mitama)
by its function or inner workings, placing it in opposition to nigimitama.
Aramitama is recognized and understood as the ferocious, rough, or violent manifestation of a spirit (mitama).
Although the nigimitama is the normal condition of the spirit,
the aramitama appears during times of war or natural disasters.
This aramitama changes back to the nature of nigimitama by receiving ritual attention.
However, using aramitama to refer to the state wherein the spirits of kami (shinrei) or their power become manifest is thought to have been closer to the original usage.
Among shrines, many worship the two aspects of the mitama separately.
For example, Sumiyoshi Shrine in Shimonoseki worships the aramitama of the Sumiyoshi kami,
while Sumiyoshi Taisha in Osaka worships its nigimitama.
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mitama, goryoo 御霊 a spirit
Utsushimi 現御身（うつしみ） is the shinrei 神霊 divine spirit of a kami 神 Shinto Deity in this world.
とは神の現世で御霊であり、御霊とは神霊のことを指す。
御霊実とはご神体のことである。
tama 霊 spirit
is a general term for spirit or soul in ancient times. In addition to human spirit, it also refers to spirit or spiritual force in nature.
A human soul is considered a spiritual entity that comes from outside and dwells in the body, endowing the individual with energy and personality. The word tamashii (spirit, soul) presumably had an original meaning of the "function of tama."
Mitama (御魂、御霊) is an honorific term for tama. When it is written with the characters 神霊 (mitama), it refers to the spirit of a kami.
Later on, the spelling of 御霊 came to be used exclusively for goryō, a spirit that brings hazards to human society.
- reference : d-museum.kokugakuin.ac .. -

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知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minamichita town

shinbatsu 神罰 heavenly punishment
Another name for 神霊 Shinrei is Okutari sama オワタリサマ O-Kutari sama or Ojinjiki sama オジンジキサマ O-Jinjiki

At 八王子社 the Shrine Hachiojisha at Shinojima 篠島 Shino Island
the festival is held once a year on the 3rd and 4th day of January.
From 八王寺社 the Shrine Hachiojisha
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Shinojima Lord's Procession Festival

This unique festival is one of the trademarks of the small and tranquil island of Shinojima,
located right in the middle of the Mikawa Bay entrance between the Chita and Atsumi peninsulas.
The ritual of the Daimyo Gyoretsu Procession is carried out in order to protect
Ojinjiki-sama, the spirit of Hachioji Shrine, while it is moved to Shinmei Shrine
and brought back on the following day.
It is believed that the power of Ojinjiki-sama will make onlookers go blind,
so all the lights in the road between the two shrines are turned off during the ceremony.
On the next day, after a shamanic dance at the Shinojima Beach,
the crowd of almost-naked men will get in a big brawl in order to decide
who gets the Otanagi-sama of the "Shinboku" Divine Tree.
- reference source : aichi-now.jp ... -
- reference source : shinojima-matsuri ... -

Hachioji Jinsha 八王子神社 Shrine for the 8 Oji Princes
Yahashira Jinja 八柱神社（やはしらじんじゃ）
- reference source : wikipedia -

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秋田市 Akita city

reimu 霊夢 vision in a dream，shinrei 神霊

At the Shrine for the Deity 三吉大明神 Miyoshi Daimyojin at 大平山 Mount Taiheisan
a believer once had a strange dream.
If a man goes to the top of the mountain to worship the deity he will get great profits.
Since the wife of the believer had seen the same dream,
both built a small Shrine and thus had many wishes granted.
After a wish is granted they must make an offering of mochi 餅 rice cakes.
Otherwise they will be cursed.

.......................................................................　Chiba 千葉県 .....
印旛郡 Imba district / Inba / 臼井町 Usui town

. tsue 杖と伝説 Legends about a walking staff .
When 八幡宮 the Shrine Hachimangu was founded in Usui,
the local lord 臼井太郎興胤 Usui Taro Okitane (? - 1313, age 25) placed his walking stick in the ground.
If the staff would stand and grow, this would be the show of shinrei 神霊 a divine spirit.
The staff began to grow and became 樟の神木 the divine Kusunoki camphor tree.

