Aoi blue green Fudo

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Aoi 青不動 blue / green Fudo

. Goshiki Fudo 五色不動明王 in Five Colors . 　
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Sometimes AO is blue, like the blue mountains we see over there,
sometimes it is green, like in ao-ringo, green apples (the unripe fruit).
. aoi 青い　blue and green .
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Me-ao 目青不動 blue (green) eyes of Fudo 　



Kyoogakuin 教学院 Kyogaku-In

(世田谷区太子堂４丁目)
もとは港区麻布谷町(現:六本木)の勧行寺(または正善寺)にあったが1882 (明治15年)青山南町にあった教学院に移転。
教学院は1910(明治43年)世田谷区太子堂に移転。





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Aoi Fudo 青不動 blue (green) Fudo


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Hanyain, Hannya-In 華香山 般若院 Hanya-In
Kyushu Fudo Pilgrimage, Nr. 02

福岡県福岡市南区大池1丁目3-15, Fukuoka
1 Chome-3-15 Oike, Minami Ward, Fukuoka



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Kenzanji　剣山寺　Kenzan-Ji
Kyushu Fudo Pilgrimage, Nr. 49

The main hall of the temple is a big surprise. It's a Portakabin....., quite a large one for sure, but still its one of those temporary buildings that are dropped in to building sites.



Behind the portakabin are a couple of altars and a small man-made cave containing a Fudo Myo statue painted bright blue.



The rocks behind are painted with flames and its quite a quirky thing.
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鹿児島県日置市日吉町日置1239-6
1239-6 Hiyoshicho Hioki, Hioki, Kagoshima
Visitors say the main statue of Fudo in the temple is sort of smiling, niko-niko ニコニコ and telling them to :
"Don't hurry, don't rush, take it slowly, you are just right the way you are"
「あわてるな、急ぐな、あなたはあなたのままでよい」
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. 九州88ヶ所108霊場 Kyushu Pilgrims - Fudo temples .


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. Taikooji 太光寺 Taiko-Ji . - Hiroshima
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. Green Fudo Myo-O 不動明王 .
Most statues of green color are made from bronze (seidoo 青銅).


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. Goshiki Fudo 五色不動明王 in Five Colors . 　
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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Fudo Myo-O and his left hand / arm

19 Characteristic Signs of Fudo Myo-O
不動十九観 / 不動十九相観

12 He carries a rope in his left hand.

. 19 Characteristic Signs of Fudo Myo-O . 　




kensaku 羂索 rope - lasso - lariat - noose


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Kensaku 羂索 or Kenjaku
安穏を得る. Achieves peace.
In addition to the 1000-Armed Kannon, other esoteric deities carry this object, including Fukūkenjaku Kannon (a multi-armed esoteric form of Kannon who carries a lasso to catch straying souls and lead them to salvation), and Fudō Myō-ō (the leader of the esoteric Mantra Kings, who holds a lasso to bind up the wicked or keep people from straying).
The lasso also represents the Precepts (need to give source) in some traditions.
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遍照寺 Henjo-Ji, Kyoto

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kenjaku　羂索
Also read kensaku, kenzaku; also saku 索.
A rope, made from five different coloured strands (blue, yellow, red, black and white). It often has a metal ring at one end, and one or more prongs, like a *kongousho 金剛杵, at the other.

Found as an attribute *jimotsu 持物 held by Buddhist deities including *Fudou Myouou 不動明王, *Fukuukenjaku Kannon 不空羂索観音, Kongousaku bosatsu 金剛索菩薩 and *Senju Kannon 千手観音.
In ancient India the kenjaku was used as a snare to capture animals, and it was adopted by Buddhism as a symbol of the salvation of mankind. A good example of a figure holding a kenjaku is the Fudou Myouou in Henjouji 遍照寺 (10-12c), Kyoto.
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standing figures show Fudo holding the rope up


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Temple 松尾寺 Matsuo-Ji
不動明王二童子像 （不動堂安置）Statue from the Kamakura period
滋賀県愛知郡愛荘町松尾寺873番地 874 Matsuoji, Aisho, Echi - Shiga


or hanging the rope down


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Temple 定林寺
statue from hinoki wood, about 92 cm high.
奈良県北葛城郡河合町川合 468 Tachibe, Asuka, Takaichi District - Nara

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. Tooji, Tō-ji 東寺 Toji, To-Ji . - Kyoto

Here Fudo is holding a simple rope without any attachments on the ends.


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His left hand is pressed to the hips.


source :　blogs.yahoo.co.jp/youkenn1966 - 五体加持文

五體加持 / 五体加持 Gotai Kaji
(Prayer for the Body Parts)

. Fudo Myo-O and related Sutras　不動とお経 .

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Sometimes Fudo uses both hands to hold his sword.



