Personal encounters

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Personal encounters with Fudo 不動明王

There have been quite a few persons, famous monks, priests, politicians of the past, that had a kind of "personal encounter" with Fudo that changed their life.




source :　www.naritasan.or.jp

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Asai Nagamasa 浅井長政 - 1545 - 1573)


Asakura clan 朝倉家　from Echizen 越前国
- 盛源寺　and 西山光照寺跡 with a Fudo statue of 2.6 meters
Ichijootani Asakura Clan castle remains
一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡 - at the castle there was "clear water from Fudo Myo-O" 不動清水
- Japanese Wikipedia -


Date Masamune (伊達政宗)
. Date Masamune 伊達政宗 . - (1567 – 1636)


. Dooyo Shoonin 道誉上人 Saint Doyo Shonin . - (1515 - 1574)


Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 - (774-835)
- Shingon Buddhism - Koya-san 高野山


- Kabuki and Narita San - 歌舞伎 - 成田山

Ichikawa Danjûrô　市川団十郎　Ichikawa Danjuro clan
Kabuki Actor family - stage name: Naritaya 成田屋

Ichikawa Ebizō V 市川 海老蔵 V Ichikawa Ebizo V (1791 - 1859)



Mongaku 文覚 Priest Mongaku and Fudo - 遠藤盛遠 Endo Morito - Heian period
. . . . . Mongaku and 藤ヶ滝不動尊 waterfall Endogataki



Nichiren, Saint Nichiren 日蓮 (1222 – 1282)

Ninomiya Sontoku 二宮尊徳　Kinjirō 金次郎 Ninomiya Kinjiro
(1787 – 1856)


Taira no Masakado 平将門（平將門) （903年 - 940）
Tahara 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.
. kubizuka 首塚 head mounds .


. Takeda Shingen 武田信玄 . - (1521 - 1573)


Yuuten Shoonin 祐天上人 Yuten Shonin - (1637 - 1718)
Fudo Myoo Threatening the Young Priest Yuten Shami


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- Persons related to temple Narita san, Chiba -

源頼朝 (1147 - 1198) Minamoto no Yoritomo

海保甲斐守三吉 Kaiho daimyo from Kai (no dates)

徳川光圀 (1628 - 1700) Mito Mitsukuni

山内容堂 (1827 - 1872) Yamauchi Toyoshige

山岡鉄舟 (1836 - 1888) Yamaoka Tesshu

倉田百三 (1891 - 1943) Kurata Hyakuzo

- source : www.naritasan.or.jp


. Narita Fudo 成田不動尊 .
Temple Shinsho-Ji (Shinshooji) 新勝寺, Chiba

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. Persons introduced in the Darumapedia . 　
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. - Join Fudo Myo-O on facebook - Fudō Myō-ō .

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


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