Magaibutsu

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Stone Carvings and Sculptures
Magaibutsu 磨崖仏



I found this carving of Fudo Myo-O on Shiraishi Island in the harbour, at a very low level close to the beach.

白石島の磨崖仏（不動明王）
フェリー乗り場のすぐ近くにあります。

Buddhist figures chiseled out of stone, the Magaibutsu of Japan.
They follow in the tradition of the greate figures along the Silk Road, from the un-famous reliefs of Bamiyan in Afganistan to Dunhuang and others in China.

Magaibutsu can be found all over Japan, but maybe the most famous are in Kunisaki in Kyushu.
Read the LINKs given below for more.

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More about the Henro Pilgrimage of Shiraishi is here:

The Shiraishi Pilgrimage to the 88 Temples of Shikoku

Gabi Greve: Magaibutsu, Buddhas carved in Stone Cliffs
Introducing some of the Fudo Myo-O Carvings.

Mark Schumacher: Magaibutsu, Buddhas carved in Stone Cliffs

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春雨や　確かに見たる　石の精
harusame ya tashika ni mitaru ishi no sei

村上鬼城 Murakami Kijoo

spring rain -
I really saw this
spirit of the stone

(Tr. Gabi Greve)

Read Hugh Bygott about this haiku:
TWENTIETH CENTURY JAPANESE PHILOSOPHICAL HAIKU


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青蔦のがんじがらめに磨崖仏
aotsuta no ganji garame ni magaibutsu

the vine creeper
has completely wrapped it -
cliff Buddha

Shoobu Ayame 菖蒲あや

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Oita Prefecture
Kumano Magaibutsu Fudo Myo-O
This one is about 8 meters high and the largest in Japan.
熊野磨崖仏
胎蔵寺から２５０ｍ登ると、鬱蒼と茂る森の中に、不動明王（８ｍ）と大如来（６．８ｍ）が姿を現します。磨崖仏としては我が国最大級のものといわれています。


© PHOTO :　www.pref.oita.jp





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Fudo Cliff Statue

at Temple Fuko-Ji (Fukoo-Ji 普光寺), Urasa 浦佐, Niigata pref.
Also a Naked Festival of this temple.


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一山の枯れの中なる磨崖仏
hitoyama no kare no naka naru magaibutsu

in the middle
of this withered mountain forest -
cliff Buddha


Shoobuke Kazuo 正部家一夫
Tr. Gabi Greve


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Stone Buddhas
石仏 ishibotoke, sekibutsu


Wayside Gods in Stone
道祖神　Doosojin (Doososhin, Dosojin Dososhin)


Alphabetical Index of the Daruma Museum