Meguro Fudo Temple

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Meguro Fudo Temple 目黒不動
〔天台宗 泰叡山 瀧泉寺〕(目黒区・東京) Meguro Fudoo
Ryuusenji 瀧泉寺 Ryusen-Ji

One of the five great Fudo Temples in the Kanto area.

関東三十六不動霊場
. 36 Fudo Pilgrim Temples - Nr. 18 . 　



http://ginjo.fc2web.com/36gyokei/gyokei.htm


The most famous Fudoo Temple in the Kanto Area is the one in Meguro, where even today on the 28th of each month, the day dedicated to Fudoo, there is a huge festival and bazaar in the temple grounds where I always went to check out Daruma dolls and antiques.

If you visit there, do not forget to walk around the main temple hall to the little forest in the back. There is someone waiting for you worth meeting. I will not spoil your fun by telling!

On the 28th there are also great fire rituals (goma kuyoo 護摩供養) at different hours during the day, where you can get your talismans and other belongings consecrated by Holy Fire. I once bought one talisman with the number of our car for Traffic Safety and the priest would not hand it over until it had passed the Holy Smoke. Since that day, we never had an accident with that car.

The temple compounds are quite big, with a lot of other buildings and statues to look at. One of my favorite is a stone grotto with En-no-Gyooja, the Founder of the Mountain Priests (yamabushi).

I strongly recommend you visit Meguro Fudoo on any 28th day of a month, it brings back memories of OLD EDO which you have never known. Have a look at Meguro ablution waterfall in the compounds.



円仁 Priest Ennin had a dream when Fudo Myo-O told him to produce a spring with fresh water for the village, so he hit the ground with his Tokko 独鈷 Vajra and clear water came forth.
Even in the hottest summer this spring does not dry out.



source : 4travel.jp/travelogue
瀧泉寺　水かけ不動明王 Mizukake Fudo to throw water at


. tokko 独鈷 と伝説 Legends about the Vajra Thunderbolt .

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Meguro Fudō-dō 目黒不動堂 Meguro Fudo Hall

The Meguro Fudō-dō was known as 泰叡山滝泉寺 Taieizan-ryūsen-ji Temple.
It was affiliated with the Tendai sect and located in 東叡山 Mount Tōei.
It was opened by the Tendai priest 慈覚大師 Jikaku Daishi.
The principle image of the temple is Fudō Myo-o.
Practitioners of asceticism would carry out cold-water ablutions
in the 独鈷の滝 "Tokko-no-Taki" waterfall situated in the temple grounds.
It is considered that from the mid-Edo period onwards,
many people flocked to the temple to seek spiritual benefit
and stores and houses gradually began to form.
. source - Tokyo Metropolitan Museum .

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. Legends about 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O in Edo .

When priest Ennin was young he stayed at a hermitage with his master, Priest Koochi 広智 Kochi.
That night Kochi had a dream where Fudo Myo-O appeared to him. When he told this to Ennin in the morning, Ennin said he had just the same dream that night. So they found a sacred tree and cut a statue of Fudo as he had revealed himself to them and venerated it there.
Later when Ennin came back from China, he visited Kanto again and stayed at Meguro. That night again he had a vision of Fudo in his dream.
Fudo Myo-O told him to produce a spring with fresh water for the village, so he hit the ground with his tokko 独鈷 Vajra and clear water came forth.


At the shrine Ōtori-jinja 大鳥神社 Otori Jinja in Meguro, Yamato Takeru is venerated as a deity.
In the left hand he holds a hinawa 火縄, rope to make fire, in the right hand the sword Kusanagi no Tsurugi 草薙の剣.
This is said to be the features of Fudo Myo-o, made by Ennin.


. Yamato Takeru, Yamatotakeru 日本武尊 .
prince of the Yamato dynasty.

. Ōtori-jinja 目黒大鳥神社 Otori Jinja Meguro .


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『境内は台地の突端にあり、水が湧き老樹が茂り、独鈷（とっこ）の滝や庭の池が美しく、庶民の信仰といこいの場所でした。
目黒不動は台地の高台に作られていて、本堂は一番高いところに位置しますが、それに連続して林があり、その中に露座の大日如来坐像が祀られています。目黒区指定有形文化財に指定されていて次のように説明しています。（昭和５９年３月３１日　指定）
『この像は宝髪、頭部、体躯、両腕、膝等十数か所に分けて鋳造し、それを寄せて一体とした吹きよせの技法で造られている。体躯にくらべ頭部を大きく造るのは大仏像共通の特色で、面相も体躯も衣文表現もよく整っている。
また、台座の連弁に開眼の年、入仏開眼供養の際の導師や僧俗の歴名等を記し、製作年代は天和三年（１６３８）、江戸に住む鋳物師横山半右衛門尉正重作等の刻名があることも貴重である。』　
Meguro Fudo　目黒不動尊より

http://meguroku-net.com/meisyo/megurofudou/FudouTop.htm


Statue of Dainichi Nyorai in the back yard behind the temple


http://meguroku-net.com/meisyo/megurofudou/P3-nyorai/F3-nyoraizou.htm

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Hiroshige, 100 Views from Edo
25. The Original Mt. Fuji in Meguro



100 Views from Edo, all prints by Hiroshige


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More from the Daruma Museum

Fudo in Five Colors 五色不動尊

Osame-Fudo、the last Fudo ceremony of the year 収め不動
by Gabi Greve

En no Gyoja 役行者、E no Ozunu 小角
En no Gyooja and Shugendo … An Essay

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While in Meguro, do not forget to visit the Temple with the 500 Arhats.


http://www41.tok2.com/home/kanihei5/gohyakurakanji.html


Meguro Temple Rakan-Ji 目黒の羅漢寺
and other Rakan temples

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On the way is also a temple dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai, deity of healing.
Here he is named

TA KO Yakushi　多幸薬師
Yakushi of Great Happiness

TA - much, a lot
KO - happiness, good luck

TAKO 蛸　is also the name of an octopus, so this pun of the sound is put on an ema votive tablet, where the octopus is bringing a lot of money and good luck to the people.



. Ema 絵馬　Votive Tablets Prayer Boards .


Joojuu in 成就院（たこ薬師）Temple Joju-In
When the priest Ennin was on his way home from China to Japan, his ship was caught in a big storm. So he offered one of the statues, Yakushi Nyoria, to the God of the Sea and prayed for help. Thus the sea became calm and he reached the shores of Japan. Later the statue was found on the shore, carried by an octopus, to bring it back to its owner.

. Ennin 円仁 .
(794 - 864) - Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師

. Yakushi Nyorai, the Buddha of Medicine 薬師如来 .

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Tako Yakushi 蛸薬師




the triad of Yakushi Buddha
with a seated Yakushi and the Bosatsu of Sun and Moon by his side
日光菩薩、月光菩薩
The statue is shown only once a year, on January 8, the sacred day dedicated to this deity.
The healing power for cancer and atopy of the skin is especially famous.




