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22 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Ikoji Yakushi Futtsu

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Ikoji Yakushi Futtsu

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Ikooji 医光寺 Iko-Ji, Futtsu
摩尼山 Manizan 医光寺 Ikoji

千葉県富津市富津1800 /Chiba, Futtsu city, Futtsu

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
carved by . 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu. .

The temple was founded in 709.
At that time there was an epidemic in the region
and one day a lot of strong wooden pillars came floating down the river.
The fishermen thought this was a special gift from the Gods
And since Saint Gyoki was in the region, they asked him to make a statue.
He made one cut, said three prayers and made the next cut
in a special ritual, 一刀三礼 itto sanrai.

Gyoki made two statues of Yakushi Nyorai.
One is in this temple, the other is in a temple in Musashino (Kanto region).
There was also a special well 薬師湯, where hot healing water came from.

In 1682 the Temple was revitalized by 範順僧侶 Priest Banjun.
The present head priest is in the 23nd generation.

In 2003 a new 大梵鐘 great temple bell was installed.

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
- homepage : ikouji.la.coocan ...
- source : tesshow - kazsa_yakshi .
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 07 of the pilgrimage
. Kazusa 35 Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 .

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....................................................................... Gunma 群馬県　
桐生市 Kiryu city 黒保根町 Kurohone town

daija 大蛇，ryuu 竜
赤城山へ16歳の娘は登ってはいけない。赤堀道元という大尽の娘は、赤城様に申し子して授かった子どもで、16歳で赤城山へ行き、沼に入って大蛇になった。道元は沼を掘り割った。その跡が今も水門になっている。道元は娘の衣裳をあちこちの寺に納めた。湧丸の医光寺では4月8日に帯などを開帳する。申し子はするものではない。
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赤堀道元 Akakutsu Dogen という長者の娘が16歳になったとき、赤城山に行きたいというので行かせたら、大沼に入っていなくなってしまった。道元はクロクワセンチョウ（土木集団）に頼んで沼を干そうとしたら、沼の中から娘が白い牛に乗って現れて「やめてくれ」と頼んだ。娘は大蛇になったのだという。以来、16の娘は赤城に行ってはいけないことになり、5月8日の赤城の山開きには道元の家から重箱に詰めた赤飯を沼に入れている。医光寺には娘の帯があるという。
. Lady Akakutsu Dogen 赤堀道元 .

....................................................................... Shimane 島根県　
益田市 Masuda city 染羽町，七尾町

ryuujin 竜神 Dragon Deity
医光寺の雨乞いでは住職が竜神迎えということをして雨を祈る。それでも雨が降らないとき、妙義寺の和尚が緋の衣を着て、竜が棲むといわれている池に血脈を投じる。
. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 Ryujin, the Dragon Deity .

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21 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Ioji Fudo Shirahata

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Ioji Fudo Shirahata

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Iooji 醫王寺 / 医王寺 Io-Ji, Shirahata
金輪山 Konrinzan 威光院 Iko-In 醫王寺 Ioji

さいたま市南区白幡2-16-8 / Saitama city, Minami ward, Shirahata

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
This statue was probably made by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi.
The 不動尊座像 seated statue of Fudo Myo-O is to the right of it.
To the left of the main hall is Yakushi Do 薬師堂, a hall for Yakushi Nyorai.

The date of the founding is not clear.
The temple was founded by the ancestor of 金子内匠 Kaneko Takumi,
named Kurobei 九郎兵衛.

薬師堂 The Hall for Yakushi Nyorai.

