It is an illustration of a continuation of “Kannonkyouwakunzue/ First volume/ 1 / 11.”
The essential portion of this talk should have a look there.
Below, the portion of this illustration is translated freely and indicated.
Those who is called Manabe were in “竹の庄(takeno-syou)” of Matsuyama in Bitchu a long time ago.
The wife hid from the husband and was doing the mountain priest and the extramarital affair.
At a certain time, the husband found out the clandestine meeting of the mountain priest with the wife, and impeached the mountain priest strongly.
A wife rages instantly, will speak ill of a husband, will riot and turn around him, and it will be finally put into her in a prison.
It has raged also in a prison, and it changes to the fearful face as a day passes.
Eyes were hung up, the mouth split to close to his ears, the long fang grew, and hair stood on end.
It had become the incarnation of the snake, living. ”
“People gathered in order to catch this sight.
A demon’s woman says “Say that oneself becomes the Lord of a pond or take yourself out from here.”
Moreover, a drum is struck, and it dances and says “Take to a pond.”
If it did not fulfill a wish, it was threatened that one person did not leave people of this village, either, killed them, and it sank into a pond.
A husband and other persons take out a demon’s woman from a prison reluctantly.
Although taken to the pond by a drum or musical accompaniment, empty became deep-black on the way, and heavy rain shook out.
everybody was afraid, and escaped and whether the demon’s woman went into the pond did not enter — it does not understand a thing.
This is a thing on Masayasu June 8, 2. “
“This is a talk of the devil borne by the acolasia.
In addition, Shoji’s of Masato’s of Hidaka’s daughter became “the woman of the carat ring” of the Noh song with the incarnation of the snake for the acolasia.
There are many such examples even in Japan or China.
If it becomes, and there is a sign of the acolasia, this must be regarded as their being Yasya and Rasetu doing, and it must pray for it to the Goddess of Mercy immediately.
The acolasia is severed by a bodhisattva’s power. ”
「観音経和訓図会/ 上巻/ 11」の続きの挿絵です。このお話の本質的な部分はそちらをご覧下さい。以下には、この挿絵の部分を意訳して記載します。
「昔、備中国の松山の「竹の庄」に真辺（まるべ）という者がいた。その妻が夫の目を盗んで山伏と不倫をしていた。ある時、夫が妻と山伏の密会を探り当て、山伏を強く糾弾した。妻はたちまち怒り狂って夫を罵り、暴れ回ってついには牢に入れられてしまう。牢の中でも怒り狂ったままであり、日が経つにつれて恐ろしい顔に変わっていく。目がつり上がり、口は耳元まで裂け、長い牙が生え、髪が逆立った。生きながら蛇の化身となっていた。」
「人々はこの姿を見るために集まった。鬼女は自らが池の主になると言ったり、自分をここから出せと言う。また、太鼓を叩いて踊りを踊り、池へ連れて行けとも言う。もしも望みを叶えてくれないなら、この里の人々を１人も残さず取殺して池に沈めると脅した。夫も他の人もやむなく牢屋から鬼女を出す。太鼓やお囃子で池へと連れて行くが、途中で空が真っ黒になって大雨が振りだした。皆は恐れて逃げてしまい、鬼女が池に入ったのかは入らなかったのかもわからない。これは正保2年の６月８日のことだ。」
「これが、淫欲から生まれた鬼畜の話である。この他にも、謡曲の「金輪の女」に日高の真郷の庄司の娘が、淫欲のために蛇の化身となった。日本でも中国でもこういった例は多い。ならば、淫欲の兆しがあればこれは夜叉や羅刹の仕業であると思い、一刻も早く観世音に祈らなければならない。菩薩の力で淫欲を断つのだ。」
