LEGENDS - akuryu malicious dragon

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akuryu malicious dragon legends

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akuryuu 悪竜と伝説 Akuryu, Legends about malicious dragons

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......................................................................................... Kagawa 香川県
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さぬき市 Sanuki city 志度町 Shido town

Fujiwara Tankai 藤原淡海公 had brought many treasures and beads back from China.
He stopped at Shido town and got involved with 海人 a diver woman. He gave her some beads.
Akuryuu 悪竜 a malicious dragon stole the beads, but the diver woman got them back.
She did soon after and is now venerated at the temple .
. Shidodera 志度寺 Temple in Shido .
- Fujiwara no Fuhito 藤原不比等 (659 - 720)
- with the title Bunchu Kō (文忠公) and Tankai Kō (淡海公)




......................................................................................... Nara 奈良県
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五條市 Gojo city 北山町 Kitayama town

. 竜頭、竜胸、竜尾の三寺 .
A shugenja 修験者 mountain ascet had parted a malicious dragon into three parts.
To avoid the curse of the dragon, his body parts - 竜頭 head 、竜胸 breast、竜尾 tail - were venerated in three temples.




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入間郡 Iruma district 越生町 Ogose town

Priest Ungan 雲崗和尚 has changed a malicious dragon, who lived in the lake, into a benevolent dragon and build a temple to venerate it.




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三宅島 Miyake island 三宅村 Miyake village

. ryuukotsu 竜骨と伝説 Ryukotsu, Legends about dragon bones .
Ryukotsu 竜骨 have been used as medicine.
Recently there were dragon bones at 伊豆三宅島 Izu Miyake Island, but someone cut them to small pieces and went to sell them.
But each time the bones were cut, there would be a strong storm, so it became forbidden to touch the bones.
They say it were the bones of Akuryu 悪竜 a malicious dragon.




......................................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県
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甲斐市 Kai city 竜王 Ryuo village

The founding priest from 慈照寺 Temple Jisho-Ji was a descendant of an Akuryu, 悪竜 malicious dragon.
To show his gratitude, the dragon stumped his staff into the ground and a well sprung up, the
竜王水 Dragon King Water.

. Ryuu-oo 竜王 Ryu-O - The Dragon King .
(or Dragon God, Ryuujin 竜神)

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Yamanashi 川上郡 Kawakami district 成羽町 Nariwa town

A couple of Akuryu 悪竜 malicious dragons lived at the pond 阪本の池 Sakamoto no Ike.
A brave man named 金太 Kinta came to kill the dragons.
The female dragon appeared as a woman and said:
"I will go back to the pond 赤松池 Akamatsu Ike. But from now on in your family there will only be widows."
And indeed, this is what happened to the family of Kinta.

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Yamanashi 南アルプス市 Minami-Alps city 上今井 Kami-Imai

Around 1540, 雲玄洞大和尚 the priest Ungen converted the Akuryu 悪竜 malicious dragon of the local river.
The place where it happened is now the Temple 竜泉院 Ryusen-In (Dragon Well Temple).

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

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LEGENDS - Ryuzu Ryuto dragon head

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ryuzu dragon head legends

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ryuuzu 竜頭と伝説 Legends about the dragon head
ryuuzu りゅうず, ryuutoo りょうとう Ryuto

ryuuzu 竜頭 Ryuzu, "dragon head" - hook of a temple bell
. kane 鐘 temple bell .

tatsugashira 竜頭　part of armour
Ryuuzu no taki 竜頭の滝 waterfall
Ryuutoosan Jinja 竜頭山神社 Shrine, Ryuzuyama
ryuutoosen 竜頭泉 / 千綿渓四十八潭 part of a waterfall
ryuutoo gekishu 竜頭鷁首 two boats, one with dragon head, one with heron head, used in the Heian period
ryuzumaki no tokei 竜頭巻きの時計 arm watch, Aufzieh-Armbanduhr
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ryuutoo tabi 竜頭蛇尾 "head of dragon, tail of snake"
strong beginning and a weak ending / Antiklimax. starker Anfang und schwaches Ende
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hiryoozu 飛竜頭; 飛竜子 filhos (Portugese) food, prepared from rice four.