The Main Gate

A large stone memorial

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Kita Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 40

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- - - - - Reference of the Temple
- source : google
- reference source : tesshow -
- reference source : hanaetabi.fc2web.com/hudou/index ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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20 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Shohoin Yakushi Chiba

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Shohoin Yakushi Owada

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Shoohooin 正法院 Shoho-In, Owada
普門山 Fumonzan 正法院 Shohoin

富津市西大和田647 / Futtsu city, Nishi-Owada

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

Not much is known about this temple.
In the compound :

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
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- source : tesshow - kazsa_yakshi .
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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19 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Daifukudenji Kannon Higashikata

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Daifukudenji Kannon Higashikata

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Daifukudenji 大福田寺 Daifukuden-Ji, Higashikata
神寶山 Shinpozan, 大福田寺 Daifukudenji 番外 bangai - extra

桑名市東方1426 / Kuwana city, Higashikata

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

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According to the legend Daifukuden-ji was founded by
a famous politician and promoter of Buddhism 聖徳太子 Prince Shōtoku (574-622).
It was called Daijingū-ji and originally stood in 伊勢山田 Ise Yamada.
The temple was directly connected to the Ise Shrine and was visited by Emperor Tenmu (631-686),
Empress Jitō (645-703) and 聖武天皇 Emperor Shōmu (701-756) during their travels to Ise.
In Tenchō period (824-834) it became a practice ground for Shingon school of Buddhism
after Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774-835), the founder of Shingon sect,
taught the principles of Esoteric Buddhism during his visit.
In the times of Emperor Junna (786-840) the temple was chosen as an official place
that would pray for the Emperor. 宇多天皇 Emperor Uda (867-931) also visited Daijingū-ji during his travels
and used to stay at the abbot's chambers.
Since his visit the official name of the temple was changed to 法皇院 Hōkō-in (Cloistered Emperor's Temple).
In 1052 冷泉天皇 Emperor Goreizei (1025-1068) organized a mass chanting of sutras by 1000 monks in the temple.
The prayer was conducted together with a ritual offering of a wand with hemp and paper streamers to Ise Shrine.
Until the mid-19th Century Daifukuden-ji was officially praying
for each generation of the Emperor and for the Imperial family members.
Because of that the temple was allowed to use the Imperial family crest – a chrysanthemum.
During the Kōan period (1278-1289) the temple burned down.
It was rebuilt in the Kambe (currently Daifuku) area of Kuwana
thanks to the cooperation of the official of the Ise Shrine
and a protector of Yamato province 額田部実澄 Nukatabe no Sanezumi (he was a descendant of
Kadokane – developer and landowner of Kuwana Kambe area), and Ninshō,
a monk and founder of Gokuraku-ji temple in Sagami province.
Emperor Gouda (1267-1324) donated new land to the temple,
made it his official praying place and gave it a new name – 福田寺 Fukuden-ji.
It earned respect of Ashikaga Takauji (1305-1358),
the founder and first shogun of the Ashikaga shogunate,
and was given a new character meaning "big, great" to add to its name.
Since that moment the temple's official name became Daifukuden-ji.
During the Meiō period (1492-1501) Daifukuden-ji countless times
suffered from fires caused by war and at one point it fell into ruin.
The temple was rebuilt as a complete seven-structured temple compound in 1501,
after its abbot Eiki gathered donations around the country.
In 1503 its main statue was also remade and enshrined.
Thanks to the official document issued by the Imperial house in 1567
and prohibiting anyone from entering the temple's grounds,
Daifukuden-ji was speared during the battles between 1570 and 1592.
However due to impoverishment of the surrounding lands, the temple had fallen into decay again.
In the following years the temple's buildings were flooded many times,
that is why in 1662 the abbot named Shinnin decided to move the temple to its current location.
There are two halls in the temple.
The one seen up front when entering the temple through the main gate is the Main Hall.
Inside Buddha Amida (Buddha of Infinite Light), also called Hiki Amida (Pulled Amida),
is enshrined as the main statue. There are also three statues of his attendants:
Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon), Shō Kannon (Sacred Kannon),
Bodhisattva Monju (Bodhisattva of Supreme Wisdom), and a statue of Kūkai.
On the south side of the Main Hall stands the Hall of Prayers.
There are two statues inside, a personal statue of Kuwana province daimyo
松平定信 Matsudaira Sadanobu (1759-1829)
depicting Shōten (Kankiten, Ganesha, a god of conjugal harmony and long life),
and a statue of bad luck expelling Fudō Myō-ō (Immovable Wisdom King).
Daifukuden-ji is visited by many people during the days of the temple's festival known as Shōten of Kuwana.
The festival is held on the 1st and 16th day of every month.

