Hearing that you two fellows, the Kumaso bravoes, were unsubmissive and disrespectful, the Heavenly Sovereign sent me with the command to take and slay you." So, on his doing as she bad instructed, the snakes became quiet, so that he came forth after calm slumbers. Then a courier was dispatched to the Heavenly Sovereign. But the eight-forked serpent of Koshi has come every year and devoured one, and it is now its time to come, wherefore we weep." the name of the "August-Mausoleum of the White-Bird." Then His Augustness Wo-usu was granted by his aunt Her Augustness Yamato-himeo her august upper garment and august skirt; and, with a saber hidden in his august bosom, he went forth. These two deities were likewise born alone, and hid their persons. Some commentators enlarge the category of sacred texts to include also such works as the Manysh (Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves, the oldest Japanese anthology of verse, compiled in the 8th century ad); the Fudoki (Records of Air and Soil, 8th-century notes on local legends and geography); and the Taih-ry (oldest extant code of law in Japan, promulgated in 702). THE KOJIKI [B.H. The Shundai Zatsuwa (A Japanese Philosopher), Shinran and His Work: Studies in Shinshu Theology, Principal Teachings of the True Sect of Pure Land. Again he asked: "What is the cause of your crying?" Again, as to his breaking down the divisions of the rice-fields and filling up the ditches, it must be because be grudges the land they occupy that His Augustness mine elder brother acts thus." Lift up the luxuriant august liquor!". So afterward the Idzumo bravo, getting out of the river, girded on His Augustness Yamato-take's false sword. But afterward he said, " It was not well that the woman should speak first!" The eightfold fence of Idzumo makes an eightfold fence for the spouses to retire within. Over 1700 books. He had eighty deities his brethren; but they all left the land to the deity Master-of-the-Great-Land. KAKUZO OKAKURA It's conventional in Japan to refer to Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples . Contact| Read more. These books are compilations of ancient myths and traditional. So I will perform the purification of my august person." So they made an august mausoleum there, and laid Yamato-take to rest. The name of the deity that was next born from his private parts was the deity Possessor-of-the-Dark-Mountains. The first five deities commanded Izanagi and Izanami to make and solidify the land of Japan, and they gave the young pair a jeweled spear. that I should have exchanged thee for this single child! " If thou, single pine-tree! At Shinto shrines and in other sacred spaces, both priests and regular folks from all walks of life perform rituals to express gratitude for the deities' protection and pray for their continued . Thereupon His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness replied, saying: "Let each of us swear and produce children." IXTroubles Which Followed His Decease). They have become rudder-shaped." When this great deity, first built the palace of Suga, clouds rose up thence. Preparations for the Conquest of Korea), Section XCVIII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part IV.The Empress Jin-g Conquers Korea), Section XCIX.Emperor Chi-ai (Part V.The Empress Jin-g Fishes in Tsukushi), Section C.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VI.The Empress Jin-g Subdues Yamato), Section CI.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VIII.The Heir Apparent Exchanges Names with the Great Deity Izasa-Wake), Section CII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part VIII.The Empress Jin-g Presents Liquor to the Heir Apparent), Section CIII.Emperor Chi-ai (Part IX.His Death and that of the Empress Jin-g), Section CIV.Emperor -jin (Part 1.Genealogies), Section CV.Emperor -jin (Part II.He Divides the Inheritance Between His Three Sons), Section CVI.Emperor -jin (Part III.He Wooes Princess Miya-nushi-ya-kaha-ye), Section CVII.Emperor -jin (Part IV.He Grants Princess Kaminaga to His Son Oho-Sazaki), Section CVIII.Emperor -jin (Part V.Songs of the Territorial Owners of Yeshinu), Section CIX.Emperor -jin (Part VI.Various Deeds), Section CX.Emperor -jin (Part VIII.Tribute From Korea), Section CXI.Emperor -jin (Part VIII.The Emperor Intoxicated), Section CXII.Emperor -jin (Part IX.Troubles Which Followed His Decease), Section CXIII.Emperor -jin (Part X.Princes Oho-sazaki And Uji-no-waki-iratsuko Cede the Empire to Each Other), Section CXIV.Emperor -jin (Part XI.Ama-no-hi-boko