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==Landmarks== * Nuezuka (Near [[Ashiya Station (Hanshin)|Hashin Ashiya Station]], at Matsuhama Park, [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]) : The mound where the nue that floated down the river in the ''Heike Monogatari'' was buried.<ref name="koube"/> The name of a nearby bridge, the Nuezuka-bashi originated from this Nuezuka.<ref name="walker"/> * Nuezuka ([[Miyakojima-ku, Osaka|Miyakojima-ku]], [[Osaka]]) : The mound where the nue that floated down Yado river in the ''Ashiwakebune'' was buried. The present mound was, as previously described, repaired in 1870 by Osaka Prefecture, and the small shrine was repaired in 1957 by the locals.<ref>{{Cite web|title=鵺塚|date=2002|website=miyakojimaku.com|url=http://www.miyakojimaku.com/miyakojima/meisyo10.html|access-date= 2008-06-24}}</ref> * Nuezuka ([[Kyoto Prefecture]]) : Near the athletic field at Okazaki park. It is unknown how this is related to the legend of how the nue was buried at the Kiyomizu-deru in Kyoto.<ref name="murakami"/><ref>{{Cite web|title= 鵺塚(京都)|website=kwai.org|publisher=角川書店|url=http://www.kwai.org/old/nue/kansai/03.html|access-date= 2008-06-24|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100502023226/http://www.kwai.org/old/nue/kansai/03.html|archive-date= 2010-05-02|url-status= dead}}</ref> * Nue pond ([[Kyoto Prefecture]]) : A pond at Nijō park, Chikara Town, [[Kamigyō-ku]] to the northwest of Nijō Castle. It is said that in this pond Yorimasa washed the blood-smeared arrow that went through the nue and killed it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp/somu/rekishi/fm/ishibumi/html/ka068.html|title=KA068 鵺池碑|website=www2.city.kyoto.lg.jp|accessdate=18 December 2022}}</ref> Presently, the remains of this pond has been remodeled into a water garden.<ref name="sanpo"/>{{rp|page=229–230}}<ref>{{Cite web|date= 2008-10-21|title= 上京区の史蹟百選/鵺池|publisher= 上京区役所総務課| url= https://www.city.kyoto.lg.jp/kamigyo/page/0000012732.html|access-date= 2009-11-11}}</ref> * Shinmei-jinja : [[Shimogyō-ku, Kyoto|Shimogyō-ku]], Kyoto. It is said that Yorimasa made a prayer here before killing the nue and subsequently donated the head of the lethal arrow as thanks. The arrowhead is kept as the treasure of the shrine. A photo is permanently exhibited, with the actual arrowhead shown to the public during an annual festival in September.<ref name="sanpo"/> * Yane-jizō : [[Kameoka, Kyoto|Kameoka]], [[Kyoto Prefecture]]. When Yorimasa prepared to kill the nue, he offered a prayer to his proctive god, Jizō Bodhisattva. Jizō promptly appeared in his dream and instructed him to make an arrow with the feathers of swans at Mt. Tori in Yada. Related to this legend, Jizō has the appearance of holding an arrowhead, but it is usually not exhibited to the public.<ref name="murakami"/><ref name="walker"/> * Chōmyō-ji : [[Nishiwaki, Hyōgo|Nishiwaki]], [[Hyōgo Prefecture]]. This land was originally the territory of Yorimasa. The temple features a statue of Yorimasa killing the nue. The nearby bamboo grove ''Ya-takeyabu'' (lit. "arrow bamboo grove") is said to be the place where Yorimasa picked the bamboo used for the lethal arrow.<ref name="sanpo"/> Other than these, in [[Beppu, Ōita|Beppu]], [[Ōita Prefecture]], it is said that there was a mummy of the nue in a theme park, the "Monster House (Kaibutsu-kan)" at the [[Hells of Beppu|Hachiman Jigoku]] (one of the no-longer presently existing hot springs at the Hells of Beppu), and it was also said to be a precious treasure without parallel, but this theme park no longer presently exists, and the mummy's present whereabouts are unclear.<ref>{{Cite book|author=山口敏太郎・天野ミチヒロ|title=決定版! 本当にいる日本・世界の「未知生物」案内|year=2007|publisher=笠倉出版社|isbn=978-4-7730-0364-2|pages= 138–139頁}}</ref>
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