Fudo Legends 05 Kagawa

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Fudo Legends 05 - from Kagawa to Kyoto

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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- - - - - Kagawa 香川県

Once a pilgrim went to 伊予山 Mount Iosan and made ablutions in the waterfall, when suddenly Fudo Myo-O appeared.
Fudo let an old hag with a wide mouth, from ear to ear. When she opened her mouth, flames came out of it.

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Kagawa 高松市 Takamatsu 一宮町 Ichinomiya

okudosan おくどさん O-Kudo San - the Honorable Hearth
Once the head of the family did not feel very well and when ホウザンハン a Yamabushi priest came to purify the hearth, he was told that the Hearth Deity was not properly venerated.
When the family had replaced the hearth, they did not call a priest to have rituals for Fudo, but called 宮司さん a Shinto priest. If they had not even called the Shinto priest, all family members might have died.

. kamado 竈 hearth and its deity .

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Kagawa 木田郡 Kita district 三木町 Miki

tanuki 狸，アオニュウド / 青入道
The road from Tsuga to the Fudo sanctuary has a curve called ヒウチカド Hiuchikado.
People get posessed by a Tanuki there.
Once a charcoal maker passed by this 不動さん Fudo San. It was a full-moon night, but here al was pitch-dark. So the man wend down on his knees and grabed the weeds by the roadside to find his way. Eventually he crossed the bridge and suddenly the night was light again. And he heard someone laugh devilishly.
This was the deed of a Tanuki, a kind of Yokai called Ao-Nyudo, the Blue Nyudo monster.

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Kagawa 山本町 Yamamoto

kitsune 狐 fox，tanuki 狸 badger
If people are possessed by a fox or Tanuki, they get abura-age 油揚 fried Tofu or 小豆御飯 rice with soy beans to appease them.
The mountain priest 角田氏 Kakuda attacks them with Sutras. If they do not let go, he uses Fudo no kanashibari 不動のカナシバリ a paralyzing spell of Fudo to get rid of the possession.
If they promise to let go, he reads 般若心経 the Hannya Shingyo Heart Sutra at the end of the ritual.

. Hannya Shingyoo 般若心経 Hanya Shingyo Heart Sutra .

kanashibari 金縛り "bound in metal", sleep demons. temporary feeling of paralysis
- source : japanesemythology.wordpress.com... -

Fudo kanashibari no jutsu:
the art form of making an opponent hesitate by immobilizing any living thing with the power of the mind
- as practised by the Sogobujutsu martial art.

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Kagawa 塩江温泉 Shionoe Hot Spring
香川県高松市塩江町安原上東２７８－２

不動の滝 Fudo no Taki Waterfall - abour 40 meters high
When Kobo Daishi made ablutions at this waterfall, suddenly Fudo Myo-O appeared to him, hence the name.

- reference source : tabicoffret.com/article-

. Waterfalles named "Fudo no Taki" 不動の滝 .



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- - - - - Kagoshima 鹿児島県
曽於郡 Soo district

Hanayadon ハナヤドン Hanaya don
In the hamelt of 上出水 Kami-Izumi in the estate of 徳重義信 Tokushige Ienobu the deity Hanaya Don is venerated beside Fudo Myo-O.
During WWII, the uncle of Ienobu had been in 満州 Manchuria. Ienobu had a dream of the uncle telling him to build a more beautiful sanctuary for Hanaya Don.
So now it is a beautiful small shrine.



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- - - - - Kanagawa 神奈川県

If a traveler passes by 不動明 Fudo Myo, he falls from his horse.
To show his respect, he has to demount from the horse and walk past.

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reibutsu 霊仏 "spirit Buddha"
Once the Fudo statue at Oyama was found to be heavily sweating, then a strong earthquake occurred and many people died.
Some Buddha statues are known to sweat. Once the high priest 智興阿闍梨 Chikyo Ajari was stuck with illness, the Statue of Fudo wept.
These compassionate statues are really to be praised.

. 大山の不動様 Oyama no Fudo Son - 大山寺 .

. asekaki Fudoo 汗かき不動 sweating Fudo .

. naki Fudo 泣き不動 / 泣不動 weeping Fudo .

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Kanagawa 鎌倉市 Kamakura

Enkan shoonin 円観上人 Saint Enkan Shonin（1281 - 1356）
Enkan was called for questioning to the Kamakura government because he was under suspicion of having done improper rituals (choobuku 調伏 Chobuku).
The regent, 北条高時 Hojo Takatoki (1303 - 1333) had a dream: From the slope 東坂本 Higashisakamoto there came a few thousand monkeys to protect the body of the saint.
So Takatoki ordered to postpone the questioning and told his subordinate 佐介時弘 Sasuke Tokihiro to do so.
Tokihiro reported that on this morning, in the room of the saint, he had seen the shade of the figure of Fudo Myo-O.


円観上人 Saint Enkan Shonin / 慧鎮 Echin
（1281 - 1356）
Enkan was born in 1281 in Omi. He became a priest at Enryaku-Ji in 1295 at the age of 15, and received jukai ordination at the precepts-platform of the same temple, when he was granted the name of 伊予房道政 Iyonobo Dosei .
In 1303 he went into retreat and became a Zen priest for a while, but in the following year he returned to Kurodani.
In 1305 he secluded himself for the second time, following　priest 興円 Koen, and together they sought the "revival" of the precepts. Enkan and his followers conducted their "revival" receiving an impetus from the actions of Eizon.
Enkan became a 遁世僧　tonseiso from the Hiei group, and the leader of the　fundraiｓing for Todai-Ji. He carried out important activities such as the "revival" of temple 法勝寺 Hocho-Ji.
Enkan was in charge of the compilation of the original Taiheiki 太平記 records.

