TEMPLE Saimyoji Fudo Doji Hoki

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Saimyoji Fudo Hoki

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Saimyooji 最明寺 Saimyo-Ji - Kamihoki
湯谷山 Yuyazan 最明寺 Saimyoji

下関市菊川町大字上保木354-1 / Shimonoseki, Kikugawa, Oaza, Kamihoki

厄除不動 Yakuyoke Fudo

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Nr. 05 - Mukuko Doji 無垢光童子

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The temple was founded in 1280.
The main statue was 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai, made by 上宮太子 Uenomiya Taishi.
北條時頼 / 北条時頼 Hojo Tokiyori (1227 - 1263) gave it the name.
There are a many legends that Tokiyori traveled incognito throughout Japan
to inspect actual conditions to improve the lives of the people.
It became the family temple of 北條 the Hojo clan.
This small temple belongs now to the Jodo Shinshu Sect.
Uenomiya Taishi is another name for 聖徳太子 Shotoku Taishi (572 – 622).
. Prince 聖徳太子 Shotoku Taishi .

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高松市 Takamatsu city 塩江町 Shionoe town

Kumano Gongen 熊野権現 The Kumano Deity
During his travels in Japan, Gyoki Bosatsu stayed at 最明寺 the Temple Saimyo-Ji.
An old man with white hair appeared and told him that in the mountain near the temple was
yakusen 薬泉 a well with healing qualities.
When Gyoki asked the old man about his name, he said
Kumano Gongen 熊野権現 and then disappeared.
. 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749) .
. Kumano 熊野と伝説 Legends about Kumano .

Saimyo-Ji - better known as Hagidera 萩寺 Temple of the Bush Clover

香川県高松市塩江町安原下第１号２７４
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LEGENDS - Amaterasu Omikami

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Amaterasu Omikami Legends

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. The Deity Amaterasu Omikami 天照大神 - Introduction .
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Shrines where the deity 天照大御神 Amaterasu Omikami is venerated.

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. 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai .
During the times of 後光厳天皇 Gokogon Tenno (1338 - 1374), the priest 覚乗上人 Saint Kakujo from 西大寺 the Temple Saidai-Ji held a ritual for 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai as honjibutsu 本地仏 the original Buddhist identity of 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami at 伊勢内外宮 the Shrines of Ise.
Then he had a dream vision:
At 二見浦 Futamiura he saw the golden figure of a 龍蛇形 Ryuja Dragon Serpent.
Kakujo threw his Buddhist robes into the sea, but did not see the figure of the deity.
Soon he had another dream vision:
At 無量寿寺 the Temple Muryoju-Ji he saw himself carving Amida Sanzon 阿弥陀三尊 Amida Sanzon Statues.
When he went to the temple, he saw that the statue of Amida was wearing the Buddhist robe he had thrown into the sea.
. ryuuja 竜蛇と伝説 Legends about Ryuja / Ryuda - a Dragon Serpent .

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dozoku tsubuteishi 土俗礫石 / ドゾクツブテイシ special pebbles

On the beach of 伊勢山 Iseyama there is a huge boulder.
All the rocks nearby are of a different stone material.
It came here because 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami played with rocks and pebbles and this one landed here.




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西尾市 Nishio city 寺部町 Terabe town

The younger sister of 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami is 栗島大明神 Kurishima Daimyojin.
When she married 摂州住居明神 the Deity Settsu Jukyo Myojin she became ill.
She was thrown into the see and floated away.
She landed at （かた） 蚊田の浦 Kata no Ura in Kishu (Wakayama).
The people who saw her venerated her as 蚊田の栗島大明神 Kata no Kurishima Daimyojin.
She promised to protect all women from diesases.
Even now many women come here to prey for healing.

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仙北市 Senboku city 西木町 Nishiki town

. kamidana 神棚　household Shinto altar, "shelf for the Gods" .
A woman named 田口イシノ Taguchi Ishino used a stone to perform uranai 占い fortune telling. She was called イシガミサマ Ishigami Sama.
and the kamidana 神棚 shelf for 天照大神 the Sun Godess Amaterasu Omikami
. Ishigami 石神 Stone Deity .




