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11/27/2004

Kurikara, the Sword of Fudo Myo-o

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Kurikara, kulika 倶利伽羅 the Sword of Fudo Myo-o
不動明王と倶利伽羅不動剣

Kurikara Fudo, Kurikara Fudoo


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The Buddhist Sword of Wisdom 知剣 chiken  
. The Wisdom King Fudo Myoo-o and
the Sword Kurikara


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With the sword of wisdom, Fudo cuts away the

sandoku 三毒 "three poisons" . three passions
三不善根 - skt: akuśala-mūla

01 貧/欲しい、惜しいの心 - desire, passion, greed
ton (lobha) represented by a rooster

02 瞋/怒りや恨み - anger, aggression, hatred
shin (dosa) represented by a snake 蛇 鶏

03 痴/正しいことが判断できない)
- confusion, bewilderment, delusion
chi (moha) represented by a pig or wild boar 豚


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The three poisons (Sanskrit: triviṣa; Tibetan: dug gsum) or the three unwholesome roots (Sanskrit: akuśala-mūla; Pāli: akusala-mūla), in Buddhism, refer to the three root kleshas of ignorance, attachment, and aversion. These three poisons are considered to be the cause of suffering (Sanskrit: dukkha).



In the Buddhist teachings, the three poisons (of ignorance, attachment, and aversion) are the primary causes that keep sentient beings trapped in samsara. As shown in the wheel of life (Sanskrit: bhavacakra), the three poisons lead to the creation of karma, which leads to rebirth in the six realms of samsara.
Of these three, ignorance is the root poison.
From ignorance, attachment and aversion arise.
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"The Sword symbolizes more
than the simple protection of the doctrine.
It is the emblem of the victory
that knowledge gains over error."
source : quotes about Fudo


. sandoku goyoku 三毒五欲 the three poisons and five passions .
The five desires (goyoku), the five obstructions
I. They are desires for
① property, ② sexual love, ③ eating and drinking, ④ fame, and ⑤ sleep.
II. Five sense - objects:
① form, ② sound, ③ smell, ④ taste, ⑤ the tangible.
These are so called because they make desires arise in humans.
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The unmovable Fudoo (Acala Vidyaaraaja) is one of the Wisdom Kings (Myoo-oo). He is usually depicted in a very wrathful way. He is a typical Japanese deity, introduced by Kobo Daishi about 806 and soon became a special protector of the Mountain Ascetics (yamabushi). An impressive waterfall is considered the personification of Fudoo, for example the Great Waterfall at Nachi, which we met in the story about
. Kumano 熊野



Fudoo is portrayed holding a two-edged sword with a three-pronged hilt in his right hand and a coiled rope in his left hand. With this sword of wisdom, Fudoo cuts through deluded and ignorant minds and with the rope he binds those who are ruled by their violent passions and emotions.


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Kurikara Fudo is another personification of this deity, this time in the form of a Dragon-Sword. The Dargon King Kurikara (Sanskrit: Kulikaa Nagaraajaa) is said to have a golden body color and is sometimes depicted with one or two horns on his head. Legend has it that Fudoo had to fight the representative of a different religion. He changed himself into a flaming sword but the opponent did the same and the fighting went on without a winner. Now Fudoo changed himself into the Dragon Kurikara, wound himself around the opposing sword and started eating it from the top. This episode gave rise to the iconographic rendering as we know it now.

The dragon used to be a vasall or symbol of the deity, but in this unique case the symbol and the deity came to be honored as the same thing. Especially during the Edo period where the sword was a symbol of the vasall's loyalty to his lord, the statues and steles of Kurikara Fudo were produced in greater numbers.

倶利加羅は、「倶梨迦羅」「古力迦羅」「倶力迦羅」などと書れ、黒色の龍を意味し、不動明王の化身とされる。この龍が燃え盛る炎に包まれながらも岩上の利剣に巻き付き剣を飲み込まんとする尊像が倶利加羅不動明王で、危険な修羅場の守り神、火消し・博奕打ちが好んで刺青に使った尊像である。http://www.jsdi.or.jp/~kirara80/meisho/narusawa/index.html/index412.html

The kulika Dragon King symbolises the triple poison - greed, anger and folly.

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Kurikara 倶利迦羅
Also known as Kurika 矩里迦, a transliteration of Sanskrit Kulika, the name of a dragon-king *ryuu 龍 mentioned in Indian legends.
In this connection he is also known as Kurikara Ryuu 倶利迦羅龍 (Dragon Kurikara), sometimes with the addition of ou 王, to read Dragon king Kurikara. Kurikara could also be an abbreviated transliteration of Kulika raja (King Kulika), or of Kulika-nagaraja (Dragon king Kulika).

In Esoteric Buddhism mikkyou 密教 he is regarded as a manifestation of *Fudou Myouou 不動明王 and is also known as Kurikara Fudou 倶利迦羅不動 or Kurikara Myouou 倶利迦羅明王. He assumes the form of a flame-wreathed snake or dragon coiled around an upright sword, with his open mouth about to swallow the tip of the weapon, which is called the Kurikara sword, kurikaraken 倶利迦羅剣.

