8/18/2014

Kongo-Ji Iwate

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Kesen Narita Fudo 気仙成田不動尊

Nr. 24 Nyoizan 如意山 - 金剛寺 - 気仙成田不動尊 - Kesen Narita Fudo
Kongooji 金剛寺 Kongo-Ji
in Rikuzen Takata
Iwate 岩手県 - 精進の道場 - shoojin

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

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岩手県陸前高田市気仙町 - Kesen village, Rikuzen Takata town


The main statue is Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観世音菩薩.

The river Kesengawa flows right through the inlay, where the thriving fishing port of Rikuzen Takata 陸前高田 used to be before the earthquake of 2011.

The first priest of this temple was 宥鑁法印 Yuban, who had been banned from the capital of Kyoto and then been pardones in 888.

Around the year 885 the poet 大江千里 Oe no Chisato passed here.

Date Masamune took residence at this temple when he passed the region during an inspection. During that time there were more than 30 sub-temples near the compound.

In our times it was a temple for mountain ascetics, with the hall for Fudo Myo-O at the top of the mountain. This hall had been built in 1673, when a messenger from the main Narita temple in Chiba came here to pray and dedicate it.

- Chant of the temple
成田より遷座しお座せる不動尊 
願い祈りて叶えざるなし




. Date Masamune 伊達政宗 .
(September 5, 1567 – June 27, 1636)


Ooe no Chisato, Ōe no Chisato 大江千里 Oe no Chisato
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poet nr. 23 of the Ogura Hyakunin Isshu poetry collection

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Kesen Narita 気仙成田山護摩堂 Narita San, Goma-Do





- source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/syory159sp

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. Narita Fudo 成田不動尊 .
Temple Shinshooji 新勝寺 Shinsho-Ji in Chiba - the Main Narita Temple

After the earthquake in 2011, many people from the Main Narita Temple came here to help as best as they could.

気仙成田山とのご縁をもとにした
陸前高田での被災地支援活動
今より339年前1673年(延宝元年)に成田山から勧請(かんじょう)された御分霊を奉安する岩手県陸前高田市にある気仙成田山(真言宗智山派如意山金剛寺)。
当時避難所となっていた気仙成田山で、被災地の皆さまと共に、震災物故者の供養を行いました。




被災松を使った大勝御守 おおかちおんまもり
ookachi on mamori  -
special amulet to "win" and carry on after the tsunami


This had been lost in the tsunami, but now been re-newed at Narita san, Main temple.

This amulet is bringing together all people of the world, to help after the tsunami.

- Read more about all the efforts here :
- source : naritasan.or.jp/special



本堂と客殿 - after the earthquake



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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
不動堂 The Fudo Hall

- source : www.tohoku36fudo.jp


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- - - - - Yearly Festivals 年中行事

January 1 - 初詣(元旦)First visit to Fudo Myo-O

縁日(8月28日)- fire ritual every month on the 28th

December 26 - 納札お焚きあげ - ritual fire ceremony to burn the old amulets


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



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The famous port of Kesennuma 気仙沼, Miyagi, has been destroyed by the great earthquake on March 11, 2011.
It used to be a town full of restaurants serving local specialities.
. Kesennuma ningyoo 気仙沼の人形 Kesennuma dolls .

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Rikuzentakata 陸前高田市
is a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan.

In the quinquennial census of 2010, the city has a population of 23,302 (2005: 24,709) and a population density of 100 persons per km². The 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami caused extensive damage to the city, and as of February 2014, the city had an estimated population of 19,449 and a population density of 83.7 persons per km². The total area was 1,259.89 km².

Rikuzentakata is located in the far southeast corner of Iwate Prefecture, bordered by the Pacific Ocean to the east. The city contained Lake Furukawanuma until the 2011 tsunami destroyed it. Parts of the coastal area of the city are within the borders of the Sanriku Fukkō National Park.

