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25 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Ankokuji yakushi

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Ankokuji Yakushi Kama

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Ankokuji 安国寺 Ankoku-Ji, Kama
白馬山 Hakubazan 安国寺 Ankokuji

福岡県嘉麻市下山田288 / Fukuoka, Kama city, Shimoyamada

The main statue is 千手観世音菩薩 Senju Kannon Bosatsu.
and a statue of
白衣観音 Byaku-E Kannon with white robes.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .
Statue of a seated Kannon Bosatsu, made from hinoki 桧 Japanese cypress.
The statue is 49, 5 cm high.
It was made in the Muromachi period (1336 - 1573).
It had been repaired in 1697.
When 足利尊氏 Ashikaga Takauji had lost a battle and was fleeing to the mountains,
he passed Shimoyamada and prayed to Yakushi at this temple.
. Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏 (1305 – 1358) .
Takauji also had the statue of 白衣観音 Byaku-E Kannon placed in the temple.
In 1970, the statue was declared 福岡県指定有形文化財 a designated tangible cultural property of Fukuoka.

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The temple was built in 1993 on request of Ashikaga Takauji 足利尊氏 and 足利直義 Ashikaga Tadayoshi
to pray for the souls lost during the upheavel of the Northern and Southern Dynasties （1337 - 1392.）
The temple was lost during fightings in 1444 and rebuilt in the Taisho Period (1912 - 1926).

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Just a block from Ark Hotel Royal in the busy streets of Tenjin,
near the nightlife of Oyafuko-dori, lies Ankokuji Zen Temple.
Originally located in Nakatsu in Oita, the temple was moved to Fukuoka City
when the feudal lord expanded his territory.
This temple is mostly known for the tomb of the legendary 'candy-buying ghost' and
the largest bell of all temples in the city.
Visit Ankokuji and not only will you be able to check out these two attractions,
but you will also feel calm and soothed in the middle of the city.
- source : en.japantravel.com/fukuoka ...

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In the compound is the grave of a local Sumo wrestler, 不知火光五郎 Shiranui Kogoro .

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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : oyakushi.com/jiin ...
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

mujina 狢
Once late at night there was a knock at the gate of 安国寺 the Temple Ankoku-Ji.
When the priest opened, there was nobody.
But the same thing now happened every night.
One night the priest was fast to open the door and saw a mujina 狢 tanuki jump over the roof.
. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢－ racoon dog, badger legends .

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木曽町 Kiso town

kitsune 狐 fox，蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari
A fox shape-shifted into a samurai and called himseld 蛻庵 Setsuan.
He said he was a messenger from Suwa Shrine.
He was soon found out.
He was now taken in at 興禅寺 Temple Kozen-Ji and fed.
When he was on an errand to 安国寺 the Temple Ankoku-Ji he was shot.
Soon there was an epidemy in the area and people said it was the curse of the fox.
People then venerated the fox an the tmeple Kozen-Ji as 蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari.

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .
setsu 蛻 the cast-off skin of a serpent.

蛻庵稲荷セツアンイナリ Setsuan Inari Shrine

source : facebook.com ...

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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. Temples with legends .

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

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24 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Kezoji Izumo Yakushi

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Kezoji Izumo Makuragi

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Kezooji 華蔵寺 Kezo-Ji, Makuragi
龍翔山　Ryushozan 華蔵寺 Kezo-Ji

島根県松江市枕木町 205 / Shimane, Matsue city, Makuragi town

The main statue is Yakushi Nyorai.

A stone statue of 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O is in the compound.

