EDO - Gofunai temples 2 and 3

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Toofukuji 東福寺 Tofuku-Ji

Nr. 02 - 金峯山 Kinbozan 　世尊院 Seson-In　東福寺
中野区江古田３丁目 / 3 Chome Egota, Nakano ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派


source : goshuin.blog.jp/archives

This temple was founded in 1280, but the name of the founder is not known. It seems the villagers of Egota built it.
It is related to the temple 宝仙寺 Hosen-Ji in 中野村 Nakano Village.
It is located on a hill, with stone steps leading up to the wide compound.

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O, said to be made by Kobo Daishi.

The 3nd Shogun Iemitsu and 8th Shogun Yoshimune in 1728 passed here on their takagari　鷹狩りhawk hunting excursions and had a meal (ozensho 御膳所), now a stone memorial reminds of these events.



. Tokugawa Yoshimune　徳川吉宗将軍 . - (1684 - 1751)

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 極楽寺 Gokuraku-Ji in Shikoku :
極楽の弥陀の浄土に行きたくば　南無阿弥陀仏口ぐせにせよ
Gokuraku no mida no jōdo e ikitakuba namu amida butsu kuchiguse niseyo

- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/nakano/temple_ekoda

Also pilgrim temple Nr. 02 at 豊島八十八ヶ所霊場.

. Shikoku Henro 02 - 極楽寺 Gokuraku-Ji .

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This is the statue of Fudo from the temple Tofuku-Ji in Kyoto.
- reference : kyoto tofukuji fudo -


- quote : twitter 美しい日本の仏像 -

. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja – Fudo Myoo .

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. takagari 鷹狩 hunting with hawks and falcons .

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Tamon-in 多聞院 Tamon-In

Nr. 03 - 金剛山 Kongozan 悲願寺 Higan-Ji 多聞院 Tamon-In
世田谷区北烏山4-12-1 / 4 Chome-12-1 Kitakarasuyama, Setagaya
Shingon Sect : 豊山派 Buzan


source : wheatbaku.exblog.jp/21150686

This temple was founded in 1628 述誉上人.
The main statue is now 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu. During the Edo period, it was Fudo Myo-O.
In the garden is a stone sculpture of the nehanzu 涅槃図 reclining Buddha. It is a present from temple 壺阪寺 Tsubosaka-Ji in Nara.
There are also stone statues of 延命地蔵 Enmei Jizo, 文殊菩薩 Monju Bosatsu and 悲母観音 Jibo Kannon Bosatsu.

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The temple was originally located in 新宿角筈村 Nishi-shinjuku. After it was burnt in the Second World War, the graveyard was moved to Karasuyama in 1949 and the main building in 1954. There is a three-meter-high "grave of 568 unknown people"飢人過去帳 / 五百六十八人無縁墓, which enshrines those who died of in the Tenmei Famine.
- source : ohkubo-sekizai.co.jp/ karasuyama teramachi -


- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple KANJI Konsen-Ji in Shikoku :
極楽の宝の池を思えただ　黄金の泉澄みたたえたる
Gokuraku no takara no ike o omoetada kogane no izumi sumitataetaru

- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


Also Nr. 44 of the Tamagawa Henro Pilgrimage 玉川八十八ヶ所 第44番
- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/setagaya


. Introduction of Jizo Bosatsu .

. Nehan-E 涅槃会 Nirvana ceremony .

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

. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路　 .

. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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HEIAN - Totsukawa Legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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Totsukawa / Totsugawa 十津川と伝説 Legends about Totsukawa village

