TEMPLE - Amidaji Fudo Aio

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Amidaji Fudo Aio

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Amidaji 阿弥陀寺 Amida-Ji - Aio
樫木山 Kashinokizan 阿弥陀寺 Amidaji

山口市秋穂二島向東2214 / Yamaguchi, Aio, Futajima, Mukaihigashi

Ikime Fudo 生目不動 "Fudo with living eyes"

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Nr. 10 - Fushigi 不思議（ふしぎ）童子　Fushigi Doji

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

Not much is known about this temple.

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................................................................................. Fukushima 福島県　
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相馬郡 Soma district 鹿島町 Kashima town

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
> Once upon a time, there were many huge serpents at 阿弥陀寺 the Temple Amida-Ji in 八沢村 Yasawa village.
One was more than 3 meters long and did not flee when children chased it.
When the young temple acolyte told this to the main priest.
The priest told the acolyte to give the serpents something they liked.
When the acolyte asked what they liked, the priest told him "tocacco resin".
When the acolyte gave some resin to the serpent, the animal felt pain and left.
When the acolyte cleaned the temple, he felt a great pain and went almost crazy.
He said the serpent had wrapped itself around his body.
The priest told the acolyte to pray to 阿弥陀 Amida Nyorai and soon the pain was over.
To show gratitude, they built a stone marker for the serpent, now called
Yasawa no Hebizuka 八沢の蛇塚 Mound for the serpent of Yasawa.
. Amida Nyorai Legends 阿弥陀如来と伝説 .




................................................................................. Kagawa 香川県　
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高松市 Takamatsu city 牟礼 Mure

. shiraha no ya 白羽の矢 an arrow with white feathers .


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Legends - ryujo female dragon

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ryujo female dragon legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
. ryuujin 竜神 / 龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .
. ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O, The Dragon King .
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ryuujo 竜女と伝説 / 龍女 Ryujo - Legends about female dragons

Many legends are related to
. amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals - Legends .

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Banzuii 幡随意（ばんずいい) Saint Banzuii (1542 - 1615)

Founder of the temple 幡随院 Banzui-In in Tokyo (first called Shinchion-Ji).
There are various tales in temples of Japan where 幡随意白道上人 Saint Banzuii Byakudo
helped ryuujo 竜女 Ryujo female dragons to gain Buddhahood.
At the temples 善導寺 Zendo-Ji in Kyushu and in Echigo he gave them a posthume Buddhist name.
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ryuujo joobutsu 龍女成仏　female dragon to gain Buddhahood

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Gunma 群馬県， Okayama 岡山県
ryuu no uroko 竜の鱗 scales of a dragon
At 竜王社 the Shrine Ryuo-Sha the scales of a dragon are venerated.
At 白神神社 the Shrine Shirakami Jinja there are also scales of a dragon as treasures.
There is also a Ryuo-Sha in Hiroshima, 福山市 Fukuyama city.
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和歌山県 Wakayama 印南町 Inami town 雨乞山 Ame no Yama
In a forest called ame no mori 雨の森 Forest of Rain, there are some scales of the dragon buried in the ground.
This place is used for rain rituals.
Once upon a time, a priest from 与国寺 Temple Hongen-Ji had come here,
put his hands into the seawater and picked up three scales of a dragon.



......................................................................................... Aichi 愛知県 　
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名古屋市 Nagoya city 守山区 Moriyama ward

. at the temple 竜泉寺 Ryusen-Ji, Dragon Pond Temple .




......................................................................................... Fukui 福井県
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若狭町 Wakasa city

. kechimyaku 血脈と伝説 Legends about blood lineage .




......................................................................................... Fukuoka 福岡県
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宮若市 Miyawaka city 乙野 Otono // 竜女成仏譚

ryuu no uroko 竜の鱗 scales of a dragon
At Ryuo ga taki 竜王ヶ滝 the Dragon King Watefall.
in a small sanctuary for Ryujin 竜神 The Dragon Deity one scale of a dragon is venerated.
The scale belonged to 幡随意 Saint Banzuii (1542 - 1615).
Now powerful rain rituals are performed at this place.




......................................................................................... Gifu 岐阜県
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各務原市 Kakamigahara city

. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 old mountain hag - Legends .
The wicked ryujo 龍女 female dragon became the wife of 与八郎 Yohachiro.
When she turned into yamauba 山姥 an old mountain hag monster, he shot her dead.
After a proper ritual she could go to the Buddhist paradise.