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南会津郡 Minami-Aizu district 南会津町 Minami-Aizu town

. mochi 餅と伝説 Legends about rice cakes .
On day 16 of January and July the hunters hold a special festival, otoki matsuri おときまつり/ オトキ祭 .
They put a shimenawa しめなわ sacred rope in the living room
and make offerings of mochi 餅 rice cakes to 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami.
The rice cake offerings are then brought to the mountain and can prevent avalanches.




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福知山市 Fukuchiyama city 大江町 Oe town

麻呂子親王 Prince Maroko Shinno carving seven statues of Yakushi Nyorai.
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from 京都 Kyoto　 .
. kishin, kijin, onigami 鬼神 - Legends .

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京都市 Kyoto city

yata no kagami 八咫の鏡 "The Eight Ta Mirror"
When 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami was hiding in 岩戸 the Iwado rock cave,
her features were reflected in this mirror.
So the Deity tried to go up to the sky.
The mirror was caught in the robe of an attendand and remained on earth.

Yata no Kagami (八咫鏡) is a sacred mirror that is part of the Imperial Regalia of Japan.
Its name literally means "The Eight Ta Mirror," a reference to its size and octagonal shape.
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長野市 Nagano city 戸隠 Togakushi

Tajikarao no mikoto 手力雄命 The Deikt Tajikarao
When 天照大神 the Deity Amaterasu Omikami hid in Ame no Iwado 天岩戸 the Iwado cave,
the Deity 手力雄命 Tajikarao no mikoto tried to open the cave.
But he could not and fell down to earth. The place where he landed is
Togakushiyama 戸隠山 Mount Togakushi (1904).
Surprized by the noise, Kuzuryu no Kami 九頭龍神 the Dragon Deity with Nine Heads appeared.
Where he landed is now called Kuzuryuyama 九頭龍山 Mount Kuzuryu,
one of the peaks of 戸隠連峰 the Togakushi Mountain Range.

Ame-no-tajikarao アメノタジカラオ is written as 天手力男神 in Kojiki, and 天手力雄神 in Nihon Shoki.
手力雄命 Tajikara o no mikoto / 手力男神 Amenotadikaraonokmi
Tajikarao's name means heaven hand power.
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. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
九頭龍神 Dragon Deity with Nine Heads - legends from Nagano
Kuzuryu Okami 九頭龍大神 / 九頭竜大神

A local officer went to 九頭龍山 Mount Kuzuryu.
He was told the dragon lived in 種ヶ池 the pond Tanegaike and said:
"Dragon, if you are real, hide me in the water!"
Soon a swirl came up and drew the officer into the water.
Later when the descendants of the officer came to the pond, they were told to pray all night
and then look at the mountain.
Next morning they saw a dragon with nine heads wrapped aroung the muntain is seven rolls.

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Nagano 下伊那郡 Shimo-Ina district 阿南町 Anan town

If a worshipper of 天照大神宮 the Shrine Tenshokotai Jingu becomes very ill,
he makes a wish to ujigami 氏神 the Clan deity and becomes well soon.
Such a person will be reborn as
ubusuna sama no ko うぶすな様の子 a child of the Ujigami deity.
. ujigami　氏神 clan KAMI deities .

天照皇大神社 Shrine Tenshokotai Jinja
長野県下伊那郡天龍村神原森3884 Nagano, Shimoina, Tenryu, Kamihara Mori




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那覇市 Naha city

uishi no tera ウイシの寺， uisu no tera ウイスの寺
During the construction of the Chokotei causeway, the sea was too deep to build anything.
People prayed two nights and two days to 天照大神 Amaterasu Omikami.
The water receeded and they could built a bridge between 安里町 Asato town and 若狭町 Wakasa town.
They also build a Shrine at each town, calling it
uishi no tera ウイシの寺， uisu no tera ウイスの寺.
This is probably the local dialect for O-Ise no Tera オイセ （お伊勢）の寺 "Temple from Ise".

