- Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - Introduction -
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Bakejizo, Bake-Jizo 化け地蔵 / 化地蔵 Jizo as a yokai monster
obake Jizoo お化け地蔵 O-bake Jizo
. yookai 妖怪 Yokai Japanese Ghosts and Ghost Stories .
- Introduction -
by Mizuki Shigeru
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地蔵菩薩は釈迦の入滅から弥勒仏の下生までの無仏時代に衆生済度を受け持つ菩薩として奈良時代あたりから信仰され、末法思想のさかんだった平安中期以降に地蔵信仰はとくに広まった。
路傍や墓地の入り口などに立つ、頭を丸め、身に衲衣、袈裟をまとう僧形の石地蔵は「お地蔵さん」と呼ばれ、最も馴染みのある仏様といえる。しかし、あまりに馴染みのあるせいか、仏様であるにもかかわらず、古くなった道具が化ける付喪神のごとく化けるという話が聞かれることがある。
遠州白須賀（静岡県浜名郡湖西町白須賀）の潮見坂にある石地蔵は、夜な夜な化けて出るとの噂があった。そんなある年、この村を訪れた若い浪人が化地蔵のことを耳にして、その噂を確かめに潮見坂に赴く。すると六体ある石地蔵のうち一体がたちまち大きな一つ目入道となった。そして赤い舌をぺろりと出し、大声で笑った。浪人がすぐさま斬りつけると、化け物は悲鳴をあげて消え去った。翌朝になって確かめると、石地蔵の一体が肩から斜めにに斬りおろされて倒れていたという。
Stone Jizo in Shogin-Ji Taito Tokyo
また、東京都台東区橋場の松吟寺内にある「お化け地蔵」は背丈が3m近くもある、他に例を見ない巨大な石地蔵である。その昔、白井権八なる武士がこの地蔵の陰に隠れて辻斬りをやり、地蔵に向かって「知らんふり」しろと言ったところ、「お前こそ人に言うでないぞ」と答えたという。.
- source : shigege.blog89.fc2.com
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Obake (Bogy) Jizo
Once upon a time, this area was within the premises of Sosenji Temple. The bogy Jizo is located at a corner of the Sosenji Temple and initially it was called "baby-raising Jizo." But the Jizo, an image in stone, had a large hat and a large height of more than 3 m. So, some people said that the hat moved in direction, and then they used to call it obake (bogy) Jizo.
According to the foundation stone of the Jizo, it is recorded that the Jizo was built in 1721 and broken into two pieces after the Great Kanto Earthquake but it was repaired with the head portion replaced.
松吟寺 Shogin-ji Temple, 2 chome 5-3, Hashiba Tokyo
- source : taito-culture.jp/city
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Japanese Ghost story, the impossible-to-count Bake Jizo
Rows of dozens of stone statues representing Jizo Bodhisattva
can be found frequently in Japan, but during my travels across Japan I found a few of them really special. One example is the row of statues from the Kanmangafuchi Abyss in Nikko, a wonderfully beautiful place: the Jizo are lining the trail through the forest, along the raging river … The foliage was thick and the path was a bit mysterious, especially since it was in the evening and the light was starting to fade.
But the feeling was caused by their story:
It is said that these Jizo were donated by the followers of Bishop Tenkai and that originally there were 100 statues. After a flood in 1902, some of them were destroyed or taken by the water current.
But until today, nobody knows for sure how many Jizo are in this valley… because the legend says that each time they were counted - the result was different.
That’s why they are called Bake Jizo, meaning “Ghost Jizo".
The reasonable explanation: since many statues were destroyed, some of them are completely missing, others are only a pedestal or a pile of broken rocks, but can still be counted . . .
- source : muza-chan.net
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
................................................................................. Fukushima 福島県
In the 田村郡 Tamura district, 小野町 Ono
主に正月に、家の中で１人の子が目を瞑って中央に座り、周りで5、6人が唱え言を唱え囃し立てる。やがて中央の子が体を揺らし始め、地蔵さんが乗り憑いたとわかる。色々な質問に答えてくれ、気持ちのよい子、欲得のない子には地蔵さんが憑きやすかった。
................................................................................. Kanagawa 神奈川県
津久井郡 Tsukui district 城山町 Shiroyamamachi
In front of the Bakejizo of 尻無沢 Shirinashizawa (now 都井沢 Toizawa) a fox shapeshifted into a beautiful woman, carrying fallen leaves in a basket on her head. A man who passed along saw her true features and tried to kill the woman/fox. Soon after that he became very ill. He had to say 百万遍念仏 the Nenbutsu Prayer for 10000 times to get well again.
. 地蔵菩薩と狐と伝説 Legends about Jizo Bosatsu and kitsune Foxes .
................................................................................. Nagasaki 長崎県
In 平戸市 Hirado - ヤコ憑き yakotsuki
ある爺さんが煮干製造所で鰯干しの竿をお地蔵様のガン首に結びつけたら、地蔵さんがひっくり返った。爺さんは地蔵さんをカワの中に投げ込んだので、ヤコ憑きのようになって口走ったという。
................................................................................. Shiga 滋賀県
蒲生町 Gamo town
. A fox shape-shifted into 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu .
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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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