The amulet of the "rubbing stone" o nadeishi おなで石御守り

"If you believe strong enough, your ailments will be healed!"
信じて願えば何でも治る
This is a famous saying of Ennin, who studied in China.

Officials of the Edo period came there to pray and one even had their warts healed.
tako　胼胝　is also the word for warts and calluses. So use this stone to rub it over your affected body parts, your skin, eyes ... anything.




Once upon a time
a woman who had many warts and was quite heartbroken about her features, came to this temple in Meguro. She prayed there one night long to get healed, and what do you say . . . after two, three days all her warts were healed without a trace on her skin.
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Another woman with many warts on her forehead prayed here and got healed completely within 10 days.


. Folktales, legends about Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 .

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- - - - - Another deity of this temple is


Akiba Daigongen　秋葉大権現

source : HP of jyoujyuin　－ たこ薬師 成就院　


. Akibagongen 秋葉権現 .

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Meguro Drum Bridge 目黒太鼓橋夕日の岡
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

. - Meguro 目黒 in Edo 江戸　- .



Snow in the Grounds of the Fudo Shrine at Meguro
(Meguro Fudo Keidai)
Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

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Osame-Fudo

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Osame-Fudo, osame Fudoo 納不動

December 28.

Every month on the 28 is a special celebration for Fudo Myo-O at many Fudo temples. The last one of each year, Osame .., is the most frequented, followed by the first one in January, Hatsu-Fudo 初不動.

Bonfires are lit and the talismans from the year are burned, o-fuda o-takiage お札お焚き上げ.

Osame no Fudo 収めの不動　in metropolitan Tokyo,
often combined with a Year-end Fair at Fukagawa Fudo Temple in Koto-ku,
Meguro Fudoson Temple in Meguro-ku and
Takahata Fudoson Temple in Hino City.

For details read :
Fukagawa Fudo Do .. 深川不動堂
Meguro Fudo Temple 目黒不動尊
Takahata Fudo .. with a Daruma Market 高幡不動とだるま市

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納め不動、成田山 Osame-Fudo at Narita
The Last Fudo Fire Ritual of the Year, Narita-san, Chiba Pref.


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The flames of Otaki-age (final burning of amulets), which light up the sky, say goodbye to the year. This ceremony is held in Naritasan Shinshoji temple every December 28.

After performing a very old rite, people burn the talismans (Goma-fuda) which blessed us through the year and pray that make all evil spirits may vanish. This pile of "Goma-fuda" is called "Shito-Goma" and the ceremony is called "Osame-Fudo". After burning the "Goma-fuda" the people of Narita are ready to begin preparing for the New year.

(c) 2003-2004 City Narita, Chiba, Japan
http://www.city.narita.chiba.jp/english/welcome/calendar/12_osame.html

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千葉県成田市の成田山新勝寺 大本堂西側広場で『納め不動「成田山納め札お焚き上げ」』が開催されます。
毎年納め不動の12月28日に奉修される。この1年間のお護摩札やお守りを不動明王の知恵の炎の中に返し、感謝の祈りを捧げる。成田山のお護摩札やお守りは御本尊お不動様の分身分霊とされている。

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Osame no Daishi December 21

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Last Ceremonies of the year (osame)
December 28. Kigo for mid-winter.

he almost burned his hand -
a little boy at the last sacred fire
for Fudo Sama

last Fudo Ceremony -
and some cheap antiques
at the fair nearby

Gabi Greve, at Meguro Fudo

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山里に 収め不動の 鉦響く
yamazato ni osame Fudo no kane hibiku

Osame-Fudoo -
in the mountain valley
the sound of a gong

Gabi Greve, 2005


last Fudo ceremony -
cracks of an earthquake
still in the wall

Gabi Greve, December 28, 2006

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梅の木や御祓箱を負ながら
ume no ki ya o-harai-bako o oi nagara

plum blossoms--
a box of old charms
on my back

Kobayashi Issa

The box contains good luck talismans from a Buddhist temple.
This haiku has the prescript, "Replacing charms" (fuda osame). The person in the scene is returning old talismans to replace them with new ones. Issa plays with the juxtaposition of old and new: charms and blossoms.
Tr. David Lanoue






Oharaibako, O-haraibako 御祓箱 . 御払箱 . 御払い箱 . お祓い箱


plum trees -
he carries a box of talismans
on his back

The most famous O-haraibako was transported from the Great Shrine at Ise to distribute the new talismans to the believers all over Japan by special priests.
伊勢の御はらい箱

Sometimes they also contained medicine for the people.
The sanskrit word for harai　波羅夷 (purification) is parajika, paaraajika, the pronounciation has changed to harai.


oogi uri, oogi-uri 扇売り vendor of fans in boxes as New Year presents
. o-harai oogibako お払い扇箱 "Buying back fan boxes" .

- - - - - sayings:

o haraibako ni suru お払い箱にする - dismiss, fire, sack
o haraibako ni sareta お払い箱にされた -
be get fired, to be dismissed, be sacked


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Comment by Chris Drake :

ume no ki ya oharai-bako o oinagara

a plum tree
bears the weight of boxes
full of old charms

This is a hokku found near the end of Issa's haibun Year of My Life (Oraga haru) about his life in 1819. The hokku was written on or just after 12/21, the day before lunar spring began that year (Feb. 5, 1820 on the Gregorian calendar) and about a week before lunar New Year's. Probably the plum tree is a sacred tree located in the precincts of a Shinto shrine or Buddhist temple in Issa's home town, where the ceremonial yearend return of paper charms and talismans is taking place. At large Shinto shrines and at some Buddhist temples there were sheds of various sizes into which believers could place their bags and boxes of various old charms they'd received during the year so the charms could be sent back to the realm of the gods and Buddhas in a ritual bonfire.

Most of the charms were Shinto prayers or Buddhist mantras written vertically on long thin pieces of paper that people pasted to the walls of their gate or front door or near their oven or placed in a small altar or shrine in the house as protection against negative energy from outside, and these often came in long thin boxes which could be used to hold the charms once they were taken down or became out-of-date, usually at the end of the year. Soon new charms were bought, beginning with the first pilgrimage of the new year to the shrine or temple.

In rural farming towns, however, a more traditional method of returning old charms to the gods and Buddhas at the end of the year remained strong: people tied the old charms to a sacred tree in the precincts of the small local shrine or temple, and later these old charms were burned in a sacred bonfire. Issa describes one sacred tree in a yearend hokku from 1813:

oharai no shibararetamau enoki kana

old charms
tied respectfully
to a hackberry tree

Although Issa doesn't mention a shrine here, hackberry trees were often large and long-lived and were commonly regarded as god-trees. In Issa's hometown, however, the local shrine or temple apparently asks people to tie their bundles and boxes of old paper charms to the trunk and possibly the lower limbs of a different kind of sacred tree: a plum. It seems possible the shrine itself may have tied a large wooden collection box or boxes to the tree, but the image of people tying their boxes and packets onto the tree seems more natural and in accord with tradition.

