As the NHK's historical drama for 2005 is a life story of Minamotono Yoshitsune, you can find some clay bells related to Yoshitsune in the last month's page.
Kuramayama mountain in Kyoto prefecture is famous for the place Yoshitsune had been training swordsmanship. This is a page that relates to the Kuramayama mountain.
clay bell of Yoshitsune when he was young, he lived in Kuramayama @ |
gosyuin in 1929 |
clay bell of tigers @ @ |
mayoke charm against evil |
Tengu a long-nosed goblin |
"Kurama" is where Yoshitsune, under the name of Ushiwaka Maru (which he took in his youth, in a ceremony called ggenpuku,h or coming-of-age), received training in swordsmanship from the Tengu, legendary goblin spirits. |
Tengu designed on a ceramic bell @ @ |
Tengu @ @ |
a fan of Tengu @ @ |