- reference : Enkan -

. Chōbuku hō 調伏法 Chobuku rituals .
to ward off evil spirits, enemies, and malicious influences.

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Kanagawa 横浜市 Yokohama

Fudo no kanashibari 不動の金縛り paralyzing spell of Fudo
(see also below, Kagawa 山本町 Yamamoto)
After the war the leaders of 御岳講 the Ontake Mountain prayer group of 大岡 Kami-Oka held a lecture. On their way home in the dark some black soldiers belonging to 占領軍 the Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers grabbed the High Leader, strangled him and demanded money to let go. The High Leader begun mumbling the paralyzing spell of Fudo and in no time the black soldiers were paralyzed and unable to move.

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- - - - - Kanagawa and Niigata 新潟県 佐渡郡 Sado

toigiki トイギキ，hotoke oroshi ホトケオロシ / 仏オロシ seeking religious help
Once a family had a string of bad luck, so they went to a Fudo temple to ask what was the matter.
They were told that a grave on the way to the mountain was not kept properly and they should hold rituals. This was the grave of a family member that was split as a bunke 分家 branch family. The branch family had moved away to Kanagawa. So the main family gave them a handful of the earth of the ancestors to place in a grave in the new home and indeed the bad luck was stopped.

12 toigiki トイギキ to explore (one more with Fudo from Niigata)
14 hotokeoroshi ホトケオロシ to explore (2 more with Fudo)



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- - - - - Kochi 高知県
幡多郡 Hata gun 大月町 Otsuki

hebi 蛇 serpent
When the villagers performed a rain ritual at the waterfall of Fudo, there appeared a white snake and a red snake, telling them their wish would be granted.
The snake is an incarnation of Fudo.



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- - - - - Kumamoto 熊本県
人吉市 Hitoyoshi

yakoo ヤコウ fox
A pregnant woman got ill and prayed to Fudo Myo-O, because a shaman had told her to do so. But the illness got worse instead.
When she consulted another shaman, they found out it was a fox causing the illness. This shaman was a specialist in Yako Fox mischief.
Anyway, the woman was healed and the child turned out to be very clever.



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- - - - - Kyoto 京都府

. Abe no Seimei 安倍晴明 and a weeping Fudo - 清浄華院 Shojoke-In .
Fudo and Abe no Seimei at Shinnyodoo 真如堂 Shinnyo-Do

. Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon .

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Kyoto 六条の御息所 / 六条御息所 Rokujo no Miyasudokoro - Lady Rokujō

The vengeful spirit of Lady Rokujo was finally appeased when a priest at 横川 Yokogawa read the Sutra of Fudo (dokushu 不動読誦) many times for her soul.

. Rokujo no Miyasudokoro 六条御息所 .
and the Genji Monogatari

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Kyoto 延暦寺 Enryaku-Ji

Shortly before his death, Fudo told priest Ryuusen 隆暹 Ryusen in a dream that he would soon go to paradise.

. 延暦寺 Enryaku-Ji .
and Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 and Hiei-zan 比叡山 Mount Hiei

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Kyoto 東山区 Higashiyama

Priest and painter Choo Densu 兆殿司 Cho Densu (1352 - 1431)
Kitsuzan Mincho 吉山明兆 Zen Monk Kichizan
The painter Densu painted a Nehanzu 涅槃図 Nirvana scene of the death of Buddha. But it was a painting full of wonders.



When he painted a dragon, the dragon would fly to heaven.
When he painted Fudo Myo-O, his flaming halo would begin to burn in flames.
Once he wanted to paint a dragon and prayed to the deities to show him one. Suddenly the water in the pond of the temple begun to churn and a dragon showed his features.
The colors and pigments for his paintings were from a special source at 稲荷山 Mount Inariyama.


While Densu painted the Nehanzu scene, a cat came along with a brush and pain in its mouth.
So he painted one cat into the scene.

at temple 東福寺 Tofuku-Ji
- reference source : tofukuji.jp... -

. nehanzu　涅槃図 painting of a Nirvana Scene .

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Kyoto 京都清滝不動院 Kiyotaki Fudo-In
24 Sagatoriimoto Ikkahyocho, Ukyo Ward, Kyoto

tsuchinoko hebi 槌の子蛇 hammerspwan
The priest of the temple 清滝不動院 Kiyotaki Fudo-In, 青龍住職 priest Seiryu, had frequently chased something like a Tsuchinoko from the temple compound.
Even visitors had seen the creature. They all helped searching, even along the deep slopes, but could not find it.

. tsuchinoko 槌の子 / nozuchi 野槌 Hammerspawn .
a legendary snake-like cryptid.

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Kyoto 京丹波町 Kyotanba (Kyotamba)

kikusui no taki 菊水の瀧 Kikusui Waterfall "Chrysanthemum water"
The precious dew of the chrysanthemum leaves had turned into 甘露 honey dew and a 妙薬 miracle medicine, thanks to the grace of Fudo Myo-O.
If someone can drink this dew mixed in the water of the waterfall, he will live to become 500 years.