The exact reason for using trees as the collection place for old, out-of-date charms is unknown, but presumably it was linked to lingering shamanic beliefs in the ability of trees to act as connecting poles between this world and the other world, poles down which the gods descended when they appeared in the visible world. The blossoms appearing on the plum tree in the hokku also represent the descent of the plum tree god. Issa is impressed by the fact that the blooming plum tree is willing to bear the weight of all the boxes as it also goes about its work of putting out its blossoms. While one form of divine power descends in the form of blossoms another symbolically rises back into the sky in the form of the old charms.

Issa generally didn't believe in superstitions, but he seems to be impressed by the strength and energy of the tree. At the same time, Issa may feel sympathy or pity for people who feel they have to spiritually weight down themselves and the blossoms of their heart-minds every year with sheaves and boxes of charm papers. Of course, placed near the end of Year of My Life, the boxes also suggest the heavy weight of Issa's own experiences during 1819, especially the loss of his beloved baby daughter. Perhaps he looks at the plum tree as a strong example or guide for him to follow during the coming new year.


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. harae　祓 Purification Ritual .
Great Purification Ritual, ooharai, ooharae　大祓　
Summer Purification, natsu harai, natsu harae 夏祓　



. dondon yaki どんどん焼き burning old decorations .
and usually also Daruma dolls which have served the purpose for the past year.



WKD : Saijiki of Buddhist, Shinto and other Ceremonies and Events of Japan and related kigo


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Fukagawa Fudo and Tomioka

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Fukagawa Fudo Do (Fudoo Doo) 深川不動堂

The Fudo Hall in Fukagawa was the "Edo Branch" of the famous Fudo in Narita.
This temple is Nr. 12 in the Kanto Fudo Pilgrimage.

Fukagawa no O-Fudo san　深川のお不動さん

関東三十六不動霊場二十番札所 Nr. 20 of the pilgrimage
. Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples in Kanto / Bando .


http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~qr2m-skmt/f102.htm



source :　facebook

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. Onegai Fudoo おねがい不動さま　/ お願い不動
Onegai Fudo Sama - Fudo to make a wish .


Built as a chokugan-ji on order of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno (786 - 842) by Kobo Daishi.
. Chokuganji 勅願寺 Chokugan-Ji, "Imperial Temple" .


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Stretching out in front of Monzen-Nakacho Station on the Tozai subway line is a long, bustling road. Along the way are the grounds where the temple Eidaiji once stood. The temple Naritasan Shinshoji in Chiba began lending a statue of the deity Fudo Myoo to Eidaiji in 1703, a practice it continued nearly every year.

Many people gathered to worship each time the statue was placed on display, and there were calls to make the display permanent. In the Meiji era (1868-1912) a replica of the Fudo Myoo statue was brought from Naritasan Shinshoji, and Fukagawa Fudodo was established on the grounds of Eidaiji to house it.

On the first, fifteenth, and twenty-eighth of every month, many people gather as dozens of food stalls are set up along the street leading to the temple. This street is lined on both sides with long-established shops selling such familiar products as tsukudani (food boiled down in soy sauce) and traditional sweets. This is a perfect place to get a taste of Shitamachi.
http://web-japan.org/tokyo/tips/sumida_tour/sumida_cont2.html

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If visiting Fukagawa on an ordinary day, a stopover at Fukagawa Fudo temple near Exit 1 of Monzen Nakacho Station is well worth it. A branch of the great Narita Fudo in Chiba Prefecture, Fukagawa Fudo is housed in an Edo-period building moved from Chiba; it's not large, but is impressively decorated with carvings and handsome beams. You may enter the main hall when it is not used for services.

The Fudo temple first started renting a corner of Eitai-ji, an influential temple which held sway over most of southern Fukagawa and was closely affiliated with Tomioka Hachiman-gu since the 17th century. After the 1868 ordinance to separate the two religions, Eitai-ji suffered a rapid decline, while the Fudo temple flourished, riding on the patronage of Fudo temples by Kabuki actor Danjuro (Danjuuroo　団十郎).

By SUMIKO ENBUTSU
The Japan Times: Aug. 5, 2005
http://search.japantimes.co.jp/print/features/enviro2005/fe20050805se.htm



. Gofunai Nr. 68 - Eitaiji 永代寺 Eitai-Ji .
and Tomioka Sumo monuments
Jinmaku Kyuugoroo 陣幕久五郎 Jinmaku Kyugoro (1829 - 1903)

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Fukagawa osame no Fudo 収めの不動

Osame no fudo (year-end fairs) can be found all over town, but the one to watch for this Dec 28 is held at Fukagawa Fudo Temple in downtown Monzennakacho. Check out the souvenir shops that line the street leading to the temple, and try some traditional Japanese confectionery or the local specialty, fukagawa-meshi (steamed rice mixed with clams). With next year being the 300th anniversary of the temple, there痴 sure to be plenty going on.

1-17-13 Tomioka, Koto-ku. Tel: 03-3641-8287. Nearest stn: Monzen nakacho.
http://metropolis.japantoday.com/tokyofeaturestories/404/tokyofeaturestoriesinc.htm


............................... Osame-Fudo is a kigo for Winter.
http://worldkigo2005.blogspot.com/2005/01/saijiki-of-buddhist-events.html


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Amulets from Fukagawa Fudo 御守り






Blue Fudo



waraji　わらじお守り　 straw sandal amulets



goma seihai 護摩聖灰　sacred ashes from a Goma fire ritual

The temple has fire rituals five times a day. The ashes are put in five envelops with different colors, for the Fudo of Five Colors (Goshiki). The envelops are hung up at the ceiling of the home to prevent fire.

. 江戸の五色不動明王 Goshiki Fudo of Edo .


source :　www.omairibiyori.com


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Close by is Tomioka Hachimangu.
see below.



gankake kitsune 願掛けきつね fox to make a wish



The Fukagawa Shusse Inari shrine 深川出世稲荷
is in the compound of the temple.
After having received a flint for the New Year fire (kriibi　切り火 ) people came to this shrine.　
They bought this white fox with the wish for a good career. You had to write your wish on a sheet of paper, roll it small and stick it inside the statue of the white fox, which was open at the bottom for this purpose.
Now other people could not read your wish and the statue was safely left at the shrine.
The priest from the tempel would come over and strike the flint two times over the newly offered fox, making a noise like "katsu katsu" (to win, to win).
Now the pilgrim was ready for the new year, with his emotions well in order to deal with the vicissitudes of life.


