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9 Apr 2017

ONI - tsuno horns

Why do Oni have horns ?

The explanation relates to the concept of
kimon 鬼門 Oni gate - Demon Gate

The zodiac animals associated with this 北東の方角 Northeastern region are
ushi-tora 丑寅 the bull and the tiger.
Oni are therefore usually depicted with bull horns and tiger fangs, wearing loincloths made of tiger skin.
(Tigers were not known in Japan.)

. Why are the Oni often wearing 虎柄のパンツ tiger pants? .

There are Oni with one or two horns, and some have none.

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Oni with two horns

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Oni with one horn

北上市・鬼の館 - Exhibition at Kitakami Town
- reference source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/shigeaki0430 -

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Oni with no horns

. Kishibojin, Kishimojin 鬼子母神 .
a demon mother turned protector of children

鬼　the Kanji character for ONI usually has a horn on the head.
The writing for Kishibojin is often seen without the horn on the Kanji, since she turned a protector deity.

雑司ヶ谷鬼子母神 Tokyo, Zoshigaya Kishibojin Temple

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk Art from Japan .

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ONI - tiger pants

https://kappapedia.blogspot.jp/2017/04/oni-tiger-pants.html

oni tiger pants

Why are the Oni often wearing 虎柄のパンツ tiger pants?

The explanation relates to the concept of
kimon 鬼門 "Oni gateway."
The zodiac animals associated with this 北東の方角 Northeastern region are
ushi-tora 丑寅 the bull and the tiger.
Oni are therefore usually depicted with bull horns and tiger fangs, wearing loincloths made of tiger skin.
(Tigers were not known in Japan.)

The pants are a kind of Japanese
. fundoshi　褌　/ ふんどし loincloth .

. tsuno　鬼の角　the horns of Oni demons .

Tengu and Oni
They are often depicted with a loincloth named tatetsuke 立附.
Painting them with a 虎皮の褌 tiger skin loincloth might have started with the paintings of
. Kano Motonobu 狩野元信 Kanō Motonobu .
(1476 - 1559）
Artist name : Kohoogen, Kohōgen こほうげん (古法眼) Kohogen
Son of Kano Masanobu 狩野正信 (1434 - 1530)

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- reference source : shinshizo.com/2012 -

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北上市・鬼の館 - Exhibition at Kitakami Town

「鬼」という文字の解説 - explaining the character for ONI
鬼の不思議
- reference source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/shigeaki0430 -

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Oni no pants, a children's song :

鬼のパンツは　いいパンツ
つよいぞ　つよいぞ

トラの毛皮で　できている
つよいぞ　つよいぞ

５年はいても　やぶれない
つよいぞ　つよいぞ

10年はいても　やぶれない
つよいぞ　つよいぞ

はこう　はこう　鬼のパンツ
はこう　はこう　鬼のパンツ

あなたも　あなたも　あなたも　あなたも
みんなではこう　鬼のパンツ

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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滋賀県 Shiga 日野町

At the shrine 綿向神社 Watamuki Jinja there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet of a half-naked woman, only clad in koshimaki 腰巻 waste wrapper, and an Oni with only a fundoshi 褌1丁 male underware doing a bout of 相撲 sumo wrestling.

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At the temple 明王院 Myo-O-In in the village of 葛川 Kuzugawa there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet showing an aka-oni 赤鬼 red demon with white fundoshi ふんどし underpants and a waist wrapper made from 豹の毛皮 panther skin. His opponent is a huge man with strong muscles, all naked. They have a rope around the neck
kubihiki 首引き and pull in a contest of strength, a kind of "Neck tug of war".

. Shiga 滋賀県の鬼伝説　Oni Demon Legends .
- with details about Watamuki Jinja.