Fudo like a swordsman holding the sword in both hands
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. kenkaku, kenkyaku 剣客 swordsman Fudo .


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Nr. 08 Ryuushooji 隆照寺 - 遍照山 Ryusho-Ji


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What is the object Fudo is carrying here?

. 九州88ヶ所108霊場 Kyushu - 88 and 108 temples
Fudo Pilgrims in Kyushu .

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A six-spoke wheel sometimes in his uphold left hand

hoorin 法輪 "wheel of the Dharma Law"



at a temple roof in Tibet

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


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Hibutsu secret statues

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Hibutsu 秘仏 secret statues

Secret Buddha Statues are enshrined in special tabernacles called zushi 厨子 and are shown at regular intervals to the public. Some are shown every year, others every seven, seventeen, thirtythree or hundred years only. Some are never shown.
This can be a replica of the original hidden statue or a different one altogether.

Usually a substitute statue ("stand before it" maedachi 前立) is placed in front of this tabernacle and can be venerated in prayers at any time.

. hibutsu　秘仏 secret or hidden Buddha Statues . 　
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不動明王の秘仏像 Secret Statues of Fudo Myo-O


. Hoozanji 宝山寺 Hozan-Ji / Ikomasan 生駒山 . - Nara

. Juurin-In 十輪院 Jurin-In . - Nara
..... 玉桂寺 Gyokei-Ji

. Kookenji 弘憲寺 Koken-Ji . - Takamatsu, Kagawa

. Koyasan, Namikiri Fudo 高野山 波切不動明王 .

. Myoorakuji 妙楽寺 Myoraku-Ji . - Chiba

. Saishoo In 最勝院 Saisho-In . - Hirosaki, Aomori

. 天長寺 Tenchooji 天長寺 Tencho-Ji . - Miyazaki

. Yokoyama Fudo 横山不動尊 .
..... Daitokuji 大徳寺 Daitoku-Ji, Miyagi

. Zuigan-Ji 瑞巌寺, Godai-Do 五大堂 .
..... Matsushima松島, Miyagi

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Kannon with 1000 arms 千手観音立像
and at her side (wakiji 脇侍) Fudo Myo-O
and Bishamonten
秘仏の千手観音立像と脇侍の不動明王像、毘沙門天像
These statues are important cultural property 国重要文化財.
The statues are from the late Kamakura period.

These statues are shown once every 33 years, from October 17 to November 23.

Shoomyooji 正明寺 Shomyo-Ji
滋賀県蒲生郡日野町松尾　- Matsuo town, Shiga

The original temple was lost in a fire during the period of the warring states 戦国時代 (ca. 1467 - 1573). It was rebuilt in the Edo period. The Main Hall was relocated from the Imperial Palace 清涼殿 on the wish of emperor Gomizuno Tenno 後水尾天皇 (1596 - 1680)

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香川・出釈迦寺 Shukkeshaka-Ji - Kagawa
(Nr. 73 on the Henro Pilgrimage)
香川県善通寺市吉原町1091番地

Kyoto 京都
神応寺杉山谷不動尊 Jinno-Ji, Sugiyama Fudo
Shoogo-In 聖護院門跡 Shogo-In Monzeki Imperial Temple
大蓮寺 Dairen-Ji  / Gokuraku-In 極楽院
青蓮院国宝  Shoren-In
Sanzenin 三千院 Sanzen-In - Konjiki Fudo 金色不動 


三重・常福寺 - Jofuku-Ji - Mie


大阪・金剛寺、 Kongo-Ji, 観心寺 Kanjin-Ji Osaka

Tokyo
金剛寺 Kongo-Ji


秘仏御開帳 - a long list
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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koohai mandorla

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koohai, kōhai 光背 mandorla, halo, Nimbus


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kouhai　光背
Halo found on Buddhist images, representing light said to be emitted by the Buddha *gokou 後光. In sculpture, a wooden or metal kouhai was attached to the back of the figure, sometimes decorated in openwork *sukashibori 透彫.

Kouhai were used in Japan from the Asuka period, usually made of bronze or gilt bronze, and were named according to their shape and design. One of the earliest examples is the halo on the Shaka sanzonzou 釈迦三尊像 (623) in Houryuuji 法隆寺, which is known as ikkou sanzon kouhai 一光三尊光背 (the single-light triad halo, see *ikkou sanon 一光三尊), because all three figures of the triad are enclosed in a single halo. The halo surrounds the figures completely *kyoshinkou 挙身光 and has a pointed top, giving it the name *funagata kouhai 舟形光背 (the boat-shaped halo).

