Kannonji Miyagi

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Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji

Nr. 25 天台宗別格本山 - 瑞国海岸山観音寺 - 身代不動 Migawari Fudo
Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji
Miyagi 宮城県 - 禅定の道場 zenjoo

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
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宮城県気仙沼市本町 1-4-16 / 1 Chome-4-16 Motomachi, Kesennuma-shi

In former times this region was within the influence of the Ezo Emishi 蝦夷 people from the North.

The temple is located on a hill overlooking the town of Kesennuma.
In 709, 藤原宇合 Fujiwara no Umakai (694 - 737) had been sent here to subdue these people. He killed many and placed their heads (which had been cut off as a sign of victory) on the Southern Mountain Range 南流山. This was the beginning of the temple.

Later in 742 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu passed here and carved the statue of Kannon.
In 850 慈覚大師 Ennin Jigaku Daishi built a small hall and founded a temple near the beach, Kaigan Kannon-Ji 海岸山観音寺.

Minamoto no Yoshitsune passed here and grieved for
Princess Minatsuru Hime 皆鶴姫.
He had the temple rebuild at the mountain with the present
Kannon Hall 観音堂.　
Now it is called 瑞国海岸山観音寺 Kaiganzan Kannon-Ji.

In 1732, the 5th Daimyo 伊達吉村 Date Yoshimura visited here and collected a lot of money for repair work of the inner sanctuary.

The main statues are Kannon, Amida Nyorai and Fudo Myo-O.

- Chant of the temple

とうかいの　紫雲たなびくかいがんざん　みがわりふどう
ちかいたのみて

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Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) and Minatsuru-hime


source :　www.mfa.org/collections
by Ichirakutei Eisui

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Kiichi Hôgen, Kiichi Hoogen 鬼一法眼 Kiichi Hogen
According to legend, Minamoto no Yoshitsune trained with Kiichi Hogen in the art of martial strategy. Kiichi’s daughter, Princess Minatsuru eventually falls in love with him and he ends up using the daughter to steal some books of strategy 兵法書. Hogen tries to kill him for the theft, but Yoshitsune killed him instead.

- Kiichi Hogen and the Secret of Aikido
- source : aikidosangenkai.org/blog/kiichi-hogen... -

. Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源の義経 (1159 - 1189) .
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- Kabuki 　歌舞伎 -
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Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki
The play "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki" was originally written for the puppet theater (Bunraku) and staged for the first time in the 9th lunar month of 1731 in Ôsaka at the Takemotoza. It was adapted for Kabuki at the end of the same year and produced for the first time in the 12th lunar month of 1731 at the Kado no Shibai. The zamoto was Arashi Kokuseki (unknown casting). It was produced by Arashi Koroku I in the first quarter of 1732 in Kyôto with the actors Mihogi Gizaemon I and Ichiyama Sukegorô I playing the roles of Yoshioka Kiichi Hôgen and Ichijô Ôkura Naganari. Arashi Kokuseki produced the play one more time in Ôsaka at the Kado no Shibai in March and 4th lunar month of 1732. It was performed for the first time in Edo, at the Moritaza, in the 1st lunar month of 1757.
- Structure
The play "Kiichi Hôgen Sanryaku no Maki" is in 5 acts. "Kikubatake", or "the Chrysanthemum Garden" in English, is the 2nd scene of 3rd act. The following scene, "Okuniwa" ("the Inner Garden) is added to "Kikubatake" on extemely rare productions. Here are the scenes names:

今出川鬼一法眼館菊畑 Imadegawa Kiichi Hôgen Yakata Kikubatake
今出川鬼一法眼館奥庭 Imadegawa Kiichi Hôgen Yakata Okuniwa

- Summary
Imadegawa Kiichi Hôgen Yakata Kikubatake
The Chrysanthemum Garden at Kiichi Hôgen's Mansion in Imadegawa
- Read the story here
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唖侍鬼一法眼 Oshizamurai Kiichi Hogan


- Kiichi Hogen and Bunraku 文楽　-

Kiichi Hogen Sanryaku no Maki 鬼一法眼三略巻 Kiichi Hogen's Book of Strategy



and his head as an old man



. Onipedia - 鬼ペディア　- Oni Demons - ABC-List - Index - .

