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Saga Tenno 嵯峨天皇 Legends about Emperor Saga
. Saga Tenno - Introduction .
. Danrin Kogo 檀林皇后 Empress Danrin / 橘嘉智子 Tachibana no Kachiko .
the empress consort of Emperor Saga.
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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師 空海 (774-835) .
and the Sutra 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 Dai Birushana Jobutsu Jinben Kaji Kyo / Mahavairocana Sutra.
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During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there lived a person called 三条中将 Lieutenant Sanjo, married to a high-ranking woman.
He promised to make a golden statue of Amida Butsu 阿弥陀仏 Amida Buddha if she would have a child.
After a while she became pregnant and a girl was born.
The mother died when the girl was seven.
The lieutenant married again.
The stepmother wanted to kill the daughter, but the golden statue of Amida protected her.
. Legends about Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 .
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. toso 屠蘇 mulled rice wine with spices for New Year .
During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was the saying that
if only one member of the family drinks Toso the whole family would get ill.
But if all family members would drink Toso, they would stay healthy for the whole year.
The Toso was kept in a well and pulled out on the first of January.
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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師 空海 (774-835) and Saga Tenno .
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京都市
Kyoto city
. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno did not like the sound of thunder. He asked Kukai to make it stop.
Kukai advised to plant an
enju 槐 Japanese pagoda tree and all the lightning would fall down there.
The master of this tree was
shirohebi 白蛇 a white serpent, which should never be touched with a blade.
Once a guardman tried to kill the serpent, but the blade of his sword bent and he soon became quite ill.
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Kyoto 宇治市
Uji city
. Hashihime, Hashi Hime 橋姫 / はし姫 "Princess of the Bridge" .
a courtly lady consumed by jealousy.
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Kyoto 右京区
Ukyo ward
. Danrin Kogo 檀林皇后 Empress Danrin / 橘嘉智子 Tachibano no Kachiko .
the empress consort of Emperor Saga.
. Umenomiya Shrine 梅の宮神社 / 梅宮大社 Umenomiya Taisha .
When Empress Danrin gave birth, she spread sand from under the main building of Umenomiya Shrine under her bed and gave birth to her son without complications.
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守山市
Moriyama city 勝部町
Katsube town / 大光明寺
. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
The border between 栗本郡 / 「くりたぐん」 Kurita district and 野洲郡 Yasu district was a large river.
At 三上山
Mount Mikamiyama the river divided into two. 南川 Minamikawa became a deep river pool at 土山 Mount Tsuchiyama.
In former times
daija 大蛇 a huge serpent lived in the river pool.
During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was a great noisy earthquake.
When he asked a diviner about the earthquake, Saga Tenno was told that
orochi おろち a huge serpent was living in the river, wanting to kill the Emperor.
The emperor invited the local farmers and asked them to get rid of the serpent. A few thousand came together and finally drove the serpent away.
The temple Daikōmyō-Ji 大光明寺
Daikomyo-Ji was built in rememberance of this event.
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Mount Mikami (三上山, "Mikami Yama", meaning Mikami Mountain)
a mountain, 432 metres (1,417 ft) above sea level, located in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
In spite of its relatively low altitude, it is also called "Ōmi Fuji", that is
Mount Fuji of Ōmi Province, the old name of Shiga Prefecture, because of its conical shape standing out in the flat area on the shores of Lake Biwa.
At the foot of Mount Mikami is the Shintoist Mikami Shrine (御神神社,
"Mikami Jinja", meaning the Gods' Shrine)
Mount Mikami, nearer to Kyoto, the traditional capital of Japan, has appeared in the Japanese literature from the ancient times. It is particularly noted for the legend of "
Fujiwara no Hidesato Conquering the Giant Centipede of Mount Mikami".
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. Fujiwara no Hidesato 藤原秀郷 /
Tawara Tota Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷.
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