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In [[Japanese folklore]], {{nihongo|'''Ryūgū-jō'''|竜宮城, 龍宮城||"Dragon palace castle"}} is the undersea palace of [[Ryūjin]], the dragon [[kami]] of the sea. Depending on the version of the legend, it is built from red and white [[coral]], or from solid [[crystal]]. The inhabitants of the palace were Ryūjin's families and servants, who were [[denization|denizens]] of the sea. In some legends, on each of the four sides of the palace it is a different [[season]], and one day in the palace is equal to a century outside its boundaries. The most famous legend about the palace concerns [[Urashima Tarō]]'s visit to Ryūgū-jō for three days.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kawai|first=Hayao|title=Dreams, Myths and Fairy Tales in Japan|year=1995|publisher=Daimon|isbn=3-85630-544-0|pages=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZQ4zqV88V4C&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason="three days" is not in several of the famous ancient and medieval texts, and three years SEEMS to be more common. This source refers to its account as "[the story's] present form" as though the story had only one form now, which is nonsense as all versions included in extant texts are widely available in print.|date=December 2017}}
In [[Japanese folklore]], {{nihongo|'''Ryūgū-jō'''|竜宮城, 龍宮城||"Dragon palace castle"}} is the undersea palace of [[Ryūjin]], the dragon [[kami]] of the sea. Depending on the version of the legend, it is built from red and white [[coral]], or from solid [[crystal]]. The inhabitants of the palace were Ryūjin's families and servants, who were [[denization|denizens]] of the sea. In some legends, on each of the four sides of the palace it is a different [[season]], and one day in the palace is equal to a century outside its boundaries. The most famous legend about the palace concerns [[Urashima Tarō]]'s visit to Ryūgū-jō for three days.<ref>{{cite book |last=Kawai|first=Hayao|title=Dreams, Myths and Fairy Tales in Japan|year=1995|publisher=Daimon|isbn=3-85630-544-0|pages=107|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dZQ4zqV88V4C&pg=PA107&lpg=PA107#v=onepage&q&f=false}}</ref>{{better source needed|reason="three days" is not in several of the famous ancient and medieval texts, and three years SEEMS to be more common. This source refers to its account as "[the story's] present form" as though the story had only one form now, which is nonsense as all versions included in extant texts are widely available in print.|date=December 2017}}
[[File:Urashima Taro handscroll from Bodleian Library 5.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Urashima Tarō|Urashima]] and [[Toyotama-hime|Otohime]] in the Autumn side of the undersea palace, watching deer. Japanese watercolour from late 16th or early 17th century]][[File:Urashima Taro handscroll from Bodleian Library 6.jpg|thumbnail|left|The Winter side of the palace, with a light snow on the garden]]
[[File:Urashima Taro handscroll from Bodleian Library 5.jpg|thumbnail|right|[[Urashima Tarō|Urashima]] and [[Toyotama-hime|Otohime]] in the Autumn side of the undersea palace, watching deer. Japanese watercolour from late 16th or early 17th century]][[File:Urashima Taro handscroll from Bodleian Library 6.jpg|thumbnail|left|The Winter side of the palace, with a light snow on the garden]]
[[Katase-Enoshima Station]] in [[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], is designed to evoke the feeling of Ryūgū-jō.<ref>{{cite press release |last= |first= |date=12 December 2017 |title=竜宮城の雰囲気を踏襲しながら、ますます便利で快適に片瀬江ノ島駅の改良工事を実施します [Carrying out improvements on Katase-Enoshima Station more conveniently and comfortably while following the feeling of Ryūgū-jō] |url=http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/8728_6535650_.pdf |language=ja |publisher=Odakyu |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171212132101/http://www.odakyu.jp/program/info/data.info/8728_6535650_.pdf |archive-date=12 December 2017 |access-date=10 April 2020}}</ref>
[[Katase-Enoshima Station]] in [[Fujisawa, Kanagawa|Fujisawa]], [[Kanagawa Prefecture]], is designed to evoke the feeling of Ryūgū-jō.


In the [[Ryukyuan religion]], Ryūgū-jō ([[Okinawan language|Okinawan]]: ''Ruuguu'') is the source of fire for all family and village hearths.<ref>George H. Kerr, ''Okinawa: History of an Island People'' (Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958), 36.</ref>
In the [[Ryukyuan religion]], Ryūgū-jō ([[Okinawan language|Okinawan]]: ''Ruuguu'') is the source of fire for all family and village hearths.<ref>George H. Kerr, ''Okinawa: History of an Island People'' (Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958), 36.</ref>

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Katase-Enoshima Station

In Japanese folklore, Ryūgū-jō (竜宮城, 龍宮城, "Dragon palace castle") is the undersea palace of Ryūjin, the dragon kami of the sea. Depending on the version of the legend, it is built from red and white coral, or from solid crystal. The inhabitants of the palace were Ryūjin's families and servants, who were denizens of the sea. In some legends, on each of the four sides of the palace it is a different season, and one day in the palace is equal to a century outside its boundaries. The most famous legend about the palace concerns Urashima Tarō's visit to Ryūgū-jō for three days.[1][better source needed]

Urashima and Otohime in the Autumn side of the undersea palace, watching deer. Japanese watercolour from late 16th or early 17th century
The Winter side of the palace, with a light snow on the garden

Katase-Enoshima Station in Fujisawa, Kanagawa Prefecture, is designed to evoke the feeling of Ryūgū-jō.[2]

In the Ryukyuan religion, Ryūgū-jō (Okinawan: Ruuguu) is the source of fire for all family and village hearths.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ Kawai, Hayao (1995). Dreams, Myths and Fairy Tales in Japan. Daimon. p. 107. ISBN 3-85630-544-0.
  2. ^ "竜宮城の雰囲気を踏襲しながら、ますます便利で快適に片瀬江ノ島駅の改良工事を実施します [Carrying out improvements on Katase-Enoshima Station more conveniently and comfortably while following the feeling of Ryūgū-jō]" (PDF) (Press release) (in Japanese). Odakyu. 12 December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 December 2017. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  3. ^ George H. Kerr, Okinawa: History of an Island People (Tokyo: Charles E. Tuttle Company, 1958), 36.
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