According to the KURIKARA RYUUOU DARANIKYOU 倶利迦羅龍王陀羅尼経 (Kurikara Ryu-O Darani Kyo), this manifestation of Fudou had its origins in a contest between Fudou and a non-Buddhist heretic in the course of which Fudou transformed himself first into a sword and then into the dragon Kurikara and threatened to devour the sword into which the heretic had changed himself.

Alternatively the dragon and sword are sometimes said to represent the noose and sword held by Fudou and images of Kurikara may be used as a substitute for Fudou as for example on the lid of a lacquered sutra box *kyoubako 経箱 from the Heian period belonging to Taimadera 当麻寺 in Nara, where he is flanked by Fudou's two attendants *Kongara douji 矜羯羅童子 and *Seitaka douji 制た迦童子.

Early statuary representations are rare: that kept at Ryuukouin 龍光院 Mt. Kouya 高野 (Koyasan)  in Wakayama prefecture, inside a small shrine *zushi 厨子 is thought to date from the Kamakura period, although temple tradition holds that the sword (42.2cm) was brought back to Japan by *Kukai 空海 (774-835).
The largest completely wooden image (183.2cm), dating from the late Heian period, is kept at Kotakeji 小武寺 in Ooita prefecture.
The Kurikara pattern, kurikara-mon 倶利迦羅紋 is also a popular motif in tattoos irezumi 入墨.
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at the Chiba Art Museum 千葉市美術館

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. Fudo with white eyes , Mejiro Fudo 目白不動 Tokyo
White Fudo, Shiro-Fudo 白不動 .


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Stone carving
倶利伽羅不動庚申

Erected in 1666. Compounds of the White Fudo, Edo.



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At Kawaguchi Village, Taki no Zawa
川口町滝ノ沢


This Sword Fudo watches over a watering place in a gourge of a mountain pass near Hachioji, Tokyo. There are many poisonous snakes in this area and many people died of their bites. Since the statue was erected in around 1770, Fudo protects the humans. The present statue dates from the Meiji period.
The area is also called Fudo Valley, Fudo Yatsu 不動谷津.
There is also an old mountain cherry tree close by, said to be more than a few hundred years old, with a diameter of about three meters.


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Inunakisan, Inunaki san 犬鳴山



This statue is said to have been made by En no Gyoja himself 役行者の自作.



本地大聖不動明王

Kobo Daishi came to this region in the footsteps of En no Gyoja, carved a statue of the Great Fudo and performed sacred rites to honor this statue.
The deity would ward off evil influence and protect the pilgrim from dangers.

災厄を除き、繁栄成就、難病平癒、方災消除、家宅安穏、知恵聡明、勝負必勝、和合敬愛、安産成就、一切所求円満

犬鳴山本尊倶利伽羅大竜不動明王
犬鳴山本尊 大龍不動明王


The fire ceremony


大阪府泉 佐野市大木8
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Situated in Izumisano City, Mt. Inunaki is known as the location of a hot spring resort, as well as Shippo-ryuji Temple, headquarters of the Inunaki school of Shugendo, which is one of the oldest Shugendo temples founded by En-no-gyoja about 1,300 years ago.

In the precincts of the temple 28 pilgrim spots are recognized, among which some are at main Shugendo training halls; some are near waterfalls; some at rocks; some at smaller Shugendo halls; and others at small shrines, so that many visitors can experience making a pilgrimage.

Also called “Nyonin Omine” (the alternative to Mt. Omine for women), Mt. Inunaki is famous as a Shugendo training place where women are allowed to participate in Shugendo training although they are forbidden to enter Mt. Omine, another famous Shugendo training spot.

The name “Inunaki” (dog barking) comes from the legend that when a hunter was about to be attacked by a giant snail in the mountains in the era of Emperor Uda (887 to 897), his dog barked furiously and sacrificed himself to save his master’s life. On the way to Shippo-ryuji Temple, you can see tombs of fine and faithful dogs.

The hot spring resort located along a stream at the foot of Mt. Inunaki has an atmosphere of a quiet mountain village, with various seasonal attractions, including mountain cherry blossoms in spring, fireflies and kajika frogs in summer (“kajika” means river deer in Japanese; kajika frogs croaking sounds like deer calling), autumn leaves in autumn and fluttering snowflakes in winter.
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. Arao Fudo-In 荒尾不動院 倶利伽羅不動 Kurikara Fudo .
Kumamoto

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Shikoku Henro temple
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倶利伽羅不動寺西之坊鳳凰殿
Ishikawa prefecture, Kurikara Fudo-Ji Temple
128 Takenohashi, Tsubata, Kahoku District, Ishikawa


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Modern Caraving of Kurikara Fudo


総柘植 倶利伽羅不動龍剣 
© 昇龍堂 shouryu.com


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Kurikara Pass 倶利伽羅峠

The temple Kurikara Fudo-son is located near Kurikara Pass, a place famous for the battle between the Heike Clan and Saso Yoshinaka during the 2nd year of the Eiju period (1183). The statue of Fudo Myo-O is said to be carved by Kobo Daishi.
Matsuo Basho passed here on his famous walk to the small roads in the North.