There are other waterfalls with this name in Japan.

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Kyoto 相楽郡 Soraku district 南山城村 Minami-Yamashiro

Tokiwa Gozen 常磐御前 Lady Tokiwa
The waterfall where Tokiwa Gozen prayed is now known as
常磐不動の滝 Tokiwa Fudo no Taki.
The statue venerated there is said to have been made by Lady Tokiwa herself.



. Tokiwa Gozen 常磐御前 Lady Tokiwa .
wife of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. (1123 - ?1180) - Mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.


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

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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 Legends 04 Gifu

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Fudo Legends 04 - from Gifu to Iwate

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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- - - - - Gifu 岐阜県


Once around 1920,
a family almost shipwrecked, but eventually made it back to home.
They had a wooden amulet from 成田の不動尊 the famous Narita Fudo on their body, but this amulet was broken.

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揖斐川町 Ibigawa


- source and more photos : fairport_asai
memorial stones of Fudo Myo-O near the waterfall

At the 不動の滝 Fudo Waterfall upstream of the river Takashitanigawa 高科谷川 Fudo Myo-O is venerated. When there is a water shortage in the village, people come here to pray.
If a frog appears while they pray, then rain will fall soon.
If bees come out while they pray, it will not rain for a while.

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高山市 Takayama

Fudo sama is a part of 富山にあるお岩不動 the O-Iwa Fudo (the Rock Fudo) from Toyama.
If people with eye problems pray to it, their eyes will get healed.

. Ooiwasan Nissekiji 大岩山日石寺 Oiwasan, Nisseki-Ji .



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- - - - - Hyogo 兵庫県
神戸市 Kobe

chinoike jigoku 血の池地獄 Chi no Ike - hell blood pond
A small pond near the 折靑渓不動の瀧 Fudo Waterfall before the 観音橋 Kannonbashi bridge. Mothers who die in childbirth have their blood flow in this pond.
Their relatives bring half of a white hand towel, make a knot in the four corners to scoop some water from the small river and leave it at the side.
Other travelers pick it up and ask for water to be scooped into the towel. If it soon shows a hole and the water flows out, this person will go to paradise fast after his/her death.

. Maya moode 摩耶詣 visiting the Maya temple .
Maya san Tenjooji 摩耶山天上寺 Tenjo-Ji

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洲本市 Sumoto

Upstream the river 物部川 Monobegawa there is a place named 切石 Kiriishi (cut stone) with many rocks. The big ones are 立岩 Tateiwa and 双子岩 Futagoiwa, a smaller one is called 島岩 Shimaiwa.
The river between Futagoiwa and Shimaiwa is quite dangerous for children to play. In the space between the rocks stands the 不動の岩 Fudo Rock.
A child once tried to split this Fudo Rock, but the child went crazy soon after.
Once upon a time
a tanuki 狸 badger lived between these rocks. People who came to gather firewood have seen it near the willow tree beside the Fudo Rock, sometimes shape-shifting into a strange human figure.

. tanuki 狸 mujina 狢　－ badger legends from Japan .



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- - - - - Ibaraki 茨城県

北相馬郡 Kita Soma district 守谷町 Moria

O-bake ishi お化け石 The ghost stone



In July of 1975 there appeared a ghost face on the memorial stone for Narita Fudo Myo-O 成田山不動明王石碑に幽霊. Some said it was the ghost of whe samurai Taira no Masakado 平将門様, others said it looked like their grandpa, others saw a woman in white robes carrying a child. No, it was a white cat buried below the stone. . . . All kinds of visions!



This story got so famous that it was even shown on TV and the village was flooded with inquisitive tourists. They needed a car parking space and the road to the Stone was always packed with cars. Then in the end it became clear that the "ghost" was some dried autumn grasses 枯れ尾花 and the fame died down, the village became quiet again.
source :　torishin.cocolog-nifty.com #moriya

. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 (? – 940) .

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水戸市 Mito

hi no tama 火の玉 ball of fire
On the way to the outhouse toiled, under the persimmon tree, there were two balls of fire rolling around. Coming closer, they vanished.
When asking the parents about his vision, he was told this was the deed of a mujina ムジナ.
Grandmother had once seen a ball of fire under the pine tree near the Fudo sanctuary and also said it was just a mujina badger.

. hi no tama 火の玉 "ball of fire" .

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那珂郡 Naka distrit

yonayona hikaru ishi 夜な夜な光る石
the stone that sparkled all night

This region, once ruled by the 佐竹家 Satake clan cam under the lordship of the Tokugawa.
The graves stones of the Satake clan had been removed and thrown into the river. Among the grave stones was also a stone statue of Fudo Myo-O which begun to sparkle at night. 丹下の宗助 Tange no Sosuke picked up the stone and began to venerate it.

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取手市 Toride

oogon butsu 黄金仏 Golden Buddha
In the old postal town 藤代宿 Fujishiro juku a girl of just eight years gave birth to a baby boy. This was very special and she got money to live a good life.
When they dug for a well in her new residence, there was a huge stone. Inside the stone was a statue of a golden Buddha, 不動尊 a golden Fudo.




