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19 Jan 2022

TEMPLE - Senshoji Kannon Sugata

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Senshoji Kannon Sugata

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Senshooji 専称寺 Sensho-Ji, Sugata
松澤山 Shotakuzan　一向院 Ichigyo-In 専称寺 Senshoji

神奈川県横浜市神奈川区菅田町766 / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Kanagawa ward, Sugata

The Kannon statue is 如意輪観音 Nyoirin Kannon
The main statue is 阿彌陀如 Amida Nyorai.
At his side are 觀音 Kannon and 勢至 Seishi Bosatsu.

nedoshi Kannon Hall 子歳観音

The temple was founded by priest 明譽 Meiyo, who died in 1616.

専称寺鐘楼 the Bell Tower

Kannon Hall, Entsukaku 観音堂円通閣 (圓通閣)

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This temple is Nr. 04 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi 子年（ねずみどし） refers to the year of the rat, nezumi.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 .

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いわき市 Iwaki city

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
The dragon of a carving at 専称寺 the Temple Sensho-Ji used to take off and destroy the nearby fields.
They had to pull out its eyes to keep the dragon in place.

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18 Jan 2022

EDO - Horinouchi district

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Horinouchi district Suginami

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Horinouchi 堀之内 / 堀ノ内 Horinouchi district

堀ノ内一丁目 - 堀ノ内三丁目 from first to third sub-district

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Horinouchi Yodobashi Mizuame 堀之内淀はし水飴 Sweets

妙法寺 Myōhō-ji Temple, located in Horinouchi, Suginami Ward,
is the head temple of the Nichiren Buddhism and was known
as a temple with divine favor for expelling misfortune.
Watery candy from a candy shop called "Benkei" and baked dumpling called "Ōdango"from dumpling shops
are famous as souvenirs for Myōhō-ji Temple visits.
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Founded in 1615, Myohoji Temple is situated in the southern part of Koenji, a 10-15 minute walk from the closest Tokyo Metro Stations. Its beautiful iron gate is a Japanese-Western blend design and is designated as an important cultural asset of Japan. In rainy season, usually in June and early July, around the temple's pond, lots of Japanese iris and hydrangea bloom so beautifully that a lot of people visit this temple to view them in the traditional atmosphere.
Also, this is a temple where you can participate in "Joya no Kane", and strike the temple's huge copper bell on New Year's Eve for free. The bell, cast in 1725, can be rung from midnight, but it's better to be there a little earlier because there is always a long line of people.
However, it will be worth the wait for a unique Japanese New Year's experience!
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Horinouchi Myōhō-ji Temple 堀之内妙法寺

Enshrined in Myōhō-ji Temple is the holy image of
The Venerable Nichiren known as the "Founder in Horinouchi," praised as warding off misfortune.
Many people have visited this place to see the holy image.
When the "Hokke Senbu-e," in which a thousand Buddhist scriptures
are recited for memorial services and prayers
and the "Eshiki," which is a memorial service for the death of
The Venerable Nichiren are conducted in July and October,
the temple grounds would be filled to the brim with people.
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. Saint Nichiren 日蓮 (1222 – 1282) .
Namu Myoho Renge Kyo 南無妙法蓮華経

