2016-04-15

landslide legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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doshakuzure 土砂崩れ landslide legends
gakekuzure 崖崩れ / jisuberi 地滑り

masago 土砂 (マサゴ) / dosha 土砂 earth and sand - for construction work

. dosha-kaji 土砂加持 ritual to prevent landslides .
at the temple Saidai-Ji in Nara - 奈良市西大寺


. yamatsunami 山津波 "mountain Tsunami" landslide legends .

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A 25-year-old Buddhist monk was confirmed dead on Oct. 7 after he was found under a collapsed hall of the Naritasan Yokohama Betsuin temple in Yokohama's Naka Ward that was hit by a landslide on Oct. 6.

. Yokohama Naritasan Temple 横浜成田山 .

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聖不動威怒明王尊 Statue of Fudo Myo-O
This statue had been lost in a landslide near a hot spring, and been found through a statement in the dream.
The fourth priest of the temple, 乾海和尚 Keikai, took a closer look at it in 1700 and found that the pattern of the halo had been scratched with the pure nails, so he called the statue

tsumebiki fudoo 爪引き不動 Fudo drawn with nails.

. Keishooji 桂昌寺 Keisho-Ji .
群馬県安中市下秋間112, Annaka town, Gunma

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Nariaiji Temple (成相寺) is a temple of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism. The temple was originally located near the top of Mount Tsuzumigatake overlooking Miyazu Bay in the north, but was moved about 250 years ago to its current location further down the mountain after a landslide. The current temple grounds are still high enough on the slope that there are good viewpoints from where you can look out over the Amanohashidate Sandbar below.

. Nariaiji 成相寺 Nariai-Ji .
京都府宮津市成相寺339 - Kyoto
The main statue is a Bijin Kannon 美人観音 "Beautiful Kannon Bosatsu"

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船に乗ろうとする場所で、土砂を少しとって紙に包み、それを臍にあてて乗れば船酔いをしない。冬ならば足袋の裏に敷いておくのもよい。特に神社の土で行えば効果が著しいという。これは海が不浄を嫌うからだという。


................................................................................. Ibaraki 茨城県

In 水戸市 Mito town
稲田姫を祀る小祠の近くで崖崩れがあったので修復しようとしたら、大きな瓶のようなものが出てきた。鍬に当たって欠けた所を拾ってみると大きな歯骨であった。官の検分をうけたところ、瓶は竜頭であると決定した。由縁はわからないが、稲田姫を祀るのはこの竜を鎮めるためだろうかと、その地で仕官している人が語った。


................................................................................. Ishikawa 石川県

In the 鹿島郡 Kashima district in 南大呑村 Minami Onomimura
A 火の玉 ball of fire
山の小高い所に神さんが住んでいて、村に不幸があるときにはお知らせがある。地滑りの時にも、その二三日前から火の玉が飛び、地滑りの晩は火事のように明くなった。


................................................................................. Kyoto 京都

Toribeno 鳥部野
鳥部野の地蔵山から土砂を採っていたら山の神と呼ばれる松の木の下から壷が出土した。掘り出そうとしたら鳴動して掘っていた人が死んだ。それを聞いた土砂採集の世話人達も病気になり祈祷の甲斐なく死んだ。


................................................................................. Miyazaki 宮崎県

In the 児湯郡 Koyu district
1960年ごろのこと。女生徒の間で、谷坂を夕方暗くなってから通るとオジモン(怖いもの)が出る、怪異が起こる、と評判になった。お墓の下を通るときに土砂が落ちてきた、髪の毛が逆立った、などの経験をした女生徒がいた。

In the 米良市 Mera district and Karikoboo カリコボウ Karikobo, Karkio Bo, the Kappa
かりこ坊 Karikobo is venerated as 山の神 a deity of the Mountain. He likes to play tricks on people, especially imitating the sound in the forest like cutting a tree or causing a landslide or shooting a hunter's guns. But he never puts humans into real danger. When people hear him making strange sounds, it is best to keep quiet and pretend not to hear anything.

. 河童 / かっぱ / カッパ - Kappa, the Water Goblin of Japan! .



