Chapter 116: The Legend of Tamamo (3/3)

Killing Stone.

It is the name of the ballad "Killing Stone".

Ballads are the script of Noh music, and the stage art of musical and dance dramas was created during the Muromachi shogunate period through reform and improvement on the basis of ape music.

In the history of Japanese classical musical and dance dramas, there is a master of Noh, Ami.

In the three volumes of Clouds, Mist and Rain in Toriyama Shiyan's "Gathering of Ghosts in the Past and Present", the "Fog Scroll" has a painting of a killing stone.

Note: 'Killing stone in the Nasu Plateau of Shimono Country, the old fox died after the resentment was dissolved, the poisonous gas was released, the birds, beasts and insects touched it and died, the second year of Yong, on the eleventh day of the first month of Hai, the monk Yuan Weng broke and resolved with a rod. ’

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Simply put, a poison stone.

A poison stone that has been passed down since the Heian period and has a monster legend.

The big fox demon was transformed after his death, and he killed the stone.

Who is this big fox demon?

The breadth of the circulation period is not weaker than that of the tengu, and in the past thousand years, various historical classics and literary creations have been mentioned in many well-known monsters and monsters.

White-faced, golden-haired nine-tailed fox

Tamamo front.

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During the Heian period, Toba went to the Imperial Court.

There is such a monster legend spreading.

Emperor Toba has a favorite hime, Tamamo front.

Peerless and glamorous, knowledgeable, and deeply favored.

Merely.

Soon after Tamamo entered the palace to serve, the emperor became ill, so he summoned the famous onmyoji of the time, Yasushi Abe, to check it out.

After Abe Tai personally checked it, he flipped through the literature and found that Tamamo was actually a demon fox in front of him, accustomed to tempting the monarch and disturbing the court.

After the sacrificial practice, the original form of the fox demon was exposed in front of the tamamo, and the emperor then healed without medicine.

Soon after, the emperor ordered two generals, Hirotsune Kamisuke and Yoshisumi Miura, to lead an army of 80,000 to conquer the nine-tailed demon fox, and chased them all the way to the Nasu Plateau in Shimono Province, and finally succeeded in killing Tamamo.

Although the demon fox is dead, the resentment is not dissipated, and it lives on the rocks near the crater, releasing poisonous gas, and continues to poison people and animals nearby, even the insects and birds that fly by.

This is the Killing Stone.

More than 200 years later, the Taoist monk Yuan Weng Xinzhao passed here, used a staff to hit the stone to resolve the grievances, and the killing stone was broken into several pieces, and no longer harmed people.

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This is the story of the Heian period, Emperor Toba, Tamamo, and the killing stone.

Monster stories are all made up by people.

What's more, at that time, there was also the Yin Yang Liao, this kind of royal god stick organization, which was serving the royal family.

Why?

This may have something to do with the times at the time.

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Emperor Toba's position in Japanese history was a very awkward period.

During his reign, his ancestor, Emperor Shirakawa, listened to the government, and listened to it for three generations.

Emperor Toba became Emperor Toba.

Zen's son, Emperor Shotoku.

Until Emperor Shirakawa was boiled to death.

Emperor Toba opened the court government, learned from his grandfather, and also engaged in listening to the government, so that he really began to control the power.

The court is in charge of Chongde, Konoe, and the three generations of the post-White River.

I don't know if it's the grandson's rebellion, or the discomfort of being oppressed by my grandfather for many years.

After Toba went to the Imperial Court, he opposed the old policy of Emperor Shirakawa, and Shikenmon lost power and supported Fujiwara in Mifukumon.

Later, he had a son with Fujiwara Nagashi's daughter, Konoe.

Then he forced Chongde Zen's younger brother Konoe.

Two sons, love the little one?

Of course not.

Emperor Konoe is just a tool for Emperor Toba to facilitate the administration of the court.

Konoe lived for more than ten years before he died.

Chongde wanted to be reinstated, but was opposed by Emperor Toba, who had been ordained and ordained at Todaiji Temple, and failed.

In the end, Prince Masahito was appointed Emperor Go-Shirakawa.

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And then there's the favorite plot.

Such a chaotic imperial regency, succession to the throne, and factional suppression have led to deep grievances.

The Toba Imperial Court was in good shape, and the Emperor died.

Instant chaos.

Emperor Chongde and Emperor Go-Shirakawa broke out into a full-scale conflict, which is the famous Hogen Rebellion in the history books.

The Hogen Rebellion ushered Japan into the shogunate period and directly contributed to the rise of the samurai class.

It has influenced Japan's centuries-old Warring States history.

And the source of all this is the riotous operation during the administration of the Imperial Court by Toba.

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Such a figure.

During the administration of the court, a story of crusading against the fox demon was compiled by the royal god stick Yin Yang Liao, and the death of the fox demon was used to achieve the royal family and the status of the Yin Yang Liao god stick.

It's normal operation.

Mysterious fabrication, there have been since ancient times.

Prevails to this day.

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Tamamo was transformed into a killing stone before and after death.

It is said to be in the 'Nasu Plateau of Shimono Province'.

In modern times, it is Nasu Town in Tochigi Prefecture.

This place is now Nikko National Nature Park.

There is a very famous attraction, which is the Killing Stone.

Really poison stones.

Exposure to birds, beasts and insects can indeed lead to death.

Of course, it's not as exaggerated as the legend suggests.

This thing can now be explained scientifically as well.

To put it simply, volcanic rocks are toxic sulfides.

Improper contact is equivalent to holding a non-desulfurized coal stove every day and sucking it violently, so can it be fine?

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Of course, as long as it is properly observed, it is fine.

Today, Nikko National Park is a famous tourist attraction.

You see, folklore can also promote the development of local tourism.

The scumbag experience, a lie, was debunked at the time, it was a mistake, if it was circulated for a hundred years, even if it was debunked again, it would be a legend.

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"What does the séance want to do with the Killing Stone?"

Doctor Nine asked.

"Where rumors and legends gather, ghosts and gods will inevitably arise."

Hugo said.

"And as far as I know, there is a method in the slander mage, called 'moving gods', as the name suggests, it can move local gods."

Su Qi listened after the Great Being.

He also knows the saying of moving gods.

At the puppet shop in Ningyocho, when I talked to the goddess, the goddess talked about Yoshiwara Shoqian, and she focused on the goddess.

It was also said that the slanderer who gave Yoshiwara to the gods at that time may be related to the spirit child of the séance.

Now it is said that the séance will move the gods.

Threads are being threaded.

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"The séance wants to move a ghost god to Tokyo."

Hugo said.

"And it's not an ordinary ghost god, this kind of ghost and god with a hundred years of history and legend, how terrifying will it be......"

"The revival of the ghost king is now known to many people, and they may also be aware of it, after all, there is a mysterious person here.

They sensed that the anchor could be used, and they wanted to use it to pull in a terrifying ghost and drop it in Tokyo.

A deep ghost will come up and eat people, and then Tokyo will become a purgatory on earth. ”

The séance will also set its sights on the 'Ghost King' anchor.

The Hydra said angrily

"Why? What's in it for them to let Tokyo fall into chaos? ”

"That's a group of anti-human elements, who dare to release a disastrous monster like the Weeping Angels, and you can see that they want to make the world chaotic."

Hugo said.

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The two of them were talking.

The white mouse moved again, and it picked up the beast-eared lady and the villain of the glasses house, and walked west, out of Tokyo.

"Ship ......"

The rat pronounced another sound.

"Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokosuka City...... Port ......"

Yokosuka is an important port city in Kanagawa and a military port for the U.S. military.

This is an important lesson in modern history textbooks.

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