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- - - - - Iwate 岩手県

東磐井郡 Higashi Iwai district 大東村 Daitomura

Once a villager was cutting down trees. He came to the hamlet of 野田集落 Noda and cut the branches of a torii Shrine gate dedicated to Fudo Myo-O お不動様の鳥居 and spent the night in the Fudo Hall. Because it was bitter cold he tore off the flags and used them to cover his shivering body. Then at midnight there was a sound at the front door.
And then next morning he could not move his body. Because he had slept in the same direction as the deity, he had been obstructing the deity from leaving the hall and this was his punishment.

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岩手郡 Iwate district

. Fudo as Hearth and Fire Deity 火の神（炉の神） .

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遠野市 Tono 土淵町 Tsuchibuchi mura

zashikiwarashi, zashikiwaraji ザシキワラシ/ 座敷わらし Zashiki Warashi Child
Once there was a fire in the village and just then a child with short cut hair おかっぱ姿 walked by the homes asking for food because it was hungry. The people were busy putting out the fire and did not pay attention to the child, but despite all their effort the home burned to the ground.
Another home, where the folks  took the time to give some food to the child, did not burn down.
Now they say it was O-Fudo sama walking around trying to prevent the fire from spreading.

On Zashiki-Warashi
Zashiki-warashi (“zashiki” meaning the tatami room of traditional Japanese houses, and “warashi” meaning a kid or small child) are often seen as a kind of omen in the houses of once-great families on the verge of decline.
- source : Zack Davisson

. Tōno monogatari 遠野物語 Tono Monogatari Legends .
- Introduction -

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東和町 Towa

Once an old woman was cleaning the toilet, but happened to get some dirt on the Fudo venerated in the toilet 便所の不動尊. Then came the village sports event in autumn, but this time she could not participate because her whole body ached for two days.
Now she knew what to do. She cleaned the statue of Fudo with some wand and yes - her pain was gone.


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Fudo Legends 03 Fukushima

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Fudo Myo-O legends from Fukushima
不動明王 - 福島県の伝説

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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shibu 田螺 Tanishi, mud snail

Before the hatsu uma 初午 First Day of the Horse people put salt in the four corners of the yururi 圍爐裡 / ユルリ (irori 囲炉裏) open hearth。Then they throw mud snails on the roof. If they reach far to the other side, there will be no fire for the coming year.
Tanishi are the messengers of Fudo Myo-O.
If eaten, they will cure eye disease.

. tanishi 田螺 / たにし mud snail .

. hatsu uma, hatsu-uma 初午 First Day of the Horse .
in February


- Iwashiro province 岩代国. Nishiniidono, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima

Once upon a time
in the hamlet of Mokusho-uchi 杢少内 (Mukkyoji in local dialect ムッキョジ) in 西新殿 Nishiniidono there was a wooden statue of Fudo Myo-O お不動様 in the Fudo Hall on the hill.
The villagers had great faith in the statue and came to pray and worship here every day with all kinds of wishes.

. Tanishi Fudo タニシ不動 / たにし不動 Mud-Snail Fudo .
Legends from Fukushima and other prefectures.



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会津若松市 Aizu Wakamatsu

A story told by 長嶺トキ Nagamine Toki.
After an operation for an artificial hip joint she was unconscious for 4 days. In the evening of the 4th day in the room for the nurses there appeared Fudo Myo-O in the left corner of the ceiling. In the middle appeared many 地蔵様 Jizo figures and in the right there was 観音様 Kannon sama leading a child.
(After that vision she was healed.)


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原町市 Haramachi

tenjin 天人 heavenly maiden
A man named from the Miura clan named 三浦左近国清 Miura Sakon Kunikiyo lived in 太田村別所 Ota village 別所館 Besshonotate. He went to the Fudo Waterfall at 馬場村 Babamura to pray for a wife. That night Fudo appeared in his dream and told him, that in this world there was no wife to fit him. He should go to the pond at 五台山 Mount Godaisan where the tenjin 天人 heavenly maiden come to bath and snatch one of their hagoromo 羽衣 feather mantles. Kunikiyo did as he dreamt, got the mantle and went back home. Soon the maiden came to his home and wanted her mantle back, but eventually she stayed on and became his wife. They had two sons and one daughter.
When the children had grown up, the maiden took her mantle, said good bye and went back to heaven. Kunikiyo was very sad and his daughter was even more sad. She eventually threw herself into the pond and died. Now there is even a stone memorial in her memory at the pond, 姫塚 Himezuka.

and also
元亨3年（1323）、相馬重胤が下総から行方郡に入部した際、家臣の太田兵衛に迎えられて太田村にある別所館を居城にしたという。別所館にはそれ以前、鎌倉幕府の御家人である三浦義澄の末裔といわれる三浦左近国清という人物が住んでおり、相馬重胤の入部と共に館を明け渡したといわれる。
重胤は別所館に3年居住した後、嘉暦元年（1326）、行方郡小高村堀内に小高城を築いて移った。
- reference source : joukan.sakura.ne.jp/joukan/hukushima/bessho -




. hagoromo 羽衣 and the heavenly maidens .

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いわき市 Iwaki town 四倉町 Yotsukuramachi

shinmeisama しんめい様 Shinmei Sama
At the old family home of the 渡邊 Watanabe there was a 神明宮 Shinmei Shrine venerating the deity Shinmei Sama.
Eventually there was no successor to the family line to care for the Shrine. So Shinmei Sama called on Fudo for help and sent an old blind man to continue the worship.

. shinmeisama しんめい様 Shinmei Sama .

