TENGU and DARUMA

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Tengu and Daruma 天狗とだるま

坂出の天狗まつり Tengu Festival in Sakaide

The festival is centered on Saganbo Tengu, a long-nosed goblin from Mount Shiramine near Sakaide that appears in many ancient Japanese folktales. The main events such as the Tengu Walk, Tengu Bazaar and Tengu Kite-Flying Contest focus on this theme. The Tengu Marathons (15km and 5km) are particularly popular, and they attract participants from all over the nation because of the scenic view of the Seto Inland Sea and Seto Ohashi Bridge. Bowls of udon (hot wheat noodles) with ten no gu (ten kinds of ingredients) are available at every festival site.

Date: 2nd weekend in February
Place: Saganbo, Oyabu-cho, Sakaide City; Hayashida
http://www.pref.kagawa.jp/eizo/vol006/english/010.htm

白峰山の相模坊（通称「さがん坊」）は，「保元物語」をはじめとして「源平盛衰記」，「太平記」，「雨月物語」など，多くの史書文献にもしばしば登場し，日本の八大天狗の一狗として古来から輝かしい歴史の１頁を飾っています。　こうした由来のある「相模坊」から生まれたのが，「大天狗しらみね爺や」と「小天狗さがんぼうや」の両天狗です。

You can even eat the delicious Tengu Noodles.
http://www.kbn.ne.jp/home/kankou/ivent/tengu.htm

天狗うどん作り　How to make Tengu Noodles
http://www.city.sakaide.kagawa.jp/events/

Even a Tengu Marathon Walk on high wooden clogs.

http://www.city.sakaide.kagawa.jp/events/tengu/maturi.html

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Tengu 天狗の面　＜＞　Long-Nosed Goblins
At Mt. Takao
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/395

Here is another group with Tengu and O-Kame (Okame)



Read a bit more about the three characters here and come back:
http://blog.livedoor.jp/gabigreve2000/archives/16785623.html

By now, you might wonder what this strange bedfellows do together.
Well, Okame represents the female genitals, Tengu of course the male ones and our Daruma, in this context, the golden balls (kintama). As a symbol for fertility of the human and the earth, these three are often found in souvenirs from rural areas and hot springs.

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A Book about Little Daruma and his Friend, Little Tengu
This was so popular it is now a TV series about Little Daruma and his friends.

Little Daruma & Little Tengu


By Satoshi Kako, Peter Howlett Hardcover

だるまちゃんとてんぐちゃん
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Darumasan-Japan/message/366


There is a whole Daruma-chan Family.
だるまちゃんのお部屋
http://darumad.hp.infoseek.co.jp/darumachan.html

Daruma-chan and Tengu-chan

Look at this delightful picture story:
http://darumad.hp.infoseek.co.jp/tengu.html


More books about Daruma and his little friends.
だるまちゃんと○○○ちゃん
だるまちゃんとかみなりちゃん Kaminari-chan, the Thunder Boy
だるまちゃんととらのこちゃん Tora, the little Tiger
だるまちゃんとだいこくちゃん Daikoku, the God of Good Luck
加古 里子 Kako Satoshi
http://www.ne.jp/asahi/home/oshima/Daruma.htm


Ehon, E-Hon 絵本 Exhibigion in New York, January 2007


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.. .. .. .. .. The Real Tengu Daruma



Read my Story about Haguro San.
http://darumapilgrim.blogspot.com/2005/02/haguro-san.html

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All you ever want to know about Tengu, with great illustrations
By Mark Schumacher
Tengu are mountain and forest goblins with both Shinto and Buddhist attributes. Their supernatural powers include shape-shifting into human or animal forms, the ability to speak to humans without moving their mouth, the magic of moving instantly from place to place without using their wings, and the sorcery to appear uninvited in the dreams of the living.
http://www.onmarkproductions.com/html/tengu.shtml

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A wooden doll set of a Tengu and 5 Daruma dolls
こけしの天狗にだるまさん


Found at Ebay 041129

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Daruma with Geta and Box like a Tengu



Side and Back


Photos from my friend Ishino.


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White Daruma and large Tengu mask


© PHOTO : nanalove701


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Tengu and his wooden clogs, the GETA, this is another story
Geta Sandals 下駄


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