Search: "庚申"

1. Metal Monkey (57th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1920, 1980, 2040)

2. Shōmen Kongō (deity)

3. kōshin-machi (religious wake)

1. roadside standing stone dedicated to the Buddhist deity Shōmen Kongō (usu. also engraved with the three wise monkeys)

1. kōshin-machi; staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle to prevent the three worms that were said to inhabit the human gut from reporting one's wrongdoings to the gods; a tradition that began among nobility in the Heian period and became widespread during the Edo period — explanation

1. kōshin-machi association

1. China rose (Rosa chinensis); monthly rosebush

1. Metal Monkey month; lunar month that contains a day of the Metal Monkey (essentially every other month) during which it was believed colds were more frequent — explanation

1. It was a Kōshin-zuka.; It was a Kōshin mound.

1. It is not Kōshin-zuka.; It's not a Kōshin-zuka.

1. It is not a Kōshin-zuka.; It is not a Kōshin mound.

1. If/When it were the Horse-Monkey Mound.; If/When it's the Horse-Monkey Mound.