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Kurikara ga tani 倶利伽羅谷 
is a valley located on the border between the provinces of Kaga and Etchu and is the valley below Kurikara toge Pass.
This is the site where in 1184 Kiso no Yoshinaka led his forces against the great Taira army and drove them back in defeat. Yoshinaka won a night battle by tying flaming torches to the horns of cattle and stampeding them through the Taira lines in front of his advancing army.
Curiously Basho makes no mention of this, especially since the Taira army was led by Koremori.
http://www.uoregon.edu/~kohl/basho/35-kanazawa/notes.html



The battle of Kurikara, also known as the battle of Tonamiyama (砺波山), was a crucial battle of Japan's Genpei War; in this battle the tide of the war turned in the favor of the Minamoto clan.

Background
Minamoto no Yoshinaka, commander of a contingent of warriors from Shinano province, raided Taira lands several years earlier, before his raids, and the war itself, were put on hold on account of two years of famine. As conditions improved in 1183, the Taira sought retribution against Yoshinaka. Taira no Koremori, son of Taira no Shigemori and grandson of the late Taira no Kiyomori, took charge of this operation, backed by Michimori, Tadanori, Tomonori, Tsunemasa and Kiyofusa.

Their forces severely reduced by battle and famine, the Taira sought to recruit warriors from the surrounding lands, and did so at the risk of further famine, since many of these warriors were farmers leaving their farms. Though some chronicles list their numbers as exceeding 100,000, this is a highly unlikely number, and other, more reliable sources have estimated it as being closer to 40,000.

Minamoto no Yoritomo, Yoshinaka's cousin, moved to fight him for dominance of the clan in March 1183, but was convinced to stand down and withdraw by Yoshinaka, who argued that they should be united against the Taira. To ensure his intentions, Yoshinaka also sent his son, Yoshitaka, to Kamakura as a hostage. Shortly afterwards, Yoshinaka received news of Koremori's army, and moved to engage him, along with his uncle Minamoto no Yukiie and so-called shitennō, his four most loyal retainers: Imai Kanehira, Higuchi Kanemitsu, Tate Chikatada, Nenoi Yukichika.
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Meanhwhile, Yoshinaka's armies moved into position, and as the sun set, the Taira turned to find behind them a Minamoto detachment, holding far more flags than a single detachment should merit, again giving the illusion of greater numbers. Yoshinaka's central force, having gathered a herd of oxen, now released them down the pass, directly into the Taira army, with lit torches tied to their horns. Many of the Taira warriors charged into the herd, while many others were simply knocked clean off the path, to their deaths in the rocky crags far below. Many more tried to retreat, but became lost in the various paths, meeting their deaths at the hands of Minamoto warriors lying in wait for them, or falling into various gorges and the like.
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Oku no Hosomichi ... 2007
Matsuo Basho and NHK

Gabi Greve

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Read more about the Waterfalls connected with Fudo :

Waterfalls and Fudo Myo-o 不動滝

O-Fudo-Sama in Japan: Waterfall Ascetism (taki shugyoo)

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Afuri Jinja, Oyama 大山の阿夫利神社



A statue of Kurikara-ryu-o, or Kulika in Skt.Kurikara-ryu-o is believed to be an incarnation of Fudo-myo-o. Ryu-o is the king of dragon, and here the statue shows a dragon in a blaze is trying to swallow a sword.
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~QM9T-KNDU/afurim.htm.htm



. Oyama no Fudo 大山の不動様.
Kanagawa

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Most statues of Fudo Myo-O have him carry a special sword




Most statues of Fudo Myo-O have him carry a normal sword

gooma ken, gooma no ken 降魔の剣 goma sword of Fudo Myo-O
subjugating the demons, demon-quelling sword
gooma riken 降魔利剣 demon-subjugating sharp sword
fudoo ken 不動剣 sword of Fudo
eken, e-ken sword of wisdom

or

riken 利剣 the double edged sword of Sapience (or Hôken)
sacred sword

sanko ken 三鈷剣, sanko no ken 三鈷の剣
sword with a three-pronged vajra
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Sankoji 三鈷寺 Sanko-Ji - Kyoto
"temple of the three-pronged vajra.



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Gravures ou Horimono sur katana
L'épée, ou Ken, représentait la divinité Fudo Myoo

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Fudo's Sword
GLIMPSES INTO JAPAN'S SHAMAN PATH
AND THE KUNDALINI DEITY FUDO MYOO

"On an afternoon in November, 1963,1 went to the Kurama temple with the intention of walking over the top of the mountain and down the other side to Kibune," chronicles British professor of Japan studies Carmen Blacker in The Catalpa Bow. "A little way down from the summit I heard from among the trees a strong hard voice reciting what sounded like mantras. I left the path and followed the voice until, in a clearing in the forest, I saw an enormous cryptomeria tree, its huge trunk girdled about with the belt of straw rope, and before it, with her back to me, a woman seated on the ground reciting. The hard base voice continued for several minutes, through a number of invocations, while the woman sat perfectly motionless with a long rosary in her hands.

