Gokuraku - Jigoku : November 2015

2015/11/25

Fukutokuji Nagano

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Fukutokuji 福徳寺 Fukutoku-Ji, Nagano
醫（医）王山福徳寺 Iozan Fukutoku-Ji
長野県下伊那郡大鹿村大河原389 Nagano, Shimo Ina district, Oshika village, Ogawara

The seat of the statue has an inscription from the year 1160, dating it to the Heian period.
Later inspections however found it to be from the Kamakura period.

In the hall are statues of Yakushi Nyorai and
Amida Nyorai with Bishamonten and Kannon Bosatsu at his side.
阿弥陀如来坐像が並存し、毘沙門天・聖観世音菩薩

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福徳寺の建立年代は、仏像台座の墨書に平治2年（1160）とあり、平安時代末期の創建を伝えるが、昭和28年の調査を兼ねた解体修理によって、鎌倉時代以前まではさかのぼらないことがわかった。堂内に安置されている仏像は、中央に薬師如来坐像と阿弥陀如来坐像が並存し、毘沙門天・聖観世音菩薩の二体が脇に配られる。
「醫（医）王山福徳寺」の山号は天台宗系寺院のものであり、本尊は薬師如来となろう。堂建立の施主や中心人物は不明であるが、大河原城址が指呼の位置にあることから、香坂氏や山号から天台座主であった宗良親王の存在が浮かんでくる。
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桁行三間、梁間三間、一重、こけら葺であって、組物は隅柱のみ舟肘木を設け、軒一重疎垂木木舞打ちの簡素な建物であり、小規模でながら洗練された姿からは中央の寺院建築文化の風格が漂う。明治45年に特別保護建造物の指定を受け、昭和25年重要文化財の指定を受けている。
- source : ooshika-kanko.com

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Nearby are the remains of 大河原城 Ogawara castle
おおがわらじょう

Muneyoshi Shinnoo, Munenaga-shinnō 宗良親王 Muneyoshi Shinno (1311 - 1385)
stayed here and spent time with the lord of the castle, Koosaka 香坂氏 Kosaka.
During his stay Muneyoshi used the temple to perform 天台仏教修法 rituals of the Tendai sect.
It is now the oldest wooden building in Nagano and an important cultural property 重要文化財.
Ogawara
is located at the 秋葉街道 Akiba Kaido road.
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hi mizu no Yakushi 日見ずの薬師 Yakushi not to see the sun

source : yukoyuko0627 - わかおか

This statue is shown only once a year, on January 7.
Since this Yakushi is not allowed to see the sun, it is only shown from sundown to sunset the next morning.
Parishioners take turns in making round 餅御護符 Mochi, one for each family, which will bring good luck for the coming year.

. Yakushi Legends from Nagano .

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宗良親王 (むねよししんのう) Muneyoshi, Munenaga Shinno

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Prince Munenaga 宗良親王 Munenaga Shinnō, (1311 - ?1385),
an imperial prince (the eighth son of Emperor Godaigo) and a poet of the Nijō poetic school of Nanboku-chō period, mostly known for his compilation of the Shin'yō Wakashū.

Prince Munenaga led a turbulent life, which quite likely served as an impetus for his poetic sensibility. In 1326 he took tonsure as a Tendai priest on Mount Hiei and swiftly advanced in his studies of the Buddhist doctrine.

In 1330 Prince Munenaga became the head priest of Tendai school, but was soon after banished to Sanuki in Shikoku for his participation in the Genkō War, where he had fought for his father's cause of imperial restoration. After three years of exile he marched his troops into Kyoto. Subsequently, when the imperial army lost to Ashikaga Takauji in 1336, Prince Munenaga took refuge on Mount Hiei with his father, Emperor Godaigo.

In 1338, when one of his relatives suggested that Prince Munenaga abandon resistance and return to Kyoto, the prince replied with this poem:

故郷は恋しくとてもみよしのの花の盛りをいかがみすてむ

furusato wa koishiku to te mo mi Yoshino no
hana no sakari o ikaga misuten

Yes, it is true,
I long for my home of old,
But how can I desert
Holy Yoshino, now that
The cherries are in full bloom.

