■Tamamo-no-mae, Akkoden and Sesshoseki About 1500 years ago, there was a fox that came to Japan after it had perpetrated all kinds of evils in different countries. The fox was called the Fox with Nine Golden Tails. It had beautiful golden fur that covered its body, and it had nine tails. There is a trilogy of Kagura about this fox. ■The first story: Tamamo-no-mae When the fox came to Japan, it disguised itself as a rare beauty called "Tamamo-no-mae" and was loved by the emperor. The emperor became ill, and politics stagnated. Abe no Yasunari, a master of Yin and Yang, was suspicious about this situation and found out that the beautiful woman was actually a fox in disguise. The fox revealed its true nature and flew away in the sky toward the east. ■The second story: Akkoden After the master of Yin and Yang revealed that Tamamo-no-mae was actually a fox in disguise, the fox flew to the east and landed in a village called Nasunogahara, far away from the capital. The fox disguised itself as a beautiful woman again, then put the villagers off their guard and killed them one by one. Miura-no-suke and Kazusa-no-suke were protecting the security of eastern Japan. They were master archers and finally shot and killed the fox. ■The third story: Sesshoseki The spirit of the fox that was killed by the archers became a stone in Nasunogahara. This was a hideous stone called Sesshoseki (The Killing Stone). The people and animals that came near the stone died without ever knowing why. In time a noble priest approached the stone, chanting a prayer to Buddha, and smashed the stone to pieces with a big hammer. The spirit of the fox was shattered, and peace was restored to Nasunogahara. Each story of the trilogy is a separate Kagura performance. Nasunogahara, where these stories take place, was near a volcano and still smells sulfurous. A monument to Sesshoseki stands there today. Genno was the name of the priest who smashed the stone to pieces. People say this is why hammers for cracking stones are now called "genno."
@@beautifuljapan90 Thanks for the great explanations. More English please, more foreigners will watch if we know the story. Yes now I can see the fox. Your acting and musicians team is amazing. And I love your snakes.
悪狐の面新しくなりました？
Stop hitting the Yeti.
■Tamamo-no-mae, Akkoden and
Sesshoseki
About 1500 years ago, there was a fox that came to Japan after it had perpetrated all kinds of evils in different countries.
The fox was called the Fox with Nine Golden Tails. It had beautiful golden fur that covered its body, and it had nine tails.
There is a trilogy of Kagura about this fox.
■The first story: Tamamo-no-mae
When the fox came to Japan, it disguised itself as a rare beauty called "Tamamo-no-mae" and was loved by the emperor. The emperor became ill, and politics
stagnated.
Abe no Yasunari, a master of Yin and Yang, was suspicious about this situation and found out that the beautiful woman was actually a fox in disguise. The fox revealed its true nature and flew away in the sky toward the east.
■The second story: Akkoden
After the master of Yin and Yang revealed that Tamamo-no-mae was actually a fox in disguise, the fox flew to the east and landed in a village called Nasunogahara, far away from the capital. The fox disguised itself as a beautiful woman again, then put the villagers off their guard and killed them one by one.
Miura-no-suke and Kazusa-no-suke were protecting the security of eastern Japan. They were master archers and finally shot and killed the fox.
■The third story: Sesshoseki
The spirit of the fox that was killed by the archers became a stone in Nasunogahara. This was a hideous stone called Sesshoseki (The Killing Stone). The people and animals that came near the stone died without ever
knowing why.
In time a noble priest approached the stone, chanting a prayer to Buddha, and smashed the stone to pieces with a big hammer.
The spirit of the fox was shattered, and peace was restored to Nasunogahara.
Each story of the trilogy is a separate Kagura performance.
Nasunogahara, where these stories take place, was near a volcano and still smells sulfurous. A monument to Sesshoseki stands there today. Genno was the name of the priest who smashed the stone to pieces. People say
this is why hammers for cracking stones are now called "genno."
@@beautifuljapan90 Thanks for the great explanations. More English please, more foreigners will watch if we know the story. Yes now I can see the fox. Your acting and musicians team is amazing. And I love your snakes.