Rajomon – The idiot son, threatened by his old lady, speaks about Rajomon. –

My mother’s relentless Guess attacks are repeated to me, a sloppy and deplorable man who live in Rajomon sleeping ten thousand years that morning as well.

How long are you going to sleep? Get up, my foolish son,

Uga~~~! Dogsha!

With my mother’s direct attack called deadly thorny club to my head, I am forced to get up today as well literally. It’s good, superb, and comfortable, my mother’s club.
“Hey, mother, good morning.”
“Don’t say good morning! It’s already evening.”
One more time, my mother’s side-beating club has attacked my face!

Ga ~~~~ n! Buho ah!!

Under my fading consciousness, I thought so. I was sleeping until such a time. What a mess, it cannot be helped.

“Geez, this sloppy and deplorable son. You can’t eat dinner as a punishment. And because the night will come a little after, for the daredevil kids who are going to come to try the liver, explain the how dreadful place Rajomon is. If you fail, I will eat you by throwing you in the earthenware pot.”
I, who couldn’t emit even the sound of hungry by my demon mother’s dreadful threat words, reluctantly talked about Rajomon.

Well, how many years have passed since I started to live in Rajomon? Having said that, though, it is now such an appearance. Rajomon, which was a magnificent tower gate, is now a small stone monument like this written “Rajomon” standing there.

What? You can’t know what Rajomon was? Hey you, don’t you know Rajomon? It cannot be helped. Well, this great and ridiculous son will teach you about it now. It is the gate that was built as the front entrance of Heiankyo at the south end point of the city in Heian era when Kyoto city was called Heiankyo in the past. “Rajo” means a castle wall surrounded the city in order to prevent the entering of enemies in Chinese fortified cities, but in Japan in substitute of walls the gate was built. Rajomon was built as a mental symbol to protect people’s lives and living living in the city from war fires and epidemic.
Including strong wish to protect people’s living and lives without “Rajo” people commissioned the gate only the functions and named it “Rajomon”. And this was the boundary that divided inside and outside the city.

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Well, then, to say what the gate was like? The gate was like this!

Well, revive, Rajomon do~~n.

How is it? Is it wonderful?

The front is about 80m wide including the fence, depth 21m, height 24m, and it is with a solid structure with a two-layer structure, and whose shibi, which decorates both ends of the tiled roof shines golden. This Rajomon represented the majesty of Heiankyo coloring the front entrance of Heiankyo. Ceremony to welcome foreign envoys and ceremonies of guardian nations are held here and it functioned as an official building.

It was called the place where the inside and outside of Rajomon capital come into contact and also the place to come into contact with another world where people encountered gods and demons. So, it is often told in the story that demons live in Rajomon, especially on its tower.

Dehehehehehe.

Yeah~~, it’s my honor. Well, who was that? It was Mr. Yagawa or Akutagawa, oh, I recalled, it was Ryunosuke Akutagawa. That person wrote the story set in the gone to ruin Rajomon. A commoner who was kicked out by the master whom he was serving by being said “you are fired” stole hair from an old lady (demon?) who was pulling out the hair of the dirty corpse on the second floor of Rajomon and left having stripped off the clothing of the old lady in order to survive. “Your clothes… give them to me now.” “Don’t be foolish, this bastard!” Ga ~~ n! “Hi ~~ help.”

Well, so there are many anecdotes about Rajomon. It is the story of the past now, though. However, it might be that we have lived in this Rajomon as demons still now. If there is a strange old lady at the gate remains during the walking in midnight, it might be my mother. Rajomon is a makai spot where demons like us are there even now. It is your choice whether you believe it or not.

Hey ~~~ Hey Hey Hey Hey.

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じゅうべい(Jubei)
Hello everyone. I am Jubei, an earthling whose energy does not stop today. What I like is playing (manga, movies, music (J-Rock, etc.) and visiting cafes). Thank you for your understanding.