2/10/2015

Kozen-Ji Nagano

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Koozenji 光前寺 Kozen-Ji
宝積山 Hoshakuzan/ Hoshakusan 光前寺 Kozen-Ji

長野県駒ヶ根市赤穂29番地
29 Akaho, Komagane-shi, Nagano-ken

The founder was Honjoo Shoonin 本聖上人 Saint Honjo Shonin in 860.
Saint Honjo had studied Mikkyo at Hieiszan and practises ascetics unter a waterfall of the river Otagirigawa 太田切川 / 太田切黒川の瀑 in Ngano, where later he founded the temple.




- - - - - Look at more photos here :
- source : www.city.komagane.nagano.jp


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Fudo Myo-O on the way to the temple


source : www.city.komagane.nagano.jp


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The main statue is
a secret statue of Fudo Myo-O 不動明王.

Amulets are sold at the temple.



shuin stamp of the temple 光前寺 駒ヶ根 朱印



omamori amulet of the faithful dog Hayataro

霊犬早太郎伝説
The legend of the spiritual dog Hayataro.

"A Heroic Dog of the Kozenji Temple"

Once upon a time
There lived a strong mountain dog at the temple, called Hayatoaro by the priest and the villagers, who all loved the strong but gentle dog.
At that time, the village of Mitsuke in Omi had a problem. The fields were destroyed by wild animals and as a precaution, the villagers had to offer a girl from the village to the deity of Shrine Yanahime Jinja 矢奈比売神社.

In the year 1308 in August, a priest travelled in the region. He thought that the deities could not really be that bad and malicious and tried to find out what rally happened in the night of the festival. The monster arrived and said

「信州の早太郎おるまいな、早太郎には知られるな」
I hope Hayataro from Shinshu is not here,
I hope Hayataro does not know about this!"
And took the girl away.

So the monk travelled to Shinshu (Nagano) and found Hayataro at the temple Kozen-Ji. The priest agreed to help and during the festival next year, Hayataro was given as an offering instead of a maiden.
And what do you know?

Hayataro drove out the monster in no time, by the way, it was an old monkey (老ヒヒ).
But while fighting with the monkey, Hayataro got a deep would. When he finally made his way back to Kozen-Ji he could only bark faintly once more and then died.
So the priest decided to give him a fine burial and pray for his soul from now on.

This story is written in the sacred history book of the temple and told to our day.

- - - Homepage of the temple
- source : www.kozenji.or.jp


. Hihi (狒々, 狒狒. 比々) Baboon Monkey Monster .
Legend of Jutaro Iwami (Kanesuke Susukita) and Shippeitaro (Hayataro)


. Inu Jinja 犬神社 dog shrines .
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. - Join Fudo Myo-O on facebook - Fudō Myō-ō .

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



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1/28/2015

Shoshin-Ji North Kanto 20

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Shooshinji 崇真寺 Shoshin-Ji

Nr. 20 稲毛山 Inagetasan - 金剛王院 Kongo-In
Kai-un Inukiri Fudo 開運犬切り不動尊
Fudo who killed a Dog

Tochigi prefecture 口密の道場 - kumitsu

. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .
 

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1400 Inageta, Haga, Haga District, Tochigi
稲毛田山 金剛王院 崇真寺
栃木県芳賀郡芳賀町大字稲毛田1400

In the compound of the temple, there is also a


O-hyakudo Fudo お百度不動
Fudo of the 100 prayers circuit


and a scroll of
Byakue Kannon Bosatsu 白衣観音 Byaku-E Kannon




絹本著色白衣観音像の掛軸
source : town.haga.tochigi.jp



. "100 prayers circuit" (百度参り hyakudo mairi) .
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The Fudo statue of this temple is secret and only shown once in 60 years.
- source : onsanmaya.at.webry.info

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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : town.haga.tochigi.jp


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- - - - - The legend of
犬切り不動 Fudo who killed a dog
Once upon a time in a temple in Japan
there lived a young priest called Sanchin さんちん, who was quite prone to play pranks and he also liked to eat a lot.

One day san Sanchin was cleaning the main temple hall, he realized that the manju rice cakes, offerings to Fudo Myo-O in the hall, had disappeared. When he reported this to the head priest, he told him "Well, go and search them."
This happened a few more times and the head priest finally thought that Sanchin was the thief, since he liked to eat rice cakes.
"Next time the rice cakes are gone, you will have to leave my temple" he told the acolyte in anger.