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栃木県 Tochigi 馬頭町 Batomachi

Once upon a time
at the night of Setsubun 14 Oni wanted to stay over night at a home but were refused. They had to retreat to the mountain forest and finally stayed at the home of a firewood cutter. The old couple entertained their visitors with great joy and respect. To show their gratitude one Oni gave them a very expensive loincloth as a present.
The old woman was very pleased and asked them to come back next year and stay at their home again.
But the Oni laughed loud and said:
"Since I have no loincloth any more, I can not come . . . hahahaha !"
In this village people tell this story every year to make the Oni laugh.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. - yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk Art from Japan .

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8 Apr 2017

TEMPLES - ONI - Kishibojin Kishimojin

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話昔話 - Introduction .
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Kishibojin, Kishimojin 鬼子母神と伝説 Legends about the deity Kishibojin
訶梨帝母 Kariteimo - Kangimo 歓喜母 - the Mother of Child-Eating Demons

She is one of the Jūrasetsu-nyo 十羅刹女 Jurasetsu-Nyo, Ten Demon Daughters
rasetsu 羅刹 female demons from India
Kishibojin is the Japanese version of the Indian deity Hariti.

Kishibojin was a demon and used to eat children, before she was converted by Shakyamuni Buddha. Now she is the protector of children.

by 小妻要

. Kishibojin 鬼子母神 .
- Introduction -
Kijibojin mairi 鬼子母神参 pilgrimage to visit Kishibojin at temple 三井寺 Miidera
Kishibojin matsuri 鬼子母神祭 Kishibojin Festival

. kishi, oniko, oni-ko 鬼子　/ 鬼コ demon (from Tsugaru) .

at temple 法華寺 Homyo-Ji, Tokyo

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知多郡 Chita district

おじゅらつさま / 十羅刹女即 O-Juratsu sama，幸魂千足姫命 Sachimitama Chitarihi no Mikoto
The name of Juratsu-Nyo has been changed in the Meiji period in 1873 to Sachimitama Chitarihi no Mikoto
She had 1000 children herself and still used to eat those of the humans.

Once upon a time in 乙方村 Okkata village there were many children dying within two years. So the villagers decided to built a place to pray to O-Juratsu Sama (Kishibojin) to protect their children. The villagers prayed that 1000 children would be born in the following year in their vllage. Each family made dumplings until they had 1000 and the whole village prayed for seven days and nights.
And oh wonder, children were now born in the village, all healthy and strong.

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gomiso ゴミソ kamisama カミサマ

荒川つよ Arakawa Tsuyo married into a family with 4 children, and later had 7 children with her new husband.
Kishibojin appeared in her dream and told her what to do.
She accepted her position as kamisama カミサマ "wife" and lived for 30 years. She could beat a drum and call on the deity and tell the future by the flame of a wax candle.

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夷隅郡 Isumi district

kitsune 狐 fox
There was a horse carriage driver who was skilled to roast a fox in an earthen pot.
There were many foxes causing troulbe in the village. So Kishibojin came to 狐退治し help drive out the foxes.

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吾妻郡 Agatsuma district 中之条町 Nakanojo

On the 16th day of the first and 8th month, people prepare senbiki-gayu 千匹ガユ "rice porridge for 1000 animals" and make special offerings of rice, barley and sweets. They do this with prayers to Kishimojin to protect their children.
Kishibojin had 1000 children herself and had eaten 999 human children in her demon times . . . so people now make offerings at the crossroads for her.

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仙台市 Sendai 青葉区 Aoba ward

Ottsu matsuri オッツ祭 - 唖 Oshi
On the 15th day of the 8th lunar month, people celebrate the Ottsu festival at the 鬼子母神堂 Kishiboji Hall.
Ottsu is the local dialect for oshi 唖, people who can not talk.
Since Kishibojin had been stealing human children in her demon times, she is also called 盗人神 "thief Deity".

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栗原市　Kurihara

The 菅原家 Sugiwara family does not only celebrate their own ujigami 氏神 family deity but also Kishibojin.
Since they started this, their children never had accidents or wounds and grew up healthy.

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都城市 Miyakonojo

Kishibojin is venerated as Ubugami-sama 産神様, the deity of birth.

