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source : www.tohoku36fudo.jp Nr. 02 Yudonosan 02 湯殿山 大日坊 - Dainichi-Bo 御瀧大聖不動明王 -
O-Taki Daisho Fudo Myo-O
Honorable Fudo at the Waterfall 山形県鶴岡市大網字入道１１
Nyūdō-11 Ōami, Tsuruoka-shi, Yamagata
Its original name was
慈悲心寺金剛院大日坊
It was the last temple on the pilgrimage to Yudono san where female pilgrims were allowed.
- Chant of the temple みちのくの 湯殿の秘奥 たらちねの
慈悲のみすがた ここに御不動 
source : dainichibou.or.jp - treasures お瀧に大聖不動明王（交通安全・厄難消除）Fudo and the Waterfall
with amulets for safety on the road and protection from evil influences
不動尊は大日如来が悪魔降伏の威力を示す変化神で、破邪・顕正・邪毀・邪道を論じ破り、正義・正道を立てる仏と言われている。
shuin 朱印 stamp of the temple - - - - Yearly Festivals 1月 1日 元旦祈祷会
1月 3日 大黒天祭
1月 5日 大般若祭
1月 7日 七草祭
如月 2月 3日 節分／星祭り 節分の豆まきです。
2月 初午
弥生 3月 15日 釈尊ねはん祭
卯月 4月 8日 釈尊花まつり
4月 21日 大師御縁日（初大師）
水無月 6月 1日 湯殿山と大日坊お山開き
文月 7月 14日 湯殿山大網遍照講大祭
葉月 8月 14日 うら盆会／真如海上人入定御縁日
8月 30日 八朔大祭
師走 12月 9日 大黒様年夜
12月 31日 行く年くる年/除夜の鐘
- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.dainichibou.or.jp . . Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples in Tohoku 不動明王巡礼
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Wave-parting Fudo . 波分不動明王 .
Namiwake Fudo at Temple Dainichibo, Yudonosan When Kukai Kobo Daishi was on his way to China to study Buddhism, this Fudo saved the ship when he was travelling from the severe storm.
Now the statue is revered as protector of the fishing boats and granter of a good catch.
source : www.kotobuki-p.co.jp Dainichiboo 大日坊 Dainichi Bo quote Yudonosan 湯殿山 ranks with Ise and Kumano as one of the three great sacred places in Japan. From ancient times, it was called the "unspeakable mountain", and there was a strict religious commandment forbidding anyone to speak of the sacredness of Yudonosan.
Dainichibo was founded in the second year of Daido (AD 807) by Kukai Kobo-Daishi. The correct title of the temple is
Yudonosan-Ryusuiji-Kongoin, and in fact, "Dainichibo" is the main hall of the temple though we usually recognize it as the generic name of the temple.
In the 19th year of Keicho (AD 1614), Kongoin-Ryusuiji was dedicated as an inner shrine of Ise. Dainichi-Nyorai (Mahavirocana) was enshrined in Dainichibo where many priests belonged, and Dainichibo flourished as the main hall of the temple.
Since women used to be forbidden to visit Yudonosan, Kukai Kobo-Daishi founded this temple for them to worship
Yudonosan-Daigongen out of pity. This is the beginning of the temple, Yudonosan-Dainichibo.
The temple has suffered a number of misfortunes such as Haibutsu-Kishaku, a fire, and a landslide, but has continued to maintain its religious traditions for 1,200 years. Today the chief prieast covers 95 generations.
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This kind of
Namiwake Fudo is also worshipped at the Shrine
Funatama Jinja in Hakodate, Hokkaido.
Funadama Jinja 「船魂神社（ふなだまじんじゃ）」
quote The high priest
Ryonin came here and built a temple dedicated to Kannon in order to spread the Yuzu Nenbutsu Buddhism, saying that this place is designated as holy by the Goddess of Mercy. The temple is said to have originated in 1135 and to be the oldest one in Hokkaido, but this has not been confirmed.
There is also a legend that when Yoshitsune Minamoto came from Tsugaru, his ship was in danger of being ship wrecked, but was saved by virture of Funadama' s gracious diety.
This temple used to be called Kannondo (a temple dedicated to Kannon) but was renamed Funadama Gracious Diety at the end of the Edo period. The Funadama Shrine became a villege shrine in 1879. As the main building of the Shinto shrine, rebuilt in 1892 , was ravaged by a disastrous fire in 1907, the object of worship was temporarily removed to the Hakodate Hachiman Shrine in Yachigashiracho.
The main shrine was built in 1932. The present building was built in 1962.
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At the
Temple Dainichi-Bo there are many more interesting statues, here I want to introduce just two more Gongen types.
Ii no Yama, Byaku-I Gongen 飯山白衣権現 
This statue is said to be more than 1000 years old. It is in fact a
White Kannon (byaku-i Kannon) with a strong female aspect. Women come to this statue to pray for an easy birth and healthy children.