One day one of the parishioners had come to bring rice cakes as offerings for Fudo Myo-O. Sanchin, worried about being driven away from the temple, took a large broom and hid behind the hall. waiting for the thief.

That evening, when Sanchan was already half asleep, there was a noise : gattari ガタリ.
When Sanchin looked in the direction of the noise, he saw the floor plank had moved a little and a huge dog had come out. When the huge dog jumpet to Sanchin and bite into his foot, Fudo Myo-O blinked with his wild eyes, moved his large sword and hit the dog.

Next morning when the head priest came into the hall he found Sanchin bleeding on the floor. He asked what happened and Sanchin told him the story of the monster dog. And quite true, on the floor there was also the body of this huge monster dog. And blood dripped from the sword of Fudo Myo-O.
Now it was clear,
the rice cake offerings had been stolen by the huge dog !



As long as the dog had stolen his offerings, Fudo Myo-O had turned a blind eye on the happenings. But when the dog attacked the innocent Sanchin, Fudo got angry and helped him to show he was innocent and saved his life.

That is why the statue of this Fudo is now called
"Fudo Myo-O who killed a dog".
source : manga mukashibanashi


. Legends about Fudo Myo-O 不動様 .

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. 犬突き不動 Inu-tsuki Fudo, Fudo piercing a dog  .
慈恩寺 Jion-Ji Yamagata 山形県
Once a mad dog appeared and caused a lot of trouble.
So Fudo took his sword and stabbed the dog to kill him.


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. 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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Legends about Fudo

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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
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Legends about Fudo Myo-O 不動様

There are so many legends, folktales, stories about Fudo . . .
This page is now Part 01.

. Legends about Fudo お不動さま - Part 02 .

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Manga Mukashibanashi Database まんが日本昔ばなし
不動様

. Inukiri Fudo 犬切り不動尊 Fudo killed a dog .
Tochigi, 崇真寺 Shoshin-Ji

. おしのと火童子 O-Shino and the "Fire Child" .
Mino, Toki town, Gifu - Hiwarashi


お不動さま - Fudo from Tosa
八つ化け頭巾 Yatsubake Zukin - The hood . . .
甲斐の湖 Kai no Mizuumi - The Lake of Kai
宝の川 Takara no Kawa - The River of Treasures
笛吹川 River Fuefukigawa- Yamanashi



- source : nihon.syoukoukai.comx

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O-Fudo sama from Takaoka in Tosa, Shikoku
土佐の高岡 - 積善寺

Once upon a time
there was a temple in Takaoka in Tosa where a statue of Yakushi Nyorai, Buddha of Medicine, was venerated and also a statue of Fudo Myo-O.
The Fudo did not have a special name, but it was said he was carved by the famous master Unkei.

One day the chief retainer of the Daimyo together with two samurai came to this temple to rest on their way from hunting. The retainer ( 家老 ) looked at the statue of Fudo and liked it very much. Despite the protest of the priest, he took the statue home to his estate.

When he reached his estate, he put the statue up an one side of his gate. Then in the evening he happily got drunk with sake.
At midnight suddenly a huge thunderstorm came up, with torrential rain and brought the slope behind his estate to slip down in a mudslide, destroying three farmhouses below it.



"This is certainly the revenge of Fudo Myo-O!" the villagers began to gossip the next morning. But the retainer laughed if off.
"No way, nothing happened to my own estate and my home is still here . . . hahaha!"

That night the retainer had a strange dream.
From a high mountain came a red burning light with a man on a horse and began to chase him around.
On the next day, he had been invited by a friend so they drank sake again and the retainer talked about his dream:

"Last night in my dream a huge man on a horse came down the mountain in a veil of fire!"
Another man had also seen this dream:
"That was a ghostly flying fireball!" 飛ぶ火の玉

"Never mind, that was just a trivial dream" the retainer dismissed the story with a loud laugh.

In the evening the retainer returned to his estate, but at the entrance gate the string of his sandals tore off, a sign of bad luck. When he tried to pass the gate, there stood Fudo Myo-O in a veil of flames and did not let him pass. Fudo stood there in the flames and did not listen to the excuses of the retainer. In no time his whole estate burned down.

