Inari and Fudo

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Inari and Fudo 稲荷と不動明王

There are many Shrines dedicated to Inari, the "Fox Deity" of Japan.
Inari Ōkami (稲荷大神, also Oinari) is the Japanese kami of foxes.
The most famous fox god shrine festival at Fushimi Inari in Kyoto is the most famous.



Ukanomikami, Uka no Mikami 宇迦之御魂神 / 倉稲魂神
The deity for a good harvest, venerated at Inari shrines.
Miketsu Kami 御食津神 / 三狐神 / Inari Kami 稲荷神 Deity to provide food


Read here about Inari festivals :
. Inari Myojin 稲荷明神 Honorable Inari Fox Deity . 　
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. Iizuna no Gongen 飯網の権現 .
This is an incarnation of the Fox Deity, Inari.
People pray to him for a bountiful harvest and good luck in business. He looks like a Tengu, a long-nosed goblin.


Some Yamabushi sects think Iizuna (Izuna) is the original Japanese form (honji) of Fudo Myo-0, especially at Mt. Takao near Tokyo.

and
Akibagongen, Akiba Gongen  秋葉権現
standing on a white fox


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. Dakini or Dakiniten 荼枳尼天 .
She is also standing on a white fox.
Shinkoō-bosatsu (Central Fox Queen-Bodhisattva, 辰狐王菩薩)
and
Kiko tennō (Noble Fox-heavenly Queen, 貴狐天王).

As a deity from India, coming to Japan via China, she was riding on a jackal.
Since there are no jackals in Japan, she was depicted on a white fox.
see Toyokawa, below


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Image of Fudo Myoo standing on the back of Oinari.
Fudo is the immoveable. He is the subduer of evil and stabilizer of the wisdom of the Dharma.




Oinari is the messenger to the gods in Shinto. He is worshipped by farmers and others for rice, rain, and children. He a beneficent deity. The two of these figures together means that this is a synthesis of Shinto and Buddhism. This is a part of an esoteric tradition in Japan.

This item is from the Cleveland Museum Collection
- source : www.robynbuntin.com


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腰神不動明王 Fudo as deity to cure pain in the lower back


伏見稲荷と不動明王
- source : www7b.biglobe.ne.jp/~narigama


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kin-un saifu mamori 金運財布守 amulet to put in your purse


source :　www.suruga-ya.jp

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. Toyokawa Inari Shrine 豊川稲荷 .
for luck with money

This shrine is most famous for the worship of Dakini Ten. It was originally a temple for Dakini 妙厳寺 Myogon-Ji.


shuin 朱印　stamp of the Toyokawa temple


. kin-un, kin un 金運 amulets for luck with moneny.


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


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Todoroki 等々力 Fudo in Edo

. Edo no taki 江戸の滝 waterfalls in Edo . 　
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Todoroki Fudo 等々力不動尊
東京都世田谷区等々力１丁目２２−４７ - Seatagaya


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Todoroki Fudo Temple,
Todoroki valley and waterfall, a Heian era temple and sacred spot for mountain ascetics in Setagaya, Tokyo

Todoroki Valley (等々力渓谷, todoroki keikoku) is located in Setagaya, Tokyo…in a surprisingly urban setting – although located just by Kanpachi driveway (Tokyo loop driveway 8), but it is rich in nature attracting Tokyo walkers all year around.

The ONLY Valley in the Tokyo Metropolis, it is a pocket of nature and wildlife. The valley stretches for about 1 km with Yazawa river running through it. A number of water springs and streams can be seen in the ravines, but the most famous spot is, of course, the small “Fudo no Taki” waterfall in “Todoroki Fudo” temple. Although some people like to try the water found on the inner park grounds, local hygiene authorities advise the public not to drink the water.



The history of the temple goes back to Heian era centuries ago. The Todoroki Fudo temple’s adjacent waterfall has been used by Shugendo mountain ascetic practices since ancient times, and still serves as a misogi training and meditational spot for the religious. There is the old wooden temple, but also a newer modern
Shingon Manganji Temple 　満願寺　別院（等々力不動尊）　
where religious studies and seminars are carried out.

