Jirobo Tengu

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Jirooboo, Jirōbō 次郎坊 / 二郎坊 Jirobo Tengu
- 比良の次郎坊 Hira no Jirobo / 比良治郎坊

Jiro is usually used as a name for the second son of a family.
So Jirobo is the younger brother of Taro, the eldest son:

. Tarooboo, Tarōbō 太郎坊 Tarobo, Taro-Bo .
- Introduction 愛宕山太郎坊 -


source : youkaitama.seesaa.net/article


Jirobo first lived at Mount Hieizan 比叡山 (see below) but was driven away from by priest Saicho and the stronger mountain priests and moved on to 比良山 Hirasan in Shiga.

Tarobo and Jirobo used to live at Mount 赤神山 Akagamiyama in Shiga.


source : blog.goo.ne.jp/dreamgogogo
太郎坊宮 Tarobo Aka Jinja 阿賀神社



Tarobo to cast a vow - gankake　願掛け天狗　




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比良治郎坊 Hira Jirobo and 　愛宕栄術太郎　Atago Taro　
by 一魁齋芳年（月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi ）
顔つきは厳しく、眉毛が濃い。鼻は大きく、突き出している。法衣のような白っぽい着物を身に着けている。両腕を挙げ、前方を睨みつけている。



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The Hira Mountains (比良山地 Hira-sanchi) are a mountain range to the west of Lake Biwa on the border of Shiga Prefecture and Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. The range runs 15 kilometers (9.3 mi) north to south. It is narrowest in the southern part of the range, running 3 kilometers (1.9 mi) east to west, and broadest at the northern part of the range, running 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) km east to west. The eastern side of the Hira Mountains looks steeply over Lake Biwa, while the western side of the range forms a gentler valley in Kyoto.
The three main peaks of the Hira Mountains are　武奈ヶ岳 Mount Bunagatake, the highest with an elevation of 1,214.4 meters (3,984 ft); 蓬莱山　Hōraisan, at 1,174 meters (3,852 ft), and 打見山 Mount Uchimiyama at 1,103 meters (3,619 ft).
The spring snow of the Hira Mountains is one of the Eight Views of Ōmi.
西（安曇川）側を「奥比良」と呼び、東(琵琶湖)側稜線のうち、釈迦岳から堂満岳の一帯を「北比良」、
それ以南の蓬莱山・権現山の一帯を「南比良」、釈迦岳以北の岩阿沙利山・岳山の連なる標高500 - 700mの尾根を「リトル比良」と呼ぶことが多い。
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. Hieizan, Hiei-zan 比叡山 Mount Hiei - Kyoto .
and priest Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄

Legend says a learned monk from Mount Hieizan turned into a 大天狗 Big Tengu, maybe with a long nose 鼻高天狗,
Hieizan Hooseiboo 比叡山法性坊 Hoseibo.

Soni 尊意 Priest Soni, Son-I
(866 - 940)
He was the 13th head priest of the Tendai sect.
He is also known as 梨本祖師 or 法性房 Hoseibo.
He was born in Omi no Kuni.
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僧正坊 Sojo-Bo, Sojobo from Kuramayama 鞍馬山 - Kurama Tengu
sometimes said Jirobo was the elder brother of the Kurama Tengu.


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. 太郎坊の杉 Tarobo-no-sugi and Jirobo-no-sugi 次郎坊の杉. .
at 羽田神社 Hada Jinj in Miyagi 宮城県

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