......................................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
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. Minamoto no Mitsunaka 源満仲 (912 - 997) .
and the ryuume 竜馬 Ryume, a "dragon horse"




......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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綾歌郡 Ayauta district 坂出町 Sakaide town

. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749) .
Saint Gyoki Bosatsu performed exorcist rituals at a mountain,
when ryuujo 龍女 a female dragon flew up and away.
She left a hair ornament to be venerated as an object of worship.
During a kanbatsu 旱魃 drought, amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals were performed.

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観音寺市 Kannonji city 八幡町 Yahata town // 竜女成仏譚

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
> When the priest from 神恵院 Temple Jinnei-In performed rituals in the mountains near the temple,
the deity 妙見菩薩 Myoken Bosatsu appeared to him.
Myoken told the priest that in a former life he had been daija 大蛇 a large serpent.
Once the serpent heard a priest recite the Sutras and decided to turn into a female human.
Ryuo 竜王 the Dragon King granted her the power to perform amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals.
. 七宝山 Shippozan　観音寺 Kannon-Ji 神恵院 Jinnei-In - Shikoku Henro Nr. 68 .
. Myoken Bosatsu 妙見菩薩 .




......................................................................................... Mie 三重県
津市 Tsu city 芸濃町 Geino town // 竜女成仏譚

The temple 長徳寺 Chotoku-Ji is famous for its amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals.
Once the priest held a ritual, when a dragon, who had changed into a beautiful woman, attendet.
The priest had doubts about the woman and followed her to the local river,
where she lived as a dragon.
The priest held a special ritual for her and changed her into a serpent.
To express her gratitude, she left some uroko 竜の鱗 scales and
a tree now called Ryuuoozakura 竜王桜 Ryuozakura, the Dragon King Cherry Tree.
It is now a famous tourist attraction.

......................................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
栗原市 Kurihara city 築館 Tsukidate town

. The spirit of the Shrine 白山神社 Hakusan Jinja .




......................................................................................... Nara 奈良県

The dragon from 竜花寺 the Temple Ryuge-ji heard the priest recite 法華経 the Hokekyo Sutra.
To show its gratitude, it made rain fall.
But this angered 大梵天 The Deity Daibonten, who cut its body into four pieces,
so it fell down from its way to heaven.
It is now venerated at the four temples
竜海寺 Ryukai-Ji, 竜心寺 Ryushin-Ji, 竜天寺 Ryuten-Ji and 竜王寺 Ryuo-Ji.
. Hokekyo, Hokkekyoo 法華経 / ホケキョウ Hoke Kyo Lotus Sutra .




......................................................................................... Niigata 新潟県

. katame no buna 片目の鮒 crucian carp with one eye - Legends .
Since the local Lord had one very small eye, all the fish in the pondhad only one eye.
A ryuujo 龍女 female dragon woman fell in love with him and pulled out all the water.




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岡山市 Okayama city 中区 Naka ward // 竜女成仏譚

ryuu no shita 竜の舌 the tongue of a dragon
At the temple Anju-In they venerate ryuu no shita 竜の舌 the tongue of a dragon.
In fact it is the nose of a same 鮫 shark.
If it is washed in the pond of Ryuo-Do 竜王堂 the Dragon King Hall, there will soon rain be falling.

禅光寺 Zenko-Ji の安住院 Anju-In

岡山県岡山市中区国富3丁目1-29




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枚方市 Hirakata city 北中振 KitaNakaburi

At 光善寺 the Temple Kozen-Ji there is ryuujo ike 竜女池 a dragon lady pond.
Saint 蓮如上人 Rennyo Shonin gave this pond to ryujo 龍女 the female dragon,
which became the master of the pond.
Her scales are venerated in the pond at 蛇塔 a serpent memorial tower.




......................................................................................... Yamagata 山形県
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鶴岡市 Tsuruoka city 川尻 Kawashiri / 竜女，竜王，竜神

In the back of 方副寺 the Temple Hofuku-Ji there is a large pond.
ryuu-oo 竜王 a dragon king lived there.
The head priest used to recite the sutras every day and one day ryuujin 竜神 a dragon king came to listen.
When the priest performed a special ritual, the Dragon King jumped into the pond and became megami 女神 a goddess.
Her specially glittering pearl and a robe without marks of sewing remain in the temple.