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. ryuutoo 龍燈 Ryuto "dragon lantern" .
A heavenly light phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.

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知多郡 Chita district 美浜町 Mihama

source : Tokyo National Museum / by 長尾景光
ryuutoo kannon 竜頭観音 Kannon on a Dragon Head
Near Okuda village there is a there was a small Shrine in an quiet forest the size of a rice field.
On the hut is a name frame with the letters 竜頭観音 Kannon on a dragon head.
In olden times, the deity 美津波能女之命 Mizuhanome no Mikoto came here down from heaven, riding on a dragon, and healed the illness of 少彦名命 Sukuna no Mikoto.
On this spot a well appeared and the water would heal the illness of the villagers.
. 美津波能女之命 / 水速女命 Mizuhanome no Mikoto .
. Sukunahikona no mikoto 少彦名命 .




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鴨川市 Kamogawa city

At 竜光山 Mount Ryukosan (Dragon Light) there lived ryuujin 竜神 a Dragon Deity who made rain fall.
The three 三匹獅子 lion dancers would beat the drums bound around their hips and dance wildly.
Thus their companions would come and finally the dragon would go up to heaven.
Now there was thunder, it became dark and soon it rained.

. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .




......................................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
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南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district 檜枝岐村 Hinoemata village

ryuutatsu りゅうたつ Ryutatsu, special funeral pole
During a burrial procession, there must be ryuutatsu りゅうたつ a wooden pole with a dragon head of about 150 cm at the beginning of the procession. This will prevent yamainu 山犬 wolves or kasha かしゃ monster cats from snatching the body. - quote -
kasha 火車 fire cart
Appearance: Kasha are a type of bake-neko, or monster cat. They are large, bipedal felines as large as or larger than a human. They are often accompanied by hellish flames or lightning. They like to appear during rainy or stormy weather, and most often during the night. Their name sometimes causes confusion with other yokai; while their name means "fire cart," they do not use vehicles of any kind.
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笠間市 Kasama city 稲田 Inada and 水戸市 Mito town

At the small Shrine for the deity 稲田姫 Kushinada Hime there had been a landslide, and when the villagers wanted to repair it, they found something like a large jar. When they hit it with a hoe, it broke and inside was a large human tooth.
When they checked the tooth again, they found that it was ryuuzu 竜頭 the head of a dragon.
The dragon had been venerated together with Kushinada Hime, they thought.
. Kushinadahime - Kushinada hime 櫛名田媛 Princess Inada Hime .




......................................................................................... Miyazaki 宮崎県
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西都市 Saito city 銀鏡 Shiromi

. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 竜灯 Ryuto, "dragon lantern" .
A phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.

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Shrine Shiromi Jinja 銀鏡神社
Shiromi Kagura, also called 米良神楽 Mera Kagura, is performed at the Shrine 銀鏡神社 Shiromi Jinja from evening all through the next morning.
The mountain above the Shrine is called 竜房山 and ryuujin 竜神 the Dragon Deity lives on its top.
Sometimes there is special Dragon Light on the top of the mountain.
At the dance 銀鏡（しろみ）神楽 Shiromi Kagura there are two masks, one of a skull with straw nets and one wooden of ryuutoo 竜頭 a dragon head.
Rituals at this Shrine will bring rain.
The dragon is one of the 八大竜王.
. Hachidai Ryu-O 八大竜王 Eight Great Dragon Kings .




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上田市 Ueda city

Kokubunji no bonshoo 国分寺の梵鐘 The temple bell of Kokubun-Ji
The temple bell from Temple Kokubun-Ji had fallen into the lake 須川湖 Sukawako.
Since that time, the lake never dried out during a drought.
If - very seldom - ryuzu 竜頭 the hook of the temple bell showed above the water, this dragon would call clouds and soon it would rain.