Now the retainer was cured and brought the statue of Fudo back to the temple, where Fudo could stand like before next to Yakushi Nyorai, his friend. Both of them continued in their duty to look after the well-being of the villagers from now on again.



. Unkei 運慶 (1148 - 1224) .


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Yatsubake zukin 八つ化け頭巾
The hood for eight spooks

no location.

A priest with a magic hood from a fox that lets him change into anything does a lot of nuisance.
kitsune no bake zukin 狐の化け頭巾



Once upon a time, a priest who liked to play pranks on people observed a fox in the forest, who tried to learn shape-shifting.



He tried to talk the fox into exchanging the hood, for a normal hood. and hoped thus to be able to shapeshift like the fox.
When he returned to his temple, there were two visitors, a head priest from another temple with his young acolyte.
So our priest thought this was a great chance to play a prank on them both.

He told the head priest to use the room he liked best from the two he showed them.
In the first room was a pretty lady.
In the second room was a Buddha statue.

The head priest, aware of his young acolyte, choose the room with the Buddha statue and began to chant his sutras. After a while, the young acolyte fell asleep.
So he sneeked out of the room to the other one with the lady and began to drink sake rice wine.

But the beautiful lady - you guess it already - was in fact our priest who had shapeshifted.
He changed again, became the flaming figure of Fudo Myo-O and shouted:
"Hey you, a priest should not drink sake, you know that!"

The head priest was taken by surprise and run away.

The fox on the other hand, who did not know his hood was now just a normal piece of cloth, tried to transform himself into a pretty lady and began to walk around in the village in his fox figure. All saw this ruse and laughed at the fox, who had been tricked himself.




. zukin 頭巾 (ずきん) hood - Introduction - .

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国母稲積地蔵立像 Inazumi Jizo at Kokubo, Kofu
山梨県甲府市国母8丁目 - / 国母地蔵 - 法城寺 Kokubo Jizo - Hosho-Ji, now 東光寺 Toko-Ji



This is a story how two Shinto deities and two Buddhist deities 二仏二神
helped the people of Kai.


甲斐の湖 The lake of Kai (Yamanashi)

Kai is a province surrounded by high mountains on all sides and once upon a time,
the villagers here were all very poor, living in homes near the mountain slopes. looking down at a huge lake in the middle of the valley. There was no plain to use for rice fields and the ground was full of stones and gravel. They could only grow some kinds of millet and catch small fish in the rivers.

The Inazumi Jizo was thinking all the time about how he could help the poor farmers and drain off all that water. He asked two strong deities for their advise and help. They were really huge and when they stood by the lake they could reach the other side of the lake in the evening sunshine. Their shadow made the area all dark, even during daytime.

These two strong deities did not take long. One demolished the mountain, the other cut a valley into the slope. And there - all the water began to drain off through the new valley toward the river Fujigawa 富士川 and then into the ocean.
When the water began to move with great noise, another strong deity, Fudo Myo-O, heard the noise and thought that the water should be regulated by some dams so that it would not destroy the villages further down. So he made some dams and let the lake drain slowly within seven days and seven nights, until all the water was gone and the bottom of the valley became visible.

Suddenly there was a really, really huge plain down there, where all the villagers could have rice fields and homes.
So the villagers thanked Jizo Bosatsu with a great festival at the temple 東光寺,
and made a cave into the mountain and built the shrine Anagiri Jinja 穴切神社 (hole-cutting shrine) for the two strong deities who had helped drain the water. They called the deities now 蹴裂明神 Kesaki Myojin.
And further down at a dam they venerated a statue of
Sedate Fudo Myo-O 瀬立不動 (せだてふどう)
Setate Fudo sama (せたてふどうさま).



Anagiri Dai Jinja 穴切大神社 Anakiri Dai Jinja - founded around 708.
2 Chome-8-1 Takara, Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture / 山梨県甲府市宝二丁目8-1
- source : HP of the Shrine - anagiri


- source : anakiri

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大己貴命 Onammuchi no Mikoto
少彦名命 Sukunahikona no Mikoto
素戔鳴命 Susanoo no Mikoto

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宝の川 The river of treasures
福島県の西会津、鬼光頭川
Fukushima, Nishi Aizu, river Kikozugawa




Once upon a time
in a village along the Kikozugawa in West-Aizu there lived a woodworker with his daughter, O-Yuki おゆき (Snow Girl). The mother had died five years ago and the two of them were now alone.