臼井八幡宮 Shrine Usui Hachimangu

.......................................................................　Fukui 福井県 .....
川俣町 Kawamata town

reikoku 霊告 revelation
The Shrine for the Deity 甲太明神 Kotai Myojin was built on a relevation of the Deity.
A muku no ki 椋の木 Muku tree Aphananthe aspera was growing in one night.
The place was then called muku seichi 椋生地 place where the Muku grows.

皇太明神神社 Shrine Kotai Myojin Jinja - Shiga

- reference source : kokesikan.com/zinzya... -

.......................................................................　Fukushima 福島県 .....
いわき市 Iwaki city

At 諏訪神社 the Shrine Suwa Jinja in Iwaki city and 泉崎の八幡神社 the Shrine Hachiman Jinja in Izumisaki
there are ema 絵馬 amulets in rememberance of a pilgrimage to 出羽三山 the Three Mountains of Dewa.
They depict pilgrims at a ritual of the waterfall.
In front of the waterfall is a mirror, which represents 神霊 Shinrei, the divine spirit.

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. 源の義経　Minamoto no Yoshitsune .
At the homes of the Ainu there are two open windows.
One is called 「かもいとの」Kamoitono and
the other one 「ふうくはん」Fuukuhan.
They are venerated with food offerings.
Kamoi represents 神霊 Shinrei, the divine spirit and
Fuukuhan represents the spirit of Yoshitsune

.......................................................................　Hyogo　兵庫県 .....

Konpira Shin reikoku 金比羅神霊験 the miracle of the Konpira Deity
金右衛門 Kinemon was a lumber dealer. He put all his lumber on a ship.
The sailors wanted to steal his money and tried to kill him.
They tied him up and threw him into the sea.
That night in the yard of Kinemon's home, his wife heard a strange sound
and she saw Kinemon tied up and falling down.
Kinemon was a strong believer in 金比羅 the Konpira Deity and had prayed
to Konpira San to save him.
When he went to Konpira and told the story, he got his money back.
He gave all the money to the Shrine to built Kondo 金堂 a Golden Hall there.

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養老町 Yoro town

taki no shinrei 滝の神霊 Shinrei, the divine spirit of a waterfall
People who take ablutions in 鼓ヶ滝 the waterfall Tsuzumigataki or
in 養老の滝 the waterfall Yoro no Taki in Gifu have to keep special taboos.
If they use a gourd to scoop water or eat the fish from the river or cook soy beans with the water,
they will make the deity of the waterfall angry and might die on the spot.

養老の滝 the waterfall Yoro no Taki
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Yoro falls has been chosen as one of the Top 100 Waterfalls and one of the 100 Best Spring Water Sites in Japan.
It is also famous for a legend that tells the story of a pious son who ladles some water from the waterfall
to give to his ailing father, only to find that it tastes like sake!
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reiken 霊験 a miracle，shinrei 神霊 divine spirit
If the price for rice becomes very high or if there will be a natural disaster
a special star appears above 阿蘇山 Mount Asosan.
On the 13th of May suddenly all the mice left the houses,
on the 17th rain begun to fall and destroyed the fields,
on the 18th birds flew away from 藤崎祇園 Fujisaki Gion.
On that day in the evening there was a huge eruption of the volcano Asosan.

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shaboku 社木 divine Shinto Shrine tree

The shaboku 社木 divine trees at 肥後の野原八幡 the Shrine Nohara Hachimangu in Higo
had fallen down during a Taifun.
But then there was a large trembling of the ground and all the trees were standing up again.
People think this was not unusual, but due to the shinrei 神霊 divine spirit of the place.
. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .

one more legend about shaboku

福岡県 Fukuoka 太宰府市 Dazaifu city

shaboku to tatari 社木の祟 the curse of the divine Shrine tree
During the time of 清原岑成 Kiyohara no Minenari (799 - 861) as regend of Dazaifu
the damage to the roof of the Shrine had become great and for repair
the people felled the large tree in the Shrine compound.
But Minenari was cursed by the divine tree and died soon after.
. shinboku 神木, shinju　神樹　sacred tree, divine tree .

.......................................................................　Kyoto 京都府 .....

伏見区 Fushimi ward

. Toba don 鳥羽殿 Honorable Sir Toba - carps .

