It is my favorite histrical personage`s picture. He is Onono-Takamura. He is a nobleman and a literary man in the Heian period. He has a lot of interesting episode. For example, He was a member of kentohshi(遣唐使)(people who go to China and learn to Chinese culture and study). But he couldn`t get along with one of the member. So he boycotted the travel. Japanese emperor got angry, and he was exiled to Oki-island. But he was forgiven and backed.
It is said that he sometimes went to hell from a well and helped the Great King Yama(閻魔大王).
I think it is the most unique episode of him.
He is deified in a temple in Kyoto. It is the Rikudohchinnohji temple(六道珍皇寺). There is a well that Takamura used to go to hell. If you feel interested in it and have a free time, you should visit there.
No comments:
Post a Comment