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五條市 Gojo city 北山町 Kitayama town

. akuryuu 悪竜と伝説 Akuryu, a malicious dragon .

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Nara 山辺郡 Yamabe district 都祁村 Tsuge village

A man went to 貝ヶ平山 （カネヒラ山 / かいがひらやま) Mount Kanehirayama (822 m) to shibakari 柴刈り gather brushwood, when he heard a strange sound, オーンオーン oon ooon. When he came closer, he saw a large kane 鐘 temple bell squeezed into a rock. He tied the Ryuzu 竜頭 hook of the bell with vine and then went to get people to help him pull it out.
When they got back, the bell had vanished, rolling down to the Osaka bay. Now it is in the bay of Sakai.
In March there is a ritual in its memory and sometimes the hook can be seen.




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柏崎市 Kashiwazaki city

.. The bell from Temple 西光寺 Saiko-Ji .




......................................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県

ryuutoozan 竜頭山 Ryutozan, Mount Ryuto
When the mountain hag wanted to make Ryutozan (others say 富士山 Mount Fujisan) she carried earth from 倉木山 Kurakiyama.
On her way she heard the sound of someone grinding a mortar and thought it was already morning.
She left her pot with the earth, which became 浅間山 Mount Asamayama.

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浜松市 Hamamatsu city 天竜区 Tenryu ward

ryuutoozan 竜頭山 Mount Ryuto (1352 m)

. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 / 山ン婆 the old mountain hag monster . .
She had three sons,
龍筑坊 Ryuchikubo， 白髯童子 Shirahige doji and 常光坊 Jokobo.
They became the lords of the areas 龍頭嶺 / 竜頭峰 Ryutozan,
神三沢（三つ森 Mitsumori） and 山住奥の院 Yamazumi Oku no In.

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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 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

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TEMPLE - Baisoin Kannon Minamiaoyama

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Baisoin Kannon Minamiaoyama

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Baisoin, Baisō-In 梅窓院 Baiso-In - Minami-Aoyama
長青山 Choseizan 寶樹寺 Hoju-Ji

東京都港区南青山2-26-38 / Tokyo, Minato ward, Minami-Aoyama

泰平 正観世音菩薩 Taihei Kannon for Peace

- Chant of the temple
あこがれて 天つみそらを 眺むれば 心に見ゆる 慈悲の面影

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 1643 by 郡上八幡城主 the lord of the castle from Gujo Hachiman 青山大蔵少輔幸成 Aoyama Yoshinari (1586 - 1643) as the family temple for his clan. The graves show 13 genertions.
The buildings burned down many times and were always rebuilt.
The predent modern buliding is from 2004 and has two floors.

In the compound is 観音堂 the Kannon Hall.

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Binzuru 賓頭盧 is venerated near the entrance of the temple.
He is one of the 16 arhats of Buddhism.
. Binzuru 賓頭盧 (Pinzuru) .

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omamori お守り amulets

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Nr. 07 at
. Tokyo 33 Kannon Reijo 東京三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage .

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This temple is Nr. 24 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

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TEMPLE - Sanneji Fudo Toriyama

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Yakuyoke Fudo Toriyama

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yakuyoke Fudo 厄除不動 "Fudo warding off evil influence"
瑞雲山 Zuiunzan 本覚院 Hongaku-In 三会寺 （さんねじ） / 三會寺 Sanne-Ji / Sankai-Ji

横浜市港北区鳥山町730 鳥山村 / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Kita ward, Toriyama village

The date of the founding is not clear.
When 源頼朝 Minamoto no Yoritomo became great lord and 佐々木高綱 Sasaki Takatsuna the governor of the area it was
等海 Tokai (around 1373) who founded the temple.
In 1599, the temple got more land from the Hojo regent.

The main statue is 弥勒菩薩 Miroku Bosatsu.
The statue of Fudo Myo-O was carved by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu.
The statue of 愛染明王 Aizen Myo-O was carved by Kobo Daishi.

