Matsura Sayohime
Legendary heroine in Japanese mythology
About Matsura Sayohime
Matsura Sayohime was a Japanese.
('Lady Sayo of Matsura' Note that "Mimana" is mentioned in the Hizen fudoki version of the legend. But the latter seems to be distinguished by calling it the , i.e. Hashihaka'The Grave of the Chopstick'.
Her supposed petrified remains, an example of a , is housed as the shintai ("body of the kami") at the Sayohime Shrine, an undershrine of Tashima Shrine on .
The noh play, adopts the embellished legend where Sayohime drown herself in the sea while clutching the mirror, instead of just losing it.
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legendary heroine in Japanese mythology
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· Wikipedia: Matsura Sayohime
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