Daifukuden-ji has many treasures in its possession.
Among them a Hassō Jōdō Ezu (painting of the eight major events in the life of the Buddha Shaka)
form Kamakura period (1192-1333), a painting titled 當山再建勧進縁起 Tōzan Saiken Kanjin Engi
(Story of preaching and reconstruction of Daifukuden-ji)
created by 三条西実隆 Sanjōnishi Sanetaka in Muromachi period (1333-1573), and
忍性上人自画像 Ninshō Shōnin Jigazō (Self portrait of the Holy priest Ninshō),
which are all designated as National Important Cultural Properties.
The statue of Shō Kannon is also called 合せ観音 Awase Kannon (Joint Kannon).
According to the legend Goddess Amaterasu (Goddess of the Sun) and
Kasuga Myōjin (the deity of Kasuga Shrine in Nara) decided to send a divination
and ask two Korean Buddhist sculptors – brothers 稽文會と稽主勲 Kei Mone and Kei Shukun,
to each make a half of a statue of Shō Kannon and bring it to Japan.
They did as asked and both of them met at the riverbank of Miyagawa river,
each carrying a half of a statue.
When they tried to join the halves, they discovered that they match perfectly.
It is said that this statue of Joint Shō Kannon was created according to the joint will
of two Shinto gods – Goddess Amaterasu and Kasuga Myōjin.
Daifukuden-ji is a temple number 1 of Mie Shikoku 88 Temples Pilgrimage
and one of the Ise Seven Temples of Luck enshrining Daikoku
(God of Wealth, Farmers, Food, and Good Fortune).
. source : isekannon.jp/otera_list ... .

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 Pilgrimage . - Nr. 01
and Ise Seven Temples of Luck enshrining Daikoku (God of Wealth, Farmers, Food, and Good Fortune).
伊勢七福神霊場「大黒天」

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
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- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This bangai temple is of the pilgrimage
. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 .

. 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 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Fudo Do Hall Joban

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Fudodo Fudo Joban

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Fudoodoo 不動堂 Fudo-Do Hall, Joban
不動堂 - in the compound of the Temple 成就院 Joju-In

さいたま市浦和区常磐1-4-23 成就院内 / Saitama city, Urawa ward, Joban

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

Left from the main hall at Joju-In is
瑠璃堂 the Rurido Hall, also called Yakushi Do 薬師堂 Hall for Yakushi Nyorai
with a beautiful statue of Yakushi Nyorai.
To its left is a small Shrine with the statue of Fudo Myo-O.
In the compound is a large stone lantern with carvings of Six Jizo.
Is shows the dates of 1688 and 1704.

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

武蔵東向寅薬師足立十二札所（南側）- Nr. 02
This pilgrimage to Yakushi Nyorai in Musashi has 12 temples.
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- reference source : hanaetabi.fc2web.com/hudou/index ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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17 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Tado Kannon Hall

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Tado Kannondo Tado

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Tado Kannondoo 多度観音堂 Tado Kannondo Hall, Tado
多度山Tadozan, 法雲寺 Hounji, 観音堂 Kannondo

桑名市多度町多度山下1613 / Haruna city, Tado town, Tadosan shita

There are two Kannon statues :
十一面観世音 Juichimen Kannon
and 千手観世音 Senju Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
Washinokura is where I take off my pilgrim's vest
which protected me during the pilgrimage.
今まではおやとたのみしおひづるを脱て納むるわしのくらにて（

