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kidan 鬼談 Demon stories, Demon talk

There are quite a few books with this title. They include stories about demons, Yokai, monsters, ghosts and other supernatural happenings.

There is also an expression
kidan 奇談 strange stories

. yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - ABC-List .

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荒俣宏 Aramata Hiroshi

. 陰陽師鬼談 安倍晴明物語 / kidan 鬼談 Demon stories about Abe no Seimei .

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Yasoo Kidan, yasō kidan 夜窓鬼談 Yaso Kidan "Night-window demon talk"


石川鴻斎 Ishikawa Kosai (1833 - 1918)
小倉斉 Ogura Hitoshi (翻訳), 高柴慎治(翻訳) Takahashi Shinji

A collection of Demon and Yokai stories of olden times, with source stories and explanation.


............................................................................ Aichi 愛知県
豊橋市 Toyohashi

niryuu no Matsu 二龍の松 Niryu no Matsu, "Pine like two dragons"

Some old trees have a strange demonic power.
The pine tree at the temple 参州長興寺 Choko-Ji is called "Pine like two dragons".



Once the tree turned into two children, who went to the head priest and asked him for 硯と紙 an inkstone and paper. When he gave it to them, they were much pleased and begun to write a poem on it.
"This will prevent any fire from destroying the temple!" they told the priest and then turned back into the two stems of the tree. The paper has become the special treasure and amulet of the temple ever since.
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............................................................................ Osaka 大阪府
堺市 Sakai

At the temple 妙國寺 Myokoku-Ji in 堺 Sakai there was a sotetsu 蘇鉄 Cycas revoluta tree.
When it was re-planted to the 桃山城 Momoyama castle, it turned into an old man and caused trouble.
Momoyama castle is better know as Fushimi Castle 伏見城 in Kyoto.


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iki, itsuki 縊鬼 / いつき / kubire-oni 縊れ鬼 / くびれ鬼 strangler demon



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Have you ever felt a feeling of depression and disappear wash over you for no apparent reason. If so maybe you have been possessed by one sinister Yokai, 縊れ鬼(Kubireoni).
The Legend of the Strangle Demon
Legend tells of a man that drowned in a river under suspicious circumstances. So filled with hate and need for revenge his spirit transformed into a powerful Yokai named Kubireoni. The spirit now roams Japan possessing people. Those who fall under his possession are filled with a great feeling of depression and self loathing. The feelings are so strong and sudden that they are driven to suicide, usually by hanging. Hence the name Strangle Demon.

Kubireoni came into public knowledge around the Edo period thanks to a tale of a group of firefighters from a small town. They were a very close knit group as you can imagine for people in their line of work. One evening they decided to go out for drinks, but there was one in the group that had other plans. He told his colleagues that he couldn't go, but never gave a concrete reason as to why. He was fiercely adamant that he couldn't go drinking, which the group found a little strange.

The fire chief stepped in demanding the man to come drinking and forget about any prior commitments. At first he protested, but after a while he knew the chief wasn't backing down. Also with the added pressure from others in the group, he gave in and went drinking.

The evening went by with the firefighters knocking back drink after drink becoming merry. Soon the man forgot all about the plans he had. As the night was drawing to a close, the group could hear people screaming in terror just outside the Izakaya (Japanese pub). Fearing the worst they ventured outside to see what was happening. They could see a large old oak tree at the end of the street. From one of its branches a man was hanging by his neck.

The firefighters were taken aback by what they were looking at. The chief turned to the man who previously stated he had plans, asking "What plans did you have actually?" The man stood there thinking about it deeply, but his mind drew a blank. "For the life of me I can't remember now" he replied. "That's because you never had any plans. You see you were possessed by Kubireoni. If I hadn't stopped you, it would have been you hanging for the tree. Sadly it seems however that tonight Kubireoni still managed to find a victim." explained the chief. The man dropped to his knees in shock and disbelief. How easily it could have been him.

For me personally I feel there is an important message embedded in this tale. If you know someone who seems depressed and is acting out of character, it's important to keep them close and remind them that people are there to help. What do you take from this story?
For this post I referenced Nihon Yokai Taizen written by Shigeru Mizuki.
- source : curiousdensetsu.wordpress.com -

人に取り憑いて首を括らせるとされる。
日本の縊鬼 Iki from Japan
reference source : wikipedia


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獅子谷にて鬼子を産みし事 Oni-ko demon child born in Shishidani



Once upon a time, a couple in a drinking bar killed a customer and stole his money. Later a child was born to the woman, which begun to grow teeth at three months of age and its face looked very much like the customer they had killed. Out of fear they decided to kill the child too. Soon the woman became ill and died and the husband lost all his fortunes.
Other stories of this kind are known, for example in the story collection
Inga monogatary 因果物語 Tales of Retribution by Suzuki Shōzō from 1661.