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真言宗　智山派　深川不動堂
御本尊：大日大聖不動明王（秘仏）

（江戸の成田不動）成田山信仰が降盛となるのは江戸時代初期よりである。元禄頃になると江戸庶民一般、特に花柳界や魚河岸、木場、角力界に普及し、講社を組織して成田山へ登拝することが盛んになった。しかし当時の交通はやはり不便であったから、本山に詣って親しく明王を拝し、お護摩の炎に接したいとの切なる願いを抱いてはいてもその実現は困難であった。

そこでこれらの人々にも親しく明王の威徳に接して護摩の座に列してもらおうと本尊不動明王の御分霊を江戸の地に奉安したいという願望が各講中に起こるに至った。時に元禄十六年（１７０３）。総勢三百人の行列が成田から江戸まで一週間あまりをかけて御本尊を遷座、富岡八幡宮の別当・永代寺の境内にて成田不動の尊像を一時安置する成田山江戸出開帳が二ヶ月にわたって盛大に威行された。

一説に五代将軍徳川網吉の母・桂昌院が、名高い成田不動尊を江戸にいながらに参詣したいと、時の高僧・隆光に頼み込んで実現したとも伝えられている。

（成田不動堂の誕生）
明治元年（１８６８）三月二十八日の神仏分離の布告により、富岡八幡社内に留まることが許されなくなると、深川の信徒講社らが大本山に働き掛け、旧来出開帳をしてきた特縁の地である深川富岡八幡神社の別当・永代寺の中にある吉祥院聖天堂に移転する事となった。こうして翌年には御本尊は現在地に遷座せられたのである。明治十一年（１８７８）には「成田山御旅宿」の宿号を廃して「成田不動堂」と改称し、永代寺跡の現在地に堂宇を着工。明治十四年には深川不動尊を安置する本堂が完成した。
http://www.isbs.co.jp/hudou/hudou20.htm

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WASHOKU : Fukagawa and Food

Fukagawameshi ふかがわめし/ 深川
Rice from Fukagawa
Fukagawa-don, a bowl of rice topped with a miso-based stew of clams (asari) and green onions


Matsuo Basho lived in Fukagawa, on the other bank of the River Sumida.
MORE - hokku about Fukagawa by
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .


Fukagawa nezumi 深川鼠 （ふかがわねずみ） shades of GREY. GRAY and Haiku

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Fudo Myo-O for a good career !
. Shusse Fudoo 出世不動尊 at Fukagawa .
（長専院不動寺）
東京都江東区三好1-6-3


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H A I K U

深川や舟も一組とし忘
Fukagawa ya fune mo hito-gumi toshiwasure

Fukagawa--
on a boat, too, a party
drinks away the year

Kobayashi Issa 一茶
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深川や桃の中より汐干狩
Fukagawa ya momo no naka yori shiohigari

Fukagawa !
through the peach blossoms
people are gathering shells

Kobayashi Issa 一茶

shiohigari - gathering shells and small seafood at low tide.
Fukagawa had a great flatland tidal area where people could collect cheap seafood.


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Fukagawa Tomioka Hachimangu 富岡八幡宮
東京都江東区富岡 1-20-3


www.tomiokahachimangu.or.jp.


The shrine was founded in 1627 with reclamation of the shoal. The God Hachiman whom the shrine reveres was also a local Shinto deity of the Minamoto clan thus the shinto shrine received cordial protection by the Tokugawa shogunate. On other hand, the shrine was cordinal revered from the people of shitamachi, and familiar as "Hachiman of Fukagawa".

At the Meiji period, the shrine lost the cordial protection like Edo period, but was chosen as Tokyo Ten Shrines (東京十社, Tokyo Jissha) by the Meiji government though it was the one inferior to Hikawa Shrine and other major shrines in the status that the government had provided.

Tomioka Hachiman Shrine is also known as the birthplace of Kanjin-zumō (勧進相撲), founded in 1684 and origin of the current professional sumo.
... In 1900 (Meiji 33), the stone monument to commend successive yokozuna, the Yokozuna Stone (横綱力士碑, Yokozuna Rikishi-hi), was built by Jinmaku Kyūgorō, the 12th yokozuna. Now, the stone inscribed with the shikonas of all yokozuna until Hakuhō Shō, the 69th yokozuna, and "unrivaled rikishi" Raiden Tameemon. The shrine has many other stone muments related to sumo.
Thus, when a rikishi reaches the rank of yokozuna, a dedication in the form of dohyō-iri is done at the shrine.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

. Tookyoo juusha 東京十社 Jusha -
ten important shrines of Tokyo .


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Fukagawa's greatest shinto shrine is Tomioka Hachimangu. It was established in 1627 and is Tokyo's largest Hachiman Shrine. During the Edo period, sumo wrestlers tournaments were held here . . .
One of the prides of the shrine is its "ichi-no-miya" mikoshi, the biggest "mikoshi" in the Kanto region, weighing 4 tonnes.
Details are here :
source : www.wa-pedia.com



Mikoshi from Tomioka Hachimangu 富岡八幡宮 神輿


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Tomioka Hachiman Shrine
Before Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to Edo, the Hachiman shrine in this area was located a bit further to the east, in Sunamura. The tiny village of Sunamura is located on a patch of high ground in the midst of the marshes, about five kilometers east of Edo. It is one of the oldest settlements in the area, but remains fairly rural and isolated due to the surrounding marshes. After Ieyasu became Shogun,the government naturally found it necessary to build a much more elaborate shrine, to thank the war god for bringing victory to the Tokugawa family. Therefore the site was moved to its current location and a large group of elaborate buildings was constructed. The shrine now serves not only as a place of worship, but also as the social and commercial center of the whole Fukagawa neighborhood.

From the plaza next to the boat landing, a wide avenue leads into the center of the shrine grounds. The path is paved with huge flagstones, and passes through two additional torii gates as it approaches the main shrine building Many smaller buildings dedicated to lesser deities line the avenue. This collection of shrine buildings is one of the largest in Edo. Only the Kanda Myojin shrine is comparable in size.

At the far end, on a raised platform of earth surrounded by stone walls, is the Shrine building itself. This huge structure was built in the mid 1600s, after most of the other earthworks and structures in the area were complete. Tomioka Hachiman Shrine remains one of Edo's most important centers of worship. Although the warlike traditions of the middle ages are slowly fading in importance, the shrine to the War God remains very important, particularly to members of the samurai class.

Just to the east of Tomioka Hachiman Shrine, separated from the shrine grounds by a narrow drainage canal and a line of pine trees, is a long, broad, windowless building that is a popular destination for any sightseer in Edo. This is the Sanju-San Gendo (Thirty-Three Alcove Temple). Fukagawa Sanju-San Gendo is actually a full-scale replica of a much older temple of the same name, located in Kyoto. Both the site in Kyoto and the one here in Edo are famous for the archery tournaments that take place in the gardens outside the building.

Archery has always been one of the main martial arts practiced by samurai. From an early age, young members of the warrior class are taught the skills of swordfighting and archery, as well as equestrian skills. Even today, when war is unheard of and these skills are never used in battle, it is important for all samurai to demonstrate their ability in archery. The Sanju-San Gendo is a center of archery training, and there are almost always some people in the garden taking target practice. Several times a year, the temple is also the site of an archery endurance test, when top champions demonstrate their amazing ability to fire arrows in rapid succession for hours on end. In 1728, one 13-year-old boy set an amazing record that stands to this day. Beginning in the second hour after dawn (about 8 AM) he began shooting arrows without stop. He fired a total of 5,848 arrows without stopping to rest, and only stopped when the tournament was suspended for darkness. This amounts to an average of about one arrow every 5 seconds for an entire day. If that is not already incredible, the official record of the incident states that 5,319 arrows struck the target. Only 529 missed!

