13 Mar 2023

TOKYO - Kamitakada district Nakano


Kamitakada Ward Nakano

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Kamitakada 上高田 Kami-Takada ward
上高田一丁目から上高田五丁目 - From Kamitakada first till Kamitakada fifth district

The name dates back to the early Edo period of the village
多摩郡上高田村 Tama district Kami-Takada.
In 1899, 上高田村 Kami-Takada village and 野方町 Nogata town were merged with the name Nogata village.
The present-day Kamitakada village was established in 1967.
The district includes new highways, 早稲田通り the Waseda Road in the South, the 昭和通 Showa Road in the North.
Along the Waseda Road was the old 寺町 Teramachi Temple Town.

One railway station is 西武新宿線新井薬師前駅 Seibu line, Shin-Yakushi station.

. Kootoku-in, Kōtoku-in 光徳院 Temple Kotoku-In .
中野区上高田五丁目18-3 / 5 Chome-18-3 Kamitakada, Nakano ward

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12 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Kannondo Kannon Sugitani


Kannondo Kannon Sugitani

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Kannondoo 観音堂 Kannon-Do, Sugitani
元25 尾高山 Former Odakazan 観音堂 Kannondo
三重郡菰野町杉谷字尾高 / Mie district, Komono town, Sugitani, Odaka

The Kannon statue is 十一面千手観音 Jūichimen Senju Kannon

- Chant of the temple
The fresh smell of the morning sun at the mountain ridge,
where clouds disappear and the sky clears up.
分けのぼるたかの峯に雲晴れて匂ふ朝日の影ぞさやけき 


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Odaka Kannon is enshrined in a hexagonal hall, which stands on the Odaka plateau.
A mountain path, along which grow 300 year old hinoki 桧 cypress trees,
leads from the bottom to the front of the hall.
Inside the hall a wooden 1.7m (5ft6.9in) high statue of Jūichimen Senju Kannon (Eleven-Faced Thousand-Armed Kannon) is worshiped.
According to the legend it was made by a famous politician and promoter of Buddhism – 聖徳太子 Prince Shōtoku (574-622).
Among many devoted believers it is commonly known as 尾高の観音さん Kannon of Odaka.
A long time ago a woman from Sugitani valley climbed the mountain and found medicinal herbs.
After applying them, she lived a long and healthy life.
At some point in her life she devoted herself to Buddhism and started to worship Buddha Shakyamuni at the top of 国見岳 Mount Kunimi.
This was the beginning of Odakasan Kannon-dō temple.
Many years later the founder of Shugendō, the Path of Ascetic Training, named 役の小角 En no Ozunu
(also known as En no Gyōja, 643-701) was visiting the area during his preaching travel.
When he learned that Mount Kunimi is a sacred ground, he decided to repair the aged temple
and changed its name to 釈迦ケ岳 Shaka ga take (Mount of Shakyamuni).
In the end of 7th Century a statue of Jūichimen Senju Kannon was brought from 大官寺 Daikan-ji temple (currently 大安寺 Daian-ji)
which stood near 藤原京 Fujiwara-kyō, the capital at the time.
The statue was chosen among many other statues based on a Buddha's providence.
This is how Jūichimen Senju Kannon became the main statue of Odakasan Kannon-dō.

