Doku-jin / Dokujin Saimon
Overview
Section titled “Overview”Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 18_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_III_v2_6.md.
Research layers
Section titled “Research layers”Layer 1: Doku-jin / Dokujin Saimon
Section titled “Layer 1: Doku-jin / Dokujin Saimon”Source file:
18_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_III_v2_6.md
Japanese: 土公神祭文
Source: Yoshikawa Family Documents, H679-8-108
Composition: 1642 in Nanto/Nara according to study
Class: EARTH-DEITY RITUAL TEXT
The 2024 study provides a transcription and identifies the text as an Onmyōdō ritual composition inherited by the Yoshikawa family.
Notable doctrinal feature
Section titled “Notable doctrinal feature”The work reworks Buddhist expressions into Onmyōdō ritual language and preserves a Five Dragon Kings narrative strand.
Importance
Section titled “Importance”This is a good example of ritual translation across religious systems, not simple borrowing.
Next task
Section titled “Next task”Translate the complete saimon into English in a parallel-text format: Japanese transcription | literal translation | ritual function | source parallels.