4/01/2006

Monju Bosatsu

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Monju Bosatsu 文殊菩薩 Manjushri - Mañjuśrī




A disciple of the Historical Buddha, Monju represents wisdom, intelligence and willpower. In artwork, Monju is often portrayed with a sutra in his left hand (a symbol of wisdom) and a sword in his right (to cut through illusion), but not always.
Sometimes Monju carries a lotus flower and is riding a Shishi (mythical lion).

Monju Bosatsu - Japanese Buddhist Deity of Wisdom and Education
Read all the Details from Mark Schumacher.

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. Monju Bosatsu Ceremony, Monju-E 文殊会  
kigo for mid-summer

Ama no Hashidate Festival, Ama no Hashidate Matsuri
天の橋立祭

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kigo for late spring

Koofukuji Monju e 興福寺文殊会 (こうふくじもんじゅえ)
ceremony for Monju Bosatsu at temple Kofuku-Ji
April 25

. Koofukuji 興福寺 Temple Kofuku-Ji Nara .


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Manjuvajra Mandala

Manjuvajra (Monju) carries a blue lotus, utpala, in his upper hand. The central hands are crossed in front of his chest, symbolizing the union with his female deva.

Manjushri is known to live in the Paradise of the Five-Peak Mountain (Wu-tai-shan, China)or in the Vimla (Yuima) paradise in the East. In this sculpture, he sits in a temple-like building, surrounded by five more temple towers around his head. This formation symbolizes the four heavenly directions with the center (pancha sikha, five peaks, five crests).
The figure of Monju is closely related to the number FIVE. We have statues with five hairknots, five signs or five companions.



Pala period (ca. 700–1200), 11th century
Bangladesh or India (West Bengal)
Black stone; H. 50 3/4 in. (128.9 cm)
Bequest of Cora Timken Burnett, 1956

Copyright © 2000–2006 The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/07/ssn/hob_57.51.6.htm


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From Outcasts to Emperors:
Shingon Ritsu and the Mañjuśrī Cult in Medieval Japan


David Quinter, University of Alberta, Canada

In From Outcasts to Emperors, David Quinter illuminates the Shingon Ritsu movement founded by the charismatic monk Eison (1201–90) at Saidaiji in Nara, Japan. The book’s focus on Eison and his disciples’ involvement in the cult of Mañjuśrī Bodhisattva reveals their innovative synthesis of Shingon esotericism, Buddhist discipline (Ritsu; Sk. vinaya), icon and temple construction, and social welfare activities as the cult embraced a spectrum of supporters, from outcasts to warrior and imperial rulers. In so doing, the book redresses typical portrayals of “Kamakura Buddhism” that cast Eison and other Nara Buddhist leaders merely as conservative reformers, rather than creative innovators, amid the dynamic religious and social changes of medieval Japan.



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食逃や蚊蚤もちえの文珠堂
kui nige ya ka nomi mo chie no monjudoo

eat and run, the wisdom
of mosquitoes and fleas...
Wisdom Buddha's temple

Tr. David Lanoue

Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶
. Cultural keywords and kigo used by Issa .


There are various halls with this name in Japan.



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Utpala, the blossom of the blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea)
..... INDIA SAIJIKI .....: Lotus (padma)

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Monju Bosatsu

Monju (Manjushri)
"Glückhafter Jüngling." Lautmalerische Abkürzung für "Monjushiri".

Stellt Wissen, Weisheit und Erleuchtung dar.
Nach dem Tode des Shakyamuni in Indien geborener Mensch, durch Askese zum Bosatsu geworden. Besonders in Tibet, Nordchina und der Mongolei (Mandschuria > Manjuria > Monju) verehrt.
Er schenkt Weisheit in allen Lebenslagen, nicht nur reine Intelligenz.
Beliebt auch in der Zen-Sekte, da er das aus der Erleuchtung kommende Wissen verkörpert. Häufig in der Zazen-Übungshalle für junge Zen-Mönche aufgestellt. Ein typisches japanisches Sprichwort lautet: Wenn drei Menschen zusammenkommen, sind sie so klug wie Monju (sannin yoreba, Monju no chie  三人寄れば文殊の知恵).

Die Geschichte über seinen religiösen Disput mit Vimalakirti (Yuima 維摩 ) wird im Sutra Yuimakyoo  維摩 (ゆいま) 経 beschrieben.
Rechts im Westen einer Shaka-Dreiergruppe, zusammen mit Fugen Bosatsu.

Ikonografie:
Mit Schwert in der rechten und Sutrarolle in der linken Hand als Symbole höchster Weisheit und Erkenntnis.
In Zen-Klöstern oft in Priestergestalt in Meditationshaltung, mit Sutrarolle, Sutraschatulle oder Lotusblüte.
Im esoterischen Buddhismus seit der Heian-Zeit auf einem Lotussockel auf einem Löwen reitend (Monju Kishizoo 文殊騎士像).

Auch mit Asketengewand, unter dem sich eine chinesische Rüstung befindet.

Im esoterischen Buddhismus gibt es vier verschiedene Darstellun~gen eines Monju:
Je nach der Zahl der Buchstaben seines Mantra - eins, fünf, sechs oder acht, hat die Figur entsprechend viele Haarknoten und trägt bestimmte Gegenstände in den Händen.
Monju mit einem Zeichen (Ichiji Monju 一字文殊): linke Hand - wunscherfüllendes Juwel, rechte Hand - Weidenzweig.

Monju mit fünf Zeichen (Goji Monju 五字文殊): linke Hand - grüne Lotusblüte, auf der eine Sutraschatulle liegt, rechte Hand - Diamant-Schwert (kongooken).
Auch als "Monju mit fünf Haarknoten" (Gokei Monju 五髻文殊 ) dargestellt.


Monju mit sechs Zeichen (Rokuji Monju): linke Hand - zur Brust erhoben, Handfläche nach oben, rechte Hand - Geste des Rades der Lehre.

. Rokuji 六字 the power of Six Words .


Monju mit acht Zeichen (Hachiji Monju): linke Hand - Donnerkeil auf einer Lotusblüte oder vor der Brust gehaltene Faust, Daumen und Zeigefinger berühren sich; rechte Hand: Schwert der Weisheit

Besondere Statuen:
Monju über das Meer kommend (Tokai Monju 渡海文殊)
Monju auf einem Löwen sitzend; der Löwe steht auf Wolken und durchquert das Meer auf dem Weg nach dem Berg Wutai in China. In Japan auch über das Meer von China nach Japan interpretiert. Siehe auch die Monju-Fünfergruppe.

Monju-Fünfergruppe (Monju Gozonzoo 文殊五尊像)
Besonders in der Tendai-Sekte verehrt.
Der Mönch Ennin brachte in der Heian-Zeit ein Abbildung aus dem Kloster am Berg Wutai (Godaisan Monju) aus China mit nach Japan. Nach diesem Vorbild, eigentlich einem "Monju über das Meer kommend", entstand die Monju-Fünfergruppe.
Nach Hama sitzt Monju auf einem Lotussockel auf einem Löwen, neben ihm stehen Udenoo (Utenoo), Basuu Sennin, Zenzai Dooji und Buddhahari Sanzoo.

