14 Mar 2025

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. Fudo Myo-O 不動明王 .   



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28 Aug 2024

TEMPLE Jizoin Mie Nakagawara

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Jizoin Mie Nakagawara

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Jizooin 地蔵院 Jizo-In, Nakagawara
子安山 Koyasuzan 地蔵院 Jizoin 武尊寺 Buson-Ji
津市中河原481 / Mie, Tsu city, Nakagawara

The main statue is 子安地蔵菩薩 Koyasu Jizo Bosatsu to protect children.
It was prpbably made in the Kamakura period.

- Chant of the temple
おん かかかび さんまえい そわか

The temple was founded in the Muromachi Period (1390 - 1573) by 良観和尚 Priest Ryokan.
Lord 乙部兵庫守 Otobe Hyogo no Kami built a castle and a temple to pray to Jizo Bosatsu for a safe childbirth of his wife.
Around 1540, 伊勢上野 Ise Ueno was annexed and the Temple Jizo-In was built.
The main hall had statues of 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai, 毘沙門天 Bishamon Ten, 聖観音 Sho-Kannon and others.
Many people come to the Jizo Hal for 八月地蔵盆 the Jizo Bon ritual in the eights lunar month.

In 1870, the Temple was lost to a huge flooding.

In the compound are two large goyomatsu 五葉松 pine trees (Pinus parviflora), one male and one female.
They might date back to the Kamakura period.



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shuin 朱印 stamp - Koyasu Jizo

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

3月23日~24日  地蔵尊春会式
8月23日~24日  地蔵盆会式
毎月24日      地蔵菩薩縁日

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
- source : omairi club ... .
- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

  

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This temple is Nr. 69 of the pilgrimage

. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 .

. Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 .


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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .


....................................................................... Ibaraki 茨城県 
牛久市 Ushiku city 牛久町 Ushiku town

byooninda 病人田 "sick field", "the field of ill persons"
The fields belonging to the Temple 地蔵院 Jizo-In bring misfortune to people who plow and use them.
The fields of the Temple 薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji changed their owner very often.
Since an owner got ill very soon, they eventually gave the fields back to the temple.
. byooninda 病人田 "the field of an ill person" .




....................................................................... Nagano 長野県 
松本市 Matsumoto city


kitooshi 祈とう師 prayer master, shaman
The priest of the Temple 地蔵院 Jizo-In was a Shaman.
He used seichiku 筮竹 special bamboo sticks to perform his various rituals.
. Legends about Shamans .

kitsune キツネ,(憑き物)bewitched by a fox
If someone was bewitched by a fox, he behaved very strange.
He ate only aburaage 油揚げ fried tofu offerings.
At the Temple 地蔵院 Jizo-In in 埋橋 Uzuhashi the head priest could remove the spell.
. Legends about being bewitched by a fox .




....................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県 
蒲生郡 Gamo district 竜王町 Ryuo town

hasu 蓮 Lotus
In 近江国蒲生郡 田中村 the village of Tanaka is a temple named Jizo-In.
It has a large pond where lotus grows.
This special lotus has two to 5 blossoms.
The blossoms do not fall down.
If someone tries to plant these lotus in a different pond, they grow up as normal plants.

. Lotus,, Lotos, Nelumbo nucifera .

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26 Aug 2024

TEMPLE Goganji Mie Nakagawara

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Goganji Mie Nakagawara

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Goganji 護願寺 Gogan-Ji, Nakagawara
救世山 Gozeizan 大師院 Daishi-In 護願寺 Goganji
津市中河原325 / Tsu city, Nakagawara

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
. source : mizokatsu/entry ... .

- Chant of the temple
おん ころころ せんだり まとうぎ そわか

The temple was founded in 1765 by Priest 貫海僧都 Kankai Sozu.
It was founded as a merger of temple 香道院護願寺 Kodo-In Gogan-Ji and 中河原大師院 Nakagawara Daishi-In.
In 1965, the main statue and many buildings were lost in a fire.
The 大師院 Daishi-In building was lost to fire in 1945.

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shuin 朱印 stamp

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1月1日~3日  新年祈願会
2月節分の日   節分会、星祭り
3月末の日曜日  春季万霊供養会
11月3日    大般若経転読法要 

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- source : google 護願寺 .
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This temple is Nr. 68 of the pilgrimage

. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 .

. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海 (774 - 835) .

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru .

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24 Aug 2024

TEMPLE Kannonji Mie Daimon

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Kannonji Mie Daimon

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Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji, Daimon
恵日山 Enichizan 観音寺 Kannonji 大宝院 Daiho-In
三重県津市大門町32-19 / Mie, Tsu city, Daimon town

The Kannon statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kanzeon Bosatsu.
Also called : 津観音 Tsu Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
おん あろりきゃ そわか

The temple was founded in 709 during the reighn of 元明帝 Emperor Genmei.
A statue of Kannon Bosatsu was swept on the shore and this a hall was built for it.
It was also called 一御厨観音 Ichimikuria Kannon.
In 1498, after an earthquake it ws removed to its present location.
The temple was burned during 関ケ原合戦 the battle of Sekigahara.
In 1613, the lord 藤堂高虎 Todo Takatora rebuilt the temple
and it became the Family Temple of the Todo clan.
In 1779, it was called 津観音 Tsu Kannon.
In 1954, most of the lost buildings were rebuilt.
The temple treasures were brought to a special storehouse.

The main hall burned down in 1945. -- It was rebuilt 1n 1968.

The temple is famous for its many statues.


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shuin 朱印 stamp - 愛染明王 Aizen Myo-O

shuin 朱印 stamp

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

1月1日~3日  初詣
2月節分の日   節分行事(鬼押え神事)
4月1日~3日  津観音会式(本尊御開扉)
4月下旬     花桐まつり
7月28日    平和と感謝の祈り(戦没者供養)
8月9日     十日観音、四万六千功徳日
10月10日   津大祭、観音詣
12月31日   除夜の鐘~初祈祷
毎月18日    観音縁日
春、秋の彼岸法会 


真盛上人第十五番霊場 Pilgrimage to Temples of Saint Shinsei - Nr. 15
. 真盛上人二十五霊場 .

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- source : google 観音寺 ... .
- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
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This temple is Nr. 67 of the pilgrimage
. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 .

. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海 (774 - 835) .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩

. Aizen Myo-O 愛染明王 Aizen Myō-ō .

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