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Dōsojin (道祖神, literally, "road
ancestor deity") is a
generic name for a type of
Shinto kami po****rly
worshipped in Kantō and
neighboring areas in ****an...
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Nozawaonsen no
dōsojin matsuri) held
every January 15; it
forms part of a
nationwide culture of
honoring folk deities,
particularly Dosojin. This is a three-day...
- that the
representation of the
gender was used to
worship deities such as
dōsojin,
which sometimes had
ambiguous gender,
being neither male nor female. Gary...
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statue of a
dōsojin in a fire in the
dōsojin festival. With this, the hitotsume-kozō who was
supposed to
retrieve the
notebook from the
dōsojin on the eighth...
- fire
festivals that have
become famous as
tourist attractions are: the
Dōsojin Fire
Festival celebrated in Nozawaonsen, Nagano; the
Sagicho Fire Festival...
- side,
enshrining kami not
under the
jurisdiction of any
large shrine.
Dōsojin,
minor kami
protecting travelers from evil spirits, can for
example be...
- JR East – Tōkaidō Main Line
Manazuru National Route 135 Iwa
Beach (ja)
Dōsojin (ja)
Ryumonji (ja) The
monument of Stonemason's
ancestors (ja) Manazuru...
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these became Sai no Kami and
Dosojin, and were
connected with the
belief in a rock formation. This is why
Jizos and
Dōsojin are
often depicted as a couple...
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similar to the Niō and Gozu and Mezu. The
Zuijin are also ****ociated with
Dosojin,
protector of
crossroads and
other boundary areas.
Zuijin (also called...
- is also
believed to be one of the
protective deities of travellers, the
dōsojin, and
roadside statues of Kṣitigarbha are a
common sight in ****an. Firefighters...