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長虹堤 Chokoutei Causeway

Chokoutei is one kilometer inter-island causeway connecting Naha and Asato, built in 1451.
Naha used to be an island and there was no bridge to connect the island to shore. Therefore when the Chinese envoys came to Okinawa, ships were lined up to between Naha and Asato to used them like a bridge.
King Sho Kinpuku ordered State Minister Kaiki to build a road connecting Naha and Asato. As water was deep and waves were high on this area, Kaiki thought the construction must be protected by the god. He erected an alter and prayed for a long time.
Eventually, water became low and the seabed appeared which let construction start. The road consists of seven bridges constructed from Sogen-ji Bridge to Ibegama (prayers' site surrounded by a stone wall in Kumoji).
When Kosei, a member of the Chinese investiture delegate, came to Okinawa in 1633, he noted this road in his poem that " "looks like a long rainbow from a distance".
Later this causeway started to be called Chokotei.
Chokotei causeway was the primary road linking Shuri and Naha from 1451 till Meiji era.
However traffic volume was dropped as train service started between Shuri and Naha in 1914 and a new Prefectural Road (current Kokusai-dori street) was opened to traffic.
Much of the Chokotei was lost in the Battle of Okinawa and to later development but parts of the causeway still remain.
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. daija, orochi 大蛇 a huge serpent, great snake .
The Deity 素戔嗚尊 Susanoo no Mikoto killed a huge serpent with eight tails and eight heads in Izumo
with his sword totsuka no tsurugi 十握剣.
In the fourth tail, he found a great sword inside the body of the serpent which he named
天の叢雲 "Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi".
He offered the sword to the goddess Amaterasu.

Ame no Murakumo no Tsurugi 天叢雲剣 "Sword of the Gathering Clouds of Heaven"
Kusanagi no Tsurugi 草薙剣
. Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi 草薙の剣 .

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TEMPLE - Anzenji Kannon Aizumi

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Anzenji Kannon Aizumi

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Anzenji 安禅寺 / 安禪寺 Anzen-Ji, Aizumi
円通山 Entsuzan 正受院 Shoju-In 安禅寺 Anzenji

新宿区愛住町9-3 / Shinjuku, Aizumi

The main Kannon statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon.
It was carved by 慈覚大師円仁 Jigaku Daishi Ennin .
In 1571, when 比叡山 the Temple Hieizan in Kyoto was torched,
a priest carried the statue on his back to a mountain retreat in Southern Gifu.
Around 1715 it came back to the Temple.
. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 (794 – 864) .

This temple was founded by a priest from the Nichiren sect in 1608 in 麹町清水谷 Shimizudani, Kojimachi district.
In 1634, it was relocated to its present place.
In 1659, a priest from the Tendai sect took over as head priest.
The name of the Temple was first written 安善寺 Anzen-Ji with 善,
and in 1751 changed to 安禅寺 Anzen-Ji with 禅.
In 1813 it was finally written 安禅寺 Anzen-Ji.

An important statue in the compound was Tankiri Jizo Bosatsu たん切り地蔵,
who was known to heal illness of the lungs.

When the temple was relocated, the statue of Jizo was also relocated.
At the end of WW II the temple burned down.

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This temple is Nr. 25 of the
. . 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples along the Yamanote Line .

. 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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SHINTO - Sanbo Kojin Legends

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Sanbo Kojin Legends

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Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神 "the fierce deities of the three treasures"
. Kōjin, Koojin　荒神 Kojin, "rough deity" .

Sanboo koojin no osamedori 三宝荒神の納鶏 - Aichi
sacred rooster of the Sanbo Kojin deity

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知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita town

三宝荒神 the Sanbo Kojin Deity protects the hearth, the home and the people who live in the house.
If the surroundings of the house are dirty,
if the people repair the house without informing the deity,
if the people hit nails in the wall
many family members will get a stomach ache or a fever.




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三豊郡 Mitoyo district 詫間町 Takuma town

三宝荒神 The Sanbo Kojin Deity protects the food and the farmers,
and also a good catch 大漁の神 of the fishermen.
If someone has to leave the village to go travelling or working,
he puts the ashes of incense burned for 荒神 the Kojin Deity on his head before leaving.




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志摩 Shima region

三宝荒神 The Sanbo Kojin Deity gets offerings from matsu no ki 松の枝 pine branches.
If they are not renewed regularly and dry out, soneone in the family will suffer from headache.




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Okayama 鹿峰 Kanomine

三宝荒神 the Sanbo Kojin Deity from Kanomine has two parts:
On the right is a ritual wand.
On the left is a male Kami deity with many faces and two arms.