......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
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甲斐市 Kai city 竜王 Ryuo hamlet // 竜女成仏譚

The founder of 慈照寺 the Temple Jisho-Ji gave a kechimyaku 血脈 lineage chart
to a malicious dragon to appease it.
From the tip of his staff water came sprouting and now there is a well,

Ryuo Mizu 竜王水 Dragon King Water.
. kechimyaku 血脈と伝説 Legends about blood lineage charts .
. akuryuu 悪竜と伝説 Akuryu, Legends about malicious dragons .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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. ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O, The Dragon King .

. ryuu, ryū 龍 /　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .

. Kaido highway legends 街道と伝説 - - ABC list .

. Persons, People, Personen and their legends - - ABC list .

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

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

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TEMPLE - Senkokuji Kannon Kozukue

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Senkokuji Kannon Kozukue

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Senkokuji 泉谷寺 Senkoku-Ji, Kozukue
松亀山　Matsukamezan 本覺院 Hongaku-In　泉谷寺 Senkokuji

神奈川県横浜市港北区小机町256 / Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kohoku ward, Kozukue town

The Kannon statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.

The temple was built around 1322 by 二宮織部正 Ninomiya Oribesho.
To built a temple for his late father, he invited 見譽上人 Saint Migaku,
who built the temple and called it 泉谷寺 Senkoku-Ji.
Saint was also the priest at 飯沼弘経寺 the Temple Gugyo-Ji in Iinuma.
In 1642, the Bakufu government in Edo alloted it more land.

The temple has a wooden door with a painting from 歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige.
In 1928, it was repaired by 野口米次郎 Noguchi Yonejiro (1875 - 1947)
and shown to the public.

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The remains of Kozukue Castle (小机城 Kozukue-jō)

are located in present-day Kōhoku Ward, Yokohama.
The castle was thought to be built by the Uesugi clan during the Eikyō Rebellion (永享の乱 Eikyō-no-ran) in 1438/39.
The Uesugi were a powerful samurai family that descended from the Fujiwara, and that was most influential during the Muromachi and the Sengoku periods, holding the positions of shugo (守護, provincial governors) and Kantō kanrei (関東管領, deputies of the shōgun in the Kantō region) until 1552.
Later, in 1478, the castle re-entered the spotlight of history when Nagao Kageharu (長尾景春, 1443-1514), a vassal of the Yamanouchi Uesugi clan, rebelled against his lord in what is known as the Kyōtoku Incident (享徳の乱, Kyōtoku-no-ran), a series of skirmishes between the Ashikaga and the Uesugi. The Toshima clan who sided with Kageharu held the castle but were eventually defeated by Kageharu's arch-rival Ōta Dōkan (太田道灌, 1432-1486). Although suppressed, Kageharu's rebellion contributed to the weakening of the Uesugi and paved the way for Hōjō Sōun(北条早雲) to establish hegemony in the Kantō region.
The abandoned Kozukue Castle was taken over by the Hōjō in 1524 and played an essential role as a strategic point of military and economic interest until Tokugawa Ieyasu entered Edo.
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This temple is Nr. 01 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi refers to people born in 子年（ねずみどし） the year of the rat, nezumi.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

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TEMPLE - Koboji Fudo Doji Hagi

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Koboji Fudo Hagi

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Koobooji 弘法寺　Kobo-Ji - Hagi
寄舟山 Yorifunezan 弘法寺 Koboji

萩市土原 / Hagi, Hijiwara
yorifune means "place where the ship landed"

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Nr. 09 - Shoojookoo 召請光童子 Shojoko Doji

The main statue is Fudo Myo-O 　不動明王.

When 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi came back from his travels in China, the ship he came with landed here.
Therer is not much material about the history of this temple.
. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海 . - (774 - 835)

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SHRINE - Rokusho Jinja legends

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Rokusho Six Places Legends

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rokusho 六所 six places, six things

Shrine Rokusho-Gu 六所宮 / Yufusan Jinja 木綿山神社 / Oita

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The main 六所神社 Rokusho Jinja Shrines
六所神社（山形県鶴岡市） - Yamagata, Tsuruoka city -- 出羽国総社 Dewa no Kuni
六所神社（埼玉県所沢市） - Saitama, Tokorozawa city
六所神社（千葉県館山市）- Chiba, Tateyama city -- 安房国総社 Boso no Kuni
六所宮（東京都府中市） - Tokoy Fuchu city -- 現名称「大國魂神社」、武蔵国総社 Musashi no Kuni
六所神社（千葉県市川市） - Chiba, Ichikawa city -- 下総国総社 Shimosa no Kuni
六所神社（神奈川県中郡大磯町） - Kanagawa, Oisu town -- 相模国総社 Sagami no Kuni
六所神社（島根県松江市） - Shimane, Matsue city -- 出雲国総社 Izumo no kuni
六所神社（大分県豊後高田市) Oita, Takada city