Nach Sasa wird Monju von vier Gefährten begleitet:
Sudhana (mit gefalteten Händen) weist den Weg, Udenoo in chinesischem Gewand hält die Zügel und zwei Heilige, Buddhahari (im Priestergewand) und Taisei-Roojin (mit einem Kopftuch) laufen nebenher.


Kindlicher Monju (Chigo Monju 稚児文殊)

Junger Mann oder kindliche Gestalt mit Schwert und langstieliger Lotusblüte in der Hand, auf einem Lotussockel auf einem Löwen oder direkt auf dem Löwen sitzend.
(Löwe versinnbildlicht Tapferkeit und Energie zur Ergänzung der Weisheit des Monju. Der Löwe hat oft ein grünes Fell.)
Haare in fünf Knoten (gokei 五髻) aufgebunden, als Symbol der fünf Zeichen des Monju-Mantras.
In dieser Gestalt auch in der Dreiergruppe mit Shaka Nyorai und Fugen Bosatsu.

Heiliger Priester Monju (Seisoo Monju, Soogyoo Monju 聖僧文殊)
Monju erscheint in der Figur eines alten Priesters in Klöstern, um die Lehre und die rechten Vorschriften für die Mönche zu erläutern. Statuen eines alten Priesters, meist in den Refektorien der Zen-Tempelklöster aufgestellt.

Der japanische Priester Gyooki (Gyoki 行基) soll eine Inkarnation des Monju sein.


Quoted from my book
Buddhastatuen (Buddhastatues) Who is Who,
Ein Wegweiser zur Ikonografie von japanischen Buddhastatuen




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Monju Nuclear Power Plant
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3/28/2006

Usuzumi Kannon

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Kannon Statue from a branch of the
"Light Charcoal Cherry Tree"

Usuzumi Kannon 薄墨観音

The blossoms change from white over a light charcoal gray to pink, hence the name "Light Charcoal", usuzumi.



Once under a load of heavy snow in a storm in winter, a large branch of this cherry tree broke off. The villagers who care for the cherry tree took the branch and had a small statue of Kannon carved out of it. This is now revered in a nearby sanctuary of the Temple Saihoo-Ji 西法寺.

淡墨桜は、大正初期の大雪で太さ約4mの一の枝が折れ、本幹に亀裂が生じた頃から衰えが目立つようになり、村ではいろいろと保護に努めて来たが、昭和23年頃には遂に枯死するかとも思われる状態になり、文部省から派遣され調査した本田博士より、今後3年以内に枯死は免れないだろうとの認定がされた。
その間、多くの名士がこの名木の枯死を惜しみ、淡墨桜顕彰保存会が設立され、様々な努力によってその命を蘇らせたのでありました。

継体天皇御手植の桜
1550年余り前、皇位継承をめぐって争いがあり、生後僅かに50日の大迹王は、養育係の草平・兼平夫婦に護られ、難をさけていた尾張一宮からさらに美濃の山奥に隠れ住んだ。この間、言語に絶する生活を強いられたが、長じて29歳の時、都からの勅使に迎えられ王は都に上がられ、後に継体天皇(26代)として即位された。
大迹王村を離れられる際、住民との別れを惜しまれ、尾張一宮から持ち帰られた桜を二男の桧隅高田王の産屋跡に植えられ、一首の歌をそえて記念とされた。

http://www.ttn.ne.jp/~s_nabe/tozan/05/0416ibuki/ibuki.htm

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Old Drawing of the Cherry Tree
薄墨桜古図


http://home.e-catv.ne.jp/ja5dlg/saihou/saihou1.htm

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The temple for the Usuzumi Kannon Statue in Neo Village
根尾村 薄墨観音



http://www.geocities.jp/rokusai6/page011.html

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Look at the trunk of this tree. It is supposed to be 9 meters in diameter, the tree is 28 meters high and possibly more than 1500 years old. The cherry is a Edo Higan Type.



尾谷の薄墨桜は樹齢1500年といわれるエドヒガンザクラ.
樹高28m.幹周り9m.枝張り30m.
老木の幹の貫禄はすごい
http://www009.upp.so-net.ne.jp/nakatuka/private/04neo/04neo.html

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In Aizutakada Town, Fukushima Pref. there is another famous old Cherry tree by the same name.

Standing at a southern corner of the Isasumi Shrine precinct, this is a Sato-zakura cherry tree of the Oshima-zakura variety. The blossoms' color changes from white with a touch of thin gray to pale pink. On April 29 every year, the Flower Celebrating Festival is held here, when the shrine cooks "mochi" rice cakes mixed with the cherry blossom petals and distributes them to its local supporters.
http://www.pref.fukushima.jp/kanko/k_hp_e/data_m/41034.html

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................ HAIKU 俳句

「うすずみざくら」と俳句
Haiku Group "Usuzumi Sakura"

 薄墨の 綸旨かしこき 桜かな  極 堂  

 鳴る鐘の 音よき日なり 初桜  春 甫

 振り返り 見る故郷の 山粧ふ  立 城

 観音の 丘へ涼しき 樹下の径  梟 月


うすずみの桜の色や西法寺      
松巌

Usuzumi no sakura no iro ya Saihoo-Ji

Oh, these colors of the
Light Charcoal Cherry Blossoms !
Temple Saihoo-Ji


咲き満たし花の中なる如来像     
武市ヨシカ

sakimitashi hana no haka naru Nyorai-zoo

in the middle of
cherry blossoms in the full -
the Buddha statue


Click on the flower to find more LINKs in Japanese.


WHC ... World Kigo Database: Cherry Blossoms (sakura)

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3/08/2006

Fudo at Koyasan


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Fudo Myo-O at Mt. Koya 高野山

(Koyasan, Kooyasan, Koya-San)

- 高野山 - 和歌山 - Koyasan in Wakayama
- Introduction -

. . . . . - Visiting Koya-san -
A Haiku Walk and Light Offerings to the Buddhas

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高野山の明王像

お不動さん」と呼ばれ親しまれる不動明王は、悪魔を降伏するために恐ろしい姿をされ、すべての障害を打ち砕き、おとなしく仏道に従わない者を無理矢理にでも導き救済するという役目をもっており、大日如来の化身としての使者というわけです。

その姿は、眼を怒らせ、右手に剣(宝剣(ほうけん))を持ち、左手に縄(羂索)を持つたいへん恐ろしい姿をしていますが、その心は人を救済しようとする厳しくもやさしい慈悲に満ちて「顔で怒って心で泣いて」という姿なのです。

不動明王の両脇に二人の童子(どうじ)を配する三尊形式の姿をよく見かけますが、この二童子は不動明王に使者として仕える八大童子(はちだいどうじ)と呼ばれる八人の童子の内の二人で、制多伽(せいたか)童子と矜羯羅(こんがら)童子です。
高野山には、鎌倉時代の有名な仏師運慶作による「八大童子(はちだいどうじ)像」(国宝)が伝わっています。



また国を護る修法の本尊として、不動明王は、降三世(ごうざんぜ)明王・軍荼利(ぐんだり)明王・大威徳明王・金剛夜叉明王を脇侍として中心に配された五大明王の主尊として祀(まつ)られる姿もよく見かけます。



不動明王は、インド・中国を経て、九世紀の初めに弘法大師によって日本に伝えられた明王で、その信仰は、特に日本で盛んになりました。曼荼羅では、胎蔵曼荼羅の持明院に不動明王の姿を見出すことができます。

© Copyright 高野山霊宝館 All Rights Reserved
http://www.reihokan.or.jp/syuzohin/hotoke/myo/fudo.html


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with Kongosatta to his right and Fugen Enmei Bosatsu to his left on the eastern side of the altar in the Kondo 金堂 on Koyasan 高野山.
These are reproductions as the originals from the Heian Era were lost in a fire in the mid-1920s.