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Kezou-ji Temple is located at the summit of 枕木山（456m） Mt. Makuragi in Matsue city, with the elevation of 456m.
This temple has a long and important history of Buddism in Shimane. It is said to be originally built in 825 by 智元上人 Chigen Shonin (holy priest) and was the temple of Tendai sect of Buddism at the time.
Later in the late Kamakura period, it was reconstructed as a Zen temple and prospered so much it became one of the most famous temples in the region.
After then, the temple had decayed as a result of a fire caused by the war.
The temple saw the light of the day again when 堀尾吉晴 Horio Yoshiharu, the feudal lord of Matsue at the time, decided to build Matsue Castle in 1607.
Since Mt. Makuragi is located in the spot superstitiously believed to be unlucky, the temple was restorated and became a temple for praying.
The sitting statue of Yakushi Nyorai kept in Yakushido Hall is the work of the late Heian Period and designated a National Important Cultural Property.
The gate of the precinct built in the middle of Edo Period is Cultural property designated by Shimane Prefecture.
From the observation platform, you can enjoy the view of Lake Nakaumi, Lake Shinji, and Mt. Daisen.
If the weather conditions are good enough, you can even see the Oki Islands in the distance.
- source : kankou-shimane.com/en ...

枕木山（456m） Mount Makuragi

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

毎月8日 - 御縁日
2月3日 - 星祭
3月20日 - 彼岸会
5月5日 - 二歳児無事成長祈願（仁王像またくぐり）
5月8日 - 春季祭礼
降誕会 - 二歳児成長祈願（仁王像またくぐり）
5月24・25・26日 - 青葉茶会（建仁寺・四頭式）
6月2日 - 世界平和祈願祭（開催地・出雲大社）
6月24日 - 稲荷祭
7月6・7日- 夕ざり茶会
9月8日 - 秋季例祭
9月14日 - 月見茶会 Moon-viewing tea ceremony
11月3日 - 大茶会
- reference : kezoji.com/event ... -

The four seasons with all their flowers :
- reference source : kezoji.com/season -

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- - - - - Homepage of the Temple
- source : shinbutsu.jp ...
- reference : visitshimane.com ... -
- reference : blog.goo.ne.jp/mrslim2 ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This Temple is Nr. 07 of the
. Izumo no Kuni Shinbutsu Pilgrimage 出雲國神仏霊場編 .

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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

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Tengu matsuri 天狗祭 Tengu festival
To teach the Tengu of 枕木山 Mount Makuragisan a lesson, the Zen priest 仏智禅師 Butchi Zenshi
from 華蔵寺 the Temple Kezo-Ji caught the Tengu and bound him.
But the Tengu apologized sincerely and promised to change his ways.
So the priest let him go.
Later the priest had a dream where the Tengu appeared.
All became frightened and started Tengu Matsuri 天狗祭り a festival to appease the Tenug on February 17.
. Tengu matsuri 天狗祭 Tengu festivals .

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23 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Nanrinji Yakushi Miyano

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Nanrinji Yakushi Miyano

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Nanrinji 南淋寺 Nanrin-Ji, Miyano
医王山 Iozan 南淋寺 Nanrinji

福岡県朝倉市宮野86 / Fukuoka, Asakura city, Miyano

The Yakushi statue is 薬師如来座像 a seated Yakushi Nyorai.
It is a secret statue and shown only on
the second Sunday in January and on April 08.

- Chant of the temple

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The temple was founded in 806 by the monk Saicho, founder of the Tendai Sect of Buddhism.
The temple's principle object of worship, a seated statue of the Yakushi Nyorai Buddha, is said to have been carved by Saicho and is a designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
From late March to early April the weeping cherry trees in front of the main hall come into bloom.
- source : japantravel.navitime.com ...

. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) .