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郡山市 Koriｙama 湖南町 Konan

Two farmers were sleeping in the fields during lunchtime, when suddenly a large boulder came rolling down and stopped right beside them. "This must be a stone to venerate Kannon Bosatsu"!
Then some specialists came from Aizu Wakamatsu and said it should be placed at the Waterfall of Kitamori　北森の滝 where Fudo Myo-O is venerated.
So the villagers carried the stone near the waterfall, shounting "Kan man baran" all the way. カンマンバラン Kanmanbaran is the local name of the Fudo Myo-O.
Kanmanboron, Kanman Boron カンマンボロン.


This is "kanman boron" in a different cliff
at Mizugakiyama 瑞牆山（みずがきやま） in Yamanashi
- source and photos : thunter.or.tv/irorian

noomaku sanmanda bazaradan senda
makaroshada sowataya
un tarata kanman

. The mantra of Fudo Myo-O .

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. 源八幡太郎義家 Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro .
He came to Oshu to fight 奥州征伐 the local people in 1189. At 不動滝 the Fudo Waterfall the 馬の足跡 footprints of his horse can still be seen.



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西白河郡 Nishi-Shirakawa district 表郷村　Omotegomura

ryuu 竜 dragon
Once it rained very very strong. A priest who had come along recited the sutras, then he left three コケラ（うろこ）fish scales and ascended to heaven.
A statue of Fudo with these three scales is the main statue of the temple 天竜山法泉寺 Tenryuzan Hosen-Ji.


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

. Legends about Fudo お不動さま - 不動明王 .

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anafudoo　穴不動 Ana Fudo in a Cave

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Aichi 愛知県

岩崎御嶽社 Shrine Iwasaki Ontakesha

愛知県日進市岩崎町竹ノ山138番地
Takenoyama-138 Iwasakichō, Nisshin-shi, Aichi



This Shinto Shrine is located on the top of Mount Iwasaki Ontakesan.


In 1860, two mountain priests, 明心 Myoshin and 明寛 Myokan had an inspiration from 御嶽大神 the Great Deity of Mount Ontake in Kiso to built it here. On the left side of the shrine is 洞穴 a cave with a statue of Fudo Myo-0, called
O-tasuke ana Fudo お助け穴不動
Fudo in the cave to help people










. Ontake Shinkō - The Ontake Cult .


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Nagano 長野県

安曇野 穴不動 Azumino Anafudo


source : ameblo.jp/koku-youseki/entry...

黒沢不動尊 Kurozawa Fudo Son

When the warlord 武田信玄 Takeda Shingen was digging for gold in the Azumino region, he did not find anything. To protect the cave entry near the waterfall of the Kurozawa river, he erected a small sanctuary with a statue of Fudo Myo-O.


source : osirozuki.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry...








. Takeda Shingen 武田信玄　(1521 - 1573) .


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Tochigi 栃木県

芳賀町西高橋
Haga-gun, Haga-machi, Nishitakahashi

Fudoo Jinja 不動神社 Fudo Shrine



This Fudo in the cave is 安産の仏 helping with a safe birth, when mothers pray to his sword.
A pregnant woman can borrow a wooden sword from the offerings and when the birth is over and all went well, bring it back and offer another one. Looking at the many new swords in the hall, it seems this Fudo is still quite popular.
The statue of Fudo Myo-O is in a 横穴式石室 an ancient stone chamber. Fudo is about 1.45 m high.


source : komainu.org/tochigi/hagagunn


This place is at the Southern edge of 古墳群 a Kofun group near 西高橋台地中峰 Nishitakahashi daichi nakamine.


source : town.haga.tochigi.jp/kankou...


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Tokushima　徳島県

徳島市名東町1丁目 1 Chome Myōdōchō, Tokushima-shi -
地蔵院境内 In the compound of temple Jizo-In


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穴不動古墳 Ana Fudo Kofun Mound
Its time of construction is not clear, maybe the 7th century, It is a round mound of about 20 m circumference.
The opening to the stone chamber is to the South-West.


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Ryuukoo Fudoo 龍光不動尊　Ryuko Fudo Son

One of the 銀座八丁神社めぐり Ginza Hatcho Shrines
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龍光 Ryuko, "Dragon Light" the Chinese characters are a pun with
流行 ryuko, to be fashionable

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Japan Architecture - Ryuko Fudoson in Ginza
Ryuko Fudoson is a shrine located at the roof of Matsuya, a big shopping mall at the center of Ginza. This is also one of the Haccho Shrines of Ginza.
It is famous for good luck in fashion.
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1929
Ryuko Fudoson was enshrined on the rooftop of the Matsuya Ginza Flagship Store
松屋銀座 中央区Ginza, 3 Chome−６−１
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. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo .








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Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo
Go-Funai 88kasho
Gofunai Pilgrimage Junrei in the central area of Tokyo



This pilgrimage was established in 1755 by Shootoo Oshoo　正等和尚 Shoto Osho (1703-1774.
His grave is at the temple Nr. 31, 多聞院 Tamon-In.




