6/06/2016

Rokuji Myo-O

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Rokuji Myoo-Oo, Rokuji Myō-ō 六字明王 Rokuji Myo-O
Enlightened King of the Six Words

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Rokuji Ten 六字天
黒六字 Black Six Words 黒仏 "Black Buddha"


This is a very powerful deity to prevent the influence of evil.
He often looks like a Kannon with black skin. He stands on the left foot, the right one is bent backward at the knee.



六字大明王陀羅尼 Rokuji Myo-O Darani Ritual Spell
六字大明呪 Rojuji Daimyo Ju
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オン
ギャーチギャーチュー
ギャービチ
カンジュー カンジュー
タチバチ ソワカ



口奄(オーン)・麼(マ)・手尼(ニ)
鉢訥(ペ)・銘(メ)・吽(フーン)

Chanting this Mantra will prevent bad influence, protect from deasters and grant a long life.
「悪霊調伏」「息災延命」
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六字明王 = 六字天


source : jikisinndoujyou 八葉山 天華院 - 六字明王



source : rakushisha.ocnk.net - 六字天

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Rokuji Myō-ō 六字明王
Literally “Six-Syllable Luminescent King.”
The below two drawings share certain iconographical similarities with the 12th-century monochrome drawing of Myōken  and the 13th-century painting of Sonjō-ō at Miidera. In all of them, we see the four-armed one-headed central deity holding the sun disk and moon disk, with right foot raised behind the opposite knee. However, in the below drawings, the deity is portrayed atop a lotus, whereas the earlier images show her atop a dragon. The drawings also portray the deity holding different objects. Rokuji Myō-ō appears in the Rokuji Jinjuōkyō 六字神咒王經 sutra, where the deity is described as the central icon (honzon 本尊) in esoteric rituals (known as the Chōbuku Shinpō 調伏信法 or Chōbuku-hō 調伏法) to ward off evil spirits, enemies, and malicious influences.


Drawing from 12th-century Japanese text

Notes on the Rokuji Mandala 六字経曼荼羅.
Also called the Rokujikyō (Rokujikyo Mandala), literally Six Letter Mandala or Six-Syllable Incantation.
Centered on Shaka Nyorai 釈迦 (the Historical Buddha) holding a gold wheel (hōrin 法輪).
See Hokuto Mandala (Big Dipper Mandala) for more about this form of Shaka.
The central deity is surrounded by Six Kannon (Roku Kannon 六観音), and the group of seven appear within a moon disc. At the top of the mandala are two flying celestials (hiten 飛天); at the bottom are images of Fudō Myō-ō 不動明王 and Daiitoku Myō-ō 大威徳明王, and positioned between them are six figures venerating a smaller moon disc. The deity is also said to be the composite reward body (総合成就身) of the Roku Kannon who protect people in each of the six realms of karmic rebirth.
Says JAANUS: “Images of the Six Kannon began to be made as offerings for the welfare of the dead and for personal salvation in the first half of the 10th century. The Six Kannon appear in the most common form of the Rokujikyō Mandala, which from the Heian period was the focus of the Rokujikyōhō 六字経法, a Shingon ritual used particularly for sickness and childbirth. The six forms of Kannon often appear along with their corresponding Sanskrit bonjimon 梵字文.

Twenty-Eight Constellations
28 Moon Lodges, 28 Lunar Mansions
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. Senyuuji 仙遊寺 Senyu-Ji .  
- Shikoku Henro Nr. 58 - Introduction -

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たちよりて作礼の堂にやすみつつ  
六字を唱え経を読むべし
Tachi yorite sarei no dō ni yasumitsutsu rokuji o tonae kyō o yomubeshi


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rokuji myougou 六字名号 (rokuji myogo)
Lit. Six Character Name

