rokubu pilgrims 04 Miyazaki

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rokubu 六部 Rokubu pilgrims 04 - Miyazaki to Nara

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This is a pilgrimage to many places of Japan, and many legends are connected to the pilgrims.

六部(ろくぶ) Rokubu pilgrimage, Rokubu pilgrim / / 六十六部衆
Pilgrim traveling with 66 volumes of the Lotus Sutra
sixty-six part circuit pilgrimage

Rokujurokubu Hijiri - kaikoku hijiri 廻国聖 - itinerant Rokubu Pilgrim
六十六部行者 rokujuurokubu gyooja / 六部行者 / rokubu gyoja
六十六部廻国巡礼 rokujurokubu kaikoku junrei

A pilgrim copies the 法華経 Hokekyo Lotus Sutra 66 times and brings a copy each to 66 temples
in 66カ国 66 different domains of Japan.




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



................................................................................. Miyazaki 宮崎県　
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清武町 Kiyotake

tatari 祟り the curse
The slope チンチン坂 Chinchinzaka is the place where a Rokubu broke down and died.
The home of the family who buried him and also the neighbours were unlucky for a long time.
So they asked the priest of a local temple to hold rituals to appease the soul of the Rokubu. They also erected a small mound and a memorial stone.
Eventually the families moved away from this area and the mound was lost due to modern housing development.

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都城市 Miyakonojo town

Rokubu no rei 六部の霊 the soul of the Rokubu
henro no Rokubu 遍路の六部 Rokubu, the Henro pilgrim
旧士族 10 old samurai families have regular meetings three times a year to venerate and honor their common past.
One of their ancestors once killed a Rokubu pilgrim - and if they do not continue to honor this memory, there will be disaster coming for all.






................................................................................. Nagano 長野県　
松本市 Matsumoto

. Hihi 狒々/ 狒狒 / 比々 Hihi Baboon Monster .
and the brave dog 早太郎 Hayataro

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. Kotaroo Yashiki 小太郎屋敷 The Home of the Kotaro Family .
and 怪猫小太ばば The Monster Cat Kotababa

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tatari 祟り the curse
Once upon a time during the New Year celebrations.
The old owner of the Sake shop askd the deity オンタサマ Onta Sama:
"Why have so many people of this village died?"
The answer was:
"Since I am オンタゴンゲン Onta Gongen I can not tell you."
At 此田のお宮 the shrine of Konota the villagers had cut down and sold the old sacred tree and the Onta deity was angry.
Instead of him 白倉権現 Shirakura Gongen let them know:
Once the villagers had killed seven Rokubu to get their 鉦 prayer gongs. If one hits the gong, it will give him the benefit of visiting 88 Kannon Temples.
They floated to Konota and could not go on to Onta.
The villagers held a ritual for the souls for three months to appease them and could thus avoid further disaster.

- Konota Kagura dance 此田神楽 - at 尾之島正八幡神社
- reference source : city.iida.lg.jp/site/bunkazai... -

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kane no oto 鐘の音 sound of the bell
Once a Rokubu was killed by the villagers by mistake and buried in an estate now called チンチン屋敷 Chinchin yashiki.
Every night the sound of a bell, like CHINCHIN , was heard in the village. So the villagers kept holding rituals for the Rokubu.

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Nagano 長野市 Nagano city

daija shooja 大蛇小蛇 huge serpent, small serpent
Once a man had a dream of catching huge serpent and despite its pleading killed it to bring it to a road show.
Next morning his daughter became high feaver. The Rokubu, who had stayed at the family, told them the daughter would die.
The family thne asked the Rokubu to perform purifying rituals, but he was disturbed by the angry soul of the dead girl.
Later people who bought the estate also fell under the curse, so eventually they build a small sanctuary and performed rituals regularly.

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Nagano 下條村 Shimojo

tatari 祟り the curse
In 中原の洞 the cave of Nakahara an itinerant Rokubu had fallen ill and died. People from nearby made a grave for him. Son after that there was a fire in the neighbourhood. They had a Shaman find out about the origin and he told them, the grave of the Rokubu had been too simple, so he put a curse on them.
They re-built the grave and cared for it more carefully from now on.

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Nagano 上田市 Ueda

hikigaeru 蟇 toad
Once a Rokubu stayed with a family. They took away all his money and killed him.
They used to money to start a business. But there used to be a lot of toads in their estate. Then an epidemic broke out and the family members died, all of them.
This was the curse of the Rokubu.






................................................................................. Nara　奈良県　


source : blog.livedoor.jp/narasizenjyuku/archives...

六十六部供養碑 Rokujurokubu Kuyo Hi Memorial


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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .

. Onipedia 日本の鬼 The Demons of Japan .


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