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松本市 Matsumoto city

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Foxes are known to bewitch people and make them eat abura-age アブラアゲ / 油揚げ fried Tofu.
Sometimes such a person seems to have become the speaker of 神霊 Shinrei, a divine spirit.
Once a child of 14 years became bewitched and started eading a lot of fried Tofu.
Once the child said "When I become 19, I will stop that!"
And indeed, after his 19th birthday, the child became normal again, after a priest performed a purification ritual.

.......................................................................　Nagasaki 長崎県 .....
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諫早市 Isahaya city

. kaikoo 怪光 mysterious light .
and the divine spirit of Princess . Inadahime 稲田姫 Princess Inada .

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大阪市 Osaka city 生野区 Ikuno ward

shinrei 神霊 the divine spirit
When 仁徳天皇 Emperor Nintoku Tenno (257 - 399) lived at 高津の宮 Takatsu no Miya,
his archery place was at 岡村 Okamura village.
People later built a Shinto Shrine there and venerated Nintoku Tenno as a divine spirit.

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三島郡 Mishima district

. Emperor Gotoba Tenno 後鳥羽天皇 / 後鳥羽上皇 .
Around 1595, the famous thief 石川五右衛門 Ishikawa Goemon sneaked into 水無瀬殿 the Hall Minase Dono.
But this was a hall to venerate shinrei 神霊 the divine spirit of Emperor Gotoba.
So his body begun to shrink and he could not leave the place any more.
. Ishikawa Goemon (石川五右衛門) .

.......................................................................　Shimane 島根県 .....
隠岐郡 Oki district

takuhi gongen 焼火権現 Takuhi Divine Fire Deity
At night from the sea around 隠岐 Oki Island, shinka 神火 a divine light was seen, believed to be made
by Takuhi Gongen 焼火権現 the Deity of Divine Fire.
This deity could calm down high waves.
When a boat was near shipwrecking, the sailors prayed to this Deity. Then a divine light would show and they were saved.
. shinka 神火と伝説 Legends about　"divine fire" .
shinka 神火 / シンカ "fire of the gods", "light of the gods"
goshinka, go-shinka 御神火 "divine fire" from a volcano

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焼火神社 Shrine Takuhi Jinja

島根県隠岐郡西ノ島町焼火山
Deity in residence : 大日霊貴尊（おおひるめむちのみこと） Ohirumemuchi no Mikoto
(This is another name for Amaterasu no Okami.)
Takuhi Shrine, which is located on mountain Takuhi (452m above the sea level), is dedicated to deity of safe sea voyages.
The legend says on 30th December of Japanese lunisolar calendar, three fire balls rose from the sea
and entered the cave where the shrine is located today.
This is the origin of Takuhi Shrine.
A Shinto ritual called “Ryutousai” was held on the day where people from every part of the Oki Islands used to gather at the shrine to worship the sacred fire.
Nowadays, this custom continues on the fifth of lunisolar New Year as “hatsumairi” meaning the first shrine visit of the year.
Each village on the two islands has a dedicated date for the village where the village people gather and celebrate.
The building of the shrine was rebuilt in 1732. It is the most ancient construction on the Oki Islands.
It was constructed with method revolutionary at the time.
Each part was built in Osaka and assembled here (similar to prefabricated construction today).
The shrine has been designated as Important Cultural Property of Japan in 1992.
The historic and religious significance and the timeless beauty of the architecture still remain to this date.
The belief in the burning fire shrine is well known throughout Japan,
as evidenced by its depiction in prints by Katsushika Hokusai and Utagawa Hiroshige.
- reference source : takuhi-shrine.com ... -

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西伯郡 Saihaku district 大山村 Daisen village

uwanari shinji うわなり神事 / 嫐(うわなり)神事 Uwanari Ritual

10数年前、高杉神社 Shrine Takasugi Jinja のうわなり神事に霊依人として参加した人が、
自分には神霊は憑かないと言っていたのに、神事が始まると取り憑かれた。
Uwanari was a kabuki play of the Kabuki Jūhachiban, first performed in 1699.
The Eighteen Best Kabuki Plays is a set of kabuki plays, strongly associated with
the Ichikawa Danjūrō line of actors ever since their premieres.