One day the father had gone out to the forest to help rescue a co-worker, who had been trapped under a fallen tree. But he got trapped himself and died. Before his grave the villagers promised to look after his daughter, O-Yuki.

They looked after her for a while, but then forgot all about her. So she had to make some money for herself and begun to collect shijimi clams シジミ from the river and sold them in the postal station nearby, to be used for the miso soup in the morning.

One evening an agent from the village came to her home. He proposed O-Yuki to become a maid servant for a family with children in Aizu. But O-Yuki refused, because the graves of both her parents were here in the village. So the agent told her that this land and house belonged to him, in fact, and she was to leave the premisses within 10 days. He had made up the tale of the family with children just to get rid of her.

Dear little O-Yuki did not know what to do and so the 10 days passed. The next day the agent came back and told her the house would be torn down tomorrow.
O-Yuki went to the little roadside sanctuary of Fudo Myo-O, sat down and thought about her future, sobbing and crying all along. Suddenly she heard a voice from the sanctuary.
She looked up and saw Fudo Myo-O standing there in his flaming halo.

He said:
"Dear little girl. Don't you worry. Just continue to collect the clams from this river. I will take care of the rest!"

The next day O-Yuki went to the river very early to collect clams, just as Fudo sama had told her. And then, when the sun was just about to rise there suddenly was a strong earthquake. A mountain tsunami 山津波 (mud slide) destroyed all the homes of the village and burried everything under the fallen earth. But to her surprise, her own home was left intact and not even touched by the huge mountain slide.
And the evil agent was probably killed by the slide, too; anyway, he never showed up again.



When O-Yuki walked down to the river, the clams had all disappeared. But in their place, there were beautiful stones, all glimmering and shining. When she brought them to the postal station, they sold for a lot of money and O-Yuki became quite rich. Now she could built a nice grave for her parents and live well for ever after.

That is why folks call it "the river of treasures" (hookawa 宝川).

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笛吹川 River Fuefukigawa
"River where the flute was played"

Yamanashi 山梨県


- source with more photos : kousyuusai_001

笛吹川中流(一之釜、不動の滝)Fudo Waterfall


Gonzaburo Fudo 権三郎不動



Upstream of this river, there was a small village called Mitomi 三富村 and there lived a young man called Gonzaburo 権三郎 with his old mother, just the two of them.
He liked to play the flute and his mother liked to listen to him very much.



Then one day in a summer with a lot of rain and then a typhoon, the river was overflowing, swallowing all the homes near the riverbank. The house of Gonzaburo was also lost in the water. Gonzaburo held onto the arm of his mother, but the river was so fast and strong, he could not hold her any more and she was eventually swallowed by the waters.

Next morning the river was all quiet again. But the body of his mother was nowhere to be seen. So Gonzaburo thought, his mother must still be alive somewhere and he went to the riverbank every day, walking up and down, playing his flute for her.

Winter came and went and it was spring again. Gonzaburo kept walking up and down the riverbank, playing the flute. But one day, the sound of the flute was not heard as usual and all was quiet. Eventually the dead body of Gonzaburo was found on the riverbank.

The villagers felt so sorry for Gonzaburo and his mother. They called on a priest from the nearby temple to have a proper burial for him. They build a small sanctuary and called it
Gonzaburo Fudo 権三郎不動.

Since then, the river was known under the name of
Fuefukigawa 笛吹川 "River where the flute was played".

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Yamagata, Tazawa 山形 田沢

A record of winning with the help of Fudo
不動明王の利勝記

Once upon a time
in 白夫平 Shirobudaira there lived a man called 三十郎 Sanjuro. He was born a weak boy and his greatest wish was to become a strong man.
In his village there was a heavy stone of more than 23 kan 二十五貫 (one kan is about 3.75kg), called the banmochi ishi 番持石 "stone to test your strength". The young men of the village tried to move it and play with it.
Sanjuro, who had only one seventh of the strength of the other young men, could not move this special stone.

When nobody was around, late at night or early in the moning, Sanjuro came to this stone ant tired to move it, but he never could and felt really left out and angry at himself.

So one day he had the idea that to improve his strength, he needed the help of Fudo Myo-O. So at the double-hour of the bull on three days of the month 三、七、二十一日の丑の刻, he made a strong wish and plea to the deity.

