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[[Image:Kuniyoshi The Dragon Princess.jpg|thumb|240px|Dragon Woman and Tawara Tōda. Centipede of Mt. Mikami (above).{{right|{{small|―[[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]] 1845, ''Tokaidō gojūsantsui: Kusatsu''}}}}]]
[[Image:Yoshitoshi Fujiwara no Hidesato.jpg|thumb|200px|Hidesato aiming his shoot at the giant centipede.{{right|{{small|―[[Tsukioka Yoshitoshi]] 1890.}}}}]]

{{nihongo|'''''The Tale of Tawara Tōda'''''|俵藤太物語|'''''Tawara Tōda monogatari'''''}} is a Japanese heroic tale recounting the legendary exploits of [[Fujiwara no Hidesato]]. It is part of the ''[[otogi-zōshi]]'' genre of tales dating to the [[Edo Period]] or earlier. Some of the fabulous accounts are also told in the [[Gunki monogatari|military pseudo-chronicle]], ''[[Taiheiki]]'' (14th century).

Hidesato used a [[bow and arrow]] to kill a giant centipede (''[[ōmukade|mukade]]'') wrapped around a mountain near [[Lake Biwa]], fulfilling the request of a serpent at a bridge, which turned out to be a court lady (or Dragon King) from the underwater {{nihongo||龍宮城|[[Ryūgū-jō]]|extra2="Dragon Palace"}}. The hero was entertained at the palace and received rewards including armor and sword, and an inexhaustible bag of rice.{{efn|Or rice sack ({{illm|Tawara (container)|lt=''tawara''|ja|俵}}).}}

'''"My Lord Bag-O'-Rice"'''  is English-translated title of [[Basil Hall Chamberlain]]'s retelling, published as a [[fairy tale]] (1887). This was later followed by [[Yei Theodora Ozaki]]'s translation "'''My Lord Bag of Rice'''" (1903) based on {{illm|Iwaya Sazanami|ja|巌谷小波}}'s retelling.

== Setting ==
The story is set in [[Ōmi Province]] ([[Shiga Prefecture]]), and begins with a large serpent lying on {{illm|Seta Bridge|ja|瀬田の唐橋}} on the brink of [[Lake Biwa]]. The serpent, which later assumes human form, conveys Hidesato to the Dragon Palace, which can be reached through the depths of this Lake.{{sfnp|Kimbrough|2018}}{{sfnp|Visser|1913|pp=191–192}}

There is a Shinto shrine near the Seta Bridge at Lake Biwa where people have venerated Tawara Tōda.{{sfnp|Visser|1913|p=191}}

== Personage ==
{{nihongo|Tawara Tōda|俵藤太|extra=lit. 'Rice-bag Tōda'}} is a name that plays a [[pun]] between ''[[Wikt:tawara|tawara]]'' meaning 'straw rice-bag; straw barrel' and {{nihongo||田原|Tawara}}, a [[proper noun|proper name]] (which may be a [[Japanese name|person's name]] or a place name). It was the nickname given to the historical [[Fujiwara no Hidesato]] who flourished in the first half of the 10th century and participated in the suppression of the rebel usurper [[Taira no Masakado]].<ref>{{harvp|Visser|1913|loc=p. 191, 192 and note 3}}</ref>

The nickname is sometimes styled "Tawara [no] Tōta".<ref name=foster/>

== Summary ==
The hero's centipede-slaying legend as contained in the ''Tawara Tōda monogatari'' ("The Tale of Tawara Tōda") was widely circulated and read during the early [[Edo Period]] (17th century), when the text was being copied in picture scrolls (''[[emaki]]'') and appearing in [[Otogizōshi]] type woodblock-printed (and hand-copied) books.{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|The Tawara Tōda story is not one of the 23 pieces listed in the more stringent definition of ''otogizōshi''. But it has been printed under the ''otogizōshi'' anthology.{{r|knbt19}} {{harvp|Araki|1981}} also discusses it as an ''otogizōshi'' narrative, in the broader sense.}}{{sfnp|Araki|1981|pp=1–2}}{{sfnp|Kimbrough|2018}} A summary of the ''monogatari'' version is as follows:

