oni landscapes

[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア　- Oni Demons - ABC-List - .
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

shizen 自然と鬼伝説　Oni Demon Legends about the landscape

There are many mountains, boulders, rivers and other natural phenomenon, which have been made by demons . . . at least in local legends!

. Toyota Toki とよた 時 / 画房【とよだ 時】 Toyoda Toki . *
山里漫画家・画文ライター Manga Painter of Satoyama Japan


:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

..............................................................................................................................................
Nara 奈良県 - 明日香村 Takaichi-gun Asukamura Hirata

Two stone formations related to Oni, possibly related to ancient tombs:

Oni no manaita 鬼の俎 / 鬼のまな板 "Devil's cutting board"
"Devil's Chopping Board"
It had been said that a devil ate people after chopping them on this stone board.



The length is about 4.5 meters, the width is about 2.7 meters, and the thickness is about 1 meter.


Oni no setchin 鬼の雪隠 "Devil's lavatory" "Demon's toilet"
Ogre's outhouse
It had been said that the devil relieved nature here.



- quote -
The flat stone at the top of the hill was called a cutting board, and the huge stone basin fallen to the fields below was called a toilet. From their size they could not have been used by humans, so a legend was born that long ago demons lived in these parts.
But these two huge stone objects are understood to have originally fit together as the chamber of a tomb. Over the years the mound covering the tomb was lost, and it is thought that someone trying to make use of the exposed stone moved the top part of the chamber, but abandoned the attempt. The flat bottom section has holes lined up regularly on its surface, which are also the result of someone trying to split the stone for reuse.
- source : city.kashihara.nara.jp/ataka -

Nearby is another stone monument : Kameishi 亀石 turtle stone
This huge granite boulder, 4.26 meters long by 2.72 meters wide and 1.94 meters high, has a carving on its underside resembling the face of an animal, and as its overall appearance is like a turtle it is called Kame ishi.


- - reference -


..............................................................................................................................................
Shiga 滋賀県

. Oni-iwa 鬼岩 Demon boulder .


..............................................................................................................................................
Oita 大分県

. Asosan　阿蘇山 Mount Aso .
上萩岳 Upper Ogidake mountain and下萩岳 Lower Ogidake mountain


..............................................................................................................................................
Okayama 岡山県

. Amanjaku no Kasane-Iwa in Ohaga 大垪和の「天の邪鬼の重ね岩」 .
rock formation, Felsenmeer



:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::



. - - - Join the Onipedia friends on facebook ! - - - .

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア　- Oni Demons - ABC-List - .

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .

. - yookai, yōkai 妖怪 Yokai monsters - .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Mingei 民芸　Regional Folk Art from Japan .

:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

[ . BACK to DARUMA　MUSEUM　TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
- #onilandscape #landscapeoni #onimountain -
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::