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The history of Tado Kannon-dō starts in 763, when a monk called 満願禅師 Mangan (720-816)
built a practice ground in the 鷲の倉 Washinokura area east of Tado Shrine.
He enshrined a 4.85m high statue of Buddha, prayed and practiced.
One night he got a divination from Amatsuhikone, a Shinto god
and a 3rd son of Goddess of the Sun Amaterasu, and was told to build a temple.
Mangan traveled around the area and gathered donations.
When he got enough he went back to Washinokura, built a hall and
enshrined Amatsuhikone as a Bodhisattva Tado in it.
Soon a bell tower with a bronze bell was donated by a district headman 水取月足 Mizutori Tsukitari,
and a three-storied pagoda was founded by 主新麻呂 Agatanushi Nimaro from Mino province.
With these three buildings the basic structure of a Buddhist temple was finished.
In 780 by the order of the Emperor a monk called 法教禅師 Hōkyō was chosen to expand the temple.
In 781 Hōkyō started a preaching tour to gather donations
around four provinces: Ise, Mino, Owari and Shima.
Next he built a Lecture Hall and living quarters for monks.
Then he gathered ritual objects, tools and other necessary items.
The temple started to function properly and soon it received donation in form of rice fields and land.
In 839 the Emperor decided to make it a sub-temple of Tendai school.
In 849 the temple changed the school to Shingon and was given a name Hōun-ji.
Hōun-ji appears in the 10th Century book about laws and customs 延喜式 Engishiki (Procedures of the Engi Era, 905),
which was edited by 藤原時平　Fujiwara no Tokihira.
It states: Hōun-ji will be treated as a Provincial sub-temple, and there are 10 monks
who received the official certificates from the government.
The temple grew and flourished.
The 16th Century abbot of the temple reported that Hōun-ji consists of more than 70 sub-temples
and more than 300 monks live in its precinct.
The temple was not only a place of prayer, but also a school for many young monks and a cultural center of the area. In Kamakura period (1192-1333), between the years of 1211 and 1213,
the temple was set on fire by a group of thieves that burst into it.
In 1489 due to the Nankai earthquake a landslide occurred at the mountain.
As a result Hōun-ji temple was buried in the ground.
But according to the records kept by a clan of 多度大社　Tado Shrine priests – 小串氏　the Ogushi clan,
the temple was rebuilt and between 1532 and 1555 more than 70 sub-temples operated in its precinct.
Not long after Jōdo Shinshū school Buddhsits from Nagashima started an uprising against the samurai class
and especially Oda Nobunaga (later regarded as the first "Great Unifier" of Japan).
They even made special prayers at Tado Shrine to curse their enemy.
In 1571 Oda Nobunaga's army led by 柴田勝家　Shibata Katsuie and 氏家常陸介　Ujiie Naomoto
marched in this area and burned all buildings belonging to Tado Shrine and Hōun-ji temple.
The temple and the shrine ceased to exist in the end of the 16th Century.
Their land was confiscated as a result of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's nationwide land survey. In the beginning of 17th Century the daimyo of Kuwana province 本多忠勝　Honda Tadakatsu (1548-1610)
revived the Tado Shrine. In 1617 the next daimyo 松平定勝　Matsudaira Sadakatsu (1560-1624)
brought an altar of 愛宕神　Shinto deity Atago (a protector against fires) from Kakegawa in Tōtōmi province
and placed it in the shrine.
In 1653 a monk named 良心法師　Ryōshin, the new abbot of Hōun-ji,
gathered donations and managed to rebuild the temple.
It was placed in Tado Shrine jurisdiction.
At the beginning of Meiji period (1868-1912) Hōun-ji temple was closed
due to the new law ordering the separation of Buddhism and Shinto (shinbutsu bunri).
A new Kannon Hall was built at the river bank of 落葉川　Ochiba river, a sacred river of Tado Shrine,
and two statues of Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) and
Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) were enshrined inside.
In 1900 due to severe rain fall the Kannon Hall was washed away.
In the following year a new smaller hall was built in its place
and two surviving statues were once again enshrined inside.
In 1905 the current Kannon Hall was rebuilt
and new ritual objects were place inside thanks to donations of the worshipers.
. source : isekannon.jp/otera ... .