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Fujiwara no Hidesato confronted the large serpent which lay on {{illm|Seta Bridge|ja|瀬田の唐橋}} in [[Ōmi Province]] disrupting travelers. Undaunted by this twelve horned snake measuring 200 feet,{{efn|20 ''jō'' ([[wikt:丈|丈]]).}} the hero stepped on its back and crossed over, continuing onward. That night he was visited by a young woman who proclaimed to be the transformation of the serpent. Near [[Lake Biwa]] where she lived, a huge centipede took up residence on [[Mount Mikami]], and was devouring beasts and fish and even her own kindred.
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{{Block indent|1=Hidesato accepted her plea to eradicate this creature, and went to Seta. When the centipede came slinking down, it appeared as if two or three thousand torches were descending the mountain. Hidesato shot two arrows which failed to lodge, but when he laid spittle on the third arrow and prayed to his patron [[Hachiman]] deity it struck a grievous blow. Hidesato approached the creature{{Efn|Which had a head like an ox-demon (''[[gyūki]]'')}} and hacked it to pieces.{{Efn|Presumably with his heirloom sword which he had brought.}}
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{{Block indent|1=The dragon woman was elated and gave him magical gifts: undiminishing bolts of silk, inexhaustible rice bag, and a [[shakudō|crimson copper]] pan of plenty (or "pot of alloyed gold and copper"{{sfnp|Dykstra|Kurata|2000|p=76}}). It was on account of the rice bag ({{illm|Tawara (container)|lt=''tawara''|ja|俵}}) that Hidesato received the nickname Tawara Tōda. The dragon woman took him to the Dragon-Palace ([[Ryūgū-jō|Ryūgū]]), where he was entertained and lavished with additional gifts from the Dragon King.{{Efn|The ''monogatari'' version elaborates that this was [[Sāgara (Dragon King)|Sāgara the Dragon King]] who (in [[Buddhism]]) was one of the {{illm|Eight Great Dragon Kings|ja|八大竜王}} (among the [[Eight Legions]]).}} Hidesato was given armor and sword, and a crimson copper bell. Hidesato subsequently donated this bell to [[Mii-dera]] temple at the foot of [[Mount Hiei]].{{sfnp|Araki|1981|p=2}}{{sfnp|Kimbrough|2018}}{{r|knbt19}}{{efn|A legend concerning [[Benkei]] is attached to the bell. See below.}}
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The ''monogatari'' version probably derives from earlier accounts of Hidesato's centipede slaying described in the 14th-century ''[[Taiheiki]]'', expanded with layers of legendary and religious (Buddhist) motifs.{{sfnp|Araki|1981|pp=3–4}} The above summary is not the entirety of ''Tawara Tōda monogatari'', which contains a second part where the hero triumphs over [[Taira no Masakado]], despite the latter having an iron body which was invulnerable except at the [[Temple (anatomy)|temples]] on his head<!--蟀谷(komekami)-->, and having six ghostly doubles of himself.{{sfnp|Araki|1981|pp=3–4}}

=== Taiheiki version ===
The 14th-century ''[[Taiheiki]]'' records a much earlier version of this legend about Hidesato,<ref>''Taiheiki'', Book 15 [[:ja:s:太平記/巻第十五|太平記 巻第十五]], Chapter 118 "About the Battle of Miidera Temple, etc. 三井寺合戦並当寺撞鐘事付俵藤太事".</ref>{{sfnp|Dykstra|Kurata|2000|p=61}} but instead of the dragon turning into a beautiful woman, it transforms into a "strange small man"{{sfnp|Dykstra|Kurata|2000|p=61}} – the [[Dragon King]] himself.{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|In the ''Taiheiki'' it is not explicit that the "small man" and the "Dragon God" (not "Dragon King" in original text) are the same personage, so this must be inferred. The small man changes into wearing a {{nihongo||冠|kanmuri|extra2="crown"}} but this headdress is worn by various officials, not just the monarch.}}{{sfnp|Visser|1913|p=192}}{{r|shigehara}} And here, Hidesato is invited to the Dragon Palace first and thereafter combats the centipede that attacks the aquatic realm.{{sfnp|Dykstra|Kurata|2000|p=61}}{{sfnp|Friday|2008|pp=157-158}} Here the inexhaustible silk and rice bag are received from the Dragon King,{{efn|Rather than the Dragon Woman, as in the ''monogatari'' version}} but not the copper alloy pan/pot, only the copper temple-bell.{{sfnp|Friday|2008|pp=157-158}}

=== Other attestations ===
{{Further|Fujiwara no Hidesato#Legendary arms}}

A version (similar to the ''monogatari'') appears in {{Nihongo||本朝怪談故事|Honchō kaidan koji}}<!--changing kwaidan to modern revised Hepburn--> (1711) as pointed out by Dutch Japanologist {{illm|Marinus Willem de Visser|de|Marinus Willem de Visser}}.{{sfnp|Visser|1913|pp=191–192}}

