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Onizuka 鬼塚 / オニヅカ Demon Mound

Some are kofun 古墳 mounds.
Kofun are megalithic tombs or tumuli in Japan, constructed between the early 3rd century and the early 7th century AD.
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Oni no iwaya kofun 鬼の窟古墳（鬼のいわや古墳）
鬼ノ岩屋古墳 "Cave of the Demons" - Miyazaki Kyushu

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Saitobaru Kofun-Gun 西都原古墳　
There are burial mounds everywhere in Miyazaki that is rich with ancient myths. Among them, Saitobaru Kofungun is one of the largest groups of burial mounds on a 70-meter-high hill running from south to north in the east of Saito, Miyazaki. A part of them are designated as special historic burial mounds. 311 burial grounds of various sizes scattered across the hill are reminder of the prosperity of ancient persons in power. Burial mounds of different styles are scattered around Osahozuka believed to be the grave of Ninigi-no-mikoto and Mesahozuka believed to be the grave of his wife Konohanasakuya-hime (both managed by the Imperial Household Agency). They indicate the existence of multiple powers that continued to build these large-scale burial mounds.

175 m-long and 18 m high at the round part, Osahozuka is the largest scallop-shaped mound in Japanese Archpelago. 180 m-long Mesahozuka (15 m high at the round part) is one of the largest mounds in Kyushu. Both are under the jurisdiction of the Imperial Household Agency and closed to the public.

Oni no Iwaya is the only tumulus left in a perfect condition in Japan and you can see the inside.
However, most of the burial mounds are preserved without excavation. ...
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鬼塚古墳 Onizuka kofun, Kunisaki, 国東　Oita　大分
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長戸鬼塚古墳 Nagato Onizuka Kofun, Isahaya　諌早, Nagasaki 長崎
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. Shrines named Onizuka Jinja .

鬼塚神社　　- 福岡県椎田町 Fukuoka
and - 鬼塚観音 Onizuka Kannon 　/ 鬼塚子宝観音 Onizuka Kodakara Kannon / Onizuka Mara Kannon. まら観音
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鬼塚神社　Onizuka Jinja - 長崎県佐世保市 Nagasaki

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

............................................................................ Ehime 愛媛県
北宇和郡 Kitauwa district 吉田町 Yoshida

Ushioni 牛鬼 "bull-demon"
On his way to war in Korea, 加藤清正 Kato Kiyomasa asked the Ushioni to come with him and fight.
In the town of 宇和島 Uwajima at 泉ヶ森 Izumigamori there is Ushioni-Zuka 牛鬼塚 a mound in his memory.
Once upon a time, when Okuninushi drove out the demons and also Ushioni, his blood turned the ground all red, and even now there are 赤石 red rocks.

Uwajima Ushi-oni matsuri 宇和島牛鬼祭り Uwajima Ushi-oni festival
牛鬼の面（かぶ） Mask of an Ushi-Oni for the festival
There are also families named 鬼塚 Onizuka and 鬼頭 Onigashira .
. ushi oni, ushioni, gyuuki 牛鬼 / うし鬼 "bull-demon" .

. 加藤清正 Kato Kiyomasa (1562 - 1611) .

............................................................................ Ibaraki 茨城県
鹿島市 Kashima

The 鹿島の大神 Great Deity of Kashima drove out the demon of the 高天原地方 Takamagahara region. He burried its head in the ground, which is now the 鬼塚 Onizuka.
The blood of the Oni turned the sand all read.
If people eat the birds that live in this region, the family will suffer misfortune and disaster.

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Takama-ga-hara 高天原 "the Plain of High Heaven"
is a place in Japanese mythology. In Shinto, Takamagahara (or Takama no Hara) is the dwelling place of the kami. It is believed to be connected to the Earth by the bridge Ama-no uki-hashi (the "Floating Bridge of Heaven").
In Shinto, ame (heaven) is a lofty, sacred world, the home of the amatsukami. Some scholars have attempted to explain the myth of descent of the gods from the Takamagahara as an allegory of the migration of peoples. However, it is likely to have referred from the beginning to a higher world in a religious sense. A Shinto myth explains that at the time of creation, light, pure elements branched off to become heaven (ame). Heavy, turbid elements branched off to become earth (tsuchi). Ame became the home of the amatsukami or gods of heaven, while tsuchi became the home of kunitsukami or gods of the land. The amatsukami are said to have descended from heaven to pacify and perfect this world.
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The location of this plain is disputed, sources quote a region in Kashima.