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Rokurokubi, Rokuro-Kubi ろくろ首 "moving head"



The rokurokubi (ろくろ首, 轆轤首) is a type of Japanese yōkai (apparition). They look almost completely like humans, with one major difference. There are two types of Rokurokubi:
one whose necks stretch, and one whose heads come off and fly around freely (nukekubi).
Sorori Monogatari (曾呂利物語)
Shokoku Hyaku Monogatari (諸国百物語)
Buya Zokuda (武野俗談) / Kanden Kōhitsu (閑田耕筆) / Kasshi Yawa (甲子夜話)
A Woman's Wild Thoughts Wandering Around (女の妄念迷ひ歩く事, Onna no Mōnen Mayoiaruku Koto)
Rekkoku Kaidan Kikigaki Zōshi (列国怪談聞書帖)
Shohō Kenbunroku (諸方見聞録)
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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Kidan 鬼談 - 京極夏彦 Kyogoku Natsuhiko

己が鬼か。お前が鬼か。愛、絆、情――すなわち執着は、人を鬼と成す。
藩の剣術指南役を仰せつかる桐生家に生まれた桐生作之進には右腕がない。それは、作之進が幼いころに父親が斬り落としたものだった。元服の夜、作之進に父親自らがそう告白した。一方、現在に一人の男の子が生まれた。姉は初めての弟をかわいがり、不器用だけど真面目な父と、優しい母が暮らす、絵に描いたように幸福な家庭であったが、ある日、一歳になった弟の右腕を握りしめ、表情のない目で見降ろす父を見た。過去と現在、二つの物語が奇妙に交錯する。（「鬼縁」）――怪談専門誌『幽』の連載ほか、書き下ろしを含めた九篇を収録。
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鬼交 // 鬼想　// 鬼縁 // 鬼情 // 鬼慕 // 鬼景 // 鬼棲 // 鬼気 // 鬼神
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Kidan Hyakkei 鬼談百景 100 Japanese Horror Stories



小野不由美（おの ふゆみ） Ono Fuyumi
- reference source : shoten.kadokawa.co.jp kidan -

There is also a horror film based on the bestseller novel written by Fuyumi Ono "Kidan Hyakkei.




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Manga - Kidan 漫画：鬼談
by 櫂広海　Kai Hiromi.



A sequence of Manga about various stories, started in 1994 and still going on.
美貌の人形師・北村雨月 Kitamura Ugetsu が、友人の作家・石田豪成 Ishida Gosei とその秘書・斎川杏子 Saikawa Kyoko と共にこの世に迷える魂を導き、心の闇に巣食う悪霊達を鎮めていくシリーズ。
- second series - 11 volumes
人形師雨月の百物語
- third series 鬼談 新装版 - 8 volumes
鬼談1 襖絵の女
鬼談2 幽霊滝
鬼談3 怨み雪
鬼談4 死人蝶
鬼談5 般若の爪
鬼談6 凶人形
鬼談7 骸乙女
鬼談8 死花かんざし
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HEIAN jaki evil spirit legends

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Jaki　邪鬼の伝説　"Evil Spirit" Legends
jaki "Wicked Ogre"



Shitenno 四天王 Four Heavenly Kings, standing on Jaki

Zōchōten 増長天 South / Jikokuten 持国天 East / Tamonten 多聞天 North
Kōmokuten 広目天 West

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Jaki or Jyaki 邪鬼 or Amano Jyaku 天邪鬼
Tentōki 天燈鬼 and Ryūtōki 龍燈鬼
Jaki is the name of the tiny creatures the four kings stand upon.
Classified as members of the Yaksha in Japan; also referred to as the Amano Jyaku (Heaven Jyaku). In a tradition unique to Japan, the Jaki demons are sometimes represented by two creatures known as Tentōki (Tentoki) 天燈鬼 and Ryūtōki (Ryutoki) 龍燈鬼, which translate literally as Celestial-Lamp Demon and Dragon-Lamp Demon.
Japanese legends say these two creatures were originally evil, but after getting trampled by the Shitennō, they repented, were saved, and now carry lanterns as offerings of light to the Buddha, or to light up the road in front of the Shaka Nyorai (Historical Buddha).
The Jaki and Tentōki / Ryūtoki symbolize the power of the Shitennō to repel and defeat evil. Two wonderful sculptures of Tentōki and Ryutōki can be found at Kōfukuji Temple in Nara
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. 四天王寺 Temple Shitenno-Ji, Osaka .

