Anecdotes of Oyasama 84
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Anecdotes of Oyasama 84 presents the contents of "In the Southern Half of the Province," a selection from Anecdotes of Oyasama, published by Tenrikyo Church Headquarters in 1976. The content below appears on page 70 of the print edition.
Text: English translation and original Japanese
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84. In the Southern Half of the Province When Koiso Yamanaka was to be married to Ihachiro Yamada of Deyashiki in Kurahashi Village, her father, Chushichi, asked Oyasama about the marriage. Oyasama said to him:
The Yamanaka parents were hesitant about this request because the Yamada family was living deep in the heart of the mountains, but Koiso was married on May 30, 1881, after saying, "Let me be married as God desires." Koiso then found that Isa Yamamoto, a relative of the Yamada family had been bedridden for more than five years due to the paralysis of her limbs. Koiso prayed to God for her recovery and repeatedly gave her sacred water. The following year, when Chushichi Yamanaka came to visit them, Isa was marvelously healed. She rose to her feet, all her joints cracking, and was able to walk by herself. In her village Koiso also found a girl named Naragiku Tanaka who had been blind for more than seven years. Koiso prayed to God for the girl's recovery, each time washing her eyes with sacred water. Soon, she received God's blessing. The mention of Koiso's cure of the cripple and the blind girl became so well-known throughout neighboring villages that many people came to see her one after another.
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八四 南半国 山中こいそが、倉橋村出屋鋪の、山田伊八郎へ嫁入りする時、父の忠七が、この件を教祖にお伺いすると、
と、お言葉があった。親は、あそこは山中だからと懸念したが、こいそは、「神様がああ仰せ下さるのやから、嫁にやらして頂きまする。」と言うて、明治十四年五月三十日（陰暦五月三日）に嫁入った。 すると、この山田家の分家に山本いさという人があって、五年余りも足腰が立たず寝たままであった。こいそは、神様を拝んでは、お水を頂かせる、というふうにしておたすけさせて頂いていたところ、翌年、山中忠七が来た時に、ふしぎなたすけを頂き、足腰がブキブキと音を立てて立ち上がり、一人歩きが出来るようになった。又、同村に、田中ならぎくという娘があって、目が潰れて、七年余り盲目であった。これも、こいそが、神様を拝んでは、神様のお水で目を洗うていたところ、間もなく御守護を頂いた。それで、近村では、いざりの足が立った、盲も目が開いた、と言って、大層な評判になって、こいそを尋ねて来る者が、次から次へと出て来た。
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