江戸御府内八十八ヶ所 御朱印を求めて歩く-- 札所めぐりルートガイド

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01 高野山東京別院（港区高輪3-15-18）Koyasan Tokyo Betsu-In
02 東福寺（中野区江古田3-9-15）
03 多聞院（世田谷区北烏山4-12-1） Tamon-In
04 高福院（品川区上大崎2-13-3）
05 金剛山延命院（港区南麻布3-10-15）
. 06 五大山 Godaisan 不動院 Fudo-In - 五大山不動院 . （港区六本木3-15-4）
07 室泉寺（渋谷区東3-8-16）
08 長遠寺（大田区南馬込5-2-10）
09 龍巌寺（渋谷区神宮前2-3-8）

10 観谷山聖輪寺（渋谷区千駄ヶ谷1-13）
11 荘厳寺（渋谷区本町2-44-3）
12 宝仙寺（中野区中央2-33-3）
高霊山龍生院（港区三田2-12-5）
福蔵院（中野区白鷺1-31-5）
南蔵院（練馬区中村1-15-1）
三宝寺（練馬区石神井台1-15）
長命寺（練馬区高野台3-10-3）
愛染院（新宿区若葉2-8-3）
19 青蓮寺（板橋区成増4-36-2）

20 身代山鏡照院（港区西新橋3-14-3）
東福院（新宿区若葉2-2）
南蔵院（新宿区箪笥町42）
薬研堀不動院（中央区東日本橋2-6-8）
最勝寺（新宿区上落合3-4-1）
六所山長楽寺（日野市程久保8-49-18）（旧角筈村）
来福寺（品川区東大井3-13-1）
瑠璃山正光院（港区元麻布3-2-20）
霊雲寺（文京区湯島2-21-6）
南蔵院（豊島区高田1-19-16）

30 放生寺（新宿区西早稲田2-1-14）
31 多聞院（新宿区弁天町100）- Tamon-In
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萬昌山圓満寺（文京区湯島1-6-2）
真性寺（豊島区巣鴨3-21-2）
薬王山三念寺（文京区本郷2-15-6）
根生院（豊島区高田1-34-6）
薬王院（新宿区下落合4-8-2）- Yakuo-In
萬徳院（江東区永代2-37-22）
金乗院（豊島区高田2-12-3）
真成院（新宿区若葉2-7-8）

40 普門院（江東区亀戸3-43-3）
密蔵院（中野区沼袋2-33-4）
観音寺（台東区谷中5-8-28）- Kannon-Ji
成就院（台東区元浅草4-8-12）
顕性寺（新宿区須賀町13-5）
観蔵院（台東区元浅草3-18-5）
弥勒寺（墨田区立川1-4-13）
城官寺（北区上中里1-42-8）
禅定院（中野区沼袋2-28-2）
多宝院（台東区谷中6-2-35）- Taho-In

50 大徳院（墨田区両国2-7-13）
延命院（台東区元浅草4-5-2）
観音寺（新宿区西早稲田1-7-1）
自性院（台東区谷中6-2-8）
新長谷寺（豊島区高田2-12-3）in compound of（38番 金乗院境内）
長久院（台東区谷中6-2-16）
与楽寺（北区田端1-25-1）
明王院（台東区谷中5-4-2）
光徳院（中野区上高田5-18-3）
無量寺（北区西ヶ原1-34-8）

60 吉祥院（台東区元浅草2-1-14）
正福院（台東区元浅草4-7-21）
威光院（台東区寿2-6-8）
観智院（台東区谷中5-2-4）
加納院（台東区谷中5-8-5）
明王山大聖院（港区三田4-1-27）
東覚寺（北区田端2-7-3）
真福寺（港区愛宕1-3-8）
永代寺（江東区富岡1-15-1）
龍臥山宝生院（港区三田4-1-29）


70 禅定院（練馬区石神井町5-19-10）
梅照院（中野区新井5-3-5）
不動院（台東区寿2-5-2）Fudo-In
東覚寺（江東区亀戸4-24-1）
法乗院えんま堂（江東区深川2-16-3）
赤坂不動尊威徳寺（港区赤坂4-1-10）
金剛院（豊島区長崎1-9-2）
仏乘院（神奈川県秦野市蓑毛957-13）
成就院（台東区東上野3-32-15）
清水山専教院（文京区小日向3-6-10）


80 太元山長延寺（港区三田4-1-31）
光蔵院（港区赤坂7-6-68）
龍福院（台東区元浅草3-17-2）
蓮乗院（新宿区若葉2-8-6）
五大山明王院（港区三田4-3-9）- Godaisan Myo-O-In
観音寺（新宿区高田馬場3-37-26）
金剛山常泉院（文京区春日1-9-3）
護国寺（文京区大塚5-40-1）
88 文殊院（杉並区和泉4-18-17）- Monju-In

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Gofunai Bikō 御府内備考 Notes on Edo

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Funai Biko
The only geographical booklet on Edo compiled by the Edo Shogunate.
Also known by the separate title Gofunai Biko. This work was organized to serve as reference for the Gofunai Fudoki to be compiled by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and was compiled in 2 parts consisting of a principal part and a sequel from 1826 to 1830. The 145 volumes of the main part contain articles on Edo Castle, streets, historic spots, etc.
The 147 volumes of the sequel are also known as the Gofunai Jisha Biko and contain information on the origins and historic associations of temples and shrines. The Gofunai Fudoki was lost in the fire at the imperial palace in 1872, however the Gofunai Biko escaped intact.
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. Welcome to Edo 江戸 ! .