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On 小正月 the 15th day of the first lunar month people have special rituals to pray for a long life.
The elder folk wrap their chopsticks in straw ropes and offer them to Kishibojin by hanging them outside on the eaves of the house.

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雑司ヶ谷鬼子母神堂　　Zoshigaya Kishimojindo Hall

A deity eating children, later pomegranates (zakuro 吉祥果 / ザクロ) instead of meat. The plant has many seeds, to bring many children to praying mothers.

- HP of the temple 法明寺 Homyo-Ji

東京都豊島区雑司ヶ谷3-15-20 / 3 Chome-15-20 Zōshigaya, Toshima ward
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fukuroo kishoomon 腹籠起請文 written ritual pledge keep in the stomach of the statue

At the temple 中山遠寿院 Nakayama Onju-In they have a special pledge people prepare and which is kept in the stomach of a statue of Kishibojin.

- - - - - Maybe this is a mix with the temple of the same name in Chiba
2 Chome-3-2 Nakayama, Ichikawa, Chiba
遠寿院所蔵の起請文
- reference source : onjuin.com/index -

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身延町 Minobu

The 鬼子母神堂 Kishibojin Hall at the temple in Minobusan is located along the route to the Oku-no-In sanctuary at the Chigo-Ike 稚児池 pond.

At the 鬼子母神堂 Kishibojin Hall, there was an ema 絵馬 votive tablet of a horse, which comes out at night to devastate the fields. The horse had been painted by 狩野探幽 Kano Tanyu and for some reason, the priest found dirt on its hooves and in its mouth every morning.
So special rituals were held to keep it in place.

kishi megami　鬼子め神　"Child eating female deity"

. Minobusan 身延山 and Saint Nichiren .

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Statue from temple Miidera

- Kariteimo - Introduction by Mark Schumacher -

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source : miyakobutsuzou.com/item/kisibojin

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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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MINGEI - Oni Demons Art Motives

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. hariko 張子 papermachee dolls .

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Oni Neko Mede Tai オニ猫・めで鯛

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. ema 絵馬 votive tablets .

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saruoni, saru-oni　猿鬼 at Iwaido Shrine
This is an old shrine dedicated to Ônamuchi-no-Mikoto (or Iwatsukuwake no mikoto, according to another theory) and Kukurihime-no-Kami.
It is not known when the shrine was founded, but it is known as a shrine related to the legend of Saru-oni, which has been passed down from generation to generation in Yanagida, Noto Town. The legend goes like this:
Once upon a time,
a monster or preternatural creature called Saru-oni that lived in a rock cave bit cows and horses to death and did evil to humans. Then Keta Myojin (a gracious deity) of the highest ranking shrine in Noto shot Saru-oni in the eye. His corpse was buried in the cave and a shrine was built.
Iwaido Shrine has its origins in the legend. Local people call it "Saru-oni-no-miya" or "the shrine of Saru-oni". There are places in the neighborhood that have names related to the legend.
The name "Tôme" (hit in the eye) comes from the legend according to which an arrow hit Saru-oni in the eye. The name "Kuro-kawa" (black river) is derived from a story according to which a river of Saru-oni's black blood was formed. In addition, Saru-oni, who had his eye shot with an arrow, cleansed his eyes with ôbako (a kind of herb), which gave the name Ôbako to a local area.
source : noto-satoyamasatoumi.jp/detail

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鬼墓村の手まり歌

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鬼の行水

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. ukiyo-e 浮世絵　"pictures of the floating world" .

- 50 different Oni 五十四鬼勢揃い

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- ABC - List of ONI art motives from the Prefectures

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setsubun no oni
Nuneka from Iwate
Amahage from Yamagata
Amamehagi from Ishikawa
Namahage from Akita

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chawan 茶碗　tea bowls and rice bowls with Oni

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yakimono 焼物 pottery with Oni

Onihagi　鬼萩 "Demon Hagi" pottery
especially rough and wild , a kind of Hagi ware (萩焼 Hagi-yaki)

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2 Apr 2017

KAPPA - Demon Legends Oita

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Oita 大分県の鬼伝説　Oni Demon Legends

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別府 Beppu, a well-known hot spring area

chinoike 血ノ池 Chi-no-Ike - "The Blood Pond"

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This is Japan's oldest natural hot spring.
Chinoike-jigoku is a pool of red hot mud and has been in Beppu City, Oita Prefecture, for over 1300 years.

