Furisode-no-kaiThe Furisode That Burned Edo: The Furisode Fire
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Detailed Description
The *Furisode-no-kai* is characterized by the fact that it is an "anomaly where an object and a disaster become one," lacking the form of a specific yokai. Its core consists of a dual structure: on the inside, there is the curse of an object where a *furisode* imbued with the thoughts of the dead takes the life of its new owner (a passion akin to a *tsukumogami*); on the outside, there is the great disaster where the fire burning the *furisode* loses control and burns down the entire city. The former is a typical example of the many "cursed garments and mementos" tales in Edo, while the latter is the real historical tragedy of the Great Fire of Meireki. The originality of this ghost story lies in stitching the two together. For the residents of Edo, fires were the greatest terror. While praised as "Fires and brawls are the flowers of Edo," once a fire spread, the wooden cityscape easily turned to ashes. The *Furisode-no-kai* can be said to be a product of imagination unique to urban ghost stories, translating that terror into an easily digestible tale of a single garment's fate, giving a face and a reason to an indiscriminate disaster.
Source Information
種類全体の出典primary
本妙寺(本郷丸山)火元伝承
著者: (本妙寺・明暦大火供養塔)
出版社: 火元引受説など。現·東京都豊島区巣鴨
種類全体の出典primary
明暦の大火
著者: (史実・災害史)
年代: 1657
出版社: 明暦3年正月18日出火、俗称・振袖火事・丸山火事
種類全体の出典primary
むさしあぶみ
著者: 浅井了意
年代: 1661
出版社: 仮名草子。明暦の大火の惨状を挿絵入りで記す
Personality
A garment condensed with obsession and regret, stealing the lives of its young owners as if sucking them dry, and raging as flames even when burned.
Compatibility
古着・形見の衣を粗略に扱う者、火の用心を怠る者に祟るとされ、丁重な供養を尽くす者には鎮まると語られる。
Abilities & Skills
Weaknesses
Repose of souls through respectful memorial services and sutra chanting. Fire prevention and destructive firefighting to prevent spreading (the establishment of firebreaks and broad streets (*hiroke*) were lessons learned from this great fire).
診断評価
妖怪相性診断
喜び
0.0喜びと楽しさの程度
📝 メモ
悲劇と無念から生じた死と祟りの器物であり喜びはない
怒り
10.0怒りの激しさの程度
📝 メモ
焼かれて狂風と共に江戸中を焼き尽くし十万の死者を出す圧倒的な怒りと破壊力
慈悲深い
0.0慈悲深さの程度
📝 メモ
無差別に十万人を巻き込む巨大な災厄であり慈悲は皆無である
憂鬱
9.0憂鬱で思慮深い程度
📝 メモ
若くして死んだ娘たちの無念や恋い焦がれて死んだ深い悲哀が怨念の核となっている
静寂
0.0内なる平静の程度
📝 メモ
静けさとは無縁であり炎となって荒れ狂う動乱の極致である
いたずら好き
1.0いたずら好きで活発な程度
📝 メモ
器物として次々と持ち主の元へ巡る不気味さはあるが遊び心とは対極の祟り
やさしい
0.0やさしく親しみやすい程度
📝 メモ
次々と持ち主の娘を殺し江戸を焦土と化す極めて残忍で容赦のない怪異
厳格
2.0厳格で真面目な程度
📝 メモ
個人的な情念と執着から暴走する怪火であり秩序だった厳格さはない
守護的
0.0他者を守る傾向
📝 メモ
守護の性質はなくすべてを無差別に破壊し尽くす火災の権化
神秘的
7.0神秘的で不思議な程度
📝 メモ
ただの古着がいかにして江戸を焼く大火に発展したかという都市怪談としての不気味さ
霊性の深さ
8.0精神的境界の深さ
📝 メモ
江戸という巨大都市を焼き尽くした集合的な業と災厄の記憶を一枚の衣に凝縮している
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