A century later the stories of this Kannon's miraculous power reached 桓武天皇 Emperor Kanmu (735-806).
He decided to build a new hall and a bell tower, he also decided to give a new name to the temple.
The name he granted was Odakasan Injō-ji.
In the end of the 8th Century a monk named Chōkō moved to the newly build temple
and became a protector of the famous statue.
He was a disciple of Saichō (767-822) – the founder of Tendai school of Buddhism,
and was supported by a powerful clan of Sasaki from the Ōmi province.
During the reign of 仁明天皇 Emperor Ninmyō (833-850) a famous scholar and poet
小野篁 Ono no Takamura (802-853) visited the temple and wrote a poem (which survived to this day).
It was also visited by 八幡太郎義家 Hachimantaro Minamoto no Yoshiie (1039-1106), a samurai famous for his skills and bravery,
which came to pray for a victory in his battle against the enemies of the Emperor.
According to the legend during his visit he donated 1000 koku (150t) of rice.
In 1163 a magnificent seven-structured temple compound consisting of the Main Hall , Shaka Hall (Hall of Shakyamuni), Sutra Hall, Fūdō Hall (Hall of Fudō Myō-ō – the Immovable Wisdom King), Daishi Hall (Hall of Kūkai), Lecture Hall, Founder Hall
and the Main Gate was built thanks to a long time support of 藤原養敬 Fujiwara Yōkei, a member of a powerful Fujiwara clan.
In the 2nd half of the 16th Century, the whole complex burned down
after it was set on fire by the troops of 織田信長 Oda Nobunaga (1534-1582).
Fortunately the main statue was saved.
It was later enshrined in a small hall which was built by Fujiwara clan at the site of the temple.
The current hexagonal hall was built in 1815 by 増田兵蔵 Masuda Heizō from 杉谷 the Sugitani valley.
It enshrines the main statue of Jūichimen Senju Kannon and a statue of 役の小角 En no Ozunu.
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. En-no-Gyôja 役行者 (Jimpen Dai-Bosatsu) (634 - 706) .

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This temple is Nr. former 25 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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10 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Kongoji Fudo Saitama


Kongoji Fudo Saitama

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Kongooji 金剛寺 Kongo-Ji, Saitama
安養山 Anyozan 金剛寺 Kongoji
さいたま市桜区道場3-15-3 / Saitama city, Sakura ward, Dojo

- Chant of the temple
ふりしよの なにめてゝかけとゝめけん 道の場なる 金剛の寺

The temple burned down during the 保元の乱 Hogen Rebellion in 1156.
In 1190, Lord 畠山重忠 Hatakeyama Shigetada found the Kannon Statue in the ground
and had the Temple build in its present location.
In 1619, it had been restored.

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. Kita Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 06

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This Temple is Nr. 52 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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. Kongoji 金剛寺 Kongo-Ji Temple legends .

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9 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Jofukuji Yakushi Saga


Jofukuzenji Yakushi Ushitsu

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Joofukuzenji 常福禅寺 Jofukuzen-Ji, Ushitsu
広厳山 Koganzan (Hiroimuyama) 常福禅寺 Jofukuzenji
佐賀県小城市牛津町上砥川3696 / Saga, Ogi city, Ushitsu town, Kamitogawa

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

The Temple was founded in the Heian Period (794 - 1185).
Apart from the statue of Yakushi Nyorai, there is a statue of the Deity 護法神帝釈尊天 Taishaku Ten.
The 奥之院 Oku no In is the first of the pilgrimage 佐賀県八十八ヶ所 to 88 Temples in Saga.
In the compound is a stone memorial of 平川与四右衛門一族 the Hirakawa clan.
In the Momoyama period (1568 - 1600) Priest 古月卯和尚 reopened the temple again as a Zen temple.
The present location of the buildings dates back to the Edo period.
Around 1850, more stone memorials were erected in the compound, like 五重塔 a five-storied stone Pagoda
and 修行大師 a statue of Kobo Daishi doing ascetic practices.
The 薬師堂 Hall for Yakushi Nyorai is to the South-West of the Main Hall.

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This temple is Nr. 43 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

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

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8 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Kannonji Kannon Takatsuka


Kannonji Kannon Takatsuka

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Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji, Takatsuka
荒神山 Kojinzan 観音寺 Kannonji
三重県鈴鹿市高塚町1777 / Mie, Suzuka city, Takatsuka town

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
The maple leaves turning red on the far Mount Kōjiga
look like the light of compassion emitted from Goddess Kannon.
里遠きこうぢが山の紅葉ばも 観音大悲の光とぞ見る


