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鶴山公園（津山城址址） やっぱりここが一番よ。

Kakuzan-park Tsuyama castle

[pangeen]

“ 津山城 “ // 𝚈𝚞𝚞𝚗𝚊

[shoujo-dump]

Merit Aikyuu God

[musicwithoutborders]

Yuka Umezawa +Tomoko Tsuyama, Siosai

[nobbykun]

Artist - 大木英夫・津山洋子 (Ohki, Hideo & Tsuyama, Yoko) Song - 雨の新宿 (Ame No Shinjuku) [Eng. "Shinjuku In The Rain"] Release Date - December 1968

Listen 🎶

My blog: Showa Music Library https://nobbykun.tumblr.com/

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Hirofumi Murasaki - Misumi Kosaka, Tomoko Tsuyama (Vocals) - Clockwork Knight 2 - Pretty Please Boogie

[shin-kikuchi]

synfilums Exhibition 2024 菊地慎　当真伊都子　作品展 津と山と ReBorn:ReBirth

フイルムで撮影していた写真を現像しました。

2024/5/25 (土) - 2024/6/2 (日) 会場: PORT ART&DESIGN TSUYAMA

ご協力・ご来場いただいた皆様、本当にありがとうございました。

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Tsuyama Castle by hirorin 2013

[sarasoj]

津山鶴山公園

今年は本当に素晴らしかったです。

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Merit Aikyuu God

[lets-take-a-break]

道の駅 久米の里　Michinoeki Kume-no-sato

岡山県津山市　Tsuyama-shi, Okayama, Japan

2024/03

[journeytothewestresearch]

Japanese Monkey God

User @red-lights-burning asked if there was a connection between Sun Wukong and the monkey gods of Japan. They provided lovely info, which was split between two asks, but I decided to put everything together into a single post.

@red-lights-burning asked: Japan has their own monkey protector named Masaru AKA Sannō Gongen, who was created back in the early 9th century by Tendai Buddhist sect founder Saichō shortly after he returned from China. So it makes me think if Monkey King was already a thing in the 800’s and if he was one of the inspirations for Masaru. A description from onmarkproductions (a really great site for anyone curious about Japanese Buddhism and Shintō) MASARU 神猿 Literally “Kami Monkey.” Masaru is the sacred monkey and protector of the Hie Shrine (aka Hie Jinja 日吉神社, Hiyoshi Taisha 日吉大社). The term “Masura” is often translated as “excel,” reflecting the belief that this sacred monkey can overcome all obstacles and prevail against all evil. Masaru is thus considered a demon queller par excellence (魔が去る・何よりも勝る). In the Heian era, Masaru (also translated “Great Monkey”) was invoked in Kōshin rituals to stop the three worms from escaping the body. Masaru also appears in Japanese scrolls used in Koushin rites. Here’s a couple other descriptions SANNŌ GONGEN 山王 権現 SARUGAMI 猿神 Fertility, Childbirth & Marriage Monkeys are patrons of harmonious marriage and safe childbirth at some of the 3,800 Hie Jinja shrines in Japan. These shrines are often dedicated to Sannō Gongen 山王権現 (lit. = mountain king avatar), who is a monkey. Sannō is the central deity of Japan’s Tendai Shinto-Buddhist multiplex on Mt. Hiei (Shiga Prefecture, near Kyoto). The monkey is Sannou’s Shinto messenger (tsukai 使い) and Buddhist avatar (gongen 権現). The monkey messenger is also known as Sarugami (猿神; literally “monkey kami”). Sarugami is the Shinto deity to whom the three monkeys (hear, speak, see no evil) are reportedly faithful. The monkey shrine at Nakayama Shrine 中山神社 in Tsuyama City, Okayama Prefecture, is dedicated to a red monkey named Sarugami, who blesses couples with children. According to shrine legends, the local people at one time offered human sacrifices (using females) to this deity. The shrine is mentioned in the Konjaku Monogatari-shu (今昔物語集), a collection of over 1000 tales from India, China, and Japan written during the late Heian Period (794-1192 AD). Sarugami, like Sannou Gongen, is also worshipped as the deity of easy delivery and child rearing. At such shrines, statues of the monkey deity are often decked in red bibs -- a color closely associated with fertility, children, and protection against evil forces and diseases like smallpox.

My answer:

I've read only a little bit about Japanese monkey gods. I previously referenced Sarugami in my article about the possible shamanic origins of primate-based boxing in China. Part of footnote #14 reads:

In Japan, monkeys were also associated with horses and healing via the warding of evil. Apart from monkeys being kept in stables like their Chinese counterparts, their fur was applied to the harnesses and quivers of Samurai because the warriors believed it gave them more control over their mounts. Furthermore, monkey body parts have been consumed for centuries as curative medicines, and their hides have even been stuffed to make protective amulets (kukurizaru) to ward off illness. Likewise, a genre of painting depicts divine monkeys (saru gami), messengers of the mountain deity, performing Da Nuo-like dances to ensure a good rice harvest (Ohnuki-Tierney, 1987, pp. 43-50)

The aforementioned article suggests a connection between monkeys and the Shang-Zhou Da Nuo (大儺 / 難; Jp: Tsuina, 追儺) ritual, an ancient, war-like, shamanic animal dance designed to drive away demonic illness and influences. The pertinent section reads:

It’s possible that the “twelve animals” of the Da Nuo exorcism refer to some precursor of the Chinese zodiacal animals (rat, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, and pig). If true, monkey fur could have been among the animal products worn by the ritual army. After all, monkeys have long been associated with curing illness and expelling evil in East Asia. [14] A modern example of exorcists who don monkey fur are the shamans of the Qiang ethnic group of Sichuan. The Qiang worship monkeys as the source and savior of their sacred knowledge, as well as the progenitor of their people, the latter being a myth cycle common among ethnic groups of Tibet and southwestern China.

This is the only relevant info that comes to mind. But based on what I know, I would guess that Sun Wukong and the monkey gods of Japan draw upon the same cultural sources. I hope this helps.

Source:

Ohnuki-Tierney, E. (1987). The Monkey as Mirror: Symbolic Transformations in Japanese History and Ritual. Princeton: Princeton University Press.

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Tsuyama Castle by hirorin 2013

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桜と櫓

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episode 11 part three!!! was there any reason for me to take so long to upload this part? no not really i just got lazy lol sorry about that. but there's only one episode left after this and then i'll have taken screenshots from every episode of this anime!!! What are my thoughts on this episode? Honestly I think it's a great one. There's plenty of things to enjoy from the goofy delinquent guy antics, Sakurai and Marukawa's attempts to pick up women (can I just say that their suits look so god damn cool like wtfff???? so fuckin stylish omg), to the romance between Eguchi and Tsuyama (even though Tsuyama had to suffer and cry so much it was at least worth it in the end :P), to getting to see all of the Shobaku gang butt booty ass naked!!!!!!!! I didn't take any pics of that because uh it would probably just be weird to do that lol, but trust me it's engraved in my mind for the rest of my life and I say that with only a little bit of shame! The fact that we see more naked men in this show than naked women is quite the rare thing in a show about delinquents but tbh I am absolutely here for it lmao.

I just want to say again thank you so much for all the support that I've got on these posts, it really means a lot to me! And sorry again for taking such a long break for no reason. Hopefully I'll get some pics of the last episode up soon! Until then!!