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22 Nov 2022

TEMPLE - Yakurinji Fudo Asahi

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Yakurinji Fudo Asahi

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Yakurinji 薬林寺 Yakurin-Ji, Asahi
瑠璃山 Rurizan 薬林寺 Yakurinji

川口市朝日1-4-33 / Kawaguchi city, Asahi

The Fudo Myo-O statue is made of stone.

The main statue is 薬師瑠璃光如来】 Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai.

Another statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

The temple was founded around 1480 in 芝川付 Shibakawa village by Saint 宥鎮法印, who died in 1486.
Around 1580, when the 岩槻城 Iwatsuki Castle burned down in a war,
the Temple was removed to its present location.

The Yakushi Statue in 薬師堂 the Yakushi Hall is called
Oka no Yakushi 岡の薬師 "Yakushi on the Hill"
The Yakushi statue was made by 傳教大師最澄 Dengyo Daishi Saicho.
. Dengyo Daishi Saicho 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) .

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Kita Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 75

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Temples . - Nr. 75

This temple is one of the famous 川口の三薬師 three Yakushi Temples of Kawaguchi. The other two a
領家光音寺 Ryoke - Koon-Ji
慈林村宝厳院 Jirin village - Hogon-In

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This Temple is Nr. 33 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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

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南丹市 Nantan city

yakuyoke no kane 厄除の鐘 the bell against bad luck
If someone rings the bell at 薬林寺 the Temple Yakurin-Ji, he will not have bad luck any more.

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

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21 Nov 2022

TEMPLE - Airaji Yakushi Kikuka

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Airaji Yakushi Kikuka

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Airaji 相良寺 Aira-Ji, Kikuka
吾平山 Goheizan 相良寺 Airaji

熊本山鹿市菊鹿町相良370 / Kumamoto, Yamaga city, Kikuga town, Aira

The main statue is 千手観音 Senju Kannon.

shuin　朱印 stamp Kannon

The temple was founded in the Heian period, more than 2000 years ago, by 伝教大師最澄 Dengyo Daishi.
In 源平時代 the Genpei Period (around 1180) it was held by the warlord 菊池隆直 Kikuchi Takanao (? - 1185).
He offered a statue of 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O to pray for victory.
The statue of Kannon Bosatsu is from the Muromachi period (1336 - 1573).
Around 930, the wife of 朱雀天皇 Emperor Suzaku Tenno could not become pregnant
and the Emperor sent an envoy here to pray for a child.
The envoy prayed for 7 days in the Kannon hall.
Then 村上天皇 the 62nd Emperor Murakami (926 - 967) was born.
Now women come here to pray for pregnancy.

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shuin　朱印 stamp Yakushi

ema 絵馬 votive tablet

omamori　お守り amulet - 金運だるま Daruma for good money

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

山鹿三十三観音霊場 - Nr. 33
- reference source : higonote.net/yamaga ... -

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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : yamaga-tanbou.jp/spot ...
- source : oyakushi.com ...
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20 Nov 2022

TEMPLE - Kongozaji Kannon Taki

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Kongozaji Kannon Taki

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Kongoozaji, Kongōzaji 金剛座寺 Kongoza-Ji, Taki
摩尼山 Manisan 金剛座寺金剛座寺 Kongōza-ji

三重県多気郡多気町神坂169 / Mie Prefecture, Taki district, Taki town, Kozaka 169

The Kannon statue is 如意輪観音 Nyoirin Kannon.