In the garden of the Sanju-San Gendo, the samurai in their fine silk outfits practice archery. In this setting, the art of archery seems almost like a sport, and indeed, that is what it has become. It is almost hard to believe that skill with a bow and arrow was once a matter of life and death. Today, it is more a hobby for the samurai class. Even women can be seen practicing to sharpen their aim.
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kootsuu anzen 交通安全　sticker for safety in traffic






source :　morikichi

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. kachimamori 勝守 / 勝ち守り to win a battle .



. Amulet for good fishing 釣行安全 .

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. Fukagawa Hachiman matsuri 深川八幡祭
Hachiman festival at Fukagawa, Tokyo .
Tomioka matsuri 富岡祭（とみおかまつり）Tomioka festival
kigo for early autumn


. Sumo　相撲 　Sumo wrestling .

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Kanto Pilgrimage Nr. 29 第十九番
. . Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
- Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction . 　 .


. Amulets and Talismans from Japan .　


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Kyoto National Museum



Standing Fudo Myoo (Mokuchô Fudô Myôô Zô).
Kamakura Period.

Kyoto National Museum. Kyoto, Japan, 2005.

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Actually, there are many different kinds of Buddhist paintings all over the world. Here we will talk about some of the mystical deities worshipped by the Esoteric sects (Japanese, mikkyo) of Buddhism in Japan. Some of the deities worshipped in Esoteric Buddhism are the myoo or "Radiant Wisdom Kings," who have fierce, angry-looking expressions. Here is one of them:


(Kyoto National Museum)

A myoo's job is to remind people to follow the proper Buddhist path in life. You and I tend to be pretty lazy if we are not reminded, don't we? Myoo are purposely given frightening faces in order to warn us to be good.

Most of the myoo worshipped in Japan originally came from India, where Buddhism started. Japanese Buddhism has many sects, but the Esoteric sects are especially interested in mystical chants and ceremonies. Esoteric Buddhism began in India and was transmitted to China before finally bring brought over across the sea to Japan. The man who is credited for bringing Esoteric Buddhism to Japan was a priest named Kukai.

Lets look more closely at a painting used in Esoteric Buddhism.


(Anrakuju-ji Temple)　孔雀明王 Kujaku Myo-O

Can you see that the deity is riding on the back of a peacock?
Though it may not look like it, this deity is also a myoo. Though all the other myoo have scary faces, this myoo alone has a kind face. This is actually a female myoo, a Radiant Wisdom Queen, known as the Peacock Myoo. Why do you think she rides on a peacock? For the answer to this question, lets go back to ancient India.

You probably know that India has many kinds of poisonous snakes, such as the cobra, who can harm or even kill people if they bite. For this reason, most people are scared of poisonous snakes. This was true in ancient India and is still true today. One way to protect yourself from poisonous snakes is to train them to obey you with a flute, like the snake trainers in India. However, another way to protect yourself is to worship creatures that can get rid of snakes. The peacock is one such bird. According to ancient Indian legend, when a peacock comes face-to-face with a snake, it purposely pretends to be scared and lets the snake wrap itself around its body. Then just as the snake is about to attack, it spreads out its wings and feathers with great force and sends the snake flying!

The image of the elegant peacock driving off a poisonous snake, like a beautiful woman driving off an evil beast, made a big impression on people. In time, they began to think that this bird had godlike powers, and the peacock's image crystallized into that of to that of a Buddhist deity. This is the Peacock Myoo.

The peacock is facing forward. Its face is a little amusing, don't you think? In the background are golden feathers that look like fish scales. These are meant to represent the peacock's tail feathers spread out behind him.

The myoo sitting on the peacock's back has four arms. The reason for this is that deities with more arms were considered to have more mystical powers. In her hands, she holds a lotus flower, a peacock feather, a fruit that looks like a lemon, called a bija-puraka, and a pomegranate-like fruit. Each of these objects has some kind of spiritual significance. The lotus flower in one of the right hands represents the deity's benevolence and kindness. The bija-puraka in the other right hand is a special fruit that cures the sickness of anyone who eats it. One of the left hands holds a pomegranate-like fruit thought to drive off evil spirits. The other left hand holds a peacock feather, with the power to prevent disasters. These objects represent the mystical capabilities of the Peacock Myoo.

Esoteric Buddhist paintings are painted in vivid colors. The artists tried to express respect for the Buddhas and their magical powers by carefully painting them with dignified accessories and decorations. The clothing on this Peacock Myoo was painted with luxurious materials. For example, the folds in the cloth are painted in real gold, and the pattern on the cloth is painted in real silver. The silver paint has tarnished to a blackish color over time, but when it was first painted, the whole painting glittered with gold and silver!

This painting was made in the 13th century, during Japan's Kamakura period (1185-133). This painting could be used to pray for many things: the prevention of natural disasters or fires, rain, a bountiful rice harvest, the successful delivery of a new baby--for anything, really.

These days there are many natural disasters such as volcanoes and earthquakes. In the old days, we probably would have tried to prevent such disasters by worshipping this Peacock Myoo.
- source : Takeo Izumi, KNM

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Where to Buy Fudo Myo-O Online

. Buy Fudo Acala Online 不動明王 .

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Artmemory.com



Fudo Myoo (Acalanatha)

291 mm hight, 128 mm width, 87 mm depth
size 5.0
color painting of wood

by art memory com, France


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Buddhamuseum.com



Edo, Circa: 18th-19th century
H 12" (30.5cm.), W 6" (15cm.), D 3.5" (9cm.)

The name Fudo Myoo means motionless, or unshakable like that of a mountain. It is a Japanese name for the Buddha Acala. In Sanskrit his name means Conqueror of Three Poisons (three passions: love, hatred and ignorance). He is a wrathful aspect of Vairocana, one of the Five Great Kings of Light. As depicted here, he is seated in royal ease, holding a vajra-hilt sword in his right and a rope in his left, together they symbolize the cutting through of men's ignorance and lead them enlightenment.

When comparing to other meticulously gilt and carved wood Buddha of Japan, this statue of Fudo Myoo may appear to be overly simplistic from a novice perspective. In fact, this is a rare example of the brilliant Japanese carving style known as "ITTOBORI". An one bladed technique carved in facets on wood, which emphasize the essence of creative intuition, and avoid overworking the materials. Such approach is evident in this extraordinary carving of Fudo Myoo seated atop a rock with a raging flame adora.
The ittobori technique has succeeded in rendering an awe inspiring feat of naturalism. It defy emulation on both material and spiritual planes, and well suited for a Fudo Myoo Buddha statue.