People in Japan's past named the Onsen Chinoike-jigoku 血の池地獄, the "Blood Pond Hell", based on an image of hell found in Buddhism.
- reference source : Jigoku-meguri (Hell Tour) in Beppu -

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chinoike nankoo 血ノ池軟膏 Chi-no-Ike skin cream

The bottom mud from the Red Pond is sold as a cream for sore skin.

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Kijima 鬼島 Demon Island in Beppu

A legend from the times of Kobo Daishi:

Once a farmer did not give a sweet persimmon to Kobo Daishi as he passed by on his pilgrimage. So the venerable Daishi turned the tree into 渋柿 bitter persimmons to teach the farmer a lesson.
This kind of happening is passed on by villagers in various regions in Japan.

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kichoo 鬼鳥 "demon bird"

When a woman dies during childbirth, she becomes a ghost called ubume ウブメ.
The ghost walks around, holding her baby 夜行遊女, and this is called "Demon Bird". From her hips down the is dressed in bloody robes. Eventually she wears a different robe and becomes a bird. Then she starts to harm the children of other mothers.

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豊後高田市 Bungo Takada

Once upon a long, long LONG time - 昔の昔のその昔ずーっと昔のその又其昔
There lived a family of four in a poor man's house. When the mother had gone out, a 鬼婆 Onibaba Demon Hag changed her features to look like mother, came inside and ate the baby. The two other elder children saw it and tried to run away in fear. From heaven a chain came down to let the children escape, but when the Onibaba tried to grab the chain, it wound around her neck and strangled her to death.

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直入郡 Naoiri district

Once upon a time, the bottom of the 阿蘇の盆地 Plain of Aso was a lake.
A demon tried to fill the lake with earch and carried earth to the place, but he broke the pole of his carrier. The earth fell down and this became 上萩岳 Upper Ogidake mountain and下萩岳 Lower Ogidake mountain.

The Demon became angry and pressed against the boulder 不動岩 Fudo-Iwa but could not move it. Since that time, there are the remains of the demon's head, back and both hands on the boulder.

There is also boulder in the form of a bridge. Legend knows that once upon a time, a Demon had to built it in one night, but when the cock crowed, the bridge was not finished and . . .

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大分市 Oita city

Oni no ido 鬼の井戸 the Demon well
A demon helped the blacksmiths from Takada dig the well.

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大野郡 Ono district　長谷川村　Hasegawa

Once upon a time, there lived a demon on this side of the river, and he liked to have shouting contests with the demon on the other side.
Once they both went over to 日高の高千穂 Takachiho to get a human being. This is now called the oni no ie 鬼の家, house, family of the demon. Many members of this family have fangs.

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佐伯市　 Saiki

鬼ケ原のゆうれい　. 鬼ケ原の幽霊 The Ghost of Onigahara

a rather long story:
- reference source : saiki.tv/~p360/densetu -

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臼杵郡 Usuki district

If people hit their 茶碗 chawan rice bowl with the chopsticks, a gaki 餓鬼 hungry demon is coming to visit the family.
So all are careful not to hit their bowls.

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由布院町 Yufuin

鬼が一夜で造った石段　 A demon made the stone stairs in just one night

Once the Kami deity wanted to drive out the demon so that humans could live in the region. He told the demon to count to 100 until the cock was crowing.
The demon counted fast and was already at 99, when the deity hit a 箕 winnow and imitated the sound of a cock. So the demon had to leave the region.

Another version
tells that the oni was asked to built a staircase with 100 steps and built 100 houses, but the demon could not finish before the cock crowed.
This is the Tsukahara densetsu 塚原伝説 Tsukahara legend.
- reference source : d-b.ne.jp/siga/tokusen/minwa -

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