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Legends about Fudo お不動さま - 不動明王　- 02
densetsu 伝説 - minwa　民話　

. Folktales 昔ばなし mukashibanashi about Fudo . 　
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アイバのお不動さん Aiba no O-Fudo San / Aichi

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. Benjo no Fudo Son 便所の不動尊 Fudo as God of the Toilet .

. Tengu and Fudo Myo-o　天狗と不動明王 .

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- - - - - Aichi 愛知県

アイバのお不動さん Aiba no O-Fudo San
near the temple Tooshooji 東正寺 Tosho-Ji there is a well with clear water, now famous as the "water of Fudo" お不動さんの名水.
1 Chome-7 Heishichimachi, Hekinan, Aichi
Once a statue of Fudo Myo-O had been found in the mountain nearby, so the villagers built this temple for it. Now it is in a Fudo-In 不動院 hall, founded by 源為義従者 Minamoto no Tameyoshi in 1288.
source :　トボトボ歩く碧南市

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名古屋市 熱田区 - Nagoya Atsuta

高蔵不動院 Takakura Fudo-In
Nagoya-shi, Atsuta-ku, Takakurachō, 5−8

Every year on the 5th of January the ritual of Shuushoo-E 修正会 is celebrated.
It is also known as
the "Festival of the Demons of Yakushi Nyorai 大薬師の鬼祭".
12 men from Atsuta of the age of 25 and 42 (13 men on a leapyear) participate.
The demon masks of the temple are made of strong thick paper and ward off evil influence for the coming year. The masks are imitations of the one's from the "Bull Festival of Kyoto" 京都牛祭.

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豊田市 Toyota

nanataki nana Fudo 七滝七不動 seven waterfalls, seven Fudo
Once upon a time
the region of Moshōbu 母生父 Moshobu became poorer and poorer over the years. To find out the reason villagers went to Konpirasan in Shikoku. There an oracle told them that since they had dirtied the river, this was what happened.
In the river there were "Seven Waterfalls and Seven Fudo". Now the villagers begun to venerate the deity and in no time things improved and they could build three storage houses for their harvest.


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- - - - - Akita 秋田県

山本郡 Yamamoto gun 二ツ井町 Futatsui machi

ryuujin 竜神 The Dragon Deity
Between the hamlet of Kogake 小掛集落 and Karimataishi　刈又石集落 there is a waterfall dedicated to Fudo Myo-O. At the Fudo Hhall there, the messenger of Fudo, the Dragon Deity 竜神 takes care of business. If someone taking a retreat at the hall (komori 籠り) the deity comes to have a look at him.
About 1951 they say, there was also an apparition of the Dragon Deity near the great cedar tree near the hall, but it was only a small dragon.

. Ryuujin 龍神, 竜神 Ryujin, the Dragon God .


Here is another legend from Kogake, about
. Shooki 鍾馗 Shoki, the Demon Queller .


In the small hamlet of 鬼神集落 Onigami the protector deity, in fact 不動様　Fudo Sama, is also called オボシナサマ Oboshina sama.
Its festival is the 28th day of the 3rd lunar month, now on May 8. On the evening before the festival people put their boiled vegetables in a bento lunch box and meet at the shrine, to eat it all together. They are not allowed to eat any meat on this occasion.
Then in 1956 some brave one eat some meat and what do you say - the next day was a huge fire in the hamlet and 17 homes burned down.

. 不動明王と鬼伝説　Oni Demon Legends and Fudo .

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- - - - - Aomori 青森県

ゴミソ Gomiso - a Shaman like the Itako
In the Taisho period, 工藤むら Kudo Mura was worried about the health of his daughter さだ Sada. He consulted a local Shaman, who told him she should to go to 赤倉山 Mount Akakurayama.
For three years and three months, he went to venerate the ウブスナさま Ubusuna-Sama in the village of 鼻和村 Hanawa. At the end of this time, 成田の不動様 the great Fudo of Narita showed his form. The following year from the New Year on she went to Akakura and the shrine 大石神社 Oishi Jinja for three days of prayer and eventually became a Gomiso Shaman.
The shrine 赤倉山神社 Akakurayama Jinja is located at Higashiiwakisan-1-39 Hyakuzawa, Hirosaki.

