Folklorist's Notes 4

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Folklorist's Notes 4


Kanji 民俗学者の手記 四
みんぞく がくしゃ の しゅき よん
Game Fatal Frame: Maiden of Black Water
Author Keiji Watarai
Chapter Fifth Drop: The Veiled House
Located at Watarai Residence, Archives
Obtained On the bookshelf
Description Notes written by Keiji Watarai, the folklorist. They talk about death on the mountain.
Additional Description There was an old notebook on the bookshelf. It seems to be about death on the mountain.
Related Notes Folklorist's Notes 1, Folklorist's Notes 2, Folklorist's Notes 3, Folklorist's Notes 5, Folklorist's Notes 6, Folklorist's Notes 7, Folklorist's Notes 8

The waters of this mountain are beautiful. A large volume of water flows from a lake at the summit, becoming rivers and waterfalls and enveloping the mountain in mist. Water covers everything; it is the source of this mountain's beauty, as well as its sense of mystery.

According to local tradition, Mt. Hikami is where one could die a "proper" death.

It has long been considered a spiritual spot, and the subject of much worship, making it a righteous destination for those seeking death.

The Mt. Hikami sect taught that, upon dying, people "return" to water.

Here on the mountain, water is considered the source of the soul. A person's soul is then said to return to water upon death, rather than moving on to an afterlife.

Those ready for death would gather at the mountain and return their lives to the water.

Water connects everything.

To look at this scenery, I can understand how it has become a spiritual place: a place fit for passing from this world.

I'm glad I came here.

The people on this mountain have a yearning for death. That is to say, they have a yearning for water, and a yearning for nature.

Life and death are both connected to water.

この山の水は美しい。
それは水質の良さなどというものではない。
山頂の湖から流れ落ちる大量の水は、
川となり、滝となり、山を包む霧となる。
この湿度を含む全ての水が、この山の
神秘、そして美しさの源泉だと感じる。

日上山周辺につたわる伝承によると、
かつては、この山で死ぬことは正しい
とされていたという。


この山は文字通り霊山であり、山岳信仰
の対象となっていた。

「日上山信仰」とは、ヒトは死ぬ時に、
この山の水に帰る、という教えだった。

それは山上他界ではなく、この山の
「水」は魂そのものであり、人々は
その一部へと「帰る」のだ。


死を覚悟した人々はこの山へと集い、
そして、ここで命を水へと帰す。

すべては水でつながっている。

この風景を見ていると、ここが霊域
とされ、そして、この山で死ぬこと、
水へと帰ることが正しい、とされた
理由も理解できる。


ここに来て良かった。

この山の世界観には、死への憧憬がある。
それはつまり、この山の水への憧憬であり、
自然への憧憬でもあるのだ。

生も、死も、水で繋がっている。

Collected Items
Letter from Fuyuhi - Fuyuhi's Notes - Messy Notes - Suicide Note - Haruka's Notes - Drenched Note - Notes from Miku - The Doll Memorial - Shrine of Dolls - Folklorist's Notes - Water-design Journal - Dr. Aso's Records - Book Next to the Hair - Shiragiku's Journal - Notes Left Behind - Yuri's Notebook - Rui's Journal - Hisoka's Letter - Hisoka's Journal - Kazuya's Notes - Note from Miu - Note from Ren - Black Diary - White Diary - Bloodstained Notes - Lost Item Case Files - Missing Persons Reports - Yuri's Report - The Art of Shadow Reading - Mt. Hikami's Downfall - The Deathly Mountain - Suicide at Mt. Hikami - Unfinished Manuscript - The Maiden Slayer - Cave-in Record - The Veiled House (Report) - Local Customs - Tales of Photography - The Ghost Marriage - The Female Perspective - Tales of the Sunset - Shrine on the Water - In the Reliquaries - On the Shadowborn - Ghost Brides - Water & Mt. Hikami - Water, Life, and Death - The Shadowspring Tale - Writings on Glancing - The Immortal Flower - Mt. Hikami's Strictures - Tainted Waters - The Shadow-touched - On Flamekeepers - On Choosing a Bride - On Bridehood - Regarding Bridegrooms - The Black Reliquaries - The Three Pillars - The Taboo of Glancing - Opening Reliquaries - On the Mountain's Cry - The Rear Shrine - Dedication - Note from a Tent - Sunken Note - Crumpled Note - Apparent Suicide Note - Deteriorating Note - Keiji's Cassettes - Call from a Client