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Totsukawa (十津川村 Totsukawa-mura) is a village located in Yoshino District, Nara Prefecture, Japan, along the Totsukawa river.
It's recognized as the largest village in Japan in terms of land area.
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Onsen - Hot Springs
Totsukawa has many natural onsen or hot springs. Tosenji hot spring in Totsukawa was put on the list of the best one hundred hot springs in Japan. The water from some of these hot springs is safe to drink. The source temperature of the water is about 70℃ and is also said to cure your cuts and burns. The hot springs in Totsukawa are unusual because the hot spring water is used, as is, directly from the source without reheating or recycling. Good onsen are said to keep you warm even long after bathing and many people claim this of the hot springs in Totsukawa.
There are also many footbaths in Totsukawa which are said to have health benefits for feet.
Footbaths in Totsukawa are free of charge.
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. Legends about Onsen Hot Springs　温泉と伝説 .
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Totsukawa Onsen 十津川温泉 Totsukawa Hot Spring
Nara Prefecture, Yoshino-gun, Totsukawa-mura Hiraya / 奈良県吉野郡十津川村平谷



En no Gyoja met a couple of Oni who were eating humans. He asked them not to do that any more but they did not listen to him. He hid in a cave but they wanted to give him human flesh to eat even there.
Now 不動明王　Fudo Myo-O comes along and pressured the couple not to eat humans any more. So they promised to change their ways.
Zenki went to 洞川 Dorogawa (now a famous hot spring), and Goki went to 十津川 Totsukawa .

. Zenkibō 前鬼坊 Zenkibo, Zenki-Bo .
his wife Goki 後鬼.

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Totsugawa Go 十津川郷 The Totsugawa Region
There are legends about serpents, cats, wolves and other animals.
Waterfalls also feature in these stories.

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When someone feels a buzzing and ringing in the ear, very soon a person of his/her age will die.

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hebi 蛇 serpent, snake // daija 大蛇 huge serpent

Sometimes villagers have sighted the bones of huge serpents.

The white serpent 白いグチナワ Guchinawa (Kuchinawa) is seen as a messenger of the Gods.

Once an old woman begun to venerate a white serpent near her home and soon the family became quite wealthy.

Once some forest workers saw a white serpent coming from between some rocks where they wanted to built a road. They became afraid and could not continue. They called a priest, had purification rites performed and then could continue the work.

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Once the locals angered a serpent, but in revenge 50 serpents came along with their 蛇の親分 Serpent Oyabun Boss. So the people had to stop working and hold a ritual for the serpents.
Once there came a huge white serpent and a small white one along to live here. Rumors spread and no more workers came to help, even borrowing money became very expensive.

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At the waterfall 平内滝 Heinaitaki there live about 10 small serpents.
Some have seen a serpent wound around a human skull.

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Ryuujin 竜神 Dragon King
There is a huge hinoki 桧 Japanese cypress where the Dragon King lives. It is covered by thick fuji 藤 and kazura 葛 vines. If people break the vines, there is a strange sound. If this sound is heared, a 大蛇 huge serpent will appear.


- reference : 9 guchinawa legends -
7 kuchinawa くちなわ / クチナワ legends

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neko 猫 cat - monster cat

The waterfall from Nekoyoshi 猫良滝 is known as a place of the neko no kai 猫の怪 Monster Cat.



At the waterfall ネコマタの滝 猫又 Nekomata "Monster Cat Legs" a group of travellers once had to take a pee. The Cat Lord of the Waterfall got very angry about this and it started to rain in no time.

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Waterfalls along Totsukawa River



Sasa-no-taki (Waterfall of the Bamboo Grass) This waterfall was put on the list of 100 best waterfalls in Japan.
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- reference source : nps.ed.jp/totsukawa-hs/sub/yoshikuma -

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ookami 狼 wolf

If villagers have to go around to spread the word that someone has died, they always should go two of them. If for some reason only one can go, he must carry a knife ready to pull out of his breast pocket. This is a spell against being attacked by wolves.

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tanuki 狸 Tanuki, badger

Some villagers have been tricked by the Tanuki.
In the evening there was sand and stones thrown at them, but when they got after it calling 「おのれ、打ち殺すぞ」 "You beast, we are going to kill you", there was nothing.
Once they heard the sound of an ax felling a tree at lunchtime, but there was nobody. They could only feel the touch of a Tanuki.

