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The Sanzu-no-Kawa (三途の川, lit. "River of Three Crossings", or the "Sanzu River") is a mythological river in Japanese Buddhist tradition similar to the Hindu concept of the Vaitarna and Greek concept of the Styx.[1]

Before reaching the afterlife, the souls of the deceased must cross the river by one of three crossing points: a bridge, a ford, or a stretch of deep, snake-infested waters.[2] The weight of one's offenses while alive determines which path an individual must take. It is believed that a toll of six mon must be paid before a soul can cross the river, a belief reflected in Japanese funerals when the necessary fee is placed in the casket with the dead.[3]

The Sanzu River is popularly believed to be in Mount Osore, a suitably desolate and remote part of Aomori Prefecture in northern Japan.

Similarly to the Sanzu-no-Kawa, there is also the Sai no Kawara (賽の河原, lit. "Riverbed of Death"), a boundary by which the souls of children who died too early cross over to the realm of the Dead, with the help of Jizō, a Kami/Bodhisattva who helps the souls of children who died too early to avoid the attentions of the Oni and of Shozuka-no-Baba and Datsueba.

Real Sanzu Rivers in Japan

in Kanra, Gunma36°15′31″N 138°57′09″E (confluence with Shirakura River)
in Chōnan, Chiba35°25′22″N 140°15′54″E (confluence with Ichinomiya River)
in Zaō, Miyagi38°08′39″N 140°29′29″E (confluence with Nigori River)
in Mutsu, Aomori41°19′33″N 141°05′46″E (drains from Usori Lake)

References

Stone, Jacqueline Ilyse; Walter, Mariko Namba (2008). Death and the afterlife in Japanese Buddhism. Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press. pp. 184, 259. ISBN 978-1-4416-1977-8. OCLC 657757860.
"River of Three Crossings | Dictionary of Buddhism | Nichiren Buddhism Library". www.nichirenlibrary.org. Retrieved 2019-12-07.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
"Meido: The Japanese Underworld | Matthew Meyer". 2014-02-23. Retrieved 2019-12-07.

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Sea of Okhotsk	Abashiri River Shibetsu River Shokotsu River Tokoro River Yūbetsu River
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Tōhoku region	Abukuma River Arakawa River Iwaki River Kitakami River Komagome River Koyoshi River Mabechi River Mogami River Natori River Ōhata River Oirase River Omono River Yoneshiro River
Kantō region	Arakawa River Edo River Fuji River Kanda River Kuji River Naka River Sagami River Sumida River Tama River Tone River Tsurumi River
Chūbu region	Agano River Shinano River Seki River Hime River Kurobe River Jōganji River Jinzū River Shō River Oyabe River Tedori River Kuzuryū River Fuji River Abe River Ōi River Sakawa River Tenryū River Toyo River Yahagi River Shōnai River Kiso Three Rivers Kiso River Nagara River Ibi River Kushida River Miya River
Kansai region	Choshi River Ibo River Kako River Kinokawa River Kita River Kumano River Kuzuryu River Maruyama River Muko River Yamato River Yodo River Yasu River Katsura River Kamo River Kizu River Dōton River Yura River
Chūgoku region	Asahi River Ashida River Gōnokawa River Hino River Hii River Ōta River Oze River Saba River Sendai River Takahashi River Takatsu River Tenjin River Yoshii River

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- [en] Sanzu River

[it] Sanzu-no-kawa

Il Fiume Sanzu (giapponese: 三途の川), o Fiume dei tre guadi, è un fiume mitico nella tradizione Buddista giapponese simile al Vaitarna Hindù o allo Stige greco.[1] Prima di raggiungere l'aldilà, le anime dei defunti devono attraversare il fiume in uno dei tre punti: un ponte, un guado o un tratto profondo e pieno di serpi.[2] Il peso delle colpe commesse in vita determina quale percorso il defunto dovrà percorrere ed è credenza comune che un totale di sei mon debba essere pagato prima che all'anima sia concesso di attraversare il fiume. Questa credenza si esprime nei funerali giapponesi, dove il prezzo da pagare è posto nella cassa assieme al morto.[3]

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Real Sanzu Rivers in Japan

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References

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[it] Sanzu-no-kawa