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- reference source : isekannon.jp/english ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 33 of the pilgrimage
. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

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16 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Gyokuzoin Fudo Saitama

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Gyokuzoin Fudo Naka

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Gyokuzooin 玉蔵院 Gyokuzo-In, Naka
宝珠山 Hojuzan 延命寺 Enmei-Ji 玉蔵院 Gyokuzoin

さいたま市浦和区仲町2-13-22/ Saitama city, Urawa ward, Naka town

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
The temple was founded in the Heian Period.
It was a central temple of the 真言宗 Shingon sect in the Kanto region.
In the Edo period it was awarded 10 koku of land and a stamp seal.
It was one of the 10 important temples in the Kanto region.
Priest 印融 Inyu revived it.
Inyu was a priest in the mid-Muromachi period.
He was born in 都筑郡久保村 Kubo village in the Tsuzuki district
and founded or revived many temples.
In his later years, he stayed at 三会寺 the Temple Sankai-Ji.
Some say Inyu is a re-incarnation of 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi.

The Temple is famous for its cherry blossoms.

One tree near the Main Hall is more than 100 years old
and many visitors come during the season.

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

On August 23 - 施餓鬼（せがき）the Segaki festival is held.
. Segaki-e 施餓鬼会 Segagi ritual .
Offering food and drink to the hungry ghosts.

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- - - - - Reference of the Temple
- source : stib.jp/info/data/gyokuzoin ....
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15 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Komyoji Yakushi Minato

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Tomyoji Yakushi Minato

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Toomyooji 東明寺 Tomyo-Ji, Minato
医王山 / 醫王山 Iyozan 東明寺 Tomyoji

富津市湊220 / Futtsu city, Minato

The main statue is 薬師如来立像 Yakushi Nyorai.
薬師瑠璃光如来（やくしるりこうにょらい） Yakushi Rurikoo Nyorai).
It was made in the early Heian Period (794 - 1185).
The statue is 216 cm high and made from カヤ材 Kaya wood.
In 1954, it became a Cultural Treasure of Minato town.
The left hand holds the yakko 薬壷 medicine pot.
In former times there was a 薬師堂 Yakushi Do Hall for the statue, but it got lost.
The temple was hit by a Tsunami wave in 1742 and was rebuilt
in 1751 at its present location.
There is also a statue of 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu made in the Mid-Heian period
and statues of 十二神将 the 12 Divine Generals made in the late Kamakura period.

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

1月4日　　年始回り　
3月　　　春彼岸会墓参　
8月8日　施餓鬼会（先祖供養）
8月13,14,15日　　盂蘭盆会　
9月　　　秋彼岸会墓参
11月15日　十夜会（先祖供養）
12月下旬　暮れの墓参

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- source : minatotoumyouji ...
- source : tesshow - kazsa_yakshi .
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14 Apr 2023

TEMPLE - Hichoji Kannon Fukaya

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Hichoji Kannon Fukaya

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Hichooji 飛鳥寺 Hicho-Ji, Fukaya
雨尾山 Amaozan 味光院 Ajiko-In 飛鳥（ひちょう）寺 (Asukadera)

三重県桑名市深谷町2386 / Mie, Kuwana city, Fukaya

The Kannon statue is 十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu.

- Chant of the temple
Despite the strong rainy storm in the Amao Mountain,
the birds come down flying from afar.

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Hichō-ji temple stands in Yamanoshiro area of Fukaya district in Kuwana city.
It lies on the highland from which a wide view of Kiso river, Nagara river, Ibi river,
Nagoya city, 濃尾平野 Nōbi plain and 御嶽 Mount Ontake can all be seen.
There are many Buddhist statues enshrined at the temple.
The main statue worshiped in Hichō-ji is a 181cm high Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon).
The other statues are:
statue of Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774-835, the founder of Shingon sect),
Dainichi Nyorai (Great Illuminating Buddha), Zenkō-ji style triad of Buddha Amida (Buddha of Infinite Light),
Batō Kannon (Horse-Headed Kannon), Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon),
Koyasu Jizō (Bodhisattva Jizō who looks over children),
Fudō Myō-ō (Immovable Wisdom King).
The portrait of Kūkai, which is one of the temple's treasures, is registered as Kuwana city Cultural Property.

