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27 Sept 2022

TEMPLE - Chogenji Kannon Kamikawai

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Chogenji Kannon Kamikawai

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Choogenji 長源寺 Chogen-Ji, Kamikawai
川井山 Kawaizan 　観音院 Kannon-In 長源寺 Chogenji

神奈川県横浜市旭区上川井町214 / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Asahi ward, Kami-Kawai town

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.
長源寺観音堂 Kannon Hall

The main statue is a seated 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
It was made in 1513 by 印融 Enyu (1435 - 1519).
Enyu was born in Yokohama, 緑区三保町 Midori ward, Miho Town.
He studied carving at 三會寺 the Temple Sanei-Ji and at 鶴岡八幡宮 the Shrine Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura.
He also studied at 高野山で Mount Koyasan.
He later returned to the Kanto area and stayed at 三會寺 the Temple Sanei-Ji

The date of the founding of Temple Chogen-Ji is not clear.

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This temple is Nr. 27 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 .

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

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....................................................................... Fukui 福井県
敦賀市 Tsuruga city

Amida no keshin 弥陀の化身 an incarnation of Amida
長源寺跡の近くの谷川の滝に、昔一人の侍が辿りついた。のどの渇きを癒そうと滝に近づくと、美しい女が滝に打たれていた。侍が見とれていると、女性は「私の姿をじっと見てこのまま帰ると命が危ないので、この近くの長源寺で仏道に精進しなさい」と言った。侍は仏道に帰依した。女は弥陀の化身だったという。

長源寺（福井県小浜市）

....................................................................... Nagano　長野県
飯田市 Iida city 箕瀬町 Minoze town

kooryuu 蛟龍，Shichimen Sama 七面様，Kissho Tennyo 吉祥天女
箕瀬町長源寺の七面様の由来は、建治３年（１２７６）１２月の或る夜、日蓮聖人が身延山で説法を行った。その一座に歳１８，９の少女がいた。聖人が尋ねると、少女は仏勅を受け仏法を守護する吉祥天女だという。少女は聖人に水を乞いこれを与えると、二丈ばかりの蛟龍となって西に飛び去った。これが現在の七面大明神である。

....................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県　
山梨市 Yamanashi city

kani 蟹 crab
Once upon a time, a strange unsui 雲水 itinerant monk came visiting
the priest at 長源寺 the Temple Chogen-Ji.
When the priest could not answer the question of the monk, he hit his head and left.
Very soon the priest died of the wound of his head.
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TEMPLE - Chogakuin Fudo Ryoke

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Chogakuin Fudo Ryoke

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Choogakuin 長覺院 Chogaku-In, Ryoke
西林山 Seirinzan 長覺院 Chogakuin 浄泰寺 Jodai-Ji

神奈川県さいたま市浦和区領家4-20-3 / Saitama city, Urawa district, Ryoke

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来像 Amida Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 830 by 慈覚大師 Priest Ennin.
In the Edo period it was a terakoya 寺小屋 Temple school.
Now it in the compound of 浦和市立木崎小学校 Kisaki primary school in Urawa.
. Jigaku Daishi Ennin 慈覚大師仁円 (794 - 867) .

. Bussokuseki 仏足石 Buddha's footprints .

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. 新秩父34観音 34 Kannon Temples in Chichibu . - Nr. 19

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This Temple is Nr. 13 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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TEMPLE - Sanbutsuji Kannon Yokohama

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Sanbutsuji Kannon Honmura

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Sanbutsuji 三佛寺 Sanbutsu-Ji, Honmura
鶴峰山 Kakureizan 即相院 Sosoku-In 三佛寺 Sanbutsuji

神奈川県横浜市旭区本村町76 / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Asahi ward, Honmura town

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

The temple was originally called 観音寺 Kannon-Ji.
Beside Kannon, there were halls for of Amida Nyorai, Yakushi Nyorai and Jizo Bosatsu.
Since these were three statues, the temple was called Sanbutsu-Ji, "Temple for three Buddhas."
In 1603, it was founded by 誉檀察上人 Saint Tenyo Dansatsu.
The temple was founded on request of 宅間治部少輔親富 Takuma Jibu , who died in 1621.

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sooban nenbutsu 双盤念仏 "Special Drum Nenbutsu"
October 27

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This temple is Nr. 28 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 .