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The old name of this temple is 穴師(子)寺 Anashi-ji and there are two theories concerning its beginning.
According to the first one the temple was founded in 673 by 7th Century statesman, courtier and politician 藤原鎌足 Fujiwara Kamatari (614-669).
The second theory suggests it was built by one of his sons – 不比等 Fujiwara Fuhito (659-720) in 680.
Anashi-ji was directly connected and governed by 志度寺 Shido-ji, a temple from Sanuki province in Shikoku, which is a temple number 86 of Shikoku Pilgrimage.
The main statue worshiped at Anashi-ji was Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon).
In 693 Fuhito relocated Nyoirin Kannon (Omnipotent Kannon) statue from Shido-ji to Kongōza-ji,
which after the consecration ceremony performed by famous monk 行基菩薩 Gyōki Bosatsu (668-749) became a main statue worshiped at the temple.
Nyoirin Kannon statue was originally made by Fujiwara Fusasaki – one of the sons of Fuhito.
He lost his mother when he was very young and once he got older he wanted to pay her respect. Therefore he made a statue looking like his mother and offered it to Shido-ji. When his father Fuhito learned about his son devotion, he was so impressed that he moved the statue to Kongōza-ji and made the temple her bodai-ji (a temple performing ceremonies in her soul's favor).
Since then that Nyoirin Kannon statue is known as Shido's Lady Kannon.
This story of the temple's beginning uses some parts of the legend told in Shido-ji, which is also a famous Noh theater song 海女の玉取 Ama no Tamatori Densetsu (Legend of a Pearl Diver who brought back the Jewel).
In this legend a pearl diver sacrificed herself to bring back to lost jewel from the Ocean depths. The diver was actually Fusasaki's true mother. She helped Fuhito, whose undercover mission was to bring back the lost jewel, which was sent from his sister – one of the wives of the Chinese Emperor. In exchange of the pearl diver's sacrifice, Fuhito made their son Fusasaki an official hair to his name.
The area where Kongōza-ji stands is called 佐奈 Sana and it appears in a chronicle Kojiki (Records of Ancient Matters) composed in 711.
Sana had a strong connection with Fujiwara clan, who mainly worked in imperial department of worship at the time. Fujiwara clan also had a deep relation with Shido-ji temple, by which Kongōza-ji was governed.
Based upon this knowledge it is possible to assume that Kongōza-ji also had a strong relationship with the Fujiwara clan.
At the top of the nearby mountain there is a site on which 穴師神社 Anashi Shrine, a shrine recorded in 10th Century book about laws and customs Engishiki (Procedures of the Engi Era, 927), used to stand. It probably started as a family temple of a clan who lived in Yamato province (Nara) beside Anashi-ni 穴師坐兵主 Mashimasu Hyōzu Shrine. The name Anashi-ji appears in Kinchōkoku-ji Shizaichō – official document from 953. It also appears as Anashi Shrine in the part of Engishiki Jinmyōchō (905) that lists shrines of Ise province.
Leaving aside the authenticity of Kongōza-ji temple's official history, without any doubt it dates back to more than 1300 years.
According to one more theory
Mount Kongō, on which the temple stands, may be a sacred mountain in which a Shinto deity named 天手力男命( Ame-no-Tajikarao resides.