The six Chinese characters used to write 'Namu Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏'
An homage to the Buddha *Amida 阿弥陀, generally referred to as the nenbutsu 念仏, a chant that devotees believed would ensure one's salvation in Amida's Pure Land gokuraku 極楽. The Six Characters may be written in ink, embroidered or printed. Sometimes the Six Characters are incorporated with illustrations of the Six Realms of Reincarnation *rokudou-e 六道絵. A well-known sculpted image is the statue of the priest *Kuuya 空也 (903-72) in Rokuharamitsuji 六波羅密寺 in Kyoto, in which the Six Characters are represented by six miniature images of Amida coming out of the priest's mouth. Kuji myougou 九字名号 or "Nine Character Name," refers to a variant name for Amida written with nine characters, 'Namu Fukashigikou Nyorai 南無不可思議光如来.'
Written forms of Amida icons also employ Sanskrit letters shuji 種字.
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Rites, Rice, and Rokuji Myōō
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“Dipper Worship or gejutsu 外術 Practice?
Framing Rokujiten 六字天 in Medieval Japan

This presentation proposes to explore the iconography and ritual of Rokujiten 六字天, an esoteric manifestation of Kannon invoked during exorcistic rituals of the Shingon school of Buddhism in the Heian and Kamakura periods.
Although Rokujiten is said to instantiate the rokuji dai myōju 六字大名呪, the renowned six-syllable dhāranī of Kannon expounded in the Kārandavyūha sutra, its representations are identical to those of two other deities worshipped within Tōmitsu and Taimitsu circles as incarnations of the Pole Star: Myōken 妙見 and Sonjōō 尊星王.
Taking as a point of departure a lavish example currently in the possession of Hōjūin 宝寿院, dated to the 14th century, I suggest that instead of resulting from a conflation between these two deities, Rokujiten was a carefully crafted product.
First, I present how ritual sources draw a clear picture of Rokujiten aimed at setting it apart—both in terms of iconography and ritual—from Pole Star imagery. Then, by looking at the way that Kamakura-period ritual sources addressed its striking similarities with icons connected with the Dipper, I explore the possible temple and lineage disputes that may have facilitated its creation.
Benedetta Lomi
- source : icc.fla.sophia.ac.jp/html

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Rokuji Monju 六字文殊 Six-letter Monju
Monju mit sechs Zeichen
. Monju Bosatsu 文殊菩薩 Manjushri .

guarding against natural disasters and nightmares


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. Black Buddha Statue 黒仏 kurobotoke .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

Yamanashi 山梨県 Otsuki town 大月市

. Saint Shinran 親鸞 (1173 - 1263) .
When Shinran passed the village of 笹子村 Sasagomura in the North he heard a story from the villager 作太郎 Sakutaro. In the old pond of 吉が窪 there lived a Yokai woman named お吉 "O-Kichi" who could take the shape of a poisonous snake and came to harm and haunt the villagers. So Shinran begun to chant the 阿弥陀経 Amida Sutra and begun to write 南無阿弥陀仏 the name of Amida and 六字 the Six Words on small pebbles and threw them into the pond.
In no time the woman was relieved from her past sins and could go to paradise.
Since that time small pebbles are found at the side of the pond.


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


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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .



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5/26/2016

Sonenji Osaka

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Sonen-Ji 尊延寺
大阪枚方市 / Sonenji, Hirakata, Osaka



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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .



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5/08/2016

Mount Kamurosan

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Mount Kamurosan 神室山
Kamuroyama

located on the border of
秋田県湯沢市 Akita, Yuzawa and 山形県新庄市 Yamagata, Shinjo.
1365 m high
One of the most famous 200 mountains of Japan, with beautiful flower fields
日本二百名山』、『花の百名山

Since olden times a mountain for the Shugendo priests 修験の山.

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Mount Kamuro, Mt. Kamuro, Shinjo, Yamagata Prefecture
- page with great photos !
- source : sunrise.maplogs.com

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There are many waterfalls on the climb.

Half way up the mountain is Fudo Myo-O
to welcome the traveler.


source and photos : blog.livedoor.jp/yamasone/archives



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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .



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1/15/2016

Nakano Fudo Fukushima

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Nakano Fudo Son 中野不動尊
福島県福島市 - - 中野不動尊
Sekizaka-28 Iizakamachi Nakano, Fukushima

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

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When we visit Nakano Fudoson we are seeing one of Japan's three famous Fudosons.
Fudo are the great fearful-looking mountain gods, and oracle who created a sacred fire, which continues to burn to this day in a votive light in an inner sanctuary of the cave.