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The history of Kōjinyama Kannon-ji begins in 812, when 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi Kūkai (774-835),
the founder of Shingon sect,
visited this mountain and enshrined the divine spirit of a Japanese legendary 日本武尊 Prince Yamato Takeru
in a form of Buddhist statue. From this time the mountain was called 神事山 Kōjikayama (Mount Kōjika)
and was believed to be the final resting place for the Prince.
In 1087 a monk from Yamato province called 法陵律師 Hōryō visited this area
after receiving a divination from Goddess Kannon.
He sat under the hinoki cypress tree and carved a statue of Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon).
Then he built a hall and enshrined her inside.
Kōjinyama Kannon-ji was originally called 神事山(かうじかやま) Kōjikayama (Mountain of Divine Matters),
but after becoming a sub-temple of Mount Kōya it borrowed a kanji character used in its name
and changed the name to Kōjinyama (Mountain of Supreme Deity).
Commonly it is known as 荒神山 Kōjinyama (Mountain of Sanbō Kōjin).
The Main Hall of Kōjinyama Kannon-ji enshrines Jūichimen Kannon and three bronze statues of Hindu gods:
日天 Nitten (Sun Deva), 月天 Gatten (Moon Deva) and 地天 Jiten (Earth Deva).
Also in its precinct there is a Bell Tower with a bell donated by
a noble lady and politician 春日局 Lady Kasuga (1579-1643), and
inner sanctuary with two statues of 三宝荒神 Sanbō Kōjin (god of land, hearth fire, protector against disaster) and
九面観世音 Kumen Kannon (Nine-Faced Kannon).
The mountain is famous in Japan as a stage of yakuza brawl that had place in April of 1866
and involved the most famous yakuza and folk hero Shimizu Jirochō (1820-1893)
together with his sworn brother 吉良の仁吉 Kira no Nikichi (1839-1866).
A monument in memory of Kira who was killed on that day stands within the temple grounds.
He was shot with a matchlock (now in temple's possession) which bullets left marks on some of the temple's buildings.
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This temple is Nr. 24 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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7 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Shinkoji Fudo Shinkai


Shinkoji Fudo Shinkai

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Shinkooji 真光寺 Shinko-Ji, Shinkai
熱田山 Atsutazan 真光寺 Shinkoji
さいたま市桜区新開1-6-35 / Saitama city, Sakura ward, Shinkai (Shibiraki)

The fourth son of the priest in the 17th generation of 真光寺 the Temple Shinko-Ji, 熱田英明 Atsuta Hideaki,
had built the temple in 1980.
In 1993 it was registered as 真光寺 the Temple Shinko-Ji.
Not much is known about this temple.

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This Temple is Nr. 51 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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佐渡市 Sado city

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .
The hanging tsurigane 釣鐘 temple bell of 真光寺 the Temple Shinko-Ji is a female bell.
The male bell fell into a river at 八幡新町 Yawata Shinmachi and was lost.
The bell had a ryuzu 竜頭 hook with a dragon.
The 龍王 Dragon King would be lonely without the bell, so it was left in the river.
. Ryuu-oo 竜王 / 龍王 Ryu-O - The Dragon King .
. ryuuzu 竜頭と伝説 Ryuzu, Legends about the dragon head hook .

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佐渡郡 Sado district 真野町 Mano town

hotoke oroshi 仏オロシ "calling back a dead person" - Shamanism ritual
There are various places where people go for this in need of advise.
For example 真光寺の山伏 the Yamabushi of Temple Shinko-Ji - 吉岡のアリマサン Arima San of Yoshioka -
畑野のドンドコヤ Dondokoya of Hatano - 中興のハッカイサン Hakkaisan of Chuko -
相川の二ツ岩サン Futatsu-Iwa San of Aikawa and others.
Many go there during the O-Bon rituals for the ancestors.
But if you call a dead spirit back too often, it will decrease its status in Paradise,
so there should be a good reason for doing it.
. toigiki 問い聞き / 問聞 / トイギキ と伝説 Legends about Shamanism .