History
The area of present-day Rikuzentakata was part of ancient Mutsu Province, and has been settled since at least the Jomon period. The area was inhabited by the Emishi people, and came under the control of the Yamato dynasty during the early Heian period. During the Sengoku period, the area was dominated by various samurai clans before coming under the control of the Date clan during the Edo period, who ruled Sendai Domain under the Tokugawa shogunate.

The towns of Kesen and Takada were established within Kesen District on April 1, 1889 with the establishment of the municipality system. The area was devastated by the 1896 Sanriku earthquake and the 1933 Sanriku earthquake Kesen and Takada merged with the neighboring town of Hirota and villages of Otomo, Takekoma, Yokota and Yonezaki on January 1, 1955 to form the city of Rikuzentakata.


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2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami
Rikuzentakata was reported to have been "wiped off the map" by the tsunami following the Tōhoku earthquake. According to the police, every building smaller than three stories high has been completely flooded, with buildings bigger than three stories high being flooded partially, one of the buildings being the city hall, where the water also reached as high as the third floor. The Japan Self-Defense Forces initially reported that between 300 and 400 bodies were found in the town.

On 14 March, an illustrated BBC report showed a picture of the town, describing it as "almost completely flattened." "It is not clear how many survived." The town's tsunami shelters were designed for a wave of three to four metres in height, but the tsunami of March 2011 created a wave 13 metres high which inundated the designated safe locations. Local officials estimate that 20% to 40% of the town's population is dead. "Rikuzen-Takata effectively no longer exists." Although the town was well prepared for earthquakes and tsunamis and had a 6.5 meter high seawall, it was not enough and more than 80% of 8,000 houses were swept away.

A BBC film dated 20 March reported that the harbour gates of the town failed to shut as the tsunami approached, and that 45 young firemen were swept away while attempting to close them manually. The same film reported that 500 bodies had been recovered in the town, but that 10,000 people were still unaccounted-for out of a population of 26,000. As of 3 April 2011, 1,000 people from the town were confirmed dead with 1,300 still missing, In late May 2011, an Australian reporter interviewed a surviving volunteer firefighter who has said 49 firefighters were killed in Rikuzentakata by the tsunami, among 284 firefighters known to have died along the affected coast, many while closing the doors of the tsunami barriers along the seashore.

Sixty-eight city officials, about one-third of the city's municipal employees, were killed. The town's mayor, Futoshi Toba, was at his post at the city hall and survived, but his wife was killed at their seaside home. The wave severely damaged the artifact and botanical collection at the city's museum and killed the staff of six people. The final death toll was 1656 killed and 223 missing and presumed dead. Portions of the city subsided by over a meter.
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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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. Japan - after the BIG earthquake .
March 11, 2011, 14:46

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Personal encounters

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Personal encounters with Fudo 不動明王

There have been quite a few persons, famous monks, priests, politicians of the past, that had a kind of "personal encounter" with Fudo that changed their life.




source : www.naritasan.or.jp

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Asai Nagamasa 浅井長政 - 1545 - 1573)


Asakura clan 朝倉家 from Echizen 越前国
- 盛源寺 and 西山光照寺跡 with a Fudo statue of 2.6 meters
Ichijootani Asakura Clan castle remains
一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡 - at the castle there was "clear water from Fudo Myo-O" 不動清水
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Date Masamune (伊達政宗)
. Date Masamune 伊達政宗 . - (1567 – 1636)


. Dooyo Shoonin 道誉上人 Saint Doyo Shonin . - (1515 - 1574)


Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師 空海 - (774-835)
- Shingon Buddhism - Koya-san 高野山


- Kabuki and Narita San - 歌舞伎 - 成田山

Ichikawa Danjûrô 市川団十郎 Ichikawa Danjuro clan
Kabuki Actor family - stage name: Naritaya 成田屋

Ichikawa Ebizō V 市川 海老蔵 V Ichikawa Ebizo V (1791 - 1859)