Three Fudo Myo-O's names are Yakuyoke, Ganshu, and Mikazuki,
and the spirit of The Three Fudo assists in granting any serious wish.
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Yakuyoke Fudo 厄除不動 in the Main Hall 本堂

Ganshu Fudo 眼守不動 in the Kito Dono 祈祷殿



Mikazuki Fudo 三ヶ月不動 in Oku no In cave 奥の院 洞窟


child attendant of Fudo in the Cave

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o-mamori amulets


. amulet for Rokusan 六三 deity of illness .




shuin 朱印 stamp of the temple

- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : nakanofudouson.jp


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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
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. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海 . (774 - 835) .


. 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 - .


. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Tohoku .
 
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. Japan - after the BIG earthquake .
March 11, 2011, 14:46

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12/30/2015

Miyukiji Matsuyama

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Miyukiji 御幸寺 Miyuki-Ji
Matsuyama-shi, Miyuki, 1 Chome−442−1



A temple famous for the 天狗 Tengu.

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア - Tengu ABC-List .

Mount Miyukijisan 御幸寺山 - 118 m high




Someone walked on the mountain road on the 6th day of the 5th lunar month during the rice-planting season at 12 in the night, when suddenly he felt a strange something, a black something with a white something waving like hair on its top. He could not figure out what it was, but developed a high fever that lasted for seven days.
A wise old man told him that this was the onryoo 怨霊 vengeful spirit of a young man from a rich family, who had once made the Tengu very angry. The Tengu had thrown him high in the sky to fall to his death. This was his vengeful spirit.

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inuboo no rei 犬坊の霊 the spirit of Inu-Bo
The Lord of 御幸寺山城 Miyukiji castle went to war riding his horse. He fell into a valley and died. Other versions say he died during the war.
His spirit appeared riding a horse, cursing anyone who happened to see him.
If anyone sees this apparition, he will fall ill.
To appease his soul, 大脇清太夫 sat on a horse and ordered the soul of Inu-Bo to leave. They saw a white piece of paper fly away and landing on the top of 石手寺山 Mount Ishitejiyama.
Since then the apparition did not show up any more.


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- source : Bradford on facebook

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. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 .

天狗泣き 天狗笑ふや 秋の風
tengu naki tengu warau ya aki no kaze

one Tengu cries
one Tengu laughs -
autumn wind




秋の山 御幸寺と申し 天狗住む 
aki no yama miyukiji to moshi tengu sumu

mountain in autumn
it is called Miyuki-Ji
and Tengu live there



秋の水 天狗の影や うつるらん


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7/02/2015

Fudo-Do cho Kyoto

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Fudoodoochoo, Fudōdōchō 不動堂町 
FudoDo-Cho villages
不動堂村 Fudodo Mura



Some villages and streets are named after a 不動堂 Fudo Hall in the neighbourhood.

Kyoto, Miyagi, Chiba . . .
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Kyoto 京都市

Fudoodoochoo, Fudōdōchō 不動堂町
FudoDo-Cho in Shimogyo 下京区

and
Fudoochoo, Fudōchō 不動町 Fudo-Cho
in Nakagyo 中京区  


. Kyoto- hana no miyako 花の都 .  
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In Kyoto there are four towns that were newly established during the change of town names in 1966 in the area west of Kyoto Station
(Kita Fudodo-cho, Minami Fudodo-cho, Higashi Aburanokoji-cho, and Nishi Aburanokoji-cho).
(北・南不動堂町、東・西油小路町)



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明王院不動堂 Fudo-Do Myo-O-In / Meio-In
京都市下京区油小路塩小路下る南不動堂町7
Aburanokoji, Minami-Fudodo-Cho

Fudondoo Myoo-Oo In 不動堂明王院(ふどんどうみょうおういん)
Fudondo Myo-O In
京都府京都市下京区油小路塩小路下る南不動堂町7
- Kyoto Fudo-Do Machi
fudondoo ふどんどう is the local dialect for the Fudo Hall,
(Fudo No Do . . . fudondo) 不動堂 Fudo Do.