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The Fudo statue in a miniature shrine
in the inner sanctuary of the main hall, which is rather well decorated with golden objects.



本堂中央には県指定文化財の厨子があり、その両側には不動明王。そして不動明王を取り囲むように童子像がおかれている。像は極彩色のものが多く、きらびやかでにぎやかな内陣だ
- source and more photos : www.sukima.com

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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : miyagitabi.com/kesennuma

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Fujiwara no Umakai 藤原 宇合
(694 – September 7, 737) was a Japanese statesman, courtier, general and politician during the Nara period. The third son of Fujiwara no Fuhito, he founded the Shikike ("Ceremonials") branch of the Fujiwara clan.



He was a diplomat during the reign of Empress Genshō; and he was minister during the reign of Emperor Shōmu. In the Imperial court, Umakai was the chief of protocol (Shikibu-kyō).

716 (Reiki 2): Along with Tajihi no Agatamori (多治比縣守), Abe no Yasumaro (阿倍安麻呂) and Ōtomo no Yamamori (大伴山守), Umakai was named to be part of a Japanese diplomatic mission to Tang China in 717-718. Kibi no Makibi and the Buddhist monk Genbō were also part of the entourage.

724 (Jinki 1, 1st month): Umakai led an army against the emishi; but this military campaign was later judged to have been unsuccessful.

729 (Tenpyō 1): The emperor invested Umakai with the power to raise an army to quash a revolt, but the cause for alarm was dissipated without the need for military action.
737 (Tenpyō 9): Umakai died at age 44. A smallpox epidemic caused the deaths of Umakai and his three brothers.
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東日本大震災慰霊碑 -
Memorial statues are erected in Tohoku
to bring light to all the grieving corners
一隅を照らす運動

慈光観音菩薩 the statue of Jiko Kannon Bosatsu



- source : www.kyoseki.jp/voice


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

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. 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu .
(668-749 AD) Gyōki

. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 . (794 – 864)

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

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

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .

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Yokoyama Fudo Miyagi

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Yokoyama Fudo 横山不動

Nr. 26 Hakugyosan 白魚山 - 大徳寺 - 横山不動尊
Daitokuji 大徳寺 Daitoku-Ji
Miyagi 宮城県 - 禅定の道場 zenjoo

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Tohoku . 　




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宮城県本吉郡津山町横山字本町３
Motomachi-3 Tsuyamacho Yokoyama, Tome

The temple had been called 明王山金剛寺 for about 350 years and became a temple of the Shingon sect in 1504. Its first head priest  was 竹甫慶玉大和尚. It was then re-named 白魚山大徳寺 Daitoku-Ji and called in a friendly way :  "Yokoyama Fudo Son".

The main statue is Shakyamuni 釈迦牟尼佛.




The five-storied pagoda from bronze 青銅五重塔 was built in 1766.
In autumn it is surrounded by the famous bright 秋明菊 Anemone japonica.
The whole temple area is now part of the Minami Sankiku Kinkasan Quasi-National Park 南三陸金華山国定公園.





Fudo Doo 不動堂 Fudo-Do Hall
Built from the local 津山杉 Tsuyama Sugi pine.



- Chant of the temple

横山に　その名も高し　不動尊　
神秘の池に　うぐいまします

at Yokoyama
the most famous
Fudo statue
in the mysterious pond
so many dace fish


ugui 石斑魚 / 鯎 Japanese dace, Tribolodon hakonensis

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source :　www.etsy.com/listing

The statue was carved by Kobo Daishi Kukai himself.
Inside 胎内 was found another golden statue, which had come from Korea (Kudara 百済国) around 1157. This statue had been venerated in the nearby Yokoyama area, hence the name.

