Anchin
human_specialist Japanese folklore single tradition · 1
Anchin is a priest from Shirakawa in Ōshū province making pilgrimage to the Kumano Shrine in southern Kii. He deceives Kiyohime with a false promise to return in order to avoid her. He is eventually killed by Kiyohime's fiery breath after hiding under the bonshō bell of the Dōjō-ji temple.
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- Kiyohime
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wikipedia (1)
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“relates how a priest named Anchin from Shirakawa in Ōshū province (present-day Shirakawa, Fukushima) making pilgrimage to the Kumano Shrine in southern Kii, lodged at the home of a shōji (庄司) (steward of a shōen manor) of Manago/Masago (真那古/真砂), where the manor official's daughter Kiyohime fell in love with the young monk.”
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