Venturing to approach her, I asked if there were still a good many tengu (half-bird, half-hawk spirit) to be found on the mountain. She turned to face me, a brown face peculiarly like an old bird, with an expression fierce yet remote and a pair of extraordinarily glittering eyes, brightly sparkling like steel. 'If you do gyo [austerities] like me you can see them,' she replied abruptly. I asked again if the kami (god) in the great tree was very strong. 'Ask it. The tree is more than a thousand years,' she replied, and without another word, and without looking behind her, she plunged rapidly down the mountainside until she disappeared among the dark green trees and yellow leaves."

This wilderness mystic - a modern day miko, Shinto priestess - peacefully haunting the sacred hill valleys of Japan is not different from the revered Hindu shamans of Nepal or India. Both can ply the palpable pure energy that interconnects all form - nagare in Shinto texts and Satchidananda in Sanskrit. Both use it to heal. The Indian shaman and Japanese yamabushi mountain ascetic both perceive the many planes that invisibly interpenetrate ours. The miko plucks a koto lute; the Hindu shaman claps a bell - by sound, both alert those who live beyond. Each know how the magic of fire, mantra and meditation further stretches open the veils between these worlds for communication with the beings that reside there - kami in Japanese and devas in Sanskrit. Both understand how a mountain - or lakes, trees or rocks - can be the home of celestials. Hindus trekking along the pilgrimage pathways of Japan would naively marvel at all the "Siva lingams." Oval boulders girdled with straw bands speckle sacred hilltops, drawing the pilgrim to halt and worship. Japanese refer to the physical portal to the deity's consciousness yorishiro, "vessel" - murthi in Sanskrit.

Fudo Myoo: A Japanese Siva Reflection
Overwhelmingly a one nerve current cavernously flows beneath the Orient landmass, welling up at different points and periods as yogis - Indian, Chinese, Japanese - plumbed the uniquely Asian akasha of consciousness. Cruder overland intercourse and dispersion of ideas by trade and travel mirrored the subtler mind routes. Today religious similarities, sympathies and sensibilities wed snow-capped Fuji to icy Kailas in an unearthly way. Examples abound. Esoteric Tendai Buddhists believe Maheshwara (Siva) taught them Yorigito, mediumship and at the secluded mountainside temple of Ryosanji, in Okayama, an ichiko, priest, wears large white swastikas, the ancient Hindu symbol, embroidered on front and back of his indigo gown.

The Shiva-like Japanese Deity Fudo Myoo re-echoes this pan-Asian interlacing. Like Shiva, Fudo Myoo specially befriends the recluse, mystic and mountain hermit, granting boons and powers. Fudo Myoo, explains Dr. Carmen Blacker, is the "central and paramount figure in the group of divinites known as the Godai Myoo or Five Great Bright Kings, who in esoteric Buddhism stand as emanations, or modes of activity, of the Buddha. His long hair hangs in a coil over his left shoulder." Like Siva Nataraja, He is always ringed with fire. The ichiko or Japanese shaman sees Fudomyoo as his own most interior Self and meditates on this essential oneness just as the Saivite tantric seeks to merge with Shiva-ness within. "Fudo is frequently represented by his attribute, an erect sword," continues Dr. Blacker, "twined about by the dragon Kurikara," not unlike Shiva entwined by a serpent and often represented by his trident alone. "The halo of flames which surrounds Fudo is the same fire which the ascetic must kindle in himself. Here again is surely a reminder of the kundalini snake which as it rises up the spine of the yogi confers upon him heat and transformed sexual energy. As it writhes spirally upwards round Fudo's erect sword, we see the shakti or feminine energizing force in its traditional serpent aspect. Once again we meet with this mysterious coincidence of images, so far unexplained, between India and Japan."
Article copyright Himalayan Academy.
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. yorigitoo 憑祈祷 / 憑り祈祷 exorcistic 祈祷 kito rituals .

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Schwert-Fudoo (Kurikara Fudoo)

Zweischneidiges Schwert, von einem Drachen umwickelt, der die Schwertspitze im Maul hält. Der Drachenkönig Kurika (Sanksrit: Kulikah) hat eine goldene Körperfarbe. Manchmal mit einem Horn auf dem Kopf dargestellt. Von einem flammenden Nimbus umgeben.

Nach einer Überlieferung kam es einmal zu einem Wettkampf zwischen Fudoo Myoooo und dem Vertreter einer anderen Religion. Dabei verwandelte sich Fudoo in ein flammendes Schwert, aber der Gegner tat dies ebenfalls und sie fochten ohne Ergebnis. Nun verwandelte Fudoo sich in den Drachen Kurika, umwand das Schwert des Feindes und begann, es von der Spitze her zu verschlingen. Nach dieser Geschichte entstand das Kurikara-Schwert.

Drache zunächst als Bote bzw. Symbol des Fudô und später als die Gottheit selbst verehrt. Einziges Beispiel, bei dem Symbol und Gottheit getrennt und doch als Gleichwertig verehrt werden. Für die Samurai der Edo-Zeit war das Schwert ein ganz besonderer Gegenstand der Vasallentreue; in dieser Zeit breitete sich der Kurikara Fudoo besonders aus.

Aus Holz, Bronze, Eisen oder Stein. Oft entweder in der Myôô-Halle oder davor aufgestellt.