Regional Rokusho Shrines

- - - 東北地方 Tohoku Region
嶽六所神社（秋田県大仙市） - Dake Rokusho - Akita
六社神社（山形県山形市） - Yamagata

- - - 関東地方 Kanto Region
旧六所神社(茨城県つくば市) -- Now Shrine Kokage Jinja 蚕影神社
六社神社（千葉県流山市）
六所神社（千葉県酒々井町）
六所神社 (大田区)
六所神社 (世田谷区赤堤)
六所神社 (世田谷区野毛)
六所神社 (世田谷区給田)

- - - 中部地方 Chubu Region
塩釜六所神社（新潟県岩船郡粟島浦村）
六所神社（静岡県浜松市東区）
六所神社（静岡県浜松市南区小沢渡町）
六社神社（静岡県掛川市）
六社神社（静岡県磐田市） 六所神社（愛知県豊田市松平郷） -- related to 鹽竈神社 Shrine Shiogama Jinja
六所神社（愛知県岡崎市）
六所神社（愛知県名古屋市西区）
六所神社（愛知県名古屋市東区）
六所社（愛知県名古屋市北区）
六所社（愛知県小牧市郷中）

- - - 近畿地方 Kinki Region
六所神社（京都府京都市山科区） -- Many in Yamashina district
六所神社（京都府相楽郡南山城村野殿）
六所神社（京都府相楽郡南山城村北大河原）
喜多六所神社（京都府福知山市喜多）

- - - 四国地方 Shikoku Region
六所神社（高知県高岡郡日高村）

- - - 九州地方 Kyushu Region
六所神社(福岡県久山町)
六所神社（福岡県糸島市）
六所宮（大分県由布市） -- 宇奈岐日女神社の別称 Better known as Unagihime Shrine
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- - - Rokusho Shrine - Six Deities
伊弊諾尊（いざなぎのみこと） Izanagi no Mikoto
伊弉冉尊（いざなみのみこと） Izanami no Mikoto
天照大神（あまてらすおおみかみ） Amaterasu Omikami
月夜見尊（つきよみのみこと） Tsukiyomi no Mikoto
素盞嗚尊（すさのおのみこと） Susano-O no Mikoto
大巳貴尊（おおなむちのみこと） Onamuchi no Mikoto
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Rokusho Shrines in Sagami (now Kanagawa) 相模国総社六所神社
They are resting places for the deities on their journey to Izumo.

柳田大明神
一之宮寒川神社
二之宮川勾神社
三之宮比々多神社
四之宮前鳥神社
平塚八幡宮 Hiratsuka Hachimangu
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. kannazuki 神無月 "gods-absent month", 10th lunar month .
The tenth lunar month (now November), after the harvest when the Japanese gods had done their duty,
they left their local shrines for a bit of a vacation.
They would all go for an audience and to celebrate at the great shrine of Izumo,
so the rest of Japan was "without gods".

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. Rokusho-Gu 六所宮 .
Better known as Unagihime Jinja 宇奈岐日女神社 Unagi-Hime Shrine
also read Unaguhime, Unagu-Hime （うなぐひめじんじゃ/うなきひめじんじゃ)
2220 Yufuincho Kawakami, Yufu, Oita / 大分県由布市湯布院町川上2220

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揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa town

. ryuukotsu 竜骨と伝説 Ryukotsu, Legends about dragon bones .
Once there was a drought and the priest from 六所神社 the Shrine Rokusha Jinja
took out ryuukotsu 竜骨 the dragon bones.
And indeed, it soon begun to rain.
But then it rained more and all was flooded.
Since then, the dragon bones are not shown any more.

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Saitama 大宮市 Omiya city

. u no hi 卯の日 legends about the first day of the rabbit .
The first unohi 卯の日 day of the rabbit in the 5th lunar month is related to お六所様 O-Rokusho Sama.
If people plant the rice fields on this day, they will die.

Saitama 戸田市 Toda city / 六所宮 Shrine Rokusho Gu / 六社神社

The sixth day of the 5th lunar month is related to オロクショ様 O-Rokusho Sama.
On this day the deity does the rice planting.
Therefore normal farmers do not plant rice on this day.




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府中市 Fuchu city // 六所明神 Rokusho Myojin

The Deity 六所明神 Rokusho Myojin was once made to wait under matsu 松 a pine tree.
Therefore the Deity dislikes pine trees.
. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .

