hana long nose of Tengu

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hana ga takai　鼻が高い the long nose of a Tengu
hanadaka tengu, hanataka tengu 鼻高天狗 tall-nosed Tengu
lit. with a high nose


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Daitengu, or ”Major Tengu.“ Typically appears as man with a very long nose and red face.

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The Buddhist Connection. Why the Long Nose?
The Yamabushi Tengu comes in two flavors -- the long-nosed goblin with human face or
the beak-nosed goblin with human face.

Tengu are always portrayed as having a mischievous sense of humor, for they love playing tricks on those they encounter, especially on pretentious and arrogant Buddhist priests and samurai. Indeed, by the late Kamakura Period, the Tengu become a major literary vehicle for criticising both established and nascent Buddhist sects

The long nose relates to the Tengu’s hatred of arrogance and prejudice. Priests with no true knowledge, prideful individuals, those attached to fame, and those who willfully mislead or misuse the Buddhist cannons are turned into the long-nosed Yamabushi Tengu (or sent to Tengudo, the realm of the Tengu) after their deaths. Corrupt Buddhist monks and corrupt Buddhist monestaries were in fact a major concern throughout Japan’s middle ages. Tengu are thus seen as protectors of the Dharma (Buddhist law), and punish those who mislead the people. Over time, the folklore of tengu and yamabushi become intertwined, and even the crow tengu (karasu tengu) begin wearing the robes and caps of priests.

SARUTAHIKO 猿田彦, 猿田彦神
... the ancestor of the long-nosed Tengu mountain goblin ...
- source : Mark Schumacher

. Karasutengu, Karasu Tengu 烏天狗、からす天狗 / カラステング
Crow Tengu, Bird Tengu /// kotengu　小天狗 minor Tengu, crow-like goblin .

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Tengu and an Elephant pulling a rope with their long noses.
象の鼻引

. Kawanabe Kyosai 河鍋暁斎 (1831 - 1889) .

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Even a long-nosed Tengu has problems with the heavy snow of January 2017 !
This one broke off his nose, at Kuramadera in Kyoto !



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. Tengu ni naru 天狗になる - proverb about the long nose .
To boast and be proud of one's own actions.
If someone boasts too much, another proverb is
hana ga takaku naru 鼻が高くなる "the nose gets long" like that of a Tengu.


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森羅万象　Shinra Bansho

. Hokusai Manga 北斎漫画 Hokusai Sketches .

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Long-nosed goblin
Utagawa Kuniyoshi 歌川國芳

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