In ancient time Hichō-ji stood in 坊ヶ谷 Bōgatani valley within Fukaya village grounds.
It was a famous Shingon school temple with 99.2ha of land and 12 sub-temples within its precinct.
Unfortunately many of its buildings, statues, sutras and documents were lost in a fire in 1571,
during the fights of the first "Great Unifier" of Japan Oda Nobunaga's troops with the local daimyo.
In 1635 the Lord of Kuwana castle 松平定綱 Matsudaira Sadatsuna (1592-1652) visited the area.
When he heard about Hichō-ji's past, he became sad and decided to donate rice fields to the temple.
Since 1660 the grandson of Sadatsuna – 松平定重 Matsudaira Sadashige (1644-1717)
every year donated money for the prayer.
In 1702 a samurai of Kuwana province called 南条三太左衛門宗親 Nanjō Santazaemon Munechika
climbed Mount Amao in search for a good place to enshrine a statue of Bodhisattva Jizō.
He obtained the statue some time before at Nishida village in Tamba province.
In the hut standing among the ruins of the old Hichō-ji temple Munechika discovered
a head of the Jūichimen Kannon statue buried in the ground.
The rest of the body was burned during the wars of 16th Century.
He found it strange and astonishing, so he decided to hire a Buddhist sculptor from Kyoto
and remake the lost part of the statue.
When the statue of the Goddess Kannon was finished he built a hall to enshrine her and living quarters for monks.
The statue of Bodhisattva Jizō, which Munechika was planning to enshrine,
was eventually placed at the Hichō-ji's temporary hall in Okujō part of Fukaya village.
Since the restoration of the temple more than 100 samurai families from Kuwana province
were donating rice every month.
In 1869 the temple from Mount Amao and the Jizō Hall from the village were moved to the current location.
The reason was to make it easier for the believers to visit.
The temple is holding number 32 of Ise Saikoku Kannon Pilgrimage
and as such is very popular among worshipers and pilgrims alike.
According to the inscription on the stone monument, Mount Amao (Mount of the Rain Slope),
the name of the mountain on which Hichō-ji used to stand,
comes from a legendary pot that belonged to Tō-ji temple in Kyoto.
This old pot was called 雨壺 Amatsubo (Rain Pot) and the monks would pour water into it
and start to pray every time a drought occurred.
Next they would scoop the water and sprinkle it around.
It is said that when the drops would hit the ground it would immediately start to rain.
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This temple is Nr. 32 of the pilgrimage
. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .

. 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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12 Apr 2023

LEGENDS - ronin masterless samurai

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ronin masterless samurai

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Ronin 浪人と伝説 Legends about masterless Samurai

. 47 Ronin and the Chushingura 47浪人　/ 忠臣蔵　 .

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......................................................................................... Gunma 群馬県
利根郡 Tone district みなかみ町 Minakami town

. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説　horse legends .
A rich farmer named 塩原多助 Shiohara Tasuke had a son.
When his father died he tried hard to keep the family together.
But his stepmother お亀 O-Kame took some Ronin 浪人 masterless Samurai in the home and abused her son.
So Tasuke decided to leave the home.
Tasuke said good bye to his beloved horse 青 Sei, crying, walking away in the moonshine.
When he settled down in Edo, he soon became a very rich man.
O-Kame had a daughter, who was about to marry a Ronin, but at the wedding night,
the horse Sei jumped into the home and killed bride and groom.

......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
福島市 Fukushima city 飯坂町

. daija, orochi 大蛇 a huge serpent, great snake .
. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 .

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Fukushima いわき市 Iwaki city 平鎌田町 Tairakamada town

akizoonushi ga fuchi 顕蔵主淵アキゾウヌシガフチ The deep pool Akizonushi

Near 弘源寺 the Temple Kogen-Ji there is a deep pool, Akinonushi.
Nearby lived a couple, the husband was roonin 浪人 a masterless Samurai.
The priest from 弘源寺 the Temple Kogen-Ji fell in love with the woman and invited her many times.
But she did not do it and instead told her husband.
The angry husband killed the priest and threw him in the nearby river.
Now every time the husband passed the the place, there appeared a monster samurai,
and soon the husband went crazy and died.
They say this was the curse of the priest.