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伝教大師七仏薬師霊場 - Seven Yakushi Statues made by Dengyo Daishi
01 南淋寺 Nanrin-Ji
02 比叡山　延暦寺　根本中堂 - 滋賀県大津市坂本本町4220
03 宝満山　宇智山中堂 - 廃寺
04 堅粕山　薬王寺　東光院 - 福岡市博多区吉塚3丁目
05 東照山　種因寺福岡県嘉穂郡桂川町土師3135 - also on 九州49薬師
06 福聚山　平等寺　因幡堂 - 京都市下京区烏丸松原上ル東入ル因幡堂町
07 蜂岡山　広隆寺 - 京都市右京区太秦蜂岡町32
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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : oyakushi.com/jiin/fukuoka ...
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

22 Mar 2022

TEMPLE - Chikuzen Kokubunji Yakushi

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Kokubunji Yakushi Dazaifu

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Kokubunji 国分寺 Chikuzen Kokubun-Ji, Dazaifu
龍頭光山 Ryutokozan 筑前 Chikuzen 国分寺 Kokubunji

福岡県太宰府市国分4-13-1 / Kokubu, Dazaifu, Fukuoka

The main statue is Yakushi Nyorai

The statue was made by . Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩（668 − 749) .

- Chant of the temple

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This is one of the Kokubunji Temples constructed nationwide under the orders of Emperor Shomu 聖武天皇.
Wood tabs related to census registration were discovered around this site, suggesting that there were related facilities for Chikuzen-koku Province, such as a provincial office nearby.
The surrounding landscape still retains some remnants of that era.
In the year 741, Emperor Shomu announced that he would build Kokubun-ji Temples for monks and
Kokubun-niji Temples for nuns all over Japan and place Buddhist scriptures in Shichiju-no-to (Seven-Story pagoda).
Thus Chikuzen Kokubun-ji Temple was the earliest built temple in Kyushu, completed inthe year 756.
Investigations of ruins of halls and towers have been done and partially maintained.
- source : dazaifu-japan-heritage.jp ...

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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : oyakushi.com/jiin/fukuoka ...

21 Mar 2022

SHRINE - Mefu Shrine Izumo

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Mefu Shrine Izumo

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Mefu Jinja 賣布神社 / 売布神社 Shrine Mefu Jinja, Wadami
Mefu no Yashiro 賣布社」（めふのやしろ)
Mefu no Kami Yashiro 賣布神社」（めふのかみやしろ）

島根県松江市和多見町81 / Shimane, Matsue city, Wadami town

The Deity in residence is 速秋津比売神 Hayaakitsuhime no kami
五十猛命 Isonotakeru / 大屋津姫命 / 抓津姫命 Oyatsuhime no Kami

The Shrine was located at Oo no Iriumi 意宇入海（宍道湖）西岸 at the West Side of Lake Shinjiko.
In the 13th century, it was moved to its present location.

The Deities are known as
橋姫大明神 Hashihime Daimyojin 櫛八玉神（くしやたまのかみ） Kushiyatama no Kami and
白潟大明神 Shirakata Daimyojin
The deities are venerated as protectors of the tide.
Oo no Iri-Umi 意宇の入海（おうのいりうみ）

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Matsue is home to many old and important shrines.
Among them, Mefu Shrine can be easily accessed on foot from Matsue Station.
Mefu Shrine is located northwest of the station, just south of the Ohashi River.
Believed to have been first constructed over 1000 years ago and worshipped by sailors for safety at sea,
this shrine is home to impressive giant trees and has beautifully carved dragon figures on its walls.
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Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime are kami (god) in Japanese Methodology (shinto).
The kanji used for Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime are 速秋津比古神 and 速秋津比売神, respectively, in Kojiki (The Records of Ancient Matters);
速秋津日命 (Hayaakitsuhinomikoto) in Nihonshoki (Chronicles of Japan).
In the Kojiki, it is stated that Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime are also known as Minato no kami.
Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime are a god and goddess pair who were born between Izanagi and Izanami in the section of kamiumi (bearing gods between Izanagi and Izanami) in the Japanese Methodology. Minato no kami is a collective term for them.
According to the volume 6 of an "alternate writing" transmitted by Nihonshoki, 'gods at the water gates are called Hayaakitsuhinomikoto.' ... Minato no kami means god of sea port.
Since port was constructed at the mouth of a river in ancient times, Minato no kami is also god for a river mouth.
From the image of running impurities in a river, Minato no kami is also regarded as a god for warding off evil fortune.
'Haya' in the names of Hayaakitsuhiko and Hayaakitsuhime implies the speed of the water in the river or the current in the ocean.
Also, the names of the god and goddess are considered to have originated from the fact that the use of the river mouth depends on the speed of the current.
On the other hand, 'akitsu' in the names of the god and goddess is thought to mean that misogi (purification ceremony) purifies things quickly and clearly. ...
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- - - Shrines in the compound
和田津見神社 Wadatsumi Jinja
金刀羅神社 Kotohira Jinja
船霊神社 Funadama Jinja
恵美須神社 Ebisu Jinja
道祖神社 Doso Jinja
白潟地主荒神 Shirakata Jinushi Aragami
常光神社 Joko Jinja
大松荒神 Daimatsu Aragami

