Gofunai temples 36 and 37

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Nr. 36 - Yakuooin 薬王院 Yakuo-In

- 瑠璃山 Rurisan　医王寺 Io-Ji　薬王院 Yakuo-In
新宿区下落合4-8-2 / 4 Chome-8-2 Shimoochiai, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded in the Kamakura period by 願行上人 Saint Gangyo Shonin.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
Related to the shrine 下落合氷川神社 Shimo-Ochiai, Hikawa Jinja.
Related to the temple 長谷寺 Hasedera in Nara. It is even called
Higashi Hasedera 東長谷寺 Hasedera temple in the East
Hasedera in Nara is famous for its peonies, and this temple got some plants directly from it. Now it has more than 1000 plants in the garden, which is best visited from mid-April till the beginning of May.
Thus the temple is also called
Botandera ボタン寺、牡丹寺 Peony Temple

In the compound are also many stone grave markers from around 1640.
Around 1675, Saint 実寿上人 Jitsuji Shonin revived the temple, which had fallen into oblivion soon after it was founded.


. Hasedera 長谷寺 Nara .
Hasedera Temple is famous for its peony garden and has 7,000 plants and 150 species of peony planted in the grounds.
Hatsuse 初瀬 - old spelling

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji in Shikoku :
わずかなる泉にすめる青龍は 　仏法守護の誓いとぞきく
Wazuka naru izumi ni sumeru shōryū wa buppō shugo no chikai tozo kiku

. 36 - Shooryuuji 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji / Shikoku .
The Temple of the Azure Dragon

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Also part of the following pilgrimage:
豊島八十八ヶ所霊場 - Toshima Henro Nr. 36


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


. Introduction of Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru .

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Nr. 37 - Mantokuin 萬徳院 Mantoku-In

- 瑠璃光山 Rurikozan 　萬徳院 Mantoku-In
江東区永代2-37-23 / 2 Chome-37-23 Eitai, Kōtō ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗



This temple was founded in 1626 at 八丁堀材木町 Hatchobori, Zaimokumachi. It was relocated to its present place in 1643.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

There are many graves of famous Sumo wrestlers in the compound, for example 伊勢ノ海 Isenoumi, 佐渡ケ嶽 Sadogatake and 六代目式守伊之助 the sixth Oyakata Shikimori Inosuke.
Therefore this temple is also called
Sumoodera 相撲寺 Sumo Temple.



. sumoo 相撲 Sumo wrestling - Introduction .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 岩本寺 Iwamoto-Ji in Shikoku :
六つのちり五つの社あらわしてふかき仁井田の神のたのしみ
Mutsu no chiri itsutsu no yashiro arawashite fukaki niita no kami no tanoshimi

. 37 - 藤井山 Fujiisan　五智院 Gochi-In　岩本寺 Iwamoto-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :



- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/koto/temple_eitai_mantoku

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