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Okayama 笠岡市 Kasaoka city

Kodomo no Kami 子供の神, Ushi no Kami 牛の神， Ishiwari Kojin 石割り荒神
On 笠岡市高島 the island Takashima in Kasaoka city the 三宝荒神 the Sanbo Kojin Deity is venerated as
Kodomo no Kami 子供の神 the Deity of Children.
It is also Ushi no Kami 牛の神 the Deity of Cattle.
During the 神楽の際 Kagura Festival, it is called Ishiwari Kojin 石割り荒神 the stone cutting Kojin.

. kodomo no kami 子供の神 Deity to protect children .
Mikogami ミコ神 / 御子神

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Okayama 勝田郡 Katsuta district 勝田町 Katsuta town 梶並部落 Kajinami hamlet

. Sanbo Kojin at 神宮寺 the Temple Jingu-Ji .

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The Shrine for 荒神 the Kojin Deity in the hamlet of 楮 Kozo is in a low spot in the mountain to the East.
There are three small Shrines:
The one on the left is dedicated to 荒神 the Kojin Deity.
The one in the middle is dedicated to ヒジリ Hijiri.
The one on the right is dedicated to 山の神 Yamanokami.
荒神 the Kojin Deity is seen as hyakusho no kami 百姓の神 Deity of the farmers and
Kodomo no Kami 子供の神 Deity of Children.

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Okayama 勝田郡 Katsuta district 奈義町 Nagi town

nagare Kojin 流れ荒神， Kokushi Kojin 国司荒神， Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神
In Nagi town, three Kojin are venerated:
Nagare Kojin 流れ荒神 flowing Kojin
Kokushi Kojin 国司荒神 Governor Kojin
Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神
Nagare Kojin refers to a statue that has come down during a flooding of the river.

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Okayama 真庭郡 Maniwa district 落合町 Ochiai town 栗原 Kurihara

Hachi Dai Kojin 八大荒神，Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神，Dasai Kojin ダサイ荒神
In 坂本部落 the hamlet Sakamoto they venerate four Kojin deities
Hachi Dai Kojin 八大荒神 THe Eight Big Kojin
Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神
2 Dasai Kojin ダサイ荒神 / 大歳荒神 at 大歳神社 the Shrine Dasai Jinja

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Okayama 小田郡 Oda district 矢掛町 Yakake town 上高末 Kamikozue hamlet

kodomo no kami 子供の神， heso no o koojin ヘソノオ荒神， Sanbo Kojin 三宝荒神
At the small hamlet 羽無 Hanashi 三宝荒神 the Sanbo Kojin Deity is seen as
Kodomo no Kami 子供の神 Deity of Children.
It is also called heso no o Kojin ヘソノオ荒神 Kojin of the umbilical cord.

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大杣 Osoma hamlet

In the compound of the Shrine for the Kojin Deity at 大杣下組 Lower Osoma there is also a Shrine for
Kunishi no Hokora 国司の祠.
In the compound in 大杣上組 Upper Osoma there is also a shrine for 山の神 Yamanokami.
At both Shrines the Kojin Deity is seen as
hyakusho no kami 百姓の神 Deity of the farmers.
. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain - Okayama .

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Okayama 総社市 Soja city 新本 Shinpon

ubusuna sanboo koojin 産土三宝荒神 Ubusuna Sanbo Kojin
At 観世部落 the hamlet Kanze, all families venerate 産土三宝荒神 Ubusuna Sanbo Kojin
. Ubusunagami 産土神 Deity of the birth place .

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Okayama 総社市 Soja city

三宝荒神社 Shrine Sanbo Kojin no Yashiro
津山市高野本郷 Tsuyama Takano Hongo
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.......................................................................　Yamaguchi 山口県 .....
阿武郡 Abu district

三宝荒神 The Sanbo Kojin Deity is venerated in various hamlets:
大抵 Taigai - The deity of the five grains (a good harvest) for the farmers.
赤碕 Akasaki - The protector deity of cattle and horses.
麦谷 Mugitani - It is also called 鷹神 Takagami / Takashin, "Hawk Deity".

