. Legends about Death .
. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
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tonshi 頓死 to drop dead
ton 頓 sudden change, something unexpected
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
................................................................................. Fukuoka 福岡県
tatari 祟り cursed
Once a group of Yamabushi 山伏 mountain priests passed along Mount Ozasadake about 200 years ago, but one of them tonshi 頓死 died suddenly and had a small stone mound made in his memory. An old woman who heard this came to the stone mound, put a kettle on a fire and killed her own kuroneko 黒猫 black cat by boiling it. Then she cut her tongue and died too. Later the curse of this old woman killed more mountain priests there.
................................................................................. Fukushima 福島県
双葉郡 Futaba district 浪江町 Namie village
. The Kappa from Takasemura 河童の高瀬村 .
................................................................................. Kumamoto 熊本県
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
Once a young Samurai killed a pregnant fox with his sword, even as the fox had folded her hands and asked to save her.
Sind then misfortune has come to the Samurai. Some members came to hayajini 早死 a premature death.
The family lost its wealth and one who had to make a living as a forest worker came to tonshi 頓死 dropped dead.
The sword came into the hands of an old man, but he went crazy, killed his consort and then cut off his own head.
................................................................................. Mie 三重県
sookenheki 早肩癖 / soodaken 早打肩 hurting shoulder
Sometimes people experience tonshi 頓死 dropping dead, as their shoulders suddenly hurt or the arms can not move any more. If one sticks a needle into the shoulder or the lips and black blood comes dripping out, they will be healed. This only happens in the remote countryside, never in a city.
................................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県
仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward
wabisukegura 侘助蔵 the store house of Wabisuke
Wabisuke liked to drink sake 酒 rice wine and one day he got the large cup ot the Lord, drank it all in one gulp and tonshi 頓死 dropped dead. The Lord ordered his doctor to open the dead body and in the stomach he found a jar.
This jar was kept in the kura 蔵 storehouse of the castle, thus now named Wabisukegura.
................................................................................. Osaka 大阪府
大阪市 Osaka city
. hitodama 人魂 / 人玉と伝説 Legends about the human soul .
One summer some young people saw a hitodama 人魂 sparkle of human soul near 船町橋 the Funamachibashi bridge, but it did not stay long.
Then 陶器商の主人 a pottery merchant from 筋違橋 Sujikaibashi had a dream : He went to the bridge because he felt thirsty, but he was attacked by some thugs and fled in haste. When he awoke, he was covered in sweat. After he had told the dream to his wife, he tonshi 頓死 dropped dead.
................................................................................. Tokyo 東京都
oogon kyuu 黄金宮 Ogon Kyu, the golden palace
The maid servant of 佐久間勘解由 Sakuma Kageyu named 竹 Take was very pious and kind-hearted, she always gave food to the poor. One day she tonshi 頓死 dropped dead, but her body still felt warm and so they kept her in the house to see what was going to happen. Eventually she came back to life. The people asked her about her experience in meidoo 冥途 the other world. She had walked in an endless plain when suddenly she came to a Golden Hall. The Buddha told her that he knew Take was coming. She started praying, but could escape death and came back to life.
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Tokyo 板橋区 Itabashi ward
o-bake yashiki お化け屋敷 the haunted house
When the restaurant 橋本屋 Hashimotoya was about to go bancrupt, the owner killed his wife and went off with his concubine. Since then the estate was called "haunted house", where the spirit of the killed wife roamed, waiting for revenge. A fearless man once bought the estate, but he tonshi 頓死 dropped dead for no reason and his wife had an accident and died too very soon after.
................................................................................. Yamanashi 山梨県
南巨摩郡 Minamikoma district 早川町 Hayakawa city
araragi アララギ Japanese yew
200年前、七面山の社殿が全焼したため、再建しようと用材を伐採する事になり、ある樵が七面山のアララギに斧を入れたところ、その切口から血のような赤い水が流れ出たので、樵は恐怖のために頓死したという。その切口は一夜のうちに癒えたといわれているが、現在も幹の下部に大きい切口がある。
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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
hayajini 早死 22 premature death
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