- - - Tokyo 府中市 Fuchu city

. u no hi 卯の日 legends about the first day of the rabbit .
On the day of the rabbit the Rokusho Deity オロクショウサマ O-Rokusho Sama is planting rice.
Therefore the farmers should not plant rice on that day.
It they do, there will be death in the family.

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TEMPLE - Jodoji Kannon Akasaka

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Jodoji Kannon Akasaka

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Joodoji 浄土寺 Jodo-Ji, Akasaka
平河山 Hirakawazan　源照院　Gensho-In 浄土寺 Jodoji
Jodo 浄土 the paradise of Amida Nyorai.

港区赤坂4-3-5 /Minato ward, Akasaka

The Kannon statue is 正観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.
The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

The temple was founded by 聖公和尚 Priest Seiko (? - 1503)
in Chiyoda ward, 平河 Hirakawa.
It was relocated to its present place in 1665.

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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

. Tokyo Akasaka 赤坂 "the red slope" district .

. Hirakawachoo　平川町 Hirakawa-Cho, Hirakawa district .

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知多郡 Kita district 美浜町 Mihama town

Daikai Ryu Okami 大海龍大神 Great Dragon King of the Sea
In 1909 a huge kame 亀 turtle was washed ashore dead at the beach of 小佐 Kosa.
This turtle had appeared in the dream of the priest of 浄土寺 the Temple Jodo-Ji as an old man with white hair.
It had told the priest that if he would venerate the turtle as a deity, all his wishes would come true.
When the turtle died, the priest made a grave for it under ケヤキ a keyaki tree and prayed for it.
On the back of the turtle was an inscription 大海龍大神.
There was also an inscription of 谷村佐助 the clan of Tanimura Sasuke.
Sasuke had been to 伊勢神宮 the Great Shrine at Ise and prayed for the health and wellbeing of his clan.
A turtle appeared in his dream to let him know, his clan would be fine.
. keyaki 欅と伝説 Legends about a Zelkova tree .
. Ise Jingu 伊勢神宮 Great Shrine at Ise .
. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .




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京都市 Kyoto city / 左京区 Sakyo ward

. Amida Nyorai Legends 阿弥陀如来と伝説 .
浄土寺 The Temple Jodo-Ji is at the foot of 如意ヶ嶽 Mount Nyoigatake (472 m).
Once there was a fire at the temple.
The statue of Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 went up to the mountain and produced 大光明 a bright light to stop the fire.
Since the origin of the letter dai 大 "big",

which is lit up on the mountain in Kyoto at the end of the O-Bon rituals for the ancestors.

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TEMPLE - Enseiji Doji Fudo Furuhagi

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Enseiji Fudo Furuhagi

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Enseiji 円政寺 Ensei-Ji - Furuhagi
月輪山 Gachirinzan 金毘羅社 Konpirasha 円政寺 Enseiji .

萩市古萩町6 / Hagi, Minamifuruhagi 6

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Constructed in 1254, Enseiji Temple has a torii gate at its entrance — despite being a temple and not a shrine — and this stone torii is a city-designated Tangible Cultural Property.
The temple grounds contain the Konpira-sha Hall (a Municipal Tangible Cultural Property) with its statues of the 12 zodiac signs.
It is an important location, being a rare example of the syncretism between Buddhism and Shinto.
The precincts also contain the rocking -horse (sacred horse) that Shinsaku Takasugi and Hirobumi Ito played with in their youth.
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The temple was built on request of 大内氏 the Ouchi clan of Hagi as their clan temple.
After the extinction of the Ouchi clan, in 1604, 毛利輝元 Mori Terumoto became regent of the region.
He relocated the temple to 塩屋町 Shioya district (now there is 多越神社 the Shrine Taetsu Jinja.

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中国四十九薬師霊場 Pilgrimage to 49 Yakushi Temples - Nr. 33
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TEMPLE - Seiganji Kannon Sugamo

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Seiganji Kannon Sugamo

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Seiganji 清巖寺 Seigan-Ji, Nishi-Sugamo
長仙山 Chozenzan 清巖寺 Seiganji // 日照山 Nissozan　光明院 Komyo-In　清巌寺 Seiganji

東京都豊島区西巣鴨4-8-24 / Toshima ward, Nishi-Sugamo

The Kannon statue is 十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu.
The main statue is 釈迦如来 Shaka Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 1615 by 国伝寒達 Kokuden Kandatsu
on request of 加藤勘助重正 Kato Kansuke Shigemasa (1575 - 1645).
Many graves of members of the Kato clan are in the compound.
It was first built in 1615 in 小日向 Kohinata.
In 1922 it was relocated to its present place.

