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Friday, July 28, 2023

Yamata no Orochi

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  Yamata no Orochi is a mythical serpent with 8 heads that appears in the Izumo cycle of ancient Japanese myths set in the time before the d...
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Tuesday, June 14, 2022

Dragon Guardians of Yakumo Shrine

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Japan Guide Rather than Komainu, Lion-Dogs, Yakumo Shrine in downtown Izumo City is guarded by a pair of what appear to be dragons. Yakumo S...
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Wednesday, January 15, 2014

Yaguchi Shrine

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Yaguchi Shrine has no particularly distinctive features, and yet is listed in both the Izumo Fudoki and Engi Shiki. Yaguchi means ...
Thursday, October 22, 2009

October means Matsuri. Matsuri means Kagura. Part 6

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We headed downriver to Matsukawa, the village of Oda, who have their matsuri during the daytime. The village no longer has its own kagura gr...
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Thursday, January 22, 2009

Ashinazuchi kagura mask

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These are 2 of my versions of the Ashinazuchi mask. Ashinazuchi, most commonly translated as "foot stroking elder", was the husban...
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