Thus in an elegant poetic form Prince Munenaga replied that he would not abandon his father and stayed in the mountains of Yoshino to continue the fight despite all the hardships.

For the rest of his life, Prince Munenaga was at the head of resistance against the Muromachi bakufu and the Northern Court. The date of his death is uncertain, but some historians believe it to be around 1385 CE.
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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru - ABC .

. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .

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2015/11/19

Jingoji Kyoto

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Jingoji　神護寺 Jingo-Ji, Kyoto

. Pilgrimage to 49 Temples of Yakushi Nyorai in Western Japan
西国四十九薬師巡礼 .
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Nr. 44 Takaosan 高雄山神護寺 Jingo-Ji 京都市右京区

One of the three great temples in Sanbi, 三尾 in Kyoto, famous for their autumn colors.

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Founded in the 8th century, this Shingon temple is located at Takao, northwest of Kyoto. Kukai, founder of the Shingon sect, came here in 809 and stayed for 14 years.

After the temple burnt down the monk Mongaku persuaded Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa and shogun Minamoto Yoritomo to rebuild it, the work being completed in 1184. However most of the temple buildings were destroyed again in the Onin War. Only the Daishido survived the war and several of the current buildings date from 1623.

Stone sculpture of Fudo Myo-o at Jingoji Temple.
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京都市右京区梅ヶ畑高雄町５番地 / 5 Takao-chō, Ume-ga-hata, Ukyō-ku Kyoto

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Jingo-ji Temple is nestled in the mountainous area to the northwest of Kyoto city. The area is particularly known for autumn colored leaves and is called the Sanbi area consisting of three regions: Takao, Makio and Togano-o.
Jingo-ji Temple is located on the slope of Mount Takao. Crossing Takao Bridge above the Kiyotaki River 清滝川 and steeply ascending through the tunnel of crimson leaves. There, an incredibly beautiful Japanese temple welcomes one.
The official name of this temple is “Jingo Kokuso Shingon-ji” and it derives from two temples. One is Shingan-ji Temple and the other is Takaosan-ji Temple, both of which merged in 824. This is the place where Kukai (or Kobo Daishi) founded the base of his Shingon esoteric Buddhism and is regarded as one of the three most important esoteric Buddhist temples along with To-ji Temple and Kongobu-ji Temple.
It has experienced devastation many times in the long history but was successfully restored each time. A number of valuable temple treasures are preserved up to today, including the statue of Yakushi Nyorai (National Treasure) and other articles from the Heian and Kamakura periods. Another popular point about this temple is the Throwing Roof Tile. From the garden in Jizo-in Temple, people throw a roof tile over the cliff side as far as possible, an action that is believed to ward off misfortunes.
- source : eng.trip.kyoto.jp

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薬師如来立像

Yakushi Nyorai in the 金堂 Kondo Hall.

鎌倉時代の末に編纂された『神護寺略記』に引用されている『弘仁資財帳』に「薬師仏像一躯　脇士菩薩像二躯」とあるのがこの三尊に当たると思われる。
資財帳とは、定額寺で作ることを義務付けられていたもので、弘仁年間の資財帳とは当時定額寺であった神願寺のものであり、この像が神願寺から高雄山寺に移されたと考えられてきた。

近年、
この本尊を高雄山寺に由来するとする説が出され、その結論はまだ定まっていない。
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- Homepage of the temple Yuiseki Honzan 遺迹本山
- source : jingoji.or.jp

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一月一日新年法要金堂
二日初大護摩供明王堂
八日本尊供金堂
二十一日御影供大師堂
二月十五日涅槃会金堂
三月二十一日彼岸会金堂
四月八日仏生会金堂
五月一日～五日寺宝虫払行事書院
四日和気公祭典霊廟
十三日～十五日五大虚空蔵菩薩像御開帳多宝塔
六月十五日降誕会大師堂
七月二十一日文覚上人忌墓前
八月十五日孟蘭盆会金堂
九月十八日性仁親王忌墓前
二十三日彼岸会金堂
十月（第二月・祝）を含む
三連休五大虚空蔵菩薩像御開帳多宝塔
十一月一日～七日板彫弘法大師御開帳大師堂
四日和気公祭典金堂

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Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .