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田辺市 Tanabe city 本宮町 Hongu town

. Legends about Oni Demons .
A demon had been tormenting the farmers for a long time.
They used a long gun, put in a lead bullet with a prayer to Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏 Buddha Amitaba and shot.
Until now no bullet had an effect, but this time,
a special bullet with shinrei 神霊 the spiritual power of Amida was able to hit the demon and kill him.

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continued here :
. tamashi 魂 the soul .
Watakushi no Shinrei Taiken 私の心霊体験 My Shinrei experience / 鹿目和子 Kaname Kazuko

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20/02/2020

- Shinto Shrines and Legends - List

10/02/2020

Shingun heavenly army phenomenon

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. Shinto Shrines (jinja　神社) - Introduction .
. kami　神　Shinto deities .
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shingun 神軍 / jingun ジングン the Kami are fighting
かみいくさ kamiikusa, kami-ikusa

This word has two main meanings:
1- The Kami are fighting amongst themselves. This could be 神の軍勢 the army of the Kami.
2- In 佐渡 Sado, there is a special fight of the 山の神 Yamanokami on the 9th day of the second lunar month.
On this day people are not allowed to go the the mountains.

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かみいくさ kamiikusa, kami-ikusa
① 神による戦い。神々の間の戦い。また、神の軍勢。
※両足院本山谷抄（1500頃）一「神宗の二虜ををさめらるるは神(カミ)いくさの様な」
※評判記・色道大鏡（1678）一三「蒙古国より我国をさまたげし事たびたびありき。其比神軍(カミイクサ)なとありといふ時の事にや」
② 佐渡で、毎年二月九日に行なわれると伝えられていた山の神の戦い。この日は山に入るのを忌避する風習があった。
※島根のすさみ‐天保一一年（1840）八月二二日「今日佐州にて今も年々神軍といふことあり」
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. - - - Iwagami 岩神 Rock Deity - - - .

. Koshikiiwa Jinja 越木岩神社 Koshiki Iwa Shrine, Hyogo .
'Rice Steamer Rock'

. Kabire Jingu かびれ神宮 / 賀毘礼　Kabire Shrine, Ibaraki .
Oiwa Jinja 御岩神社 O-Iwa Jinja

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

At a place named 西浜 Nishihama in Dewa no Kuni 出羽国 the Dewa Domain, there is a phenomenon called 神軍 Shingun.
After a strong rainstorm there are stones falling from the sky, looking like yanone 矢の根 arrowheads.

hekirekichin 霹靂碪(ヘキレキチン) / hirekijin ヒレキジン Donnerstein
yanone ishi 矢ノ根石，yajiri ishi 鏃石
- yane 矢根, yanone 矢の根 lit. "arrow root" - arrowhead

An arrowhead is a tip, usually sharpened, added to an arrow to make it more deadly or to fulfill some special purpose.

source : sekiei.nichibun.ac.jp/GAI

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Dewa Province (出羽国, Dewa no kuni)
was a province of Japan comprising modern-day Yamagata Prefecture and Akita Prefecture, except for the city of Kazuno and the town of Kosaka. Dewa bordered on 陸奥国 Mutsu and Echigō Provinces. Its abbreviated form name was Ushū (羽州).
- Early period
Prior to the Asuka period, Dewa was inhabited by Ainu or Emishi tribes, and was effectively outside of the control of the Yamato dynasty. Abe no Hirafu conquered the native Emishi tribes at what are now the cities of Akita and Noshiro in 658 and established a fort on the Mogami River.
In 708 AD Dewa District (出羽郡, Dewa-gun) was created within Echigō Province. The area of Dewa District was roughly that of the modern Shōnai area of Yamagata Prefecture, and was gradually extended to the north as the Japanese pushed back the indigenous people of northern Honshū.
Dewa District was promoted to the status of a province (Dewa Province (出羽国, Dewa no kuni)) in 712 AD, and gained Okitama and Mogami Districts, formerly part of Mutsu Province.
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由利本荘市 Yuri Honjo city 矢島町 Yashima machi town

yanone ishi 矢ノ根石，hirekijin 霹靂碪，shingun 神軍
In Dewa no Kuni 出羽国 the Dewa Domain, there is a penomenon called 神軍 Shingun.
After a strong rainstorm there are stones falling from the sky, looking like yanone 矢の根 arrowheads.
At the beach called 矢嶋 Yajima near 鳥海山 Mount Chokaisan there are white clouds over the sea, coming from 松前 Matsumae. These white clouds are not moving and the earth begins to rattle like an earthquake. If people go to the beach a little later they find various yajiri ishi 鏃石 arrowhead stones on the beach.