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


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Statue with Fudo holding his Kurikara sword

神代楠一木造 made from one piece of very old kusunoki 楠 camphor



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. 水戸岡伯翠 Mitooka Hakusui .
Mitooka 水戸岡仏像彫刻研究所
Buddha Statues Store and Research

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. Nanzoo-In 南蔵院 Nanzo-In, Nanzoin .
Fukuoka, Kyushu

Statue of Fudo Myo-O with a Dragon face !




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. 犬鳴山 Inukaisan  七宝瀧寺 Shipporyu-Ji .



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The Gods of War:
Sacred Imagery and the Decoration of Arms and Armor

By Donald J. LaRocca
the triple-pronged vajra as the hild of the sacred sword

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. Swords with Dragon decorations .


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12/07/2004

Fudo-In Temples

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Fudo-In Temples in Japan 全国の不動院



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. Ankoku-ji Fudo-in 安国寺不動院 .
Hiroshima

麻布不動院 Azabu Fudo-In - Tokyo
Azabu Fudozaka no Ichigan Fudo 麻布不動坂の一願不動
Tokyo - 五大山 Godaisan  不動院 Fudo-In - 五大山不動院
東京都港区六本木三丁目15-4 Tokyo Minatoku.
It used to be called the "Fudo with the Yellow Eyes of Rokken-Machi district".
not to mix with . 麻生不動院 Asao Fudo-In 木賊不動 Tokusa Fudo .

当院は、高野山真言宗に所属する寺院で、山号を五大山、院号を不動院と号し、江戸御府内八十八ヵ所霊場第六番の札所であります。御本尊は大日大聖不動威怒明王(通途には不動明王、不動尊、或はお不動さんと呼ばれています)で、通称「麻布不動坂の一願不動さん、或は六軒町の目黄不動」と呼ばれ、親しまれて参りました。
... ohnoya.co.jp/cemetery/bosho

不動院岩屋堂 Fudo-In Iwayado
天然岩窟内にある舞台造りの建物。Tottori Wakasa 鳥取県

. 江戸崎不動院 Edosaki Fudo-In .
「不動院の天海僧正」の昔話は興味深い。茨城県 Ibaraki

井川町不動院 Ii-cho Fudo-In
Shikoku Nr. 6 - Tokushima
四国三十六不動霊場 第六番札所。。徳島県


北向山不動院 Kita-Mukoo-yama Fudo-in
Kinki Nr. 22 ?Kitamuki
近畿三十六不動尊巡礼第二十二番。。京都府

. 寿 不動院 Kotobuki Fudo-In .
台東区寿2-5-2 / Kotobuki 2-5-2, Taito ward, Tokyo

高野町不動院 Koyacho Fudo-In
弘法大師が真言宗を教えた高野山がある。
Koyasan 和歌山県 Wakayama


三毳山不動院 - Mikamoyama Fudo-In,
通称はみかも不動尊 Mikamo Fudo Son。お不動さまの銭洗いがある。栃木県 Tochigi
with a Fudo to wash your money - zeni-arai Fudo

三瀧山不動院 Mitaki Fudo-In
150年も続いている酉年生まれの守り本尊。宮城県 Miyagi


成東山不動院 / 成東山浪切不動院 Namikiri Fudo-In
智山派。for traffic safety 。 千葉県 Chiba

西ヶ原不動院 Nishi-ga-Hara Fudo-In
真言宗豊山派。北区西ヶ原3-23-2 。。東京都 Kyoto

. 新田不動院 Nitta Fudo-In .
各願山 来迎院 西慶寺 - Kanto

西山不動院 Nishiyama Fudo-In Tokushima
弘法大師が開基、別名を四国大師教会という。徳島県

. 大石不動院 Ooishi Fudo-In .
with a waterfall

6番札所不動院 Rokuban Fudasho Fudo-in
北海道三十六不動尊霊場 第6番札所。。北海道 Hokkaido

清安山不動院 Seianzan Fudo-In
板橋不動院。三重塔、本堂は、貴重な文化遺産である。 
茨城県 Ibaraki, Tsukuba

鷲尾山不動院 TakaoYama Fudo-in
不動と名乗る老人の伝説がある。 新潟県 Niigata

武田山不動院 Takeda-San Fudo-In Ibaraki. Mito Komon
菅谷不動院 Sugaya ?Sugatani Fudo-In
豊山派。水戸光圀公にゆかりがある。茨城県

狸谷山不動院 Tanikudani Fudo-In
京都府 Kyoto

薬研堀不動院 Yagenkutsu Fudo-in
順天堂の始祖 佐藤泰然が、和蘭医学塾を開講。 東京都 Kyoto

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成東山 不動院 長勝寺 - 浪切不動 Namikiri Fudo in Chiba

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Kinki and Pilgrimages

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Pilgrimages to 36 Fudo Temples

Kinki Area

近畿三十六不動尊巡礼

近畿三十六不動尊霊場



This is a pilgrimage in the Kinki area of Japan. Not bound to any Buddhist sect, anyone can walk it and visit the old temples. It was formed in 1979, based on the belief in Fudo Myo-O.

This Deity spends day and night in the service of us human being, in an ascetic practise called "geza gyoo 下座行". As his disciples, we follow the Fudo Ascetics, 不動行者 and say daily prayers of thanks to him.

