Ubagai - Ubagai

Japanese: 姥が井 - うばがい
Ubagai - Ubagai

...It is said that Toyotomi Hideyoshi once threw gold into the well called Kinmeisui in the Osaka Castle tower to predict the fate of the Toyotomi clan, or to have prayed for Hideyoshi's personal longevity. The Kobo Well, a representative example of a Japanese legend, is a miracle story in which holy water gushed forth when Kobo Daishi struck the well with his walking stick, and Ubagai Well is accompanied by a legend of a wet nurse who accidentally killed her child and drowned herself in it. Both of these are traces of folk religious figures such as hijiri (saints) and shrine maidens using the holy springs for rituals. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Ubagai" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…大坂城天守閣の金明水とよばれる井戸は,かつて豊臣秀吉が黄金を投げ入れ,豊臣家の命運を占ったとも,秀吉個人の長寿を祈願したとも伝えられている。 日本の伝説の代表例である〈弘法井戸〉は,弘法大師がもっている杖でたたいて,聖なる水を涌出させた奇跡譚であり,〈姥が井〉は,誤って子どもを死なせた乳母が入水した伝説を伴っている。いずれも聖(ひじり)や巫女などの民間宗教者たちが,聖泉を用い祭事を行った痕跡をものがたるものである。…

※「姥が井」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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