................................................................................. Nagano 長野県

In the 木曽郡 Kiso district
黒川の奥に住んでいた山うばが食物をもらい歩いていたが、上田で石灰の入った餅をもらい、それを食べて腹の中が焼けて死んだ。そのとき、「ウエンダ、ガケになれ、ふちになれ」と叫んだので、水害による土砂崩れが起こった。今でも土手が崩れやすく、水がじゅくじゅく出ている。



................................................................................. Niigata 新潟県

佐渡郡 Sado district
. kamioroshi, kami oroshi カミオロシ / 神おろし / 神降ろし "calling a Kami to earth" .
A man wanted to venerate Yamanokami (Tonchibo) and had a shaman perform Kamioroshi. He was told Tonchibo wanted a toilet, electricity and a well.
When he started to dig for a well, he found the bones of 大蛇 a huge serpent, maybe even 龍 a dragon.
630 years ago there had been a huge landslide and now the bones had been found. The man and his family were blessed from now on.



................................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県

In 秩父郡 大滝村 Chichibu, Otaki village
山に大男がいて、狩人や山の動物を餌食にしたり、崖崩れを起こしたり、川の水を濁らせたりしていたが、ある狩人と首っ引きをした時、狩人が機転を利かせて木で体をささえたため負け、涙を流して山奥へ駈けていった。


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

In 松江市 Matsue town - during the construction of a mountain road, someone stepped on the 荒神様 Kojin Deity and brought a curse on the area. A landslide happened and the boss of the workers had only bad luck from then on.

. Koojin sama 荒神様 Kojin Sama, Aragamisama .
a Hearth Deity



................................................................................. Shizuoka 静岡県

In the 磐田郡 Iwata district, a legend about a serpent
Once from the top of the mountain there came a stone falling down and smashed one serpent. Another serpent begun to call out in a loud voice and soon the riverbank collapses, a landslide happened and the mountain made violent noises.
The blood of the snake still colors the stones along the river in red.


................................................................................. Tokyo 東京都

In the 西多摩郡 Nishitama district, a legend about a 大蛇 huge snake
ウカガイのS氏は15歳のとき、火の玉が山から凄い速さで飛んで来るのを見た。鉄砲水の折で、逃げようと思い外に出たら家の中からも2つの光の玉が飛んでいき、直後に土砂崩れが起こった。山中の池に住む大蛇の霊と神様が放たれたものだとS氏は言った。



................................................................................. Wakayama 和歌山県

In the 東牟婁郡 Higashimuro district, about 黄金仏 Ogonbutsu, Golden Buddha Statue
文政8年の春に、熊野本宮社に堤を築こうとして、境内にある大黒島という岩山から採石しようとした。石を切り出そうとすると、作業者が休憩したら、巌上の土砂が崩れてるが、作業中には崩れない。また多くの烏が集まってきた。心弱い人は逃げだしたが、強い人が作業を続けると、土中から瓶が出てきた。その中には黄金の阿弥陀仏が入っていた。


................................................................................. Yamanashi 山梨県

In the 南巨摩郡 Minamikoma district,
there was a place in a valley where the woodworkers would come together to have a meal.
One day when it looked like a typhoon approaching, there came a man in white death robes and told them
"Something dangerous will happen soon, so please run away to safety as fast as you can."
Some of the woodcutters took it serious and run away, others kept sitting there munching their rice and the - - - a huge landslide came over them and swept everything down the valley.
They think it was 山の神様の知らせ the Deity of the Mountain who came to warn them.

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- Reference - nichibun yokai database -
doshakuzure 土砂崩れ / gakekuzure 崖崩れ /jisuberi 地滑り
土砂 13 to explore (04)

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. Natural Disasters 自然災害 shizen saigai - Naturkatastrophen .
- and their legends -
- drought, earthquake, flooding, landslides, tsunami, typhoon, volcanic eruption -


. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .

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. Kumamoto April 2016 熊本地震 .
Earthquake in Kumamoto, April 15, 2016 - M 7.1
Earthquake in Kumamoto, April 16, 2016 - M 7.3




A lot of severe landslides blocking roads and railways.


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川上に崖崩れあり地蔵盆
kawakami ni gakekuzure ari jizoo bon

upstream
there is a landslide -
Jizo Bon Ritual


山本洋子 Yamamoto Yoko

. Jizoo Bon 地蔵盆 Jizo Bon Ritual .
August 24 - for the ancestors at O-Bon


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