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17 Jan 2022

EDO - Omiya Saitama

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Omiya Saitama

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Ōmiya (大宮区, Ōmiya-ku) is one of ten wards of the city of Saitama, in Saitama Prefecture, and is located in the northeastern part of the city. Although Urawa-ku is the governmental center of Saitama City, Ōmiya-ku is the most active commercial and business centre in both Saitama City and Saitama Prefecture thanks to its transport infrastructure, especially railways connected at Ōmiya Station.
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Ōmiya derives its name from a famous Shinto shrine, the Hikawa Shrine, which has been a place of pilgrimage since at least the Heian period.
During the Edo period, the area flourished as Ōmiya-shuku, a post station on the Nakasendō highway, which connected Edo with Kyoto.
Following the Meiji restoration, it became part of Urawa Prefecture which merged with Iwatsuki, Urawa, and Oshi Prefectures in 1871 to form Saitama Prefecture. The modern town of Ōmiya was officially created within Kitaadachi District, Saitama with the establishment of the municipalities system on April 1, 1889.
On November 3, 1940 Ōmiya merged with the neighboring villages of Mihashi, Osato, Miyahara and Nisshin and was elevated to city status. Ōmiya continued to expand after the end of the war, absorbing the villages of Sashiougi, Mamiya, Uemizu, Katayanagi, Haruoka, and Nanasato on January 1, 1955.
On May 1, 2001 Ōmiya merged with Urawa and Yono to form Saitama City. In April 2003 Saitama became a city designated by government ordinance, and now the area of former Ōmiya City was divided between
Kita-ku (north), Minuma-ku (east), Nishi-ku (west), and Ōmiya-ku (south).
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. Musashi Ichi no Miya 武蔵一の宮 - Hikawa Jinja 氷川神社 .
Saitama 埼玉県さいたま市大宮区高鼻町一丁目407番地 / Saitama, Omiya Ward, Takahanacho, 1-407

Ōmiya-shuku 大宮宿 Omiya Postal Station was Nr. 4 on
. Nakasendoo　中山道 The Nakasendo Highway .

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Ōmiya Hachimangū 大宮八幡宮 Shrine Omiya Hachimangu

Ōmiya Hachimangū Shrine, also called Wada Hachimangū, was built by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi
in 1063 (the sixth year of Kōhei),
on his way back from the Early Nine Years' War, as a branch of Iwashimizu Hachimangū Shrine in Kyoto,
which was closely associated with the Minamoto Clan.
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. Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro 源八幡太郎義家 / 源義家 (1039 - 1106) .

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Kurakake no matsu 鞍掛松 saddle-hanging pine tree

There is a pine tree with the bent trunk on the approach to Ōmiya Hachimangū Shrine.
Legend has it that when Minamoto no Yoshiie hung his horse saddle on a branch of this pine tree
on his way to conquer Ōshū and so it was called "Kurakake-no-Matsu" (saddle-hanging pine tree).
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Kurakake no matsu

The stocks of the Minamoto Clan had risen immensely since the end of the Former Nine Years War in 1063. Lead by the astonishingly capable warrior, Minamoto no Yoshiie, the Minamoto rose with military power and earned the right to rule over the northern provinces of Japan.
But success brings with it its own trials and the Kiyowara, once allies of the Minamoto twenty years earlier in the Former Nine Years War, had begun proving themselves poor stewards in the north. Agitating against Minamoto rule far from Kyoto, house Kiyowara earned the ire of Minamoto no Yoshiie. Now known as Hachiman-taro - the Son of the God of War - the Kiyowara would soon have a fight on their hands.
Travel by horseback was convenient, but also tiring and on his way, Yoshiie stopped to rest in the area now known as Suginami City. Unsaddling his ride, Yoshiie found a pine tree on which to hang the saddle and allow his horse to rest. While peaceful for the moment, the subsequent three years would see some savage warfare in the distant north. Minamoto no Yoshiie would eventually emerge victorious, but on that day, in Suginami, the legendary warrior would rest, his future unknown.
With its twisted trunk bending towards the sky, Kurakake no Matsu - the saddle-hanging pine tree - lies on the road to Omiya Hachimangu Shrine in Tokyo's Suginami City. Surrounded by homes, roads and telephone poles, this lone pine tree has hundreds of years of legend behind it, a living memorial to one of Japan's most legendary sons.
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tabenai hito 食べない人
タネフリ、タネオロシは吉日を選んで行う。卯の日に種をまくと食べない者（死者）が出るとかウム（はれ物ができる）ので嫌う。

お六所様の日（５月始めの卯の日）に田植えをすると食べられない人（死者）がでるという。
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Saitama 大宮市 Omiya city

Kappa no shooyaku河童の妙薬
河童がいたずらのお詫びに傷薬の作り方を教えてくれた。

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karasu からす
からすの止まっている木の家の者かその縁者は不幸がある。柿の木で鳴くとその付近の家に病人が出る。

