Dainichi Do Hall legends

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Dainichidoo 大日堂と伝説 Dainichido, Dainichi Do Hall　legends

. Dainichi mairi 大日詣 visiting a Dainichi Hall .
秋田県鹿角市大日堂舞楽 Akita, Dainichi Hall Kagura Bugaku Dance

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....................................................................... Aichi 愛知県 　
知多郡 Chita district 武豊町 Taketoyo town

. Koomyooji 光明寺 Komyo-Ji Temple Legends .

Around 1550, at the Chokuganji Temple 御嶽山 Ontakezan 光明寺 Komyo-Ji (Dainichi-Ji 大日寺) there was a fire coming over from a nearby warfield and the statue of 大日如来 Dainichi Nyoarai was burried in the pond.
Later around 1655 the villagers of 長尾村 Nagao village had the statue excarvated under the supervision of 大島四郎兵衛久成 (大嶋四郎兵衛久成) Oshima Shirobei Hisanari, but the villagers from Nishiura came along and claimed it was their protector deity.
It came to a fight and Nishimura won, trying to take the statue with them.
But they could not lift the statue or move it.
When the villagers of Nagao village tried to lift it, it was light and they could take it.
Back home they build a hall for the statue, 大日堂 Dainichi Do and venerated the deity there.
. Chokuganji 勅願寺 Chokugan-Ji, "Imperial Temple" .




....................................................................... Ehime 愛媛県 　
越智郡 Ochi district 上島町 Kamijima town

. hijirigami 聖神 Hijiri saint as a deity .




....................................................................... Fukui 福井県 　
敦賀市 Tsuruga city

. yama no kami koo 山の神講 prayer group for the god of the mountain .




....................................................................... Iwate 岩手県 　
八幡平市 Hachimantai city 長者前 Chojamae town

Danburi chōja だんぶり長者 "Dragonfly Choja", "The Dragonfly Rich Man".
Once upon a time
there lived a very rich man, called Danburi chōja だんぶり長者 "Dragonfly Choja".
When he was young, he was just a normal farmer.
One day he took a nap at lunchtime, when a dragonfly dame down from the mountain and swirled around him.
His wife saw it and found it strange, but then he woke up.

He said he had drunk some delicious rice wine.
The couple went up to the mountain and found a well where rice wine was coming out.
Indeed, there was gold for them in the mountain!
Since then, he became a super rich man!
His home can be seen at the town of 湯瀬 Yuze.
Nearby is the 大日堂 Dainichi Do Hall to show his gratitude to the deity.
danburi 蜻蛉 is the local dialect for dragonfly.

The same legend it told in 秋田県 Akita, 鹿角郡 Kazuno district.

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Iwate 紫波町 Shiwa town 北日詰 Kitahizume

ishi no sei 石の精 the spirit of a stone
Every night there was a strange yokai 妖怪 monster at the bridge and the villagers were afraid.
Once a brave Samurai hit the monster with his sword.
Next morning they found a stone with a blue tinge at 大日堂 the Dainichi Do Hall crashed to pieces.

岩手県紫波郡紫波町北日詰大日堂




....................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県 　
秦野市 Hadano city

ichiko イチコ, itako イタコ　Itako medium
At 大日堂 the Dainichi Do Hall at the temple 香音寺 Koon-Ji there was an Itako medium.
If someone had died, his family would go there to contact the dead via the Itako, be it man or woman.
. kuchiyose 口寄せ / クチヨセ to summon the soul of a dead person /Itako .

Koon-Ji 神奈川県秦野市西田原437




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

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南佐久郡 Minami-Saku district 佐久穂町 Sakuho town

. hinotama, hi no tama 火の玉と伝説 Legends about fire balls .
The daughter of 桜井家 the Sakurai Family had married and lived at 大日堂 the Dainichi Do Hall.
She died at the age of 40.
That night hi no tama 火の玉 a ball of fire was seen by many neighbours falling on the roof.
They say it was the soul of the woman coming to inform her family about her fate.

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Nagano 上田市 Ueda city / 長命寺 Chomei-Ji

. kaibyo Kotababa, Kodababa 怪猫小太ばば The Monster Cat Kotababa, Kota Baba .




....................................................................... Tochigi 栃木県 　
真岡市 Moka city // 獅子舞

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....................................................................... Tokyo 東京都 　
町田市 Machida city

. chinshoo 沈鐘 Chinsho, sunken temple bell legends .


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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