. Akakura Fudo 赤倉不動
- Akakura Fudo Waterfall 赤倉不動滝 .
and 大石神社 Oishi Jinja


クニチ kunichi - shitogi mawashiシトギマワシ passing Shitogi Mochi around
On the days with nine in the ninth lunar month (09, 19 and 29) it is customary to prepare Shitogi Mochi with the newly harvested rice and offer them to the deity.
The last one of these days, shime kunichi シメクニチ 29, is also called
shitogi mawashi シトギマワシ.
The old ladies and housewifes offer three each to Inari, 月山様 Gassan, 日月様 Deities of Sun and Moon, Jizo, 馬の神様 the Deity of Horses, Fudo Myo-O, 金精様 Konsei sama (Deity of the Male Symbol) and 権現様 Gongen sama.
「クニヂにの、餅食わねばホイド抜げネ」

. shitogi mochi しとぎもち / しとぎ餅 fried or uncooked rice cakes .

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Aomori 南津軽郡 Minami Tsugaru district

古懸不動 Kogake Fudo
. 古懸山不動院 Kogakesan Fudo-In .



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- - - - - Chiba 千葉県

. Narita Fudo 成田不動 .
新勝寺 Temple Shinjo-Ji



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- - - - - Ehime 愛媛県　

今治市 Imabari 玉川町 Tamagawa

A man named D once borrowed some money and then forgot all about it. When the lender came to his home to remind him, he got all angry.
Then he said, サガシ if you look for it, you might find a 金の壺 pot of gold.
The man believed him and went to look for it like crazy.
Eventually mister D went to the Fudo of Imabari and asked for help. He suddenly remembered he had borrowed money, gave it back all all were cured.


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- - - - - Fukushima 福島県

. Fudo Legends 03 - Fukushima .

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. Fudo Legends 04 - from Gifu to Iwate .
- - - - - Gifu 岐阜県 - - - - - Hyogo 兵庫県
- - - - - Ibaraki 茨城県 - - - - - Iwate 岩手県

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. Fudo Legends 05 - from Kagawa to Kyoto .
- - - - Kagawa 香川県 - - - - Kagoshima 鹿児島県 - - - - Kanagawa 神奈川県
- - - - Kochi 高知県 - - - - Kumamoto 熊本県 - - - - Kyoto 京都府

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. Fudo Legends 06 - Mie to Miyazaki .
- - - - - Mie 三重県 - - - - - Miyagi 宮城県　- - - - - Miyazaki 宮崎県


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. Fudo Legends 07 - Nagano to Niigata .
- - - - - Nagano 長野県 - - - - - Nara 奈良県 - - - - - Niigata 新潟県

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. Fudo Legends 08 - Oita to Shiga .
- - - - - Oita 大分県 - - - - - Okayama 岡山県 - - - - - Osaka 大阪府
- - - - - Saitama 埼玉県 - - - - - Shiga 滋賀県

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. Fudo Legends 09 - Shizuoka to Toyama .
- - - - - Shizuoka 静岡県 - - - - - Tochigi 栃木県 - - - - - Tokushima 徳島県
- - - - - Tokyo 東京都 - - - - - Toyama 富山県

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. Fudo Legends 10 - Wakayama to Yamanashi .
- - - - - Wakayama 和歌山県 - - - - - Yamagata 山形県
- - - - - Yamaguchi 山口県 - - - - - Yamanashi 山梨県

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yokai database 妖怪データベース - 不動　
- source : www.nichibun.ac.jp

(03) 不動山 (00) Fukuoka, Niigata, Yamagata

- source : www.google.co.jp

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Legends about Fudo お不動さま　
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玉造郡 Tamazukuri district 鳴子町 Narugo / Naruko

鬼首村 Onikobe village (Demon Head Village)　
in the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park, is famous for its two geysers, “Benten” and “Unryu”
Onikoobe onsen　鬼首温泉　Onikobe Hot Spring



oni 鬼 the Demon
Once upon a time
a demon wanted to enter the village of Onikobe, but Fudo killed him and burned the body.
From the ashes arose many many many mosquitoes which to our day suck the blood of the people.



- 鬼の橋 Oni Demon Bridge to the village

. Onikobe Kaido 鬼首街道
Onikobe Highway - "Demon Head Highway" .

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伊具郡　Igu Gun

tatsubu 田ツブ Tanishi mud snail
The 田ツブ tatsubu  is seen as a sacred animal of Fudo Myo-O.
Therefore people in the villages around Igu who believe in Fudo Myo-O do not eat them and also do not eat dogs.
ツブや犬を食べない。

. tanishi 田螺 / たにし mud snails .
Cipango paludina. Teichschnecke

Tanishi-ko, Snail Prince, was an early haigo for the poet 山頭火　Santōka.

