Ruja-lati-maladi demon (Nipon-linga: 疱瘡神, Hōsōshin) a demon ke e de keredo ke e de liabili go ruja-lati-maladi en semi-aje Nipon. En da dia, popula i de tenta pase-veni a furi de demon, u si-ale i de tenta dona-duka a demon ka si-ale i no ave a ota efeto terapi go ruja-lati-maladi.
En Nipon-linga, name hōsōshin u hōsōgami (疱瘡神 (ほうそうしん, ほうそうがみ）) i via-linga o litera go “ruja-lati-maladi deo”. De Shoku Nihongi, ruja-lati-maladi de-i en-pota en Nipon en 735 en gove-lida-make Fukuoka de Korea. En da dia, ruja-lati-maladi de-i mira sama efeto de onryō, ke si a de tari-saga anima de nipon saga ke i kan baka-go go fisika mundo go-i vendeta. Deo de-i relate go ruja-lati-maladi i kon Sumiyoshi Sanjin. En buku de-i pubili en Kansei ano (1789-1801), a de line ke i de note ke go-i sano de ruja-lati-maladi, ruja-lati-maladi demon e de relijon-mesa en fami kon ruja-lati-maladi.
Man i de dire ke ruja-lati-maladi demon e de fobo de ruja kosa an dogi; den man i de demo a vari o ruja pupe. En Okinaua, man i de tenta puja an konfi a demon kon sanshin, okinaua musika viola, an leon dansa en fore de ruja ropa maladi-man. Si-ale i de ofera a fiore an i de fogo a masala go-i pase-veni a ruja-lati-maladi demon. En Okinaua, a de ruja-lati-maladi poesi en Ryuka; mudi de poesi en linga Ryukyu a fama de ruja-lati-maladi demon, u repare de mori maladi de ruja-lati-maladi. A koleki de ruja-lati-maladi poesi ke i kon 105 poesi de-i pubili en 1805. More o ruja-lati-maladi dansa i ave en mira o ankora en nun-dia Nipon, en-i kon a gove-lida-make Ibaraki an Kagoshima, go-i evita a ruja-lati-maladi demon.
Smallpox demon (Japanese: 疱瘡神, Hōsōshin) is a demon which was believed to be responsible for causing smallpox in medieval Japan. In those days, people tried to appease the smallpox demon by assuaging his anger, or they tried to attack the demon since they had no other effective treatment for smallpox.
In Japanese, the word hōsōshin or hōsōgami (疱瘡神 (ほうそうしん, ほうそうがみ）) translates literally to “smallpox god”. According to the Shoku Nihongi, smallpox was introduced into Japan in 735 into the Fukuoka Prefecture from Korea. In those days, smallpox had been considered to be the result of onryō, which was a mythological spirit from Japanese folklore who is able to return to the physical world in order to seek vengeance. Smallpox-related kami include Sumiyoshi sanjin. In a book published in the Kansei years (1789–1801), there were lines that wrote that smallpox devils were enshrined in families which had smallpox in order to recover from smallpox.
Smallpox devils were said to be afraid of red things and also of dogs; thus people displayed various dolls that were red. In Okinawa, they tried to praise and comfort devils with sanshin, an Okinawan musical instrument, and lion dances before a patient clad in red clothes. They offered flowers and burned incense in order to please smallpox demon. In Okinawa, there was smallpox poetry in Ryuka; the purpose of smallpox poetry in the Ryukyu language is the glorification of the smallpox demon, or improvement from deadly infection of smallpox. There is a collection of smallpox poetry including 105 poems published in 1805. Traditional smallpox folk dances have been observed even in present-day Japan, including Ibaraki Prefecture and Kagoshima Prefecture, for the avoidance of smallpox devils.