Fuji's human hole - Fuji no Hitoana

Japanese: 富士の人穴 - ふじのひとあな

Otogi-zoshi. Also called "Nita Shiro" and "Fuji no Hitoana Zoshi." During the Shoji era (1199-1201), Wada Heita Tanenaga was ordered by Minamoto no Yoriie to enter the Hitoana of Fuji, where he knew no one, but was chased away by a woman dressed in a twelve-layered kimono and weaving a loom. Yoriie again issued his imperial command to the world, and Nitta (Nita) Shiro Tadatsune (Tadatana) of Izu Province came forward to leave a large estate for his two children, dressed in fine attire, and went to Hitoana, where he encountered the Great Bodhisattva Fuji Sengen in the form of a poisonous snake. Three times a day and night, he presented the precious sword and sword that Yoriie had given to the poisonous snake, which was causing pain in all six senses. The Great Bodhisattva then transformed from a poisonous snake into a boy and guided Nitta to the six realms of hell, hungry ghost, animal, asura, human, and heaven.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

御伽草子。《仁田四郎》《富士の人穴草子》ともいう。正治年間(1199‐1201)，和田平太胤長は源頼家の命を受け，見知る者のない富士の人穴に入るが，十二単衣に身を飾り機を織る女房が現れ出て追い返されてしまう。頼家は御諚を再び天下に下し，伊豆国の新田(仁田)四郎忠常(忠綱)が2人の子のために十分な所領を残そうと名乗り出て，りっぱな装束に身をかため人穴に赴き，毒蛇の姿の富士浅間大菩薩に遇う。夜昼3度ずつ六根に苦しみを持つ毒蛇に，頼家から賜った重宝の太刀，刀を献上すると，大菩薩は毒蛇から童子に変化し，新田を地獄，餓鬼，畜生，修羅，人，天の六道に案内する。

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