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

. Mitokusan Sanbutsu-Ji 三徳山三仏寺 Tottori .
with the famous 投入堂 Nageiredo "Temple Hall thrown into the cliffs"

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24 Aug 2022

EDO - Meguro Mochibana

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. Meguro Fudo Temple 目黒不動 .
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Joojuu-in 成就院（ Tako Yakushi たこ薬師）Temple Joju-In

mochibana 餅花 New Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls
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Meguro Fudo Mochibana 目黒不動餅花

Meguro Fudō is a Fudō hall of Taiei-zan Ryūzen-ji, a temple of the Tendai Buddhist sect.
The worship of Fudō (the Buddhist deity Acala) had been fluorishing among common people since the Edo period,
and Meguro Fudō became one of the most popular destinations for pilgrims
as well as those seeking entertainment near Edo.
The temple town was always full of visitors.
This was one of the 江戸の三冨 'Edo-Santomi', three shrines that sold official shogunate 富くじ tomikuji tickets (lottery in the Edo period).
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. Meguro Temple Rakan-Ji 目黒の羅漢寺 500 Arhats .

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23 Aug 2022

LEGENDS - kaiko mysterious light

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kaiko mysterious light

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kaikoo 怪光 Kaiko, mysterious light

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tooji トージ / トウジ Toji light
A mysterious light that appears during a strong rainstorm and typhoon.
Also called 怪光 Kaiko - mysterious light.

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gotsutaibi, gotsu taibi ごつたいび very large light
A mysterious light that appears during a strong rainstorm and typhoon.
Also called 怪光 Kaiko - mysterious light.

.......................................................................　Nagasaki 長崎県 .....
諫早市 Isahaya city

Inadahime 稲田姫 and kaikoo 怪光 a mysterious light
In the year 1570 in 田結村 Tayui village there was a great storm.
All the harvested rice in the fields was on the verge to be blown away.
The divine spirit of 稲田姫 Inada Hime appeared and during the night
kaikoo 怪光 a mysterious light could be seen wandering in the fields.
The next morning the storm subsided and the water flew away.
And all the rice plants were hanging on bamboo poles as they should.

Inada hime no mikoto 稲田姫命（いなだひめのみこと）
. Kushinadahime - Kushinada hime 櫛名田媛 / Inadahime 稲田姫 .

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Nagasaki 北高来郡 Kita-Takaki district 高来町 Takaki town

sesshobashi 殺生橋 the murder bridge
At night there was 怪光 kaiko – a mysterious light at sesshobashi 殺生橋 "the murder bridge"
ahd make people crazy and kill themselves.
Gyoki Bosatsu cut the wooden bridge in seven parts and let them flow downriver.
Where the wood was found, he came to carve a statue of 観音菩薩　Kannon Bosatsu
and place it in a small sanctuary.
. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749) .

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静岡市 Shizuoka city

kusu no ki 楠 a camphor tree
At the camphor tree at 法明寺 the temple Homyo-Ji there was 怪光 Kaiko – a mysterious light
and the Emperor became ill.
On the request of a diviner, Gyoki Bosatsu was called.
He carved seven statues of 観音菩薩　Kannon Bosatsu from seven trees
and placed them in a sanctuary.
The Emperor recovered soon after.
kusu no ki 楠木 camphor tree

法明寺 the temple Homyo-Ji

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22 Aug 2022

TEMPLE - Shofukuji Fudo Kamikizaki

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Shofukuji Fudo Kamikizaki

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Shoofukuji 正福寺 Shofuku-Ji, Kami-Kizaki
光珠山 Kogyokuzan 無量院 Muryo-In 正福寺 Shofukuji

埼玉県さいたま市浦和区上木崎7-19-1 / Saitama city, Urawa ward, Kamikizaki

The main statue is 正観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon Bosatsu.