Fudo about 275 cm high (other sources quote 5 meter) and weights 300 kg
Made from katsura 桂　wood. Yosegi woodwork 寄せ木造り.
Important cultural property 重要文化財

katsura 桂 Japanese Judas tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum

This statue is counted as one of the three famous Fudo Statues of Japan.
日本三不動のひとつ

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- source and photos : plaza.rakuten.co.jp/chiikihukusi

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平成二十六年は横山不動尊・記念の年になります。
After the Earthquake of 2011
- source : www.machi-navi.tv


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- - - - - Yearly Festivals 年中行事

１月１日　　年頭大祈祷 New Year Ritual

１月１４日　どんと祭

１月２８日　初不動 First Fudo Ritual

４月２７、２８日　春季大祭典 Great Spring Festival

１０月２８日　秋季大祭典 Great Autumn Festival

１２月２８日　納めの不動 Last Fudo Ritual

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Tome City, Miyagi Prefecture
Nine towns in northeastern Miyagi Prefecture were no exception; they combined to become one city on April 1, 2005, and so Tome City was born.

In the city, there are also a number of ponds and swamps where swans and wild geese fly over and stay through the winter. Izunuma, a designated conservation site under the Ramsar Convention (an international convention on wetland habitats that recognizes important world waterfowl sites), and Naganuma are particularly notable. In the daylight and the moonlight, graceful silhouettes of birds appear on the water’s surface and minnows, fireflies, and golden eagles also populate the region.

Tome City is an agricultural city with a population of approximately 88,000. It is famous throughout Japan for its high-quality rice varieties like “sasanishiki” and “hitomebore”. Good rice means that the region’s other food is good, too. The city produces a wide range of specialties, from which traditional products like miso, soy sauce and abura-fu (fried wheat gluten) are made. Good rice also means that excellent Japanese sake can be produced. “Sawa no Izumi” is a well known brand brewed from locally-produced rice.

There are many historical sites and ruins in Tome city including ancient tombs, Shinto shrines, temples, and other buildings that have been designated important cultural properties by local municipalities. Among them is the building of the former Toyoma elementary school, constructed in the Meiji era and now an educational reference library, and the wooden statue Fudo myo-ou zazou housed in Yokoyama Fudo-son, both of which are officially named important cultural treasures by the Japanese government. Furthermore, a local festival and designated intangible important cultural property, “Yonekawa no mizu-kaburi”, and a Noh performance, “Mori Butai”, are amongst the traditions that have been handed down from generation to generation.

Tome City has provided sources for contemporary artistic inspiration, too. It is the birthplace of creative talents in popular culture like the late Shotaro Ishinomori, a manga author and animation giant. His masterpieces, “Cyborg 009” and the “Kamen Rider (Mask Rider)” series have a great influence on many authors today. Near the house where he was born is a memorial museum displaying Ishimori’s works, his favorite items, and a replica of the rooms of the Tokiwa-so, an apartment in Tokyo where many young manga artists, including Ishinomori, used to live from the 1950s to 1970s. Another popular manga author and director, Katsuhiro Otomo is also from Tome City. He is especially known for his work “AKIRA”.
- source : www.ny.us.emb-japan.go.jp

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横山不動尊不動堂
- source : www.jade.dti.ne.jp

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

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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 .
. (774-835)

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

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .

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Kamitera Miyagi

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Kamitera Fudo 神寺不動尊

27 松景院 真言宗智山派 - 神寺不動尊
Shookei-In 松景院 Shokei-In
Miyagi 宮城県 - 禅定の道場 zenjoo

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
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- source and more photos : minkara.carview.co.jp/smart


宮城県遠田郡美里町中埣字町８０番地
Machi-80 Nakazone, Misato-machi, Tōda-gun


- footprints of Fudo Myo-O

This temple was a center of asceticism, combining Buddhist and Shinto rituals.
The main statue (secret) is 大聖歓喜天 Daisho Kangiten and people come here to pray for good luck.

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Kamitera Fudoson Shokeiin
is a temple of the Shingon sect of Buddhism. It was founded in 1591 by the priest Jitsue, Jitsu-E 実恵法印 / 実慧 (786 - 845).