Mongaku 文覚 Priest Mongaku and Fudo - 遠藤盛遠 Endo Morito - Heian period
. . . . . Mongaku and 藤ヶ滝不動尊 waterfall Endogataki



Nichiren, Saint Nichiren 日蓮 (1222 – 1282)

Ninomiya Sontoku 二宮尊徳 Kinjirō 金次郎 Ninomiya Kinjiro
(1787 – 1856)


Taira no Masakado 平将門(平將門) (903年 - 940)
Tahara 田原藤太郎秀郷 got a Fudo Statue from Takaosan Fudo Hall 高雄山神護寺不動堂 (in 939), carried it all the way to the Fudo Temple in Narita, Chiba and prayed for peace.
. kubizuka 首塚 head mounds .


. Takeda Shingen 武田信玄 . - (1521 - 1573)


Yuuten Shoonin 祐天上人 Yuten Shonin - (1637 - 1718)
Fudo Myoo Threatening the Young Priest Yuten Shami


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- Persons related to temple Narita san, Chiba -

源頼朝 (1147 - 1198) Minamoto no Yoritomo

海保甲斐守三吉 Kaiho daimyo from Kai (no dates)

徳川光圀 (1628 - 1700) Mito Mitsukuni

山内容堂 (1827 - 1872) Yamauchi Toyoshige

山岡鉄舟 (1836 - 1888) Yamaoka Tesshu

倉田百三 (1891 - 1943) Kurata Hyakuzo

- source : www.naritasan.or.jp


. Narita Fudo 成田不動尊 .
Temple Shinsho-Ji (Shinshooji) 新勝寺, Chiba

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



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8/14/2014

Kosho--Ji Esashi Iwate

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Kooshooji 興性寺 Kosho-Ji

Nr. 22 愛宕山 - 興性寺 - 江刺不動尊 - Esashi Fudo
Kooshooji 興性寺 Kosho-Ji
Iwate 岩手県 - 精進の道場 - shoojin

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
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岩手県奥州市江刺区男石1-7-2
1-7-2 Esashi ku Otokoishi, Oshu

The founder is 多門院興性 Tamon-In .
This temple has been relocated from Miyagi prefecture, Kurihara village 宮城県栗原郡  in 1622 as a family temple for the clan of the Iwayado Castle 岩谷堂城, Iwaki Uji 岩城氏.
The main gate (sanmon 山門) of the temple has been reconstructed from the gate to the Iwayado castle.

The main statues are Dainichi Nyorai 大日如来, Bishamonten 毘沙門天 and Fudo Myo-O.



- Chant of the temple
江刺なる愛宕の山の不動尊 
慈悲の法力で導き給え


Dear Fudo at Mount Atago in Esashi
lead us with your merciful spiritual power !


Atago-Yama 愛宕山 Mount Atago
Esashiku Fujisato, Oshu

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source : www.tohoku36fudo.jp

A painting of Fudo Myo-O is a national treasure.

by Kose Kanaoka, Kose no Kanaoka 巨勢金岡
(?802 - ?897),
a court painter of the Heian period.
He followed the artistic styles of the Tang dynasty of China but transformed it into the first Japanese style of paintings.
He painted portraits and landscapes, and the Kose School of Arts is named after him.



Two stamps in his honor
Left 素戔嗚尊 Susanoo - - > Right 稲田姫命 Inada Hime




Kanaoka Jinja 金岡神社
a shrine in his honor
Kita Ward, Sakai City
大阪府堺市北区金岡町2866
- Deities in residence are (beside Kanaoka himself)
底筒男命、中筒男命、表筒男命、素盞嗚尊、大山昨命.