Kannon-Do 観音堂 Hall for Kannon Bosatsu

Statue of Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音菩薩 Kannon Bosatsu with 11 heads

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鐘楼 bell tower was built in 1678.

Jizo-Do 地蔵堂 Hall for Jizo Bosatsu

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The temple is Nr. 02
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon Pilgrimage .

The temple is Nr. 25 on the new pilgrimage founded in 1936
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Sasaki Takatsuna 佐々木高綱 (1160 - 1214)
was a Japanese samurai commander in the Genpei War, the great conflict between the Minamoto and Taira clans.
An infant at the time of the Heiji Rebellion (1159–1160), Takatsuna was spared the destruction of his family several years later. He grew up with an aunt in Kyoto, and joined the forces of Minamoto no Yoritomo in 1180, when Yoritomo called for aid against the Taira.
Takatsuna saved Yoritomo's life at the battle of Ishibashiyama, and aided in the destruction of the Taira following the end of the war. As a result, he was rewarded with the position of shugo or governor of Nagato province.
In 1195, Takatsuna retired to Mount Koya to become a Shingon priest. He left his son with his title, land, and all his material possessions. He is said to have died in 1214 in Matsumoto, Nagano (then Shinano Province). Nogi Maresuke was one of his descendants.
When depicted in tales or in art, Takatsuna is often shown racing Kajiwara Kagesue across the River Uji atop Shōgun Yoritomo's white horse, Ikezuki, to be the first to engage in battle at the 1184 battle of Uji.
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This temple is Nr. 14 of the
. 武相不動尊二十八所 - 28 Fudo Temples in Musashino .

. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .

. yakuyoke 厄除け Fudo to ward off evil .


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TEMPLE - Saikoji Rinkoji Fudo

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Saikoji Rinkoji Fudo Kamoi

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namikiri Fudo 波切不動尊 "wave-cutting Fudo"
明王山 Myoozan 西光寺 Saiko-Ji
related to 鴨居山林光寺 Kamoizan Rinko-Ji

神奈川県横浜市緑区鴨居 2-4-1 / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Midori ward, Kamoi

The temple is located on the top of a long slope.
The temple was founded in 1449 by priest 義慶 Yoshinori.
In 1563, the temple received more land from 徳川家光 the Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu.
In 1567, it was revitalized by priest 誓順 Junsei.
During fires in 1818 and 1894 the main hall was lost.
The temple was moved here around 1900 as the Fudo Hall from temple 鴨居山林光寺 Kamoizan Rinko-Ji.
In 1984, the other halls like the 薬師堂 Yakushi Do in the compound were combined under the name Saiko-Ji.
The temple has a very large graveyard and many cherry blossoms.

The statue of Fudo Myo-O at Rinko-Ji has been carved by Kobo Daishi Kukai.

林光寺 Rinko--Ji is Nr. 66 on the
. Kanto Henro Pilgrimage 関東八十八ヶ所霊場 .

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- Homepage of the temple
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Nearby is
鴨居杉山神社の概要 Shrine Kamoi Sugiyama Jinja
横浜市緑区鴨居4-13-1 / Yokohama, Midori ward, Kamoi

The Shrine was founded in 1449 to protect 鴨居村 the village of Kamoi.
- Deities in residence :
日本武尊 Yamato Takeru and 天照大神 Amaterasu Omikami
In the compound is a small
Tenmangu Shrine 天満宮
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The temple Saiko-Ji is Nr. 13 of the
. 武相不動尊二十八所 - 28 Fudo Temples in Musashino .

. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .

. namikiri 波切不動尊 / 浪切不動明王 / 波切り不動 Fudo cutting waves .

. Saiko-Ji, 大滝 Otaki, 宮城県 Miyagi .