In those days, there was a pine grove with old palm trees in the area around the temple, which was located between the Tajiri River 田尻川 and the Bijo River 美女川. Likening the buds coming out from the ground by the river to bamboo trees, Jitsuetsu said,
“This is a very celebrated place, where pine, bamboo and palm trees grow together. I am going to build a temple for ridding people’s bud luck and bringing them better luck,”
and named the temple “Baikozan Shokeiin 梅光山,” which literally means “Pine Landscape Temple in Palm Light Mountain.”

The temple was called Kamitera (God’s Temple) because the ascetic training in the Shugendo method (mountain practice in which Shinto and Buddhism were mixed together) has been performed at this temple. Even after the Meiji period (1868-1912), when the movement of Haibutsu Kishaku (the anti-Buddhism movement) arose, the tradition of Shinbutsu Shugo (fusion of Shinto and Buddhism) has been uniquely handed down at this temple.

The principal image of worship, Kamitera Fudoson, is about 7 m tall and weighs 40 tons. It is the world’s largest clay statue. The statue is made of clay in which the ashes of 210,000 prayer sticks, which were burned for 21 days in the Goma fire kept burning by the priest who was observing a fast, were mixed.
- source : nippon-kichi.jp


. Kankiten (Kangiten)　歓喜天 .
Ganesh, the elephant-headed deity of Hinduism

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sozoo 塑像 clay statue
世界最大の不動明王坐像
This is the greatest seated clay statue of Fudo Myo-O in the world.





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- Amulets from the temple


交通安全ステッカー sticker for traffic safety


chigo mamori 稚児守り Amulet to protect small children at festivals


星座守り - Amulet of your birth star constellation


For the health, to prevent dementia and cancer and many more
ぼけ封じ守り / 癌封じ守り




- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : www.acala.jp/kamitera


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. chigo 稚児 temple acolytes, children at festivals .






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- - - - - Yearly Festivals 年中行事

元旦～７日 新年特別大護摩祈祷
１月第３土・日曜日 一日山伏修行
１／２８ 初不動
２月節分 星祭 - Star Festival
３月彼岸（中日） 春彼岸法要
３／２８ 不動尊春季大祭 Great Spring Festival for Fudo
４月第３日曜日 大般若祈祷
７／２８ 千巻心経会
８／１５ 大施餓鬼法要
８／１５夜 少年山伏火渡り
９月彼岸（中日） 秋彼岸法要
１０／２８ 不動尊秋季大祭 Great Autumn Festival for Fudo
１１／１５ 七五三子育祈祷
１１／２３ 大根炊き
１２／２８ 納めの不動尊
１２／３０ 大祓


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Jitsue, Jitsu-E 実慧 (786–847)
A priest of the True Word (Shingon) school in Japan, also known as the Supervisor of Priests Hino’o or the Great Teacher Dōkō. He first studied the doctrine of the Dharma Characteristics (Hossō) school under Taiki of Daian-ji temple. When Kōbō, who was later to found the True Word school in Japan, returned from China to Japan, Jitsue became his disciple. He helped establish Kongōbu-ji temple on Mount Kōya and, in 823, moved to Tō-ji temple in Kyoto. Thereafter he founded Kanshin-ji temple at Hino’o in Kawachi Province.
He was regarded highly by the imperial court and revered as foremost among Kōbō’s ten major disciples.

His works are
The Orally Transmitted Teachings on Meditation on the Character a (sanscrit a - - represents the vowel sound “ă”),
The Teachings Orally Transmitted to Hino’o, and The Treatise on the Diamond Realm.
- source : www.nichirenlibrary.org


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- reference : www.tohoku36fudo.jp


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

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Ootaki Fudo 大滝不動 Otaki Fudo at the Big Waterfall

Nr. 29 Saikooji 西光寺 Saiko-Ji - 大滝不動
Saikooji 西光寺 Saiko-Ji
Miyagi 宮城県 - 禅定の道場 zenjoo

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
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宮城県仙台市太白区秋保町馬場字大滝１１
Ōtaki-11 Akiumachi Baba, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi


秋保大滝 Akiu Great Falls

Akiu (Akiho) is a famous hot spring near Sendai with one of the famous huge waterfalls nearby.
The waterfall is about 55 m long and 6 meters wide.