Crosses Over to Japan), Section CXV.Emperor -jin (Part XII.Descendants of Ama-no-hi-boko, and Treasures Brought by Him. So Her Augustness the Female-Who-Invites is called the Great-Deity-of-Hades. So, though he did thus, the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity upbraided him not, but said: "What looks like excrements must be something that His Augustness mine elder brother has vomited through drunkenness. Upon my speaking thus, they were deceived and lay down in a row, and I trod on them and counted them as I came across, and was just about to get on land, when I said: 'You have been deceived by me.' This island likewise has one body and four faces, and each face has a name. Complete etext of the Kojiki, Chamberlain tr. The evolution of Japanese art and its relationship to Buddhism. It will be best to announce this in the august place of the Heavenly deities." The aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and Hast thou perchance not yet taught him his duty?" Thereupon, as his wife gave to her husband berries of the muku tree and red earth, he chewed the berries to pieces, and spat them out with the red earth which he held in his mouth, so that the great deity believed him to be chewing up and spitting out the centipedes, and, feeling fond of him in his heart, fell asleep. Search| But pursuing after and reaching him at the bottom of the steps of the cave, and catching him by the back, Prince Wo-usu thrust the saber through his buttock. FAQ| Thank you! Hindus believe in reincarnation and karma. (These are such as were given birth to before the deity the Princess-Who-Invites divinely retired. So that place was called by the name of Mihe. "- and he gave to the peaches the designation of Their Augustnesses Great-Divine-Fruit. The Story of Gio They ascended forthwith to Heaven and inquired of Their Augustnesses the Heavenly deities. So the bird flew off from that country, and stopped at Shiki in the land of Kafuchi. A Christian scholar explores Shinshu Buddhism. So take them "-and with this command he sent him off. These three Ocean-Possessing deities are the deities held in reverence as their ancestral-deities by the Chiefs of Adzumi. not otherwise copyrighted are copyright 2023, Afterward it will be a gentle bird; so as for thy life, do not deign to die. His Age and Place of Burial), Section XCV.Emperor Chi-ai (Part I.Genealogies), Section XCVI. (What is called here akakagachi is the modern hohodzuki.) This is the ancestor of the rulers of the land of Idzumo, of the rulers of the land of Muzashi, of the rulers of the upper land of Unakami, of the rulers of the lower land of Unakami, of the rulers of the land of lzhimu, of the departmental suzerains of the Island of Tsu and of the rulers of the land of Tobo-tsu-Afumi. Japan, An Attempt At Interpretation Thus he charged him. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). From this time forward it is right that thou be praised as the August Child Yamato-take." The name of the deity that was next born from his right hand was the deity Possessor-of-the-Outlying-Mountains. Manners and Customs of the Early Japanese, V. Religious And Political Ideas of the Early Japanese, Beginnings of the Japanese Nation, and Credibility of the National Records, Section I.The Beginning of Heaven and Earth, Section IV.Courtship of the Deities The Male-Who-Invites and the Female Who-Invites, Section VII.Retirement of Her Augustness The Princess-Who-Invites, Section VIII.The Slaying of the Fire-Deity, Section X.The Purification of the August Person, Section XI.Investiture of the Three Deities; The Illustrious August Children, Section XII.The Crying and Weeping of His Impetuous-Male-Augustness, Section XIV.The August Declaration of the Division of the August Male Children and the August Female Children, Section XV.The August Ravages of His Impetuous-Male-Augustness, Section XVI.The Door of the Heavenly Rock-Dwelling, Section XVII.The August Expulsion of His-Impetuous-Male-Augustness, Section XX.The August Ancestors of the Deity-Master-Of-The-Great Land, Section XXIV.The Wooing of the Deity-of-Eight-Thousand-Spears, Section XXVI.The Deities the August Descendants of the Deity Master-of-the-Great-Land, Section XXVII.The Little-Prince-the-Renowned-Deity, Section XXVIII.The August-Luck-Spirit-the-August-Wondrous-Spirit, Section XXIX.The August Children of the Great-Harvest-Deity And of the Swift-Mountain-Deity, Section XXX.The August Deliberation for Pacifying the Land, Section XXXII.Abdication of the Deity Master-of-the-Great-Land, Section