. Amanojaku 天邪鬼 /　天の邪鬼 / あまのじゃく "heavenly evil spirit"
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The amanojaku is commonly held to be derived from
Amanosagume (天探女), a wicked deity in Shintō myth, which shares the amanojaku's contrary nature and ability to see into a person's heart, "a very perverted demon".

The creature has also entered Buddhist thought, perhaps via syncretism with the yasha, where it is considered an opponent of Buddhist teachings. It is commonly depicted as being trampled on and subdued into righteousness by Bishamonten or one of the other Shitennō.
In this context it is also called a jaki (邪鬼).
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. Tentooki 天燈鬼 Tentoki - Ryuutooki 龍燈鬼 Ryutoki .



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Kooshin 庚申 Koshin standing on a Jaki


source : aimei on facebook

寶泉寺 Hosen-Ji 藤沢市辻堂元町 Fujizawa

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Jaki supporting a roof　屋根を支える邪気


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. Tsugaru no oniko, oni-ko 津軽の鬼子 .
Oniko means a demon in Tsugaru dialect.
Oniko, enshrined on top of a Torii gate, is worshipped in about 30 shrines over 7 cities and towns in northwest Tsugaru County.

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tantoo 短刀 the short sword
Yabu Kozan 藪孤山 (1735 - 1802) Scholar of Confucian studies. From Higo. 肥後国の人。江戸と京都で遊学した後、 熊本藩校時習館教授。

The daughter of Yabu Kozan was very weak from birth on. And this year again, she fell ill. No medicine would help. So Kozan put his sword in a bag and placed it under her pillow. From that time on the Jaki kept away and the girl was healed by the power of the Family Sword.


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


知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita

In 内海 Utsumi there are statues of the 四天王 Shitenno with a podestal of the Jaki. It used to be a ganja 岩座 rock podestal, but the Jaki took pity on the four deities on this hard seat and offered themselves as seat.

Here are some photos from a tour around the four Shitenno in Utsumi:


Zōchōten 増長天



Jikokuten 持国天



Tamonten 多聞天



Kōmokuten 広目天 West

- reference source : japannavi.co.jp/chita/sightseeing -


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邪鬼

日本の鬼の交流博物館 Museum of Japanese Demons
福知山市大江町仏性寺909 - 2010 Tono-Company
日本における鬼瓦の推移を見る - Look at this page of roof tiles with Oni and Jaki
- reference source : tonocompanyiraka.web.fc2.com/museum -

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KAPPA - Buson Yokai Monster Scroll

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Buson Yokai Emaki 蕪村妖怪絵巻 Buson Monster Scroll

. Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 (1715 - 1783) Painter and Poet .
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おれのはらのかわをためしてみおれ、にゃあ、にゃあ
try to shoot the skin of my belly, nyaa, nyaa

He painted this scroll while he was living in 丹後 Tango, 京都府宮津市 Kyoto, Miyazu city from 1754 - 1757.
The original did not show any colors, but a replica (like the above copy) introduced some colors to it.

A replica had been found in 1928 in 北田紫水文庫, a library.
There are 8 scrolls, each showing a Yokai with an explanation, which Buson might have encountered during his extensive travels in Japan.
The Yokai paintings are rather humorous and not so much scary, maybe reflecting Buson's history of a 俳画 Haiga painter.

The eight Yokai introduced are
榊原家の化け猫 Sakakibara family - bake-neko monster cat
林一角坊の前に現れた赤子の怪 Priest Hayashi Ikkaku and the Akago monster baby
京都帷子が辻のぬっぽり坊主 Kyoto Katabiragatsuji crossroads - Nuppori Bozu - see Shirime
遠州の夜なきばば Enshu (Shizuoka) - yonaki baba
山城の真桑瓜の化物 Yamashiro - Makura uri - melon monster
木津の西瓜の化物 Kizu - suika water melon monster
東北横手のうぶめ Tohoku, Yokote - Ubume wet nurse monster



鎌倉若八幡銀杏の化物 Kamakura Waka-Hachiman Gingko Tree Monster


- Look at them here - ゲゲゲの蕪村妖怪絵巻
京都府立丹後資料館「与謝蕪村と丹後」
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- reference : Buson monster scroll


. The Kamakura Gingko Tree - Introduction .

