2023年7月28日金曜日

The old couple said, “Let’s name him Momotaro (Peach-boy) as he was born from a peach.” One day, the old man went into the woods to gather firewood and the old woman went to the river to do laundry. When the old woman was washing clothes at the river, a giant peach came floating down the stream and she picked it up. She brought it back home so that she could eat it with the old man. They cut the peach, a healthy baby boy jumped out from the peach! Both the old man and woman were glad because they had no child. They named the boy “MOMOTARO” for he was born from a peach. They raised him with a lot of love. When Momotaro turned fifteen years old, he was the strongest in the village.

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Jugoro Okubo was born in 1867 on a farm in Kama Murayama, Iwanashi District (now Shiona, Seto Town, Higashi Ward, Okayama City). When he was...
2023年7月8日土曜日

For crossing rivers flowing from mountains, construction methods such as sheeting board (level crossing), elevated flume (overpass above the river), and underground trough (overpass below the river) are constructed according to the conditions of the river. The weirs were made concrete by the Kamanashi River right bank land improvement project implemented from 1965 to 1973, but the positions and essential structures of the irrigation canals that have continued since the Edo period still remain in many places today. Currently, the Tokushima Weir is owned by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, and its management is contracted by the Union of Land Improvement Areas on the Right Bank of the Kamanashi River. In addition to being used in the sprinkler nets laid in the paddy fields of Nirasaki City and the Southern Alps City and in the Midaigawa alluvial fan, the running water is also used for fire prevention in communities, flood control, and small hydroelectric power generation using water wheels. There is Reported to the National Council for Cultural Affairs and the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology for new registration. On June 17, 2022, the National Culture Council positioned the Tokushima Weir as a cultural property suitable for national registration. This is the second registered monument in Yamanashi Prefecture, and the third nationally registered monument following Tachibai Canal (Taki Town, Matsuzaka City, Mie Prefecture) and Nikaryo Canal (Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture) becomes.

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Tokushima Hyozaemon Toshimasa (year of birth unknown) was a merchant living in Fukagawa, Edo (present-day Koto Ward, Tokyo), and was apparen...
2023年7月5日水曜日

Kuwado's Five Great Myo-o statues are said to have been made in the late Heian period, using a single piece of cypress wood. In the Edo period, it was decorated with bright colors such as red and blue, but during recent restoration work, it has been restored to its original beautiful appearance. Fudo hall's auspiciousness is related to Jizo-in Temple, and he founded Morin hermitage (to become Jizo-in Temple after combining with Hoju hermitage) to mourn for the family's bodhisattva. In 1586, Fudo hall was built in this place, which is the place corresponding to the Omotekimon（front demon gate: Ushitora (艮), which is said to be the worst in Onmyodo, the northeast corner）of Kuwado, and the Godai Myo-o enshrined in Morin hermitage was moved. Since then, it is recorded that Myo-o was enshrined in Kuwado as an object of worship to protect against disasters and gain worldly benefits. Based on the placement of the Five Great Myoos in Kuwado, it is believed that they were enshrined in a temple of the Shingon sect. In the case of Jizo-in Temple of the Soto sect, which enshrines Ususama Myoo, who has the merit of "purifying uncleanness,'' one of the Five Great Myoos should be enshrined, but Kongoyasha Myoo is enshrined reason. Therefore, it was enshrined in a temple of the Shingon sect, but the temple was washed away due to flooding caused by the flooding of the Kotori River (currently the Fuefuki River). There is a theory that it may have been moved. The current Fudo-do was built in 1719. As mentioned above, the arrangement of the five great Myoos is centered around Fudo Myoo, followed by Gosansei Myoo (east), Gundari Myoo (south), Daiitoku Myoo (west), and Kongo Yasha Myoo (north). At Fudo-do, they are lined up in a row with Fudo Myo-o in the middle. After the restoration work and exhibition at the Tokyo National Museum, a new preservation facility was built, and now it protects the Kuwado district and its residents behind Fudo hall. 五大明王: 仏教の信仰の対象で, 密教の尊格である明王の中でも'不動明王'を中心とした, 降三世明王, 軍荼利明王, 大威徳明王, 金剛夜叉明王の五体を指す.

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In Kuwado, Kasugai Town, there is an old temple on the border with Yamanashi City, which is surrounded by peach orchards near the Fuefuki Ri...