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町田市 Machida city 真光寺町 Shinkoji town

At the temple Shinko-Ji in 真光寺町 Shinkoji town, people never drink tee
on 初午の日 the first day of the horse before 10 in the morning.
In former times, a fox had been stealing ears of rice from Izumo and was running away.
He hid under cha no ki 茶の木 a tea tree until 10 in the morning and was thus saved.
Thanks to this fox, growing rice became possible for the local farmers.
To take good care of the fox and not hurt him, people do not put hot water over the tea leaves until later.
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

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6 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Kenmyoji Yakushi Haruke


Kenmyoji Yakushi Haruke

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Kenmyooji 見明寺 Kenmyo-Ji, Haruke
妙台山 Myotaizan (myodaiyama) 見明寺 Kenmyoji (Miakeji)
佐賀県小城市小城町晴氣1966 / Saga, Ogi city, Haruke

The Yakushi statue is 晴氣薬師 Haruke Yakushi.

The date and history of the founding is not clear.

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This temple is Nr. 42 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

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

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5 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Yatoji Kannon Kameyama


Yatoji Kannon Asakayama

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Yatooji 野登寺 Yato-Ji, Asakayama
鶏足山 Keizokuzan 野登寺 Yatōji / Nonobori
三重県亀山市安坂山町2033-1 / Mie, Kameyama, Asakayama town

The Kannon statue is 千手観音 Senju Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
野をのぼる寺こそ是よ鶏の 朝の声は法の言の葉
Climbing through the fields to a temple on the top of the hill,
a place where the rooster's morning craw blends with the sound of the morning prayer.


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The history of Yatō-ji temple started 1100 years ago.
One night 醍醐天皇 Emperor Daigo (885-930) had a vision in his dream, in which Goddess Kannon told him:
I live at Mount Keisoku in Ise province and I pray for peace among people.
Right now this land is in chaos, the fields are failing and people are deeply troubled.
I would like to ask for your help in getting rid of these calamities.
After saying this Goddess disappeared and the Emperor woke up.
He found it really strange, so he called his messenger and sent him to Mount Keisoku right away.
The messenger traveled all the way to the Ise province
but lost his way just at the bottom of the mountain he was heading towards.
Suddenly a rooster with three legs appeared, grabbed the messenger's cuff in his beak
and pulled leading him to the top of the mountain.
When the messenger reached the top of the mountain he saw a clear stream gushing from the ground,
which was surrounded by old cedars.
He was overwhelmed with the mysterious profundity of the place.
Suddenly an old monk appeared out of nowhere and said:
Thank you for coming all the way to this Mount Keisoku. Let me show you the way.
He took the messenger to the Hall, invited inside and opened the door of the altar
where a 2.2m (7ft2.6in) high dazzlingly beautiful statue of Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) was worshiped.
The old monk got his hands together as a sign of respect and said:
This statue of Goddess Kannon was personally carved by Goddess Amaterasu.
For many years two priests sent by her used to serve here but recently it became a job of 鵠(カササギ) two magpies.
Goddess Kannon is a very merciful Bodhisattva that answers peoples' prayers and comes to them in different forms.
When finished the old monk suddenly disappeared.
When the messenger came to his senses
he understood that the old monk was actually one of the forms of the Goddess Kannon,
so he kneeled and prayed wholeheartedly.
He climbed down the mountain and headed back to the capital.
The Emperor was surprised to learn that his divine dream was true.
He called a famous monk 仙朝上人 Senchō and sent him to Ise to start a temple at Mount Keisoku.
The Emperor gathered the best wood from all over Japan, sent it to Mount Keisoku
and ordered the construction of the temple complex.
Monk Senchō gladly obeyed the order, gathered the best carpenters and masons,
took them to the site and started the works.
The construction started in 907.
On April 7th 910 the temple was completed and the ceremonial prayers were finished.
For the next 680 years Yatō-ji was a home to more than 100 monks.
It was flourishing and every morning and evening the sound of sutra chanting
could be heard all over the nearby mountains.
Unfortunately in 1583 troops of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan)
burned the temple during the assault on 亀山城 Kameyama Castle.
The land which belonged to Yatō-ji was also confiscated.
Yatō-ji temple used to be a praying place for the Lords of Kameyama Castle.
That is why in 1601 thanks to the donations from 関長門守一政 the Lord Seki Kazumasa (1564-1625),
the temple's 28th abbot Seiei was able to rebuild the Main Hall,
abbot's living quarters and the bell tower.
Later the Lord of Tsu Castle Tōdō Takatsugu (1602-1676) also chose Yatō-ji
to be his praying place and since then all the future Lords of that castle also protected and supported this temple.
The current Main Hall of the temple on the mountain was rebuilt in 1701
by 板倉重冬 Itakura Shigefuyu (1672-1709) – the Lord of Kameyama Castle.
The temple at the bottom of the mountain was constructed in March of 1717,
at the time of the 32nd abbot 傲栄 Gōei.
The next Lord of Kameyama Castle – Itakura Shigeharu (1697-1724)
donated Goma Hall (Goma/Homa fire ritual hall), monk's quarters,
the Main Gate and the main statue of Senju Kannon. Also he made this temple his praying place.
The miraculous power of Senju Kannon is well known and even now
many worshipers still come to pray at Yatō-ji temple.
- source : isekannon.jp/otera_list/yatouji ...