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Esashi Town (江刺市 Esashi-shi) was a city located in Iwate Prefecture, Japan. It is currently part of the city of Ōshū.
Esashi contains a number of artifacts pertaining to the Northern Fujiwara clan, which dominated the Tohoku region in the Heian period. The Esashi Fujiwara no Sato - Esashi-Fujiwara Heritage Park. - is a theme park featuring buildings such as fortifications, palace structures, and government offices, which have been recreated to the past design.
The Oshu-Fujiwara clan established the Hiraizumi community.
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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : koushouj.jimdo.com





- お見舞い活動
Activities after the earthquake 2011
- source : koushouj.jimdo.com

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- - - - - Yearly Festivals 年中行事

1月1日 元朝護摩修行
1月28日 初不動護摩供養 - First ritual of Fudo

3月12日 山神社春例祭
3月彼岸入 春彼岸護摩供養

5月8日 発心式 花まつり
5月18日 春観音例大祭
5月28日 五月不動護摩供養

7月8日 入信授戒会

8月第一土曜日 盆前境内墓地一斉清掃
8月13日 万灯供養会
8月15日 鹿踊施餓鬼供養法要

9月12日 山神社秋季例大祭
9月彼岸入り 秋彼岸法要

10月1日 略儀結縁潅頂
10月18日 秋季観音例大祭

12月28日 納め不動護摩供養 - Last ritual of Fudo

* 毎月二十一日 午前六時 弘法大師朝勤行会

* 毎月二十八日 午前六時 不動尊朝勤行会 Every month on the 28th

- source : koushouj.jimdo.com

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

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

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .

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. Japan - after the BIG earthquake .
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8/12/2014

Tono Fudo Iwate

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Toono, Tōno 遠野のお不動さん - Tono no Fudo

Nr. 21 法門山 - 福泉寺 - 遠野のお不動さん - Tono no Fudo
Fukusenji 福泉寺 Fukusen-Ji
Iwate 岩手県 - 精進の道場 - shoojin

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



source : blog.goo.ne.jp/tako_888k

Tono (Toono) 遠野 is an area where old legends abound.
. Tōno monogatari 遠野物語 Legends of Tono .

. Toono Matsuri 遠野祭り Tono Festival .
Tonogo Hachimangu Shrine


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photo - wikipedia

岩手県遠野市松崎町駒木7-57
7-57 Matsuzakicho Komagi, Tono, Iwate

This is a temple of the Buzan Shingon sect 真言宗豊山派.


source : blog.goo.ne.jp/jengo2

The main statue is Kannon Bosatsu 聖観音菩薩.
Fukutoku Kannon 福徳観音像, 17 meters high and weighs 25 tons, the largest wooden statue of Kannon in Japan, made from a tree of more than 1200 years of age. The carver took more than 20 years to make it and was completed in 1963. The face is 2.4 meters high.

The temple was built in 1912 by 佐々木宥尊 Sasaki Yūtaka , its first head priest.
In the large compound is a ground for the 88 pilgrim temples of the Henro Shikoku 四国八十八箇所
and a ground for the 33 Kannon temples of Saikoku 西国三十三所.
In spring people enjoy the cherry blossoms and in autumn the red momiji leaves, so there are always many seasonal visitors.

The 多宝塔 Tahoto Pagoda was erected in 1982.
Inside are statues of the Godai Myo-O 五代尊明王 and the Shitenno 四天王.

The 五重塔 - Five-Story Pagoda was erected in 1990. It is 26 meters high. The carpenter in charge was Kikuchi Kyooji 菊池恭二 Kikuchi Kyoji san.


- Chant of the temple
もろともに まいりておがめ のりのやま
ふくのいずみは つくることなし


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遠野不動尊 Tono Fudo Son
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- - - - - Page of the temple
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction .
 


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. Tono Fudo Monogatari 遠野不動明王物語 .


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

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8/11/2014

Miminashi Arakawa

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Miminashi Fudoo 耳無不動 "Fudo without ears"

Tokyo, Arakawa ward - 荒川区荒川3-22
三峰神社境内にある - 袈裟塚の耳無不動

kesazuka no miminashi Fudo 袈裟塚の耳無不動

This special mound for kesa priest's robes is in the compound of Mitsumine Shrine in Arakawa ward, Tokyo.