XXXIII.The August Descent from Heaven of His Augustness the August Grandchild, Section XXXIV.The August Reign in Himuka of His Augustness Prince Rice-Ear-Ruddy-Plenty, Section XXXVI.The Deity Prince of Saruta at Azaka, Section XXXVII.The Curse of the Deity Great-Mountain-Possessor, Section XXXVIII.The August Child-Bearing of Princess-Blossoming Brilliantly-Like-the-Flowers-of-the-Trees, Section XXXIX.The August Exchange of Luck, Section XL.The Palace of the Ocean-Possessor, Section XLI.Submission of His Augustness Fire-Shine, Section XLII.The Parturition-House of Cormorants' Feathers, Section XLIII.The August Children of His Augustness Cormorant-Thatch-Meeting-Incompletely, Section XLIV.Reign of the Emperor Jim-mu (Part I.His Progress Eastward, and Death of His Elder Brother). ), THE AUGUST DECLARATION OF THE DIVISION OF THE AUGUST MALE CHILDREN A.ND THE AUGUST FEMALE CHILDREN. This is the Herb-Quelling Great Sword. So the deity her husband, being distressed, was about to go up from Idzumo to the Land of Yamato; and as he stood attired, with one august hand on the saddle of his august horse and one august foot in the august stirrup, he sang, saying: When I take and attire myself so carefully in my august garments black as the true jewels of the moor, and, like the birds of the offing, look at my breast -though I raise my fins, I say that these are not good, and cast them off on the waves on the beach. (Six islands in all from the Island of Ko in Kibi to the Island of Heaven's-Two-Houses.). Then the mouse brought out in its mouth and presented to him the whizzing barb. There is also a collection of Ainu Texts. we are on foot.". Then on Her Augustness his august parent again seeking him with cries, she perceived him, and at once cleaving the tree, took him out and brought him to life, and said to him: "If thou remain here, thou wilt at last be destroyed by the eighty deities." But as for me alas! Index| ), Section LXXIV.Emperor Sui-nin (Part VI.Taji-Mori Brings Back the Orange From the Eternal Land. Section LXXVII.Emperor Kei-k (Part II.The Maidens Ye-Hime and Oto-Hime). Next they gave birth to the islands of Futa-go, another name for which is Heaven's Two-Houses. THE KOJIKI WRITTEN BY GABI VIVERO Photo by <Fernando> 4. It is only that he wishes to wrest my land from me." shinto is not focused on life after death but life in this. shinto origins shinto history shinto beliefs. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. This is called the Norito or Kojiki, which is a book of prayers from each said group/family. . With these words he forthwith went up to Heaven, whereupon all the mountains and rivers shook, and every land and country quaked. Forthwith His Augustness Yamato-take drew his sword and slew the lclzumo bravo. Yet in the Land of Great Yamato there is a man braver than we two-tbere is. These texts are holy writing that contains Hindu teachings, laws, and philosophies. by Arthur Lloyd [1911] This page is best viewed in an up-to-date web browser with style sheets (CSS) enabled. The shinten give mythological and historical accounts of the origin of the world; the appearance of the gods, the land, and all the creatures of the universe; the establishment of the Japanese nation; the proper relationship between the gods and government; and ceremonies of worship, manners, and customs. Then he arrived at a place called Suga, and said: On coming to this place my august heart is pure" - and in that place he built a palace to dwell in. So he, drawing the ten-grasp saber that was augustly girded on him, fled forward brandishing it in his back hand;" and as they still pursued, he took, on reaching the base of the Even-Pass-of-Hades, three peaches that were growing at its base, and waited and smote his pursuers therewith, so that they all fled back. The Kojiki 2. THE WOOING OF THE DEITY-OF-EIGHT-THOUSAND-SPEARS. the "Kami" is the name for the sacred text of the Shinto tradition. If thou do like this, I will in one day strangle to death a thousand of the folk of thy land." So, on my doing as they had instructed me, my whole body was hurt." Next he said to His Augustness Moon-Night-Possessor: "Do Thine Augustness rule the Dominion of the Night." While she was thus speaking, His Augustness Heavenly-Beckoning-Ancestor-Lord and His Augustness Grand-Jewel pushed forward the mirror and respectfully showed it to the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, whereupon the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, more and more astonished, gradually came forth from the door and gazed upon