01 高野山東京別院（港区高輪3-15-18）Koyasan Tokyo Betsu-In
also
Nr. 29 Edo 33kasho 江戸三十三箇所 ( The card place principal image: The Seikanzeonbosatsu (聖観世音菩薩) Shokan world sound bodhisattva )

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. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja – Fudo Myoo .

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

The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王
. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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. 四国お遍路さん Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information

Koya San in Wakayama

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

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


Haiku and Henro:
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Shiga Prefecture

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Shiga Prefecture 滋賀県 Fudo Myo-O



The capital is the city of Otsu　大津.

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. Enman-In Monzeki 円満院門跡 / 圓満院 . 　
滋賀県大津市園城寺町33, - 33 Onjojicho, Ōtsu, Shiga

Enryaku-Ji Hieizan 比叡山延暦寺 - 不動明王二童子像
. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 and Hieizan .

. Ishiyamadera 石山寺 .
Otsu, Shiga

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. Katsuragawa 葛川息障明王院
Katsuragawa Sokusho Myo-O In .
滋賀県大津市葛川坊村町155 / Otsu, Katsuragawa Bomuracho 155
and
Mudooji 無動寺明王堂 Mudo-Ji Fudo-Do
滋賀県大津市坂本本町4220 / 4220 Sakamotohonmachi, Otsu
and
建立大師相応和尚 Priest Konryu Daishi So-O Kasho (833 - 918)


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. Kiyomizu no taki 清水の滝 waterfall .
佐賀県小城市清水の滝 Shiga prefecture, Ogi Town

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Kongoorinji, Kongōrin-ji 金剛輪寺 Kongorin-Ji
滋賀県愛知郡愛荘町松尾寺873
874 Matsuoji, Aisho Town, Echigun, Shiga

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Kongourinji Temple is one of the three Koto Sanzan temples of the Tendai Sect.
The main temple is a Japanese style building representative of the Kamakura period (1192 to 1333) and a designated National Treasure. The gardens, which were created from the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573 - 1603) to the middle of the Edo period (1603 - 1868), are a designated place of Scenic Beauty.
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at Jooshooan 常照庵 Josho-an


Statue from the Kamakura period.
Fudo is 108.5 cm high,


the statues at his side
矜羯羅童子　Kongara Doji - 54.2cm
制吨迦童子　Seitaka Doji - 29.9cm

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. Namura Jinja 苗村神社 Namura Shrine .
滋賀県蒲生郡竜王町大字綾戸467 / 467 Ayado, Ryuo-cho, Gamo-gun, Shiga

. Shoobooji 正法寺 Shobo-Ji .
滋賀県大津市石山内畑町82 / 82 Ishiyamauchi hatachō, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga


. Shoomyooji 正明寺 Shomyo-Ji .
滋賀県蒲生郡日野町松尾　- Matsuo town, Shiga

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Tomikawa Magaibutsu 富川磨崖仏 Tomikawa Cliff Buddha
滋賀県大津市大石富川町


The statue is of 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai. Water dripping down near his ear for years has changed the color and the local people call it
mimidare Fudo 耳だれ不動 "Fudo with hanging earlobes".



Made in the Kamakura Period.
. Magaibutsu 磨崖仏 stone carvings .

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Zensuiji 善水寺 Zensui-Ji
滋賀県湖南市岩根3518 / 3518 Iwane, Konan, Shiga


Statue from the Heian period.
Made from one piece of kaya wood カヤ材の一木造り (Torreya nucifera). 73 cm high.
It is most probably from the year 993, when the statue of Yakushi Nyorai was made.

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The main hall of Zensuiji Temple is a designated National Treasure, and one of the three Konan Sanzan temples.
It is a popular spot in the fall, when wonderful crimson leaves can be seen. The interior also features no less than 15 Buddha statues, including representative pieces from the Tempyo period (710 - 794) and the Heian period (794 - 1185), all of which are more than worth making the trip to see them.
- source : en.biwako-visitors.jp/spot -

This temple also belongs to the
. Pilgrimage to 49 Temples of
Yakushi Nyorai in Western Japan
西国四十九薬師巡礼 .
Nr. 47 - 第47番 医王山 善水寺 Zensui-Ji 滋賀県湖南市


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- Homepage of the temple
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. Kinki 近畿三十六不動尊霊場
Kinki Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples .
25. 円満院門跡 / 圓満院 Enman-In Monzeki . Shiga
26. 無動寺明王堂 Mudo-Ji, Myo-O Do - Shiga (Otsu)
27. 葛川息障明王院 Katsuragawa Sokusho Myo-O In - Shiga (Otsu)

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
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Nagasaki Pilgrims

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- Nagasaki 長崎県

22 龍照寺 厄よけ不動 - Yakuyoke Fudo
23 正覚寺 波切り不動 - Namikiri Fudo

One temple also belong to the Henro Pilgrimage.
This number is given in brackets (xx).


source : setokeiichiro.com

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Ryuushooji 龍照寺 Ryusho-Ji
Nr. 22 (64) Fugenzan 普賢山 - 龍照寺　
厄よけ不動 Yakuyoke Fudo

. Nr. 64 Ryuushooji　龍照寺　 Ryusho-Ji .
長崎県南島原市深江町戊３９８７－３５

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Shookakuji 正覚寺 Shokaku-Ji
Nr. 23 護国山 Gokokusan - 正覚寺　
波切り不動 Namikiri Fudo


長崎県長崎市矢上町13-25 / 13-25 Yagamimachi, Nagasaki

A temple of the 曹洞宗（禅宗） Soto Zen sect,
with 釈迦牟尼佛 Shaka Nyorai as its main statue .