The Fudo Hall is in the compound of an Inari shrine 稲荷社.
It was founded on behalf of Emperor Uda Tenno.





稲荷社(いなりしゃ)Inari-Sha
不動堂(ふどうどう)稲荷社の南にあり Fudo-Do hall is South of the Inari Shrine.
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The main statue is
reiseki Fudo 霊石不動 spirit stone Fudo
The statue is burried deep in the ground and only a "maedachi" copy is to be seen.

In 823 Kobo Daishi Kukai built the temple Tooji 東寺 To-Ji and this Fudo Hall is in the un-auspicious North-Eastern direction of the Kimon 鬼門.
Kukai found a stone tablet in the ground and engraved Fudo Myo-O onto it. The tablet was then saved in a stone casket and sunk deep into the well to protect it from the eyes of normal people.

The temple has been protected by 宇多天皇 Uda Tenno (867 - 931).
In 899 He ordered the well to be shut for the public and gave it the name. Special rituals are performed at this well and the temple.
During the uproars in the Muromachi Period (Onin no ran 応仁の乱 1467) the temple building was lost to fire, but the stone Fudo in the well remained.
The present-day hall was built in 1764.

Emperor Uda 宇多天皇 Uda-tennō
(May 5, 867 – July 19, 931)
was the 59th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession.
Uda's reign spanned the years from 887 through 897.
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Dooso Jinja 道祖神社 Doso Jinja
"Shrine for the Wayside Deities" (Dosojin, Dososhin)





都市下京区油小路通塩小路下る南不動堂町
Aburanokoji, Shiokoji-sagaru, Minami Fudodo-Cho


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The deity of matchmaking and marital harmony
Doso-shin (Traveler's Guardian Deity)

is usually placed between streets and villages, hence this deity’s function is protection during travel and helping to avoid evil spirits.
Doso Jinja Shrine was rebuilt during the era of Toyotomi Hideyoshi (late 16th century), but originally it has a quite a long history. Here enshrines Sarutahiko no Mikoto, deity for travel and Ama no Uzume no Mikoto, deity for entertainment.
They’re a married couple deities, therefore, they have been worshiped for successful matchmaking and marital harmony. “Two figures Doso-shin”, there are many Doso-shin statues, but here is a couple statue of a man and a woman snuggled against each other, who are wearing the clothes of Heian period in front of the gate.



It is a small shrine located between the buildings near Kyoto Station. Here you can see a harmonious couple and it makes people smile when they see it.
The benefit of this shrine is for matchmaking, but if you visit with your partner, you can receive a blessing for a long and happy marriage life.
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. 道祖神 Dosojin - Introduction .

. 道祖神 Legends about Wayside Gods .

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不動堂村屯所跡 Fudodo-Mura Tonsho
remains of military headquarters


in rememberance of the Shinsen-Gumi 新選組
Yagi House (former Shinsengumi Tonsho)




京都市下京区松明町 / Taimatsucho Shimogyo Ward, Kyoto
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. Shinsengumi 新選組 - Introduction .


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Fudocho Nakagyo Ward, Kyoto
Fudoochoo 不動町 Fudo-Cho 中京 




a machiya town house in the Fudocho district.

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Fudoodoochoo, Fudōdōchō 不動堂町 宮城県 FudoDo-Cho in Miyagi Prefecture


Toda District 遠田郡

It used to be Fudo-Do village 不動堂村 since 1889.

Founded in 1954, former 遠田郡中西部 Central-West Toda District
現在の美里町の小牛田駅周辺にあたる。 Now part of Misato Machi, 小牛田町 Gogota Cho.

遠田郡:涌谷町、北浦村、南郷村 志田郡:松山町、敷玉村


Fudodo Village is Nr. 11. - 11.不動堂村

The village office is in
宮城県遠田郡不動堂町

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Fudoodoochoo, Fudōdōchō 不動堂町 千葉県 FudoDo-Cho in Chiba Prefecture


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The 8th general of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) Yoshimune TOKUGAWA had already ordered Aoki Konyo to cultivate the known sweet potato as an emergency crop at the famine in West Japan, and make trial pieces in the Koishikawa Medicine Garden (Koishikawa Botanical Gardens), Makuwari-mura village in Chiba District of Shimousa Province (present Makuhari, Hanamigawa-ku Ward, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture), and
Fudodo Village in Yamabe County of Kazusa Province (present Kujukuri-cho, Sanbu-gun, Chiba Prefecture).