The temple venerates Dainichi Nyorai, the statue of the deity (not accessible to the public) said to have been carved by Kukai a.k.a. Kobo Daishi himself. There is a statue along of the path of En no Gyoja Fudo, also said to have been made by En no Gyoja himself, and according to the Temple foundation story, Kobo Daishi had a dream in which he was told that the statue of En no Gyoja Fudo which was in Yamato-Nara at the time, had a strong connection with Musashino and so off he went, bearing the statue to Musashino, where he found our said ravine marked by auspicious clouds. There he dug a cave from which burst a stream of waterfall with a roaring sound.

The temple is surrounded by a tree grove, there is a traditional temple garden, a nearby picnic and hanami spot that you can visit as well as an ancient tomb in the valley. The researchers estimate this tomb was build about 1,300 years ago. The place is a popular spot for Tokyo walkers, especially in the summer.
- source : educationinjapan.wordpress.com

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Todoroki Fudo Festival 等々力不動尊青葉まつり
May 28

- Homepage of Mangan-Ji
- source : www.manganji.or.jp


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


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Fudo from Museum Collections 不動明王

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Los Angeles County Museum



A hibitsu or “secret Buddha” is a temple statue, not necessarily of the Buddha, that is shown rarely or not at all. Cultures around the globe have religious art intended to be displayed on special occasions.
Japan takes this universal idea to chronological extremes. Some hibitsu are shown only every 7 years, or 33 years, 0r 60 years. In a few cases they have been made with the intention of never being displayed at all. LACMA’s new Fudo Myoo: The Indomitable Foe of Evil (about 1125), a gift of Irene Christopher, Scott M. Delman, and the 2012 Collectors Committee may be one of these rarely-seen objects.

source : blogs.artinfo.com/lacmonfire


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Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York




The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
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This statue of "Fudo Myoo," from Japan's Kamakura period (1185-1333),
is part of the exhibit "Masterpieces of the Mary Briggs Burke Collection,"
opening at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art Tuesday. The exhibit showcases the biggest and most comprehensive private collection of Japanese art outside Japan.

source : www.tribuneindia.com, March 2000

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MOA - Museum of Art - Atami
静岡県熱海市桃山町26-2　/ 26-2 Momoyama Atami Shizuoka

不動明王二童子像
Fudo Myo-o (Acalanatha) and Two Attendants



This is a rare picture because besides the two child attendants who usually accompany him, Fudō-myō-ō is trampling down two figures under his feet. In this work, details of the furious face of Myō-ō and the pattern of the garments are superbly expressed and the well-proportioned composition shows the grandeur of Buddhist art.

不動・降三世同躰説に基づいて、足下に大自在天と大自在天妃を踏まえ、左斜めを見下ろす異形となっている。右手に三鈷柄剣、左手に羂索をとる姿は通例であるが、片目をつぶる天地眼ではなく両目を大きく開け、また上歯で下唇を噛む形相は古様のものである。脇に立つ矜羯羅と制た迦の二童子は、鎌倉時代の彫像と同様の、動きのある姿態で描かれている。構図が大ぶりで不動の威容が堂々としており、図像的特色とともに注目すべき作例である。
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Tokyo National Museum　東京国立博物館



Standing Fudo Myo-o　(Acalanatha)　Heian Period

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


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asekaki Fudo 汗かき不動 / あせかき不動 sweating Fudo
Introduction

There are various statues with this name in Japan.

There are also other deities showing "sacred sweat":


. asekaki 汗かき　/ 　あせかき　sweating deities .

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Nokogiriyama 鋸山
Kanaya, Temple Nihon-Ji 金谷 - 日本寺

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Mount Nokogiri (鋸山 Nokogiri-yama) literally "saw mountain" is a low mountain on the Bōsō Peninsula on Honshu, Japan. It lies on the southern border of the city of Futtsu and the town Kyonan in Awa District in Chiba Prefecture.
The western side of the mountain is also the site of the sprawling Nihon-ji temple complex, which is the home of two Daibutsu sculptures - a huge seated carving of Yakushi Nyorai that at 31.05 metres (101.9 ft) tall is the largest pre-modern, stone-carved Daibutsu in Japan, and the "Hundred-shaku Kannon", a tall relief image of Kannon carved into one of the quarry walls - as well as 1500 hand-carved arhat sculptures, which combined with the spectacular scenery of the Bōsō Hills and Tokyo Bay, make Mount Nokogiri a popular tourism destination.
- source : wikipedia


The statue of the sweating Fuod is behind the collection of 100 Kannon statues 百体観音.