The Kojiki chronicle mentions that Ame-no-Tajikarao, who dwells in Sana, is worshiped in Sana Shrine. Because Sana Shrine was a satomiya – a shrine placed at the bottom of the sacred mountain, it would mean that the Mount Kongō is the sacred mountain. This is also probably where the name of the mountain comes from. Kongō normally refers to Kongōza – the diamond throne on which Buddha reached enlightenment. But in this case it is possible that it comes from Buddhist deity called Kongō Rikishi (Vajrapani) – the Diamond Warrior, which was considered a Buddhist manifestation of Ame-no-Tajikarao. According to pre-modern Japanese manifestation theory (honji suijaku) which supported syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism, all Shinto gods were manifestations of Buddhas, Bodhisattvas and other Buddhist deities. This would also explain where the temple's name Kongōza-ji – a temple where the Diamond Warrior dwells – comes from.
This theory is also sustained by a tradition of the family of priests of Anashi Shrine, which in contemporary times relocated to Matsusaka city. According to their tradition, gohei – the staff with plaited paper streamers used during the Yoiyoi ritual, until mid-19th Century was received from Kongōza-ji. They would refer to this receiving custom as "Welcoming of Ama-no-Tajikarao".
At the top of Mount Kongō there is a place facing east, where it is possible to pray facing Ise Shrine. Judging from this and from the historical connection of Sana area and Ise Shrine, we can easly assume that Mount Kongō was not only an important spiritual ground, but also a significant historical site.
Kongōza-ji temple flourished in later years and had many sub-temples such as 仏土寺 Buddo-ji (Buddozan Fugen-ji),
戒光寺・継松寺・霊ケウ寺・南寺・北ノ坊・東ノ坊 Kaijō-ji, Keishō-ij, Reikyō-ji, Nan-ji, Kita no Bō and Higashi no Bō in its precinct.
Unfortunatley in 1432 the temple was damaged by an earthquake, then in 1468 and 1506 it suffered during the war, finally it was burned down by the first "Great Unifier" of Japan Oda Nobunaga in 1570's.
All archives were lost in fire and together with them the temple's pre-fire detailed history.
In the end of 16th Century
the temple received great offerings from the lords controlling the Ise province: Kitabatake Toshisada, Gamō Ujisato (1556-1595), Tōdō Takatora (1556-1630) and Kishū Tokugawa clan.
In 1640 良珠 monk Ryōshu from Kuzuka-ji of Watarai area, started to live at Kongōza-ji.
In the second half of 18th Century Nishimura Hiroaki, a 5th generation head of the family business Yamatoya from Ōka, became a major donor. He sponsored the reconstruction of the Main Hall, which was finished in 1771. The hall still stands to this day.
In the beginning of 19th Century the Lord of Kishū province 徳川治寶　Tokugawa Harutomi (1771-1853) donated shō (free reed musical instrument) which once was in possession of Fujiwara Kamatari (legendary founder of the temple).
Together with a calligraphy also written and presented by Harutomi, they are now temple's treasures.
Since then Kongōza-ji became bodai-ji, a temple praying for dead family members of Kishū Tokugawa clan.
In the beginning of the 18th Century
Kongōza-ji flourished as a temple number 10 of Ise Saikoku Kannon Pilgrimage.
Every year on the 9th of August the temple held a very popular festival called Night Kannon (夜観音　Yo Kannon)
which gathered many people.
Kannon enshrined in Kongōza-ji was worshiped especially by women, who would focus on her aspect as an affectionate mother. Many of them would take the sand from the front of the Main Hall and carry it with them as a talisman. It was believed that it would protect from and heal women's diseases, or bless the woman with a child.
According to the legend, a 12th Century poet monk　西行法師 Saigyō (1118-1190) visited Kongōza-ji – a temple with a strong connection to his ancestors – Fujiwara clan. He composed a poem about sakura cherry tree planted in this temple. This poem is now being used as a song of praise (goeika) recited at the end of Buddhist ceremony.
　昔より菩提の樹（うえき）それながら　出（いで）し佛の影（けい）ぞ残れる
The trace of the (enlighten) Buddha is still present in this Sakura tree planted long ago as a tree of enlightenment.