- source : Tom Bennett - facebook


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Namikiri Fudo at Nan-In 南院

source : www.sea.sannet.ne.jp

The main statue is secret and only shown once a year on June 28.
The statue was carved by Kobo Daishi Kukai himself when he was in China. On his way home, when his ship encountered a severe storm, he threw the statue in the waves with the wish to apease the storm and the waves. Soon the waves became quiet and he came back safely to Japan.

A replica of this statue is here:
. Wave-calming Fudo, Namikiri Fudo, Namikiri Fudô
波切不動尊 、浪切不動明王 .


. Hibutsu 秘仏 secret statues of Fudo Myo-O .

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Fudo on the road to Oku no In 高野山奥之院







- shared by Masayoshi, facebook -

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「高野山の明王像」



高野山にはきわめて多くの明王の優れた尊像が保存されています。
明王は密教特有の尊であり、大日如来の一つの表現であります。すなわち大日如来の命を受けて忿怒の相を現わし、一切の魔障を降伏させる諸尊であり、さまざまな武器を持ち、火焔に包まれ、多面多臂で蛇や髑髏などで荘厳し、表情が恐ろしく、また怪異な姿、激しい力を表現したものが多くあります。そのうち孔雀明王は例外で、孔雀に乗る菩薩形であり初期の尊として五世紀頃その経典が成立しています。
その後七世紀以降に出現する明王は、すべて忿怒形となっています。
この念怒の形相は慈悲の現われであり、悪をこらしめるだけでなく、その救済をも含まれているのが明王の忿怒相であります。
古来いかに多くの人々がこれら明王に願をかけ、救を求めてきたことでしょう。
現実を拠りどころとなし、信仰の対象としての高野山にゆかりの数々の明王像との出合いにより、歳月を重ねた歴史の重み、信仰の実態、古色の味わい、洗練された美しさなど、拝観された方々に感動が広がりますれば幸いに存じます。

©   平成五年七月二十日 高野山霊宝館館長 山口 耕榮
http://www.reihokan.or.jp/tenrankai/exhibition/dai/dai14.htm

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More about Buddha Statues at Koyasan Museum
http://www.reihokan.or.jp/syuzohin/hotoke/index.html


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3/07/2006

Sun and Moon

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Sun and Moon Deities of Japan

Amaterasu Oomikami, the Great Sun Godess 天照大神

Dainichi Nyorai The Great Sun 大日如来

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Nikko Bosatsu (Sunlight)
Gakko Bosatsu (Moonlight)

日光菩薩と月光菩薩
Suryaprabha and Candraprabha

They were thought to be the children or attendants of Yakushi Nyorai.

One way to distinquish between the two is to look for the Gachirin symbol (月輪 = Moon Disc). The Gachirin (also called Gatsurin or Getsurin) is a perfectly round circle meant to represent the full moon, a frequently used symbol in Buddhist painting and sculpture. It represents the Buddha's knowledge and virtue and symbolizes the aspirations of sentient beings to attain Buddhahood. The Gachirin is a key attribute of Gakkou Bosatsu, who is often shown in statues and paintings wearing a headpiece representing the moon or holding a circular form in the palm of his hand.

Read the basic information from Mark Schumacher




日輪、月輪を持つ.
病気平癒・身体健全・除病延寿・災難除去. 薬師如来を信仰する者を守護

http://www.butsuzou.com/jiten/nikogako.html

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Cultural Property from Sendai 仙台の文化財
From the Edo Period, 1645
Carved from one piece of wood each. The eyes are carved in natural form and whitend with powder (gofun).



江戸時代(正保2年/1645)
寛慶円信が作ったという
http://www.city.sendai.jp/kyouiku/bunkazai/database/c0000000221.html

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Nikko and Gekko Bosatsu. Kofukuji Temple Nara

奈良市の興福寺



Alamy Stock Photography.
http://www.alamy.com/stock_photography/6/1/Jon+Bower/AXJWE4.html



. Yakushi sanzon 薬師三尊 Yakushi Triad, Trias, Trinity .
with Nikko and Gakko.


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Nitten and Gatten, the Hindu Gods of Sun and Moon
Great Heavenly Sun King
Great Heavenly Moon King

Nitten is also thought of as an incarnation of Kannon Bosatsu.

Gatten sometimes holds a half moon with a rabbit in it.

Look at two paintings from the emuseum of the TNM.

Nitten, Sūrya, Āditya 日天



Gatten, Candra 月天



http://www.emuseum.jp/cgi/bunsyutu.cgi?SyoID=1&ID=w015&SubID=s001
http://www.emuseum.jp/cgi/bunsyutu.cgi?SyoID=1&ID=w015&SubID=s002


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Nitten
He holds a jewel representing the sunlight. Rides on a horse with three or five heads, even seven heads. In the old Indian stories of the deities, the sun god in a charriot with many horses was common.

手に太陽を示す日珠を持っています。三頭または五頭の馬に乗ったものや七頭の馬が牽く車に乗る姿もあります。
古代インド神話では、太陽を中心として神格化した神様は多く、馬に乗って天空を駆け回り、恵みをもたらす神様のひとりです。



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Gatten
He holds a jewel containing the moonlight. Sometimes he has a staff with a sickle moon and holds a lotus flower.

手に月光の清らかさを示す月珠を持っています。月天もいくつかのバリエーションがあり、三日月の付いた杖や蓮華を持つものもあります。
お釈迦様は苦行の最中に「心に月輪を見よ」という如来の声を聞き、悟りを開くきっかけをつかみました。無染無垢な菩提心が清らかな満月輪にたとえられます。また密教では月輪を例にした五相成身観というものがあります。



Copyright(c), 2000 All rights reserved by Tobifudoson Shoboin.
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/tobifudo/butuzo/12ten/nichi.html
http://www.tctv.ne.jp/tobifudo/butuzo/12ten/getu.html


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Sasara Dance ささら踊り
Shiramazu, Chiba Prefecture 白間津のオオマチ(大祭)

This festival is performed only every four years.
The main deity of this dance are two boys under age of 15, representing Nitten and Gatten.
The festival lasts for 3 days.