上総国山辺郡不動堂村(現在の千葉県山武郡九十九里町)
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青木昆陽 不動堂甘薯試作地
Aoki Konyo Fudodo Kansho Shisakuchi
Memorial stone at the place where he planted the first sweet potatoes.


source : www.pref.chiba.lg.jp/kyouiku


Aoki Konyoo 青木昆陽 (1698 - 1769)
. "Doctor Sweet Potato", 'Master Sweet Potato' - Introduction .


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6/18/2015

mimamori Fudo protector

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mimamori Fudo 身守不動 protector
he always watches over you and your family







at Shoorinji 聖輪寺 Shorin-Ji,
Sendagaya, Tokyo
From the feet of the statue fresh spring water is welling forth.

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5/21/2015

Warabe Fudo Child

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Warabe Fudo 童不動 Fudo as a child

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made from remains of the Great Tohoku Earthquake, March 11, 2011.
For all the children who lost their lives.

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Child Fudo to pour water over  童不動水かけ願い

First time with the wish of happiness
for people you know.
Second time with the wish of happiness
for people you do not know.
Third time
with a wish for yourself.
Then fold your hands in prayer.





at Henjoin in Ageo, Saitama. 遍照院 上尾 埼玉県
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3/28/2015

Fudo Legends 02

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Legends about Fudo お不動さま - 不動明王 - 02
densetsu 伝説 - minwa 民話 


. Folktales 昔ばなし mukashibanashi about Fudo .  
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アイバのお不動さん Aiba no O-Fudo San / Aichi

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. Benjo no Fudo Son 便所の不動尊 Fudo as God of the Toilet .

. Tengu and Fudo Myo-o 天狗と不動明王 .

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- - - - - Aichi 愛知県

アイバのお不動さん Aiba no O-Fudo San
near the temple Tooshooji 東正寺 Tosho-Ji there is a well with clear water, now famous as the "water of Fudo" お不動さんの名水.
1 Chome-7 Heishichimachi, Hekinan, Aichi
Once a statue of Fudo Myo-O had been found in the mountain nearby, so the villagers built this temple for it. Now it is in a Fudo-In 不動院 hall, founded by 源為義従者 Minamoto no Tameyoshi in 1288.
source : トボトボ歩く碧南市

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名古屋市 熱田区 - Nagoya Atsuta

高蔵不動院 Takakura Fudo-In
Nagoya-shi, Atsuta-ku, Takakurachō, 5−8

Every year on the 5th of January the ritual of Shuushoo-E 修正会 is celebrated.
It is also known as
the "Festival of the Demons of Yakushi Nyorai 大薬師の鬼祭".
12 men from Atsuta of the age of 25 and 42 (13 men on a leapyear) participate.
The demon masks of the temple are made of strong thick paper and ward off evil influence for the coming year. The masks are imitations of the one's from the "Bull Festival of Kyoto" 京都牛祭.

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豊田市 Toyota

nanataki nana Fudo 七滝七不動 seven waterfalls, seven Fudo
Once upon a time
the region of Moshōbu 母生父 Moshobu became poorer and poorer over the years. To find out the reason villagers went to Konpirasan in Shikoku. There an oracle told them that since they had dirtied the river, this was what happened.
In the river there were "Seven Waterfalls and Seven Fudo". Now the villagers begun to venerate the deity and in no time things improved and they could build three storage houses for their harvest.


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- - - - - Akita 秋田県

山本郡 Yamamoto gun 二ツ井町 Futatsui machi

ryuujin 竜神 The Dragon Deity
Between the hamlet of Kogake 小掛集落 and Karimataishi 刈又石集落 there is a waterfall dedicated to Fudo Myo-O. At the Fudo Hhall there, the messenger of Fudo, the Dragon Deity 竜神 takes care of business. If someone taking a retreat at the hall (komori 籠り) the deity comes to have a look at him.
About 1951 they say, there was also an apparition of the Dragon Deity near the great cedar tree near the hall, but it was only a small dragon.