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神護寺の紅葉明りに一凡夫
Jingoji no momiji akari ni hito bonpu

among the bright lights
of autumn foilage at Jingo-Ji
one normal man

神護寺のここで一服紅葉茶屋
Jingoji no koko de ippuku momiji chaya

at Jingo-Ji
just right for a break
the tea stall in autumn foilage

Takazawa Ryooichi 高澤良一 Takazawa Ryoichi

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- - - - - There are other temples with the name 神護寺 JingoJi in Japan.

Kumamoto, Aso Town 熊本県阿蘇市

One of the priests of the temple Jingo-Ji, where women were forbidden to come, got involved with a girl named オカメ O-Kame from nearby and spent almost every night with her.
The other monks punished the two by digging a hole in the ground, put the two of them inside and rolled a large boulder atop of this living grave.
From this time on in the villags around the home of O-Kame whenever a girl was born it would not grow up to become a woman. The villgers became afraid and asked the monks to pray to forgive O-Kame, whom they now called お上神様 O-Kame Kamisama.
They made a wooden statue clad with paper robes.
Whenever some difficult would happen in the village, the statue would shed off half of the paper robes as a warning of it.

reference yokai database

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. Koozanji 高山寺 Kozan-Ji .
and priest priest Myoe 明恵上人 (1173 - 1232)

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

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .

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2015/11/14

Yakushi Legends Nagano

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. Yakushi Nyorai - Legends from the provinces .

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伊那十二薬師 Ina Juni Yakushi pilgrimage to 12 Temples

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上伊那郡 Kami-Ina district 長谷村 Hasemura 長谷杉島 Hase Sugishima

Yakushi sama 薬師様 at 戸倉山 Togurayama (Togura-Yama)
At Togurayama there was a statue of Yakushi, and an old monk took care of it. But the the old monk died and Yakushi became very lonely. So he flew to the temple Hooonji 報恩寺 Hoon-Ji in 杉島 Sugishima hamlet to the large gingko tree いちょうの木 ichoo no ki .
When the priest came out the next morning, he saw a heavenly light shining from behind the gingko tree. He knew a deity had come down and worshipped the tree from now on.

source :　blogs.yahoo.co.jp/yabuya3

This Yakushi statue stands all alone on Mount Togurayama, in heat and cold, shine and snow.
On the 西峰 Western Peak of the Mountain range, there is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O to be worshipped.

. ichoo いちょうの木 Gingko biloba tree .

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上伊那郡 Kami-Ina district 高森町 Takamori

. 大島山瑠璃寺 Ojimasan Ruri-Ji .
and the legend about the weeping cherry trees
. Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝 (1147 - 1199).

ーーーーー Another legend to enjoy at this temple
. Neko Yakushi 猫薬師 Yakushi Nyorai and the Cat .

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上伊那郡 Kami-Ina district 高遠町 Takato

Once the lord of Takato castle wanted to make a river to get some water to the castle. Near 荊口 Baraguchi the workers came to a huge boulder. So they went praying for help at the sanctuary of Yakushi Nyorai at 中屋 Nakaya. And then this boulder burst into two one night and cleared the place for the river to pass through.

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木曽郡 Kiso district 木祖村 Kiso village

The Yakushi Hall had been burned down by a fire and even the ground around it was burned. Only two heaps of dried grass had not burned. When the farmers took a closer look, they found the statue of Yakushi inside one of them. It seems the deity walked there all by itself.

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北安曇郡 Kita Azumi gun 小谷村 Otani

Arabiru kamisama あらびる神様 / 荒びる The Wild Deity and 薬師様
Once upon a time
there lived a very wild and rough deity in the village and all had a hard time. But Yakushi managed to calm the deity down and had a Yakushi Hall build on top of the spot.
The villagers were still afraid of the wild deity. Sometimes the ground below the veranda of the temple rises to a mound, and whoever touches that spot will be cursed.

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小諸市 Komoro

. Yakushi Yu 薬師湯 Hot Spring in 菱野村 Hishinomura .