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Shirime 尻目 lit. "buttocks eye" - "butt eye"
is a strange yōkai with an eye in the place of his anus.
The story goes as follows:
Long ago, a samurai was walking at night down the road to Kyōto, when he heard someone calling out for him to wait. "Who's there?!" he asked nervously, only to turn around and find a man stripping off his clothes and pointing his bare buttocks at the flabbergasted traveler. A huge glittering eye then opened up where the strange man's anus should have been.

This creature was so liked by the haiku poet and artist Buson, he included it in many of his yōkai paintings.
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京、かたびらが辻ぬっぽり坊主のばけもの。 めはなもなく、一ツの眼、尻の穴に有りて、 光ることいなづまのごとし。

"In Kyoto, at the Katabira crossroads, there is a monster called nuppori-bōzu.
It has no eyes or nose, but a single eyeball, located in its butthole, which shines like lightning."
MatthewMeyer.net

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tsukumogami 付喪神 Yokai of old household items


bake-zoori 化け草履　Yokai sandals


. Yosa Buson　与謝蕪村 .

古池に草履沈みてみぞれかな
furu-ike ni zoori shizumite mizore kana

In an old pond
a straw sandal half sunken --
wet snow!
Tr. Shiffert


Straw sandal
half sunk in an old pond
in the sleety snow. 　
Tr. Robert Hass

Buson was quite fond of Yokai and 付喪神 Tsukumogami.
Someone had cast away the old sandal and the sleet gave the atmosphere of loneliness,
even remembering Basho in the first line.

The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.

. tsukumogami 付喪神 - Introduction .

. Japanese Ghost Stories 怪談話 Kaidanbanashii - Introduction .

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. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア　- Oni Demons - ABC-List - .

Buson has written some haiku about the Oni.

. Togakushi Shrine 戸隠神社 - Nagano .

鬼すだく戸隠のふもとそばの花
oni sudaku Togakushi no fumoto soba no hana

the demon is out -
at the food of Mount Togakushi
buckwheat flowers
Tr. Gabi Greve


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Buson is talking about
kijo momiji　鬼女紅葉 The Female Demon called "Momiji"

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鬼老て河原の院の月に泣く
oni oite kawara no in no tsuki ni naku

Even the ogre has grown old and
At the Kawara Palace
Weeps in the moonlight.
Tr. Thomas McAuley

Kawara no In - "Riverside Villa" of the courtier Minamoto no Torn (822-895) .
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花見戻り丹波の鬼のすだく夜に
hanami modori Tanba no oni no sudaku yo ni

鬼灯や清原の女が生き写し
hoozuki ya kiyohara no onna ga iki-utsushi

鬼王が妻におくれしふすまかな
oni oo ga tsuma ni okureshi fusuma kana

鬼すだく露のやどりやのちの月
oni sudaku tsuyu no yadori ya nochi no tsuki

鬼貫や新酒の中の貧に処す
Onitsura ya shinshu no naka no bin ni shosu
ー 鬼貫は伊丹の造り酒屋の息子さんでお金持ちだったとのこと句の意味はこれから調べてみます


焼火して鬼こもるらし夜の雪
takibi shite oni komoru rashi yoru no yuki

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TENGU - Yatsugatake Akatengu Aotengu

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Yatsugatake - Akatengu Aotengu 八ヶ岳 - 赤天狗 - 青天狗
Red Tengu Peak and Green Tengu Peak

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The Yatsugatake Mountains (八ヶ岳連峰 Yatsugatake-renpō) "Mountain with eight peaks" are a volcanic mountain range on the border between Nagano Prefecture and Yamanashi Prefecture .



The mountain range consists of two volcanic groups, Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group and Southern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group.
..... According to legend, Yatsugatake was once higher than Mount Fuji, but Konohanasakuya-hime, the goddess of Mount Fuji, tore it down out of jealousy, leaving the collection of peaks we have today.




Mount Tengu 天狗岳 Tengu-dake - Tengudake
is a 2,646m mountain on the border of Chino and Koumi of Nagano in Japan. This mountain is the highest mountains of Northern Yatsugatake Volcanic Group. Named for the mythical avian creatures of folklore, the Tengu.
This mountain has two major peaks, Mount Higashi Tengu (Eastern Tengu), and Mount Nishi Tengu (Western Tengu).
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The Tengudake peak in the East has a red rock site and is thus called
Aka-Tengu 赤天狗 Red Tengu.