This phenomenon is also seen in other parts along the coast, in 青森県 Aomori, 岩手県 Iwate, 茨城県 Ibaraki, even in 松前 Matsumae, Hokkaido.

.......................................................................　Miyagi 宮城県 .....
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also told in 石川県 Ishikawa and 茨城県 Ibaragi

神軍，矢の根石
In the old domain of Mutsu no Kuni 陸奥国 there is a place named Tori no Umi 鳥の海 (Sea of the Birds).
Every year during the coldest season there is a phenomenon called shingun 神軍. After a great rainstorm, there are yane 矢根 arrowheads falling from the sky.

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佐渡市 Sado city

Iso no kami いそのかみ
Every year on the 10th day of the second lunar month, the deity Isonokami comes walking over the mountains and the sea.
This is called shingun 神軍.
On this day there is usually a great storm and the ground is shaking. On the next day 石の矢の根 arrowhead stones are on the beach. Raifuishi 雷斧石 arrowhead stones can be found in other places too.

. Isonokami Jingu 石上神宮 Shrine in Nara .
one of the oldest extant Shinto shrines in Japan

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Kabuse shingun 鹿伏神軍
yanone ishi 矢の根石
At the Shrine for 鹿伏明神社 Kabuse Myojin in Sado there is usually a strong rainstorm on the 9th day of the second lunar month, which gets wore over night. It calms down the next morning and on the 10th day there is fine weather. The local people on this night the shingun 神軍 is there and the people do not dare to go out.
On the next morning there are strange yanone 矢の根 arrowheads on the ground. People collect them and keep them for their protection
ー新潟県佐渡市相川鹿伏 Aikawa, Kabuse

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shingun no yajiri 神軍の鏃
In 西浜 Nishihama, Tagawa in 出羽国田川郡 Dewa province there are places where there are no stones.
But after a strong rainstorm there are stones like arrowheads and spear heads on the beach, some are white and some are red.

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飽海郡 Akumi district

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Akumi shingun 飽海神軍
At the Akumi Shrine 出羽国庄内飽海社 the deity 大物忌大神 Omonoimi no Kami is venerated.
Once a year there is a strong storm and the weather is very wild. During this time yanone ishi 矢の根石 arrowhead stones fall from the sky.

鳥海山大物忌神社 Shrine Chokaisan Omonoimi Jinja

On the top of the sacred Mount Chokaisan.
1 Fukura, Yuza, Akumi District, Yamagata
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A similar tale is told at 出羽国福浦村 Fukuura village.

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06/02/2020

unohi u no hi legends

hatsu u (hatsu-u) 初卯 (はつう) first day of the rabbit/hare
hatsu-u matsuri 初卯祭（はつうまつり）first day of the rabbit festival
hatsu u mairi 、初卯詣（はつうまいり）visiting a shrine for the rabbit festival
In Edo to the shrine Kameido Tenmangu, in Kyoto to the shrine Iwashimizu Hachimangu, in Osaka to the shrine Sumiyosh Taisha. Also other Tenmangu-Shrines in Japan.
In the year of the rabbit, this visit was especially popular in the Edo period.

u no fuda 卯の札（うのふだ）"rabbit votive tablet" (for this day)
ni no u 二の卯（にのう）second day of the rabbit
san no u 三の卯（さんのう）third day of the rabbit

uzue, warding of evil with a ritual wand 卯杖

..... u no tsue 卯の杖（うのつえ）、hatsu uzue 初卯杖（はつうづえ）、iwai no tsue 祝の杖（いわいのつえ）
uzue no hogai 卯杖の祝（うづえのほがい）. uzue no kotobuki 卯杖の寿（うづえのことぶき）
Used for purification on the first day of the rabbit, u no hi, unohi 卯の日

. Kigo for the New Year .

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. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) - Introduction .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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. Toshigami Sama 年神様 God of the Year .