In the late 17th Century a local haiku poet 大淀三千風　Ōyodo Michikaze (1639-1707) from Izawa village composed a haiku and wrote it down in his work titled Seiryūzan Enmei-ji Inchū Jizō-in Kyūkei no Shinasadame.
山は金剛の杵にして花を打出す非情櫻　
Sakura blooming on Mount Kongō (Diamond mountain),
as if someone tapped them out with fortune bringing diamond mallet.
In 1921 Hōun Missei – abbot of Kyūsen-ji temple from Miyagawa village, made a pilgrimage to 88 temples around the Miyagawa river basin. When visiting Kongōza-ji he composed a poem:
盧舎那佛おわします金剛座　八重の山々蓮華なりけり　
If Mount Kongō (Diamond Mountain) is a Kongōza (Diamond Throne) of Birushana Buddha,
then certainly eight surrounding mountains are the Lotus pedestal.

Since Edo period (1603-1868) Kongōza-ji was a temple belonging to Hieizan branch of Tendai sect, but after World War II its abbot Hirohashi Kankō decided to change the style to Shūgendō style of Tendai sect. He did it when his friend (and also a famous post-war period monk) Enami Soken (1903-1971) started a new style after reviving and completing an ancient ascetic practice of Thousand-day Walk (Sennichi Kaihō) around the Mount Hiei. Hirohashi Kankō had one more famous friend who he knew since high school days – Ozu Yasujirō (1903-1963), one of the most influential film directors in postwar Japan. They stayed friends for years and Hirohashi would often appear in Ozu's diaries.
After World War II Japanese society became very poor.
In these hard times Hirohashi Kankō devoted himself to welfare activity and decided to donate Kongōza-ji temple's land and assets. He contributed to the local community by founding Sana Primary School and Fujimidai Gakuen – a facility for children with disabilities (presently in different location). For the next 30 years there were no monks in the temple until
染川智勇　Seomekawa Chiyū became the new head monk of Kongōza-ji.
Since then he continues the maintenance and reconstruction of temple's buildings. As a result new Visitors Hall Kaikōin was completed in 2001. In 2003, as a part of Taki district's Path of History (Rekishi no Michi) project, Kozaka observation deck was made at the top of Mount Kongō. In 2005 the "Local Museum Sana Library" and in 2007 a cemetery "Memorial Park Taki no Mori" were opened in temple's precinct.
Kongōza-ji temple's gong (wani guchi) and wooden idol from the former Anashi Shrine (which is also in temple's possession) are designated as Taki district Cultural Properties. The Main Hall of the temple (completed in 1658) is also the oldest building in the district.
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This temple is Nr. 10 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 .

. Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 Wishfulfilling Kannon

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19 Nov 2022

TEMPLE - Jirinji Fudo Angyo

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Jirinji Fudo Angyo

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Jirinji 慈林寺 Jirin-Ji, Angyo
医王山 Iozan 宝厳院 Hogon-In 慈林寺 Jirinji

宝厳院本堂不動堂 Hogon-In Fudo Hall
川口市安行慈林954 / Kawaguchi city, Angyo, Jirin

The Temple has two statues of 不動尊 Fudo Myo-O,
but one is in repair.

宝厳院薬師堂 Hogon-In Yakushi Hall

According to records from 1793, the temple was established in 741
on request of 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno (701 - 756).
行基菩薩 Saint Gyoki Bosatsu built Yakushi-Do 薬師堂, a Hall for Yakushi Nyorai.
It was revitalized by 文徳天皇 Emperor Montoku Tenno (826 - 858).
In 1642, the Tokugawa government added more land.
Together with the Yakushi Temples 領家光音寺 Ryoke Koon-Ji and 朝日薬林寺 Asahi Yakushi-Ji
it became one of the three great Yakushi Temples in Edo.
The compound is very large with many buildings.

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shuin　朱印 stamp / Yakushi Nyorai

omamori　お守り amulets

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Temples . - Nr. 88

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

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This Temple is Nr. 31 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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. Temples with legends .

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

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

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .

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18 Nov 2022

TEMPLE - Saigandenji Yakushi Kyushu

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Saigandenji Yakushi Kurokawa

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Saigandenji 西巌殿寺 Saiganden-Ji, Kurokawa
阿蘇山 Asozan 西巌殿寺 Saigandenji

熊本県　阿蘇市　黒川　 / Kumamoto, Aso, Kurokawa

The main statue is 十一面観音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon.

The temple was founded around 726 by 最栄 Saiei.
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As Mt. Aso, the active volcano had a lot of influence to the people's life due to its powerful activities.
Many unique cultures derived from the mountain worship had been created.
Before Meiji Era,1868, Shintoism and Buddhism were not separated like now, they worked together,
and cultures or customs could be mixed a lot.
It is same here in Aso, Aso shrine had tremendous influence over 2000 years, but actually not all the time.
From 8th to 16th century, Buddhism had a lot of power as well, and Saiganden-ji was the top of them.
There were almost 90 small temples and monks' houses near the crater,
they lived there and were praying and chanting all day long to make the volcano calm.
Because of political wars, all these temples were burnt, and the monks escaped to the foot of Mt. Aso.
And they had chance to rebuild the temples, that is where we are now which is called Bochu.
The main hall caught fire about 20 years ago, but the site is kept nice still,and the old gate and stone steps are very quaint.
- source : aso-denku.jp/english ...