The Tengudake peak in the West is covered with green haimatsu ハイマツ dwarf pine (Pinus pumila）and is thus called
Ao-Tengu 青天狗 Green Tengu .



At the bottom of Tengudake is a hot spring:
奥蓼科温泉郷渋の湯 Okutateshina - Shibunoyu, Shibu no Yu. This was one of the secret hot springs of warlord
Takeda Shingen 武田信玄.
- reference : toki.moo.jp/gaten 885

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- - - - - There are other Tengudake in Japan.

Ishizuchi Shinkō 石鎚山信仰 Shikoku Mount Ishizuchi
. Tengudake　天狗岳 Shikoku　 .
1,875 m - center of the Ishizuchisan Tengu cult



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. Tengudake 天狗岳 Mount Tengudake, Osaka (Nara)- 558 m .
also called -- 燈明ヶ岳 Tomyogadake, 犬鳴山 Inunakisan, 天狗魔王岳 Tengu Maodake

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KAPPA - Oni - Kijin Omatsu

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Kijin no O-Matsu 鬼神のお松 The female bandit O-Matsu
"The Evil Omatsu"


source : kaminokura.co.jp/p
鬼神お松 くどき Kijin O-Matsu kudoki


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Omatsu, usually referred to as 'Evil Omatsu', is loosely based on an historical figure: a woman outcast who used her beauty to escape her origins. The popular version falls into the female poisoner genre. Omatsu is said to have become a courtesan, seduced, married and murdered Shirosaburo, a blind samurai, become an outlaw, and ended up as leader of the bandit gang.

The prevalence of female outlaws, poisoners, ghosts, bandits, outlaws and warriors in folk tales and in ukiyo-e and kabuki dramas represent two competing ideas ..  on the one hand, they may reflect the growing status of women as Japan moved towards post Tokugawa feudalism, on the other hand they may represent the fear and anger at what was perceived as a female threat to the social order of things. In early modern British society for example, the threat of women poisoners ... particularly those who poisoned their husband was actually very small, but public apprehension of the threat was stoked by one or two show trials and the publication of block printed news sheets that whipped up a frenzy of fear and rage in the male populace.

Either way, Evil Omatsu was the subject of kabuki plays and the public were clearly thrilled at her exploits ...
albeit fictional.
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Natsume Shirosaburo 夏目四郎三郎



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Bando Shuka as the Female Bandit Kijin no Omatsu

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kijin 鬼神 strong-woman

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Kasamatsu tooge kijin, Kasamatsu Tōge kijin 笠松峠鬼人 Kijin from Kasamatsu pass



Kasamatsu tooge kijin, Kasamatsu Tōge kijin 笠松峠鬼人 Kijin from Kasamatsu pass
Book by Sawamuraya Seikichi
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A story about O-Matsu and the son of Natsume Shirosaburo, taking avenge of his father's murder.

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ONI - oni yatai festival floats

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yatai to oni 屋台と鬼　Oni decorations of festival floats

. yatai　屋台 - danjiri だんじり festival floats .
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森稲荷神社　Mori Inari Jinja
Osaka Kaizuka Mori 「大阪府貝塚市森」




名越町だんじり Danjiri float decoration

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貝塚市
清児町だんじり
名越町だんじり
水間町だんじり
三ツ松町だんじり
森町だんじり
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亀崎潮干祭 Kanzaki Shiohi Matsuri Festival floats


檀箱「力雄神」「力雌神」
Float with two "strong deities", male and female



「風伯神雷電神雲龍」Float with the Thunder God



蘭亭の庭、蟇仙人、鉄拐仙人 Float with Sennin Immortals

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KAPPA - Tengu tsume nails

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tengu no tsume 天狗の爪 tengutsume 天狗爪 nails of a Tengu



Various samples are exhibited in temples, shrines and museums.

天狗の爪 - essay by 野間達郎 Noma Tatsuro
The artifacts are same no ha 鮫の歯 teeth of a shark!


Tengu no tsumeishi, tsume-ishi 天狗の爪石
カルカロドン・メガロドン（サメ）の歯化石 fossil of a shark tooth
- reference source : kiseki-jp.com/japanese/museum-

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In the forest are sometimes nails of a Tengu on the ground, they say.
They are blue-black and rather large. They almost look like stone and the top part is bent, like the claws of a beast.
The local people go searching for them after a strong rainstorm. When put in water, the solution would cure high fever.