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浮羽郡 Ukiha district // Yoshiimachi

At the Shrine 若宮八幡宮 Wakamiya Hachimangu the ritual of Usokae 鷽替え / ウソ替え comes to an end.
At the same time a large drum is hit and onikura 鬼倉 the storehouse of the demons is opened, to let the red and blue demon out. They swing their iron rod wildly for a while. Then they are driven back by people wwinging taimatsu 松明 torches and go back to their storehouse.
This ritual is called オニフスベ oni fusube.

. usokae うそ替え exchanging bullfinches .
ritual on January 7, at Dazaifu Tenmangu, Fukuoka
at the hour of the rooster

. akaoni, aka-oni 赤鬼伝説　Red Oni Demon Legends .

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葉山町 Hayama town

funarei sama 船霊様 / funadama sama 船魂様
Funadama Sama is a female deity protecting boats. Her amulet must be put in a boat on unohi 卯の日 the day of the rabbit.
. funadama 船玉 / 船霊 / 船魂 guardian deity of a boat .

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長岡市 Nagaoka city

. Toshitokujin 歳德神 God of the New Year .

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大野郡 Ono district

ta no tatari 田の祟り curse of the fields
If the farmers plant the rice fields on unohi 卯の日 the day of the rabbit, their wives might die.

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北埼玉郡 Kita-Saitama district 騎西町 Kisai town

. Toshigamisama 年神様 God of the New Year .

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浜松市 Hamamatsu city 龍山町 Tatsuyama town

Miso paste 味噌 should not be made on unohi 卯の日 the day of the rabbit
. miso みそ / 味噌 Miso paste .

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府中市 Fuchu city . The Rokusho Deity オロクショウサマ O-Rokusho Sama .

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04/02/2020

Sakura Jingu

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Sakura Jingū Association
The Association was built to enhance the spirit of the deities by thanking them and our ancestors, and to offer a 'healing' and 'connecting’ place, aiming to make people's daily life peaceful, Members of the association have many benefits including a protective talisman offered anually our newsletter subscription, opportunities to pray in the sanctum, participation in meditation before kami, and wedding ceremonies and funerals.　

History and origin
Yoshimura Masamochi, the 65th descendant of Ōnakatomi, was a warrior of the imperial loyalists in Kyoto. During the early Meiji period, he worked at the Department of Shinto Affairs (which later became the Ministry of Religious Education), and took part in policy making for Shinto propagation under the government. Served as chief priest of a shrine, he devoted himself into spreading the teachings of Shinto.
However, when the Meiji government suddenly altered their religious policy, Masamochi decided that it was his mission to lead people to the traditional Shinto values. He founded a religious organization and established a religious facility (a shrine) in Kanda. It became an independent sect called Shinshu-kyō, sanctioned by the Meiji Emperor in 1882.
Masamochi, who was highly favored by Saigo Takamori and Ito Hirobumi as well as other key government officials, spent time with Percival Lowell, an American astronomer and a devout Christian, and taught him Shinto beliefs during his stay in Japan. Introduced by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the books of Lowell, more than 200 Westerners visited annual festivals at the shrine during the Meiji period. Masamochi received an oracle just before his death, which resulted in the relocation of the shrine to the current location in the early Taisho period.

Mitamashiro (A physical object of worship)

The mirror (mikagami) of Chrysanthemum of 16 petals is the object of worship. The mirror was enshrined in Edo castle during the Edo period before the buildings of shrine in the castle was destroyed by a fire. After approved by the Imperial court, the mirror was then enshrined in Shin- mei-gū shrine by Keikōin in Reigan-jima island in Fukagawa, Tokyo. The mirror was moved again to a Grand Shrine after the Meiji Restoration. The then supreme priest of the shrine, Kuninomiya Asahiko Shinnō (Prince), who confided Masamochi, he himself divided the spirit of the enshrined deity of the Grand Shrine to the mirror, which was then granted to the shrine when Masamochi left his post.

Rituals (Shinji)
Godō jigoku shiki, or Kamanari (The purifying sound of iron pot)
Chinka shiki (The fire calming ceremony)
Kugatachi shiki or Yutate (The sprinkling of boiling water on the body)

Worshipping via Internet
"Remote" Worship is available for those who live abroad or in a remote place, or those who are unable to come due to their work or health issues, by simply following the guide on our website. We offer inquiries and consultation services as well.
- source : sakura.jingu.net/english

河津桜 Kawazu Sakura
one of the earliest-blooming cherry blossoms in the outskirts of Tokyo.