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- More about O-Fudo sama and the Tanishi

Tanishi Fudo タニシ 不動 ・たにし不動 Mud-Snail Fudo
"Wasserschnecken-Fudo"

- - - - - Niigata 新潟県
新発田市 Shibata town
People in this town who believe in Fudo think of the rooster as his messenger. So they do not eat chicken meat and also they to not eat tanishi 田螺 mud snails.

Mitarase no Taki waterfall





- source and more photos : 郁丸 fumimaru


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Sugaya, Sugatani 菅谷

菅谷不動尊のお不動さま Sugatani Fudo and the Tanishi
temple 菅谷寺(かんこくじ) Kankoku-Ji

The temple has been founded in the Kamakura period. In 1189 when the uncle of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Minamoto no Mamoru源護念 had to flee from Mount Hieizan in Kyoto, he took the head of a Fudo Statue from temple Mudooji 無動寺 Mudo-Ji and brought it to Niigata. The statue is said to heal eye diseases 眼病. It is shown every seventh year, in the year of the hare / rabbit 卯年 and the rooster 酉年.

The temple is very old and has a lot of beautiful woodcarvings.
Here is the Dragon.



In the pond below the Mitarase waterfall are many tanishi mud snails. People bring them here and pray for eye diseases to be healed.
Some use the water to rinse their eyes to seek healing.



- source : masugatasou.jp


Sugatani Fudo Son on facebook
- source : www.facebook.com/sugatanifudouson

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お不動さまとタニシ O-Fudo sama to tanishi
- source : www.youtube.com

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The mountain priests of temple Shinko-Ji carried a wooden box with the head of a Nyorai Buddha on their mountain wanderings. The hairdo with many whirls is similar to the mud snail.



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Die Berg-Asketen des Shinko-Ji, Tokyo, trugen in einem hölzernen Schrein nur den Kopf eines Fudo mit auf ihren Bergwanderungen. Dieser Kopf hatte die Frisur eines Nyorai, mit vielen Wirbeln, daher auch "Wasserschnecken-Fudoo" (Tanishi Fudo) genannt.

. Fudo Myo-O - Deutsch .



source :　hamatravel.com/shinakoji

"tanishi hairstyle"


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. Fukushima - Iwashiro province 岩代国.
Nishiniidono, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima

Once upon a time
in the hamlet of Mokusho-uchi 杢少内 (Mukkyoji in local dialect ムッキョジ) in 西新殿 Nishiniidono there was a wooden statue of Fudo Myo-O お不動様 in the Fudo Hall on the hill.
The villagers had great faith in the statue and came to pray and worship here every day with all kinds of wishes.
"Dear Fudo Sama, please let us have a bountiful rice harvest this year!"
"Please let my father get well soon!"
"Please let me become pregnant with a healthy baby!"

In the villge lived a man called Gohei 五兵衛.
He went to his fields every day to work hard.
And then one morning, when he came to his rice field he found a mud snail lying beside the path.
Gohei, who was a gentle man, began to talk to the mud snail:
"A very good morning to you, dear Mister Mudsnail たにしどん !"
The mud snail looked at him and replied
"Good morning to you too, Gohei san!"

On this day Gohei worked as usual till the evening and then went home.
Next morning he found two mud snails lying beside the path.

"Well, what do we have here! You found a friend, dear Mister Mudsnail! Good morning to you both!"
And this day too Gohei worked all day long in the fields.

And from this day on when he came to the field, he saw one more and one more and one more mud snail and greeted them all with a friendly "Good Morning".

Then after a few days he realized that the many mud snails begun to move on toward the hill.
"Oh well, what do we have now? All of you Mudsnails going to move on! What a surprise!"
And as he looked they almost reached the hill and were gone.

Now it was midnight. The village had become quiet and all had gone to sleep.
Suddenly there was a sound: jaan, jaaaan 「ジャーン、ジャーン」

The noisy sound from a temple bell was heard - oh dear - there was a fire!
The farmers woke up and run out of their homes to have a look.
"Over there, on the hill, at the Fudo Hall!"
Great flames lightened the sky above the Fudo Hall.
"Hurry up, get some water . . . hurry hurry!"

They all run up the hill and begun to carry water from the river way below it. They all worked in a frenzy . . . but it could not be helped, the Fudo Hall was almost burned down.
"How terrible, our dear Fudo sama, your hall is all burned down!"
"Our dear Fudo is made of wood . . . he has burned down now, how sad!"
They all stood by the burning remains and wept loudly, folding their hands in prayer.