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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● How the village Totsukawa got its name:
At the time when Tenmu Tenno 天武天皇 was still a prince called 大海人皇子 Oama no Miko and was hiding in Yoshina, he looked all the way South and sighed in grief:
「とほつかは」 tootsukawa

● How Mount Hatenashi 果無山 got its name :

In the Southwest of Totsukawa, near the border to 紀州 Kishu, Wakayama, there is a mountain range called Hatenashisan (Hate-nashi-san).
There was a busy road 上り下り七十二丁 up and down for about 8 kilometers for people to walk to Kumano.
But in the mountains lives an ogre called いっぽんだたら Ippondatara, with only one leg and eyes like huge plates.
Sometimes it brought harm to the farmers, but on the day hate no hatsuka ハテの廿日 (the day 20 of the 12th month) it was especially dangerous and people did not walk along the pass.
This is a pun: ハテナシ山 - On the day HATE there was no traffic (NASHI) - Mount Hatenashi.

. Obamine no Ipponashi 伯母峯 一本足 .
in in Wakayama, 北山村 Kitayama village.

● Tengu-ura 天狗崖 《てんぐうら》Tengu Cliff
At 高津 Takotsu the Totsukawa river runs through a gourge with steep cliffs, called Tengu-Ura.
There live some large and small Tengu. In autumn they all come here to enjoy the colored leaves.


● . shichinin misaki 七人ミサキ Misaki of Seven People .
- a group of persons who died in an accident or in unnatural circumstances.
At 吉野郡十津川村榎谷 - 山天　Yamaten in olden times, 七人旅 seven travellers have died of hunger. Now they come out for revenge, if seven people travel along this road.
If a group has to travel here, they make sure to be six or eight people, never seven.

- reference source : 十津川村の伝説 -

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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

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GOKURAKU EDO - Karasuyama Temple Town

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Karasuyama teramachi 烏山寺町 Karasuyama Temple Town

There are 26 temples in the area.
The area is called the Little Kyoto of Setagaya ward 世田谷の小京都.



からすやま寺町の歌 - The song of Karasuyama Temple Town
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The Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923 brought a virtual tidal wave of displaced refugees, and a flotilla of temples as well. Setagaya's population nearly doubled, and Teramachi, or "temple town," near Chitose-Karasuyama, offered land on which 26 temples damaged in the quake were rebuilt.
A variety of Buddhist sects are represented, and one temple, Senkoji, sequesters the grave site of world-renowned ukiyo-e artist Kitagawa Utamaro.
The hush over the area is eerie beyond words.
- A wave to Setagaya
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01 Myookooji 妙高寺 Myoko-ji
Nichiren Sect.

The temple moved to Karasuyama in 1927 after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923. It retains a grave of the Mizuno family, the lord of the Yamagata domain. There are graves of 藤井右門 Fujii Umon, an advocate of the restoration of the Imperial rule, three Japanese-style painters: 速水御舟 Hayami Gyoshu (1894 - 1935),
今村紫紅 Imamura Shiko (1880 - 1916), 小村雪岱 Komura Settai (1887 - 1940), and 川之辺一朝 Kawanobe Itcho (1830 - 1910), a lacquer artist.
Myoko-ji HP : - reference source : myokozi.com -

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. 金剛山 Kongozan 悲願寺 Higan-Ji 多聞院 Tamon-In .
Nr. 03 of the Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo

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03 Joomanji 乗満寺 Joman-ji
Shinshu-otani School
The temple was originally located in Kaga and called Rinsho Temple. After moving to Setsu, Fushimi, Suruga then Edo, it changed its name to Joman Temple. It moved to Karasuyama in 1924. In the Edo period the temple had many patrons among 江戸期は幕臣関係の檀家 the vassals of the shogun.

04 Nyuurakuji 入楽寺 Nyuraku-ji
Shinshu-otani School
It was built in Hiramatsu-cho, Nihonbashi in 1648. After being moved to Matsuyama-cho, Asakusa, it was burnt down in the Great Kanto Earthquake. It moved to Karasuyama in 1927.