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松川町 Matsukawa village

お薬師様,稲荷 Yakushi and Inari
Once a man and a woman stayed over night in the temple. The woman had fallen down and uttered a divine oracle.
"The old priest here had once been the Lord of a castle in his former life. A young monk had killed the Lord. Therefore the relationship of the old and young priest here is quite un-normaland in discord. If they build a shrine for Inari, the Fox Deity, all will be well."
The two priests of the temple did as told and from then on there was peace among them.

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松本市 Matsumoto

The Yakushi of 下金井 Shimokanai is said to be female and grant the wish for children. It also forgives いたずら all the bad deeds of children. But if grown-ups behave bad, they will feel her punishment.
Once there was a grown-up who scolded the children who threw mud ad the statue. That grown-up became ill soon afterwards.

Once the governor of Shinano, Minamoto no Shigeyuki 信濃の国司 - 源重之 (? - 1000) became an eye disease. He went to the hot spring 白糸温泉 Shiraito for healing and went to the nearby Yakushi temple every day. And indeed, his eyes were healed in good time. To thank Yakushi he had the temple rebuild a bit further down on the plain of Shimokanai.

Minamoto no Shigeyuki 源重之 (? - 1000)
an early Heian waka poet and nobleman.

He was designated a member of the Thirty-six Poetry Immortals and one of his poems is included in the famous anthology Hyakunin Isshu. His remaining works include a poetry collection known as the Shigeyukishū (重之集).
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下伊那郡 Shimo-Ina district
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大鹿村 Oshika village

People who die with a grudge in this world will become a ghost and come back.
And if you walk around seven and a half round the statue of Yakushi sama a ghost will show up, its hands hanging down, no feet and long hair covering the face. The ghost comes out right from the grave.

長野県下伊那郡大鹿村の福徳寺 Fukutoku-Ji
. hi mizu no Yakushi 日見ずの薬師 Yakushi not to see the sun .

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天龍村 Tenryu village

Kannon sama 観音様 Kannon Bosatsu
The ancestor of the Kuge family, one 久下甚九郎 Kuge Jinkuro, was asked by the landlord せらだ正頼 Serada Masayori to carry the statues of Kannon, Amida and Yakushi on his back and flee the village. On his flight, he was attacked by robbers and shot with a gun. But the bullet hit the statue of Kannon in his backpack and he was safe.

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上田市 Ueda

. kaibyo Kotababa 怪猫小太ばば The Monster Cat Kotababa .
Kotaroo Yashiki 小太郎屋敷 The Home of the Kotaro Family

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- reference : nichibun yokai database -
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2015/11/12

Ruriji Temples

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- - - - - Ruriji 瑠璃寺 temples names Ruri-Ji
- - - - - Rurikooji 瑠璃光寺 temples names Ruriko-Ji - Rurikō-ji 　
- - - - - Rurizan （るりざん）瑠璃山 Ruriyama

. Yakushi Rurikoo Nyorai 薬師瑠璃光如来 .
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Yakushi Ruriko, Yakushirurikō 薬師瑠璃光 resides in the Ruriko paradise in the East.
Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.

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In Tohoku he is 薬師瑠璃子如来 Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai
and also related to the making of kokeshi こけし　wooden dolls.

. kokeshi and Yakushi こけしと薬師如来 .

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船越山るり寺 Funakoshizan Ruri-Ji
877 Funakoshi, Sayo, Sayo District　-- 佐用郡佐用町船越877

source : wikipedia

The main statue is Kannon with 1000 arms 千手観世音菩薩。

The temple was founded by 行基 Saint Gyoki in 728 on request of Emperor 聖武天皇 Shomu Tenno as a chokugan-ji 勅願寺.
It was protected by the 赤松氏 Akamatsu clan during the Nanboku Cho period.
Since the Edo period it is called 南光坊 Nanko-Bo.
The Rakugo story teller 桂南光 Katsura Nanko is also related to this temple.