お不動さまの霊験
 揺るぎないみ心「不動心」 an unmoveable mind
http://www.kinki36fudo.org/index.html


Things you need for the pilgrimage
A special rosary with beads representing FudoMyo-O. You can get one bead at each temple.




A sutra book

http://www.kinki36fudo.org/



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Names of the Temples
(external LINKS)

第1番 四天王寺 Shitenno-Ji Osaka
第2番 清水寺 Kiyomizudera Osaka
第3番 法楽寺 Horaku-Ji Osaka
第4番 京善寺 Kyozen-Ji Osaka *
第5番 報恩院 Hoon-Ji Osaka
第6番 太融寺 Taiyu-Ji Osaka

07 . Kokubunji 国分寺 Kokubun-Ji - Osaka .

08 . Fudo-Ji 不動寺 豊中 Toyonaka .

第9番 大龍寺 若王山 Tairyu-Ji - Kobe (Hyogo)
第10番 無動寺 Mudo-Ji - Kobe
11 . 鏑射寺 - Kaburai-Ji, Hyogo, Kobe .
第12番 安岡寺 - Anko-Ji - Osaka
第13番 大覚寺門跡 Daikakuji Monseki - Kyoto
14 . Ninnaji 仁和寺 Ninna-Ji, Kyoto .
第15番 蓮華寺 Renge-Ji - Kyoto

第16番 実相院 三千院 Sanzen-In
16 . Sanzenin 三千院 Sanzen-In - Ohara Kyoto .

第17番 曼殊院門跡
17 . 曼殊院 Ki Fudo Manju-In - 黄不動 Yellow Fudo .

第18番 聖護院門跡 Shogo-In Monseki - Kyoto
第19番 青蓮院門跡 Shoren-In Monseki - Kyoto
第20番 智積院 根来寺 Negoroji Chishaku-In - Kyoto
第21番 同聚院 紫雲山 中山寺 Nakayamadera - Hyogo (Takarazuka)

22 . Kitamukizan Fudo-In 北向山不動院 . - Fushimi, Kyoto

第23番 上醍醐寺 Kamidaigo-Ji - Kyoto
第24番 岩屋寺 Iwaya-Ji - Kyoto

25 . Enman-In Monzeki 円満院門跡 / 圓満院 . Shiga

26. 無動寺明王堂 Mudo-Ji, Myo-O Do - Shiga (Otsu) .
27 - - - - - 無動寺明王堂 Mudo-Ji, Myo-O Do - Shiga (Otsu)

第28番 明王院 Myo-O In - Osaka

29 . Hoozan-Ji 宝山寺 Hozan-Ji - Nara (Ikoma) .

第30番 如意輪寺 Nyoirin-Ji - Nara (Yoshino)
第31番 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji - Nara (Yoshino)

第32番 瀧谷不動明王寺 Takidani Fudo Myo-O-Ji
. Takidani Fudo-Ji 滝谷不動明王寺 . - Osaka
... Ichigan Fudo 一願不動堂


第33番七宝瀧寺 Shipporyu-Ji - Osaka - see below -

34 . Negoroji 根来寺 Negoro-Ji . Wakayama

第35番 明王院Myo-O In, at Koya-San - Wakayama
36 Nan-In of Koyasan 高野山別格本山 南院 - Namikiri Fudo Honke 浪切不動尊 総本家 - Wakayama
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Nr. 7 Osaka - 国分寺 Kokubun-Ji - 長柄国分寺 - 大阪市北区国分寺1-6-18
「みのり不動尊 - 実り不動尊」 Minori Fudo Son
"negaigoto ga minoru" 願い事がみのる, may your wish bear fruit and come true!
He stands under a large gingko tree behind the Goma Hall 護摩堂.

There is also a famous mizukake Fudo 水かけ不動尊 to sprinkle water in the compound



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Nr. 12 Ankooji 安岡寺 Anko-Ji





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Nr. 29 Hoozanji 宝山寺 Hozan-Ji
Ikomasan 生駒山


source : www.kinki36fudo.org/29

The main statue is a Shoten 聖天.
Outside is also a mizukake Fudo 水かけ不動.

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'Ikoma-Shoten' 生駒聖天.
The area around Hozan-ji was originally a place for the training of Buddhist monks. The name of the place at that time was Daisho-Mudo-ji (大聖無動寺).

Mount Ikoma was originally an object of worship for the ancient people in the region, and so this area was selected as a place for religious training. The training area is said to have opened in 655 by En no Gyōja 役行者. Many Buddhist monks, including Kobo Daishi Kukai (空海), are said to have trained in here.

Hozan-ji started when Tankai (湛海) re-opened this training area in the 17th century. Tankai set up a statue of Kankiten at this place in 1678, the official year Hozan-ji was established.

In the Edo period, this temple was one of the most popular Buddhist temples in this region.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !


source : iroenpithu-12.boo.jp

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Nr. 33 Shippooryuuji 七宝瀧寺 Shipporyu-Ji
8 Ogi, Izumi Sano, Osaka . 大阪府泉佐野市
Inunakisan 犬鳴山


source : facebook - Mitsuhiro Samada

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Inunakisan Shipporyuji Temple,
located halfway up Mt. Inunaki, is the head temple of the Inunaki division, the Shingon sect of Buddhism. The temple was established by En-no-gyoja, an ascetic, in 661 in the reign of Empress Saimei.