The centipede coiled seven and a half turns around Mount Mikami according to popular tradition.{{r|foster}} An early written mention of this occurs in the [[chorography|area guidebook]] ''Ōmi yochi shiryaku'' (1723).<ref>{{citation|last=Sangawa<!--or Samukawa--> |first=Tokikiyo 寒川辰清 |script-title=ja:巻之卅九 秀郷社 |title=Book39: Hidesato (no) yashiro <!--or Hidesatosha--> |work=Ōmi yochi shiryaku 近江輿地志略 : 校定頭註 |publisher=Seinō Insatsu<!--西濃印刷出版部-->|year=1915|url=http://dl.ndl.go.jp/info:ndljp/pid/950934/284 |pages=466–468|language=ja}}</ref>

The name {{nihongo|Chikushi|遅来矢}} has been ascribed to the sword given by the Dragon King in the ''[[Wakan Sansai Zue|Wakan sansai zue]]''<!--和漢三才図会--> encyclopedia (1712) and the {{illm|Tōkaidō meisho zue|ja|東海道名所図会|lt=''Tōkaidō meisho zue''}} almanac (1797).{{Efn|This sword was passed down the {{illm|Akahori clan|ja|赤堀氏}}, these sources add.}}{{r|wakan-sansai-zue}}{{r|tokaido-meisho-zue}}<ref>Noted by {{harvp|Shida|1941|p=5}}</ref>

Hidesato's alleged armor from the Dragon Palace bore the similarly scripted name {{nihongo|Hiraishi|避来矢}} according to the ''Ujisatoki'' (before 1713{{r|owada}}).{{Efn|This armor was passed down {{illm|Sano clan|ja|佐野氏}} of [[Shimotsuke Province]], the ''Ujisatoki'' adds.}}<ref>{{harvp|Shida|1941|p=7}}: "the characters are extremely similar 文字が甚だよく似てゐる"</ref>{{r|ujisatoki-kondo}}<ref>Noted by [[Minakata Kumagusu]] (1916) ''[https://www.aozora.gr.jp/cards/000093/files/1916_29070.html Jūnishikō: Tawara Tōda ryūgū-iri no hanashi 十二支考 田原藤太竜宮入りの話]''; {{harvp|Nakamura|1971|p=214}}</ref> {{nihongo|Hiraishi|平石}}, an armor with the [[homophone|same-sounding]] but differently written name, is listed as a gift of Dragon Palace in [[Arai Hakuseki]]'s ''Honchō gunkikō'' (1709); this work mentions a second armor {{nihongo|Muromaru|室丸}} being obtained as well.{{r|honcho-gunkiko-armour}}<ref>Noted by {{harvp|Shida|1941|p=7}}; {{harvp|Nakamura|1971|p=214}}.</ref>

Although not an attestation of the entire story, a sword named {{nihongo|{{illm|Mukadegiri|ja|蜈蚣切}}|蚣切|extra2="Centepede-cutter"}} purportedly owned by Hidesato according to the inscription borne on its [[Tang (tools)|tang]] was bequeathed to the [[Ise Shrine]].{{r|yawata}} The Ise Shrine ({{illm|Jingū Chōkokan Museum|ja|神宮徴古館|lt=Chōkokan Museum}}) also houses a {{illm|kenuki gata|ja|毛抜形太刀|lt=''kenuki gata''}} or "tweezer type" that allegedly belonged to Hidesato.{{r|sato-kanzan}}{{Refn|group="lower-alpha"|The Chōkokan Museum editors surmised that this particular {{illm|Kenuki gata (Ise)|ja|毛抜形太刀 (重要文化財工第1354号)|lt=''kenuki gata'' sword (Ise)}} was the very sword that was heirloom to the {{illm|Akahori clan|ja|赤堀氏}}, to which was attached the legend of it being the gift of the Dragon Palace.{{r|jinguchokokan1941}}}}
[[File:Tatsu 辰(Dragon) (BM 2008,3037.06405).jpg|thumb|alt=Benkei draggin the bell|Benkei dragging the bell]]
There is a legendary incident concerning the bell donated by Tawara Tōda to Mii-dera', which was serving as the ''[[bonshō]]''-bell to tell the hour. It happened centuries later, when [[Musashibō Benkei]] captured and dragged it up the mountain to  Eizan ([[Enryaku-ji]]), but the bell failed to toll properly. Thus the bell has been returned and has so remained at the rightful temple.<ref name=iwaya1914-eng/>{{sfnp|Junker von Langegg|1880|pp=155–156}}