. Ryuujin 龍神, 竜神 Ryujin, the Dragon God .


Here is another legend from Kogake, about
. Shooki 鍾馗 Shoki, the Demon Queller .


In the small hamlet of 鬼神集落 Onigami the protector deity, in fact 不動様 Fudo Sama, is also called オボシナサマ Oboshina sama.
Its festival is the 28th day of the 3rd lunar month, now on May 8. On the evening before the festival people put their boiled vegetables in a bento lunch box and meet at the shrine, to eat it all together. They are not allowed to eat any meat on this occasion.
Then in 1956 some brave one eat some meat and what do you say - the next day was a huge fire in the hamlet and 17 homes burned down.

. 不動明王と鬼伝説 Oni Demon Legends and Fudo .

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- - - - - Aomori 青森県

ゴミソ Gomiso - a Shaman like the Itako
In the Taisho period, 工藤むら Kudo Mura was worried about the health of his daughter さだ Sada. He consulted a local Shaman, who told him she should to go to 赤倉山 Mount Akakurayama.
For three years and three months, he went to venerate the ウブスナさま Ubusuna-Sama in the village of 鼻和村 Hanawa. At the end of this time, 成田の不動様 the great Fudo of Narita showed his form. The following year from the New Year on she went to Akakura and the shrine 大石神社 Oishi Jinja for three days of prayer and eventually became a Gomiso Shaman.
The shrine 赤倉山神社 Akakurayama Jinja is located at Higashiiwakisan-1-39 Hyakuzawa, Hirosaki.

. Akakura Fudo 赤倉不動
- Akakura Fudo Waterfall 赤倉不動滝 .

and 大石神社 Oishi Jinja


クニチ kunichi - shitogi mawashiシトギマワシ passing Shitogi Mochi around
On the days with nine in the ninth lunar month (09, 19 and 29) it is customary to prepare Shitogi Mochi with the newly harvested rice and offer them to the deity.
The last one of these days, shime kunichi シメクニチ 29, is also called
shitogi mawashi シトギマワシ.
The old ladies and housewifes offer three each to Inari, 月山様 Gassan, 日月様 Deities of Sun and Moon, Jizo, 馬の神様 the Deity of Horses, Fudo Myo-O, 金精様 Konsei sama (Deity of the Male Symbol) and 権現様 Gongen sama.
「クニヂにの、餅食わねばホイド抜げネ」

. shitogi mochi しとぎもち / しとぎ餅 fried or uncooked rice cakes .

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Aomori 南津軽郡 Minami Tsugaru district

古懸不動 Kogake Fudo
. 古懸山不動院 Kogakesan Fudo-In .



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- - - - - Chiba 千葉県

. Narita Fudo 成田不動 .
新勝寺 Temple Shinjo-Ji



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- - - - - Ehime 愛媛県 

今治市 Imabari 玉川町 Tamagawa

A man named D once borrowed some money and then forgot all about it. When the lender came to his home to remind him, he got all angry.
Then he said, サガシ if you look for it, you might find a 金の壺 pot of gold.
The man believed him and went to look for it like crazy.
Eventually mister D went to the Fudo of Imabari and asked for help. He suddenly remembered he had borrowed money, gave it back all all were cured.


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- - - - - Fukushima 福島県

. Fudo Legends 03 - Fukushima .

