Abeno Doji - Abeno Doji

...Abe no Doji, Seimei's childhood name, means a boy who grew up in Abeno (currently in Osaka City). Doji were slaves to a large temple who performed manual labor and other chores, and sometimes performed divination and prayer as low-ranking onmyouji and chantmasters. Abeno Village is located halfway between Shitennoji and Sumiyoshi Shrine, and it is thought that there may have been a settlement of low-ranking onmyouji and chantmasters called Abeno Doji here. Also, at Hijiri Shrine in Shinodamori (currently in Izumi City) near Abeno, there is a subordinate shrine called Kuzunoha Shrine, and there was an onmyouji village in the vicinity until the end of the Edo period, where calendars and other items were distributed. It is thought that these onmyouji began telling this story as the origin story of Kuzunoha Shrine. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Abeno Doji" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…晴明の童名の安倍の童子は，安倍野(現，大阪市内)に育った童子の意だが，童子とは大寺に隷属し力役雑役などに携わる寺奴で，彼らはまた下級陰陽師，唱門師として卜占･祈禱にも従事することがあった。安倍野の里は四天王寺と住吉神社との中間の地だが，この地に安倍野童子と称された下級陰陽師，唱門師の集落があったのではないかと想像されている。また安倍野の近くの信太森(現，和泉市内)の聖（ひじり）神社には，末社に葛の葉社があって，この付近には江戸時代末まで陰陽師村があり，暦などを配っていたが，これらの陰陽の徒が葛の葉社の由来譚としてこの物語を語り始めたものと考えられている。…

※「安倍野童子」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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