In the first week, Sanjuro went to the temple of Fudo Myo-O to pray. When he clapped his hands in prayer, he realized that the small temple had inclined to one side. So the straightened it out and went on to the Fudo Waterfall.
On his way he had to deal with a few more difficulties - as if the deity was testing him. Even a huge bull was sleeping in the middle of the road.

But Sanjuro was quite determined and made it to the last day of his pledge.
There he heared the voice of Fudo:
"Hey, Sanjuro" and in all innocense he answered "Yes, right here!".

Because he had replied to the call, he could not receive all the strength of Fudo Myo-O and could only get 倍力の力 - part of the strength.
But he could pass on that "power of God" 三十郎の神力 to his own son.

- source : www.tazawa-forest.com



. ushi no koku 丑の刻 double-hour of the bull .
This time was the best to make a wish or place a curse with the help of the deities, be it Buddhist or Shinto.


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. Senryuuji 泉龍寺 Senryu-Ji . - Ibaraki
「御瀧山泉龍寺不動尊縁起絵巻伝」
Scroll about the History of the Fudo Temple



. Legends about Fudo お不動さま - Part 02 .

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



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1/27/2015

Legend Hiwarashi

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Hiwarashi 火童子 the "Fire Child"
Toki in Mino 美濃の国の土岐 / now in Gifu
Toki town is famous for its pottery to our day.

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Inheriting 400 years of Mino Ware tradition represented by Oribe, Shino, and Kiseto wares, Fudogama has been manufacturing modern, warm, and unique pottery, mainly tableware.



We modestly attempt to express the identity of our products through their universal beauty, by eliminating excessive decoration. Both grace and boldness coexist in Fudogama products.
Teruaki Ito, 2457 Dachi-cho, Toki-shi, GIFU. Since 1986
- source : gifuproduct.jp


火童子(ひわらし)はお不動様の使い
Hiwarashi is the messenger of Fudo Myo-O.


and surprize - - - a sweet tarte called



ひわらしがま Hiwarashigama 火童子窯
Hiwarashi Kiln





- source : bellph/diary





hiwarashi cafe ヒワラシカフェ
Gifu Prefecture, Toki, Oroshicho, 1443−1, Ambience Square 1F

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おしのと火童子 O-Shino
and the "Fire Child" Hiwarashi


Once upon a time, there lived a good couple doing pottery in Toki.

ある時、おっとうは浅野館(あさのやかた)の嫁入り道具の器を焼くという大仕事を請負った。おっとうは娘のおしのに、この仕事を無事にやり終えたら赤いべべ(着物)を買ってやると約束する。そしておっとうとおっかあは、それこそ寝る間も惜しんで働いた。器は天日に干され、釉(ゆう)が塗られ、窯に入れられる。



ところが窯焚きが始まって三日三晩がたち、あと一日という朝のこと、生来からだがあまり丈夫でないおっとうは、ここ数ヶ月の無理がたたり、高熱を出して倒れてしまう。窯焚きはこれからが一番難しいところ。仕方なくおっかあは、見よう見まねでおっとうがやっていたように窯に割り木をくべた。そしておしのは、窯の焚き口まで割り木を運んだ。おしのは夜になる頃にはヘトヘトに疲れてしまい、いつしか窯の前で眠ってしまう。

おっかあは、一人で夜中も割り木をくべている。ところが、夜中におっかあの悲鳴でおしのは目を覚ます。見ると、窯の色見穴(いろみあな)からこれまで見たこともないような真っ黒な煙がモクモク出ていた。おっかあが、一生懸命のあまり割り木を入れすぎ、窯の火力が落ちてしまったのだ。おっかあは途方にくれてその場にしゃがみこんでしまう。

これを見たおしのは、窯の神様の祭壇まで走って行き、「窯の神様、おっかあを助けて下さい。」と一心に祈った。するとそこに一陣の風が吹き、木の葉が舞い上がった。木の葉は緑色の美しい童子に変わり、窯へ向かって飛んでいく。火童子(ひわらし)はお不動様の使いと言われ、神様を敬う正直者の窯へやって来て、焼き物がうまく出来るよう助けると言われている。火童子が窯の中に入り火打ち石を打つと、火童子の髪は炎となって燃え上がった。そして色見穴は再び真っ赤に輝き始めた。おしのが色見穴を覗くと、火童子は楽しそうにクルクルと踊っている。そして、火童子が踊るたび、焼き物はいい具合に焼きあがっていった。おしのは、一夜に三千里を走る火童子が、秋葉の山から来てくれたと思うのであった。



窯出しの日の朝には、おっとうも起き上がれるようになった。澄んだ緑釉(りょくゆう)が日に輝いて、それはよい窯出しだったということだ。おしのがおっとうにだけ火童子のことを話すと、おっとうは嬉しそうに何度も頷いていた。
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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .



