Iochi

Iochi was an older farmer of Mura Sabishii Toshi who began the custom of the Shouting Day. A tsunami struck the coastal village, so the crops and many farmers were lost, leaving the village in disarray. Iochi saw the tsunami as an unprovoked attack by Osano-Wo. He stood upon a stone and began screaming, and he was followed by the populace. Villagers later moved the stone into the village and used it as the platform for the annual event since. Winter Court: Kyuden Seppun, p. 68
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