The statue would sweat as a prelude to some ill omen.
It would also start sweating to make up for the sins of mankind.

身に罪の重きを恨みたきつせの
不動の力たのむうれしさ


source :　4travel.jp/travelogue



source :　qookaku3.blog.shinobi.jp


. Nokogiriyama　鋸山 .
Kazusa Province (上総国, Kazusa-no kuni), now Chiba

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Takahata Fudo Temple 高幡不動尊
Tokyo

During the Muromachi period, whenever there was a major fight and battle in the country, this wooden statue would start sweating sacred sweat 霊汗. So it was widely revered by the warriors.
This Fudo was also a protector of fires for the town of Edo.



. Takahata Fudo Temple 高幡不動尊 .

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Tsugaru

. Kogakesan Fudoo-In Kokushooji 古懸山不動院国上寺 Kokusho-Ji .

青森県平川市碇ヶ関古懸門前１−１
Monzen-1-1 Ikarigasekikogake, Hirakawa-shi

One of the
Tsugaru San Fudoo 津軽三不動 Three Fudo in Tsugaru

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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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Yokoyama Fudo Miyagi

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Yokoyama Fudo 横山不動

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

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




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

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

The main statue is Shakyamuni 釈迦牟尼佛.




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





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



- Chant of the temple

横山に　その名も高し　不動尊　
神秘の池に　うぐいまします

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


ugui 石斑魚 / 鯎 Japanese dace, Tribolodon hakonensis

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source :　www.etsy.com/listing

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

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

katsura 桂 Japanese Judas tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum

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

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


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１月１日　　年頭大祈祷 New Year Ritual

１月１４日　どんと祭

１月２８日　初不動 First Fudo Ritual

４月２７、２８日　春季大祭典 Great Spring Festival

１０月２８日　秋季大祭典 Great Autumn Festival

１２月２８日　納めの不動 Last Fudo Ritual

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 .
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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and talismans from Japan .　

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. Japan - after the BIG earthquake .
March 11, 2011, 14:46

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Kamitera Miyagi

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Kamitera Fudo 神寺不動尊

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

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

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- source and more photos : minkara.carview.co.jp/smart


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


- footprints of Fudo Myo-O

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

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

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

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

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


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

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





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- Amulets from the temple


交通安全ステッカー sticker for traffic safety


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


星座守り - Amulet of your birth star constellation


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




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


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. chigo 稚児 temple acolytes, children at festivals .






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


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

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


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

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

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A rich source of information about Japan.
Here is the collection about Fudo Myo-O:　不動明王
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高鍋大師　Takanabe Taishi - Takanabe Daishi


Takanabe Taishi is the generic name of about 700 stone Buddhist statues located in Takanabe-cho, Koyu-gun, Miyazaki Pref.
The statues were carved by Yasukichi Iwaoka (1889-1977), who devoted his half a lifetime to this feat. Distressed by a series of robbing of Mochida Kofun, Yasukichi turned over his family business to his son at the age of 40 and began to carve stone statues to console the souls of the ancient chieftains. In 1931, he obtained a part of land, where a group of kofun are located, and invited a stone workman from Usuki, Oita Pref. to learn how to carve statues.
The stone statues included the huge statues of Fudo Myoo, Inari Okami, Twelve Yakushi Nyorai, Juichimen Kanzeon (11-faced Kanzeon), Amaterasu Okami, Susanoo no Mikoto and various other small statues. Prayers, requiem and the feelings that people handed down since the ancient times are all embodied in these statues.
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Ootaki Fudo 大滝不動 Otaki Fudo at the Big Waterfall

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

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

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宮城県仙台市太白区秋保町馬場字大滝１１
Ōtaki-11 Akiumachi Baba, Taihaku-ku, Sendai-shi


秋保大滝 Akiu Great Falls

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

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

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


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

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


- Chant of the temple

南無不動　功徳は世々にあらわれて　
みちびきたまえ　秋保大滝

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


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


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

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



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

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

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

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