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This temple is Nr. 23 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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4 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Yakuoji Yakushi Ouchi


Yakuoji Yakushi Ouchi

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Yakuooji 医王寺 Yakuo-Ji, Ouchi
芙蓉山 Fuyozan 医王寺 Yakuoji
佐賀県唐津市相知町黒岩183 / Shiga, Karatsu, Ouchi town, Kuroiwa

The temple was founded in 1383 on request of 波多安房 Lord Hata Awa by 真空禅師 Zen priest Shinku.
More than 1000 monks lived there.
The present head priest is in the 41th generation.
Most of the buildings built by special craftsmen fron Hida were burned down during wars.
Only the main hall is more than 200 years old.
Near the gate is an old sugi スギ cedar tree of more than 450 years,
one of the 100 special trees of Saga.

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This temple is Nr. 41 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

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

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koe 声 a strange voice  
A plasterer from 内金 Uchigane hamlet walked over ノツコシ峠 the pass Notsukoshi,
when he heard a voice asking him to carry him over the pass.
He felt something heavy on his back.
The plasterer was quite afraid and started to run along.
When he saw 長篠の医王寺 the temple Yakuo-Ji at Nagashina,
the load on his back suddenly vanished.

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刈谷市 Kariya city

hi 火 a flame
Once upon a time, the head priest from 医王寺 the temple Yakuo-Ji was a beautiful man.
But the young woman who worked as a helper in the temple was very ugly.
She tried to attract the attention of the priest.
She poured ritual oil for Yakushi Nyorai over her hair and dressed up.
When she appeared in front of the priest, he got angry and threw her out.
The woman became very sad and killed herself.
Soon after, a white light appeared near her grave. and the sound of an oil flame could be heared.
It sounded like mettai kuyashii メッタイクヤシイ "I am really frustrated now!".
This phenomen could be seen until the early Meiji period (1868).

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知多郡 Kita district 南知多町 Minami-Kita town

The statue of 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai at 医王寺 the temple Yakuo-Ji was carved by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu.
Once upon a time, a group of thieves came to the temple and wanted to steal the statue and other temple treasures.
At that moment, a priest suddenly stood in front of the thieves and drove them away.
It was in fact the statue of Yakushi, which had transformed into a human.
The statue now had a cut at the arm, where a thief had hit the priest.
. Gyōki 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 -749) .

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ema 絵馬 a votive tablet
Once a man found a votive tablet at 医王寺 the Temple Yakuo-Ji had fallen down.
He became worried about the man who had made the offering.
Later he learned that the man had been killed in Edo.




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杉並区 Suginami ward

. katame no sakana 片目の魚 a fish with one eye .

