tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.comments2023-05-13T06:01:19.762-07:00(01) Haiku and HappinessGabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1376125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-1788767931504806062022-10-15T21:27:25.381-07:002022-10-15T21:27:25.381-07:00Legend from Chiba, 臼井町 Usui town
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When 八幡宮 the S...<b> Legend from Chiba, 臼井町 Usui town </b><br />.<br />When 八幡宮 the Shrine Hachimangu was founded in Usui,<br />the local lord 臼井太郎興胤 Usui Taro Okitane (? - 1313, age 25) placed his walking stick in the ground.<br />If the staff would stand and grow, this would be the show of shinrei 神霊 a divine spirit.<br />The staff began to grow and became 樟の神木 the divine Kusunoki camphor tree. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/shinrei-spirit-legends.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-60035207693484305112022-09-16T21:48:07.975-07:002022-09-16T21:48:07.975-07:00Legend from Shizuoka 静岡市
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At the camphor tree at...<b> Legend from Shizuoka 静岡市 </b><br />.<br />At the camphor tree at 法明寺 the temple Homyo-Ji there was 怪光 Kaiko – a mysterious light<br />and the Emperor became ill.<br />On the request of a diviner, Gyoki Bosatsu was called.<br />He carved seven statues of 観音菩薩 Kannon Bosatsu from seven trees<br />and placed them in a sanctuary.<br />The Emperor recovered soon after. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2022/01/kaiko-mysterious-light.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-92126688708001027862022-05-16T21:04:06.824-07:002022-05-16T21:04:06.824-07:00James Curtis Hepburn (1815 - 1911)
and the temple...<b>James Curtis Hepburn (1815 - 1911) </b><br />and the temple 宗興寺 Soko-Ji, Kogaya - Yokohama<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/03/sokokuji-kannon-kogaya.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-81796264796729452632021-10-14T21:35:38.639-07:002021-10-14T21:35:38.639-07:00Legend from Aichi, Temple Daichi-In 大智院
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馬頭観音(お前...<b> Legend from Aichi, Temple Daichi-In 大智院 </b><br />.<br />馬頭観音(お前立) Bato Kannon with a Horse Head (o-Maedachi) <br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2021/04/daichiin-fudo-kasuya.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-9301642700907340062021-10-04T20:58:20.736-07:002021-10-04T20:58:20.736-07:00sekkoo 石工と伝説 Legends about Sekko, stone masons
....<b> sekkoo 石工と伝説 Legends about Sekko, stone masons </b><br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2021/04/sekko-stone-mason-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-46312355395932463932021-08-30T17:46:44.091-07:002021-08-30T17:46:44.091-07:00- quote -
it was Oda Nobunagana whose Azuchi Castl...- quote -<br />it was Oda Nobunagana whose Azuchi Castle (安土城) in the 1570s was considerd the first to show a"shachihoko 鯱," indicating that the role of the castle has shifted to more of "show" of power from the strategic mountain castles where no such shachihoko 鯱 decorations are found. <br />Since Nobunagawa was fond of Chinese ideas, the concept of "shachihoko 鯱" seems to lead back to the Chinese practice of placing dragon heads on the palace roofs but without the dragon body.<br />.<br />Yoshio<br /><br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-64003090979835249802021-05-25T20:40:20.166-07:002021-05-25T20:40:20.166-07:00Legends about Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来
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https://gokura...<b> Legends about Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 </b><br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/12/amida-nyorai-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-11963222380003665552021-05-21T21:04:48.119-07:002021-05-21T21:04:48.119-07:00Anxiety is the rust of life,
destroying its brigh...<b>Anxiety is the rust of life, <br />destroying its brightness and weakening its power. <br />A childlike and abiding trust in Providence <br />is its best preventive and remedy. </b><br /><br />Tyron Edwards<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-33489785929226966912021-04-20T00:45:27.351-07:002021-04-20T00:45:27.351-07:00Bamboo Words
Ta ké no ko Kotoba
たけのこ言葉