610 Humboldt Street - Richmond, CA 94805, USA
http://www.buddhamuseum.com/about-buddha-museum.html


Bronze Angry Buddha Fudo Myoo
19th Century Japanese Fudo Myoo Buddha
Fudo Myoo Zushi
Fudo Myoo Acala Buddha
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Osame no Daishi

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終大師 Shimai Daishi, Osame no Daishi
the Last Daishi Ceremony of the Year

December 21
The 21st is the Memorial Day for Kobo Daishi, celebrated every month. But the ones in January (Hatsu Daishi) and December are most famous.

Maybe the most famous of these fairs cum ceremonies is held at the temple Toji (Too-Ji 東寺) in Kyoto.　Since 1244, when Kukai took residence in the Mieido Hall, a market was held there on each 21 of the month.


http://www.touji-ennichi.com/


Kawasaki (near Tokyo) also has a famous fair. 川崎大師
Here is a quote:

"Osame no" are end-of-year fairs typically set in the grounds of a temple, and for lovers of bric-a-brac and collectables they may just represent an opportunity to acquire an item of rare antiquity or singular beauty. No matter how experienced, every prospector needs a bit of good fortune, hence the numbers who attend the fair at Nishiarai Daishi. Among Japanese Buddhists, this temple is recognised as the place to acquire spiritual protection against evil – including dodgy traders, one presumes.

Lucky charms can be burned for good luck in the future, and it's a great time to pick up authentic paraphernalia such as Dharma dolls (Daruma dolls) and battledores (decorated wooden rackets).
http://www.asiaandaway.com/travel_events/japan/kawasaki/osame-no-daishi_515

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2005年１２月の弘法市は年間最大のイベント！終い弘法！



とても冷え込み、この日から大雪に見舞われた地域もありました。
少し人出が心配されましたが、とても多くの方々におこしいただき、大盛況となった、年の瀬の弘法市でした。
http://www.touji-ennichi.com/

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終い弘法



天福元年(1233)に仏師康勝の弘法大師像が造像されたことをきっかけに、延応二年(1240)からは大師のご住房であった御影堂においても御影供法要が執り行われるようになりました。これが現在の「弘法市」のルーツにあたります。またこの頃になると、毎日､朝昼夕の3回、お大師さんに礼拝する3時勤行が行われるようになりました。つまり、延応2年に御影堂での御影供が行われるようになって以降、東寺における大師信仰というものが確立していくわけです。

今日では、毎月21日の「弘法市」には、境内に所狭しと、骨董屋、古着屋、植木屋などさまざまな市がたちます。種々雑多な露店が軒を連ね、大勢の人々が集う様子は、まるで境内全体が曼茶羅になったかのようです。特に1月の「初弘法」、12月の「終い弘法」は千件以上の露店と数十万のお参りで賑わいます。

ところで、一般に神社の祭日や寺院の縁日の市は古い起源もっていますが、「弘法市」の縁日がいつ頃始まったかについてのはっきりとした記録は残っていません。ただ、天狗草紙絵巻の中に､東寺南大門で物を売る商人の図が見受けられたり､東寺百合文書には、応永10年(1403)、足利義満の時代に南大門に一服一銭の茶店があったことが記されています。これによって鎌倉中期から室町時代にかけて、境内の特定の地域で商行為が行なわれていたことがわかります。
http://www.kyoto-web.com/top/saiji/december/02.html

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This day is also celebrated in many Kobo Daishi Temples in America, for exaple at the Northern California Koyasan Temple.

http://www.koyasan.org/nckoyasan/

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.................................... HAIKU

Kigo for Mid-Winter

shimai Daishi 終い大師
osame no Daish, osame Daishi 納めの大師
hate no Daishi 果ての大師
shimai Kooboo (shimai Kobo) 終弘法

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Kukai, Kobo Daishi 弘法大師　空海 (Kuukai, Kooboo Daishi)

Koya San in Wakayama 高野山

Osame-Fudo, osame fudoo 納不動

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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing


- source : Shin Yakushi-Ji 新薬師寺

His ennichi 縁日 "Sacred Day" is the eighth of every month.


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. Yakushipedia - - ABC-Index - all articles .


. Yakushi Nyorai - Legends from the provinces .

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Yakushi Nyorai - YAKUSHI TATHĀGATA
Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō 薬師瑠璃光,
Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli
Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
Introducing the features of Yakushi Nyorai, the important statues and temples.

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. Yakushi Nyorai Pilgrimages - Introduction .
Juuni Yakushi meguri 十二薬師巡り Juni Yakushi Meguri
Juuni Yakushi Reijoo Meguri 十二薬師霊場巡り Juni Yakushi Reijo Meguri

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Temple Yakushi-Ji 薬師寺



one of the most famous imperial and ancient Buddhist temples in Japan, located in Nara. The temple is the headquarters of the Hossō school of Japanese Buddhism. Yakushi-ji is one of the sites that are collectively inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
The main object of veneration, Yakushi Nyorai, also named "The Medicine Buddha", was one of first Buddhist Deities to arrive in Japan from China in 680, and gives the temple its name.
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Three famous regional Yakushi Temples

Shimane Prefecture, Ichihata Yakushi
島根県 一畑薬師（いちはたやくし）
Ichibata Yakushi. Ichi Hatayama
Yakushi who treats eye diseases.
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Fukuoka ken, Kurume, 永勝寺 Eisho-Ji
福岡県久留米市 柳坂山 永勝寺 (りゅうばんざん えいしょうじ )
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. Ehime Prefecture, Yamada Yakushi 愛媛県宇和町 山田薬師 .
now : 小野薬師 Onoyama Yakushi


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夕涼や薬師の見ゆる片小藪
yuusuzu ya Yakushi no miyuru kata koyabu

evening coolness -
the Buddha of Medicine
in a little thicket

Kobayashi Issa
一茶発句全集


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Statue at temple Toogan-Ji 東岸寺Chiba Prefecture, Kisarazu
with Haiku by Issa


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Matsuo Basho wrote his famous haiku about silence and the cicadas at this temple, where a famous statue of Yakushi Nyorai is venerated, said to have been carved by Kobo Daishi himself.



Yamadera in Yamagata Province and Haiku



Medicine Buddha of Tibet


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first visit to a Yakushi temple
kigo for the New Year

January 8, on the Monthly Day of Yakushi Nyorai


日溜りに猫のゐ眠る初薬師
hidamari ni neko no inemuru hatsu Yakushi

in a sunny spot
a cat sound asleep -
first Yakushi visit

©　Fuuten Tora


***** Saijiki of Japanese Ceremonies and Festivals


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observance kigo for mid-spring



Yakushiji eshiki 薬師寺花会式 (やくしじはなえしき)
Ceremony of flowers at temple Yakushi-ji
..... Yakushiji zooka e 薬師寺造華会（やくしじぞうかえ）
artificial flowers from Yakushiji temple
hana eshiki 花会式（はなえしき） "ceremony of flowers"


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A ceremony, called Hana-e-shiki, is held in honor of Yakushi every year
from March 30th to April 5th at the Yakushi-Ji temple.
Hana-e-shiki is a Buddhist rite of praying to the Buddha of Medicine for the peace of the country, for good crops, and for happiness and prosperity of the entire nation. This ceremony, called Shuni-e in the olden times, was held in February every year.