Individual standing figures of the same period had round halos *enkou 円光 as on the Four Heavenly Kings, Shitennou 四天王 in Houryuuji *Kondou 法隆寺金堂, or jewel-shaped halos *houjugata kouhai 宝珠形光背, like that of the Kudara Kannonzou 百済観音像 in Houryuuji Daihouzouden 法隆寺大宝蔵殿.

In the Tenpyou period, the double-round halo *nijuu-enkou 二重円光 became popular. A round head-nimbus *zukou 頭光 is attached to a round body-nimbus *shinkou 身光, as on the Miroku Bosatsu 弥勒菩薩 in Houryuuji Daihouzouden 法隆寺大宝蔵殿.

Halos decorated with Chinese foliage design *karakusamon 唐草文 and a thousand miniature buddhas senbutsu kouhai 千仏光背 were also produced in the Tenpyou period. A good example is *Rushanabutsu 盧舎那仏 (779) in Toushoudaiji 唐招堤寺, Nara.

In the Heian period halos with a decorated base *koukyaku 光脚 became popular. *Ten 天 and *Myouou 明王 Myo-O figures had halos with flame designs *kaen kouhai 火焔光背.

The earliest examples of wooden halos *itakouhai 板光背 date from the late 9c, and these were often painted with flames, karakusamon, and small manifestations of buddha *kebutsu 化仏, as on the Shaka ryuuzou 釈迦立像 in Murouji 室生寺, Nara. In the 12c nijuu enkou were surrounded by a large outer boat-shaped halo of openwork flying apsaras figures *hiten kouhai 飛天光背. The model for this style was the Amida Nyoraizazou 阿弥陀如来坐像 (1053) by Jouchou 定朝 in Byoudouin 平等院, Kyoto.

Other styles characteristic of the late Heian period were the single free-standing ring *rinkou 輪光 like that of the *Kichijouten 吉祥天 in Joururiji 浄瑠璃寺, Kyoto, a halo with radiating spokes like a wheel, houshagata kouhai 放射形光背, seen on the Amida Nyoraizou in Kanzeonji 観世音寺, Fukuoka prefecture; and the *mibu kouhai 壬生光背 named after the Jizou Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 in Mibudera 壬生寺, Kyoto (now lost).

In the Kamakura period various designs of kouhai with openwork decoration continued to be produced, as well as halos decorated with small figures representings the followers of Buddha *kenzoku 眷属, as on the central Senju Kannon 千手観音 in Rengeouin 蓮華王院, Kyoto. Another form of halo called *ensoukou 円相光 enclosed the nijuu ensou in a large outer circle, often seen on Aizen Myouou 愛染明王 figures (1247), for example in Saidaiji 西大寺, Nara.
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Mibudera 壬生寺 Temple Mibu-Dera
. mibu koohai　壬生光背 halo of the Mibu type .

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at Miyajima, Daigan-Ji 大願時, made by 松本明慶 Matsumoto Myokei
About 4 meters high and 6 tons heavy

. Matsumoto Myookei 松本明慶 Matsumoto Myokei .

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kaen koohai, kaen koohai 火焔光背 halo with flames



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karura kaen koohai  迦楼羅（カルラ）火焔光背
halo with flames and the Garuda bird


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karura-en 迦楼羅焔（かるらえん)
ka-en koo 火炎光, Karura enkoo 迦楼羅円光

Fudo with a winding flame halo
火炎巻後背不動明王

. Garuda Bird, Karura 迦楼羅 and Fudo .


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kaentsuki rinpookoo　火焔付き輪宝光
round halo with flames



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Nimbusformen (Heiligenschein; koohai 光背)

"Die aus der heiligen Gestalt hervorbrechende, die welterhellende Macht der absoluten Weisheit und des Buddhawesens symbolisierende Ausstrahlung des magischen, vielfarbigen Buddhalichtes." [Seckel]

Flammen-Nimbus (kaenkoo　火焔光, kaentsuki rinpookoo　火焔付き輪宝光)
Spezieller Flammen-Nimbus eines Myo-O und der Wunscherfüllenden Kannon. Flammen auch in Form von Wellen, Arabesken oder Wolken. Die Flammen bringen Helle in die Dunkelheit des Unwissens. Meist für Statuen der niederen Gottheiten des esoterischen Buddhismus.

Nimbus mit Flammen in Vogelform カルラ光背
Eine Sonderform ist der Garuda-Nimbus (Karura enkoo) des Fudo Myo-O, bei dem einige Flammen die Form des Garuda-Vogels annehmen.

