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INDONESIA-TANGERANG-CHINESE NEW YEAR-LANTERN DECORATION-MAKING

(240122) -- TANGERANG, Jan. 22, 2024 (Xinhua) -- Workers make lantern decorations for the upcoming Chinese New Year at Tengu Decoration workshop in Tangerang, Banten Province, Indonesia, Jan. 22, 2024. (Xinhua/Agung Kuncahya B.)

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Women carry ''Tengu'' portable shrine

NUMATA, Japan - About 200 women carry a portable shrine featuring ''tengu (long-nosed goblin) at the annual ''Tengu Mikoshi'' festival in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 3.

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Kokugaku scholar Hirata Atsutane featured in national history museum

CHIBA, Japan - A special exhibition to explore the renowned ''kokugaku'' (national learning) scholar Hirata Atsutane has opened at the National Museum of Japanese History, featuring hundreds of materials previously not shown to the public. Photo shows a painting depicting the world of Tengu, or the long-nosed Japanese mountain goblins, based on Atsutane's recollection of the story of a boy who said he had seen the world of Tengu.

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Kokugaku scholar Hirata Atsutane featured in national history mu

CHIBA, Japan - A special exhibition to explore the renowned ''kokugaku'' (national learning) scholar Hirata Atsutane has opened at the National Museum of Japanese History, featuring hundreds of materials previously not shown to the public. Photo shows a painting depicting the world of Tengu, or the long-nosed Japanese mountain goblins, based on Atsutane's recollection of the story of a boy who said he had seen the world of Tengu. (Kyodo)

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Hiroshige - 53 Stations of the Tokaido - Print 13

13 Namazu - Travellers walking along the river bank, lined with trees, towards the village ahead, under a huge full moon in a deep blue sky, one of them carrying on his back a large Tengu mask, the mark of a pilgrim to the Shinto shrine of Kompira on Shikoku Island. Dark forest of trees on further shore of river. Utagawa Hiroshige (1797 - 1858). The Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido - Hoeido edition (1831-4) Date: 1831 - 1834

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Bellflowers bloom on Mt. Takao in Tokyo suburb

Bellflowers bloom on Mt. Takao in suburban Tokyo on June 22, 2015. The legend has it that a "tengu" long-nosed goblin lives on Mt. Takao, which can be reached from central Tokyo by an hour-long train ride. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Women carry ''Tengu'' portable shrine

NUMATA, Japan - About 200 women carry a portable shrine featuring ''tengu (long-nosed goblin) at the annual ''Tengu Mikoshi'' festival in Numata, Gunma Prefecture, on Aug. 3. (Kyodo)

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Site of Yoshinaka s castle at Nakasendo Miyanokoshi

Kiso River runs to the fore, and the mountain to the rear is the Komagatake which is located to the north of the Kiso range. The peak of Komagateke is formed of the Main peak, middle peak, front peak, and Hokendake etc., and especially the Tengu Rock of Hokendake is famous for its rare shape.==Date:unknown, Place:Nagano, Photo:Kusakabe Kinbei, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number38‐20‐0]

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Daiyuzan saijoji temple

A photo taken at Saijoji Temple, Mt. Daiyu (located in present-day Minami Ashigara City). Priests, chigo (children in a Buddhist procession) and donated bells are seen in the photo. The tengu (long-nosed goblin) is the symbol of Mt. Daiyu. This statue does not exist at present, probably due to contribution to the government during World WarⅡ. This photo may date back to the mid-Meiji era. Chigo wore hakama (long kimono trousers) before World WarⅡ.==Date:unknown, Place:Minamiashigara, Photo:Ogawa Kazumasa, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number5‐27‐0]

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Tengu legendary creature in Japan

Photo taken Dec. 20, 2019, shows a statue of the head of Tengu, a creature from Japanese folklore, in front of Eizan Railway's Kurama Station in Kyoto. Children gathered for a photography event before the removal of the aging statue, a symbol of the area located near the legendary abode of the creatures on Mt. Kurama. A new statue has already been installed there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tengu legendary creature in Japan

Photo taken Dec. 20, 2019, shows a statue of the head of Tengu, a creature from Japanese folklore, in front of Eizan Railway's Kurama Station in Kyoto. Children gathered for a photography event before the removal of the aging statue, a symbol of the area located near the legendary abode of the creatures on Mt. Kurama. A new statue has already been installed there. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Mt. Fuji climbing season begins

A man dressed as a Tengu mountain spirit cuts sacred straw festoon with an ax during a ceremony at Komitake Shrine located at the fifth station on the Yamanashi Prefecture side of Mt. Fuji on July 1, 2019, to pray for safety as the climbing season starts at Japan's tallest mountain. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo