Legend of the Fugitives

Japanese: 落人伝説 - おちうどでんせつ
Legend of the Fugitives

...It is also said that if you possess a bowl or treasure taken from a hidden village, you will become wealthy. Hidden villages are imaginary worlds based on fantasy and do not actually exist, but remote villages with legends of Heike refugees, such as Oku-Mio-Ote and Iya-yama, are considered hidden villages, and the word "hidden village" can also be found in place names. [Kikuchi Kensaku]...

From [Pioneer]

…It is a tradition that is the product of the idea or belief that the development of a village must be carried out by seven houses or seven people. The fact that most of the origins of the seven houses are accompanied by legends about fugitives shows that it is simply a tradition. The ancestors of the pioneering families were samurai, and the story that they came to the area as fugitives and developed it is merely an attempt to link themselves to aristocratic families. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Fallen Figures Legend" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…また隠れ里から取ってきた椀や宝物をもっていると富貴になるという。隠れ里は幻想にもとづいた想像上の世界で,本来実在しないものであるが,奥三面(みおもて)や祖谷山(いややま)など平家の落人伝説をもつ僻遠(へきえん)の村が隠れ里とされたり,地名にも隠れ里という小字が見られる。【菊池 健策】。…

【草分け】より

…村落の開発は7軒なり7人でなされねばならないという観念あるいは信仰の所産としての伝承というべきものである。そして,その7軒の来歴について,大部分が落人伝説を伴っていることも,それが単なる伝承であることを示している。草分けの家は先祖が武士であり,落人としてこの地に入って開発したという話は,自分たちを貴種に結びつけようとするものにすぎない。…

※「落人伝説」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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