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12/22/2014

Asian Art Museum

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Asian Art Museum - San Francisco



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Fudo (the Immovable One)
is one of the powerful deities known as the Five Bright Kings in Japanese Buddhism and folk religion. As a manifestation of the central cosmic Buddha Mahavairochana (Japanese: Dainichi), Fudo is believed to protect Buddhism and its true adherents. Like all Bright Kings,
Fudo assumes a frightening form, with a sword in his right hand and a rope in his left. He sits in front of a swiring flame of fire, with which he purifies evil. The left section of the flame is a modern replacement.

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From my visit to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 2013.

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12/15/2014

Horindo store Osaka

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Hoorindoo 法輪堂 Horindo store



Homepage of the store, Osaka
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More links to their Fudo Myo-O pages
- source : www.e-horindo.com/butuzou

More links to Fudo Myo-O information
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Fudo Myo-O and Kobo Daishi
from tsuge box wood

総柘植 最上彫 弘法大師・不動明王仏像セット
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11/03/2014

- BACKUP Sasaguri Henro

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. Sasaguri 篠栗四国八十八箇所 .


Sasaguri 篠栗四国八十八箇所 88 Henro Temples
Sasaguri Shikoku Hachijuuhachi kasho (ささぐりしこくはちじゅうはちかしょ)
篠栗霊場 Sasaguri reijo


Pilgrimage to 88 sacred temples in Sasaguri, Fukuoka, Kyushu
in honor of Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海.











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One of the three new Henro pilgrimages in Japan.

It has been established by a monk called 慈忍 Jinin around 1835, after he completed the Henro walk in Shikoku. He wanted to give the priests, nuns and villagers, who could not travel to Shikoku, to have a chance to the benefit of a full pilgrimage. After his death, the caritable people of the village 篤志家 continued to support this project.


Kobo Daishi at Nr. 62 石原山遍照院 Henjo-In


. Kobo Daishi Reijo 弘法大師霊場 Kobo Daishi Pilgrimages in Japan .


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

Sasaguri (篠栗町 Sasaguri-machi) is a town in Kasuya District, Fukuoka.


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01 - . Nanzooin, Nanzoo-In 南蔵院 Nanzo-In, Nanzoin .

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2 松ヶ瀬阿弥陀堂 阿弥陀如来 松ヶ瀬 - Amida Do
3 城戸釈迦堂 釈迦如来 城戸 - Shaka Do
4 金出大日堂 大日如来 金出 - Dainichi Do
5 郷ノ原地蔵堂 地蔵菩薩 郷ノ原 - Jizo Do
6 小浦薬師堂 薬師如来 小浦 - Yakushi Do
7 田ノ浦阿弥陀堂 阿弥陀如来 田ノ浦 - Amida Do
8 金剛の滝観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 山王 - Kannon Do
9 山王釈迦堂 釈迦如来 山王 - Shaka Do

10 切幡寺 千手観世音菩薩 高野山真言宗 山王 - Kannon Bosatsu
11 山手薬師堂 薬師如来 山手 - Yakushi Do
12 千鶴寺 虚空蔵菩薩 郷ノ原 - Kokuzo Bosatsu
13 城戸大日堂 十一面観世音菩薩 城戸 - Dainichi Do
14 二ノ滝寺 弥勒菩薩 高野山真言宗 中ノ河内 - Miroku Bosatsu
15 妙音寺 薬師如来 天台宗 金出 - Yakushi Nyorai
16 呑山観音寺 千手観世音菩薩 高野山真言宗 萩尾 - Kannon-Ji
17 山手薬師堂 薬師如来 山手 - Yakushi Do
18 篠栗恩山寺 薬師如来 上町 - Yakushi Nyorai
19 篠栗地蔵堂 地蔵菩薩 上町 - Jizo Do