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3 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Yakuoin Fudo Tajima


Yakuoin Fudo Tajima

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Yakuooin 薬王院 Yakuo-In, Tajima
神童山 Shindozan 薬王院 Yakuoin
さいたま市桜区田島5-15-5 / Saitama city, Sakura ward, Tajima

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

The temple was founded by 日宥 Priest Nichiyu (1669 - 1730) of the Nichiren Sect.

The temple also has 薬王院薬師堂 a Hall for Yakushi Nyorai.

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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. 25

. Adachi 12 Yakushi Pilgrimage 薬師足立十二札所 . - Nr. 07

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This Temple is Nr. 50 of the
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2 Mar 2023

TEMPLE - Sotokuji Kannon Mie


Sotokuji Kannon Futao

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Sootokuji 宗徳寺 Sotoku-Ji, Futao
清涼山 Seiryozan 宗徳寺 Sotokuji
亀山市両尾町208 /Kameyama city, Futao town

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon with eleven heads.

- Chant of the temple
Deep valley of Uchiyama is as deep as Goddess Kannon's mercy and willingness
to grant the wishes of people who come to pray.


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The statue of Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) worshiped in Sōtoku-ji was made around 1100 years ago,
during the reign of 醍醐天皇 Emperor Daigo (885-930).
It was enshrined in a Kannon Hall which stood 100m (328ft) in the south-east direction from the current temple.
A river which flows there to this day – Daimongawa (Big Gate River) suggests
that a big gate was also standing in front of the Hall.
The Kannon Hall was moved to its current place in 1609, into precinct of this temple,
which at the time hold a different name 内山連蔵院 Naizan Renzō-in.
In 1992 all buildings where repaired and reroofed thanks to the support of many devoted believers.
In the close distance from Sōtoku-ji stands 金比羅堂 Konpira Hall devoted to
the God Konpira (guardian deity for seafarers, navigation, fishing, and water for agriculture).
Sōtoku-ji stands on higher ground from which the whole district of Futao can be seen.
The Three-Storied Stone Pagoda stands in the middle of the hill at the back of the complex
and is surrounded by trees. Pagoda is 2.29m (7ft6.1in) high, made from granite and consists of 6 carved stones.
The base is in the shape of a square, on which three stones
making the main part of the pagoda are standing on top of each other.
At top stands a finial. Unfortunately it has broken, but there rest of the pagoda is in good shape.
Half of the base stone is buried in the ground.
The first stone from the bottom is a 55cm (21.6in) high cuboid with reliefs depicting Buddhist figures on four sides.
Unfortunately being exposed to wind and rain for centuries, the reliefs eroded
and it is impossible to determine which Buddhas were originally carved in the stone.
Judging by the shape and other characteristics of this pagoda,
it is safe to assume that it was made around 800 years ago at the beginning of Kamakura period (1192-1333).
There is no way to tell who made it and why.
Was it placed here from beginning or was it brought from some other place?
Nevertheless it is a rare example of monument from 12th – 13th Century rarely found in Japan.
It is also an important proof of the Buddhist culture of the Kameyama area.
- source : isekannon.jp/otera_lis ...

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This temple is Nr. 22 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 and 1000 arms .

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1 Mar 2023

Temple - Nyoirinji Fudo Saitama


Nyoirinji Fudo Tajima

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Nyoirinji 如意輪寺 Nyoirin-Ji, Tajima
寳榮山 Hoeizan 如意輪寺 Nyorinji
現田島観音堂 now Tajima Kannon Hall

さいたま市桜区田島3-28-19 / Saitama city, Sakura ward, Tajima

The main statue made of bronze is 不動 Fudo Myo-O.
Another statue is Kannon Bosatsu.

The date of the founding is not clear.


Nearby is 御嶽神社 the Shrine Ontake Jinja.

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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. 13
. Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Temples 足立坂東三十三ヶ所霊場 . - Nr. 13

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This Temple is Nr. 49 of the
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