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- Yearly Festival 年中行事 -

You can see how they dressed, how they chanted, how they blew the horn at "Hiwatari" (火渡り walking through fire)
a ritual held at Saiganden-ji in April.
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Also on the following pilgrimages :
- 阿蘇西国三十三ヶ所 1番札所 -
- 肥後三十三観音 1番札所 -
- 九州西国三十三ヶ所 13番札所 -
- 百八観音霊場 88番札所 -
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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : asocity-kanko.jp/spot ...
- reference source : wikipedia -
- source : oyakushi.com ...
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17 Nov 2022

TEMPLE - Senpukuji Kannon odai

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Senpukuji Kannon Odai

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Senpukuji 千福寺 Senpuku-Ji, Odai
無量山 Muryōzan 千福寺 Senpukuji

三重県多気郡大台町柳原201 / Mie, Taki district, Odai town, Yanagibara
The Kannon statue is 十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon.
やないばら観音 Yanaibara Kannon
手引き十一面観世音菩薩 Tebiki Juichimen Kannon

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The history of Senpuku-ji temple starts in year 607, when Prince Shōtoku (574-622),
a famous politician and promoter of Buddhism, after receiving a divine message,
carved a 150 cm (4.92 ft) high statue of Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon)
and build a hall on 無量山 the Mount Muryō to enshrine her.
The temple started to prosper and gained many followers after a monk named
大徳泰澄 Taichō (682-767) visited its grounds and built seven more buildings.
In the end of 10th Century (middle of Heian period) 花山法皇 ex-Emperor Kazan (968-1008),
who devoted himself to Buddhism and revived the practice of Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage,
visited Senpuku-ji during his religious travel.
He saw a strange light coming from the mountain and thought of it as a good omen.
He then decided to confine himself in Senpuku-ji temple and pray for masses,
so they would be led to the path of enlightenment. After 17 days of prayer
he had a divine revelation from Goddess Kannon.
She said that in the West from the temple, at 熊野八鬼山 the Mount Yaki in Kumano,
a group of bandits cause great harm to the pilgrims heading to Ise region.
She then promised to protect and lead the pilgrims, save them from calamities, eliminate the bandits
and fulfill people's prayers and wishes.
From this day on Senpuku-ji's Kannon is known as Leading Kannon (手引観音 Tebiki Kannon).
In 1171 ex-Emperor Goshirakawa (1127-1192) also confined himself in Senpuku-ji temple
to pray, during his Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage.
Between 1512 and 1528 Senpuku-ji became a prayer place for 北畠氏 Kitabatake clan – the governors of the province.
The temple greatly suffered during years of 1558-1570, in the end to turn into ashes.
Luckily the main statue survived unharmed and to this day
this Kannon is widely known for bestowing great mercy and wellness on the people.
Hence there are many visitors praying at this temple.
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. Taichoo, Taichō 泰澄上人　Saint Taicho Shonin (682 - 767) .

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This temple is Nr. 09 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 Kannon with 11 faces .

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16 Nov 2022

TEMPLE Hosenji Yakushi Kumamoto

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Hosenji Yakushi Shinme

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Hoosenji 法泉寺 Hosen-Ji, Shinme
曹源山 Sogenzan 法泉寺 Hosenji

熊本県宇土市神馬町708 / Kumamoto, Uto city , Shinme town

The main statue is 聖観音菩薩 Sho Kannon Bosatsu.

The Yakushi statue is 轟き薬師 Todoroki Yakushi at the side of Kannon.

