tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post6458962996550887532..comments2023-09-01T02:10:41.465-07:00Comments on Asian Haiku Travelogue: Sacred Gingko Tree 2007Gabi Grevehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-67707357635524689792020-03-14T22:14:22.028-07:002020-03-14T22:14:22.028-07:00Tengu Legend from Kyoto 京都府 Fushimi 伏見区
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In the ...<b> Tengu Legend from Kyoto 京都府 Fushimi 伏見区 </b><br />.<br />In the year 1792, in a hamlet called 横大路 Yoko-Oji a man wanted to cut a branch from a three-pronged itchoo 銀杏 Gingko tree, when suddenly a strange wind begun to blow and something seemed to grab his throat, so he stopped immediately. Later he found some strange hair on his throat.<br />This Gingko tree must have been sacred to a local Tengu. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/02/fushimi-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-61448802806255146492020-02-08T20:28:42.965-08:002020-02-08T20:28:42.965-08:00Legend from Yamanashi, Minobu san
oha icho お葉公孫樹 ...<b> Legend from Yamanashi, Minobu san</b><br /><br />oha icho お葉公孫樹 / オハイチョウ leaves of the Gingko tree<br />In the year 1274 when Saint Nichiren had come to Minobusan, a visiting monk gave him poisoned mochi 餅 rice cakes and Nichiren was almost killed.<br />On this day he had been out walking and gave the rice cake to a shiroinu 白犬 white dog on the road. The dog died soon.<br />Nichiren took pity on the dog, held a memorial service for him and made a mound, where he put 銀杏の枝 his walking staff made from gingko wood into the ground.<br />The staff kept in the ground, got roots and became a strong gingko tree.<br />People used the leaves of this tree to protect themselves from poisoning. <br />.<br />https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/01/minobu-kaido-highway.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-606053054967125285.post-3773218648817352842020-01-28T21:07:13.128-08:002020-01-28T21:07:13.128-08:00Legend from Tochigi 栃木県
okaimo オカイモ Okaimo
In th...<b> Legend from Tochigi 栃木県 </b><br />okaimo オカイモ Okaimo<br />In the family of 柴田良夫 Shibata Yoshio they eat Okaimo for breakfast from the last day of the last lunar month till the third day of the first lunar month.<br />Okaimo is a dish of yatsugashira 八頭 / ヤツガシラ a kind of 里芋 Satoimo Taro potato, ninjin ニンジン carrots, goboo ゴボウ Gobo burdock and dried small fish flavored with soy sauce.<br />Once upon a time, a travelling priest asked for some taro 苧 Colocasia antiquorum potato but did not get it and the head of the family turned into a stone.<br />Since then they prepare Okaimo, Oka-Imo.<br />In the family of 上沢芳夫家 Uesawa Yoshio they prepare Okanimo オカンイモ and azuki meshi 小豆飯 auspicious rice with red soy beans.<br />Okanimo is made with chicken soup, ginko 銀杏 small cut gingko nuts, 大根 daikon radish, carrots, Gobo and onions. Finally Taro and soy sauce is added.<br />On the third day of the New Year this dish is offered to the Buddhist and Shinto Deities. After the offering it is put into cooked rice and eaten in the hope it might keep away the<br />疫病神 Yakubyogami Deity of Disease.<br />.<br />https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2019/05/shoyu-soy-sauce-legends.html<br />.Gabi Grevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16362456518166174106noreply@blogger.com