Editing Urashima Tarō (section)

=== Kiso, Nagano ===
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[[File:Kuniyoshi Station 38.jpg|right|thumb|upright=0.8|[[Utagawa Kuniyoshi]], {{lang|ja-Latn|[[Fukushima-juku]]}} (one of the [[69 Stations of the Nakasendō|69 stations]] of the [[Kiso-kaidō]]).<!--、『[[中山道六十九次|木曾街道六十九次]]』。-->]]

Local legend has it that Urashima Tarō once dwelled in the mountains of Kiso, [[Nagano Prefecture|Nagano]]. This legend originated in near-modern times, from the late [[Muromachi period|Muromachi]] to [[Edo period]]s.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wilson |first=William Scott |title=Walking the Kiso Road: A Modern-Day Exploration of Old Japan |publisher=Shambhala Publications |year=2015  |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=454DCwAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 |pages=135–141|isbn=9780834803176 }}</ref><ref name=torii/>

Although a contrived piece of fiction, the old-style ''[[Jōruri (music)|jōruri]]'' {{nihongo||『浦嶋太郎』|Urashima Tarō}} situates its story in the vicinity of this local legend, namely [[Agematsu, Nagano|Agematsu-juku]].{{efn|Agematsu-juku is actually adjacent to Fukushima-juku of Kuniyoshi's [[ukiyo-e]] painting.}} Urashima Tarō appears here as a child born after a local couple prays to [[Togakushi Shrine|Togakushi]] [[Myōjin]]. He and Tamayori-hime fall in love. She is very much a mortal, but after she commits suicide in Ina River (tributary of [[Kiso River]]), she becomes transformed into a supernatural being serving the Dragon Palace. A scale cloak lets her transform into a turtle, in which guise, she is reunited with Urashima Tarō who is fishing in Ina River. Note the "catching of the turtle" scene is transposed from ocean to a river in the mountains.<ref name=torii>{{citation|last=Torii |first=Fumiko (島居フミ子) |title=Kiso ni yomigaetta Urashima Tarō |script-title=ja:木曾に蘇った浦島太郎 |trans-title=Urashima Tarō revived in Kiso |journal=Nihon Bungaku<!--日本文學--> |year=1992 |url=http://opac.library.twcu.ac.jp/opac/repository/1/4944/KJ00005527571.pdf |pages=32–43|language=ja}}</ref>