It used to be in the compound of temple Senkooin 仙光院 Senko-In.

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This mound has been built by priest Kooe 光慧法師 Ko-E of the temple 仙光院 Senko-In. Ko-E was involved with the pleasure quarters of Yoshiwara in Edo.
The story was even published "三河島御不動之記".

Ko-E was a samurai from Fukuoka, Yanagawa Han 福岡県柳川市. His name was Tana-Ami Kosaburo 田名網 光三郎.
He had a beautiful fiance, O-Kinu お絹, but as life goes, she was seduced by 佐野兵馬 Sano Hyoma and taken to Edo with him. Kosaburo went after them to kill him (adauchi 仇討ち), but O-Kinu had already been sold to the Yoshiwara pleasure quarters. So the two could not meet again.

Kosaburo gave up normal life and became a Buddhist priest at temple 上野寛永寺 Kanei-Ji in Ueno, taking on the name of 光慧 Ko-E.

As life goes, he comes to meet the prostitute 紅山 Momijiyama, who was in fact his former fiance O-Kinu and begins to visit her frequently. He spent a lot of money from the temple Kanei-Ji and was dispelled from there finally.
With the help of 植木屋久兵衛 Uekiya Kyubei from 三河島村 Mikawashima village (now part of Arakawa, Tokyo) he became the head priest of the temple Senko-In. By that time, Ko-E had already contacted a severe illness (maybe pestilence 悪疫 or a veneral disease? ) and his earlobes had fallen off.

With a wish to be healed, he built a mound on the access road to his temple, called it Kesazuka 袈裟塚 and erected a stone statue of Fudo Myo-O. Even this would not heal his illness and he died in 宝暦7 1757.
O-Kinu, who had become a Buddhist nun, followed him soon by stabbing her neck near a pine tree at the temple gate.

In 1764 Tomoeya Densuke 巴屋伝助 from the New Quarters of Yoshiwara performed rituals for the souls of Ko-E and O-Kinu. From that time on, somehow, this Fudo had become known for healing veneral diseases (karyuubyoo 花柳病 karyubo "illness of flowers and willows) and many people from the pleasure quarters came here to pray.



The statue of Fudo on this mound does not have the left ear.



Now the statue is also venerated by people to cure ear diseases. People offer a wooden rice bowl with a hole to make their wish.


. kesa 袈裟 kasaya - Monk's robe .
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. Amulets for Health . 


. Mimi 耳 amulets for ears .
Mimigo Okami 耳明大神
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. Mitsumine Jinja 三峰神社 Mitsumine Shrine .  
in Chichibu 秩父
298-1 Mitsumine, Saitama Prefecture 369-1902

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. miminashi Jizo 耳なし地蔵 Jizo without ears .
大原山 Daigensan - 不動院 Fudo-In, Fukuoka

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8/06/2014

Himemachi Fudo Hiraizumi

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Himemachi Fudo 姫待不動尊

Nr. 23 達谷西光寺 - 姫待不動尊 Himemachi Fuko
Seikooji 達谷西光寺 Takkoku Seiko-Ji
Iwate 岩手県 - 精進の道場 - shoojin

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

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Takkoku no Iwaya Bishamondo 達谷窟毘沙門堂

岩手県西磐井郡平泉町平泉字北沢16
Kitazawa-16 Hiraizumi, Nishiiwai District

The main statues are Bishamonten 毘沙門天 and Fudo Myo-O.

Founded by priest Enchin 円珍 in 807 in order to promote the development of the Northern Provinces in Tohoku. In 801 the government sent Sakanoue Tamuramaro to subdue chief 悪路王 Akuro-O. The deity Bishamonten was placed in the temple to show their thanks for the victory.
The buildings burned down various times but have always been re-built. The last re-built was in 1961.
Now people come here to pray for peace.
Some sources quote Jigaku Daishi for carving the statue of Bishamonten.

