This September 26th is the Heian period,Anniversary of the death of Abe no Seimei, a rare yin-yang master of great renown.He is still revered and loved as "Seimei-san" by the people of Kyoto. Even now, people in Kyoto call him "Seimei-san," and the episodes related to this man are, in any case, as follows.superhumanIt is.

Statue of Abe no Seimei in the precincts of Seimei Shrine

There are theories that his mother was a fox, that he was walking in Shimokyo as a boy and noticed the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons before his master did and escaped the danger, that he turned all the citrus fruits in a box into rats in a jutsu competition, and so on. He also discovered the cause of Emperor Hanayama's headache by fortune-telling, and hid a shikigami (Twelve Divine Generals) under the Ichijo-goshi Bridge. ......

Folded and tasseled ema of the weeping Fudo auspicious scrolls" is located in the precincts of Seimei Shrine.
Two ceremonial deities behind Seimei praying and five monsters beyond the altar.

that (something or someone distant from the speaker, close to the listener)Ichijo-migari-bashi bridge where Seimei is said to have hidden the shikigami.The Ichijo Back Bridge has been associated with demons since ancient times. Today, the Ichijo-gibashi Bridge hangs quietly over the Ichijo-dori Horikawa River in Kamigyo-ku, Tokyo,The people of the capital in the Heian period paid much attention to this bridge, and were even afraid of it.

Iriomote Bridge

In 918, on his way back from a pilgrimage to Kumano, Jozo, the son of Dr. Seiko Miyoshi, a scholar of literature, met his father's funeral at this bridge. The story goes that Kiyoyuki was revived when he prayed to the gods and Buddha over the coffin, and the bridge came to be known as the "bridge of return.

It is also famous for the story of a young man who encounters a night parade of 100 demons on the bridge late at night and disappears after being spat on by the demons, and for the place where Tsuna Watanabe had his arm cut off by a demoness. It is also mentioned in "The Tale of Genji","I'm going to the Frog Bridge."This bridge appears as aThe chilling episode of Ichijo-gibiki Bridge has become an urban legend among the people of Tokyo.It seems that they were doing so.

Interestingly, it is probably no coincidence that on the west side of the bridge was the residence of Abe no Seimei, while on the east side of the bridge was the residence of Minamoto no Yorimitsu, famous for his extermination of demons and the ground spider.

Originally, bridges were alongside wells and rivers,Boundary between the other world and this worldThe bridge that allowed people to come and go between the two banks of the river was also considered sacred. Bridges that allowed people to come and go between the two banks of the river were sacred, but also because of the notion that deceptive spirits of the mountains and rivers could also come and go,Special SpaceIt has been perceived as a

In particular, Ichijo-gibashi is located on Ichijo-dori, the northernmost street in Heian-kyo,The other side of the bridge is another worldThe company was considered to be a "good" company.

In the past, two rivers used to meet at Ichijo-dori, and it was also believed that otherworldly objects would come out of the bubbles created by the collision of the streams. By placing ghostbuster residences on both sides of the Ichijyo-return bridge,Intention to prevent demons from entering the capitalThe "Sengoku" is a place of legend. This is also the place where Toyotomi Hideyoshi later exposed the head of Sen no Rikyu, who had defied him.

Even today, the Ichijo-gomen Bridge is still a bridge,the practice of avoiding people with whom one has a personal relationshipand vice versa.A traveler can always cross the bridge and come backAnd some people cross the bridge to set out. By the way, I heard that you have to cross it from east to west for some reason. ......

A little north across Horikawa-dori from Ichijo-gibashi Bridge is Seimei Shrine, dedicated to Abe no Seimei. This was originally the site of the former residence of Abe no Seimei.

The first torii of Seimei Shrine

the first torii foreheadCompany crest "Seimei Kikyois also called a pentagram or seman,One of the prayer charms to ward off evil and avoid disastersThe first is.

Seimei Kikyo crest seen here and there in the precincts of Seimei Shrine

Even today, it is believed by divers in Ise-Shima that it protects them from dangerous work at sea.

On September 22, "Seimei Matsuri," an annual festival, will be held at Seimei Shrine. On the day of the festival, a portable shrine parade is held, and the shrine grounds are lined with stalls and crowded with worshippers.

In the Heisei era, what kind of demons will worshippers wish for the rare ghostbuster to exterminate?