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. Fudo Legends 04 - from Gifu to Iwate .
- - - - - Gifu 岐阜県 - - - - - Hyogo 兵庫県
- - - - - Ibaraki 茨城県 - - - - - Iwate 岩手県

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. Fudo Legends 05 - from Kagawa to Kyoto .
- - - - Kagawa 香川県 - - - - Kagoshima 鹿児島県 - - - - Kanagawa 神奈川県
- - - - Kochi 高知県 - - - - Kumamoto 熊本県 - - - - Kyoto 京都府

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. Fudo Legends 06 - Mie to Miyazaki .
- - - - - Mie 三重県 - - - - - Miyagi 宮城県 - - - - - Miyazaki 宮崎県


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. Fudo Legends 07 - Nagano to Niigata .
- - - - - Nagano 長野県 - - - - - Nara 奈良県 - - - - - Niigata 新潟県

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. Fudo Legends 08 - Oita to Shiga .
- - - - - Oita 大分県 - - - - - Okayama 岡山県 - - - - - Osaka 大阪府
- - - - - Saitama 埼玉県 - - - - - Shiga 滋賀県

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. Fudo Legends 09 - Shizuoka to Toyama .
- - - - - Shizuoka 静岡県 - - - - - Tochigi 栃木県 - - - - - Tokushima 徳島県
- - - - - Tokyo 東京都 - - - - - Toyama 富山県

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. Fudo Legends 10 - Wakayama to Yamanashi .
- - - - - Wakayama 和歌山県 - - - - - Yamagata 山形県
- - - - - Yamaguchi 山口県 - - - - - Yamanashi 山梨県

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yokai database 妖怪データベース - 不動 
- source : www.nichibun.ac.jp

(03) 不動山 (00) Fukuoka, Niigata, Yamagata

- source : www.google.co.jp

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3/27/2015

Fudo Legends Miyagi

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Legends about Fudo お不動さま 
Miyagi prefecture 宮城県  


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玉造郡 Tamazukuri district 鳴子町 Narugo / Naruko

鬼首村 Onikobe village (Demon Head Village) 
in the Kurikoma Quasi-National Park, is famous for its two geysers, “Benten” and “Unryu”
Onikoobe onsen 鬼首温泉 Onikobe Hot Spring



oni 鬼 the Demon
Once upon a time
a demon wanted to enter the village of Onikobe, but Fudo killed him and burned the body.
From the ashes arose many many many mosquitoes which to our day suck the blood of the people.



- 鬼の橋 Oni Demon Bridge to the village

. Onikobe Kaido 鬼首街道
Onikobe Highway - "Demon Head Highway" .


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伊具郡 Igu Gun

tatsubu 田ツブ Tanishi mud snail
The 田ツブ tatsubu  is seen as a sacred animal of Fudo Myo-O.
Therefore people in the villages around Igu who believe in Fudo Myo-O do not eat them and also do not eat dogs.
ツブや犬を食べない。

. tanishi 田螺 / たにし mud snails .
Cipango paludina. Teichschnecke

Tanishi-ko, Snail Prince, was an early haigo for the poet 山頭火 Santōka.

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- More about O-Fudo sama and the Tanishi

Tanishi Fudo タニシ 不動 ・たにし不動 Mud-Snail Fudo
"Wasserschnecken-Fudo"


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新発田市 Shibata town
People in this town who believe in Fudo think of the rooster as his messenger. So they do not eat chicken meat and also they to not eat tanishi 田螺 mud snails.

Mitarase no Taki waterfall





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Sugaya, Sugatani 菅谷

菅谷不動尊のお不動さま Sugatani Fudo and the Tanishi
temple 菅谷寺(かんこくじ) Kankoku-Ji

The temple has been founded in the Kamakura period. In 1189 when the uncle of Minamoto no Yoritomo, Minamoto no Mamoru源護念 had to flee from Mount Hieizan in Kyoto, he took the head of a Fudo Statue from temple Mudooji 無動寺 Mudo-Ji and brought it to Niigata. The statue is said to heal eye diseases 眼病. It is shown every seventh year, in the year of the hare / rabbit 卯年 and the rooster 酉年.

The temple is very old and has a lot of beautiful woodcarvings.
Here is the Dragon.



In the pond below the Mitarase waterfall are many tanishi mud snails. People bring them here and pray for eye diseases to be healed.
Some use the water to rinse their eyes to seek healing.



- source : masugatasou.jp


Sugatani Fudo Son on facebook

- source : www.facebook.com/sugatanifudouson

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お不動さまとタニシ O-Fudo sama to tanishi
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The mountain priests of temple Shinko-Ji carried a wooden box with the head of a Nyorai Buddha on their mountain wanderings. The hairdo with many whirls is similar to the mud snail.