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TEMPLE - Senjuin Fudo Yamaguchi

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Senjuin Fudo Tabe

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Senjuuin 千寿院 Senju-In - Tabe
金剛山　Kongozan 千寿院 Senjuin

下関市菊川町大字田部587 / Shimonoseki Kikugawa Oaza Tabe

Nr. 04 - 光網勝童子Komosho Doji

The main statue is Ashi Fudo 足不動.

. Fudo with four faces, four arms and four legs .
四面四臂四足不動明王

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. 18 Fudo Doji Temples of Yamaguchi 十八不動三十六童子
. The 36 Attendants of Fudo Myo-O 三十六童子 .
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................................................................................. Tokyo 東京都　
渋谷区 Shibuya ward

oman enoki おまん榎 nettle tree of Lady O-Man
. O-Man no Kata お万の方 Lady O-Man .
She became the concubine of 徳川家康の側室 Tokugawa Ieyasu when she was 17.
Once おまんの方 O-Man no Kata had a strong toothache.
A priest at temple 千寿院 / 仙寿院 Senju-In in Shibuya made a 楊枝 toothpick from enoki 榎 a nettle tree.
She touched her aching tooth with this little stick and in no time her pain was gone.
This is one of the seven wonders of 千駄ヶ谷 Sendagaya, Tokyo.
. enoki 榎 nettle tree .

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EDO TEMPLE - Aizumi

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Jounji Kannon Aizumi

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Joounji 浄運寺 Joun-Ji, Aizumi
増光山Zokozan 摂護院 Setsugo-In 浄運寺 Jounji

新宿区愛住町14-3 / Shinjuku ward, Aizumi

The main statue is 正観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon Bosatsu.
The statue was made by 慈覚大師 Jigaku Daishi.
. Jigaku Daishi Ennin 慈覚大師仁円 (794 – 864) .

The temple was founded in 1618 by 龍把和尚　Priest Ryuhi.
In 1619 it was located in 麹町清水谷 Kojimachi Kiyomizudani.
In 1634 it was relocated because of constructions for a moat around Edo castle.
During a fire around 1720 the buildings were lost.
Later it became a sub-temple of 知恩院 Temple Chion-In.

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This temple is Nr. 23 of the
. . 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples along the Yamanote Line .

. 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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. Tokyo - Shinjuku　新宿区　Shinjuku Ward .

Aizumi Cho 愛住町 Aizumi district
It has no subdistricts.

During the Edo period, there were Samurai estates in the area.
In 1872, the district 四谷愛住町 Yotsuya Aizumi cho was founded.
In 1911, the name was shortened to Aizumi.

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Aizumi Art Museum 美術愛住館
opened in March 2018 following the renovation of the home of economist Taiichi Sakaiya and his wife, the painter Chikako Ikeguchi.
Works by Ikeguchi, a member of the Japan Art Academy, are the heart of its collection.
Ikeguchi started out painting introspective portraits and still lifes before moving on to landscapes in Canada. She won further acclaim for her depictions of women and in recent years has produced distinctive paintings of Western Europe.
The museum also holds occasional exhibitions of contemporary oil paintings.
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　美術愛住館は、芸術のさらなる振興に資するため、東京藝術大学に美術館を寄贈することになり、「堺屋太一記念 東京藝術大学 美術愛住館」として新しくスタートをすることになりました。その開館記念として「野見山暁治展 100年を超えて」を企画いたしました。
- aizumikan.com - 美術愛住館 -
京都新宿区愛住町2-5

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TEMPLE - Saikoji Fudo Yoshimo

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Saiko-Ji Fudo Yoshimo

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Saikooji 西光寺　Saiko-Ji - Yoshimo
霊松山 Reishozan 西光寺Saikoji

下関市大字吉母545 / Shimonoseki Yoshimo / 山口県下関市清末西町1-9-19

Godai Myo-O 五大明王 Five Great Myo-O
Nr. 03 - 不動恵童子Fudo-e Doji

The temple was founded in 994 on request of 花山法皇 Emperor Kazan (968 - 1008)
by 覚仙上人 Saint Kakuzen.
Kakuzen was also a priest at Wakamiya Jinja 若宮神社 Shrine Wakamiya.
In 1771, 等始法印 became head priest and rebuilt the temple.
In 1795, it became the family temple of 長府毛利家 the Mori Clan from Chofu.