20 中ノ河内地蔵堂 地蔵菩薩 中ノ河内 - Jizo Do
21 高田虚空蔵堂 虚空蔵菩薩 高田 - Kokuzo Do
22 桐ノ木谷薬師堂 薬師如来 桐ノ木谷 - Yakushi Do
23 山王薬師堂 薬師如来 山王 - Yakushi Do
24 中ノ河内虚空蔵堂 虚空蔵菩薩 中ノ河内 - Kokuzo Do
25 金剛山秀善寺 一願地蔵菩薩 高野山真言宗 山手 - Ichigan Jizo Bosatsu
26 薬師大寺 薬師如来 高野山真言宗 荒田 - Yakushi Dai-Ji
27 神峰寺 十一面観世音菩薩 金出 - Kannon Bosatsu
28 篠栗公園大日寺 大日如来 中町 - Dainichi Ji
29 荒田観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 荒田 - Kannon Do

30 田ノ浦斐玉堂 阿弥陀如来 田ノ浦 - Amida Nyorai
31 城戸文殊堂 文殊菩薩 城戸 - Monju Do
32 高田十一面観音堂 十一面観世音菩薩 高田 - Kannon Do
33 本明院 薬師如来 天台宗 田中 - Yakushi Nyorai
34 宝山寺 薬師如来 高野山真言宗 郷ノ原 - Yakushi Nyorai
35 珠林寺薬師堂 薬師如来 浄土宗 金出 - Yakushi Do
36 呑山天王院 波切不動明王 高野山真言宗 萩尾 - Namikiri Fudo Myo-O
37 高田阿弥陀堂 阿弥陀如来 高田 - Amida Do
38 丸尾観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 丸尾 - Kannon Do
39 篠栗山延命寺 薬師如来 高野山真言宗 上町 - Enmei-Ji - Yakushi Nyorai

40 一ノ滝寺 薬師如来 真言宗醍醐派 山手 - Yakushi Nyorai
41 平原観音堂 十一面観世音菩薩 山王 - Kannon Do
42 中ノ河内仏木寺 大日如来 中ノ河内 - Dainichi Nyorai
43 源光山明石寺 千手観世音菩薩 真言宗大覚寺派 鳴渕 - Kannon Bosatsu
44 大宝寺 十一面観世音菩薩 高野山真言宗 金出 - Kannon Bosatsu





45 城戸ノ滝不動堂 不動明王 篠栗 - Taki Fudo Hall
46 岡部薬師堂 薬師如来 岡部 - Okabe Yakushi Do
47 萩尾阿弥陀堂 阿弥陀如来 萩尾 - Amida Do
48 中ノ河内観音堂 十一面観世音菩薩 中ノ河内 Kannon Do
49 小松尾山雷音寺 釈迦如来 高野山真言宗 萩尾 - Shaka Nyorai

50 郷ノ原薬師堂 薬師如来 郷ノ原 - Yakushi Do
51 下町薬師堂 薬師如来 下町 - Yakushi Do
52 山手観音堂 十一面観世音菩薩 山手 - Kannon Do
53 桐ノ木谷阿弥陀堂 阿弥陀如来 桐ノ木谷 - Amida Do
54 中町延命寺 不動明王 中町 - Enmei-Ji - Fudo Myo-o
55 桐ノ木谷大日堂 大通智勝仏 桐ノ木谷 - Dainichi Do
56 松ヶ瀬地蔵堂 地蔵菩薩 松ヶ瀬 - Jizo-Do
57 田ノ浦栄福堂 阿弥陀如来 田ノ浦 - Amida Nyorai
58 大久保観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 大久保 - Kannon Do
59 田ノ浦薬師堂 薬師如来 田ノ浦 - Yakushi Do

60 神変寺 大日如来 高野山真言宗 松ヶ瀬 - Dainichi Nyorai
61 山王寺 大日如来 真言宗御室派 山王 - Dainichi Nyorai
62 石原山遍照院 十一面観世音菩薩 - Henjo-In
63 天狗岩山吉祥寺 毘沙門天 天狗岩 - Bishamon Ten
64 荒田阿弥陀堂 阿弥陀如来 荒田 - Amida Do
65 三角寺 十一面観世音菩薩 高野山真言宗 御田原 - Kannon Bosatsu
66 観音坂観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 金出 - Kannon Do
67 山王薬師堂 薬師如来 山王 - Yakushi Do
68 岡部神恵院 阿弥陀如来 山王 - Amida Nyorai
69 高田観音堂 聖観世音菩薩 高田 - Kannon Do