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Shigemasa Kato 加藤重正
Shigemasa Kato (Kato Shigemasa, (1575 - 1645) ) was a samurai in the early Edo period.
He is Hatamoto. He is commonly known as Kansuke. He served Ieyasu Tokugawa, Hidetada Tokugawa, and Iemitsu Tokugawa.
His father is Shigetsune Kato. He has a daughter (Yoshinaga Omori's wife) as a child, Shigenaga Kato (the second son of Yoshinaga Omori) as an adopted child, and Masatoshi Kato.
His brothers are Masamitsu Kato, Shigekatsu Kato, and Tadashige Kato, who are separated from each other.
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Kansuke Kato Shigemasa is known as an equestrian.
His ancestor Shigehide Ueda (equestrian) taught him Ueda style equestrian. He served Ieyasu Tokugawa from the 5th year of Tensho (1577) and Hidetada Tokugawa, the second shogun from the 2nd year of Genna (1616), and received 400 stones of knowledge. Shigemasa was entrusted with Mima by Hidetada Tokugawa about the sword fighting on horseback, and became famous (there is another description that he told the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu about this).
In the 9th year of Genna (1623), when Hidetada went up, he served. In the 10th year of Kanei (1633) after Hidetada's death, he was entrusted with 30 concentric humans (guns) and was allowed to wear cloth. In the 11th year of Kanei (1634), he received 500 new stones of land, and became 900 stones in Kai and Musashi provinces.
He died on June 22, 1645. He was 71 years old.
He was buried at Seiganji Temple in Kohinata Daimachi, Koishikawa.
After that, Seiganji Temple became the burial ground of the Kato family for generations, and it is said that Shigemasa was opened with this. In 1922, Seiganji was relocated to Nishisugamo, Nishisugamo-cho, Toshima-ku (currently 4-chome, Nishisugamo, Toshima-ku) due to the expansion of the city planning road in Tokyo.
A stone pagoda with the name of Shigemasa engraved on the current Seiganji Temple still exists. It can be read as "Seiganji Ichibin Somi Daishi". Seiganin (Seiganin) in Fussa City is also known as the founder of Nakako, and the legal name of Shigemasa Kato, "Seiganin-den Ichibin Somi Daishi".
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This temple is Nr. 30 of the
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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .

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TEMPLE - Nanbaraji Fudo Mine

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Nanbaraji Fudo Mine Isa

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Nanbaraji 南原寺 Nanbara-Ji - Isa
桜山 Kazan 南原寺 Nanbaraji

山口県美祢市伊佐町南原 / Yamaguchi, Mine city, Isa town, Nanbara

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Nr. 07 - Chiedoo Doji 智慧幢童子 Chiedo Doji 　

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Imashime Fudo 戒め不動 Fudo to remind us to be careful

- Chant of the temple
御仏の御法の 花の 桜 山　宮香は四方に 現われにけり


This temple is the oldest in Yamaguchi.
The temple was founded by 聖徳太子 Shotoku Taishi.
It is also related to 神功皇 Empress Jingu Kogo.
花山法皇 Emperor Kazan Tenno revitalized the temple.
He stayed there for a long time because of 美祢尼 the Nun Mine, who gave birth to his child.
She later became a nun at the temple 利生山永福寺 Rishozan Eifuku-Ji.

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Emperor Kazan (花山天皇, Kazan-tennō (968 – 1008)

was the 65th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Kazan's reign spanned the years from 984 through 986.
He commissioned the Shūi Wakashū.
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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

Time for blossom viewing - 花ごよみ
しだれ桜　　４月初旬～中旬 - Shdarezakura
シャクナゲ　４月中旬～下旬 - Shakunage
カラー　　　 5月初旬旬～6月末 - Calla 　
彼岸花　　　９月中旬～９月末 - Higanbana
紅　葉　　　１１月中旬～１２月初旬 - Momiji red autumn leaves
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神戸市 Kobe city 兵庫区 Hyogo ward // 永福寺 Eifuku-Ji

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
Every morning the body of the dragon on the gate of 永福寺 the Eifuku-Ji was all wet.
The dragon would go off to the nearby beach and swim.
To keep him in place, an iron wire was placed around him.

Eifuku-Ji, 兵庫県神戸市兵庫区南仲町49


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