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. kappa　河童 / 合羽　/ かっぱ Kappa, the water goblin - - Introduction .



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. Kappa Jinja 河童神社 Kappa Shinto Shrines .

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Kappadera かっぱ寺 / 河童寺 Kappa temples
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Kappa Daimyoojin 河童大明神 Kappa Daimyojin - Great Deity Kappa

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大観音寺 Dai Kannon-Ji - Mie
曹源寺 Sogen-Ji - Edo / Tokyo
聖徳寺 Shotoku-Ji - Kumamoto
善行寺　Zengyo-Ji - Ishikawa
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Daikannonji 大観音寺 Dai Kannon-Ji
三重県津市白山町 Mie, Tsu town









Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 Great Deity Kappa

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Soogenji 曹源寺 Sogen-Ji
3 Chome-7-2 Matsugaya, Taito / 台東区松ヶ谷一丁目 Tokyo

naminori kappa 波乗り河童 Kappa riding the waves
Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 Great Deity Kappa



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The Folklore of Kappa-dera Temple
According to a legend,
at the beginning of the 19th century there lived in the vicinity a raincoat maker named Kappa Kawataro 合羽川太郎（合羽屋喜八 Kappaya Kihachi）. In Japanese the word for"raincoat"is also "kappa". This region was once a basin with poor drainage, therefore rain would often bring floods causing undue trouble for the residents. Because of this, Kawataro began the construction of a series of drainage ditches with his own finances.The project was said to have been completed only with the assistance of the kappa living in the Sumida River whom had been helped by Kawataro in the past.
It is said that those who actually witnessed the river kappa thrived in business.



This legend is the origin of the name "Kappa-dera".
Furthermore,the name of "Kappabashi" (a bridge that once stood at the Kappabashi intersection) is also said to come from this legend.

At the temple they celebrate the Kappa Daimyojin 河童大明神 and there is a stone monument that is said to be Kappa Kawataro's grave.


かっぱのぎーちゃん
source : blog.shinobi.jp

The Kappa riding the waves is now an amulet for good business.

- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.sogenji.jp



source : ginjo.fc2web.com/185sinjuu_siguregasa
Matsubacho 松葉町 Edo / Tokoy


. Asakusa KAPPABASHI 東京都 かっぱ河 / 合羽橋 .

. Amulets and Talismans from Japan .　

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. 聖徳寺 Shotoku-Ji, Kumamoto 熊本市 .
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kappa yoke, kappayoke 河童除け to ward off the evil influence of a kappa, especially water accidents.
mizuyoke 水難除け amulets to ward off water accidents

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. Kappa - Haiku and Senryu　河童　俳句　川柳 .


種かぼちゃ荒地にまろぶ河童寺
tanekabocha arechi ni marobu Kappadera

seed pumpkins
scattered in the wasteland -
Kappa Temple

御子柴光子　Mikoshiba Mitsuko



Kappa tairu 河童のタイル Kappa tile
in the shopping street near Kappa Temple
あっちにかっぱ寺がありますよ
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河童寺自然薯黄葉地を這へり

田淵定人 Tabuchi Teijin


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Kappa Fudo

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カッパとお不動さん Kappa and Fudo Myo-O



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source : www.kisotengai.jp/kappa

Fudo Myo-O as a Kappa transformation
河童変幻不動明王
四万十川カッパ造形大賞2009 - 今井勝 - - from Shimantogawa, Shikoku

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カッパとお不動さん Kappa and Fudo Myo-O
Kappa legend from Amagasaki, Hyogo 尼崎 民話

Once upon a time,
there lived many Kappa in this pond. But nodody knew about it.
One hot day in summer, a littel boy passed the pond, took off all his cloths and jumped in.
Waves begun to spread and one Kappa woke up from his nap.
The Kappa observed the boy swimming happily in the pond and suddenly thought, he could enjoy swimming together with the boy. So he came closer.

When the boy realized who was close to him, he suddenly burst into tears.
When the Kappa saw the boy all in tears, he called his friends : pipoo, pipoo ピポー、ピポー.

When all these Kappa begun to come together and get close to him, the poor boy begun even more to cry in a loud voice.
The Kappa talked among themselves about how to help the boy and thought they should bring some human friends of the boy to the pond.

On the next day the Kappa came down to the village of the humans, captured one boy after the other and brought them to the pond.
When the fourth boy came to the pond, the first boy finally stopped crying. And then they all swam around happily with the Kappa.



But in the village was quite an uproar. Five boys were missing !!
The villagers went to their temple and prayed to Fudo Myo-O, who was their protector in times of distress.
"Dear Fudo Sama, please let the boys come back safely!" they prayed with all their might.

On this night, Fudo with his sword and rope and flaming halo came down to the pond and called on the Kappa :
"Hey you Kappa goblins, listen to me! Tomorrow morning by sunrise you have to bring the captured boys back to the village, understand !"

The Kappa begun to tremble when they heard this mighty voice.
And as you guess, the next morning the boys were back in the village and rejoiced to be re-united with their parents.




The little shrine for Fudo Myo-O is still near the Bamboo Valley of the Old Road, near the Sanwa Shotengai shopping street 三和商店街, but all looks quite different than in the olden times. But the statue of Fudo Myo-O is still revered by the people.
source : blog.livedoor.jp/ufodouji-tec_rec


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. 川端龍子　Kawabata Ryushi .

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. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .


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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .


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