it, whereupon the Heavenly-Hand-Strength-Male deity, who was standing hidden, took her august hand and drew her out, and then His Augustness Grand-Jewel drew the bottom-tied rope along at her august back, and spoke, saving: "Thou must not go back further in than this"! Then His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augstness said to the old man: "If this be tby daughter, wilt thou offer her to me?" So then, pursuing after him to the Even-Pass-of-Hades, and gazing on him from afar, be called out to the deity Great-Name-Possessor, saying: "With the great life-sword and the life-bow-and-arrows which thou carriest, pursue thy half-brethren till they crouch on the august slopes of the passes, and pursue them till they are swept into the reaches of the rivers, and do thou, wretch! "Then the Heavenly-Alarming-Female spoke, saving: "We rejoice and are glad because there is a deity more illustrious than Thine Augustness." A comprehensive history of Mahayana Buddhism, particularly in Japan, and possible ties to Gnosticism and early Christianity. So, having secretly made the wood of an oak-tree into a false sword and augustly girded it, he went with the bravo to bathe in the River Hi. translated by Genchi Kat and Hikoshir Hoshino [1926]. These two deities are the deities that were born from the filth he contracted when he went to that polluted, hideous land. A Christian scholar explores Shinshu Buddhism. As soon as he had finished saying this, the Prince ripped him up like a ripe melon, and slew him. The names of the deities that were next born to rectify those evils were: the Divine-Rectifying-Wondrous deity; next, the Great-Rectictifying-Wondrous deity; next, the Female-Deity-Idzu. When, forthwith crossing over from that land out into Kahi, he dwelt in the palace of Sakawori, he sang, saying: "How many nights have I slept since passing Nihibari and Tsukuha?". Hereupon Yamato-take entered the moor to see the deity. Thou, my dear Master-of-the-Great-Land indeed, being a man, probably best on the various island-headlands that thou seest, and on every beach headland that thou lookest on, a wife like the young herbs. The next, His Augustness Prince-Lord-of-Heaven, is the ancestor of the rulers of the land of Ofushi-kafuchi, of the chiefs of Nukatabe-no-yuwe, of the rulers of the land of Ki, of the suzerains of Tanaka in Yamato, of the rulers of the land of Yamashiro, of the rulers of the land of Umaguta, of the rulers of the land of Kine in Michi-no-Shiri, of the rulers of the land of Suhau, of the rulers of Amuchi, in Yamato, of the departmental suzerains of Takechi, of the territorial lords of Kamafu, and of the rulers of Sakikusabe. An account of Japanese Neo-Confucian thought. (Eight deities in all from the deity Foam-Prince to the deity Earthly-Water-Drawing-Gourd-Possessor.) The reason for their leaving it was this: Each of these eighty deities had in his heart the wish to marry the Princess of Yakami in Inaba, and they went together to Inaba, putting their bag on the back of the deity Great-Name-Possessor, whom they took with them as an attendant. So the Land of Tsukushi is called White-Sun-Youth; the Land of Toyo is called Luxuriant-Sun-Youth; the Land of Hi is called Brave-Sun-Confronting-Luxuriant-Wondrous-Lord-Youth; the Land of Kumaso is called Brave-Sun-Youth. Being maiden like a drooping plant, my heart is just a bird on a sand-bank by the shore; it will now indeed be a dotterel. Oh! The august name of the deity that was born from the mist of his breath when again, having begged her to hand him the jewels that were twisted on her left august arm, and having crunchingly crunched them, he blew them away, was His Augustness Prince-Lord-of-Life. Its length extends over eight valleys and eight hills, and if one look at its belly, it is all constantly bloody and inflamed." A collection of 220 Japanese Haiku. On arriving at the single pine-tree on Cape Wotsu, an august sword, which he had forgotten at that place before when augustly eating, was still there, not lost. So the eighty deities, being enraged, and wishing to slay the deity Great-Name-Possessor, took counsel together, on arriving at the foot of Tema in the land of Hahaki, and said to him: "On this mountain there is a red boar. Then the eighty deities spoke to the hare, saying: "What thou shouldest do is to bathe in the sea-water here, and lie on the slope of a high mountain exposed to the blowing of the wind." The fashion of his weeping was such as by his weeping to wither the green mountains into withered mountains, and by his