Izuna Gongen, Iizuna no Gongen 飯網の権現
(いずなごんげん)
This is an incarnation of the Fox Deity, Inari. People pray to him for a bountiful harvest and good luck in business. He looks like a Tengu, a long-nosed goblin.
Some Yamabushi sects thin Iizuna (Izuna) is the original Japanese form (honji) of Fudo Myo-0, especially at Mt. Takao near Tokyo.
. Izuna Daigongen 飯縄大権現 at Mt. Takao Fudo with the face of Garuda
飯縄不動尊
Izuna Fudo Son . Tengu and Fudo Myo-o 天狗と不動明王 . 
source : www.kotobuki-p.co.jp Here is a modern version of Iizuna Gongen : 
In the Nanbokucho era, Shungen of Godaiji-temple in Kyoto entered Mt.Takao (near Hachioji in Tokyo). It is said that he was manifested by Iizuna Gongen. Since then, Mt. Takao has been the principal place of Iizuna Gongen belief, however, mountaineering ascetic is originally the religion which came from the area of Mt. Iizuna, Mt. Togakushi in Shinshu. He has the same style of Akiba Gongen.
Akibagongen 秋葉権現 Born in 799 the name is
Kanekuni, he became a priest when he was a little child. He lived in a temple in Zaoo-do in Tochio-city in Niigata-prefecture. He was a mountaineering ascetic believing Iizuna Gongen. He was commonly called Sanjaku-bou (small monk 三尺坊権現（さんじゃくぼうごんげん）) because he was small. When he attained Fudou Zanmai Hou he got manifested by a black bird with golden wings holding a sword and a rope in the flame of fire. It is said that he went down to Akiba Yama in Shizuoka-prefecture riding on a white fox for himself. He became the god for calming fire
source : www.butuzou.co.jp : kurita 
Akiba Gongen . 成就院（たこ薬師）Temple Joju-In . Meguro, Tokoy, with a statue of
Akiba Daigongen 秋葉大権現
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Iconographically,
Izuna Gongen is usually depicted in a form resembling that of a tengu (a mythical winged demon with long nose believed to live deep in the mountains), and riding upon a white fox, a depiction resembling that of the deity
Akiba Gongen (Sanshaku Gongen). Since Akiba Gongen is also believed to have originated in the Mt. Izuna and Togakushi area, the two deities are obviously closely related. Since the Buddhist counterpart (honji or "original essence"; see honji suijaku) of Izuna Gongen is said to be the bodhisattva
Jizō (Sk. Ksitigarbha), the cult displays a mutual influence with the
Atago cult (which involved an amalgamation with Shōgun Jizō or "Jizō of victory"). As a result, the deities are often referred to by the conjoined name
Izuna-Atago. The Izuna cult also underwent combination from an early period with the cult of the Buddhist deity Dakini (Sk. Dakini), and a kind of magical technique was adopted from the medieval period involving the use of foxes as spirit familiars. This belief spread even among members of the court and warriors; the deputy shogun Hosokawa Masamoto (1466-1507) was known to have practiced the Izuna-Atago techniques (ref., Ashikaga kiseiki, Jūhen Ōninki), and the imperial regent Kujō Tanemichi (1509-1097) is likewise said to have studied Izuna practices (ref., Matsunaga Teitoku, Taionki).
Such practices involving on the control of spirit familiars of foxes (kitsune tsukai) later came to be called
izuna tsukai. The Izuna cult came to be associated with military arts as well, and Takeda Shingen and Uesugi Kenshin are known to have shown strong devotion to Izuna Gongen as a martial tutelary.
The school of Japanese fencing called Shintō Munenryū is also said to have originated at Mt. Izuna. In addition to Mt. Izuna in Nagano, Izuna Gongen can be found enshrined at Yakuōin on Mt. Takao (in Hachiōji, Tokyo), Hinagadake in Gifu, and Mt. Izuna in Sendai.
The Izuna Gongen of Sendai goes by the name
Izuna Saburō, and is particularly well known as one of the "three tengū of Japan." Some scholars have suggested that belief in this tengu was responsible for the Izuna cult.
source : Itō Satoshi . Kokugakuin University. . The Atago shrines of Japan . 
Izuna Gongen 
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This Fudo is a bit different from the
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External LINK Gongen (Avatars) of Japan Mark Schumacher
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. Dakiniten (Vajra Daakini) 荼枳尼天 . Dainichi Bo and the Living Mummies of Japan TENGU and DARUMA 天狗 Long-Nosed Goblins
Inari 稲荷 - The Fox God Cult Kitsune, the animal fox.
Konpira Daigongen . 金毘羅大権現 Kompira Daigongen
Zao Gongen 蔵王権現
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