Anaji - Anaji

…Inui (northwest) is also important, and before the demon gate, this direction was feared. The northwest wind is called Anaji or Tamakaze, and is considered an ambiguous direction from which good spirits as well as evil spirits come, and Inari is worshiped in houses. Add Tatsumi (southeast) to the above three directions and they are called Shikaku (four corners), Shigu (four corners), or Shii (four ways), and are respectively assigned the characters Ushitora, Hitsujisaru, Inui, and Tatsumi. …

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…戌亥（いぬい）(西北)も重要で，鬼門以前は，この方位が恐れられたらしい。西北風をアナジとかタマカゼと称し，悪霊とともに善神も来る両義的な方位とし，屋敷では稲荷をまつる。以上の3方位に辰巳（たつみ）(東南)を加えて四角（しかく），四隅（しぐう），あるいは四維（しい）と呼び，それぞれ艮(うしとら)，坤(ひつじさる)，乾(いぬい)，巽(たつみ)の字をあてる。…

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