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

1月8日潮会祭 - Tide Festival
7月12日船御幸神事 - Great Boat Festival
10月9日焼火神事 - Takuhi Shinji Fire Festival
10月10日例祭、御饗祭（鱸祭） - Main Autumn Festival
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- - - - - Homepage of the Shrine
- source : shinbutsu.jp/shrines-temples/mefujinja ...

- reference with many photos : sh.seesaa.ne ... -
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20 Mar 2022

TEMPLES - 49 Yakushi Kyushu Pilgrimage

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Yakushi Kyushu Pilgrimage

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Kyushu 49 Yakushi Reijo 九州四十九薬師霊場
Pilgrimage to 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu

薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai - Bhaisajyaguru
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

source : osanomome.shikisokuzekuu.net ...

- Fukuoka 福岡県

第１番龍頭光山筑前国分寺 Kokubun-Ji
第２番医王山南淋寺
第３番白馬山安国寺 - 白衣観音
第４番東照山種因寺
第５番右芳山薬師院
第６番広壽山福聚寺 - 釈迦牟尼仏
第７番内尾山相円寺
第８番金光明山豊前國分寺 Kokubun-Ji

- Oita 大分県

第９番金剛山長安寺 - 千手観音菩薩 Senju Kannon
第１０番石立山岩戸寺 - 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
第１１番檜原山正平寺 - 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
第１２番清寧山観海寺
第１３番本宮山大山寺 - 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
第１４番宝劒山神護寺 - 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
第１５番瑞雲山龍興寺 - 釈迦牟尼仏 Shakamuni Buddha
第１６番高雄山當陽寺 - 聖観音菩薩 Sho Kannon
第１７番有智山蓮城寺 - 千手観音菩薩 Senju Kannon

- Miyazaki 宮崎県

第１８番蓬莱山今山大師寺 - 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi
第１９番雲峰山昌竜寺 - 釈迦牟尼仏 Shakamuni Buddha
第２０番福聚山極楽寺 - 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
第２１番鉄城山全長寺 - 釈迦牟尼仏 Shakamuni Buddha
第２２番医薬山浄土寺
第２３番寶来山幸福寺 - 釈迦牟尼仏 Shakamuni Buddha
第２４番開眼山明星寺 - 釈迦牟尼仏 Shakamuni Buddha

- Kagoshima 鹿児島県

第２５番源忠山光明禅寺 - 釈迦牟尼仏 Shakamuni Buddha
> 第２６番法智山妙円寺
第２７番冠嶽山鎮國寺 - 黄不動明王 - Ki Fudo Myo-O

- Kumamoto 熊本県

第２８番太梅山光厳禅寺 - 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
第２９番曹源山法泉寺 - 聖観音菩薩 Sho Kannon
第３０番阿蘇山西巌殿寺 - 十一面観音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon
第３１番吾平山相良寺 - 千手観音 Senju Kannon
第３２番護国山金剛乗寺