The temple has a wooden statue of Kurikara-fudo-myoo, or Fudo-myoo (Acala) incarnated in a dragon, to which the temple is dedicated. Dubbed "Un-morai Fudo (Fudo-myoo from which good fortune is given)," the statue, which represents a dragon winding itself around a sword, is devoutly worshipped as a guardian deity for good fortune and wish fulfillment.

In the reign of Emperor Junna (823_833), prayers offered at this temple resulted in longed-for rain. After this miraculous event, the Emperor named the temple "Shipporyuji," likening the mountain's seven renowned waterfalls (respectively called Ryokai, Toh, Benzaiten, Kotsuki, Oku, Senju, and Nunobiki) to shippo, the seven treasures in Buddhism, including gold and silver.

Meanwhile, the name "Inunakisan (dog-barking mountain)" was given in the reign of Emperor Uda (887_897), based on an episode of a faithful dog; when a hunter went out hunting on the mountain with his dog, he was stalked by a giant snake. The dog barked furiously at the snake, and sacrificed itself to protect its master. Mt. Inunaki, famous for beautiful autumn leaves, is also a popular destination for hiking. On this mountain as a religious training ground for Katsuragi shugen-do (mountaineering asceticism), visitors can participate in a one-day training
- source : www.osaka-info.jp






- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.inunakisan.jp


source : korehisa on facebook


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Nr. 36 高野山 Koya San, 南院 Nan-In

. Fudo Myo-O at Mt. Koya 高野山 .
Namikiri Fudo at Nan-In 南院





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. Shiga Prefecture 滋賀県 Fudo Myo-O Temples .

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

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四国三十六不動尊霊場会 ... In Shikoku

SHIKOKU : Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples


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



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7/22/2008

NORTH . Kitamuki and Kimon

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. kimon 鬼門の鬼伝説 Oni Demon Gate Legends .
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Kitamuki Fudo ... 北向き不動 ...
Fudo facing North

北向きのお不動さん , 北向不動
kita-muki, kita muki
The north is considered an un-auspicious region and needs protection from real and imagined enemies, fiends and demons.  
The deity usually associated with the NORTH is

Bishamonten 毘沙門天
Vaishravana ~ Heavenly King of the North

Tortoise (Black Warrior) = North, Winter, Black, Water 
Genbu 玄武

More is here
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East, West, North, South

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Kimon, the "Demon Gate" 鬼門,
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Chinese geomancy (Ch: feng shui), a system for determining auspicious or inauspicious placements and orientations of cities, temples, houses, and graves. In Chinese thought, the northeast quarter is considered to be particularly inauspicious. The northeast direction is known as the "demon gate," which can be loosely translated as the place where "demons gather and enter." This belief was imported by the Japanese and is referred to as Kimon (literally "Demon Gate").
Kimon generally means ominous direction, or taboo direction. In Japan, both the monkey and the fox are guardians against evil Kimon influences.

In Japan, the monkey's role in guarding against demons originates from the Japanese word for monkey (猿, pronounced saru), which is a homonym for the Japanese word "expel" (去る, also pronounced saru). The latter word means to "dispel, punch out, push away, beat away."
source :  MONKEY IN JAPAN / Mark Schumacher


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The KIMON for the city of Kyoto was the double-peaked Mt. Hiei.
. WKD : Hieizan Temple Enryakuji 比叡山延暦寺  
See the haiku of Issa below.



Kimon Konjin 鬼門金神
was another powerful deity of the North-East (ushitora, ox-tiger).
WKD : The Deity of Metal, Konjin

CLICK for .. Japanese wikipedia article

His heavenly direction changes with every year and if you do something to displease him, he will kill seven people (nanasatsu 七殺) (even your neighbours) to show his wrath.

There were four days, one in each season, in his honor where you had to be especially careful not do anything to anger this deity.
春の丑の日、夏の申の日、秋の未の日、冬の酉の日
ox day in spring, monkey day in summer,
sheep day in autumn, cock day in winter


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Fudo Myo-O is also one of the
krodha-devata, krodhadeva - minor Indian deities, 10 deities of direction.
In this group, Fudo Myo-O governs the North-East.

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Let us look at some Fudo Myo-O, facing North !

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At the temple Fudo-Ji 不動寺 in Kyoto.
It is also called Matsubara Fudo 松原不動.
下京区松原通麩屋町

Emperor Kanmu Tenno 桓武天皇 had four "Iwakura" Sacred Stone Areas constructed in Kyoto, one for each heavenly direction. This temle was in the south : 南岩倉 明王院不動寺.
Today the temple is rather small and looks almost like a normal old house.

CLICK for origina LINK .. blog.shinise.ne.jp


There is also another temple in South Iwakura, Konzo-Ji (Konzooji) 金蔵寺, with a famous "Ichigan Fudo" .


This temple is on the northern side of Matsubara Road. Its original function was to protect the capital against demons and evil from the the Northern Side.