- Chant of the temple

The temple was founded in 1293 by 仁叟紹熙和尚 Jinso Yohei.
The Lord of Udo, 菊池隆俊 Kikuchi Nakanao (? - 1885), had it re-built for his eldest son, who was very ill.
He ordered a great temple be built at the foot of 轟山 Mount Todoroki.
In 1588, 小西行長 Konishi Yukinaga (1558 - 1600) became priest, but soon after the temple was lost in the fires of local war.
Lord Kato Kiyomasa 加藤清正 (1562 - 1611) had the temple rebuilt.
. Kato Kiyomasa 加藤清正 .
In 1617, all buildings were lost to a huge flooding.
In 1818, it was removed to its present location.
In 1876, the Main Hall was rebuilt.
The 鐘楼堂 Hall for the Temple Bell was lost to fire and rebuilt in 1995
with a new 平和祈念梵鐘 Bell of Peace.
The protector deity of the Bell Tower is 金毘羅大権現 the Deity Konpira Daigongen.

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

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....................................................................... Fukushima 福島県 　
白河市 Shirakawa city

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
If there is a strong rain, a dragon comes out of 社川 the river Yashirogawa and violently flies up and down.
A passing priest recited some Sutras to appease the dragon.
The dragon left three scales and finally went up to the sky.
不動明王 Fudo Myo-O collected the scales.
Fudo Myo-O is the main deity at 天竜山 Tenryuzan (the Dragon in the Sky) 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji.

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. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
The priests of 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji at the center, all men of the village went to the
若宮 Wakamiya Shinto Shrine on the nearvy mountain for
七日七晩祈祷 a seven day, seven night prayer ritual.
They made a male and a female dragon of straw, folding prayer papers into it.
On the last day, the dragons left for the sea at 鳴門 Naruto.
Now a big kame 亀 turtle came out of the sea, black clouds appeared in the sky
and there was a lot of strong rain.

....................................................................... Kagawa 香川県 　
高松市 Takamatsu city

. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
During a long kanbatsu 早魃 drought the local lord ordered the priest
of 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji to perform a rain ritual.
The priest threw prayers written on paper into the sea of 槌の戸 Tsuchinoto between the two islands.

Now rain begun to fall for four days.
They say the prayer paper was a letter to 龍神 the Ryujin Dragon Deity.
. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .

....................................................................... Okayama 岡山県 　
井原市 Ibara city 西江原町 Nishi-Ebara town

surikesa, surigesa 摺り袈裟 / 摺袈裟
A surigesa 摺袈裟(すりげさ) is a special robe of a Buddhist priest.
The letters of a Buddhist Mandala are kept in a pockst of 袈裟 the Kesa robe.
The letters are printed (suri) on paper.

The Surigesa kept at 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji is originally a treasure from 修禅寺 the Temple Shuzenji in Izu.
The legend relates to 曽我兄弟 the Soga brothers.
Elder Brother 曾我五郎 Goro placed one on the grave of his junger brother 曾我十郎 Juro,
to help him get out of the hell and into the Buddhist paradise.
There is also a story about an old couple of foxes, which lived in the back mountain of the temple.
The priest gave them Surigesa amulets to help them go to the Buddhist paradise.
Now the foxes are venerated at 得脱稲荷 the Fox shrine Tokudatsu Inari in the temple compound.

. Soga Monogatari - 曾我物語 .
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

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鳴門市 Naruto city 北灘 Kitanada / 撫養町 Muyacho

. The 名号 Myogo, Buddhist name of an Oni 鬼 Demon .

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15 Nov 2022

TEMPLE Shinmeiin Fudo Angyo

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Shinmeiin Fudo Angyo

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Shinmeiin 神明院 Shinmei-In, Angyo
神明院 Shinmei-in, an abolished temple

川口市安行領家377 / Kawaguchi city, Angyo, Ryoke

The Fudo Myo-O statue is at the Fudo Hall in 宝厳院慈林寺 Temple Jirin-Ji.