祭の中でも最も重視されているもので、その種目は十二ある。「振込み(お寺)」、「振込み(神社)」、「お寺踊り」、「白間津踊り」、「山伏踊り」、「御参宮踊り」、「扇踊り」、「六角踊り」、「小切小踊り(外山)」、「小切小踊り(森屋様)」、「牛若踊り」、「綾踊り」である。
振込みは、境内に入るときの踊りで日天・月天(仲立ち)が先頭に立って行進する。境内に達すると円型に敷かれた席の上で、中心に仲立ちと唄い手を置き、その周囲を廻りながら踊る。踊り手は小学校六年生以下の少女たちで、幼女も加わるたいへん愛らしい踊りです。

Oonawatashi オオナ渡し
The Finale of the Festival

Two groups of boys older than 18 years pull the ropes to get the straw ring in the air. If the group for Nitten looses, there will be a dry spell this year. If the group for Gatten looses, the sea will be wild and bring damage. In this way, the weather for the year is foretold.

At the end of the festival, two large flags for Gatten and Nitten are brought back to the local shrine 日枝神社.



大綱渡しが方言化した呼び名で、文字通り太い綱で、神の依代である大幟を引く祭事です。大幟は都合二本あり、それぞれに日天・月天と区別されています。この日天・月天は杉材に日枝神社の幟旗の上に取り付けるのが、日天・月天をかたどったカサ。竹を輪にして赤い木綿布を周囲にグルリとたらします。

カサは、カサマクともいい、日天のものを「日の出笠」、月天は「曇り笠」とも呼びます。カサの上に取り付けるものは、ハナ。枝だれ式の飾りのことで、ハナの本数は、一日目は十四本、二日目は十五本、三日目は十六本と一本づつ増やしていきます。ハナを飾る飾りはホシと呼ばれ多ければ多いほどいいことになっています。そして、大幟の根元を二十俵ほどの土俵で固めてあります。

http://chikura.awa.or.jp/ivent/oomachi/index.htm
http://www11.plala.or.jp/shimam/event/siramadu.html

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

LINK to the Mandala formation with these Deities.
Nr. 63 is Nitten, Nr. 64 is Gatten.
http://mandala.twinstar.jp/k-hotoke(4).htm

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Myooken Bosatsu (Myoken Bosatsu) 妙見菩薩
Myoojoo Tenshi (Myojo tenshi) 明星天子
: Aruna

Nittenji, Gattenji and Myoojoo Tenji are also called the Three Heavenly Children.
The Nichiren Sect of Buddhism has a special affiliation to these Sun and Moon deities.

The Great Mandala, Go Honzon, Nichiren Sect


日天子 (にってんじ)、月天子(がってんじ)、明星天子(みょうじょうてんじ):
三光天子。宝光天子ともいいます。

Star Shrines (Hoshi Jinja 星神社) by Gabi Greve


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Gakkoo (Candraprabha)
Bosatsu des Mondes, links von Yakushi-Statuen. Auch "Alles beleuchtendes Mondlicht" (Gakkoo Henshoo) genannt.
Immer zusammen mit Nikkoo Bosatsu. Gakkoo und Nikkoo sind die Haupt-Bosatsu im Lapislazuli-Paradies des Yakushi Nyorai. Im Mandala der Mutterschoßwelt findet sich Gakkoo in der Abteilung des Jizoo Bosatsu.
Selten als Dreiergruppe zusammen mit Shaka oder anderen Nyorai.
Symbolisiert nach alten asiatischen Legenden durch einen Hasen oder Frosch (im Mond).
Stellt Intellekt und Rationalität dar; befreit die Menschen von den fleischlichen Lüsten.

Ikonografie:
Meist stehende Statue. Hält eine Mondkugel (gachirin) oder einen Halbmond in der Hand, auf einer langen Lotusblüte oder hat eine Mondkugel oder einen Halbmond in der Hohen Krone. In der Mondkugel kann ein Hase abgebildet sein.
Häufig haben Gakkoo und Nikkoo auch einfach gefaltete Hände.
Unter den fließenden Gewändern befindet sich manchmal eine Rüstung. Daraus kann man schließen, daß es sich bei Gakkoo und Nikkoo eigentlich um Wächtergottheiten handelt, wahrscheinlich den indischen Bonten (Brahma) und den Taishakuten (Indra).


Nikkoo (Suuryaprabha)
Sein vollständiger Name ist "Alles beleuchtendes Sonnenlicht" (Nikkoo Henshoo Bosatsu).
Bosatsu der Sonne, links von Statuen des Yakushi Nyorai. Siehe Gakkoo.
Verkörpert unendliche Tugend wie die Sonnenstrahlen.
Er errettet die in der Dunkelheit der Wiedergeburten leidenden Menschen durch Tausend Sonnenstrahlen, die er vom Himmel herabsendet.
Im Mandala der Mutterschoßwelt findet sich Nikkoo in der Abteilung des Monju Bosatsu.
Symbolisiert nach alten asiatischen Legenden durch die dreibeini~ge Krähe (in der Sonne).

Ikonografie:
Hält eine Sonnenkugel (nichirin) in der Hand oder hat eine Sonnenkugel in der Hohen Krone. Auf der Sonnenkugel kann eine Krähe abgebildet sein. Häufig auch einfach gefaltete Hände.
Seit der Heian-Zeit ist seine Ikonografie einheitlich mit einer Sonnenkugel in einer Lotusblüte.


Buddhastatuen ... Who is Who
Ein Wegweiser zur Ikonografie von japanischen Buddhastatuen
Gabi Greve

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. taiyoo 太陽 the sun - die Sonne .

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Amaterasu Omikami 天照大神

On the first day of the New Year, the Sun Goddess Amaterasu Oomikami is worshipped in many places of Japan. During the Edo period, is was customary to bow and clap your hands in prayer to the sun, o-tentoo-sama, every morning and also make offerings to the numerous Shinto deities at the small shelf for the Gods (kamidana) in every home.

The Sun Goddess, Queen of Kami, She Who Illuminates the Heavens, the Supreme Shinto Deity. Amaterasu is the child of Izanagi and Izanami (creator gods of Japanese mythology). Japan's imperial family claims direct decent from her line; the nation's flag symbolizes the sun; the name of the country means "Land of the Rising Sun."

Emperor Akihito (the current emperor) is said to be the 125th direct descendant of Emperor Jinmu, Japan's legendary first emperor and a mythical descendent of Amaterasu, the Sun Goddess.
Read the Basic Information from Mark Schumacher.

In her Buddhist version, she is adressed to as Dainichi Nyorai The Great Sun.

Read more about the worship on January 1 of every year.

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© Photo from the Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Amaterasu_cave.JPG

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Amaterasu
by Micha F. Lindemans

The Japanese Shinto sun goddess, ruler of the Plain of Heaven, whose name means 'shining heaven' or 'she who shines in the heavens'. She is the central figure in the Shinto pantheon and the Japanese Imperial family claims descent from her. She is the eldest daughter of Izanagi. She was so bright and radiant that her parents sent her up the Celestial Ladder to heaven, where she has ruled ever since.

