Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi

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- KAPPA - 河童 / かっぱ /　カッパ - Legends -
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- Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi　まんが日本昔ばなし
Old Stories from Japan - Folktales
- - - - - Once Upon a Time in Japan - - - - -

- - - - - 河童　folktales about the Kappa - - - - -



This is a popular TV series and also available as books now.

- Alphabetical list of the prefecture name -

. Kappa ni moratta takaramono かっぱにもらった宝物 a treasure from the Kappa .
Ibaraki 茨城県　- 結城郡八千代町Yuki-gun, Yachio-machi


. - Kappa Tokkuri 河童徳利 "Kappa and the Sake Flask" - .
Kanagawa 神奈川県 - Nishikubo, Chigasaki 神奈川県は茅ヶ崎の西久保


. - Kappa no Kame 河童の瓶 The Water Jar of Kappa - .
Shizuoka 静岡 - temple 栖足寺 Seisoku-Ji


. - Zenji Kappa 禅師河童 Kappa the Zen Teacher - .
Yamaguchi　山口県 - temple 自住寺 Jiju-Ji

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. Kappa Muko-Iri 河童婿入り Kappa as son in law, The Kappa Bridegroom .
- - - - - hyootan and hechima 瓢箪やへちま gourds and Kappa

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Kappa no amagoi 河童の雨ごい Kappa doing a rain ritual

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. amagoi　雨乞い rain ritual - Introduction .
ki-u (kiu）　祈雨 prayer and wish for rain

Kappa no amagoi 河童の雨ごい Kappa doing a rain ritual

Once upon a time
in the forest of a small village there was a little old swamp. In it lived a lone Kappa who often played bad tricks on the villagers.

One day a traveling priest came to the village, went to see the swamp and asked the Kappa why he would do such bad tricks. The Kappa said he was really distressed to be born as such a creature and just had to run around like wild and be bad.
When the priest heard this, he began to lecture the Kappa:



"As long as you are alive,
you should try to do something for the benefit of the humans, for the benefit of this village!"
and then the priest left.

Time went on and summer came. The sun kept shining day after day and the villagers in their distress during this drought began to think about some rain ritual to be performed.
Just then the Kappa appeared and volunteered to do the rain ritual.

The villagers were not quite happy with his proposal, but since there was no-one else they asked him to do it. The ritual continued for many days and the Kappa was not allowed to eat or drink during this time of prayers.

After a few days the sky became dark and thunder began to roll over the village. And indeed, great drops of rain began to fall, faster and faster. The rain became stronger and stronger, almost like a waterfall down from the sky.
And the Kappa, amid all that rain, died in peace.

At the end of summer the priest visited the village again and now heard the story of the Kappa calling for rain. He told the villagers of the Kappa and his wish to be reborn as a human, so the villagers made a grave for the Kappa by the swamp and put up a large memorial stone for him.

This story is kept alive in the village to our day.

(There is no location given for this folktale.)



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河童のくれた妙薬 special medicine from the kappa
河童のおたから Kappa no Otakara treasure

カッパのわび状 kappa no wabijo - letter of apology
かっぱの淵 - Kappa no fuchi, Iwate, Hachinohe

えんこうの一文銭 Enko no ichimonsen One Sen coin
えんこう経文 Enko no Kyomon - Sutra
エンコのお侍 Enko the Samurai

カワランベー Kawaranbee

小中の河童
尻ぬき河童
砂子多の河童 - 砂子多川の「かっぱ石」 Shimonoseki
ねねこ河童 neneko kappa
媛女渕の河童 otomebuchi no kappa
市右衛門と河童
酒を買いに来た河童 Kappa buying Sake

釣川の長太郎河童 Tsurigawa no Chotaro Kappa
馬の毛をぬくカッパ Kappa pulling out the hair of horses

タヌキと彦市 Tanuki and Kappa
赤岩ん淵の八つ目 yatsume eel at akaiwanbuchi pond
一つ目小僧の涙 tears of Hitotsume Kozo (a monsterlin)

カサ売りお花 kasa-uri o-hana selling umbrellas
北が森のドンコ Donko

and more
- source : 日本昔ばなし 河童

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Once Upon a Time in Japan

This series is an anthology of old Japanese tales.
also available in English - manga nitsupon



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ふるさと再生 日本の昔ばなし Furusato Saisei Nippon no Mukashi Banashi
Hometown Rebuilding: Folktales from Japan



a Japanese anime television series that adapts various traditional stories from Japan.

"The Day The Kappa Came Out" "Kappa ga Detekita Hi" (河童が出てきた日)
"The Kappa and the Straw Shoes" "Kappa to Warazōri" (カッパとわらぞうり)
"The kappa and the handwashing basin" "Kappa to tearaibachi" (カッパと手洗鉢)

- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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. 河童紙芝居　Kamishibai Paper Drama of the Kappa legends - Introduction .

. - kappa ehon　河童絵本 picture books for children - .
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. Kappa densetsu　河童伝説, Kappa minwa 河童民話 - Legends - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk　Art from Japan .

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