Kannonji Miyagi

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Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji

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

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

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宮城県気仙沼市本町 1-4-16 / 1 Chome-4-16 Motomachi, Kesennuma-shi

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

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

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

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

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

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

- Chant of the temple

とうかいの　紫雲たなびくかいがんざん　みがわりふどう
ちかいたのみて

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Ushiwakamaru (Yoshitsune) and Minatsuru-hime


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

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

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

. Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源の義経 (1159 - 1189) .
- Introduction -

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

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

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


- Kiichi Hogen and Bunraku 文楽　-

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



and his head as an old man



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

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



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

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- source : miyagitabi.com/kesennuma

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



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

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

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

729 (Tenpyō 1): The emperor invested Umakai with the power to raise an army to quash a revolt, but the cause for alarm was dissipated without the need for military action.
737 (Tenpyō 9): Umakai died at age 44. A smallpox epidemic caused the deaths of Umakai and his three brothers.
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- after the earthquake of 2011

東日本大震災慰霊碑 -
Memorial statues are erected in Tohoku
to bring light to all the grieving corners
一隅を照らす運動

慈光観音菩薩 the statue of Jiko Kannon Bosatsu



- source : www.kyoseki.jp/voice


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

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

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

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

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

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .

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

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Koan

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Koan and Fudo Myo-O 公案と不動明王


Master Mumon 無門禅師 and the Mumonkan - Gateless Gate
Mumon was born in 1183, towards the end of the Sung Dynasty, 960-1279.
. Katsu !! - Koan and Daruma . 　
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The Gateless Gate is a personal pictorial reflection on the compilation of Zen cases referred to as the Mumonkan or Gateless Gate.
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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telephone card

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telephone card テレフォン　カード
tereka　テレカ phone card

Pre-paid phone cards used to be quite popular collector's items, like stamps or postcards, since their introduction around 1980. They often featured interesting scenes, paintings or temples and shrines and were not used for making calls, so the NTT telephone company made a good profit on them.

With the advent of handies and smartphones, they are now out of use, more or less and the public telephones have also mostly vanished.
But pre-paid cards for other services are still in use now and used instead of cash.

Their size is quite convenient and soon o-mamori card　お守りカード amulets also used this size, so that they could be carried in the purse or pocket.


. iPhone accessory - handy and Fudo .
sumaho　スマホ　- smartphone スマートフォン

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source - aucfan auctions 2014

from 　
. Enshooji 円照寺 Ensho-Ji .
Saitama


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source - yahoo auctions 2014

Representing the seated wooden statue of temple
Iioji 飯尾寺 Iio-Ji
飯尾寺木造不動明王坐像

千葉県長生郡長柄町山根821
821 Yamane, Nagara-machi, Chōsei-gun, Chiba

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source - yahoo auctions 2014

statue from
. Shoren-In Monzeki 青蓮院門跡 Kyoto .


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omamori card お守りカード

不動明王像カード守
source :　www.amazon.co.jp

From Chiba Yakuyoke Fudo Son
Myoosenji 妙泉寺 Myosen-Ji
1210 Yamada, Togane, Chiba / 千葉県東金市山田1210

- Homepage of the Temple 関叡山妙泉寺
- source : www.yaku-yoke.com

With Fudo no Mori Graveyard Park 不動の杜庭園墓所

千葉厄除け不動尊で祈願された願いが叶う不動明王のカード守り


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omamori card お守りカード / 金運財布守


source - rakuten

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source :　www.suruga-ya.jp

from Toyokawa Inari Shrine 豊川稲荷
for luck with money


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telephone card with a hologram of Fudo
ホログラムの不動明王



- source : hokuto-buraian-731

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. Telephone Cards テレフォン　カード with Daruma San . 　

. 不動明王　お守り Fudo Myo-O o-mamori amulets .


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


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mikaeri hashiri Fudo

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Mikaeri Fudo 見返り不動 Fudo looking back

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県指定　木造不動明王立像（みかえり不動）　
Kamakura Period



神照寺
剣を肩に担いで、右足を前に出し、まさに走り出そうとする姿勢である。
目は玉眼入、鐶釧は金銅造、衣紋に截金模様が残っている。鎌倉末期。
当寺では見返り（みかえり）不動といい、
浅井長政の持仏であったと伝えられている。
像高47.4センチの小像ではあるが、この姿態の不動明王の木彫としては珍しいもので、絵画では東京に「走り不動」といって重文指定のものがある。

- source : www.city.nagahama.shiga.jp

at temple Shinshooji 神照寺 Shinsho-Ji
323 Shinjoteracho, Nagahama, Shiga Prefecture

This was the personal statue of the samurai Asai Nagamasa 浅井長政 (1545 - 1573).
It is about 47 cm high.
This Fudo has the sword on his shoulder and is putting his right foot in front, so as to start running any time, when someone needs his help.

There is a painting in Tokyo, where it pose is called
hashiri Fudo 走り不動 "running Fudo"

- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.h2.dion.ne.jp/~jinsyoji



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Asai Nagamasa (浅井 長政, 1545 – August 28, 1573)
was a daimyo during the Sengoku period of Japan. His clan, the Asai, were located in northern Ōmi Province, east of Lake Biwa. He was both the brother-in-law of Oda Nobunaga, starting in 1564, and one of Nobunaga's enemies from 1570-1573. Nagamasa and his clan were destroyed by Oda Nobunaga in August 1573.
Major battles of Asai Nagamasa include the battle of Anegawa in 1570 and the many sieges of Odani castle between 1570 and 1573.
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at 賢臺山（けんたいさん）法乗院・深川ゑんま堂
Fukagawa Enma-Do, Tokyo
- source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/jinjin_tsuka


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modern statue, about 21 cm high

- source : store.shopping.yahoo.co.jp/kurita

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Mikaeri Fudo Son 見廻不動尊
（見廻みかえり不動尊）


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carved in stone by Kobo Daishi himself.
A kind of magaibutsu 磨崖仏.

Near Hasedera 長谷寺の辺り in Nara, below Hase Dam 初瀬ダムの下.


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. Mikaeri Fudo みかえり不動 Fudo looking back .
真光山 Shinkozan 永照院 Eisho-In 長安寺 Choan-Ji
群馬県伊勢崎市西小保方町304-1 / Gunma, Isesaki city, Nishiobokata town 304-1


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. Mikaeri Amida 見返り阿弥陀　Amida looking Back . 　

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hashiri Fudo 走り不動 "running Fudo"

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赤走り不動明王

This Fudo is ready to start running any time to help people in need.

Wakayama, Kukai-In 明王山空海院
和歌山県紀の川市粉河2265-5
- source : www.kuukaiin.com


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Osaka Takidani Fudo 瀧谷不動尊
大阪府富田林市彼方（おちかた）1762
- source : www.takidanifudouson.or.jp


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Fudo running after the Wheel of Law
(maybe inspired from a painting of the Shigisan Emaki.

ブーメラン（法輪）を追っかける青不動。
作者（鶴山人梵可）painter

信貴山縁起絵巻の童子は鎧に剣をぶら下げて法輪をおっかけて走ります。
此絵の青不動はブーメラン（法輪）といっしょに空を走ります。
- source : www.goto-koumusyo.co.jp





. Shigisan Engi Emaki 信貴山縁起絵巻 .


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fumiwari rengeza 踏割蓮華座 lotus base with separate feet

. daiza 台座 seat of Fudo Myo-O 不動明王 .


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


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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

from
. 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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Todoroki temple

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Todoroki 等々力 Fudo 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.
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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.

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