When her brother, the storm-god Susanowa, ravaged the earth she retreated to a cave because he was so noisy. She closed the cave with a large boulder. Her disappearance deprived the world of light and life. Demons ruled the earth. The other gods used everything in their power to lure her out, but to no avail. Finally it was Uzume who succeeded. The laughter of the gods when they watched her comical and obscene dances aroused Amaterasu's curiosity.

When she emerged from her cave a streak of light escaped (a streak nowadays people call dawn). The goddess then saw her own brilliant reflection in a mirror which Uzume had hung in a nearby tree. When she drew closer for a better look, the gods grabbed her and pulled her out of the cave. She returned to the sky, and brought light back into the world.

Later, she created rice fields, called inada, where she cultivated rice. She also invented the art of weaving with the loom and taught the people how to cultivate wheat and silkworms.

Amaterasu's main sanctuary is Ise-Jingue situated on Ise, on the island of Honshu. This temple is pulled down every twenty years and then rebuild in its original form. In the inner sanctum she is represented by a mirror (her body). She is also called Omikami ("illustrious goddess") and Tensho Daijin (in Sino-Japanese pronunciation).

© MCMXCV - MMVI Encyclopedia Mythica. All rights reserved.
http://www.pantheon.org/areas/mythology/asia/japanese/articles.html

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Dolmen near by the cave where the Sun Goddess hid herself, Hiruzen Highlands.



© Photo Gabi Greve, Sakura, Cherry Blossoms

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Izanagi 伊弉諾 - 伊弉冉尊 and
Izanami 伊邪那美命

two powerful deities who feature in the Japanese creation myth
イザナギ・イザナミ




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According to Kojiki and Nihongi, one of the two kami (together with his consort Izanami) principally responsible for the formation of the world. Various theories have been proposed to explain the name, but it is usually assumed that iza means "invite" (izanau), while the suffixes ki (or gi) and mi mean "male" and "female" respectively, thus alluding to the divine marriage of these two deities.

According to the main text of Nihongi, the "three noble children" Amaterasu, Tsukuyomi, and Susanoo were also produced at this time, but Kojiki and an "alternate writing" quoted in Nihongi state that the three were produced in a different way. According to these two records, Izanami died as the result of giving birth to the kami of fire, whereupon Izanagi Izanagi followed his dead wife to the land of Yomi and disobeyed her taboo (see kinki) not to look upon her. Fleeing from the pollution of death, Izanagi then performed lustration (see misogi) which resulted in the birth of the three noble children.

In contrast to Izanami as "earth mother," Izanagi is thought to have characteristics of a "heavenly father." According to Kojiki, Izanagi "hid away" (i.e., died) in Taga of Ōmi,
while Nihongi states that he died either in the province of Awaji or
Hi no Wakamiya ひの 少宮 /日之少宮.

source : Kadoya Atsushi - Kokugakuin 2005




Izanagi Jingu 伊弉諾神宮
Awaji Island

Look at more photos
伊弉諾神官(神社)兵庫県津名郡一宮町多賀
source : www.genbu.net/data/awaji




Ame no nuboko 天沼矛(あめのぬぼこ) heavenly jeweled spear
amanonuboko あまのぬぼこ
This is given as an amulet
kootsuu anzen 交通安全 for road safety



at 幽宮 Kakuri no Miya

. momo 桃 peach amulet from Izanagi Shrine .

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The Creation of Japan Myth (kuniumi shinwa) goes something like this.

The deities of heaven (Takamagahara) ask a male and female pair to descend to the unformed land below and create order there so people could live. The two deities were Izanagi (He Who Invites)
and Izanami (She Who Invites).
They are entrusted with a Heavenly Spear ...
source : www.greenshinto.com, John Dougill


. Izanagi in the Daruma Museum .

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. WKD : taiyoo 太陽 the sun - die Sonne .


Native American Wisdom

Each soul must meet the morning sun,
the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone!

-- Ohiyesa (Dr. Charles A. Eastman), SANTEE SIOUX

The most important thing we can do during the course of the day is pray in the morning.
There is a special time in the morning that has great power.
This is the exact time the sun is rising.
During the rising of the sun, everything on the Earth is waking up. Animals, plants, birds, and humans will be blessed at the rising of the sun.
This is a special time to help us prepare for the day.
During this time we ask the Creator to bless our day.
We ask Him to guide us, to protect us and to give us courage to overcome the day's obstacles.
Doing this everyday will give us knowledge of God's will for us.

- source : Elder's Meditation of October 14, 2013

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. tooji 冬至 winter solstice .
Amaterasu emerges from her cave ! - December 21/22

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Hadaka Jizo

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. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .
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Hadaka Jizo, Naked Jizo 裸地蔵

It is a version of the Substitute Jizo (migawari Jizoo 身代わり地蔵), where Jizo helps a person in distress. The statues are usually of a naked body, dressed in cloths.

Let us look at some famous Jizo of this kind.

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Temple 延命寺 Enmei-Ji in Kamakura
The story goes way back to the Kamakura Period. The wife of Hojo Tokiyori ((1227~1263) had this temple built in honor of Jizo Bosatsu. One day the lady played a game of Sugoroku with a friend and they agreed that the one who looses had to walk home naked.
Tokiyori's wife lost the game and had to walk away naked ... when she prayed hard to Jizo Bosatsu to help her. He then appeared and walked away instead of the lord's lady.

I have seen this statue many times. It is clad in silken robes.

延命寺
浄土宗のお寺です。北条時頼の夫人が建てたと伝えられています。延命寺には鎌倉二十四地蔵第二十三番目の身替わり地蔵(裸地蔵、Maedashi Jizo 前出地蔵とも呼ばれている)という有名な地蔵像があります。昔、北条時頼がある婦人と負けた方が裸になるという条件でSugoroku 双六をした時、賭けに負けて裸にならなければならなくなった婦人が念じたところ、地蔵が身替わりに裸になって双六盤の上に現れたという伝説があります。
また、鎌倉三十三観音第十一番の聖観音もあります。
北条時頼 ほうじょうときより (1227~1263).
http://www.mapda.net/kamakura_sights/sights/ss029.html

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Temple 伝香寺 Denko-Ji in Nara
This statue is dressed each year on the July 23/24, the monthly memorial day of Jizo Bosatsu. The statue is usually not shown to visitors. The old clothes are torn to small pieces and given as talismans to believers.
This statue had been made on the wish of a nun and carries a beautiful precious neclace on this breast.
During the Jizo Bon Ceremony the children of the nearby kindergarden come here to pray.



