A museum of traditional life in Tono. Its Oshira-do hall houses about 1,000 Oshirasama figures dressed in layers of cloth. It also has a memorial hall to Sasaki Kizen, the storyteller of The Legends of Tono.
Legend Site
Densho-en (Oshira-do Hall)
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| Encyclopedia | Oshirasama |
|---|---|
| Location | Iwate Tono |
| Type of place | Historic site or landmark |
| Map position | Approximate position (Municipality), not the exact place |
A household deity worshipped in old families of the Tohoku region: a pair of mulberry-wood figures with the faces of a horse and a girl, dressed in layers of cloth. The Legends of Tono records the tale of a tragic love between a horse and a girl from which silkworms were born.