70 五塔の滝 馬頭観世音菩薩 鳴渕 - Bato Kannon
71 城戸千手観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 城戸 - Kannon Do
72 田ノ浦拝師堂 大日如来 田ノ浦 - Haishi Do - Dainichi Nyorai
73 山王釈迦堂 釈迦如来 山王 - Shaka Do
74 城戸薬師堂 薬師如来 城戸 - Yakushi Do
75 紅葉ヶ谷薬師堂 薬師如来 郷ノ原 - Yakushi Do
(75) 善通寺 薬師如来 単立 荒田 - Zentsu-Ji - Yakushi Nyorai
76 萩尾薬師堂 薬師如来 萩尾 - Yakushi Do
77 山王薬師堂 薬師如来 山王 - Yakushi Do
78 山手阿弥陀堂 阿弥陀如来 山手 - Amida Do
79 補陀洛寺 十一面観世音菩薩 高野山真言宗 下町 - Fudaraku-Ji - Kannon

80 田ノ浦観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 田ノ浦 - Kannon Do
81 二瀬川観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 二瀬川 - Kannon Do
82 鳥越観音堂 千手観世音菩薩 鳴渕 - Kannon Do
83 千手院 聖観世音菩薩 高野山真言宗 御田原 - Kannon Bosatsu
84 中町屋島寺 十一千手面観世音菩薩 中町 - Kannon Bosatsu
85 祖聖大寺 聖観世音菩薩 高野山真言宗 郷ノ原 - Kannon BOsatsu
86 金出観音堂 十一面観世音菩薩 金出 - Kannon Do
87 弘照院 聖観世音菩薩 高野山真言宗 金出 - Kannon Bosatsu
88 大久保薬師堂 薬師如来 Okubo Yakushi-Do




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篠栗霊場の歴史は天保年間、慈忍という人物がこの地を訪れた天保六年に始まる。慈忍は四国八十八箇所を巡拝したその帰りに篠栗村に立ち寄った尼僧であった。四国八十八箇所の開祖たる弘法大師も訪れたと伝わるこの村の者達の困窮を垣間見た慈忍は、その救済を目論みこの地にとどまり弘法大師の名において祈願を続け、やがて村に安寧をもたらしたものと伝わる。このことを弘法大師の利益(りやく)であるとした慈忍は、村の者達に四国のそれを模した88か所の霊場の造成を提案。呼応した村人達の手によって徐々に石仏がつくられはじめ、慈忍が没したのちにおいて、その志を継ぐ村の篤志家達の尽力によって88に達する霊場群が完成、それが今にある篠栗霊場の起源であると伝わっている。なお、明治期、成立した霊場会に対し、一部の寺院が土地建物を買収し、本来の札所とは一部異なる、との批判もある。
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sasaguri ささ栗(ささぐり)chestnut sweet
sasame sasaguri さゝめさゝ栗
from Gifu, Nakatsugawa town



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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師 空海 .
(774-835)

. Kobo Daishi Reijo 弘法大師霊場 Kobo Daishi Pilgrimages in Japan .

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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 .
 

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

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11/02/2014

necktie

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necktie with Fudo Myo-O 不動明王
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birthday party -
he wears a necktie
with Fudo


Gabi Greve, November 3, 2014
checking for Fudo Myo-O 66

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Myo 服のアクセサリー - accessary from MYO

badge バッジ
belt buckle ベルトバックル
keyholder キーホルダー
pendant ペンダント
pin ピン



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Payne Richard K. Payne
Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies

Dean, Institute of Buddhist Studies
Yehan Numata Professor of Japanese Buddhist Studies
B.A. and M.A., San Jose State University
M.A., Nyingma Institute
Ph.D. Graduate Theological Union



Reflecting on Buddhist Thought

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Essays

“Firmly Rooted: On Fudō Myōō’s Origins.”
Pacific World, new series, no. 4 (Fall 1988): 6–14.

“Standing Fast: Fudō Myōō in Japanese Literature.”
Pacific World, new series, no. 3 (Fall 1987): 53–58.

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“Firmly Rooted: On Fudō Myōō’s Origins.”
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