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Doku-jin / Dokujin Saimon

Canonical entry drawn from a single source layer in 18_AGGRESSIVE_ARCHIVE_SWEEP_III_v2_6.md.

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.

The work reworks Buddhist expressions into Onmyōdō ritual language and preserves a Five Dragon Kings narrative strand.

This is a good example of ritual translation across religious systems, not simple borrowing.

Translate the complete saimon into English in a parallel-text format: Japanese transcription | literal translation | ritual function | source parallels.