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05 Jooeiji 常栄寺 Joei-ji
Jodo-shin Sect. Honganji School

The buildings were all burnt in the Great Kanto Earthquake except for the principal image and the necrology. It moved to Karasuyama from Tsukiji in 1924.
There are the remains of a foundation stone of 菊田伊州 Kikuta Ishu (1791 - 1852), a Japanese-style painter.
Joei-ji HP - reference source : joueiji.net-

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06 Genshooji 源正寺 Gensho-ji
Jodo-shin Sect. Honganji School
The temple moved to Karasuyama from Tsukiji in 1932. They have metal tubs made by 藤原正次 Fujiwara Shoji,
a master of foundry in the Edo period, which were chosen as cultural assets.


07 Shinryuuji 幸龍寺 Shinryu-ji
Nichiren Sect.
The temple was originally built as a prayer hall for the Tokugawa family. It moved to Hamamatsu, Suruga, Yushima then Asakusa. It was damaged in the Great Kanto Earthquake. Its relocation to Karasuyama began in 1927 and was completed in 1940.

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08 Zonmyooji 存明寺 Zonmyo-ji
Shinshu-otani School

The temple was built at Sakurada-mon in the early Edo period. It moved to Azabu in the Meiji period, then to Karasuyama in 1927 after the 1923 earthquake. Teachings written by the chief priest are on display at the gate, and they are changed from time to time.
The temple features a dining facility for needy children, Zonmyōji Kodomo Shokudō - Cafeteria.
Zonmyo-ji HP : - reference source : zonmyoji.jp -

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09 Shoo-oo-in 稱往院 Shoo-in
Jodo Sect.
The temple was built in Yushima in 1596, then moved to Asakusa. It moved to Karasuyama in 1927 after the 1923 earthquake.

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source : tukitodora.exblog.jp

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10 Myooyuji 妙祐寺 Myoyu-ji
Jodo-shin Sect. Honganji School


source : saiseki.net/specialties/temple13

The temple was built in Shibuya in 1625 with the statue of 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai which was dug out from the ground. It moved to Karasuyama due to the construction of the Ginza Line in 1937 and the re-zoning plan in 1949.
They have a unique main building which was built in the Indian style.

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11 Soofukuji 宗福寺 Sofuku-ji
Jodo Sect.
The temple moved to Karasuyama from Nippori after the 1923 earthquake.

12 Eiryuuji 永隆寺 Eiryu-ji
Hokke Sect.
日義上人 Nichiyoshi, a holy priest who taught the game of go to Tokugawa Ieyasu, built the temple in Kanda. Daikoku, a stone statue as the temple's treasure, was given to the temple by お万の方 O-Man, one of Ieyasu's concubines. The temple moved to Yanaka, Honjo, then to Karasuyama in 1928 after the 1923 earthquake.
There is a grave of 三遊亭圓生 Sanyutei Ensho (1839 - 1900), a Rakugo comic storyteller who was designated as a living national treasure.

13 Jooinji 浄因寺 Join-ji
Jodo-shin Sect. Honganji School
The temple used to retain a grave of the 福岡黒田藩士 Kuroda family, who were clansmen in Fukuoka. It moved from Azabu to Karasuyama in 1924.

14 Zengyooji 善行寺 Zengyo-ji
Jodo-shin Sect. Honganji School
The temple was originally built around Yokoyama-cho, Chuo-ku in the early Edo period, then moved to Tsukiji due to the large fire in the Meireki period. It moved to Karasuyma after the 1923 earthquake.

15 Manpukuji 萬福寺 Manpuku-ji, Mampukuji
Jodo-shin Sect. Honganji School
The temple was built in Hamacho in the early Edo period, then moved to Tsukiji during the Meireki period. It moved to Karasuyama after the 1923 earthquake.

16 Myoozenji 妙善寺 Myozen-ji
Jodo-shin Sect. Honganji School
北条家家臣菅原正円 Sugawara Shoen, a vassal of the Hojo family, was converted to Buddhism, became a pupil of Shinran and built a thatched cottage in Ise. It is said to have been the origin of the temple. It moved to Tsukiji near the fish market, where the priests were engaged in missionary work. So they have many believers among fish market workers. It moved to Karasuyama in 1927.