The main temple is in a cave (iwaya) but has a large compound in the mountains, the building is almost like the temple Kurama 鞍馬寺 in Kyoto, and housed 108 statues of Bishamonten in the Bishamonten Hall 毘沙門堂. Now 33 are still there and shown every 33 years.


- Chant of the temple
大慈心 姫待滝の不動尊 
もるるかたなき ちかいぞうれし



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--- Himemachi-Fudo-do
(Waiting-for-ladies Fudo Hall)

, Takkoku-Seiko-ji Temple. It suggests a dubious legend disrespecting "Akuro-o,"  the legendary lord of the Emishi people.

According to the legend, "Akuro-o" (悪路王) and his followers often kidnapped high-born maidens from Kyoto, confined them in "Kagohime" (籠姫; lit. Maidens' Cage) upstream and enjoyed cherry-blossom-viewing with them in "Sakurano" (桜野; lit. Cherry Field) repeatedly.
They called a waterfall nearby "Himemachi-no-Taki" (姫待ちの滝; lit. "Fall of Waylaying Escaping Maidens"). They also called the stone near the cave "Katsura-Ishi " (鬘石; lit. [Maidens'] Wig Stone) because they cut the maiden's beautiful black hair as a warning to other kidnapped maidens.

Probably the Japanese people in later generations blindly wanted to believe Tamuramaro Sakanoue as a most respectable hero and Akuro-o ("Aterui" or "Acro-o") who fought with Sakanoue as an evil figure.

Kenji Miyazawa wrote a poem about "Acro-o" taking hint from this legend, titled "Haratai Kenbai Ren" (原体剣舞連; lit. "A Verse for Haratai [Village] Sword Dance," dated August 31, 1922) in Spring and Ashura.
- source : p-www.iwate-pu.ac.jp


. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 .
(758 - 811)
conquering the Emishi (蝦夷征伐 Emishi Seibatsu) in Tohoku.


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source : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/toku29511


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原体剣舞連 - "Haratai Kenbairen"
Miyazawa Kenji in 1922

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dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-sko-dah-dah

こんや異装〔いさう〕のげん月のした
鶏〔とり〕の黒尾を頭巾〔づきん〕にかざり
片刃〔かたは〕の太刀をひらめかす
原体〔はらたい〕村の舞手〔おどりこ〕たちよ
鴇〔とき〕いろのはるの樹液〔じゅえき〕を
アルペン農の辛酸〔しんさん〕に投げ
生〔せい〕しののめの草いろの火を
高原の風とひかりにさゝげ
菩提樹〔まだ〕皮〔かわ〕と縄とをまとふ
気圏の戦士わが朋〔とも〕たちよ
青らみわたるこう気をふかみ
楢と掬〔ぶな〕とのうれひをあつめ
蛇紋山地〔じゃもんさんち〕に篝〔かゞり〕をかかげ
ひのきの髪をうちゆすり
まるめろの匂のそらに
あたらしい星雲を燃せ

dah-dah-sko-dah-dah
肌膚〔きふ〕を腐植と土にけづらせ
筋骨はつめたい炭酸に粗〔あら〕び
月月〔つきづき〕に日光と風とを焦慮し
敬虔に年を累〔かさ〕ねた師父〔しふ〕たちよ
こんや銀河と森とのまつり
准〔じゅん〕平原の天末線〔てんまつせん〕に
さらにも強く鼓を鳴らし
うす月の雲をどよませ