. Kashima Shrine 鹿島神宮 Kashima Jingu .
This shrine is dedicated to the deity Takemikazuchi no mikoto (武甕槌大神)
Kashima Daijin (鹿島大神) "Great Deity of Kashima", a patron of the martial arts.

............................................................................ Kagawa 香川県
善通寺市 Zentsuji

kaika 怪火 ghost light，狸 Tanuki
The lord 鬼塚八郎右衛門 Onizuka Hachiroemon of castle 雨霧城 Amagirijo was was killed by the enemy and the castle lost.
To appease his soul, the villagers erected an Onizuka 鬼塚 Demon Mound Stone Memorial. Much later the land was redistributed for agriculture and the small shrine and mound was lost. The man who tore down the mound, Senkoya 線香屋, soon fell ill.
In his dream he heard a voice: "Why did you com here? Why did you do this?"
"I destroyed the Onizuka, that was wrong of me, I want to beg for your pardon."
On that night a ghost light appeared and the estate and all the family members were burned.
The villagers thought it must have been the revenge of the Tanuki who had stayed for so many years as guardian of the Onizuka.

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In Zentsuji town there is a district called Onizuka
香川県善通寺市弘田町鬼塚 Zentsuji, Hirota village, Onizuka
At the adress 香川県善通寺市弘田町鬼塚1105 there is the Shinto shrine

Kumoge Jinja 雲氣神社（雲気神社）

............................................................................ Nagano 長野県

上水内郡 Kamiminochi district 鬼無里村 Kinasamura village

戸隠山の鬼 Togakushiyama no Oni
When people were digging up the Onizuka mound, they found bones. The skull had two horns, and from the jaw some fangs were protruding for about 90 cm.
There were also bones from arms and legs.
Villagers say that 平惟茂 Taira no Koremochi had burried an Oni there. After he had killed the Demon, the village was called
Kinasa - village without any demons.
The story tells of Koremochi fighting Kijo, the demon of Mt. Togakushi.

kijo momiji　鬼女紅葉 The Female Demon called "Momiji"

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. kijo momiji　鬼女紅葉 The Female Demon called "Momiji" .
with Haiku by Buson and more

. お善鬼様伝説 The Legend of O-Zenki Sama - The Benevolent Demon .
Nagano, Aoni shuuraku 青鬼集落 a hamlet named Aoni "Green Demon"

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One more legend from Kinasa village about the Kappa

馬を厩に入れると尻尾に河童がつかまっていた。打ち殺そうとすると詫びたので逃がした。河童は恩返しに膳椀を貸してくれたが、そのひとつを横領したものがあり、貸さなくなった。

- KAPPA - 河童 / かっぱ /　カッパ - ABC-Index -

............................................................................ Nara 奈良県
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宇陀郡 Uda district 榛原町 Haibaracho

黒塚 Kurozuka, 鬼塚 Onizuka and 三ツ塚 Mitsuzuka
. oni no shison 鬼の子孫 descendants of Oni . .
Families with the name 足立の安達姓 Adachi are descendants of Oni.
In the deep mountain there are three 古墳 Kofun mounds related to the Oni.

............................................................................ Osaka 大阪府

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Mitsuzuka Mounded Tombs - Kofun
These are three square mounded tombs arranged from east to west on the south side of the Mausoleum of Empress Nakatsuhime.
From east, they are called Yashimazuka Mounded Tomb, Nakayamazuka Mounded Tomb, and Suketayama Mounded Tomb, respectively.
In 1978, large and small shura (wooden sleds) were discovered at the bottom of the surrounding moat between Yashimazuka Mounded Tomb and Nakayamazuka Mounded Tomb, which attracted wide attention from the public.
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大阪府藤井寺市岡1丁目1番1号

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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