17 Myoojuuji 妙寿寺 Myoju-ji
Hokke Sect.
The temple was originally built in Yanaka. It moved to Honjo-sarue, then to Karasuyama in 1924 after the 1923 earthquake. There is a temple bell made by 藤原正次
Fujiwara Shoji, a master of foundry, which was partly burnt in the 1923 earthquake. The guest room was relocated from the former house of the 鍋島侯爵邸 Prince Nabeshima. 正隆廟 Shoryubyo, a hall to worship for future generations was newly built in 2000.

18 Senkooji 専光寺 Senko-ji
Jodo Sect.
The temple was originally built in Shinagawa, and moved to Bakurai-cho, then Asakusa. It moved to Karasuyama in 1927 after the 1923 earthquake. The main building and the monks' living quarters were burnt due to the air raid in 1945. The main building was re-built in 1958. There is a grave of 喜多川歌麿 Kitagawa Utamaro (1753 - 1806), an ukiyo-e artist.

19 Eiganji 永願寺 Eigan-ji
Shinshu-otani School
越後の堀家家臣浄順 Jojun, a vassal of the Hori family in Echigo became a priest and built the temple in Kanda. It moved to Asakusa. The buildings were damaged by the 1923 earthquake, but its principle image Amida statue and the necrology were saved from the fire.

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20 Koogenin 高源院 Kogen-in
Rinzai Sect.

久留米藩有馬家 有馬頼元 Arima Yorimoto (1654 - 1705), the fourth lord of the Kurume domain, was converted to Buddhism and built the temple in Shinagawa. 怡渓和尚 Ikei, the first priest of the temple, mastered the tea ceremony. The Ikei division of the Ishikawa school still exists. The temple moved to Karasuyama in 1926. Its pond, Benten-ike, is known as a spot where wild ducks come and stay. In the center of the pond, there is a little shrine, 浮御堂 Ukigodo, which enshrines 宝生弁財天 Hosho Benzaiten.

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21 Genryooin 源良院 Genryo-in
Jodo Sect.
The temple moved to Karasuyama from Asakusa in 1925 due to the 1923 earthquake. It used to be a temple for trainee monks. It enshrines 火伏観世音 Hifuse Kanzeon Bosatsu, which was believed to protect the Edo towns from further damage from the fires.

22 Myooyooji 妙揚寺 Myoyo-ji
Nichiren Sect.
The temple moved to Karasuyama from Yanaka Imosaka in 1928.

23 Genshooji 玄照寺 Gensho-ji
Nichiren Sect.
日延上人 Nichien, a priest brought up by 加藤清正 Kato Kiyomasa, built the temple in Shiba Shirogane. It moved to Karasuyama in 1927. There is a grave of the 戸川 Togawa family of the Niwase domain and a statue of 鬼子母神 Kishibojin, the goddess of childbirth and children.

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24 Joofukuji 常福寺 Jofuku-ji
Kenpon-hokke Sect.

The temple was built in Asakusa in 1511, then moved to Karasuyama in 1928 due to the 1923 earthquake.
In the precincts there are porcelain 狸 Tanuki racoon dogs in all sizes, which symbolize wealth and happiness.
Jofuku-ji HP - reference source : joufukuji.com -

. Tanuki 狸　Badger, Racoon Dog .

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25 Junshooji 順正寺 Junsho-Ji
高柳山 With a statue of Amida Nyorai by 恵心僧都 priest Eshin Sozu (Heian period).

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26 Sairenji 西蓮寺 Sairen-ji
Shinshu-otani School

宗誓上人 Shusei, born into a samurai family, became a priest and built the temple in Sakurada-mon. It moved to Toranomon, Mita, then to Karasuyama in 1939. There is a grave of Kokugakuin Kugayama School.
There is also a unique temple gate with tsuijibei 築地塀 Tsuiji-style fence.
Sairen-ji HP : - reference source : sairen99.cocolog-nifty.com-

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4-14-10, Minamikarasuyama, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo
- reference : ohkubo-sekizai.co.jp/teramachi/english



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DARUMA - Nakamura Hisako

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Nakamura Hisako 中村久子



間もなく久子は自立するために、身売りされる形で
「だるま娘」 Daruma Musume
の名で見世物小屋での芸人として働くようになり、両手の無い体での裁縫や編み物を見せる芸を披露した。
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The inspiring life of Hisako Nakamura
Hisako Nakamura is probably one of Japan's most popular practicing Buddhist who has touched many lives through her works and her struggles. Many would think that no other person can be more influential than the great Buddha himself and many of his followers including the Dalai Lama. Unless people would understand the way Hisako Nakamura has lived, perhaps they could understand why she had become influential and inspiring for many Japanese.

