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What does being spirited away actually mean in Japanese culture? Who did the kidnapping? What do people do to protect themselves from being spirited away? Original article: 👉 https://www.timbunting.com/spirited-away Kiwi Yamabushi Newsletter: Get deep dives into life in rural Japan, Shugendō, and Yamabushi training straight to your inbox: 👉 https://kiwiyamabushi.com ✨ Paid subscribers get early access! This video was released a week earlier for paid newsletter subscribers. If you’d like to support my work (and get early access + exclusive content), consider upgrading here: 👉 https://www.kiwiyamabushi.com/ 💬 Which part of Spirited Away felt the most like real Japan to you? Drop it in the comments! #SpiritedAway #StudioGhibli #JapanTravel #HiddenJapan #Yamabushi #Shugendo #JapaneseCulture #GhibliInRealLife Image credits: Wild speed super combo zel-8bit.hatenablog.com Basu otoko from amazon.co.jp Kurama Tengu By Tsukioka Kogyo - Katalog, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=82296611 Kurama Tengu By Kōgyo Tsukioka - https://www2.ntj.jac.go.jp/dglib/collections/view_detail_nougaku_doc?division=collections&class=nougaku_doc&type=music&ikana=くらまてんぐ&ititle=鞍馬天狗&istart=0&iselect=く&mid=123&seq=0&trace=result&trace=detail&did=200769, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=109785917 Ame onna By Utagawa Yoshiiku - Scanned from ISBN 9784336049452, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5487276 Minamoto no Yoshitsune By Unknown author - Collection of Chusonji Temple, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=4106635 Yamanba By Sawaki Suushi (佐脇嵩之, Japanese, *1707, †1772) - scanned from ISBN 4-3360-4187-3., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5509397 Yokai By Kyosai Kawanabe (河鍋 暁斎) - Met Museum (Metropolitan Museum of Art) - https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/78669, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=633769 Yokai 2 By Tsukioka Yoshitoshi - Publico.es [1], Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=624451 2/100
Why is Jizo-san EVERYWHERE in Japan? Spend even a tiny amount of time in Japan, and you’ll notice a strange yet comforting figure on roadsides, mountain trails, and even graveyards. Red bib, little cap, kind face, sometimes surrounded by piles of stones, this is Jizo Bodhisattva, known in Japanese as Ojizo-sama, or Jizo-san for short. Who is Jizo-san? Why is he all over Japan? Why does he protect travelers? Why do Japanese people stack stones on mountains? What’s up with the baby clothing? Original article: 👉 https://www.timbunting.com/jizo Kiwi Yamabushi Newsletter: Get deep dives into life in rural Japan, Shugendō, and Yamabushi life straight to your inbox: 👉 https://kiwiyamabushi.com ✨ Paid subscribers get early access! This video was released a week earlier for paid newsletter subscribers. If you’d like to support my work (and get early access + exclusive content), consider upgrading here: 👉 https://www.kiwiyamabushi.com/ What’s the most memorable Jizo you’ve seen in Japan? Drop it in the comments! Timestamps 00:00 Intro 00:45 Who is Jizo-san? 02:10 The Six Realms of Buddhist cosmology 03:40 Jizo and the children of the Sanzu River 05:15 Why red bibs and caps? 06:00 Final thoughts #Jizo #JapaneseCulture #JapanTravel #JapaneseBuddhism #OjizoSama #Shugendo #JapaneseFolklore Image credits: Dosojin By Yanajin33 - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=32192510 Datsue-baWolfgangMichel - 投稿者自身による著作物, CC0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=７４４３２１３５による Sanzu River By Tosa Mitsunobu - scanned from ISBN 4-6206-0578-6., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=5552743 Yama, the Lord of Death, holding the Wheel of Life Wellcome See page for author, CC BY 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 via Wikimedia Commons 1/100
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