weeping to dry up all the rivers and seas. She having thus sung, they at once pledged each other by the cup with their hands on each other's necks, and are at rest till the present time. 1. Shinto shrines. and culminates in a chronology of the early Imperial line. So the name of the deity that was born from the august staff which he threw down was the deity Thrust-Erect-Come-Not-Place. Though I slay it not now, I will slay it when I return"-- and so saying, ascended. So, knowing that he had been deceived, he opened the mouth of the bag which his aunt, Her Augustness Yamato-hine had bestowed on him, and saw that inside of it there was a fire-striker. devoted to religious tolerance and scholarship So that place was called by the name of Tagi. Our editors will review what youve submitted and determine whether to revise the article. So the name of the deity they gave birth to was the deity Great-Male-of-the-Great-Thing; next, they gave birth to the deity Rock-Earth-Prince; next, they gave birth to the deity Rock-Nest-Princess; next, they gave birth to the deity Great-Door-Sun-Youth; next, they gave birth to the deity Heavenly-Blowing-Male; next, they gave birth to the deity Great-House-Prince; next, they gave birth to the deity Youth-of-the-Wind-Breath-the-Great-Male; next, they gave birth to the sea-deity, whose name is the deity Great-Ocean-Possessor next, they gave birth to the deity of the Water-Gates, whose name is the deity Prince-of-Swift-Autumn ; next they gave birth to his younger sister the deity Princess-of-Swift-Autumn. This page provides a brief overview of the holy books of Shinto. He replied, saying: "I have been at that trouble." ), Section LXXXIV.Emperor Kei-k (Part IX.Yamato-take's Empress Stills the Waves, Section LXXXV.Emperor Kei-k (Part X.Yamato-Take Slays the Deity of the Ashigara Pass. ), Section LXXVI.Empress Kei-ko (Part I,Genealogies). ", "Let those whose life may be complete stick in their hair as a headdress the leaves of the bear-oak from Mount Heguri -those children!". 'Shinto' means the way of the gods. So that place is called by the name of the Tsuwetsuki pass. An abridged version of the Chamberlain translation. The name of the deity that was next born as he washed his august nose was His Brave-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness. The aesthetics of the Japanese Tea Ceremony, and Some of the myths have a very clear political purposes. Various Deeds. ), the first written record in Japan, part of which is considered a sacred text of the Shint religion. Then I will tread on them, and count them as I run across. The Shundai Zatsuwa (A Japanese Philosopher) But notwithstanding these apologetic words, he still continued his evil acts, and was more and more violent. approximately.. Shintoism is an animist and polytheistic religion and has no official founder or sacred text. VIII.He Weds I-suke-yori-hime). An anthology of Japanese 'Magical Realist' legends and folklore. ), Section LXXV.Emperor Sui-nin (Part VII.His Death and that of the Empress Hibasu. So then His Augustness the Male-Who-Invites said: " Oh! When be thence penetrated on, and crossed the sea of Hashiri-midzu, the deity of that crossing raised the waves, tossing the ship so that it could not proceed across. Support the Archive. So as they waited after having thus prepared everything in accordance with his bidding the eight-forked serpent came truly as the old man had said, and immediately dipped a head into each vat, and drank the liquor. The holy books of Shinto are the Kojiki or 'Records of Ancient Matters' (712 CE) and the Nihon-gi or 'Chronicles of Japan' (720 CE). Then the whole Plain of High Heaven was obscured and all the Central Land of Reed-Plains darkened. THE BEGINNING OF HEAVEN AND EARTH . And she forthwith, unbinding her august hair, twisted it into august bunches; and both into the left and into the right august bunch, as likewise into her august head-dress and likewise on to her left and her right august arm, she twisted an augustly complete string of curved jewels eight feet long, of five hundred jewels, and, slinging on her back a quiver holding a thousand arrows, and adding thereto a quiver holding five hundred arrows, she likewise took and slung at her side a mighty and high sounding elbow-pad, and brandished and stuck her bow upright so that the top shook, and she stamped her feet into the hard ground up to her opposing thighs, kicking away the earth like rotten snow, and stood valiantly like unto a mighty man, and, waiting, asked: "Wherefore ascendest thou hither?" As 1 