Fukagawa Fudo Do

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Fukagawa Fudo Do (Fudoo Doo) 深川不動堂

The Fudo Hall in Fukagawa was the "Edo Branch" of the famous Fudo in Narita.
This temple is Nr. 12 in the Kanto Fudo Pilgrimage.

関東三十六不動霊場二十番札所


http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qr2m-skmt/f102.htm

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Stretching out in front of Monzen-Nakacho Station on the Tozai subway line is a long, bustling road. Along the way are the grounds where the temple Eidaiji once stood. The temple Naritasan Shinshoji in Chiba began lending a statue of the deity Fudo Myoo to Eidaiji in 1703, a practice it continued nearly every year.

Many people gathered to worship each time the statue was placed on display, and there were calls to make the display permanent. In the Meiji era (1868-1912) a replica of the Fudo Myoo statue was brought from Naritasan Shinshoji, and Fukagawa Fudodo was established on the grounds of Eidaiji to house it.

On the first, fifteenth, and twenty-eighth of every month, many people gather as dozens of food stalls are set up along the street leading to the temple. This street is lined on both sides with long-established shops selling such familiar products as tsukudani (food boiled down in soy sauce) and traditional sweets. This is a perfect place to get a taste of Shitamachi.
http://web-japan.org/tokyo/tips/sumida_tour/sumida_cont2.html

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If visiting Fukagawa on an ordinary day, a stopover at Fukagawa Fudo temple near Exit 1 of Monzen Nakacho Station is well worth it. A branch of the great Narita Fudo in Chiba Prefecture, Fukagawa Fudo is housed in an Edo-period building moved from Chiba; it's not large, but is impressively decorated with carvings and handsome beams. You may enter the main hall when it is not used for services.

The Fudo temple first started renting a corner of Eitai-ji, an influential temple which held sway over most of southern Fukagawa and was closely affiliated with Tomioka Hachiman-gu since the 17th century. After the 1868 ordinance to separate the two religions, Eitai-ji suffered a rapid decline, while the Fudo temple flourished, riding on the patronage of Fudo temples by Kabuki actor Danjuro (Danjuuroo　団十郎).

By SUMIKO ENBUTSU
The Japan Times: Aug. 5, 2005
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/features/enviro2005/fe20050805se.htm

Close by is Tomioka Hachimangu.
www.tomiokahachimangu.or.jp.

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Fukagawa Osame no Fudo 収めの不動

Osame no fudo (year-end fairs) can be found all over town, but the one to watch for this Dec 28 is held at Fukagawa Fudo Temple in downtown Monzennakacho. Check out the souvenir shops that line the street leading to the temple, and try some traditional Japanese confectionery or the local specialty, fukagawa-meshi (steamed rice mixed with clams). With next year being the 300th anniversary of the temple, there痴 sure to be plenty going on.

1-17-13 Tomioka, Koto-ku. Tel: 03-3641-8287. Nearest stn: Monzen nakacho.
http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyofeaturestories/404/tokyofeaturestoriesinc.htm


............................... Osame-Fudo is a kigo for Winter.
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/01/saijiki-of-buddhist-events.html

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真言宗　智山派　深川不動堂

御本尊：大日大聖不動明王（秘仏）

（江戸の成田不動）成田山信仰が降盛となるのは江戸時代初期よりである。元禄頃になると江戸庶民一般、特に花柳界や魚河岸、木場、角力界に普及し、講社を組織して成田山へ登拝することが盛んになった。しかし当時の交通はやはり不便であったから、本山に詣って親しく明王を拝し、お護摩の炎に接したいとの切なる願いを抱いてはいてもその実現は困難であった。

そこでこれらの人々にも親しく明王の威徳に接して護摩の座に列してもらおうと本尊不動明王の御分霊を江戸の地に奉安したいという願望が各講中に起こるに至った。時に元禄十六年（１７０３）。総勢三百人の行列が成田から江戸まで一週間あまりをかけて御本尊を遷座、富岡八幡宮の別当・永代寺の境内にて成田不動の尊像を一時安置する成田山江戸出開帳が二ヶ月にわたって盛大に威行された。

一説に五代将軍徳川網吉の母・桂昌院が、名高い成田不動尊を江戸にいながらに参詣したいと、時の高僧・隆光に頼み込んで実現したとも伝えられている。

（成田不動堂の誕生）
明治元年（１８６８）三月二十八日の神仏分離の布告により、富岡八幡社内に留まることが許されなくなると、深川の信徒講社らが大本山に働き掛け、旧来出開帳をしてきた特縁の地である深川富岡八幡神社の別当・永代寺の中にある吉祥院聖天堂に移転する事となった。こうして翌年には御本尊は現在地に遷座せられたのである。明治十一年（１８７８）には「成田山御旅宿」の宿号を廃して「成田不動堂」と改称し、永代寺跡の現在地に堂宇を着工。明治十四年には深川不動尊を安置する本堂が完成した。
http://www.isbs.co.jp/hudou/hudou20.htm

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WASHOKU : Fukagawa and Food
Fukagawameshi ふかがわめし/ 深川 Rice from Fukagawa
Fukagawa-don, a bowl of rice topped with a miso-based stew of clams (asari) and green onions


Matsuo Basho lived in Fukagawa, on the other bank of the River Sumida.


Fukagawa nezumi 深川鼠 （ふかがわねずみ） shades of GREY. GRAY and Haiku

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H A I K U

深川や舟も一組とし忘
Fukagawa ya fune mo hito-gumi toshiwasure

Fukagawa--
on a boat, too, a party
drinks away the year

Kobayashi Issa
Tr. David Lanoue

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