Clothing tree - Eryoju

...The Sanzu River is spoken of together with the mountain of death, but it is not a Buddhist theory but a popular myth. On the banks of the Sanzu River there is a large tree called the Eryoju, and beneath it there are an old woman and an old man in the form of demons called Datsueba and Keneou. The old woman snatches the clothes of the deceased, and the old man takes them and hangs them on the Eryoju. It is said that the way the branches hang down varies depending on the severity of the sins the deceased committed in life.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Iryoju" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…三途の川のことは，死出の山とともに説かれるが，仏説ではなく，俗説である。三途の川のほとりには衣領樹（えりようじゆ）という大樹があり，その下に奪衣婆（だつえば），懸衣翁（けんえおう）という鬼形の姥と翁がいて，姥は亡者の衣服を奪い取り，それを翁が受け取って衣領樹に掛ける。亡者の生前の罪の軽重によって枝の垂れ方が異なるという。…

※「衣領樹」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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