- Nagasaki 長崎県

第３３番長寿山龍泉寺 - 釈迦牟尼仏 - Ryusen-Ji - Shakamuni Buddha
第３４番平山山平仙寺 - 不動明王 - Heisen-Ji - Fudo Myo-O
第３５番針尾山祇園寺 - 如意輪観音 - Gion-Ji -Nyoirin Kannon
第３６番城持山薬王寺 - Yakuo-Ji

- Saga 佐賀県

第３７番三間山東光寺 - Toko-Ji
第３８番日輪山水堂安福寺 - Anfuku-Ji - 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
第３９番国祐山妙法院 - Myoho-In - 蔵王権現 Zao Gongen
第４０番天鼓山来雲寺 - Raiun-Ji - 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon
第４１番芙蓉山医王寺 - Yakuo-Ji
第４２番妙台山見明寺 - Kenmyo-Ji
第４３番広厳山常福禅寺 - Jofuku Zenji
第４４番恵日山寳琳院 / 宝琳院 - Horin-In - 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon
第４５番竹林山持光寺 - Jiko-Ji - 千手観音 Senju Kannon
第４６番松巌山青龍寺 - Seiryu-Ji 千手観音 Senju Kannon

- Fukuoka 福岡県

第４７番柳坂山永勝寺- Eisho-Ji

- Saga 佐賀県

第４８番光林山昌元寺 - Shogen-Ji - 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai
第４９番小松山大興善寺 Daikozen-Ji - 十一面観音菩薩 Juichimen Kanno

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19 Mar 2022

TEMPLE Ennoji Kannon Yokohama

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Ennoji Kannon Yoshida

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Ennooji 圓應寺 Enno-Ji, Yoshida
海照山　Kaishozan 圓應寺 / 円応寺 Ennoji

横浜市港北区新吉田町4098 / Yokohama city, Kohoku ward, Shin-Yoshida

The Kannon statue is 千手観世音菩薩 Senju Kannon.

The date of the founding is not clear.
The statue of Senju Kannon is said to be a present of 聖徳太子 Prince Shotoku Taishi.
In 1647, the temple was renovated by 盛秀 Morihide, who died in 1647.
The Shrine 辨天社 Benten Sha is located in 吉田村 Yoshida village.
. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .

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This temple is Nr. 13 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, 鼠 nezumi.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

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18 Mar 2022

EDO - Somei and Komagome

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Somei Shichiken Komagome

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Somei Shichiken mura 染井七軒村 Seven Villages of Somei

There were at one time seven Komagome sub-districts, called
Komagome shichiken mura 駒込七軒村 Seven villages of Komagome.
They also used to be called
. Somei shichiken mura 染井七軒村 .

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Somei Gardener 染井之植木屋 Somei no Uekiya

The village of Somei, currently the Sugamo and Komagome areas of Toshima Ward,
was the area where many gardeners lived.
The famous "Somei Yoshino" cherry tree is said to have been named after this village,
as it was born in Somei village.
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Somei 染井 in Edo
the Somei area -- a general name given to a cluster of small towns and villages that specialize in growing ornamental plants and trees to plant in the gardens of all the wealthy daimyo in Edo. The two main towns in this area are Komagome and Sugamo, but most people in Edo know the area as "Somei" and the farmers who live in the region are known as the Somei uekiya (the landscape gardeners of Somei).

They get their reputation from their great skill in raising thousands of different types of ornamental plants. The farms in the Somei area produce most of the ornamental plants that the daimyo plant in their gardens, and many flower markets are held in the small towns along the Nakasendo, where common people can also buy flowers, trees and shrubs.
In fact, even the beautiful gardens inside Edo Castle are landscaped and tended by gardeners from Somei.
Somei is the home of one of the most famous gardeners in Edo: Ihei Masatake.
Masatake is the son of perhaps the greatest landscape gardener ever -- Ihei Sannojo,
and many believe that Masatake is as good at actual gardening as his famous father.
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. Somei Gardeners .
江戸の園芸について、浮世絵 Edo Gardening seen through Ukiyo-E

