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|kanji = 禊ヶ淵 | |kanji = 禊ヶ淵 | ||
|location = [[Mount Hikami]] | |location = [[Mount Hikami]] | ||
|function = Natural feature | |function = Natural feature | ||
|status = Still extant | |status = Still extant | ||
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}}The '''Pool of Purification''' (Japanese name: ''Misogi-ga-fuchi'') is a famous spot on [[Mount Hikami]], alongside the old shrine path. There are several waterfalls along the shrine path, rich in water, in particular Kannagidaki, which flows into the waterfall basin, and Misogi-ga-fuchi, a beautiful pool, which is said to be a special place where pilgrims and shrine maidens would purify themselves before proceeding up the mountain. These days, there are incessant rumours that the bodies of murdered shrine maidens were once discovered here, and it is called the "Maiden Pool" (''Miko-ga-fuchi'') in occult magazines, among other places.<ref>[ | }}The '''Pool of Purification''' (Japanese name: ''Misogi-ga-fuchi'') is a famous spot on [[Mount Hikami]], alongside the old shrine path. There are several waterfalls along the shrine path, rich in water, in particular Kannagidaki, which flows into the waterfall basin, and Misogi-ga-fuchi, a beautiful pool, which is said to be a special place where pilgrims and shrine maidens would purify themselves before proceeding up the mountain. These days, there are incessant rumours that the bodies of murdered shrine maidens were once discovered here, and it is called the "Shrine Maiden Pool" (''Miko-ga-fuchi'') in occult magazines, among other places.<ref>''Pool of Purification'', Maiden of Black Water official site, 2015. [https://www.nintendo.co.uk/games/oms/project_zero_maiden_of_black_water/index.html Link]</ref> When the mountain was turned into a tourist spot, the area was used to reenact the purifying rituals the shrine maidens used to perform, but the tourists stopped coming when the mountain was abandoned.<ref>[[FF5M:Pool of Purification|Fatal Frame V Memo: Pool of Purification]], [[Fatal Frame V]]</ref> | ||
In the late Edo period, a man called [[Kyozo Kururugi]] came to the mountain and killed every shrine maiden he could find, gouging out their eyes and setting their bodies adrift in the river. They finally washed up in the Pool of Purification, tainting the waters with their blood. Kyozo Kururugi also died there, setting himself aflame in front of the waterfall. | In the late Edo period, a man called [[Kyozo Kururugi]] came to the mountain and killed every shrine maiden he could find, gouging out their eyes and setting their bodies adrift in the river. They finally washed up in the Pool of Purification, tainting the waters with their blood. Kyozo Kururugi also died there, setting himself aflame in front of the waterfall. | ||
==Misc. Info== | |||
The Pool of Purification is inspired by [https://thesengokuarchives.com/2021/07/03/sengoku-hauntings-oiran-buchi/ Oiran Buchi]<ref>Datamined game file-names use the marker OIRAN_FUCHI to refer to this area and items found there.</ref> where, according to legend, fifty-five courtesans were murdered during the Sengoku period on the orders of the waning Takeda clan, who feared the women would reveal the location of their hidden gold mines. | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
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The Pool of Purification (Japanese name: Misogi-ga-fuchi) is a famous spot on Mount Hikami, alongside the old shrine path. There are several waterfalls along the shrine path, rich in water, in particular Kannagidaki, which flows into the waterfall basin, and Misogi-ga-fuchi, a beautiful pool, which is said to be a special place where pilgrims and shrine maidens would purify themselves before proceeding up the mountain. These days, there are incessant rumours that the bodies of murdered shrine maidens were once discovered here, and it is called the "Shrine Maiden Pool" (Miko-ga-fuchi) in occult magazines, among other places.[1] When the mountain was turned into a tourist spot, the area was used to reenact the purifying rituals the shrine maidens used to perform, but the tourists stopped coming when the mountain was abandoned.[2]
In the late Edo period, a man called Kyozo Kururugi came to the mountain and killed every shrine maiden he could find, gouging out their eyes and setting their bodies adrift in the river. They finally washed up in the Pool of Purification, tainting the waters with their blood. Kyozo Kururugi also died there, setting himself aflame in front of the waterfall.
Misc. Info
The Pool of Purification is inspired by Oiran Buchi[3] where, according to legend, fifty-five courtesans were murdered during the Sengoku period on the orders of the waning Takeda clan, who feared the women would reveal the location of their hidden gold mines.
References
- ↑ Pool of Purification, Maiden of Black Water official site, 2015. Link
- ↑ Fatal Frame V Memo: Pool of Purification, Fatal Frame V
- ↑ Datamined game file-names use the marker OIRAN_FUCHI to refer to this area and items found there.