The date of the founding is not clear.
It is mentioned in the manuscript 新編武蔵風土記稿 Shinpen Musashi Fudoki Ko.
Manuscript of the Gazetteer of the Province of Musashi

正福寺鐘楼 the Bell Tower of Temple Shofuku-Ji

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、新秩父三十四ヶ所霊場、/ 新秩父34観音 New 34 Temples in Chichibu - Nr. 19
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This Temple is Nr. 12 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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21 Aug 2022

TEMPLE - Jingoji Yakushi Oita

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Jingoji Yakushi Kunimune

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Jingoji 神護寺 Jingo-Ji, Kunimune
宝劒山 Hokenzan 神護寺 Jingoji

大分県大分市鶴崎国宗654 / Oita, Oita city, Tsurusaki, Kunimune

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

観音菩薩 Kannon Bosatsu in the compound

The temple was founded in 1527 by 中栄 Priest Chuei.
In 1641 it was renovated by 細川光尚 Hosokawa Mitsunao , the lord of 肥後熊本藩 the Higo Kumamoto Domaine.
Later it was associated with 劒八幡宮 Shrine Tsurugi Hachimangu (Ken Hachimangu).

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細川光尚 Hosokawa Mitsunao (1619 - 1650)

Mitsunao was born in 1619, and was the eldest son of Hosokawa Tadatoshi.
In 1637, he joined his father in the effort to subdue the Shimabara Rebellion, and fought with distinction.
Succeeding his father in 1641, he became daimyō of the Kumamoto Domain.
Mitsunao's suppression of the Abe family's revolt in 1642 is famous,
due to its fictionalization by Mori Ōgai.
- source : wikipedia

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20 Aug 2022

TEMPLE - Kangoji Kannon Yokohama

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Kangoji Kannon Oyama

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Kangoji 観護寺 Kango-Ji, Oyama
補蛇洛山 Fudarakuzan 龍光院 Ryuko-In　観護寺 Kangoji

神奈川県横浜市緑区小山町677-9 / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Midori ward, Oyama town

The Kannon statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.
The main statue is　薬師如来 Yakushi Nnyorai.
The date of the founding is not clear.
The building was restored in 1533.
It is a sub-temple of 三會寺 Sannen-Ji in 橘樹郡 the Tachibana district.
Around 1650 it was added to 杉山神社 the Shrine Sugiyama Jinja.
The locals call it Fujimidera 富士見寺 a Temple to see Mount Fuji.

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Buso Toradoshi 25 Yakushi Pilgrimage 武相寅歳薬師如来霊場 . - Nr. 03

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This temple is Nr. 26 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 .

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

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19 Aug 2022

TOKYO - Mejiro district

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Mejiro district

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Mejiro 目白 the Mejiro district
目白一丁目 - 目白五丁目 with five sub-districts.

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The district's name is after Mejiro Fudō, which is one of the Goshiki Fudō.
Mejiro is home to the prestigious Gakushuin University.
The university's predecessor was established in 1877 to educate the children of the nobility.
Its notable alumni include most members of the present Imperial House of Japan
as well as the 59th Prime Minister of Japan Tarō Asō.
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. Mejiro Fudo 目白不動 Fudo with white eyes . .

豊山新長谷寺 Shinchokokuji (Shin-Hasedera) in Toshima has a statue of Fudo Myo-O, made by Kobo Daishi himself.
When Kobo Daishi was in 荷沢河 Hezawa, 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai appeared to him and then changed into Fudo Myo-O.
The Deity wielded its own sword and cut off its left arm at the ellbow.
A lot of smoke and flames came out of this burning wound.
Kobo Daishi made the statue just as he had seen this.

