Hitobashira (人柱, "human pillar"), also known as Da sheng zhuang (simplified Chinese: 打生桩; traditional Chinese: 打生樁; pinyin: dǎshēngzhuāng; Jyutping: daa2saang1zong1)...

Young Champion from June 2006 to April 2011. A sequel manga, Tōhai: Hitobashira-hen, was serialized in Young Champion from May 2011 to May 2017. A third...

god of agriculture Xipe Totec. In ancient Japan, legends talk about hitobashira ("human pillar"), in which maidens were buried alive at the base of or...

Jizō. Many scholars have associated the ubume with the legend of the hitobashira, where a sacrificial mother and child "are buried under one of the supporting...

against the intrusion of enemies. Ancient Japanese legends talk about Hitobashira (人柱, "human pillar"), in which maidens were buried alive at the base...

absorbs Edward, Alphonse, and Izumi. 58 "Sacrifices" Transliteration: "Hitobashira" (Japanese: ひとばしら) Directed by : Kiyomitsu Satō Storyboarded by : Iwao...

According to legend, in 1576, a widow named Oshizu agreed to become hitobashira if her son became samurai for the lord. However, the lord was later transferred...

the spirit world overlap as the night-things retreat until dusk comes. Hitobashira A type of human sacrifice, where a person is buried alive in the foundation...

sacrifice (hitobashira) to appease the gods. O-shizu, a one-eyed woman who had two children and lived a poor life, was selected as the Hitobashira. She resolved...

Ceremonial ship launching Cornerstone Foundation deposit Groundbreaking Hitobashira Masonic manuscripts Time capsule Topping out Votive offering  One or...