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Japanese: 仙境異聞 - せんきょういぶん

A Shinto book by Hirata Atsutane. Also known as "The Tale of Torakichi." The number of volumes is uncertain due to the manuscript. Completed in 1822 (Bunsei 5). In 1820, Atsutane met with a boy named Torakichi, who claimed to have been abducted by a god and gone missing, and to have been living in the world of immortals during that time. This book is a record of that encounter. It gives a glimpse into Atsutane's mystical thinking, who introduced a belief in the underworld into his own theological system and who himself believed in the existence of a "secret world." Atsutane even entrusted the boy with a letter to the "secret world." [Noguchi Takehiko]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

平田篤胤（ひらたあつたね）の神道書。別名《寅吉（とらきち）物語》。写本により巻数不定。1822年(文政5)成立。1820年，篤胤は，神かくしに遭って行方不明になり，その間仙界で暮らしていたと称する寅吉なる少年と面談する。本書はその記録。自己の神学体系に幽冥信仰を導入し，またみずから〈幽世（かくりよ）〉の実在を信じた篤胤の神秘思想をうかがわせる。篤胤はこの少年に〈幽界〉への手紙を託したほどであった。【野口武彦】

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