Nakamura was born into a poor family in 1897 in Takayama city, Gifu prefecture in Japan. It is known, at the time, that the changes in temperature in this part of the country are very severe with their winters among the most aggressive out of all. Nakamura, at the young age of three, got frost bite on her feet and hands. At the time, her frostbites developed into idiopathic gangrene. Soon, her limbs were all amputated at the young age of four. Her survival in these ordeals is the most amazing because at the time there were no anaesthetics and for a child of four to survive amputation without it is truly a proof of her with and courage.

The physical pain through her sickness was not the only thing that she had to endure. The first of this would be the loss of their father who died from over fatigue and over work just to collect enough money for her medical expenses. Furthermore, as she was growing up she was continuously being taunted by other children in the village calling her an animal due to her disability. Because of this, she was determined to prove to them that she was a normal human being – training herself to eat using chopsticks without her hands. Seeing that she was successful in doing so, her mother was determined to teach her how to live a normal life and be productive despite what she went through. So, she learned how to do calligraphy, sew clothes, do household chores despite the lack of both arms and legs.

She worked for the circus for most of her life showing off to the audiences that even a woman who lost four limbs will still be able to perform normal tasks. Because of her work she was able to travel and meet a number of people who introduced her to the true way of life. It was when she met Hellen Keller that she was truly awakened to Buddhism. She strove to become a beautiful lotus flower, knowing that it will not become what it is without the muddy water it lives in.
She realized that her disability and all that she went through in life were not hardships but blessings for her to attain her true goal of being a lotus flower.
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MINGEI - Ehamadou shop Fukuoka

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Ehamadoo 絵羽馬堂 Ehama Do



福岡県八女市馬場760の2 / 760-2 Baba, Yame-shi, Fukuoka
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EDO - Gofunai temples 31 and 88

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. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo
Go-Funai 88kasho - Visiting 88 Temples in the Lord's City
Junrei - Pilgrimage in the central area of Tokyo
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This pilgrimage was established in 1755 by 正等和尚 Shoto Osho (1703-1774).
His grave is at the temple Nr. 31, 多聞院 Tamon-In.

Gofunai or 府内 Funai referred to the part of Edo that was under the jurisdiction of the machibugyoo 江戸町奉行 city magistrate. Fukagawa, Itabashi, Shinagawa, Honjo, Senju and Yotsuya were included.

Jippensha Ikku 十返舎一九 (1765–1831) mentiones this pilgrimage as　東都大師巡八十八箇所. He wrote that many people start a pilgrimage to seek healing from an illness or pray to stay healthy until the day they have to die, so as not to become a burden to their family.
Like watching Kabuki theater, going to a pilgrimage in Edo became a kind of hobby for the rich. It is also a way for bereaved people to try and cope with the loss of a loved one.

After the Meiji restoration, earthquakes and fires some temples were relocated outside ofthe central area, to make room for the modern city development.
Therefore the temples are now located here and there in Tokyo.

It is only important to start the pilgrimage at temple number 01 and end at temple number 88.