伝香寺《着せ替え法要》7月23日
「裸地蔵さん」として知られる秘仏・地蔵菩薩立像が、この日は年に1度特別開扉され、お地蔵さんが着ている衣の「着せ替え法要」が行われます。着せ替えが終わった古い衣は、細かく切って諸願成就・安楽往生に功徳がある「お守り」として配られます。

この日は、お寺に隣接している「いさがわ幼稚園」の園児の演技もごある賑やかで楽しい雰囲気の地蔵盆です。
この「裸地蔵さん」は、尼僧の発願で造立されたお地蔵さんで、胸にネックレスをつけた気高く清楚なお姿です。

On this link you can look at a slideshow of the dressing ceremony.
http://www.e-suzaku.net/ichioshi/07/jizomeguri.html

Read about the Jizobon Ceremony by Gabi Greve


有名な「裸形地蔵菩薩立像」は地蔵堂におまつりされている。非常によく整った、慈悲に満ち溢れるようなお顔もお姿も美しい。はだか地蔵さんというが、木彫彩色の像は白衣の上に衣や袈裟をきちんと着けていらっしゃる。やんごとない若きご門跡をモデルに彫られたのではないかと思われる程、気高く、威厳のあるお地蔵様だ。


http://www.mynara.co.jp/1DPic/d1-75.html

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Temple 国安円光寺 Kokuan Enkoo-Ji
Inamicho

This stone statue is from the Nanboku period. It is about 1.24 meter high, including the halo.



国安円光寺墓地
様式から南北朝時代のものと考えられています。 円形後 背をもち高さ1.24m。
元は裸地蔵と呼ばれていました。
http://www.banban.co.jp/c_inam00.htm

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Enmei Jizoo 延命地蔵 life-prolonging Jizo

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Enmei Jizō 延命地蔵 (Life Prolonging Jizō).
Longevity Jizō. Enmei Jizō is also one of Six Jizō who protect all beings in the six realms of desire and rebirth.
Jizo is Nr. 4
Keiki Jizō 鶏亀地蔵,
also known as Enmei Jizō 延命地蔵 or Kōmi Jizō 光味地蔵
... 1822 Enmei Jizōson Inkou Riyakuki
(A Record of the Benefits of Printing the Image of the Life-Prolonging Jizō).
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. Jizooji 地蔵寺 - 金錫山 - Jizo-Ji .
ganfuujidera 癌封じ寺 Ganfujidera
Enmei Jizo 延命地蔵願王菩薩
岐阜県下呂市宮地939 / Gifu-ken, Gero-shi, Miyaji 939 - near Gero Onsen

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Jookooji 定光寺 Joko-Ji
愛知県瀬戸市定光寺町373 Aichi
仏殿(無為殿)

. Jokoji Kaido 定光寺街道 Jokoji Highway .



Enmei Jizo 延命地蔵願王菩薩
The main statue of the temple is Enmei Jizo.

- Homepage of the temple
- source : oumusan.jyokoji.com/about -

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Jokoji Temple contains the mausoleum of Tokugawa Yoshinao (1601-1650), the 9th son of warlord and first Tokugawa shogun, Tokugawa Ieyasu.
Yoshinao was the daimyo of the Owari domain, roughly present-day Aichi Prefecture, and involved in the upkeep and maintenance of Nagoya Castle. Yoshinao took up residence at the Ninomaru Palace of Nagoya Castle from 1620.
Jokoji, as the family temple of the Owari Tokugawa family, also contains the tombs of other members of this important Edo era clan.


The mausoleum of Tokugawa Yoshinao

Jokoji is a Myoshinji Rinzai Zen temple reached by climbing up a steep hill from Jokoji Koen. The temple's main gate is decorated in the Chinese style popular with the Tokugawa, who liked to see themselves as on equal status with the monarchs of the Middle Kingdom across the East China Sea.
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Enmei-jizo (Guardian deity for childrens’ longevity)
Nagiso 南木曽町 South Kiso Town



A sleeping image of Jizo, appeared on a large stone, was found in 1810 in the River Araragi nearby. Since that time a festival has been held here every April.

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Tokyo
o-keshoo enmei Jizoo お化粧延命地蔵尊
Enmei Jizo with Make-up


. Sengakuji 泉岳寺 Sengaku-Ji .

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Toyama
石倉町の延命地蔵の水
富山市石倉町 at Itachigawa
いたち川の川べりにある延命地蔵の御手洗い水は、万病に効く霊水ともいわれ、各地から水を求〈もめてくる人びとが後を絶たない。
地元の人びとは、毎日、御堂内〈みどうない〉を掃除したり、花を供えるなど、町ぐるみで管理〈かんり〉に努めている。
(環境省の「平成の名水百選」選定 名水「いたち川の水辺と清水」)
- reference source : pref.toyama.jp/sections -

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Enmei Hayari Jizo 延命はやり地蔵 Hayari Jizô, Hayarijizo
浅草金龍山八境 Asakusa Konryuzan


鳥居清長 Torii Kiyonaga (1752–1815)

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hayarijizoo はやり地蔵 "very popular Jizo"
.... "a new ’Hayari Jizō’ (lit. = Jizō that's all the rage) at the Sōtō 曹洞 Zen temple known as Kōganji 高岩寺 (in present-day Tokyo), claiming ’those gravely ill or those who have difficult-to-cure ailments, if they get a hold of a talisman of this Jizō statue, will definitely find relief.’"
De Visser
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

................... Aichi 愛知県

In 豊田市 Toyota
Below the home of the 大塚家 Otsuka family there is a stone statue of Enmei Jizo. Once a man cutting weeds realized that the stone had fallen over. He wanted to lift it up and prayed "please make yourself light " so he could straighten the statue up again.


................... Fukushima 福島県

In 飯坂町 Iizaka
the Enmei Jizo at 梨平 Nashidaira is also called
Shibarare Jizo しばられ地蔵 or 無尽地蔵 Mujin Jizo.
It is a wooden statue and sometimes its arms, legs or head and even the whole statue had been stolen. But whoever steals a part will have a lot of misfortune and usually brings it back again.

In 川俣町 Kawamata
once upon a time, a monk practised austerities. One night he had a dream. Jizo appeared and told him, his statue had been burried here for a long time, so he should dig him out and build a proper temple for him. Then he would help the people in the region. Upon waking up he did as told and found a shining statue, the Enmei Jizo and built a small temple for it.


経塚山 淨光院 梅松寺 Baisho-Ji
Temple founded by 廓蓮社良然上人
福島県伊達郡川俣町大字小島字北成沢3
Festival for 延命地蔵尊祭礼 Enmei Jizo in October
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................... Kochi 高知県

In 大月町 Otsuki
A young man from 宇佐 Usa who had come here to help making カツオブシ Katsuobushi bonito flakes fell in love with a girl from the region. But the local boys got angry, bound him up and killed him. But now the local boys got ill one after the other and felt the curse of the killed man. So they prayed to Enmei Jizo and made the 24th day of the 7th month a special prayer day for Jizo and all the Henro pilgrims who had died on the road.


................... Nagano 長野県

In 南木曽町 Nagiso town
A man from Owari came fishing here and sat on a stone by the river. Suddenly the stone begun to move. He got up and looked closely, to see the figure of a sleeping Jizo. He took the stone home to venerate it.
In July during the rainy season, the figure of Jizo can be seen clearly on the stone.