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This Temple is Nr. 30 of the
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14 Nov 2022

Temple - Kuzukaji Mie Kannon

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Kuzukaji Kannon Watarai

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Kuzukaji 國束寺 Kuzuka-Ji, Watarai
涌福智山 Yufukuchizan 國束寺 Kuzukaji

三重県度会郡度会町平生1481 / Mie, Watarai, Watarai town, Hiro

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

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元9 國束寺 - Former Number 9 Kuzuka-ji temple
According to the legend, Kuzuka-ji temple was founded 1400 years ago by Prince Shōtoku (574-622), a famous politician and promoter of Buddhism. He had a vision sent from Goddess of the Sun Amaterasu, in which she ordered him to make a temple and enshrine a statue of Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) at Mount Kuzuka, which is in the West of Ise Shrine.
It is believed that somewhere in that mountain a placenta of both Goddess Amaterasu and her younger brother Susanoō was buried.
Prince Shōtoku built a temple and enshrined Jūichimen Kannon wishing for peace, tranquility and abundance of people's lives.
Thanks to strong support of Emperor Shōmu (701-756) and Emperor Saga (786-842) the temple prospered, having 6 sub-temples and 132 monks' quarters in its precincts.
When Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774-835, the founder of Shingon sect) visited Kuzuka-ji, he praised the Mount Kuzuka saying it is like a mountain of the Womb Realm Mandala (Taizōkai Mandara). Since then the area became a popular practice ground for Esoteric Buddhism monks.

Kuzaka-ji temple appears in a poem by 禅也法師 monk Zen'ya:
The temple is like the mountain which binds the land together
Therefore for generations to come people will look up to it with respect
「寺の名も　國を束ぬる　山なれば　　代々にし高く　仰がざらめや」

The poem was included in a 16th Century collection of poetry Nendai waka shō (1532-1584), edited by Kitakabe Kuninaga (1505-1584).
At the end of 16th Century the temple got involved in war turbulence and as a result the whole complex turned to ashes.
Later, thanks to the devotion of many people and protection of daimyo Tōdō Takatora (1556-1630) and Kii Tokugawa clan, the temple was rebuilt at the mountain top.
In the following centuries it became a famous temple of the Ise region. We can imagine the scale of the rebuilt temple from painting titled Sanjō Garan Ezu (Painting of the Temple at the Mountain Top, 1834) which is kept at the Kuzuka-ji.
However 19th Century anti-Buddhist movement and post 2nd World War land reform made the temple fall into decline.
In 1953 the main statue and two halls were moved to Osaka's Shitennō-ji temple, which lost its buildings during the air-raid in 2nd World War.
In exchange the Kuzuka-ji received the statue of Jūichimen Kannon and together with the rest of the buildings, the temple moved to the bottom of the Mount Kuzuka.
The scale of the temple is not comparable to the times when it most flourished, but the monks believe that one day it will be rebuild at the top of the mountain once again.
Until then they will follow the Buddhist teachings and pass the spirit of 「和」 harmony (wa) emphasized by Prince Shōtoku.
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This temple is former Nr. 09 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 .

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Mount Kuzuka - 414 m

玉城町と度会町との境にありますが、山頂は玉城町原なので、玉城で一番高い山となります。
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TEMPLE - Kogonji Yakushi Minamata

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Kogonji Yakushi Minamata

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Kogon-Ji 光厳寺 - Koogonzenji 光厳禅寺 Kogonzen-Ji, Minamata
太梅山 Taibaizan 光厳禅寺 Kogonzenji, 光厳寺 Kogonji

熊本県水俣市天神町1-5-1 / Kumamoto, Minamata city, Tenjin Town

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.

The Temple 光厳寺 Kogon-Ji used to be in 宮崎県東臼杵郡富高村 Miyazaki, Tomidaka village.
In 1901, there was no more head priest, so next year the temple was abolished.
In 1002, priest 金田東禅大和尚 Kaneda from 愛媛県西宇和郡八幡浜吉蔵寺 temple Yoshizo-Ji
in Yawatahama, Ehime, had it rebuilt.
For a while, the family of 野上梅芳 Nogami Baiho took care of it.
In 1923, priest 田中石峰大和尚 Tanaka Ishimine became the second head priest of the temple.

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