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31 Tamonin 照臨山 / 照林山 多聞院 Shorinzan Tamon-In
新宿区弁天町100 - 100 Bentenchō, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派 Shingon-shu Buzan-ha



In the compound of the temple 吉祥寺 Kichijo-Ji.
The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
The date of its origin in not clear, but it was founded around 1580 by 覺祐上人 / 覚祐上人 Saint Kakuyu.
In 1607 it was relocated from 平河 Hirakawa to 牛込 Ushigome and in 1635 to its present location in Bentencho.
The grave of the founder of this Henro pilgrimage, 正等和尚 / 正等大阿闍梨 Shoto Osho (1703-1774), is in the compound.


source :www.14109.jp/tamonin


- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 雪蹊寺　Sekkei-Ji in Shikoku :
南無文殊三世の諸仏の母と聞く　われも子なれば乳こそほしけれ
Namu Monju miyo no hotoke no haha to kiku ware mo konareba chikoso hoshikere

-　朱印 - stamp of the temple :



. Bishamon-Ten 毘沙門天 Tamonten (Vaishravana) .


The grave of Matsui Sumako is in this temple.



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Sumako Matsui 松井須磨子 Matsui Sumako (November 1, 1886 – January 5, 1919)
was a Japanese actress and singer. Born as Masako Kobayashi in Matsushiro, Nagano, Nagano Prefecture as the fifth daughter and last of nine children of Tohta Kobayashi, she was adopted by the Hasegawa family in Ueda at the age of six and in 1900 graduated Ueda school. She had to return to her birth family after her adopted father died, however in the year of her return, her natural father also died. At the age of 17 she moved to Tokyo.
She married in 1903 at the arrangement of relatives but divorced within a year.
In 1908 she married Seisuke Maezawa from the same country village and in 1909 joined Shoyo Tsubouchi's newly established theatre group only to divorce Maezawa the following October 1910.
Matsui first became famous in 1911 for her portrayal of Nora in A Doll's House. In 1913 after establishing the Geijutsu-za theatre troupe with the shingeki director Hogetsu Shimamura, she became an acclaimed actress thanks to her performance in the role of Katusha in Tolstoy's Resurrection (translated by Shimamura). "Katyusha's song", written by Shinpei Nakayama, which she sang in the film, became a huge hit selling over 20,000 copies at the time. This was said to be the first ryūkōka song.
After Shimamura died of the Spanish flu on November 5, 1918, she committed suicide by hanging on January 5, 1919.
It was Matsui's wish
to be buried alongside Shimamura, with whom she had been having an affair. However, her wish was not to be granted and her grave lies with her family in her hometown of Matsushiro.
Remains are also buried in the Tamon-In Temple in Shinjuku, Tokyo.
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100 Bentencho, Shinjuku ward


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88 Monjuin 文殊院 Monju-In 遍照山 Henjozan 高野寺 Koya-Ji
杉並区和泉4-18-17 - 4 Chome-18-17 Izumi, Suginami ward
Shingon Sect : 高野山 真言宗

The last temple of the pilgrimage, 札留寺 Fudadome no Tera.　


source : blog.goshuin.net/gofunai

Founded in 1602 by 木食応其 Saint Mokujiki Ogo (1536 - 1608), with the name 興山寺 Kozan-Ji.
The main statue is of Kobo Daishi.
In 1627 the temple was relocated to 浅草 Asakusa and in 1696 to 白金 Shirogane. It served as the 打留の札所 last temple of the Gofunai pilgrimage.
In 1920 it was relocated to its present place.
Many women come here to pray for an easy birth.

During the Edo period, this temple was important for the priests of Mount Koyasan 高野山行人方触頭江戸在番所,
divided into
学侶方触頭江戸在番所 (Gakuryo, priests studying Shingon doctrine, mostly people from the aristocracy of high-ranking samurai families)
and
行人方触頭江戸在番所 (Gyonin, priests working in administration, kitchen etc., mostly people from lower ranks)




- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple :
南無薬師 諸病なかれと願いつつ 詣れる人は大窪の寺
Namu Yakushi shobyoo nakare to negaitsutsu maireru hito wa Oookubo no tera

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. Ookuboji　大窪寺　Temple Okubo-Ji .
This is the very last one of the 88 Henro pilgrim temples in Shikoku.


. Monju Bosatsu　文殊菩薩　Manjushri - Mañjuśrī .



4 Chome-18-17 Izumi, Suginami ward

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Koya San in Wakayama

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海
(Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai)

. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

. Shikoku Henro Temple List .

. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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