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. Fudo Myo-O - Deutsch .



source : hamatravel.com/shinakoji

"tanishi hairstyle"



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. Fukushima - Iwashiro province 岩代国.
Nishiniidono, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima

Once upon a time
in the hamlet of Mokusho-uchi 杢少内 (Mukkyoji in local dialect ムッキョジ) in 西新殿 Nishiniidono there was a wooden statue of Fudo Myo-O お不動様 in the Fudo Hall on the hill.
The villagers had great faith in the statue and came to pray and worship here every day with all kinds of wishes.
"Dear Fudo Sama, please let us have a bountiful rice harvest this year!"
"Please let my father get well soon!"
"Please let me become pregnant with a healthy baby!"

In the villge lived a man called Gohei 五兵衛.
He went to his fields every day to work hard.
And then one morning, when he came to his rice field he found a mud snail lying beside the path.
Gohei, who was a gentle man, began to talk to the mud snail:
"A very good morning to you, dear Mister Mudsnail たにしどん !"
The mud snail looked at him and replied
"Good morning to you too, Gohei san!"

On this day Gohei worked as usual till the evening and then went home.
Next morning he found two mud snails lying beside the path.

"Well, what do we have here! You found a friend, dear Mister Mudsnail! Good morning to you both!"
And this day too Gohei worked all day long in the fields.

And from this day on when he came to the field, he saw one more and one more and one more mud snail and greeted them all with a friendly "Good Morning".

Then after a few days he realized that the many mud snails begun to move on toward the hill.
"Oh well, what do we have now? All of you Mudsnails going to move on! What a surprise!"
And as he looked they almost reached the hill and were gone.

Now it was midnight. The village had become quiet and all had gone to sleep.
Suddenly there was a sound: jaan, jaaaan 「ジャーン、ジャーン」

The noisy sound from a temple bell was heard - oh dear - there was a fire!
The farmers woke up and run out of their homes to have a look.
"Over there, on the hill, at the Fudo Hall!"
Great flames lightened the sky above the Fudo Hall.
"Hurry up, get some water . . . hurry hurry!"

They all run up the hill and begun to carry water from the river way below it. They all worked in a frenzy . . . but it could not be helped, the Fudo Hall was almost burned down.
"How terrible, our dear Fudo sama, your hall is all burned down!"
"Our dear Fudo is made of wood . . . he has burned down now, how sad!"
They all stood by the burning remains and wept loudly, folding their hands in prayer.



Then came the next morning and it became light again.
"Look, hey look at that!"
Gohei raised his voice and pointed at the statue of Fudo Myo-O. It was all black now but still it was their beloved Fudo!
Gohei walked closer to have a good look.
All around the statue were the mud snails, protecting him and got burned themselves.
With little plops and plumps the finally fell down from the statue - quite dead.

But the statue had remained in its full splendor, thanks to the mud snails!

The surprised villagers all run up to the statue of Fudo.
"What a miracle! It seems the mud snails knew there would be a fire and had all moved up the hill and protected him! What a miracle indeed! Thanks to our dear Fudo Sama!"
They all wept in gratitude.
Later they had a new Fudo Hall built and by that time - as you might guess -
the statue was called

Tanishi Fudo たにし不動 Fudo of the Mud Snails

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白井市 Shiroi town 下戸沢

Tobifudoo, Tobi-Fudo 飛び不動 Flying Fudo
The statue is said to be carved by Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師
with respect to Itto Sanrai..
Once the Fudo Hall was all in flames, so the statue flew for a secure place in a rock cave. This is the reason why the halo of the statue has scratches - from the rock cave. So this statue does not have a halo any more.
In 1731 during the Great Earthquake on the 7th day of the 9th lunar month a huge boulder came down from the mountain behind the hall, but only one pillar of the small hall was crashed and like a miracle again the statue was not hurt.


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宮城県白石市小原字江志山6−1

. ittoo sanrai 一刀三礼 itto sanrai
carving one stroke with the blade and praying three times .


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yokai database 妖怪データベース
- source : www.nichibun.ac.jp

- source : www.google.co.jp

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