Its statue is also called :
"Holy Fudo", Daishoo Fudo 大聖不動


CLICK for original LINK ... ~mamama/kyoto



The Four Iwakura Temples

北岩倉:山住神社(左京区岩倉河原町)

西岩倉:金蔵寺(西京区大原野石作町)

東岩倉:観勝寺(左京区粟田口大日町)

南岩倉:不動寺 this one


sources : ”北向き不動”

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Kitamukizan Fudo-In 北向山不動院 - Fushimi
Fushimi 伏見区竹田浄菩提院町61
61 Takeda Jobodaiincho, Fushimi Ward, Kyoto


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It is in the 鬼門 Kimon direction to protect the Imperial Palace.


source : kinki36fudo.org/22

- - - - - Chant of the temple
はるばると したいきたれる きたむきざん 
いままのあたり おがむうれしさ


harubaru to shita ikitareru Kitamukizan
ima manoatari ogamu ureshisa

The temple was built in 大治5年(1130)on order of Emperor Toba 鳥羽上皇 / 鳥羽天皇 (1103 - 1156) by Saint Kakuban 覚鑁 (1095 - 1143)


Nr. 22 in the pilgrimage of Kinki
近畿三十六不動尊霊場第22番

. Kinki Fudo Pilgrimages .
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Temple Ho-On In 報恩院
Osaka 大阪市中央区高津1-2-28

This temple had been burned down during WW II and even the Fudo statue as we see it today shows signs of severe burning.
It now stands facing North under a large camphor tree.



On the other side is another statue facing south,
Minamimuki Fudo 南向き不動尊

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source :  pilgrimari.exblog.jp


Tempel Number 5 of the Kinki Fudo Pilgrimage
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At Otsu Town
大津の北向き不動様


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Temple Ensho-Ji (Enshoji) , Iruma City, Saitama
円照寺不動堂(えんしょうじふどうどう)

The "Fudo facing North" has its own hall 北向き不動堂 to the left of the main gate. It was re-constructed in the year 1779. Now the roof tiles have been changed to copper.


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MORE kitamuki Fudo

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Fudo protecting the North-East Demon Gate
Kimon Yoke no Fudo

In Kamakura, Juniso
This was in the North-East direction of Kamakura, the old capital of Japan.
不動明王は鎌倉幕府の鬼門除けの不動さま
明王院(神奈川県鎌倉市十二所32)
... Kamakura, a Haiku Town in Japan


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Jizo facing North
Kitamuki-Jizo 北向き地蔵


A long time ago, the Ikuta River flowed south from the intersection of Kano-cho along Flower Road. One year, when there was a severe rain, people moved busily about on the riverbanks, stacking sandbags to reinforce weak spots. "Is the bank OK over there?"

"Hey, over here, the bank upstream is about to break!" Several people grabbed sandbags and rushed upstream. The rain, continuing for several days, caused the dirty water of the Ikuta River to increase, and the flow was strong. There were several spots along the banks that looked like they would break soon, but as night fell there were no more sandbags left for reinforcement.

The exhausted people went into the watch lodge on the hill by the bank, where they sat with extreme fatigue. Then they heard sounds of something dragging, then a booming sound, then something rubbing against something else. It sounded like something heavy was being dragged; the sound came from the direction of the river. Another dragging sound, then the sound of something heavy falling in to the water, then water gurgling… It sounded as if something was sinking into the river.

However, the villagers were too tired to go back outside, and one by one fell asleep. When morning came, they found that the sky had cleared and the sun was shining. People got up, went outside to look at the banks, and exclaimed. "Oh my, look there! There's a big tree stuck there, and the bank looks ready to give way!"

"The bank has been reinforced with a big rock." "Look, the Kitamuki-Jizou is on top of the rock!" "That sound we heard last night was the doings of Kitamuki-Jizou. He came to fix the weakened bank. He protected our village."
The thankful people built a hall enshrining Kitamuki-Jizou west of Ikuta River.
source :  kobe city chuo ward

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Kitamuki Jizo


Read this essay:
Wayside Shrines at Urban Train Stations:
Religion at the Crossroads
Kitamuki Jizo at Umeda, Osaka

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Kannon Bosatsu facing North
Kitamuki Kannon 北向き観音 / 北向観音 - photo search

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There is one at 比叡山延暦寺 Hieizan Enryaku-Ji, facing North
toward 善光寺 Zenko-Ji in Nagano.

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Kitamuki Hachiman Shrine 北向八幡宮
Suma, Kobe City
It was built in 1484.

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. . . . . . . . . . H A I K U

By Kobayashi Issa

鳶の巣も鬼門に持や日枝の山
tobi no su mo kimon ni motsu ya hie no yama

the black kite's nest, too
in the unlucky direction...
Mount Hie



鳥の巣も鬼門に立つや日枝の山
tori no su mo kimon ni tatsu ya hie no yama

the bird's nest, too
in the unlucky direction...
Mount Hie



明星や庵の鬼門の梅の花
myôjô ya io no kimon no ume no hana

morning star--
on my hut's unlucky side
plum blossoms


More KIMON haiku
Tr. David Lanoue



WKD : Morning Star

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Four Directions (toozai nanboku)East, West, North, South
東西南北

. Onipedia 日本の鬼 The Demons of Japan .

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