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Godai Myo-O

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Godai Myo-O 五大明王 Five Great Myo-O
Godai-son 五大尊　Five Great Wisdom Kings

godai ... 地水火風空の五大
The Five Great Elements of the Universe
Godai Nyorai 五大如来 The Five Great Buddhas of Wisdom
Godairiki Bosatsu 五大力菩薩 Five Bosatsu of Great Power　
- Fünf Bosatsu Gewaltiger Kraft
Gohoo bosatsu　五方菩薩 Five Bosatsu of the Five Directions
Go Himitsu Bosatsu 五秘密菩薩曼荼羅 Five Secret Bosatsu

. Godai 五大　 Five Gread Buddhas . 　
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The Five Great Wisdom Kings
Godai Myo-O 五大明王



Copyright 1998, Nara National Museum. Nara, Japan.

This grouping is common in esoteric Buddhism. Ceremonies in front of these statues were used to pray for the destruction of a personal enemy or for political intrugues, for example during the war of the Genji and the Heike, where five priests at the temple Ninna-Ji in prayed to these five statues (godan no hoo　五壇の法) to win the war.



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Godaison (Godai Myoo)
are five great Myoo placed in five directions, which is discussed in a set of two scrolls of "Ninnou Gokoku Hannya Haramitta Kyou" translated by a Chinese Buddhist priest Amoghavajra (Fukuu) and a scroll of "Shomuge Kyou" and consists of
Fudo (center), Kozanze (Gozanze) (east), Gundari (south), Daiitoku (west) and Kongoyasha (north ).

The images of Godaison are drawn as five separate paintings have been seen from the early Heian period and some examples such as Godaison-zo held at To-ji Temple in Kyoto are known. However, just like this painting, the style of Godai Myoo represented in one painting (Fudo Myoo at the center and others in each of the four directions) was established later than that and the images in Hakubyou (ink line painting) first appeared in the period between the late Heian period and the early Kamakura period.

In terms of the style, Fudo has a similar but more ample body than the Ao Fudo held in Shorenin in Kyoto and the faces are similar. It indicates an iconography of Genchoyou (Gencho's style). The halo with flames on the back is divided into seven parts as if they were the flames of a Karura (a fire-breathing creature from Japanese Hindu-Buddhist mythology). Two images of Doji have a style mixed with those held in Horaku-ji Temple in Osaka and Ruri-ji Temple (also known as Ruridera) in Hyogo. (Seitaka Doji is the same as Ni-Doji with a style of Hakubyo Genchoyou held at Godai-ji Temple.) The iconographical features of other four Myoo are very similar to the four Myoo excluding Fudo among Godaison in Godai-ji Temple and is also the same as the iconography of Enjinyou contained in "Besson Zakki." In a word, this painting was drawn in a newly established style by combining multiple styles of iconographies.

Unlike Ao Fudo, no colorful or fine patterns are applied to Fudo Myoo. The expressions such as the heavy colors, strongly applied Kumadori (shading) and expressive ink lines are rather different from the Buddhist paintings in the Heian period and indicate unique the features of the powerfully expressed Buddhist paintings in the Kamakura period.
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Jikkanshō Emakimono
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from Koyasan 高野山




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stickers with the sanscrit letters -
bonji 梵字 ステッカー


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五大猫明王 Five Meneki Neko Myo-O

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. Ookuboji　大窪寺　Okubo-Ji, Shikoku 88 .


. 弘法寺 Kobo-Ji - Kagoshima Pilgrims 48 .

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The Great Five in Stone, Hashikura Yama
on the Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples in Shikoku.



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Godai-son 五大尊 The Five Great Wisdom Kings

They are incarnations of the five Widsom Buddhas. Picture scrolls with these five deities, either five scrolls or one depicting them all, are called
"The Venerable Five" (godai son 五大尊).

Middle : Fudo Myo-O 不動明王
East : Goosanze 降三世明王
South : Gundari 軍茶利明王
West : Dai-iitoku 大威徳明王
North : Kongoo Yasha 金剛夜叉明王

In the Tendai sect, Uzusama Myo-O 鳥枢渋摩明王 is mostly depictede in the North. This version comes from China of the T'ang period, not from India. Other scriptures state that the five great wisdom kings where established in Japan.
- source - 五大明王

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The Ritual Bell with the five great wisdom kings (godai myo-o rei 五大明王鈴) is only to be found in Japan.



常福寺本尊五大明王 Temple Joofuku-Ji
reference - jofukuji/




- source : www.narahaku.go.jp

白銅五大明王宝塔鈴　 Nara National Museum

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You can even buy wirst bands with the Sanskrit letters of the five great Myo-O.
Here is the sample of Dai Iitoku 大威徳明王




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Godaidoo 五大堂 Godai-Do "Hall for the Great Five"
. . . . . Daikaku-In Kyoto 大覚寺五大堂

. goma Do 護摩堂, Gokoku-In, Kashima .

Godaidoo Myoo-Oo In 五大堂 明王院 Kamakura

. Godai-Do Matsushima 五大堂 松島 .
Seiryuzan Zuigan-ji 青龍山 瑞巌寺


. Fudo Temples - Introduction .


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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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