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Mejiro - A Historic and Quiet Town
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Mejiro is known as one of the most prestigious residential areas on the JR Yamanote Line.
There are a number of academic institutions such as the Gakushuin University in this small hilly area.
Mejiro Bunka Mura, a residential district developed by the Seibu Group is located on the west of JR Mejiro Station, while Tokugawa Village is located on the east, on the site of the former Owari Tokugawa family's residence.
Both of the districts have quiet neighborhoods. Streets around the station are lined with banks, shops, and restaurants, but there is no entertainment district, thus ensuring that Mejiro is a safe place to live.
- - - - - Mejiro - The Town of History and Academics
The name, Mejiro, comes from the Mejiro Fudo Temple which is one of the Five Color Edo Fudo Temples (Goshiki Fudo).
In the Edo Period (1603-1868), the residences of daimyo (feudal loads) and hatamoto (direct retainer of the shogun) were built on Mejiro Hill.
Since then, the area has historically been home to government officials. The area around the hill is also a high-class residential district where many prestigious houses have been built on the ruins of former nobilities' residences.
Mejiro has been known as a town of academics since the Gakushuin University was established as an educational facility for members of the Imperial family and members of the nobility in the Meiji Period (1868-1912).
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Mejiro - White Eyes
- - - The Famous White Horse Theory
This theory says, without stating much else, that a famous white horse was born here, a 白い名馬 shiroi meiba, if you will. This theory is plausible because, well… ok, anything's possible. But naming a place after a single white horse seems a little silly. Anyways, the etymological basis for this derivation is that the original place name was 馬白 Mejiro "white horse" – 馬 representing a dialectal variant of ma (horse), me.
- - - The "Tokugawa Iemitsu Did It" Theory
Having researched a ton of Tōkyō place names this year, I'm starting to see patterns emerge that set off my BS detectors. Theories that say the third shōgun, Tokugawa Iemitsu, came into some place and renamed it are a dime a dozen.
The story states that one day Tokugawa Iemitsu came to Meguro for falconry and thought the name 目黒 Black Eyes was inauspicious and ordered the area to be called 目白 White Eyes. The stupidest thing about this theory is that anyone who looks at a map will see that the modern Meguro and Mejiro are nowhere near each other. And while – yes, anything is possible – there could have been another village called Meguro here at one point, it's pretty unlikely. Even if it was true, why didn't Iemitsu care about the other Meguro? And he was the shōgun for fuck's sake – the samurai dictator of the realm. I doubt he was such a pussy as to change the names of villages simply because the name scared him.
- - - The "Buddha Did It" Theory
At the beginning of the Edo Period, the super monk, 天海 Tenkai, was placed in charge of developing Buddhist temples in the area. His pet project was to build a cluster of 5 temples dedicated to Acala, called 不動 Fudō The Unmovable One in Japanese.
Each temple's statue of Fudō had a different colored pair of eyes. The one in 目黒 Meguro Black Eyes had black eyes. The statue in 目白 Mejiro White Eyes had white eyes. The presence of a temple established by Tenkai, which was part of a grouping of 4 other temples was prestigious for the area and probably brought many pilgrims to the town's 門前町 monzen-chō (town built at the front of a temple). The area then derived its name from this temple's claim to fame, the white eyed statue.
This theory sounds plausible on the surface, but the fact is that the name Mejiro pre-dates the Edo Era, so sorry to say, the statue's eye color might originate from the place name, but the place name does not originate from the statue. The name Mejiro allegedly first appeared in one of Tokugawa Ieyasu's original surveys of Edo when he moved into the area and was sizing up his new holdings.
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in 1932, the head of the 尾張徳川家 Owari Tokugawa-ke Owari branch of the Tokugawa Family built a residence here. Since then, his property has been turned into an exclusive planned community called the Tokugawa Village. It's home to high ranking diplomats and über-rich douche bags of every stripe and it's home to the 徳川黎明会 Tokugawa Reimeikai Tokugawa Dawn Society which sounds like an evil cult, but on the surface it seems to be a group dedicated to historical research related to the Tokugawa. It's affiliated with the prestigious 徳川美術館 Tokugawa Bijutsukan Tokugawa Fine Art Museum in Nagoya which preserves the largest collection of art and property of the Tokugawa family and has a hell of a gift shop if you want goods with the Tokugawa family crest printed on them.
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Mejiro-shita Ōarai-no-seki 目白下大洗堰 the weir at Mejiro-shita

Ōarai-no-seki was an important facility to supply water in the Kanda aqueduct
which used 井の頭池 Inokashira-Ike pond as a water source to all around the city of Edo.
Water drawn from Inokashira-Ike pond, 善福寺池 Zenpukuji-Ike pond, etc. was divided into two courses at this dam.
water was first sent to the residence of Mito Tokugawa household
and then distributed to all of Edo through the underground.
The remaining water was discharged into the Edo River.
The facility was built during the governance of the 3rd Shogun Iemitsu.
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18 Aug 2022

TEMPLE - Taisanji Yakushi Yahata

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Taisanji Yakushi Yahata

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Taisanji 大山寺 Taisan-Ji, Yahata
本宮山 Honguzan 大山寺 Taisanji

大分県大分市下八幡1380 / Oita, Oita city, Shimo-Yahata

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

Another important statue is 普賢延命菩薩 Fugen Enmei Bosatsu

The temple was founded in 803 on request of 金亀和尚 Priest Kinkame.
It belonged to 柞原八幡宮 the Shrine Yuzuhara Hachimangu.
The statue of Fugen Enmei Bosatsu was located in 普賢堂 the Fugen Hall of Yuzuhara Hachimangu.
In 1868, with the division of Shrines and Temples, it was located to Taisanji.
The statue is made of kaya 榧 torrea wood and was probably made in the early Heian Period.