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During the times of Tokugawa Ieyasu there came a tengu to a temple, where a strong priest lived. He wanted to fight with him and if he won, would get the right arm of the priest. He won, but he did not cut the arm off, but only borrowed the "strength" of the arm.
After seven days, the Tengu came back and returned the "strength" of the arm. The priest was now strong as before.
To show his gratitude, the Tengu also gave him one of his nails.

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岐阜県 Gifu



三方崩山の天狗の爪跡 Sanbo Kuzureyama with scratches of Tengu nails
岐阜県大野郡白川村 - Gifu, Ono district, Shirakawa
- reference source : hidatakayama.ne.jp/yamagatari -

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石川県 Ishikawa

The Tengu lives in the local mountain and sometimes comes around to visit the villages.
Since the Tengu scratched the mountain ever so often, there are now no trees growing on it.

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京都府 Kyoto

Since about 1715, at the temple 丹州国分寺 Kokubunji in Tanshu (the Tango/Tanba region) they show a statue of Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and also the nails of a Tengu.

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奈良県 Nara 奈良市 Nara town

Yagyū Shinkage-ryū 柳生新陰流 Yagyu school of swordsmanship


新陰流兵法目録事 Shinkageryu Heiho Mokuroku no Koto




At the shrine 天石立神社 Amanoiwatate Jinja, the famous samurai 柳生 石舟斎 宗厳　Yagyu "Sekishūsai" Munetoshi (1527 - 1606) practised martial arts. Night after night a Tengu was his partner. Once he thought he had cut the Tengu, but when he looked closer the next morning, there was only a huge rock with a cut.
This is the Ittoseki 一刀石.
Scratches of the Tengu's nails 天狗の爪痕 are still seen on the stone to our day -
if you look closely.




. The Yagyu clan and legends　柳生一族と伝説 .

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新潟県 Niigata 佐渡市 Sado town 小木町 Ogimachi

If people scrap some parts from Tengu nails and prepare a tea from it, they will be cured from a cold.

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徳島県 Tokushima

In 阿波国津田山 Tsudayama (Awa no Kuni) there was a strong thunderstorm and many strange things fell from heaven.
Among them was the nail of a Tengu, like the plectrum of a Shamisen, rather purple-black and like a stone.

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富山県 Toyama 東砺波郡 Higashitonami district 福野町 Fukunomachi

At 烏堂の宮 Karasudo ni Miya once they heard the voices of two people struggeling and shouting. Next morning they found nails with blood on them. These are the Nails of a Tengu.

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山形県 Yamagata 北村山郡 Kitamurayama district 大石田町 Oishida

At the temple 向川寺 Kosen-Ji there are some 手まり石 round stones which the Tengu used to play with - once upon a long time.
During daytime the Tengu kept in hiding, but at night they came out and abducted children. People who saw them lost their mind. Next morning they had some scratches of Tengu nails on their body.
Once during a festival a child was abducted and next morning they found scratches of Tengu nails on all over the stem of the Temple pine tree.



There is another story about the Tengu from Kosen-Ji.
One day the mud wall around the temple was broken down at some parts and the priest repaired it. Nest morning the wall was broken again, even if the night had been quiet and no thunderstorm occured.
On another day the paper doors, which had just been repaired, were torn again the next morning.
Eventually the priest understood: If he had talked bad about the Tengu in the neighbourhood, something would happen during the night. Since then, the priest stopped talking lightly of the Tengu and begun to venerate him.

天狗が登り降りしたという大杉には、天狗の爪跡がはっきりついていると伝えられている。また、向川寺に飾られている大きな石には、天狗が握った時についた指の跡がくっきりと残っている。今の時代には考えられない物語である。
向川寺から坂を登って10分位の所に天狗の相撲取り場が今でも残っている。本当に天狗なんて存在したのだろうか。

There is also a children's song about the Tengu
ナンマイダー　ナンマイダー
後ろを見れば　黒滝山
黒滝山は　向川寺
向川寺には　天狗がいる
前を見れば　最上川
最上川には　舟がある
上り下りの　舟がゆく
上り舟には　帆をあげて
下り舟には　米積んで
酒田の港へ　六十里
舟の舳先に　うぐいすが
一匹止まって　ホ　ホケキョウと鳴きました
天狗様くるから　ねろねろや
ねろねろや　ねろねろや

Koosenji 向川寺 Kosen-Ji　/ 黒滝山向川寺 Kurotakiyama Kosen-Ji
Kitamurayama District, Oishida, Yokoyama, 4375
- reference source : abc-yamagata.com/shinkansen/oishida -

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -


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