In 1107 Emperor Horikawa offered sacred flowers to the Healing Buddha in commemoration of his Consort's complete recovery from an illness. This incident led to the annual event of offering artificial flowers, which is "Hana-e-shiki," or the memorial service of flowers.

Later this offering of flowers was added to the Shuni-e rituals, and the whole ceremony came to be popularly called "Hana-e-shiki." The frontal part of the main hall's altar, where the main object of worship is enshrined, is decorated with 10 kinds of artificial flowers:
plums, peaches, Japanese roses, camellias, rabbit-ear irises, lilies, chrysanthemums, cherry blossoms, wisterias and peonies.
source : www.uwec.edu. Suzanne Bodoh


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plant kigo for early autumn




Yakushisoo, yakushi soo 薬師草（やくしそう）
"Yakushi plant"
..... otogirisoo 弟切草 (おとぎりそう)
"killing the younger brother - plant"
Youngia denticulata

It grows on sunny slopes in high mountains.
A famous falconer of the Heian period, Haruyori 晴頼, used it to heal the wounds of his animals. It helps with bleeding wounds. It was a secret of his family and not to be leaked outside. But his younger brother tried to sell the secret for a bit of money. His angry brother killed him on the spot,when he learned about this.

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temple in summer -
the power of healing
in prayer and stone

Yakushi Nyorai no tsubo 　薬師如来の壺 medicine jar


medicine jar 薬壺のお守り


source :　http://blog.livedoor.jp/katayamazu
from temple 愛染寺, Aizen-Ji 片山津 Niigata




source :　www.araiyakushi.or.jp
from temple Arai Yakushi 新井薬師 Baisho-In, Tokyo
東京都中野区新井5-3-5




source : www9.plala.or.jp/yumedono
Nagano, 長野県上田市下之郷５４１ - Choofukuji　長福寺　Chofuku-Ji Yumedono

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source :　item.rakuten.co.jp/hachimitu
to carry with you, wood carving


. Health Amulets 健康御守 kenkoo omamori .


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. Ehime   - temples with a Yakushi Nyorai

Kanjizaiji 「観自在寺」
http://www.kanjizaiji.com/

Jooruriji 「浄瑠璃寺」
http://www.88shikokuhenro.jp/ehime/46joruriji/index.html

Hantaji 「繁多寺」
http://www.88shikokuhenro.jp/ehime/50hantaji/index.html

Ishiteji 「石手寺」
http://www.88shikokuhenro.jp/ehime/51ishiteji/index.html
. Ishiteji 石手寺 Ishite-Ji . and Fudo Myo-O

Kokubunji 「国分寺」
http://www.88shikokuhenro.jp/ehime/59kokubunji/index.html

Zenpukuji 善福寺 Zenpuku-Ji
愛媛県今治市伯方町北浦甲1986-2 Imabara


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. Sukunahikona no mikoto 少彦名命 Sukuna Hikona, Sukuna-Hikona .


Another Deity to protect the medicine is Shinno Sama and the Japanese Hikona.


Hikona　小彦名



Shinno shi 神農氏

These two deities are especially venerated in the district of Doshoo-Machi, where many pharmaceutical companies have their seat. During the annual Shrine Festival, people pray for good health.
http://www.kusuri-doshomachi.gr.jp/sinno/sinno.html


November 22 to 23 is the Shinno Festival
Sukunahikona Shrine (Chuo-ku, Osaka City).
小彦名神社
Sukunahikona Shrine enshrines a guardian god of Dosho-machi, Osaka's medicine town. During the Shinno Festival, people buy bamboo branches to celebrate the Buddha of Medicine.

Another item sold in honor of Shinno Sama as a token for good health is a small tiger made of papermachee.



「神農（じんのう）さん」と呼ばれているのは、道修町（どしょうまち）の小彦名（すくなひこな）神社のことで、ここに神農氏が共に祀られています。１０センチ程の首振り式のこの張り子の虎は、１１月２２、２３日の「神農祭り」に授与されます。
神農氏とは、中国の医薬神で、農耕を教え、薬草の効果を身をもって試み、医薬の道を説いた神さまです。
道修町は、薬品会社・薬品問屋の街です。神農さんの虎は神社の授与品と、この薬品問屋から配られるものの２種類があります。神社からだされるものは、虎の腹部に神農社の紋の「薬」の朱印が押されています。
江戸時代末期にコレラが流行しました。この時、「虎頭殺鬼雄黄丹」という丸薬の虎にちなんだ、張り子の虎を、小彦名神社に供えて病除祈願をし、それを配ったのが始まりとされています。
また、この製作者の所では、この虎の他に「節供飾りの虎」が作られています。全長５７センチのものから１１センチまで、８種類作られています。
大阪張り子は、かなり古くから作られていたようですが、大正から昭和の初期にセルロイドやブリキの玩具に押されて、作っていた家のほとんどが転廃業してしまい、現存の制作者は２人となってしまいました.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~SA9S-HND/agal-958-1.html


Shinnoosai Shinnoo Festival 神農祭

神農祭は、毎年11月22～23日の2日間にわたり盛大に斎行（さいこう）されています。薬種商が店先に祭提灯や祝幕、金屏風を飾った戦前と、商店が会社に発展した戦後とでは、祭は大きく様変わりしましたが、薬業界の祭に寄せる心は変わることはありません。時代とともに年々参拝者が増加、今日では2日間で約5万人の参拝者で賑わい、“町の祭り”から“大阪の年中行事”の祭りに発展しました。神農祭が盛大であるため、当社の通称も“少彦名神社”より“道修町の神農さん”と称されています。また、昔から。大阪の一年の祭りは戎祭りで始まり当社の神農祭で終わるため、「とめの祭り」ともいわれ、薬業界の守護神として、人々の病除けの神として親しまれています。


More photos from the festival
安永9年(1780)10月。京都・五條天神宮から少彦名命をお迎えし、以前から祀っていた神農氏と共にお祀して、2000年にはご鎮座220年を迎えました。
大阪市中央区道修町2丁目1番8号
http://www.kusuri-doshomachi.gr.jp/event/sinnosai.html



. Tora トラ　- 虎　- 寅　Tiger Toys .


