Ishinagenjo
Ishinagenjo (Japanese: 石投げんじょ, "stone throwing genjo") is a folkloric phenomenon which is documented to occur in the Nishisonogi district of the Nagasaki Prefecture, the waters of Enoshima, and the city of Tosu in the Saga Prefecture.[2][3]
"In the month of May, the rainy season, a group of fishermen are working at night in the midst of a thick fog. Suddenly comes the sound of a huge rock crashing into the ocean, a tremendous splash and crack that sends the boat rocking and the sailors panicking. However, there is no rock to be seen, even by the break of day."[2]
In the Japanese Folklore Institute's book Comprehensive Lexicon of Japanese Folklore, the phenomenon is explained as being the doing of a sea monster - or
Notes
- ^ Mizuki 1994.
- ^ a b Yanagita 1955, p. 79.
- ^ a b Sakurada 1933, p. 6.
- ^ Yanagita 1977, p. 201.
- ^ Mizuki 1994, p. 58.
- ^ a b Murakami 2000, p. 34.
- ^ a b Shinmura 2008, p. 147.
References
- Mizuki, Shigeru (1994). Illustrated Encyclopedia of Japanese Yōkai. Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-256049-8.
- Murakami, Kenji (2000). Yōkai Encyclopedia. Tokyo: Mainichi Shinbunsha. ISBN 978-4-620-31428-0.
- Sakurada, Katsunori (20 May 1933). "Ghost Ships and Drowning People". Vulgarity and Folklore. 12: 3–6.
- Shinmura, Izuru (2008). Kōjien. Tokyo: Iwanami Shoten. ISBN 978-4-00-080121-8.
- Yanagita, Kunio (1955). Comprehensive Lexicon of Japanese Folklore. Tokyo: Heibonsha. ISBN 978-4582114003.
- Yanagita, Kunio (1977). Yōkai Lectures. Tokyo: Kōdansha. ISBN 978-4-06-158135-7.