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Takayama Torakichi

Takayama Torakichi
高山 寅吉
Personal details
Born1806
Edo, Musashi Province, Japan
DiedUnknown
Japan
Atsutane's illustration of the Dance of Seven Lives described by Torakichi (七生舞の図, Shichishōmai no zu)

Takayama Torakichi (Japanese: 高山 寅吉, fl. 1806–1859) was a Japanese street urchin who became known in early 19th century Edo for claiming that he had returned from the other world (幽り世, kakuriyo) and received training in the ways of the tengu.[1] He was sometimes called tengu kozō (天狗小僧, transl. tengu kid).

  1. ^ Hansen, Wilburn N. (September 30, 2008). When Tengu Talk: Hirata Atsutane's Ethnography of the Other World. United States: University of Hawaii Press. ISBN 978-0824832094.

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