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'''Masakado's Shadow'''<br/>The body double of Taira no Masakado, which appears in the Otogizoshi.<br/>It is said there were seven doubles, or perhaps seven total with the real one included. This number comes from Myoken worship. In the Otogizoshi, the doubles were created from straw dolls, but there are legends which say the doubles were vassals who sacrificed themselves for their lord. | '''Masakado's Shadow'''<br/>The body double of Taira no Masakado, which appears in the Otogizoshi.<br/>It is said there were seven doubles, or perhaps seven total with the real one included. This number comes from Myoken worship. In the Otogizoshi, the doubles were created from straw dolls, but there are legends which say the doubles were vassals who sacrificed themselves for their lord. | ||
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|smt5v= | |smt5v=A general who rebelled against the Imperial Court in the mid-Heian period: Taira no Masakado. | ||
He succeeded in ruling Kanto and declared himself emperor, but was later defeated by Fujiwara no Hidesato and Taira no Sadamori. After death, he was enshrined as a vengeful spirit, but was later viewed as a hero and became revered as a guardian deity of the Kanto region, where he has remained to this day. | |||
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