Then came the next morning and it became light again.
"Look, hey look at that!"
Gohei raised his voice and pointed at the statue of Fudo Myo-O. It was all black now but still it was their beloved Fudo!
Gohei walked closer to have a good look.
All around the statue were the mud snails, protecting him and got burned themselves.
With little plops and plumps the finally fell down from the statue - quite dead.

But the statue had remained in its full splendor, thanks to the mud snails!

The surprised villagers all run up to the statue of Fudo.
"What a miracle! It seems the mud snails knew there would be a fire and had all moved up the hill and protected him! What a miracle indeed! Thanks to our dear Fudo Sama!"
They all wept in gratitude.
Later they had a new Fudo Hall built and by that time - as you might guess -
the statue was called

Tanishi Fudo たにし不動 Fudo of the Mud Snails

- source : Iwashiro Tourist Association

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白井市　Shiroi town 下戸沢

Tobifudoo, Tobi-Fudo 飛び不動 Flying Fudo
The statue is said to be carved by Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師
with respect to Itto Sanrai..
Once the Fudo Hall was all in flames, so the statue flew for a secure place in a rock cave. This is the reason why the halo of the statue has scratches - from the rock cave. So this statue does not have a halo any more.
In 1731 during the Great Earthquake on the 7th day of the 9th lunar month a huge boulder came down from the mountain behind the hall, but only one pillar of the small hall was crashed and like a miracle again the statue was not hurt.


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宮城県白石市小原字江志山6−1

. ittoo sanrai 一刀三礼 itto sanrai
carving one stroke with the blade and praying three times .

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yokai database 妖怪データベース
- source : www.nichibun.ac.jp

- source : www.google.co.jp

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. Legends - 昔ばなし mukashibanashi about Fudo . 　
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Senryu-Ji North Kanto 13

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Senryuuji 泉龍寺 Senryu-Ji

Nr. 13 御瀧山 - 明王院 Myo-O In 泉龍寺 - Otome Fudo 乙女不動尊
泉龍寺 Senryu-Ji
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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栃木県小山市乙女１－２５－８ / 1 Chome-25-8 Otome, Oyama-shi, Tochigi

The temple has been founded by Rooben 良弁 Roben in 765.
The bell tower has been reconstructed in 1844.
There is also a Benzaiten Pond 弁財天池 and Hyotan Pond ひょうたん池 in the precincts.



. 良弁僧正　Roben Sojo .
(689 - 773)



- source and more photos : rsjjr083

Dragon carving above the entry

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mizukake Otome Fudo 水掛け乙女不動尊 in the compound


source :　okuno san - facebook

The main Fudo Statue has been declared a sacred and hidden by Saint Akimoto 淳元上人 in 1714 during a reconstruction of the temple. It is hidden behind the closed doors of its sanctuary and should not been shown again. Later it was shown every 25 years.
The statue is 5尺 high.
Before showing the statue, there are special rituals to be performed
omoirkae, o-morikae 御守替 and kangen omorikae 還元御守替.

When the statue had to be re-located to the main hall due to repair work in its own hall in the beginning of the Showa period, many unmarried men of the village had to perform severe purification rituals before carrying the statue to the main hall - and later back to the repaired Fudo Hall.

The next showing of the statue 本尊大開帳 is scheduled for 2016.

In the summer of 1995 the Fudo Hall was hit by lightning and a fire started. Thanks to the quick action of the head priest, the statue was transported outside and the Fudo had again shown his power of hibuse - surviving a fire.
The following year the burned beams and decorations of the temple were renewed and now the Fudo Statue is in its own space again.


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「御瀧山泉龍寺不動尊縁起絵巻伝」
Scroll about the History of the Fudo Temple



Once upon a time,
an unknown monk came to the lake of Chuzen-Ji in Nikko to make ablutions in the waters and pray. After 100 days his vow was fulfilled. On the surface of the lake he saw a beautiful light coming near him. It was a statue of Fudo Myo-O - says the legend.
The monk was overwhelmed with joy and cried, taking the statue in his arms. Then he followed flow of the river, walking down the waterfall, all the way South. He prayed:
"Please, please let me find the right place where I can be of help to all people past, present and future."

During the daytime he walked down at the riverside, at night he slept in the wilderness, always trusting the bond he had established with Fudo Myo-O.
Then one day, when he had reached the small hamlet of Otome 乙女の里, the statue of Fudo Myo-O suddenly became very heavy and he could not continue walking. He placed the statue by his side to rest for a while.
When he tried to pick it up again, the statue had become so heavy it would not move any more.

