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More Tales and Superstitions

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Animals of the Japanese Zodiac

How We Tell Time – in Ancient Japan with the Zodiac I thought you might enjoy reading (or reading again) the story that is told to Kozaishō who learns the twelve animals of them: One day, the Emperor of Jade, the God of the heaven, declared to all the animals that he was going to choose twelve of them to name the years. The first twelve who arrived at his palace would each have the task of protecting mankind for one year. All the animals… Continue reading →

Japanese Superstitions

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Japanese Zodiac

The Heian Period of Japan is considered the Golden Age. It is also a great age of superstition, magic and mantic practices. Did you know that the number 4 is unlucky In the Japanese culture?  At the time of Pillow Book of the Flower Samurai everyone believed that the ghosts of the dead, if not properly  buried and prayed for, would haunt and even kill anyone who did not honor them.   The Chinese zodiac, adopted by the Japanese, which some of you may have… Continue reading →