Priest Ennin tried to built a temple at the mountain 長嶺山 near the waterfall, but could not succeed the first time. He continued his pilgrimage in Tohoku, toward the mountains of Dewa and in860 founded the famous Yamadera 山寺.
On the way back he was again stopped by the powerful energy of the waterfall and the forest and this time carved a statue of Fudo Myo-O himself. He established this temple as the "Oku no In" of Yamadera.

The Fudo Hall 不動堂 is on a cliff above the fall. Further down is a bridge over the river, 不動橋 Fudobashi .


. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 . (794 – 864)

. Risshaku-ji (Ryushaku-ji) 立石寺 - Yamadera 山寺 .


- Chant of the temple

南無不動　功徳は世々にあらわれて　
みちびきたまえ　秋保大滝

Hail to Fudo !
May his charity prevail and lead us
at the Waterfall of Akiu


Legend knows that in 1770 a priest performed austerities here for 1000 days 千日籠り to pray that his mother would be healed. And the powerful energy of this area indeed helped to get her well.


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Saiko-ji, or Takimotosan (Mt. Takimoto) as it is officially called, is regarded as the inner shrine of Risshaku-ji in Yama-dera, Yamagata Prefecture. It is said that the priest Jikaku Daishi (also known as Ennin) founded Risshaku-ji during his preaching tour around Tohoku in the Jogan Period (856-875 CE), after undergoing a rigorous course of religious training for a hundred days at Akiu Otaki (a waterfall) located right beside the current Fudo-do (hall dedicated to Fudo Myoo).

The temple features a huge bronze seated statue of Fudo-myoo which is 3.3 meters in height, 5.1 meters around the waist, 7.2 meters around the knees, and has flaming nimbus 5 meters high.



In 1828 (year 11 of the Bunsei era), after completing the statue of Fudo, saint Chisoku Shonin 知足上人 jumped into the waterfall, praying for all people to have their wishes come true. Since then many people have prayed to the statue to grant them their wishes. Right behind the Fudo-do is Akiu Otaki, which is designated as a national area of natural beauty.
The statue of Fudo is said to have been cast during the Edo period, when Chisoku-shonin rebuilt the temple.
- source : www.sentabi.jp/en


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不動明王座像 Statue of the seated Fudo Myo-O

Look at more photos of the waterfall and the temple :
- source : www11.atpages.jp/ruisho

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Akiu no taue odori 秋保の田植踊 rice-planting dance
Taue Odori (the rice planting dance) handed down in Akiu Town in Taihaku-ku, Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, is a traditional folk performing art that is nationally designated as an Important Intangible Cultural Property. It is said that the dance dates back to the 12th century, when the Heike refugees, who settled in the Nagafukuro area, began the dance to recall the good old days.
This rice planting dance
is danced by a large number of dancers. It is said that as many as from 50 to 60 dancers or over 100 at peak time joined the dance in the past. The dances are dedicated to Nagafukuro Myojin Shrine, Baba Otaki Fudo-do Temple and Yumoto Yakushi-do Temple from the middle of April to the beginning of May every year.
Two boys
taking a part of “Yajuro” appear on the stage followed by the two young boys taking a part of “Suzufuri (the bell men)” and give the prologue, after which the rice planting dance is performed by 8 to 14 girl dancers called “Saotome” in hope for a rich harvest in the coming fall.
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction . 　

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

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .

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Aikyoo-In 愛敬院 Aikyo-In
駒場滝不動尊 Komabataki Waterfall Fudo
滝入不動尊 / Komaba no taki 駒場の滝 Komaba Waterfall

30 愛敬院 本山修験宗 - 駒場滝不動尊 Komabataki Fudo
Aikyoo-In 愛敬院 Aikyo-In Komabazan 駒場山
Miyagi 宮城県 - 禅定の道場 zenjoo

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Tohoku . 　