ソメイヨシノ／染井吉野／そめいよしの　Somei Yoshino Cherry Blossoms

Edo Engei Hanazukushi 江戸園芸花尽くし
at 太田記念美術館

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Komagome Shichiken Cho 駒込七軒町 Komagome Chichiken Town
北豊島 Kita-Toshima

This district was abolished in 1869.
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【北豊島】染井七軒町 Kita Toshima, Somei Shichiken Town

This district was abolished in 1869.
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17 Mar 2022

SHRINE - Samuhara

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Samuhara Shrine Osaka

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Samuhara jinja サムハラ神社 Samuhara Shrine, Osaka

大阪府大阪市西区立売堀2-5-26 / 2 Chome-5-26 Itachibori, Nishi-ku, Ōsaka-shi,

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A Shinto-derived new religious movement which began in 1935 when Tanaka Tomisaburō (1868-1967) rebuilt a dilapidated shrine in Okayama.
After he had experienced a close brush with death on the frontline during the Russo-Japanese War, Tanaka felt he had received power from a talisman inscribed with four ideograms which he read sa-mu-ha-ra, and in turn he began to make miniature amulets (omamori) of this sort which he distributed for free.

Because of such proselytizing activities, however, the regional authorities accused him of using an unauthorized shrine to conduct private business, and as punishment, the shrine he had constructed was stripped of its contents and burned to the ground in 1936.
Tanaka, however, continued his activities of distributing amulets to troops being sent to the Asian front during World War II, and following the war in 1951, he registered his movement under the Religious Corporations Law (Shūkyō Hōjinhō) and rebuilt the shrine. In 1952 he moved the shrine to its present location.
After Tanaka's death his adopted son Tanaka Kōichi succeeded him.
-- Headquarters: Osaka Prefecture.
-- Nominal membership: approximately 500,000 (S)
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omamori お守り　amulets

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The four letters SA MU HA RA help protect the body from harm and grand a long life.
Since they are shinji 神字 characters of God, they can not be expressed with normal 漢字 Kanji characters and can not be reproduced on a computer.
They have been used since olden times for amulets of temples,

サムハラ神社
無傷無病、延命長寿の神として知られる。𪮷〓𪮷𪮇（サムハラ）[3][4]とは不思議の4文字で、身を守ると言われている。これは漢字のような文字であるが、神字であり漢字とは異なる。Unicodeには、〓のみが収録されておらず、活字変換は不可。他の文字は全てCJK統合漢字拡張Cに収録されている。
東大寺（西東大寺）（千葉県西市）、雷山千如寺大悲王院（清賀上人により十転化の功徳があるという）など各地の寺社のお守りの呪文に使用されている。
サムハラの故事
曾子が病になって臨終の際に、弟子に体の全部を調べさせ、一つの傷痕もないのを見て安心し「父母に体を受けて生まれて幸いにも一つの傷痕もなくお返しする事ができるのは孝を尽くしたことだ」と言い、生命の守護神（𪮷〓𪮷𪮇大神）に深く感謝したという。

