Matsura-gun explained

Matsura-gun is a historical county in Japan. It was located in Hizen Province.^[1]

The, Sayohime's alluded place of origin, spans the current-day Nagasaki and Saga Prefectures. However, the specific mountaintop that had been dubbed, as attested in the Man'yōshū, has been identified as the summit of, on the eastern edge of the city of Karatsu, Saga.

Some versions of the legend of Matsura Sayohime(var. Lady Otohi or Otohi-hime) are classed as the But there is no enduring sign of snake worship in the original vicinity of the legend in the, where a local shrine houses the supposed petrified remains, or, of Lady Matsura.

Kagami Shrine was the main shrine and Soja shrine of Matsura-gun

See also

• • • • • Snake worship Matsura Sayohime Kagami Shrine Matsurokoku Matsuura River
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Notelist

1. Yoshida . Keiichi . 1968 . A Historico-geographical Study of Western Part of Matsuura-gun in Hizen Province . Japanese Journal of Human Geography . 20 . 5 . 570–586 . 10.4200/jjhg1948.20.570. free .
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3. Book: Cranston, Edwin A. . Edwin A. Cranston . The Gem-Glistening Cup . Stanford University Press . 1998 . 978-0-8047-3157-7 . 142–143.
4. Encyclopedia: Hirefurinomine . ja:ひれふりのみね【褶揺峰・領巾麾嶺】 . Seisen-ban Nihon kokugo daijiten . Shogakukan . 2006 .

References

1. Yoshida . Keiichi . 1968 . A Historico-geographical Study of Western Part of Matsuura-gun in Hizen Province . Japanese Journal of Human Geography . 20 . 5 . 570–586 . 10.4200/jjhg1948.20.570. free .
2. alt pdf@core.ac.uk
3. Book: Cranston, Edwin A. . Edwin A. Cranston . The Gem-Glistening Cup . Stanford University Press . 1998 . 978-0-8047-3157-7 . 142–143.
4. Encyclopedia: Hirefurinomine . ja:ひれふりのみね【褶揺峰・領巾麾嶺】 . Seisen-ban Nihon kokugo daijiten . Shogakukan . 2006 .

Bibliography

• Book: Wondrous Brutal Fictions: Eight Buddhist Tales from the Early Japanese Puppet Theater . 16 April 2013 . Columbia University Press . 978-0-231-14658-6 . 161–189 . Kimbrough . R. Keller . . .