Hozo-Ji Tochigi

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Hoozooji 宝蔵寺 Hozo-Ji

19 光明山 摂取院 宝蔵寺 - 成田不動
Komyosan, Sesshu-In, Hozoji - Narita Fudo
Tochigi prefecture 口密の道場 - kumitsu

. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto . 　

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栃木県宇都宮市大通り四丁目 - Utsunomiya town

The temple has been built in 857 by Saint Ennin.
It is now located close to the station and the compound is rather small.
But its history is rather old and dates back to 857.

To quell the uprising of Taira no Masakado, a samurai 田原藤太郎秀郷 got a Fudo Statue from Takaosan Fudo Hall 高雄山神護寺不動堂 (in 939), carried it all the way to the Fudo Temple in Narita, Chiba and prayed for peace. In no time, his prayers came true and he went back to Utsunomiya to build this temple
He had a hall build to place it, called 二里山 (now 宇都宮市塙田沢 in Utsunomiya).
Another name in this old history is 寛朝大僧正 priest Kancho (916 - 998) from the temple 広沢遍照寺 Hirozawa Hensho-Ji.

In 1087 lord Utsunomiya Munetsuna 宇都宮宗綱 / 宇都宮 国綱 (1576 - 1608) built the temple Kokawadera 粉川寺 / 粉河寺 and relocated the Fudo statue to this temple.
But in 1597, lord 宇都宮國綱 Utsunomiya Kunitsuna was banned from the region and the temple declined.


During the Meiji restoration the temple found its final place where it is now, but was later lost to fire.
In 1983 the Fudo Hall was rebuilt.
The main statue is a seated Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来坐像.

In the Fudo Hall is also a statue of Fugen Bosatsu on a white elephant, made by sculptor Takada 高田仏師 in the Kanei period (寛政 - 1789 - 1801).


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source :　http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/manekineko - ayumi

Check the link for more beautiful carvings of the Fudo Hall.





statue of Fudo Myo-O made from metal
source :　http://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/manekineko - ayumi

Check this link for more statues in the temple garden.


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Photos by Takatoshi Goto, a facebook friend - 2014 -


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Oyori no Kane　およりの鐘　Great Bell
Hozoji Temple houses the much-loved “Oyori no Kane” bell.
On the surface of the famous bell is the tri-colored mark of the Utsunomiya clan and was originally donated by Utsunomiya Sadatsuna, the 8th head of the Utsunomiya clan. It is said the bell was moved to Hozoji Temple as part of city planning in the Showa Era and was used as a chime for reporting the time at dusk in Utsunomiya City, leading to its nickname of “Oyori no Kane” given by the people who cherished the bell.
- source : www.achikochi-kanko.jp


source :　www10.plala.or.jp/VAIO

The bell is 143.3 cm high and 8 cm thick. Its mouth diameter is 80 cm.


. kane　鐘 / bonshoo 梵鐘 temple bell .

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. Ennin 円仁 (794 - 864) .

. Taira no Masakado 平将門（平將門) (903 - 940) .

. Fugen Bosatsu 普賢菩薩 Samantabhadra .


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omamori

- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : www.k36fudo.com


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- - - - - Yearly Festivals 年中行事


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- a treasure found on the way -


Ayumi - 宇都宮の宝蔵寺
- source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/manekinek

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. Narita Fudo 成田不動尊 .
Temple Shinshooji 新勝寺 Shinsho-Ji

. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and talismans from Japan .　

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .


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