A drowned body floating in the sea. It is also called a sea Buddha or a Dozaemon. People who work at sea have a custom of picking up a floating Buddha and worshiping it. Fishermen in particular believe that meeting a floating Buddha will grant them fishing success, and there is a custom of celebrating it, calling it Urahanjo. When one is found at the beginning of a fishing trip, if you tell the person to wait there until you return, it will strangely not move from its original position. When picking it up, it is said that the person should ask the drowned body, "Will you let me fish?" and wait until the other person answers, "Yes, yes, let me," before pulling it up. It is pulled up from the starboard rudder and lowered onto land from the port rudder. In some places, straw or white cotton is wrapped around the bow of the boat carrying the body. [Shoji Inoguchi] Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend |
海に流れている水死体のこと。海仏とも土左衛門(どざえもん)ともいう。海で働く人々は流れ仏をみつけると拾い上げて祭る習慣がある。とくに漁業者の間では、流れ仏に会うと漁を授かると信じられ、浦繁昌(うらはんじょう)といって喜ぶ風がある。漁の出がけにみつけたときは、「帰るまでそこで待っておれ」というと、奇妙に元の位置から動かないものだといったり、拾い上げるとき水死体に向かって「漁をさせてくれるか」と問いかけ、他の人が「させます、させます」と答えてから引き上げるものだといったりする。面舵(おもかじ)(右舷)から引き上げ、取舵(とりかじ)(左舷)から陸に降ろす。死体を乗せた船の舳先(へさき)には薦(こも)や白木綿(もめん)を巻く所もある。 [井之口章次] 出典 小学館 日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)日本大百科全書(ニッポニカ)について 情報 | 凡例 |
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