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. Saiko-Ji 西光寺 Fudo / Kanagawa, Yokohama, Kamoi .

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TEMPLE - Horinji Kannon Koenji

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Horinji Kannon Koenji

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Hoorinji 鳳林寺 Horin-Ji, Koenji
瑞祥山 Zuishozan 鳳林寺 Horinji

杉並区高円寺南2-39-1 / Suginami ward, Koenji-Minami

The main statue is Jizo Bosatsu.

Founded in 1558 by 松栖用鶴 near present-day Idabashi station.
Relocated in 1625 to 牛込七軒寺町 Ushigome Shichikentera district.　
In 1657 荒川重照 Arakawa Shigeteru was buried here and it became
the Bodai-Ji 菩提寺 family temple of 荒川家 the Arakawa clan. 　
In 1874 it was united with 爽山寺 the temple Kanzan-Ji (夾山寺 Kyozan-Ji).
The statue of Enmei Jizo was placed there. Now better known as 鳳林寺のお地蔵さん Horin-Ji no O-Jizo San.　
In 1941 it was relocated to its present location due to the building of new roads in Tokyo.


In 地蔵堂 the Jizo-Do Hall is a statue of
yakuyoke kosodate enmei Jizo 厄よけ子育ての延命地蔵尊

. Enmei Jizoo　延命地蔵 life-prolonging Jizo Bosatsu .

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多賀谷楽山（医師） Tagaya
多賀谷向陵（書家） Tagaya
多賀谷酔雪（画家、向陵の子） Tagaya
内山椿軒（狂歌師） Uchiyama Chinken
田中義成（国史学者） Tanaka Yohsinari

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This temple is Nr. 21 of the
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. 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 - Anyoji Fudo Yoshimi

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Anyoji Fudo Yoshimi

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Anyooji 安養寺 Anyo-Ji - Yoshimi
松尾山 Matsuozan 文殊院 Monju-In 安養寺 Anyoji

下関市大字吉見上1377 / Shimonoseki Yoshimi Kami

Chie Fudo 知恵不動 Fudo of Wisdom
02 Seitaka Doji 制迦童子

The main statue is
. Monju Bosatsu　文殊菩薩　Manjushri - Mañjuśrī .
Monju Bosatsu represents wisdom, intelligence and willpower.

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................................................................................. Akita 秋田県 　
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秋田市 Akita city

. Ono no Komachi 小野 小町 (825 — 900) .
Shakuyakuzuka 芍薬塚 The Peony mound at 安養寺 the Temple Anyo-Ji




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九戸郡 Kunohe district

Around 1934, some villagers from a hamlet were possessed by イズナ an Izuna pipe fox.
They were brought to a priest in 軽米 Karumai hamlet.
But this priest was also possessed and driven out of the hamlet.
Finally a priest who had trained at 安養寺 the Temple Anyo-Ji in 二戸 Nihone could drive the fox out.
. kudagitsune クダ狐, クダギツネ と伝説 Legends about the "pipe fox" .
izuna 飯綱 meaning least weasel

Anyo-Ji, Iwate, Ninohe, Fukuoka, Matsunomaru




................................................................................. Kyoto 京都府　
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南丹市 Nantan City

. sakaki　榊 と伝説 Legends about the Sakaki tree .

安養寺(京丹後市久美浜町）




................................................................................. Nagano 長野県　
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北佐久郡 Kita Saku district 三井村 Mitsui village

. tanishi 田螺 mud snail legend .




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上田 Ueda

. The fast change of a monster 変化 .




................................................................................. Shizuoka 静岡県　
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富士市 Fuji town

. The Tanuki from 安養寺 the temple Anyo-Ji .

静岡県富士宮市杉田489



................................................................................. Toyama 富山県　
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富山市 Toyama city

kajika カジカ
川にすむカジカの頭には両目の間に鱗形の斑紋があるという。隣村である蜷川村 Hirukawa village 出生の伊勢新九郎が安養寺に伝わる最明寺 Temple Saimyo-Ji 時頼の遺物鱗形の系図を継承して北条氏を冐したという。
. kajika 河鹿 kajikagaeru river frog .
Ise Shinkuro 伊勢新九郎, Hojo Soun 北条早雲 Hōjō Sōun (1432 or 1456 – 1519)
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