2017/01/12

Gofunai temples 20 and 21

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. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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Nr. 20 - Kyooshooin 鏡照院 Kyosho-In

- 身代山 Migawari san 玉泉寺 Gyokusen-Ji  鏡照院 Kyosho-In
港区西新橋3-14-3 / 3 Chome-14-3 Nishishinbashi, Minato ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗系 単立



The founding of this temple is not clear, maybe around 1400, on request of Emperor 後小松天皇 Gokomatsu Tenno (1377 - 1433).
The main statue is 身代不動明王 Migawari Fudo, said to be carved by Kobo Daishi.
Related to the shrine 愛宕神社 Atago Jinja.

In 1614, priest 宥俊和尚 Yushun came from Hitachi and founded a temple at 愛宕町 Atago village in Edo (愛宕下 Atago no shita).
The temple was close to 徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu, who offered a statue of 将軍地蔵尊 Shogun Jizo for the Inner Sanctuary.
In 1889 a statue of 高尾山飯綱不動明王 Iizuna Fudo Myo-O was offered from Takaozan.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 鶴林寺 Kakurin-Ji in Shikoku :
しげりつる鶴の林をしるべにて 大師ぞゐます地蔵帝釈
Shigeritsuru tsuru no hayashi o shirube nite Daishizo imasu Jizō taishaku


. 霊鷲山 Ryojuzan 宝珠院 Hoju-In 鶴林寺 Kakurin-Ji - Shikoku .


- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/minato ...




.Migawari Fudoo 身代わり不動尊 Fudo as Substitute
Vicarious Protector .

wagami no kawari ni わが身の代わりに "instead of my own body"
To help people in distress and protect from disaster and catastrophies.

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. Shōgun Jizō 将軍地蔵 Shogun Jizo, General Jizo .
Victorious Jizō, Battle-Field Protector, Jizo as war god 軍神 gunshin
It is not clear when Shōgun Jizō appeared on the Kyoto side of Mt. Atago as the “true ground ” (honji butsu 本地仏) of Atago Daigongen 愛宕大権現...

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愛宕下藪小路 Atago no shita, Atagoshita, Yabu no Koji



This was the name for a low-lying area from present day Minato Ward Shinbashi to Nishi Shinbashi, sandwiched between the east side of 愛宕山 Mt. Atago and the Tokaido Highway.
There were a large number of Daimyo (feudal lords) residences, including the residence of Tamura Takeaki (Ukyo Dayu) the first head of the Ichinoseki Clan who carried out the seppuku of Ako Clan head Asano Naganori (Takumi no Kami) who perpetrated the incident of the attack within Edo Castle which resulted in series of events involving the 47 Ronin, as well as the residence of Toyama Kagemoto famous from the novel 遠山の金さん "Toyama no Kin san".
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Nr. 21 - Toofukuin 東福院 Tofuku-In

- 宝珠山 Hojuzan 遍照殿 Henjo-Den 東福院 Tofuku-In
新宿区若葉2-2-6 / 2 Chome-2 Wakaba, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗



This temple was founded in 1575 by 祐賢法印 priest Sukekata.
The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

The temple was first founded in 1611 in 麹町9丁目横町 Kojimachi and moved to its present location in 1634.
Since it was added to the Gofunai pilgrimage, a 門前町屋 Monzenmachi "pilgrims town" thrived.

豆腐地蔵 Tofu Bean Curd Jizo at Tofuku-in Temple

"The Tofu guardian deity of children" stands near the House of Aizome, right to the entrance facing Tofuku-in.
The statue of Tofu Jizo is about 107 centimeters high. There is the following legend about its origin:


- reference source :kanko-shinjuku.jp -

Once upon a time there lived a Tofu bean curd maker with wicked heart nearby.
Then all of a sudden, every day a Buddhist priest came to buy a piece of Tofu and put his money in the bamboo box. But when the Tofu maker looked at the money the next day, it had always turned into a piece of star anise. The man thought the priest must be a Tanuki or a Fox playing tricks on him, so the next time the priest stretched out his hand to put the money in the box, the wicked Tofu maker cut his hand with his long knife. The priest run away fast. The wicked Tofu maker hen followed the blood stains on the road and came to the gate of Tofuku-In, where a statue of Jizo Bosatsu was venerated and now had a bleeding arm.
Finally the wicked Tofu maker understood that Jizo wanted to teach him a lesson and from that day on, he became an honest businessman.



The main statue is in the back of the temple. A stone substitute is outside.
Nowadays people come here to rub the hand or arm of the Jizo statue, with the hope to heal their own wounds and get rid of pain.

. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - Introduction .

. Tofu bean curd (豆腐 tofu, toofu, dofu) .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 太龍寺 Tairyu-Ji in Shikoku :
太龍の常に住むぞや げに岩屋 舎心聞持は守護のためなり
Tairyū no tsune ni sumuzoya ke ni iwaya shashin monji wa shugo no tame nari


. Shashinzan 舎心山 常住院 太龍寺 Tairyu-Ji - Shikoku .

- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/shinjuku...


. Introduction of Dainichi Nyorai .

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- reference : 御府内八十八 鏡照院 -
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- Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海 (774 - 835) -

. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路  .

. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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