http://www.... Bamboo Words<br />Ta ké no ko Kotoba<br />たけのこ言葉<br />http://www.icontact-archive.com/EqS9PK1OKwwTcdKZuU4Y3wnajZ09etF-?w=3&fbclid=IwAR3DzUbKPjW7n4qDef-aAMbK7H0Hy9s039CcAUHNvY0fbt6Uoem5l9FCHzI<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-64364479494932239342021-03-27T21:16:50.742-07:002021-03-27T21:16:50.742-07:00Tokyo, Hongo Yumicho / Yumi machi 本郷弓町 Hongo Yumi ...<b> Tokyo, Hongo Yumicho / Yumi machi 本郷弓町 Hongo Yumi district "Arrow district" </b><br />This area is in the kimon 鬼門 Northern Demon Gate direction with respect to Edo castle and in former times 御弓組与力同心 officials with bows and arrows lived there.<br />本郷弓町のクス the Big Camphor Tree from Hongo Yumi<br />本郷のクスノキ Hongo no Kusu no Ki / 楠亭の大クス / 弓町の大クス <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/10/hongo-kikuzaka-kikusaka-district-bunkyo.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-62264774994164077072021-01-01T20:20:08.491-08:002021-01-01T20:20:08.491-08:00Ekoin Kannon, Ekō-in 回向院観音 - Ryogoku
諸宗山 Shoshuzan...<b> Ekoin Kannon, Ekō-in 回向院観音 - Ryogoku<br />諸宗山 Shoshuzan, 無縁寺 Muen-Ji </b><br />with a statue of Bato Kannon<br />.<br />https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2020/09/ekoin-kannon-ryogoku.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-7101952989064626232020-12-07T20:24:43.343-08:002020-12-07T20:24:43.343-08:00Legend from Wakayama, 田辺市 Tanabe city
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On the mou...<b> Legend from Wakayama, 田辺市 Tanabe city</b><br />.<br />On the mountain road branching off toward 竹の叉 Takenomata there was a sanctuary to venerate 阿弥陀様 Amida Sama.<br />Once the deity had appeared in the dream of a villager and told him:<br />"If you make a sanctuary to venerate Amida sama, there will be no more densenbyoo 伝染病 epidemics in 有木 Ariki village." <br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/hayariyamai-epidemic-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-53095696543041774752020-11-14T20:46:53.833-08:002020-11-14T20:46:53.833-08:00Saitama 大滝村 Otaki - Yamakagashi ヤマカガシ
There are...Saitama 大滝村 Otaki - <b> Yamakagashi ヤマカガシ </b><br /><br />There are many folk believes in the village about serpents.<br />If a rat starts to nibble at the Shimenawa of the kamidana 神棚 shelf of the gods there will soon be a fire.<br />If one sees a serpent climbing up the mountain path (ノボリヘビ nobori hebi ), this will bring good luck. Seeing a yamakagashi ヤマカガシ(Rhabdophis tigrinus)is especially auspicious.<br />The first serpent seen in a year is called ハツヘビ hatsu hebi.<br />If it faces the human, that will bring good luck for the whole year.<br />If it faces the other direction, this will bring bad luck.<br />If one sees aodaisho 青大将 (Elaphe climacophora) in the first dream of the year and if this serpent is swallowing a frog, this means one does not have to worry about food for the coming year. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2018/01/shimenawa-sacred-rope-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-53682039170891784502020-11-14T20:44:43.761-08:002020-11-14T20:44:43.761-08:00shinshi 神使 messenger of god, divine messenger
kami...<b> shinshi 神使 messenger of god, divine messenger<br />kami no o-tsukai 神のお使い / 神の使い </b><br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2020/03/shinshi-otsukai-messenger.html<br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-54578460025990091122020-04-14T21:13:49.507-07:002020-04-14T21:13:49.507-07:00Legend from Okayama 岡山県
yakoo no tama 夜光の玉 a bal...<b> Legend from Okayama 岡山県 </b><br /><br />yakoo no tama 夜光の玉 a ball of light in the night<br />According to the geographer 古川古松軒 Furukawa Koshoken,<br />in the year 1797 in 備前国 Bizen in 児嶋 / 児島 Kojima 榧原 Kayahara, a rich farmer had ishigaki 石垣 a large stone wall built around his estate. From two large stones there were two round balls coming out.<br />The big one looked as if a white powder was painted around it. When placed into a dark room, one could almost read a book. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/harima-kaido.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-80595658311284222442020-04-14T21:07:21.437-07:002020-04-14T21:07:21.437-07:00Legends from 石垣市 Ishigaki town, Okinawa
32 to coll...Legends from 石垣市 Ishigaki town, Okinawa<br />32 to collect <br />.<br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-49730904995112687182019-11-08T20:56:50.278-08:002019-11-08T20:56:50.278-08:00Legend from Hyogo