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- source : oyakushi.com ...
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 13 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

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

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Taisanji 太山寺 Taisan-Ji

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namami no Jizo 生身の地蔵 a living Jizo
A priest from 神石 Jinseki town wanted to go to 大山 Mount Daisen in Tottori.
He wanted to pray to namami no Jizo 生身の地蔵 a living Jizo.
In his dream a man appeared and told him :
at 下野の岩船 Shimotsuke at Iwabune there is this Jizo.
The priest went there and met another priest, who could to three jobs at the same time.
It must have been 大山権現 / オオヤマゴンゲン Oyama Gongen.
On his way back he met the priest again, who gave him a pot to cook rice which was always full.

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Shimane 島根県隠岐郡 Oki district

Oyama Gongen 大山権現 - Shoka Gongen 焼火権現 / ショウカゴンゲン
One evening, from the area of Uminaka there appeared the divine spirit of
焼火権現 the Deity Takuhi Gongen (Shoka Gongen).
This Deity can calm strong wind and high waves.
If a boat comes close to shipwreck, if they pray to this Deity
there will be a divine flame coming in their direction and save them.

Takuhi Jinja 焼火神社 Shrine Takuhi
. Shokayama Daigongen 焼火山大権現 / Takuhi Gongen / Takubi Gongen .
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The wooden shrine building of Takuhi Shrine is the oldest in the Oki Islands (rebuilt in 1732),
and has been designated as an Important Cultural Property of Japan.
This shrine is dedicated to the deity of safe sea voyages.
The hike up to the shrine is very enjoyable.
Observe some interesting flora and fauna, and enjoy the views out across the inner sea.
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....................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県　
神戸市 Kobe city 西区 Nishi ward

At 太山寺 / 大山寺 the temple Taisan-Ji in Kobe there is a statue of 薬師　Yakushi Nyorai.
When there was a fire somewhere in the country, the statue would begin to sweat
and thus let people know what happened.

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....................................................................... Nara 奈良県　
桜井市 Sakurai city 初瀬 Hase

Once upon a time, a poor ascetic went to the Kannon Temple in Hase to pray.
He had a vision:
On his way down the hill he would meet a woman and take her as his wife.
And so it happened and they got married.
The woman was very beautiful and the local Lord tried many things to get her.
But with the protection of the Deities he could not.
His last try was a bout of Sumo wrestling.
The wife brough a thin old man of about 60 years, but in no time he won the bout.
When the Lord thought this strange, he followed the man and saw
the man had been the Nio warrior statue from 大山寺 the Temple Taisan-Ji.
The wife had been an incarnation of Takizo Kannon 瀧蔵観音 the Waterfall Kannon .

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西伯郡 Saihaku District 南部町 Nanbu town

jatai 蛇体 the body of a serpent
The daughter of a Samurai from Matsue had fallen in love with a priest from 大山寺 the Temple Daisen-Ji.
In her troubles she jumped into Akamatsu no Ike 赤松の池 the "Pond of the Red Pine tree"
and became a serpent.
Since there is now a serpent in the pond, if people throw metal things into it, there will be flooding.

赤松の池 Pond Akamatsu no Ike

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17 Aug 2022

TEMPLE - Keigenji Fudo Kitabukuro

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Keigenji Fudo Kitabukuro

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Keigenji 景元寺 Keigen-Ji , Kitabukuro
椎谷山 Shiidanizan　景元寺 Keigenji

さいたま市大宮区北袋町2-379 / Saitama city, Omiya ward, Kitabukuro

The Fudo Myo-O statue is Ao Fudo 青不動 a Blue Fudo Myo-O.
The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

The date of the founding is not clear.
It was called 星野山系元寺 Hoshinozan Keigen-Ji before the name changed.
Uesugi Kenshin took shelter in a rainstorm under shii no ki シイノキ a huge Shii tree.
hence the name change to Shiidanizan.

shii 椎 Castanopsis cuspidata. pasania. Shii-Castanopsis
In the compound are two old Shii trees, in the East-West and North-South.

In the compound is also Kokuzo-Do 虚空蔵堂 a Hall for Kokuzo Bosatsu.

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