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Doshomachi Pharmaceutical & Historical Museum

Located on the grounds of Sukunahikona Shrine, where the god of medicine is enshrined, this museum shows how the entire Doshomachi district has developed along with the pharmaceutical industry for nearly 350 years. The exhibits include old documents such as address lists of medicine traders. Here, the development of the pharmaceutical industry and the history of Doshomachi, a pharmaceutical district, are laid out.
This facility is located on the grounds of Sukunahikona Shrine.
http://www.kanko-osaka.or.jp/eng/sight/sight.cgi?id=00195&func=course&cls0=false&cls1=5&cls2=1

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. Mahayana Buddhist Healing Rituals .
Ji Hyang Padma
Core Faculty at California Institute for Human Science

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. Yakushi Rurikoo Nyorai 薬師瑠璃光如来 Ruriko Yakushi .
- - - - - Ruriji 瑠璃寺 temples names Ruri-Ji
- - - - - Rurikooji 瑠璃光寺 temples names Ruriko-Ji - Rurikō-ji 　
- - - - - Rurizan （るりざん） 瑠璃山 Ruriyama


Yakushi Nyorai, Yakushi Rurikoo Nyorai
(Bhaishajya-guru)

"Buddha der Medizin und Heilung", daher auch "Großer Buddha der Medizin" genannt.
Lebt im Reinen Land des Lapislazuli-Lichtes (rurikoo) des Ostens.
Erscheint nicht in den Mandalas der beiden Welten des esoterischen Buddhismus, ist aber wahrscheinlich dort identisch mit Ashuku Nyorai.

In Japan seit dem Ende des 7. Jhd. besonders populär, da er in dieser Welt seine göttliche Gnade gewährt. Er legte 12 Gelübde ab, um den Menschen Wohlergehen in dieser Welt zu spenden. Das 7. Gelübde bezieht sich ausdrücklich darauf, die Menschen von körperlichen Gebrechen zu befreien und ihre geistige Verwirrung zu vertreiben.
Später im Rahmen der Verbreitung der Zen-Sekte durch Shaka Nyorai abgelöst.

Er entspricht dem Gewährungs-Körper (hoojin). Die Erde gewährt uns durch Pflanzen und Tiere eine Grundlage zum Leben, die Nahrungsmittel sind für uns wie Medizin, daher auch als eine direkte Verkörperung, als "Yakushi Nyorai" zu denken.

Die älteste (um 680), schönste, bekannteste Bronzestatue findet sich im Tempel Yakushiji in Nara. Spätere Statuen wurden häufig von Adeligen gestiftet, um eigene Krankheiten zu heilen oder um Seuchen zu vertreiben. Besonders wirksam für Augenkrankheiten.
Seit der Nara-Zeit in Kombination mit den 12 Himmlischen Generalen (z.B. Tempel Shin Yakushiji, Nara).


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Oft mit sieben kleinen Verkörperungen im Nimbus.
Hat 12 Gelübde abgelegt, mit entsprechenden Gesten.
Oft die Geste Fürchtet Euch nicht! und Wunschgewährung.
Statuen des tibetanischen Lamaismus (seit dem 11. Jhd.) zeigen oft den Yakushi mit einem Medizintopf in der linken Hand und die rechte in der Geste beim Abpflücken von Heilkräutern. Ähnliche Statuen finden sich im esoterischen Buddhismus Japans.

Seit der Heian-Zeit auch Medizintopf oder eine Frucht in der linken Hand, die rechte erhoben. Der Medizintopf kann auch über den in Meditationshaltung gefalteten Händen gelagert sein. Statuen mit dem Medizintopf sind seit der späten T'ang-Zeit bekannt. Ohne den Medizintopf ähneln die Statuen einem Shaka oder Amida Nyorai.

In der Tendai-Sekte gibt es eine Form der Verehrung des Yakushi in seinen sieben Inkarnationen (Shichibutsu Yakushihoo). Dabei bitten die Gläubigen vor allen Dingen um Heilung von Krankheiten und um eine leichte Geburt.

Wenn alle Finger der Hand ausgestreckt sind, ist der Ringfinger etwas nach vorne gestreckt. Bei Statuen des Amida Nyorai ist es der Mittelfinger. Da zunächst mehr Statuen des Amida Nyorai gefertigt wurden, sich aber später der Glaube an den Yakushi mehr verbreitete, wurde einigen Amida-Figuren einfach der Mittel~finger abgesägt, durch einen gestreckten Finger ersetzt und der Ringfinger durch einen nach vorne gebogenen ausgetauscht. Im Japanischen heißt der Ringfinger übrigens der "Medizin-Finger" (kusuri yubi).

Eine sehr seltene Handhaltung des Yakushi ist die einer Kichijooten (chikichijooin). Dabei ist die rechte zur Brust erhoben, Hand~fläche nach vorne und die linke vor der Brust mit der Handfläche nach oben gehalten.


. . . . . . . . . . Besondere Statuen:

Yakushi-Dreiergruppe (Yakushi sanzon)
Mit Nikkoo Bosatsu rechts und Gakkoo Bosatsu links.
Spendet unermüdlich Tag und Nacht Medizin, daher mit dem Bosatsu von Sonne (Nikkoo) und Mond (Gakkoo) zusammen. Meist von den 12 Himmlischen Generalen als Gefolge umgeben, die ebenfalls uner~müdlich in allen Himmelsrichtungen und zu allen Tageszeiten als Schutzgottheiten aktiv sind. Man kann diese Gruppe auch als ein Symbol der Überwindung von Raum und Zeit interpretieren.
Häufig in einer besonderen Halle (Yakushidoo) untergebracht. Dabei werden Yakushi sitzend und die beiden Bosatsu ihm zugewendet und stehend dargestellt.

Manchmal als Begleitfiguren auch Yakuoo Bosatsu und Yakujoo Bosatsu. Dies sind zwei legendäre indische Brüder. Sie waren sehr reich und gaben Medizin an alle Leute ab, um ihre eigene Erlösung zu fördern. Daher erscheint in ihrem Namen auch das chinesische Zeichen für Medizin, "YAKU". Manchmal erscheinen sie auch als Begleitfiguren von Shaka Nyorai.




Sieben Yakushi-Statuen (Shichibutsu Yakushi
七仏薬師)
Eine große und sechs kleine einzelne Statuen des Yakushi Nyorai mit jeweils sieben kleinen Verkörperungen im Nimbus. Entsprechend dem Sutra der sieben Yakushi-Buddhas (Shichibutsu Yakushikyoo).
Diese Stauten werden bei Fürbitten für die Heilung von Krankheiten und um einfache Geburt besonders angebetet.
Diese sieben Figuren haben dann als Inkarnationen des Yakushi eigene Bezeichnungen (nach Tanaka (1):

Zenmyooshoo Kichijoooo Nyorai
Hoogetsu Chigonkoo Onjizaioo Nyorai
Konjiki Hookoo Myoogyoojooju Nyorai
Muyuu Saishoo Kichijoo Nyorai
Hookai Raion Nyorai
Hookai Shooe Yuugijintsuu Nyorai
Yakushi Rurikoo Nyorai.

© Gabi Greve
Buddhastatuen (Buddha statues) Who is Who
Ein Wegweiser zur Ikonografie von japanischen Buddhastatuen


. Shichibutsu Yakushi　七仏薬師 Seven Yakushi Statues .
- Introduction


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