Abe no Seimei

Japanese: 安倍晴明 - あべのせいめい

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[Died] September 26, 1005. A Kyoto-style onmyodo practitioner in the mid-Heian period. Son of Abe Masuzai. Learned onmyodo from Kamo Tadayuki and his son Yasunori, and received the secrets of astronomy from Yasunori. He served as Daizen-dayu, Sakyo Gon-dayu, and astronomy doctor. As his family was located north of Tsuchimikado and east of Nishinotoin, his descendants were called the Tsuchimikado family, and prospered as onmyodo practitioners for a long time. He was active in the imperial court, fortune-telling good and bad luck, and performing onmyodo rituals (such as the Taishan Fukun Festival). He also read the rumblings of Mount Tonomine at the request of nobles such as Fujiwara no Michinaga and Yukinari, and performed other services such as exorcising illnesses and demons. In the Eiga Monogatari, he is described as a master of onmyodo, a man who was "divinely rustic," and his biographies have had a strong narrative element since early times. The Konjaku Monogatari (Tales of Times Now Past and Present) includes stories about how Abe no Seimei was favored by him, how he escaped danger when he encountered an ogre while out with his teacher Tadayuki, and how he often used a spirit. The Kojidan (Tales of Times Now Present) includes a story about how Michinaga realized he was in danger because of his pet dog, and asked Seimei to tell his divination. Seimei discovered that someone was putting a curse on Michinaga, and sent out a white heron to find the culprit. The Gaun Nichikenroku (Records of the Muromachi Period) describes him as a "creature of a spirit." As a result, people built Abe no Seimei Shrine on the site of his residence and began to worship him as a spirit. His books include Uranji Ryakuketsu (Sanji Ryakuketsu) and Kin'u Gyokuto Shu (Kin'u Gyokuto Shu).

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[没]寛弘2(1005).9.26. 京都
平安時代中期の陰陽家。安倍益材の子。賀茂忠行，保憲父子から陰陽道を学び，保憲から天文道の奥義を授かった。大膳大夫，左京権大夫，天文博士などを歴任。その家が土御門の北，西洞院の東にあったため，その子孫は土御門家と呼ばれ，長く陰陽家として栄えた。彼は吉凶を占ったり，陰陽道の祭祀 (泰山府君祭など) を行うなど宮廷で活躍した。また藤原道長，行成ら公家の求めに応じて，多武峯の鳴動を占ったり，病気，物怪 (もののけ) の調伏なども行なった。『栄花物語』では，彼を「神さびたりし物」という，陰陽道の達人として伝えており，彼の伝記には，早くから説話的要素が濃厚であった。『今昔物語』には，忠行の知遇を得たこと，彼が師の忠行と外出して鬼にあったとき，忠行の術法によって難を免れたこと，よく職神 (精霊の一種) を使ったことなどの話を載せ，『古事談』には，道長が飼い犬によって身の危険を知り，晴明に占わせると，彼は，道長を呪咀する者がいることを見破り，白さぎを飛ばして，これを見つけ出した話などを載せている。室町時代の『臥雲日件録』では，彼を「化生のもの」としている。そのため人々は彼の居宅跡に安倍晴明社を創建して彼を霊神として，あがめるようになった。著書に『占事略決』『金烏玉兎集』がある。

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