Ho!Ho!Ho!
むかし達谷の悪路王
まっくらくらの二里の洞
わたるは夢と黒夜神〔こくやじん〕
首は刻まれ漬けられ
アンドロメダもかゞりにゆすれ
青い仮面〔めん〕このこけおどし
太刀を浴びてはいっぷかぷ
夜風の底の蜘蛛〔くも〕おどり
胃袋はいてぎったぎた

dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-sko-dah-dah
さらにただしく刃〔やいば〕を合〔あ〕わせ
霹靂〔へきれき〕の青火をくだし
四方〔しほう〕の夜〔よる〕の鬼神〔きじん〕をまねき
樹液〔じゅえき〕もふるふこの夜〔よ〕さひとよ
赤ひたたれを地にひるがへし
雹雲〔ひゃううん〕と風とをまつれ

dah-dah-dah-dahh
夜風〔よかぜ〕とどろきひのきはみだれ
月は射〔ゐ〕そそぐ銀の矢並
打つも果〔は〕てるも火花のいのち
太刀の軋〔きし〕りの消えぬひま

dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-sko-dah-dah
太刀は稲妻〔いなづま〕萱穂〔かやほ〕のさやぎ
獅子の星座〔せいざ〕に散る火の雨の
消えてあとない天〔あま〕のがはら
打つも果てるもひとつのいのち

dah-dah-dah-dah-dah-sko-dah-dah

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. Kenji Miyazawa 宮沢 賢治, Miyazawa Kenji .
27 August 1896 - 21 September 1933,
Hanamaki, Iwate, Japan


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- source : www15.ocn.ne.jp/~iwaya


Takkoku no Iwaya
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12月27日 - 御不動様御年越祭 - 不動堂
For Fudo Myo-O to pass over to the New Year.
From evening of December 27 till 28 (the Day of Fudo) three special kagamimochi with azuki beans are offered in front of the statue.
But this ceremony is not open to the public.

- source : www15.ocn.ne.jp/~iwaya/mysite1

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- - - Another statue of Fudo in Hiraizumi


Jumyoo-in 寿命院 Jumyo-In
Hiraizumi 岩手県 西磐井郡平泉町平泉字毛越129

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Statue Height 28.9 cm



Bronze casting
The main part of the body is casting, some plaster and iron core remained inside.
The both hands joined together with dovetail tenon on the shoulder.
Curly hair and Benpatsu (a long rope of hair hanging down the left side of the face and the left shoulder) with topknot on the head, with Tenchi-gan (a facial expression: the right eye is wide open looking upwards, and the left eye is half closed looking down to the earth), top and bottom fangs are stuck out, wearing a decorative scarf, ancient skirt and loincloth.
The left arm holds a rope to tie up evil spirits, the right arm holds a sarcred sword (missing) and hanging down on the side, and twisted at the waist and standing with both legs open.
The left arm (below shoulder), holding object and the rope are also added later. The rock-shaped pedestal is wooden and colored (added later). It is the work of Kamakura Period, and it is the favorable remain among the gild bronze small Fudomyo statues in the same period.
- source : www.bunka.pref.iwate.jp


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

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. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 .
(758 - 811)

. Enchin 圓珍 / 円珍 智證大師 Chisho Daishi .
(814 - 891)

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


. 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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8/04/2014

nobori prayer flag

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nobori hata ぼり旗 prayer flag

goshiki ban 五色幡 flags in five colors  
ban 幡(ばん)doo 幢, hata 旗, dooban 幢幡(どうばん)
. Japanese Prayer Flags in Five Colors .
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. Prayer flags from the world .  

nobori hata are usually fixes on a bamboo pole and placed outside a temple, often along the access road.

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赤奉納のぼり旗 - 南無不動明王 Namu Fudo Myo-O


- source : www.suzukihouiten.jp
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大日大聖不動明王 Dainichi Daisho Fudo




不動明王 Fudo Myo-O

- source : someshi.exblog.jp
on sale to buy online, with a lot more

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- source : jozan.jp
Jooyooke In Fudoo doo 清浄華院不動堂 Joyoke-In Fudo-Do, Kyoto
Joosan Fudoo Koo 浄山不動講 Josan Fudo Ko
身代泣不動尊のぼり旗 - Migawari Naki Fudo flag

. Naki Fudo 泣き不動 / 泣不動 Weeping Fudo .


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