- - - - - part of Pilgrimages to 30 Kannon temples
新西国三十三箇所観音霊場第33番 Nr. 33
播磨西国三十三箇所観音霊場第11番 Nr. 11

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Rurizan Denchuuji 瑠璃山田中寺 Denchu-Ji
兵庫県豊岡市中央町3-35

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上伊那郡 Kami Inagun 高森町 Takamori 大島山瑠璃寺 Ojimasan Ruri-Ji

長野県伊那 812 Ojimasan, Takamori, Shimoina District, Nagano
瑠璃寺の薬師猫神 Ruji-Ji no Yakushi Neko Kamisama

. Neko Yakushi 猫薬師 Yakushi Nyorai and the Cat .

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. Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝 (1147 - 1199).

Once the samurai Minamoto no Yoritomo made an unofficial visit to Shinano (now Nagano), but he fell from his horse and lost his eyesight. He thought this must be a curse of the Gods. The someone told him this: He had passed the temple 大島山瑠璃寺 Ojimasan Ruri-Ji about one Ri to the West. This temple is dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai and people have to dismount from their horse when passing it. But he had not done that and to show his remorse and apology, he sent a branch of his cherry tree from Kamakura to the temple. And indeed, his eye was healed.
The weeping sakura cherry tree can be seen at the temple to our day.

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薬師瑠璃光如来三尊佛 Yakushi Ruriko Sanzon

The statues date back to the Heian period and are made in the style of Joochoo 定朝様. They are made from hinoki 檜 Japanese cypress. Even after 900 years there are rays of golden color coming from the face, neck and breast.

平安後期の主流を成した定朝様（じょうちょうよう）の優美な造形と、平安前期頃の重厚で厳しい尊要とが見事に溶け合って、深い魅力をたたえています。檜の素地仕上げですが、９００年の時を経て、顔・首筋・胸が金色の光を発しだしました。

瑠璃寺の本堂 Main Hall
This hall was built in 1672.
年現在の薬師堂が再建され、本尊の薬師三尊佛が収められました。現在薬師三尊佛は、瑠璃光殿に収蔵されているため、堂内には前立ち薬師如来と、四天王、十二神将が奉られています。
三間四方の小ぶりのお堂ですが、周囲の景観に溶け込み荘厳な雰囲気をかもしだしています。

源頼朝　寄進桜　地主桜
源頼朝　寄進桜　枝垂れ桜（天然記念物）
- source : takamori.ne.jp -

. Yakushi sanzon 薬師三尊 Yakushi Triad, Trias, Trinity .

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. Rokugomanzan 六郷満山 .
in the Kunisaki Peninsula　国東半島, Oita Prefecture
Futago-ji　両子寺 - Kunisaki Peninsula in Oita Prefecture

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Rurizan Yakuo-In 瑠璃山薬王院光明寺 Komyo-Ji
（るりさんやくおういんこうみょうじ）

- source : komyoji/Guide -

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. Shikoku Henro Temple List .

17 - 瑠璃山 Rurizan　真福院　Shinpuku-In 井戸寺 Ido-Ji
徳島県徳島市国府町井戸北屋敷80-1

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山口県山口市香山町７−１　/ 7-1 Kozan-cho, Yamaguchi-shi, Yamaguchi

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Ruriko-ji originated when the 16th century samurai Ouchi Yoshihiro built Koshaku-ji as the temple for holding memorial services for members of his family.

In 1442, a five-storied pagoda, a type of architecture that has existed in Japan since ancient times, was built by Morimi, Yoshihiros younger brother, in memory of Yoshihiro. Mori Terumoto, who ruled this region after the decline of the Ouchi family, brought Koshaku-ji with him when he moved to a different place, leaving behind only the five-storied pagoda.
In 1690, a temple named Ruriko-ji, which was located somewhere else, was moved to the location of the five-storied pagoda. This temple has been here ever since.The five-storied pagoda stands approximately 31 m high. Its wide, overhanging roof is distinguished for its gentle slope. One of the oldest five-storied pagodas in Japan, it is designated as a National Treasure. This pagoda is considered one of the most excellent buildings of the 15th and 16th centuries.'
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- Haiku and Senryu -

青葉蔭薬師瑠璃光の出湯とぞ
aobakage yakushi ruriko no ideyu tozo

shade under green leaves -
that's just right for a hot bath
of Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai

高橋睦郎 Takahashi Mutsuo (1937 - )

. Yakushi Onsen 薬師温泉 Hot Springs named Yakushi .

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