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yao bikuni 八百比丘尼
日進村 Nisshin village の kushibiki 櫛引という字には八百比丘尼が来た話が伝えられている。ここにきた八百比丘尼は2本の槻を植えていったという伝説があるが、今はもう枯れてしまってなくなっている。
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武州大宮町の最北端付近の雑木の中に1本の松がある。八尾姫がここに来た際に松を植えたが、年を取って枯れてしまったので、それを記念するために嘉永7甲寅年5月に植えたものだそうである。
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文武天皇の御世に秦の通鴻という人がいた。ある時友人に誘われて海辺に行くと、いつの間にか宮殿のような所に立っていた。そこで出てきたご馳走を懐に入れ、持って帰った。娘がそれを見つけ食べると歳をとらなくなり、尼になった。そして諸国を回って神仏を拝み寺や神社の修造をし、川には橋をかけ、井戸を掘り、木も植えた。こうして世の人から「若狭の白比丘尼」とあがめられた。その後時代がたって八百年になったので、「八百比丘尼」と呼ばれるようになった。

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Saitama 大宮市 Omiya city 上小町 Kamiko town

kubikiri Jizo 首切り地蔵
人の身代わりになって首を切られた。

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Saitama 大宮市 Omiya city 吉敷町 Kishiki town
azuki baa 小豆婆
夕暮れになると川でザーザーと小豆をとぐ音がする。

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shio Jizo 塩地蔵
塩を供えると願い事をかなえてくれる。

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Saitama 大宮市 Omiya city 植水村 Uemizu village

yao bikuni 八百比丘尼
植水村の水判土に八百比丘尼の伝説がある。慈願寺には寿地蔵と呼ばれる1寸8分の黄金仏があり、尼の守護仏であるといわれている。尼が手づから植えた木があり、太さが5圍以上の木理樌の木であったといわれているが、今はもう見ることはできない。

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Saitama さいたま市 Saitama city

gofu 護符，samuhara （さむはら）
「■□■△」（■は手偏に「合」の下に「幸」。□は手偏に「台」。△は手偏に「己」の下に「口」）の4字を書いて、護符とする言い伝えの1つとして、寛文8年に紀州の鉄砲師である吉川源五兵衛が江戸に来て、大宮鷹場の中にある吉野村で白い雉を撃ったが当たらなった。ようやく罠でつかまえたが、その背中には「■□■△」の文字が書いてあった。これは怪我除けの護符かと思い、的にこの文字を書いて撃つと、やはり当たらなかったという。
. Samuhara jinja サムハラ神社 Samuhara Shrine .

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16 Jan 2022

JIZO - nakayoshi statues

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nakayoshi Jizo Bosatsu

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nakayoshi Jizo 仲良し地蔵 Jizo are good friends

. Temple Koya San in Wakayama 高野山　和歌山県 .

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15 Jan 2022

TEMPLE - Saishoji Kannon Sugata

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Saishoji Kannon Sugata

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Saishooji 最勝寺 Saisho-Ji, Sugata
熊野山 Kumanozan　最勝寺 Saishoji

神奈川県横浜市神奈川区菅田町2713 / Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kanagawa ward, Sugata town

The Kannon statue is 正観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

The date of its foundation is not known.
Some sources quote 興覺法印 Saint Kyoza in 1470.
Others quote 権大僧都善祐 Saint Zenyu in 1652.

最勝寺山門 Main Gate of 最勝寺 the Temple Saisho-Ji

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This temple is Nr. 03 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi refers to 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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入間郡 Iruma district 越生町 Ogose town

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

The statue of a dragon at 最勝寺 the Temple Saisho-Ji in Ogose
was carved by 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro.
Every night it would take off and devastate the nearby fields.
They put a metal net over it to keep it in place.
. Hidari Jingoroo 左甚五郎 Hidari Jingoro - sculptor and carpenter .

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14 Jan 2022

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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This temple is Nr. 10 of the
. 18 Fudo Doji Temples of Yamaguchi 十八不動三十六童子
 . The 36 Doji Attendants of Fudo Myo-O 三十六童子 .
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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 .

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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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12 Jan 2022

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.

......................................................................................... Okayama 岡山県
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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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. ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O, The Dragon King .

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

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

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

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11 Jan 2022

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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10 Jan 2022

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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