Dog hunting - Inugari

…On the other hand, wild dogs have been rampant in cities for a long time. The Kinpi Gosho, which recorded the history of the Imperial Court in the early 13th century, pointed out the recent disorder in the “dog hunting” event, in which dogs were hunted from under the eaves of various places in the Imperial Court and shot with bows, and aristocrats’ diaries such as Meigetsuki (1235) often contain accounts of dogs soiling the Imperial Court and residences, sometimes with human bones in their mouths. In the Kitano Tenjin Engi Emaki and other scrolls, dogs are depicted at burial sites, indicating that many buried human bodies were destined to be eaten by dogs. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "dog hunting" is listed below.

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…反面，都市における野犬の横行も早くからのことであった。13世紀初頭に宮中の故実を記した《禁秘御抄》には，宮中諸所の縁の下から犬を狩り出して弓で射る〈犬狩り〉行事での近年の乱れが指摘され，《明月記》(1235)などの貴族の日記には，しばしば犬が宮中や邸内を汚す記事があり，ときには人骨をくわえこんだこともあった。《北野天神縁起絵巻》などには，埋葬地に犬が描かれ，埋葬人体の多くが犬に食われる運命にあったことを示す。…

※「犬狩り」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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