Now the monk was convinced this was the region Fudo Myo-O had choose for him. So he asked the local people for their permission to build a hall for Fudo and placed the statue there for worship.
The place is now called 不動塚 Fudo Zuka - Fudo Mound in Otome Kanzawa 乙女寒沢.
The Fudo Hall has changed place a few more times and is now at its present location at Fudo Hara 不動原 in the compound of temple 泉龍寺 Senryu-Ji. According to ancient records, the temple had been constructed in 1333.

During the 南北朝 Nanboku Period around 1333 there was a lot of fighting of the Oyama clan 小山義政 (Oyama Yoshimasa, ? - 1382) and the temple was burned down, but the statue was never damaged. So people began to call it

hibuse no Fudo 火伏せの不動 Fudo preventing fire
Fudo protecting from fire
and believed in his power more and more.
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during repair work in the Showa period, they found a small part on his back side scorched by fire.

During the Edo period when Tokugawa Ieyasu passed the region he gave some land to the temple and Fudo, 「不動仏供領」.
Later they built a landing place for boats carrying construction wood for the building of the Toshogu Shrine in Nikko.

In the Mid-Edo period around 1721 the Fudo Hall was in dire need of repair. So the head priest of that time, Saint Akimoto 淳元上人 decided to built it anew. Many people offered money or gold, others came to work for free. Once the hall was finished, the statue was placed behind closed doors as a hidden statue, 秘仏 hibutsu .


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- source : otome_senryuuji



. Hibuse 火伏不動尊 Fudo preventing fire .

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- - - - - Yearly Festivals 年中行事

１月　　元朝護摩供・初詣
２月　　初不動護摩供
３月　　春彼岸
５月　　蛇祭り
７月　　夏不動護摩供・朝顔市　Summer Fudo Festival
８月　　お盆
９月　　秋彼岸

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御守替斎戒沐浴水行
還元御守替斎戒沐浴水行
入仏式
御開帳（または御開扉）


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source :　gkohun.world.coocan.jp

There is also a kofun mound called
Otome Kanzawa Kofun　乙女寒沢古墳
in Oyama Town.
栃木県小山市乙女947. - 小山市寒沢古墳

It is about 20 meters in diameter and 3.5 m high.
Said to be from the early to mid-Jomon period.
Close to it is a shrine for Inari 稲荷神社.


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

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Unryuu-in, Unryū-in 雲龍院 Temple in Kyoto
a sub-temple of Sennyū-ji
The temple has two large halls, Ryugeden and Reimeiden, each one with its rather empty garden.
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In 豊中市 Toyonaka (Osaka) is a legend about unryuu 雲龍 Unryu,
a dragon in the clouds
This drgon lived in the nearby pond and was finally allowed to fly up into the clouds.
Every year during the O-Bon dance rituals, it comes back, shapeshifts as a woman and joins the dancers.

Unryu-In 雲龍院　（泉涌寺 Sennyu-Ji 別院）

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

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

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carp koi

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koi　鯉 carp

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John Dougill wrote
I visited Jako-In at Ohara, north of Kyoto, and got a personal guide round from the eccentric 80-year old nun running the place.



There's a pond there, and she told me in no uncertain manner that carp were the incarnation (keshin) of Fudo Myo-o . . .
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Still trying to find the connection with Fudo Myo-O!

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Jakkooin 寂光院 Jakko-In, Jako-In, Jakoin
京都市左京区大原草生
Oharakusaocho, Sakyo Ward, Kyoto

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Jakko-in, a nunnery of Tendai sect, is said to have been established in the year 594 by Shotoku-Taishi, or Crown Prince Shotoku, to pray for the soul of his late father, Emperor Yomei. The first abbess had been a wet nurse of the prince. The temple is dedicated to Rokumantai-Jizoson.



Jakko-in is well known as a place where Kenreimon-in lived in seclusion. Kenreimon-in Tokuko (1155－1213) was a daughter of Taira no Kiyomori (the chief of Heike clan, 1118-1181) and the consort of Emperor Takakura. She was rescued from her attempted suicide when the Heike clan was destroyed by Minamoto no Yoshitsune (a younger brother of the chief of Genji clan, 1159-1189) at the naval battle of Dan-no-ura. She lost her whole family including her eight-year-old son, Emperor Antoku, and she spent the rest of her life in the temple to pray for the souls of her family.

The main hall was set fire on May 9, 2000 and rebuilt in June 2005. The principal Buddhist image is also newly built and modeled the original image faithfully as well.
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. Darumapedia about 寂光院 .

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
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