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285 APPENDIX SIX Scrolls and Votive Tablets with Infanticide Scenes DATED Daienji (Katashina-mura, 1809) Jōsenji (Shirakawa-shi, 1809) Sōkeiin (Ōzu-shi, 1814) Jōkōji (Kawanishi-machi, 1824; now lost) Kokushōji (Kawanishi-machi, 1824; now lost) Kōtokuji (Kawanishi-machi, 1824; now lost) Shakuzenji (Kawanishi-machi, 1824; now lost) Taiheiji (Minaminasu-machi, 1825) Anzan Inari Shrine (Utsunomiya-shi, 1826) Kyūdenji (Ishinomaki-shi, 1826; now lost) Rakumanji (Narita-shi, 1840) Mobara Kannondō (Utsunomiya-shi, 1843) Shōrenji (Ōta-shi, 1844) Shinkōji Yakushidō (Shibukawa-shi, 1846) Guzeiin (Kashiwa-shi, 1847) Haba Hie Shrine (Minamikami-machi, 1847) Fukiya Yakushidō (Shibukawa-shi, 1852) Chikatsu Shrine (Tochigi-shi, 1856) Jōkōji (Haga-machi, 1857) Shimoyama Jizōdō (Minamiaizu-machi, 1858) Tsutsumidai Kosodate Enmei Jizōson (Noda-shi, 1863) Taiyūji (Minamisanriku-machi, 1864) Kasamoriji (Chōnan-machi, 1889) Dōunji (Date-shi, 1894) Fukugonji (Date-shi, 1894) Ontokuji (Iide-machi, 1894) Senseiin (Date-shi, 1895) Doppara Jizōdō (Sakura-shi, 1897) NO DATE Banshū Kiyomizudera (Katō-shi, probably before 1650; original location in the Kantō) Hōrinji (Takasaki-shi, 1850s) Hōshōji (Utsunomiya-shi, now lost) Kannonji (Shōō-machi, described in 1878; now lost) Kansenji (Shichigashuku-machi, abortion scene) Kichijōji (Iidemachi, after 1826 and before 1894) Kikusuiji (Chichibu-shi) Kuriyama Kannondō (Tsukubamirai-shi, survival not confirmed) PICTURES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF INFANTICIDE SCROLLS AND EMA In addition to the sources below, municipal histories, museum catalogues, and the employees of town halls provided invaluable help in locating the tablets and scrolls. In viewing the artifacts , I have relied on the assistance of priests, private owners, shrine attendants, the staff of local town halls, and museum curators, especially Jingū Yoshihiko of the Gunma Prefectural Museum. Individual Authors Abe and Nagamura, eds., Zusetsu Tochigi-ken no rekishi, 180; Aida and Ōishi, eds., Edo jidai hitozukuri fudoki 10, 150; Chiba and Ōtsu, Mabiki to mizuko, 65–78; Irie, Tochigi-ken no kyōikushi, frontispiece; Ishihara and Iino, Zusetsu Takasaki no rekishi, 139; Komatsu, “Utsunomiya shinai”; Kuno, “Mabiki-zu ni miru kogoroshi no hōhō” and “E wo yomu shiten”; Matsuzaki, “Tōhoku chihō no mabiki-e”; Morikuri, “Mizuko kuyō,” 99; Nakahachi, Yōikukun; Nan’yō-shi Yuzuru-no-sato, eds., Nan’yō no ema, 17; Obukata, “Mabiki ema shōkō”; Ono, Satō, and Manome, eds., Zusetsu Iwaki no rekishi, 151; Sakamoto, “Gunma no kogaeshi ema”; Sakurai, “Mabiki to datai,” 101; Sutō, Ōema shūsei, 84 and 187; Takahashi, Nihon jinkōshi 1, 444, 709–711. Museum Catalogs Fukushima Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, eds., Sei no naka no shi, 29–35; Gunma Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, eds., Gunma no ema; Ibaraki Kenritsu Rekishikan, eds., Inori no rekishi to minzoku ema, 69–71; Iwate Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, eds., Sei to shi to, 56; Matsudo-shi Hakubutsukan, eds., Sukui no minzoku, 36, 59; Sendai-shi Hakubutsukan, eds., Sendai-shi Hakubutsukan tenji zuroku, image 192; Tochigi Kenritsu Hakubutsukan, eds., Tochigi no ema; and Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan, eds., Bijutsu no naka no kodomotachi, 86. Local Histories Abiko shishi shiryō kinsekibun-hen 3, 20; Chiba-ken no rekishi shiryōhen Kin-Gendai, 15; Fujisawa chōshi, 522; Hanayama sonshi, 238; Katashina sonshi, 232; Komemaki sonshi, 176; Nakaminato shishi Kinsei, 24; Ojima chōshi tsūshihen, frontispieces; Shibukawa shishi 2 tsūshihen Genshi-Kinsei, frontispiece; Tochigi kenshi tsūshihen 5, 1072; Ujiie chōshi minzoku, 249; Zusetsu Hitachi shishi, 101. Manganji (Inashiki-shi) Narita Fudōdō (Fukushima-shi) Nichirinji (Maebashi-shi) Onahama Sumiyoshi Shrine (Iwaki-shi) Sarugakyō Jūni Shrine (Minamikamimachi ) Seiganji Rakandō (Ōshū-shi, before ca. 1840; survival not confirmed) Seimonji (Adachi-ku, possibly a modern copy of Tokumanji [see below]) Sengen Shrine (Sayama-shi) Shōgenji (Tendō-shi, probably after 1826 and before 1894) Shōrenji (Ōta-shi) Sōjiji (Yokohama-shi; not original location) Taiheiji (Minaminasu-machi) Tokumanji (Tone-machi) Yamamoto Kannondō (Fukushima-shi; 1950s copy of Senseiin, 1895 [see above]) Yasaki Yakushidō (Shibukawa-shi, 1870s) 286 APPENDIX 6 ...

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