The Hermit of Kume

Japanese: 久米の仙人 - くめのせんにん
The Hermit of Kume
A legendary hermit. During the Tenpyo era, he studied flying at Ryumon-ji Temple in Yoshino County, Yamato Province, but when he saw a woman washing clothes in the Yoshino River, he became greedy, lost his spiritual powers, and crashed. Later, when the capital was moved to Takaichi, he purified himself and regained his spiritual powers. He was granted 30 cho of land by the emperor for carrying a huge piece of lumber, and founded Kumedera Temple. His story is found in the Konjaku Monogatarishu, Tsurezuregusa, and Genko Shakusho.
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Japanese:
伝説の仙人。天平年間,大和国吉野郡竜門寺で飛行術を学んだが,吉野川で洗濯する女の白いはぎを見て欲心を起こし,通力を失って墜落。のち高市遷都の際,潔斎して通力を回復,巨材を運んだので天皇から免田30町を賜り,久米寺を開いたという。《今昔物語集》《徒然草》《元亨(げんこう)釈書》などに所載。
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