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Percival Lawrence Lowell (1855 – 1916)

was an American businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars. He founded the Lowell Observatory in Flagstaff, Arizona and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death.
Percival graduated from the Noble and Greenough School in 1872 and Harvard University in 1876 with distinction in mathematics. At his college graduation, he gave a speech, considered very advanced for its time, on the nebular hypothesis. He was later awarded honorary degrees from Amherst College and Clark University. After graduation he ran a cotton mill for six years.
In the 1880s, Lowell traveled extensively in the Far East.
In August 1883, he served as a foreign secretary and counselor for a special Korean diplomatic mission to the United States. He lived in Korea for about two months. He also spent significant periods of time in Japan,
writing books on Japanese religion, psychology, and behavior.
His texts are filled with observations and academic discussions of various aspects of Japanese life, including language, religious practices, economics, travel in Japan, and the development of personality.
Books by Percival Lowell on the Orient include
Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan (1891) and
Occult Japan, or the Way of the Gods (1894), the latter from his third and final trip to the region.
The most popular of Lowell's books on the Orient, The Soul of the Far East (1888), contains an early synthesis of some of his ideas, that in essence, postulated that human progress is a function of the qualities of individuality and imagination.
The writer Lafcadio Hearn called it a "colossal, splendid, godlike book."
At his death he left with his assistant Wrexie Leonard an unpublished manuscript of a book entitled Peaks and Plateaux in the Effect on Tree Life.
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Noto: An unexplored corner of Japan
Percival Lawrence Lowell (1855-1916) was a businessman, author, mathematician, and astronomer who fueled speculation that there were canals on Mars, founded the Lowell Observatory and formed the beginning of the effort that led to the discovery of Pluto 14 years after his death. Percival graduated from Harvard University in 1876 with distinction in mathematics. In 1883, he served as a foreign secretary and counsellor for a special Korean diplomatic mission to the United States. He also spent significant periods of time in Japan, writing books on Japanese religion, psychology, and behavior. His texts are filled with observations and academic discussions of various aspects of Japanese life. Books by Percival Lowell on the Orient include Noto: An Unexplained Corner of Japan (1891) and Occult Japan (1894).
The most popular of Lowell's books on the Orient, The Soul of the Far East (1888) contains an early synthesis of some of his ideas, that in essence, postulated that human progress is a function of the qualities of individuality and imagination.
Amongst his other books are Mars (1895) and The Genesis of the Planets (1916)

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Occult Japan: Shinto, Shamanism and the Way of the Gods
Shinto, or The Way of the Gods, is the oldest religious faith of the Japanese people. Based on the aboriginal worship of nature and ancestors, it is a religion of innumerable deities and rituals. As Buddhism established itself in Japan, it absorbed many of the Shinto beliefs while assigning them an inferior status. Officially unrecognized by the Buddhist state, ancient Shinto practices have been kept alive to this day as an occult tradition embodying the magical, primeval, and shamanic rites central to the Japanese culture.
'Occult Japan'
was originally published in 1894 and is still unrivaled in its detailed descriptions of Shinto 'miracles, possessions, and incarnations.' Percival Lowell, an explorer and author of several other works on the Far East, drew these descriptions from his own observations and experiences during his travels throughout Japan at the end of the 19th century. Unlike other accounts written on the subject by religious missionaries, his are startling in their frankness and objectivity, neither underestimating nor romanticizing the Shinto religion, but presenting its many contradictions with candor and literary grace.
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Occult Japan: The Way of the Gods
"Occult Japan" is a wonderful collection of lore compiled from the Shinto path, dating to an important era in which the nation of Japan was rapidly changing; the Meiji period which had begun several decades before was erasing traditional technology even as it changed cultural and behavioral norms- this work then is both about the traditional spiritual system and the effects of then-modern reform on the same. It is as much a work about culture in the secular as the religious sense.It ought to be noted that some trappings of ethnocentrism were applied in the study here.
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- Reference : 桜神宮
- Reference : Tokyo Sakura Jingu

. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) - Introduction .

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