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


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福島市 Fukushima city 杉妻町 Sugitsuma town

sugi no seirei 杉の精霊 the spirit of the cedar tree
At 西光寺 the Temple Saiko-Ji there were three 大杉 very very large cedar trees.
Around 1805, the priest wanted to cut them down to get money. In the evening he saw three strange children standing there.
They held their hands, walked around the tree and cried before they disappeared.
A couple of beggers were camping below the tree and were awaken that night be a very cold wind. They saw a beautiful young man and two women walking around the tree but soon disappeared.
When they told their observation to the priest, he realized that this were the spirits of the cedar tree, who was more than 1000 years old.
When the villagers heard this, they collected money and begged the priest not to cut it down.
But they cut it anyway, When the first ax cut the tree, there was a lot of water coming out of the cut and they stopped.
But the 6 wood cutters involved in this became ill and died soon after.
The day when they had tried to cut the tree was the 4rth day of the 4th lunar month.
So this day became the day of the cedar festival.
. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .




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亀岡市 Kameoka city 西別院町 Nishi-Betsuin town

. soroban boozu 十呂盤坊主 "the Abacus Priest" .
In the evening the priest from 西光寺 Temple Saiko-Ji could see a young priest using an abacus unter the kaya 榧 torreya tree.
This phenomenon is called "the Abacus Priest".
Some say it is a prank of 狸 a Tanuki badger.
Some say once upon a time there was a young priest often scolded by the old priest, because he could not use the abacus well.
Eventually the young priest hung himself on this tree.




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柏崎市 Kashiwazaki city

chinshoo 沈鐘 the fallen temple bell
The temple bell from 西光寺 Saiko-Ji was crying every night:
"Shall I go to the sea? Shall I go to the river?"
The priest told it to go to the place it liked best.
So the dragon hook burst and rolled away and the bell sank into the nearby river.
ryuuzu 龍頭 (りゅうず) Ryuzu hook of a temple bell, "Dragon Head"

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .


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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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Daienji Kannon Mukogaoka

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo
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Daienji 大円寺 / 大圓寺 Daien-Ji - Mukogaoka
金龍山 Kinryuzan

東京都文京区向丘1-11-3 / Tokyo, Bunkyo ward, Mukogaoka

聖観世音菩薩

- Chant of the temple
逆縁も もらさで救う 観世音 我が身はなれず 添いたもうなり

The main statue is 釈迦牟尼仏 Shakamuni Buddha.
The temple has been founded in 1597.
The temple has been revitalized in 1630 by 久山正雄大和尚 great priest Masao on behalf of the lord from Tosa, Ishigo Katsumasa 石河土佐守勝政.

On the way to the temple are the famous 炮烙地蔵 Horoku Jizo statues. They were placed to atone for the fire caused by Yaoya O-Shichi.

. hooroku Jizoo 炮烙地蔵 Horoku Jizo with an earthen pot.

. Yaoya no O-Shichi 八百屋お七 Greengrocer's Daughter Oshichi .
started the fire in this temple.

The main hall burned down various times and the present building is from the early Showa period.
Now it holds 七観音 seven statues of Kannon Bosatsu, replica from after the war.

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The grave of the following person is in the graveyard
高島秋帆 Takashima Shuhan (1798 - 1866)
- Takashima Shūhan - More in the WIKIPEDIA -

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shuin 朱印 stamp for the Seven Kannon

- reference of the temple
- reference source : tesshow.jp ... -
- reference source : wanderingly.web ...

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

The temple is Nr. 26
　. 東京三十三観音霊場 33 Kannon Temples in Tokyo .


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This temple is Nr. 23 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. 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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. Bunkyō 文京区 Bunkyo ward, "Literature Capital" .
Mukogaoka district 向丘
With two subdistricts 向丘一丁目 - 向丘二丁目.
The district was created by combining the following parts of Komagome
駒込東片町 Higashi-Katamachi 、駒込肴町 Sakanamachi、駒込蓬莱町 Horaimachi、駒込追分町 Oiwakemachi and 駒込浅嘉町 Chokaimachi.

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