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A study of <Hime Daruma> in Ehime Japan No, Sung-Hwan This paper is about the research on the origin and the feature of Hime Daruma in the Ehime prefecture. It is believed that Hime Daruma was originated from the Kouno Machitoki or Empress Jingu. Recently, however there are strong signs that Empress Jingu’s legend is gaining ground. Because of this, it is very hard to hear the story of the Kouno machitoki’s legend from the local people. Even though these perspectives are from the Ancient times and Middle-Ages, is a the making of Hime daruma begins from the Meiji period. The Empress Jingu’s legend, successful story of the overseas invasion arrested politicians and public attention during the Meiji period. In fact, the Hachiman beliefs and Empress Jingu’s legend starts to be reproduced and spread all over the Japan from this time. The Ehime region is the place where many Hachiman shrines and Empress Jingu’s legends are located across Japan. From these historical and regional characteristics, Ehime’s Hime Daruma is originated from the Empress Jingu’s legend.

姫達磨(Himedaruma), 愛媛(Ehime), 神功皇后(jingukogo), 松山(Matsuyama), 道後(Dogo)