身體髮膚受之父母不敢毀傷孝之始也[5]
身体髪膚これを父母に受く、あえて毀傷せざるは孝の始めなり
— 孝経
加藤清正は文禄・慶長の役の時、𪮷〓𪮷𪮇を武器の刃に彫りつけて信じていたために万死に一生を得たという。
『耳嚢[6]』巻2に、1782年（天明2年）、新見愛之助という小姓が登城の時に馬ごと坂の下に落ちたが怪我がなかった。他の者に理由を聞かれると領民から送られた守護札を見せ「領民が野においてキジを矢で射たが当たらず、逃げようともしない。弓がうまい者たちが競ったが駄目であった。このキジを捕まえたところ背中に𪮷〓𪮷𪮇の4文字が書いてあった。『この文字を書いた札を懐に入れておくと良いことがある』と流行った。」と語った[7]との記述がある。
平田篤胤の『仙境異聞』（上）三之巻[8][9]に慶長年間に大樹公（征夷大将軍のこと）が狩で発見した鶴の羽にあった文字（𪮷〓𪮷𪮇の文字）が怪我よけとして広まり、寅吉が仙骨の人の符字のようなものに見たが、「ジヤク、コウ、ジヤウ、カウ」というように聞いたがよく知らないと言ったという。
岡田挺之の随筆『秉穂録』に「福岡で鶴を捕ったところ、鶴の翼に「さむはら」という四文字の符字があった。長命の符字であるだろうと人々はこれを写し取って帯びた。また斎藤実盛の位牌が淡路のある寺にあり、位牌の背にこの四文字がある。最近、江戸でこの符字を帯びた人が落馬したが怪我が無かったので、これを帯びることが流行した。」とある[10]。
國安仙人（万延元年（1860年）7月23日-大正元年（1912年）9月28日　幼名　米太郎　普明光美　加波山神社の摂末社普明神社に祀られる。）が信者に与えたタク字びよる霊符の最初の4文字がサムハラの文字（読みは「けんしょうけんご」）であったという[11]。
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𪮷〓𪮷𪮇はサンスクリット語の samvara （「三跋羅[12]（さんばら）sanbara」）という言葉に由来するという。
短刀に刻印し守り刀とされた[13]。
厭勝銭（えんしょうせん）の一種にサムハラ銭 samuhara sen がある[14][15]（厭勝銭は流通貨幣ではなく、縁起物もしくは護符として所持した銭。ここでは弾除けの祈念銭）。
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samuhara sen サムハラ銭 coin with SAMUHARA inscription

samuhara tsuba サムハラ鍔 sword guard
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Once a tsuru 鶴 crane was caught, with the four letters SAMUHARA on its wings.
People thought these letters would protect and bring a long life, so they copied them.

At 淡路 Awaji there was a temple with the ihai 位牌 Buddhist mortuary tablet of 斉藤実盛 Saito Sanemori.
On its back side were the letters SAMUHARA.

. Saito Sanemori 斉藤実盛 (794 - 1185) .

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In 1668 a 鉄砲師 gun specialist from 紀州 Kishu named 吉川源五兵衛 Yoshikawa Gengobe came to Edo.
At 大宮鷹場 the hawking area of Omiya in the village of 吉野村 Yoshino he shot 白い雉 a white pheasant.
When he could get close, he saw on its back the letters SAMUHARA.
He thought this was an amulet to protect from injuries, so he wrote the letters on paper and shot at them.
After that he never hit a target again.

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A man in Edo had carried a SAMUHARA amulet on his body. When he fell from his horse one day, we was not hurt.
Soon this kind of amulet became popular in Edo.

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. Chiyoda ku 千代田区 Chiyoda ward .

samuhara さむはら / サムハラ
In 1652, the Shogun went hawk hunting. The hawk caught a large goose. The four letters of SAMUHARA were written on the breast of the bird.
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Ushigafuchi, Ushigabuchi 牛ヶ淵（うしがふち）
The canal at Kudansaka 件坂下 / 九段坂 is called 牛ヶ淵 "riverpool of the bull".
It is a 魔所 bewitched place.
Once in 1782, a Samurai rode here on his horse, but he fell down and tumbled into the "Riverpool of the Bull".
But the man and his horse did not show any wounds.
This is because once the Samurai was hunting for pheasants and shot at a kiji 雉 pheasant.
He followed the bird and finally caught it and saw the four letters SAMUHARA written on its wings.
Since then he had kept an amulet with these words in his breast pocket.

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In 1652, the Shogun went hawk hunting. The hawk caught a large goose. There were four letters written on the breast of the bird.
The letters were SA MU HA RA.

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