................... Niigata 新潟県

In 上越市 Joetsu
an Enmei Jizo, who had been built to pray for an old lady who had been eaten by a wolf. BUt once during a flooding it got lost. Some years later a young man became ill and went to the doctor but never got better. Then he had a dream that the lost Jizo had been washed downstream and now wanted to get back to his original place upstream.
When they dug in the riverside, they found the statue and brought it back.
And the young man healed and became a sucessfull doctor himself.


................... Shizuoka 静岡県

At the 宇津谷の峠 pass of Utsuya a demon came out and captured humans. Then the Enmei Jizo from 素麺谷 Somendani in 宇都宮 Utsunomiya took on the form of a priest.

The rest of the story is told here:
. 宇津ノ谷の十団子 the 10 dumplings form Utsuya .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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. Fugen Enmei Bosatsu 普賢延命菩薩 .

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3/02/2006

Four-armed Fudo

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Four-armed Fudo 四臂不動尊 shihi Fudo Son

These statues are quite rare.

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. Choorakuji 長楽寺 Choraku-Ji .
Shimoda


- source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/kanmankiriku

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source : kyobibutsuzou.com


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Famous Statue at the temple Hokke-Ji in Kyoto.
This temple is the first of the five big nunnaries in Kyoto since ancient times.



「迦楼羅」は「法隆寺玉虫厨子」の貴重 な絵画にも描かれております。
「台座」は「瑟瑟(しつしつ)座」で迦 楼羅炎と同じく、不動明王専用です。
「ガルーダー」はインドネシアの国鳥で したが今は違います。
「不動明王像」は「慈光殿」に安置され ております。
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~kotonara/hokkejinoohanasi.htm

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Fudo with four faces, four arms and four legs
Painting, Kyoto National Museum
76.4 cm long

四面四臂四足不動明王像 <京都国立博物館蔵>



http://www.kyohaku.go.jp/jp/dictio/data/kaiga/kujaku01.htm

通常の不動図像は一面二臂二足だが、本作品は多面多臂(臂は腕のこと)多足という珍しい姿である。異形不動といってよい。他の不動図像集の中には、本作品と同じものが見られ、もとは十世紀後半に活躍した源朝 が描いた形とされている。すぐれた筆描と火炎の動勢表現が見事である。

Normally, Fudo has only one face and two arms/legs. This painting from the Edo period is indeed special.
http://bunka7.nii.ac.jp/SearchDetail.do?heritageId=82566


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The Heavenly Houses and the Mystery of the Number Four

宿曜経(すくようきょう,(しゅくようきょう))

一般に易学では、天の周(めくり)を360度に区分しますが、宿曜経では108足に割り付けます。
108足を二十七宿に割り付けると一宿は四足となります。
108/27=4

一般的な易学の二十八宿では無く、古法二十七宿を意味しております。
この宿曜経へのヒントは、日蓮宗総本山・中山法華経寺(千葉県市川市)の四足門(重要文化財・室町後期作)の四足と言う言葉との出会いでした。

四本柱から会陽と云う行事が、宿曜経をベースにして創作された行事であることがわかります。

仏画としては、四面四臂四足不動明王(京都市博物館所蔵)が知られています。この仏画は、鎌倉時代の紙本白描(無着色の絵)とのことです。
四本柱と言うのは、あくまでも俗称です。除夜の鐘の108は、宿曜経の108足に由来しています。宿曜経は、日本人の生活にとけ込んでいる経典です。806年(大同元年)に空海が唐より宿曜経を含む大量の仏教経典を日本にもたらしました。宿曜経に書かれていた七曜が当時の陰陽寮の上層部に注目され、公式の暦に記載されるようになりました。

恩田様より、重要な情報が寄せられました。

宿の四足については、原語のパーダに「四分の一」という意味とともに「足(foot)」という意味もあるので、仏典では「足」と訳しています。一行禅師の大日経疏(巻第四)には、「周天凡一百八足、毎宿均得四足、即是月行一日程、経二十七日、即月行一周天也」と記されています。
http://mryanagi.hp.infoseek.co.jp/new_page_4.htm

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. Nr. 41 天長寺 Tenchooji 天長寺 Tencho-Ji .

Temple Nr. 41 Tenchooji 天長寺 Tenchoji, Tencho-Ji
At the Kyushu Henro Pilgrimage, Miyazaki
第四十一番 松林山 天長寺 宮崎県都城市都島町

The Fudo statue is one of the Secret Statues and not shown in public.

There is another Fudo stone statue at this temple garden.

- source : btvm.ne.jp


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Juuniten Mandala
At the Temple Kokubunji in Shimonoseki.

In the middle of the mandala is a Fudo with four arms. It dates from the Kamakura Period.

けんぽんちゃくしょくじゅうにてんまんだらず(じでんあんちんまんだら)
絹本著色十二天曼荼羅図 (寺伝安鎮曼荼羅) Important Cultural Property.



この十二天曼荼羅図は、中央に大きく四臂不動明王を配し、すぐ外院に十二天を廻らしていて、さらにその周囲にいろいろの仏像を描いている。彩色が美しく、しかも不動の膝をはじめ処々に切金(きりがね)が施されている。その切金文様の様式や、不動の光背の火炎が形式化していることなどから判断して、この図は鎌倉時代の製作と見るべきであろう。



下関市の国分寺にあります。寸法は、たて173cm、横130cmです。
http://bunkazai.ysn21.jp/general/summary/genmain.asp?mid=40004&cdrom=

About the 12 Heavenly Deities
The 12 Ten are the 12 Tenbu (deva guardian). They are the deities of the 8 directions(East: Taishaku Ten, South: Enma Ten, West: Sui Ten, North: Bishamon Ten, East south: Ka Ten, West south: Rasetsu Ten, West north: Fuu ten, East north: Ishana Ten), the two directions(Up:Bon Ten, Down:Chi Ten) and Nitten (the sun) and Gatten (the moon).

They are composed with deities who control the universe, ruling over all of Tenryu (dragon in heaven) , Kishin (demon), Seishuku (constellation), and Meikan (hell).
When worshipped on the circle platform, a Fudou Myou Ou with four arms should be placed.
http://www.butuzou.co.jp/english/juniten.html



- source : taogakusya.blog12.fc2.com


十二天曼荼羅 Juniten Mandala



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The Celestial Houses and the Number FOUR

"These kingdoms have not arisen from outside.
They arise from the four divisions of your heart."
(Bardo Thödol [Tibetan Book of the Dead])
Dominion, or the System of 8 Houses by Patrice Guinard, Ph.D.

The astrological houses in the celestial sphere. Vishnu has four arms and manifests through a theoretically infinite number of avatars that regenerate the world.

ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo ooo

The mention of Rahu, the demon of eclipse, which originally had four arms and a tail that was severed by Vishnu to become Ketu (comet) is interesting in that the demon is here darkening Kirttika (the Pleiades) in the month of Karttika (latter half of October, through mid November), for the tale goes on to relate that ...