......................................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県
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鎌倉市 Kamakura city

. Nobusuma 野衾 (のぶすま）"wild quilt", "wild blanket" .
Yokai squirrel, Yokai bat

In April there were rumors about a strange thing coming to the beach.
One day 鳶の伊兵衛 Tonbi no Ihei killed it.
It looked like a weasel with eyes like a rabit and wings.
Nobody knew what this creature was, so they went to roonin 浪人 a masterless Samurai
who lived near by and asked him.
He told them this was Nobusuma, which usually lived in the mountains.

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Kanagawa 久里濱村　/ 久里浜 Kurihama village

shoonin 上人 a saint
At 念徳寺 the Temple Zentoku-Ji there lived a priest called 禅誉上人 Saint Senyo.
Once a Ronin 浪人 masterless Samurai walked past who had just shot a bird with his arrow.
The next day a female duck came to the temple, carrying the head of a duck.
It was the head which the Ronin had shot at, the husband of the female duck.
The saint held a special prayer ritual and oh wonder,
the duck flew up into the sky.
When the Ronin heard about it, he threw away his bow and became a pupil of the Saint.

......................................................................................... Kyoto 京都府
宮津市 Miyazu city

koma jishi 高麗獅子 Statues of Korean Lions
One day the statues of Korean Lions became alive, jumped to the sky and went to the town.
They behaved badly and caused a lot to trouble to the people,
When a Ronin cut off one of its legs, the Shishi fell down, but got on its legs again and run away.
When the villagers checked the next morning, one of the Shishi had its leg cut off
and blood had been coming out.
. shishimai 獅子舞と伝説 Legends about the Korean lion dance .

......................................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県
柴田郡 Shibata district 川崎町 Kawasaki town

kesakiri Jizoo 袈裟切り地蔵 Jizo with a cut priest's robes

In former times, at 竜雲寺 the Temple Ryoun-Ji there was a stone statue of Jizo Bosatsu in front of the gate.
This Jizo would turn into an onyudo 大入道 O-Nyudo monster and threaten people,
so not many people came this road any more.
One evening, a Ronin named 梁川庄八 Yanagawa Shohachi passed this road
and the O-Nyudo monster appeared.
When Yanagawa tried to kill it with his sword, there was a strange sound
and the monster disappeared.
When they checked the next morning, there was a statue of Jizo Bosatsu with his right shoulder cut.
Since this event, the place was known as Yanagawa Shohachi kesakiri no Jizo 柳川庄八袈裟切りの地蔵
"Jizo who had his priest robe cut by Yanagawa Shohachi".
Villagers think the O-Nyudo was 狸 a Tanuki who had shape-shifted.
. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .
. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monster .

......................................................................................... Shiga 滋賀県
大津市 Otsu city

jogen mushi 常元虫、浄元虫 an insect named Jogen
In the village of 志賀郡別保村 Beppo a Samurai cut off his hair and took on the priest name of 浄元 Jogen.
But he was a heinous fellow. If a traveller stayed over night at his home,
he killed him and took all of his belongings.
Eventually his vicious deeds became known
and he was bound on kaki no ki 柿の木 a persimmon tree for seven days before being killed.
His dead body was then buried under the tree.
Now many insects came crawling out from under the tree, with a kind of human face.
The villagers called the insects "Jogen mushi".

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kiku 菊 chrysanthemum - a woman named O-Kiku
お菊 O-Kiku, the daughter of the Ronin 向坂甚内 Kosaka Jinnai and
. sara yashiki　皿屋敷 "the Dish Mansion" .

......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県

Tenguyama 天狗山 Mount Tengu
At 甲州白峰 Mount Shiramine in Koshu a Ronin met a large man in the mountains
and they started wrestling. But they soon fell down in the valley.
The large man twisted the head of the Ronin, so he swooned.
When he came back to his senses, the big man had vanished.
His head was turned left and did not come back to normal.
But his ability to shoot grew better, a hit at each of 100 shots.
. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
In Toyama 富山県, to the South of Tateyama is Mount Tenguyama 天狗山.

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