was weeping and lamenting for this reason, the eighty deities who went by before thee commanded and exhorted me, saying: 'Bathe in the salt water, and lie down exposed to the wind.' There are supernatural episodes, and tales of murder, Sacred Writings - Shintoism Two central texts are revered by every Shinto religious group: 1. So when he had received the imperial command and started off, he went into the temple of the Great August Deity of Ise, and worshiped the deity's court, forthwith speaking to his aunt, Her Augustness Yamato-hine, saving: " It must surely be that the Heavenly Sovereign thinks I may die quickly - for after sending me to smite the wicked people of the West, I am no sooner come up again to the capital than, without bestowing on me an army, he now sends me off afresh to pacify the wicked people of the twelve circuits of the East. Section XLV.Emperor Jim-mu (Part II.The Cross-Sword Sent Down From Heaven). is out of print and hard to obtain. ( Five deities in all. THE AUGUST RAVAGES OF HIS-IMPETUOUS-MALE-AUGUSTNESS. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. Again when they entered the salt sea, and suffered as they went, they sang, saying: "As we go through the sea, our loins are impeded -tottering in the sea like herbs growing in a great river-bed.". I mean to marry the deity Great-Name- Possessor." poetry, reminiscent of Icelandic sagas. An anthology of Japanese 'Magical Realist' legends and folklore. So that fresh spring is called by the name of the fresh spring of Wi-same. By Teresa Peirce Williston, Illustrated by Sanchi Ogawa [1911]. Confucianism, Ainu Texts Each group/family of Shinto people record their prayers in books. Then he sang augustly, saying: "Alas that the sword girded on the Idzumo bravo, and wound round with many a creeper, should have had no true blade!". Therefore Yamato-take praised the old man, and forthwith bestowed on him the rulership of the Eastern lands. what a fair and lovely maiden!" Though thou bearest the bag, Thine Augustness shall obtain her.". Look not at me!" So the bare did as it was instructed, and its body became as it bad been originally. Even still, it took quite a bit of work to finish The religious and ethical values of the Kojiki were rediscovered and reevaluated by Moto-ori Norinaga (17301801), who wrote the complete Annotation of the Kojiki in 49 volumes. The next, Her Augustness Lovely-Island-Princess, dwells in the middle temple of Munakata. It is now called the Hare deity. It involves the worship of kami, which can be translated to mean "sacred spirits which take the form of things and concepts important to life, such as wind, rain, mountains, trees, rivers, and fertility." Kojiki, (Japanese: Records of Ancient Matters), together with the Nihon shoki (q.v. A key Pure Land text, by the founder of the most popular form of Buddhism in Japan. When he departed with lamentations and tears, Her Augustness Yamato-hine bestowed on him the "Herb-Quelling-Saber," and likewise bestowed on him an august bag, and said: "If there should be an emergency, open the mouth of the bag.". So thereupon His-Swift-Impetuous-Male-Augustness said: if that be so I will take leave of the Heaven-Shining-Great-August deity, and depart." So he drew a thousand-draught rock, and with it blocked up the Even-Pass-of-Hades, and placed the rock in the middle; and they stood opposite to one another and exchanged leave-takings ; and Her Augustness the Female-Who-Invites said: "My lovely elder brother, thine Augustness! Broadly speaking, Shint has no founder. THE AUGUST EXPULSION OF HIS IMPETUOUS-MALE-AUGUSTNESS. ), Section CXVI.Emperor -jin (Part XIII.The Youth-of-the-Glow-on-the-Autumn-Mountains and the Youth-of-the-Haze-on-the-Spring-Mountains), Section CXVII.Emperor -jin (Part XVI.Genealogies), Section CXVIII.Emperor -jin (Part XV.His Age and Place of Burial), Section CXIX.Emperor Nin-toku (Part I.Genealogies), Section CXX: Emperor Nin-toku (Part II.Various Deeds), Section CXXI.Emperor Nin-toku [Part III.He Remits the Taxes), Section CXXII.Emperor Nin-toku (Part IV.He Loves Princess Kuro), Section CXXIII. Thereupon the dead prince, turning into a white dotterel eight fathoms long, and soaring up to Heaven, flew off toward the shore. The Ideals of the East The Book of Tea Then she sent him swiftly off to the august place of the deity Great-House-Prince in the land of Ki. Thereupon, while he stood knowing no place of exit, a mouse came and said: " The inside is hollow-hollow; the outside is narrow-narrow." 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