Read about the COMETS connection here:
Comets and the Bronze Age Collapse, by Bob Kobres

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Four is the 4th dimension = time which is illusion.
Four is seen as the first solid number. Spatial in scheme or order in manifestation.
Static as opposed to the circular and the dynamic.
Wholeness; totality; completion; solid
Earth; order
Rational - relativity and justice
Symbol of measurement
Foundation

The are four cardinal points; four seasons; four winds; four directions (as in North, South, East, West); four elements (Fire, Water, Air, Earth) in the western culture.

There are four sides to a square; four arms to a cross. There are four rivers to Paradise, that formed a cross (the Garden of Eden was said to be within the four rivers). Within Paradise were four infernal regions, seas, and sacred mountains. There are four watches of the night and day, quarters of the moon.
There are four quarters to the earth. There are four tetramorphs. The Divine Quaternity is in direct contrast to the Trinity. Four is a symbolic number used throughout in the Old Testament. The quaternary can be depicted as the quatrefoil as well as the square and the cross.

Cultural References

Native American: As in other cultures, ceremonies and ritual acts are repeated in fours. The Native Amercican cultures have used the number 4 most frequently as in the four cardinal directions. The four winds are depicted by the symbol of the cross and by the symbol of the swastika. The swastika as some misbelieve was not created by Hitler. It was instead borrowed from the Native American and occult beliefs of which Hitler had great interests. Hitler derived his "insanity" of power from his misdirected interpretation and use of metaphysical principles. He used knowledge that his human consciousness couldn't possibly understand and the use of this knowledge for personal gain is part of the imbalance that creates the chaos and karma.

Buddhism: The Damba Tree of Life has four limbs and from its roots four sacred streams of Paradise that represent the the four boundless wishes of compassion, affection, love impartiality. It also represents the four directions of the heart as well.

Chinese Buddism: there are four celestial guardians of cardinal points are Mo-li Ch'ing, the East, with the jade ring and spear; Virupaksha, the West, the Far-gazer, with the four-stringed quitar; Virudhaka, the South, with the umbrella of choas and darkness and earthquakes; Vaisravenna, the North, with the whips, leopard-skin bag, snake and pearl.

Chinese: Four is the number of the Earth, symbolized by the square. There are four streams of immortality. Four is even an number. It is Yin in polarity.

Christian: Four is the number representing the body, with three representing the soul. Again we see the theme of the four rivers in Paradise. There are four Gospels, Evangelists, chef arch-angels, chef-devils, four Fathers of the Church, Great Prophets. There are four cardinal virtues--prudence, fortitude, justice, temperance. The are four winds from which the One Spirit is said to come. There are four horsemen of the Apocalypse.

Revelation: There four angels standing at the four corners of the Earth, holding back the four winds of the earth (Rev 7:1). The great multitude from every nation, tribe, people and language (four-fold description) - Rev 5:9 11:9 13:7 14:6 the four-fold description indicates that these people come from all over the earth.

Egyptian: Four is the sacred number of Time, measurement of the sun. Four pillars support the vault of heaven. There are four canopic jars placed around the dead at the four corners guarded by the four sons of Horus who are associated with the cardinal points. In the Hermetic it is the divine quaternity. It represents God.

Gnostic: belief in Barbelo, the Four-ness of God.

Greek: Four is the sacred number of Hermes.

Hebrew: Four represents measuring; beneficence; intelligence. In the Kabbalah four is memory; four represents the four worlds of the Kabbalah.It also represents the four directions of space and the four levels of the hierarchical organism of the Torah.

Hindu: Four is Totality; plenitude; perfection. Brahma, the Creator is four faced. The temple is based on the four sides of the square, symbolizing order and finality. There are four tattvas the four bodies bodies of human and kingdoms of nature which are animal, vegetable, mineral, mind. There are four yugas. Four is the winning throw of the dice. There are four castes and pairs of opposites.

Islamic: tradition the four terms of the quaternary are the Principle which is Creator; Universal Spirit; Universal Soul; and the primordial matter. These correspond to the four worlds of Kabbalism. There are four angelic beings and four houses of death. There are four levels to the Bardo.

Mayan culture four giants support the celestial roof. Four is seen as the number of support .

Pythagorean: Four is Perfection; harmonious proportion; justice; the earth. Four is the number of the Pythagorean oath. Four and ten are divinities. The Tetraktys 1+2+3+4=10.

Scandinavian: there are four rivers of milk flowing in Asgard.

Sumero-Semitic: Four astral gods are indentified with the four cardinal points.

Teutonic: Four dwarfs support the world.

Taoist: There are four celestial guardians, Li, with the pagoda; Ma, with the sword; Cho with two swords; Wen with a spiked club.

More about the Symbolism of Numbers in this outside LINK
http://www.crystalinks.com/numerology2.html

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3/01/2006

Statue

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Fudo Myo-O Statue

Quoted from Maha Kala.com

FUDO-MYOO or O FUDOSAN

Sanskrit Seed: KAN
Sanskrit Seed: UN
Name: Acala-vidyaraja
+ God of Fire +
Acalanatha means "Immovable"



"Some also say Fudo is the Hindu God Shiva. Flames in background said to represent the purification of the mind; in Kamakura, Fudo is enshrined at Joju-in and Myoo-in. Others say flame behind Fudo originated from the vomit of the mythical Karura."

"Personification of Dainichi Nyorai; best known of the five, and one of the main deities of the Shingon sect. Converts anger into salvation; furious, glaring face, as Fudo seeks to frighten people into accepting the teachings of Dainichi; carries "kurikara" or devil-subduing sword in right hand (also represents wisdom cutting through ignorance); holds rope in left hand (to catch and bind up demons); often has third eye in forehead (all-seeing); often seated or standing on rock (because Fudo is "immovable" in his faith).

In sculpture, Fudo is often flanked by two attendants, Kongara Douji and Seitaka Douji. "


This is quoted from a long illustrated list of Buddhist deities and other information on Buddhism.
http://www.maha-kala.com/deities/dharmapalas/dharmapalas101.htm


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Singing Bowls of the Himalaya Region



The history of the Singing Bowls is quite mysterious. Some say that they were in use during the time of Shakyamuni Buddha, over 2500 years ago, in the indigenous communities of the Himalaya, while others speculate even earlier origins. The theory and practice revolving around the Bowls involves refination, geomantik perception, chakra healing, invocation, prayer, mantra, and astral projection.

They speak of the unified field of quantum physics, the tantric doctrine of vibration and the harmony of the spheres. The higher quality Bowls seem to have a particularly healing effect on the chakras, massaging in a sense the subtle energy channels of the light body in a way that relaxes both both body and mind, restoring a peaceful balance to the individual in relation to the environment, and heightening awareness. There is a magik about them that is impossible to describe outside of the singularity of the moment in which they are played.


RESOURCE MATERIAL:
History of the Singing Bowls
Playing the Singing Bowls
Healing and Sound
Bowl Tones and the Chakras
Heart Sutra


http://www.tibetan-singing-bowls.com/


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