- Chant of the temple
護国山 法につつみし 暁の 悟り修めと 大悲のめぐみ
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source : setokeiichiro.com

The statue is most probably from the 藤原期 Fujiwara period.

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shuin 朱印 stamp





- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : nagasaki-hiroba.net/syoukakuzi


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. 九州88ヶ所108霊場 Kyushu - 88 and 108 Henro temples .

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

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. 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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. 九州三十六不動尊霊場 Kyushu - 36 Fudo temples .
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24 誕生院 錐鑽　身代り不動 - Kirimomi Migawari Fudo
25 大聖寺 杉岳の身代り不動 - Migawari Fudo
26 無動院 願かけ不動 - Gankake Fudo
27 正福寺 身代り不動 - Migawari Fudo
28 千如寺宝池坊 道中守り不動 - Dochu Mamori Fudo
29 真光院 くぼた不動 - Kubota Fudo
30 延命院 一願不動 - Ichigan Fudo
31 金乗院 出世不動 - Shusse Fudo

Some Temples also belong to the Henro Pilgrimage.
This number is given in brackets (xx).


source : setokeiichiro.com


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24 誕生院 錐鑽　身代り不動 -
Tanjo-In Kirimomi Migawari Fudo
佐賀県鹿島市納富分2011 / Kirishima

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25 大聖寺 杉岳の身代り不動 Daisho-Ji - Suginotake Migawari Fudo
佐賀県杵島郡北方町大字大崎６６９４ / Kishimagun, Kitagatamachi


26 無動院 願かけ不動 - Mudo-In Gankake Fudo
佐賀県杵島郡山内町大字大野９１２２ / Kishigamun, Yamauchicho


27 正福寺 身代り不動 Shofuku-Ji - Migawari Fudo
佐賀県東松浦郡北波多村大字大杉８３８ / Matsuuragun, Kitahatamura, Daigaku Osugi

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Sennyoji 千如寺 Sennyo-Ji
Nr. 28 雷山 Raizan - 千如寺 -　宝池坊 Hochi-Bo
道中守り不動 - Dochu Mamori Fudo to protect on the road

The main temple is located on the border to Fukuoka
福岡県前原市雷山626 626 Raizan, Itoshima, Fukuoka

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a Shingon temple in Itoshima, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. Its honorary sangō prefix is Sennyo-ji Daihiō-in (千如寺大悲王院).
It is also referred to as Raizan Kannon (雷山観音).

According to legend, Sennyo-ji was founded in the Nara period by 清賀上人 Seiga, a priest who came from India.

Due to its position in the north overlooking the Sea of Genkai, it has been expected from the shogunate as a prayer temple of the foremost line against the Mongol invasions of Japan during the Kamakura period. In its heyday has been said to be lined up to 300 priest living quarters around the temple. Sennyo-ji is a general term of this temple, and it is also referred to as the priest's lodge that was located next to the middle sanctuary, the present day site of Ikazuchi-jinja. The wooden Avalokiteśvara statue is the subject of mountainous faith that has been enshrined in the main hall.
Afterwards the priest living quarters were ruined during the long war between Muromachi and Sengoku periods, there only remains the priest's lodge. In 1573, however, the main hall was founded by Kuroda Tsugutaka (1703–1775), the 6th feudal lord of Kuroda clan. Big maple trees, which has been designated as a natural monument of Fukuoka prefecture, has been said to be planted by him.


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Mount Rai has two sanctuaries, one at the middle of the mountain and one at its peak. The middle sanctuary was founded in honor of Emperor Suinin whom he is conventionally considered to have reigned from 29 BC to AD 70. Both sanctuaries have been governed by the temple until the Edo period. However, the priest's lodge in the middle sanctuary was abolished by the separation of Shinto from Buddhism, introduced after the Meiji Restoration. Cultural properties, such as Buddha statues including the main Buddha and the ancient documents, were moved to the main hall.

The temple is also known for being a great place for cherry blossom viewing in the spring, and many people visit in the autumn to see the fall foliage.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Priest Seiga brought brought seeds from camellia (tsubaki　椿) and made oil from them for the first time.
Mount Aburayama 油山 (597 m)　in Fukuoka is named in memory of this event.
油山観音正覚寺 Aburayama Kannon, Temple Shokaku-Ji
福岡県福岡市城南区東油山508

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(82) 雷山 千如寺大悲王院 Raizan Sennyo-Ji - Daihio-In
- reference source : kyushyu88.com/temple82-

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29 真光院 くぼた不動 Shinko-In - Kubota Fudo
佐賀県佐賀郡久保田町新田 / Sagagun, Kubotacho, Shinden

30 延命院 一願不動 Enmei-In - Ichigan Fudo
佐賀県佐賀市与賀町2-45 / 2-45 Yokamachi, Saga-shi

31 金乗院 出世不動 Konjo-In - Shusse Fudo
佐賀県神埼郡三田川町目達原 / Kanzakigun, Mitagawacho, Medabara


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bangai 萬寿寺 Manju-Ji（通称・お不動さん）
本尊 -- 不動明王
佐賀市大和町川上１１０９

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. 九州88ヶ所108霊場 Kyushu - 88 and 108 Henro temples .

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

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. 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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