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hengaku 扁額 temple name plate
temple name board, tempel name plaque

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hengaku　扁額
1 Also called gaku 額.
A tablet or board, framed or unframed, on which the name of tea ceremony room or copies of inscriptions by Zen priests, revered tea masters or famous people are carved. In some instances the background has been chiseled away leaving the characters raised. Very rarely, this type of inscription is written on paper. Typically, the wood used includes; cedar, pine, zelkova, cypress or cinnamon wood, katsura 桂. After the carving is completed, Chinese white or a bluish-green is used to bring out the form of the characters.

The frames are usually rectangular, oblong or round. Sometimes no frame is used and the edges of the board are left rough or hammered. The name may be followed by such characteristic appellations as an 庵 (hermitage retreat); tei 亭 (arbor/cottage); sai 斎 (room/equal); seki 席 (room/straw mat); kyo 居 (residence/remain sitting); dou 堂 (temple/reception room); ken 軒 (eaves/house counter) etc.

The tablets are hung outside on the gable wall, tsumakabe 妻壁, protected by overhanging eaves *noki-no-de 軒の出, over the crawl-in entrance *nijiriguchi 躙口, under the pent roof *tsuchibisashi 土廂, or inside. Generally though, the host was free to hang the tablets at his own discretion. Even two tablets, one inside and one out, could be hung, or none at all.



不動庵　Fudo-An

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Plaques carved with the names of buildings and hung from the eaves of gates or doors.
This custom probably began in China during the Qin dynasty. During the Tang dynasty, it became customary for the emperor to offer a framed inscription when a Buddhist temple was built. This custom was transmitted to Japan, where carved wooded plaques can be found at the entrance gates of temples and shrines.
One of the oldest examples is at Toudaiji 東大寺. Framed paintings, calligraphy, as well as *ema 絵馬, votive paintings of horses and other subjects on wood, were also popularly hung at temples and shrines.
- source : JAANUS

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source :　wakiwakidonn.blog97.fc2.com
大柿町誌に極楽寺 - 江田島 Etajima, Hiroshima




Gokuraku-Ji 極楽寺

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source :　kazu-w.blog.so-net.ne.jp
Fudo Myo-O　不動明王　
目青不動 Fudo Myo-O - Me-ao Fudo Setagaya

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source :　www.ryuss2.pvsa.mmrs.jp

. 深川不動堂 Fukagawa Fudo-Do - Tokyo .


. . . CLICK here for Photos 不動堂 !


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- source : tanuki-bayashi.com/tone-ponpokou

新田不動院 Nitta Fudo-In

再建時に奉納された扁額。昭和６１年（196）３月奉納

. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .
9 各願山 - 来迎院 西慶寺 - 新田の触不動　- Nitta Fure Fudo






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


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source :　iyashi.midb.jp
平泉 達谷窟毘沙門堂の「姫待不動尊」 Hiraizumi, Himemachi Bishamon Hall

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Tohoku .
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. 23 達谷 西光寺 天台宗 - 姫待不動尊 Himemachi Fudoson . - 達谷西光寺 Takkoku Seijo-Ji Iwate



Fudoo Son 不動尊 Fudo Son
. . . CLICK here for Photos - 不動尊 !



source :　keyakihiroba.cocolog-nifty.com
足立百不動尊第十番大宮　観音寺 Nr. 10, Adachi Fudo Pilgrimage

. 足立百不動　100 Fudo Temples in Adachi .


Daishoo Fudo Son 大聖不動明王 Daisho Fudo Son
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Fudooji 不動寺 Fudo-Ji - 　Fudo Temple

. Shishigatani Kyoto .
京都市左京区鹿ヶ谷御所ノ段町

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修禅寺の大扁額に照紅葉
shuuzenji no daihengaku ni teru momiji

at the great name plate
of temple Shuzen-Ji
red autumn leaves are shining
Tr. Gabi Greve

Tsuwada Susumi 轡田進 (1923 - 1999)


source :　bclphoto.blog22.fc2.com

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source :　agua.jpn.org
無鄰庵 Murin-An, Kyoto

愚かなる「無」の扁額や七五三
oroka naru MU no hengaku ya shishigosan

this temple name plate MU
seems so senseless -
Shichigosan festival
Tr. Gabi Greve


. Nakamura Kusatao 中村草田男 .


. Shichigosan 七五三祝 Festival November 13 .
Seven-Five-Three Festival for Children

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輪飾や扁額に日ふ和敬道

Shimomura Hiroshi 下村ひろし (1875 - 1957)
Born in Wakayama

Government official and journalist.
- source : www.ndl.go.jp/portrait

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扁額に精舎とありぬ花御堂
hengaku ni seisha to arinu hanamidoo


Seki Tadao 関ただお


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