A zatoo 座頭 Zato, blind minstrel...<b> Legend from Hyogo </b><br />A zatoo 座頭 Zato, blind minstrel was on his way to a cure at 有馬 Arima Hot Spring, but he died on the way.<br />If anyone passes this valley, 座頭谷 Zatodani, he will be bewitched by Hidarubo.<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/09/tokugawa-michi-road.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-6399540856194172592019-11-06T17:07:26.269-08:002019-11-06T17:07:26.269-08:00Legend from Mukogawa 武庫川 River Mukogawa / Hyogo 兵庫...<b> Legend from Mukogawa 武庫川 River Mukogawa / Hyogo 兵庫県 </b><br /><br />rooshoo 老樟 the old camphor tree<br />At the bank of the river 武庫川 Mukogawa there is an old camphor tree with two main trunks.<br />If someone cuts it down, there will be a large fire and the man will be cursed.<br />During some repairs to the riverside the tree was cut down. The man who did it broke his nokogiri 鋸 saw and he developed a high fever. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/09/sanyodo-saigoku-kaido-highway.html<br />.<br /><br />Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-56246718977278369542019-10-10T21:29:00.278-07:002019-10-10T21:29:00.278-07:00Yamagata legend 南陽市 Nanyo City
Gairago ガイラゴ
look...<b> Yamagata legend 南陽市 Nanyo City </b><br />Gairago ガイラゴ<br />looks like a namekuji ナメクジ slug of about 1 meter long. It crawls around the river pool and when it sees a human it hides in the shade. It does not harm humans, it is very coward. <br />.<br />gairaago ガイラーゴ Gairaago<br />Gairaago looks like a frog,<br />geerago ゲーラゴ a special frog monster<br />Another monster<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/09/yonezawa-kotaki-kaido-highways.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-64687132544716962102019-10-08T20:46:33.998-07:002019-10-08T20:46:33.998-07:00Kotaki Kaido 小滝街道 Kotaki Highway
A waki kaido sid...<b> Kotaki Kaido 小滝街道 Kotaki Highway </b><br />A waki kaido side road from the Yonezawa Kaido, Yamagata prefecture.<br />Already walked by Saigyo !<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/09/yonezawa-kotaki-kaido-highways.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-88451939919577619012019-08-08T17:58:25.836-07:002019-08-08T17:58:25.836-07:00Legend from Nagano
阿智村 Achi village
amaoto, ama-...<b>Legend from Nagano </b><br />阿智村 Achi village<br /><br />amaoto, ama-oto 雨音 the sound of rain<br />A zatoo 座頭 blind minstrel lost his way on the Chuma Kaido, slipped and fell deep down a waterfall.<br />Since then before it starts to rain people can hear the sound of rain far away. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/03/itsukaichi-kaido-highway-ina.html<br />.<br />and more legends to exploreGabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-78374900693685088632019-07-04T17:46:25.630-07:002019-07-04T17:46:25.630-07:00tenshukaku 天守閣 castle tower, castle keep
with sha...<b> tenshukaku 天守閣 castle tower, castle keep </b><br />with shachihoko decoration<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2019/06/tenshukaku-edo-castle-tower.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-6880503859554173482019-05-21T21:13:29.604-07:002019-05-21T21:13:29.604-07:00Legend from Tokoy, 神津島 Kozushima island
Once a ma...<b> Legend from Tokoy, 神津島 Kozushima island </b><br />Once a man cut down sugi no ki 杉の木 an old cedar tree of more than 100 years, where Yamanokami (and his alter-ego, 大天狗・小天狗 Big and Small Tengu) reside).<br />The deity got very angry about loosing its home and killed all the members of the wood cutter's family.<br />To show his regret and apology, he planted a new tree. <br />.<br />https://japanshrinestemples.blogspot.com/2019/02/yamanokami-regional-28-tochigi.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-1551623354850847642018-11-01T17:51:59.754-07:002018-11-01T17:51:59.754-07:00Legend from Tokyo, Arakawa ward
arasoi sugi 争い杉 ...<b> Legend from Tokyo, Arakawa ward </b><br /><br />arasoi sugi 争い杉 dispute about a cedar tree<br />Once upon a time, Ota Dokan and another Samurai saw a tree, and one said "It is a 杉 cedar", while the other said "It is a matsu 松 pine".<br />It turned out to be a cedar, so Dokan killed the samurai and the tree was named "disputed cedar tree", "cedar to fight about".<br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/10/arakawa-ward.html<br />.Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttps://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/10/arakawa-ward.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8669788.post-75968322795015626262018-10-04T22:41:52.904-07:002018-10-04T22:41:52.904-07:00Mamiana, 麻布狸穴 Azabu Mamiana district "hole of...<b> Mamiana, 麻布狸穴 Azabu Mamiana district "hole of a Mami badger"<br />Minato ward, Azabu Mamiana cho 麻布狸穴町 Azabu-Mamianachō<br />From 麻布狸穴町 to 麻布台二丁目 Azabudai<br />狸穴坂 (麻布狸穴町) Mamianazaka, Mamiana-zaka<br />猯, (まみ)Mami / mami 魔魅 "deceiving spirit" </b><br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/10/mamiana-district-azabu-minato.html<br />.Gabi Greve - Darumapediahttps://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2018/10/mamiana-district-azabu-minato.htmlnoreply@blogger.com