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981-2116 宮城県伊具郡丸森町字不動５９
55-5 Kamidakinishi, Marumori, Igu District, Miyagi 981-2116

Located in the Abukuma Keikoku 阿武隈渓谷 ravine of the Abukuma National Park.
It is a temple of Shugendo and the Yamabushi 修験山伏.

The main statue is of Fudo Myo-O.

Chant of the temple

水清き駒場が滝の不動尊　守らせ給え人の世の幸

The temple is a sub-temple of the famous Monzeki 聖護院門跡 Shogo-In Monzeki, Nr. 18 of the
. Pilgrimages to 36 Fudo Temples in Kinki
近畿三十六不動尊巡礼 .

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The statue of Fudo Myo-O has been carved by Jigaku Daishi more than 1100 years ago. He built the temple to protect the region from evil influence in the unlucky "Demon Gate" (鬼門 kimon) Northern direction. He carved the statue and placed it into a cave of the cliffs around the waterfall.
Since then the yamabushi have come here to practice in great numbers.

Even Minamoto Yoshitsune is said to have passed here on his travels up North to Hiraizumi. His strong retainer-monk Benkei 弁慶 on a horse is said to have jumped straight over the waterfall, the hooves of his horse are still to be seen.

The Nio-Mon gate 仁王門 has been build about 200 years ago by the local samurai Kikuchi Tahei 菊地太兵衛, who gave away all his riches and had the gate built for the well-being of all creatures, especially the farmers of this region. He spent many years praying at the waterfall. He then accused the malicious officials of the domaine and was taken to prison, where he died. But his voice was heared and the domaine revised its policy toward the poor farmers.
The Nio-Mon gate was finally finished in 1981.
The Nio statues were carved by the grandchild of Tahei, 法橋雲龍.


. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 .
(794 – 864)

. Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 and Benkei .
(1159 – 1189)

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The temple sells amulets for all kinds of purposes.



Every month on the 28th, Day of Fudo, a special fire ceremony is held.

hashiramoto goma 柱源護摩
It brings the "flames of wisdom" 仏の智慧の火 to the participants, who write their wishes and hopes on a small piece of wood (gomagi 護摩木) which is burned in the flames.



In may there is also a ritual climb to the top of mount Ryoozen 霊山（りょうぜん）Ryozen - a volcano.
mine-iri 入峰修行.

- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : www.d6.dion.ne.jp/~zenkou

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Hashiramoto Jinpi hô shugen fire ceremony
Acting towards all the creatures, this rite shows the celestial and earthly principles that govern the universe. It demonstrates the beginning of comprehension of the union of all the principles in the universe. These pillars (hashira) are the "roots" that support the universe; the source (moto) union of the sky and earth, yin and yang.
This is a meditation on the universe in order to understand the secret mechanisms in an intelligent manner. It shows that water is the vital and basic principle of all life: sky and earth, male and female, are born of water then separate themselves and return to water. The beings, gyojas (practicing Shugen) are born of water.
The two sticks (nyumoku) covered with black fabrics that surround the central stick (covered in brocade) on the central altar, are these pillars showing the breath of life (helium and hydrogen), the father, the mother, the Yin and the Yang. This breathing is the feminine and the masculine sign is linked to water.

My body (the central pillar clothed in brocade) constituted of the five elements, is similar to the one of the universal Buddha Dainichi. The ritual is a certificate of this truth! The spatial universe inside the practitioners body is similar to the one outside of it.
The square altar (Goma) where the ceremony takes place is comparable to the letter A, the origin from which all things originate and where all returns. The SUIRIN, the receptacle where one places water, is where one will insert the three embedded pillars (the two black nyumoku and the Akka fuda of brocade), is the root of all the beings; the union of the two waters, sky and earth; father and mother, white water and red water. The two sticks Nyumoku are clothed of a fine fabric of black silk. If one removes this fabric, one discovers that the stick on the right carries the sanskrit letter BAN (Kongokai mandala, the thought mandala) meaning that the faithful ones advance towards the Buddha Dainichi and that the left one carries the letter A (Taizokai mandala, the mandala of the phenomenal world) meaning that the Buddha Dainichi himself cirlces about all beings.