=== Fairy tale translations ===
An English version of the tale entitled "My Lord Bag-O'-Rice" (1887) was translated by [[Basil Hall Chamberlain]], and published as Japanese Fairy Tale Series No. 15 by [[Hasegawa Takejirō]].<ref>{{WorldCat|oclc=7082393|name=''My lord Bag-o'-Rice'' (Basil Hall Chamberlain translation)}} (1887)</ref><ref>Reprint: {{citation|last=Chamberlain |first=Basil Hall |title=My lord Bag-o'-Rice |place=London and Sydney |publisher=ondon : Griffith, Farran & Co. ; Sidney |date=1892–1896 |url=https://archive.org/details/mylordbagorice00chamiala/}}</ref>

An ''otogibanashi'' (Japanese fairy tale) version entitled {{nihongo|"Tawara Tōda"|「俵藤太」 |extra2=<!--"Rice-bag Tōda"-->}}, retold by {{illm|Iwaya Sazanami|ja|巌谷小波}} appeared in the 1890s.<ref>{{harvp|Iwaya|1896}}; {{harvp|Iwaya|1927|pp=147-158}}</ref> Subsequently, "My Lord Bag of Rice" was included in ''Japanese Fairy Tales'' (1903) anthologized by [[Yei Theodora Ozaki]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Ozaki|first=Yei Theodora |author-link=Yei Theodora Ozaki |chapter=My Lord Bag of Rice |title=Japanese Fairy Tales |location=Westminster |publisher=Archibald Constable & Co. |year=1903 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V_RyPbadxJgC&pg=PA1|pages=1–11 }}</ref>{{r|dunne}} Ozaki's version is a retelling based on the rendition by "Sadanami sanjin",{{sfnp|Ozaki|1903|p=v}} the misspelled [[pseudonym|alias]] of Iwaya Sazanami.<ref>{{harvp|Herring|1988|p=100}}: "..»Sadanami«. This name is a misprint of the ''[[nom de plume]]'' of Sazanami Iwaya".</ref> Ozaki's book was illustrated by Kakuzō Fujiyama.{{sfnp|Ozaki|1903|p=v}} Iwaya's version of several fairy tales were later collected, and [[Hannah Riddell]]'s translation, "'''Tawara Toda Hidesato (''Hidesato of the Rice Bale'')'''".<ref name=iwaya1914-eng/>

"My Lord Bag of Rice" is also found in ''A Book of Dragons''<!--link to this book replaced by redirect--> (1965) by [[Ruth Manning-Sanders]], illustrated by [[Robin Jacques]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Manning-Sanders |first=Ruth |author-link=Ruth Manning-Sanders |chapter=My Lord Bag of Rice |title=A Book of Dragons |publisher=Dutton |year=1965 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8HThAAAAMAAJ |pages=38–42|isbn=978-0-416-58110-2 }}</ref>

== Explanatory notes ==
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* {{citation|last=Nakamura |first=Setsu |author-link=<!--中村節--> |script-title=ja:田原藤太竜宮入り伝説の一問題 |title=Tawara Tōda Ryūgū iri densetsu no ichi mondai |journal=Kokubungaku: kaishaku to kanshō<!--國文學 : 解釈と鑑賞--> |volume=36 |number=2 |year=1971 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0yk6AAAAIAAJ |pages=214–220|language=ja}}

* {{citation|last=Shida |first=Gishū 志田義秀|author-link=<!--:ja:志田義秀-->|chapter=1 Tawara Tōda no densetsu 一 俵藤太の傳說 |script-title=ja:日本の伝説と童話 |title=Nihon no densetsu to dōwa |language=ja|publisher=Daitō Shuppansha<!--大東出版社-->|year=1941|chapter-url={{NDLDC|1453466/9}}|pages=3–24|doi=10.11501/1453466|id={{JPNO|53009832}}}}

* {{citation|last=Visser |first=Marinus Willem de |author-link=<!--Marinus Willem de Visser--> |title=The dragon in China and Japan  |location=Amsterdam |publisher=J. Müller |year=1913|url=https://archive.org/stream/cu31924021444728#page/n207/ |pages=191–193}}
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==External links==
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