The left stick is made out of willow. It represents the entry into the mountain which is held in the autumn and summer (Akki-No-mined), the direction of East, the goddess Izanami, the yin with its female aspect , red water, the interior of the temple, the ground (chi), the left side of the body.
The right stick is made out of chestnut wood and represents the asceticisms which proceed in spring (Aru-No-Mined), the Western direction, the father and the yang aspect, the shinto god Izanagi, the white, the dharma, the outside of the temple, the sky (ten) and the right-side of the human body.

This ritual retraces the creation of the universe creation with the big bang and follows to the essence of Dainichi! The universal being, the big bang, the expansion corresponding to an expiration (breathing out)… the person that practices this can go back to the source of the universe, that is Dainichi Nyorai himself. He can commune with the entire universe !

All the objects used in the ritual are metal, covered in gold. But one rediscovered in the province of Nigata had the objects made from enamelled wood. At the center, is located the SUIRIN of these three pillars. To the middle is the akka-fuda (brocade pillar) surrounded by the two Nyumoku (pillars of black silk).
The Suirin is a cylinder with an opening in the lid, so that the official can also pour water which will be taken using a long kind of spoon, which are held in two cylindrical containers, being in front of the suirin, and forms a triangle, the Akka-ki. Between the akka-ki is located a small cup containing whole rice, symbolizing ones own funerary ashes (the shari-ki). In front of the Shari is placed the scepter (vajra) with a single point (tokko-sho).
Behind the akka-ki are located the two cuttings, containing the eight leaves of a tree, the Sakaki, intended to be used as lotus seats to call and gather the invited divinities who will come and appear through fire. All these receptacles and cups rest on a removable rectangular lid(the danban).

To the left seat of the officiant is located a table where are set : The hand censer (égoro), the ko-katana (or Shibauchi / shibanagi) that serves to cut the strings securing the sticks to burn, the pairs of pliers to use in the fire (hibachi), the thirty-six big sticks of wood (danboku) that will be piled up on four levels above the brazier. While starting with the left, one will align four sticks vertically, then horizontally five others while beginning by the bottom.

Two leaves of Sakkaki will be used to invite the divinities to the banquet; and two small torches (taimatsu) to light the wood. Six packages of sticks (Suiboku) are to burn during the ceremony at precise moments, for a total of hundred eight sticks, representing the passions to sublimate. To right of the officiant are located the two Udégoro (or Hijigoro), sort of cylindrical staves of thirty-six cm of long and three centimeters of diameter (representing the Buddha himself); the ko-uchigi (two other much smaller staves in front of the Udégoro) of fifteen centimeters of long and 2.7 of diameter (representing the yamabushi that is officiating); a stick to hit the kettledrum; the Kasen (Hisen or Ogi) the cypress fan to stoke the fire and carry the words of the official to the Buddha.

The text in Japanese (Gamon and Hyobyaku) explains the goals of this ceremony. The conch (Horagai) is blown at the beginning and at the end of the ritual. Bewarned that this ceremony lasts for about 45 minutes and no second is idle!
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Aikyô Dôji, Aikyoo Dooji 愛敬童子 Aikyo Doji - one of the 15 attendants of Benten with bow and arrow.
He represents military class and also the god of love 敬愛和合.
His mantra is
おんぎヤぎヤりぎヤぎヤり そわか

He is also called Sekon Doji 施願童子.

. Benten, Benzaiten 弁天　弁財天 .

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During the Edo period travel along the river Abukumagawa 阿武隈川 was frequent and together with the tax rice Daruma dolls were shipped around.

. Abukumagawa 阿武隈川 .

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

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

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .

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Akafudo Adachi Fukushima

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Akafudo 赤不動 Red Fudo

Endoogataki Fudoo son 遠藤ヶ滝不動尊
Fudo at the waterfall Endogataki

Nr. 31 相応寺 新義真言宗 - 赤不動
Soo-ooji 相応寺 So-O-Ji
Fukushima 福島県 - 智慧の道場 - chie

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
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福島県安達郡大玉村玉井字南町１８８ - Ootama village, Adachi town

Main statues are Dainichi Nyorai and Fudo Myo-O

The temple was founded by priest Tokuitsu in 807. It was located high up in the mountain and in winter, heavy snow made the access difficult.

In 1394 the temple was relocated further down to Kameyama 亀山
and in 1563 during the life of priest 実弁法印 relocated again to its present place and greatly enlarged.


- Chant of the temple
安達太良の御山の里の不動尊　
滝にうたれて祈る巡礼

at the food of
mount Adatara yama
we pray at the Fudo Statue
pounded by the waterfall

Mount Adatarayama is a volcano in central Fukushima, about 1700 meters.
There are many hot springs in the area too.

Kukai Kobo Daishi, priest Tokuitsu and the fighting with the Emishi people in the Tohoku region by the imperial government in Kyoto.
. Enichiji 慧日寺 Enichi-Ji .

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source :　mikenikoban/kenpoku/endougataki

The statue is in memory of the story of the Adachi Samurai 遠藤盛遠 Endo Morito.
Endo fell in love with 袈裟御前 Kesa Gozen, but the love was not fullfilled, since she was married. He ended up killing her with his own sword, as she had lured him to a room to kill her husband, but was there herself to end her tragic love situation.
After her death he became a priest and took the name of Mongaku 文覚.
He often took ablutions for his sin under the waterfall, which eventually was named after him - 遠藤ヶ滝 Endogataki - Endo Waterfall.





One Fudo statue in the temple was carved by
. Priest Tokuitsu 徳一大師 (760 - 835) .

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. MONGAKU, Priest Mongaku 文覚（もんがく) .

July 20. 保延5年（1139年） - 建仁3年7月21日（1203年8月29日）
His name was Endoo Moritoo 遠藤盛遠 Endo Morito.

Mongaku Ki 文覚忌 Mongaku Memorial Day
Moritoo Ki 盛遠忌 Morito Memorial Dab

. WKD - Memorial Days of Famous People .
kigo for early autumn

冷麦喰ふ僧は文覚の行にさも似たり
hiyamugi kuu zoo wa Mongaku no gyoo ni samo nitari

the monk who eats
chilled wheat noodles resembles
priest Mongaku in his asceticism . . .

. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 .


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安達太良の瑠璃襖なす焚火かな
Adatara no rurifusuma nasu takibi kana

Mount Adatarayama
provides an azure-blue folding-screen background
for our bonfire . . .

. Katoo Shuuson 加藤楸邨 Kato Shuson (1905-1993) .


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寒梅や文覚行におとろへず
優力

でで虫や夜更けてはなし文覚に
宇佐美魚目

茶のはなに文覚のやうな庵主かな
Kuroyanagi Shooha 黒柳召波 Kuroyanagi Shoha (1727-1771）


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Mount Adatara (安達太良山 Adatara-yama)
is a stratovolcano on the main island of Honshu in Japan.
It is located about 15 kilometres southwest of the city of Fukushima and east of Mount Bandai. Its last known eruption was in 1996.

The mountain is actually multiple volcanoes forming a broad, forested massif. It abuts Mount Azuma, a dormant volcano to the north. The peak is called Minowa-yama. It is the highest peak in the Adatara range, which stretches about 9 km in a north-south direction.

The active summit crater is surrounded by hot springs and fumaroles. Sulfur mining was carried out in the 19th century, and 72 mine workers were killed in an eruption in 1900. Poems about Mount Adatara by Kōtarō Takamura from his book "Chieko-sho" helped make it famous.
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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction . 　

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