Yakushi legends 08 Mie Miyazaki Nara Niigata

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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and
legends from Mie 三重県, Miyazaki 宮崎県, Nara 奈良県 and Niigata 新潟県

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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Mie 三重県


薬師如来坐像 西盛寺 Nishimori-Ji
薬師三尊像（光善寺）
- reference source : bunka.pref.mie.lg.jp/rekishi... -


. Sanjusan Gendo Hall and 柳のお加持 "Rite of the Willow" .
Yooji Yakushi Doo 楊枝薬師堂 The Yakushi Hall of Yoji Village
- 浄薬寺 Joyaku-Ji

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熊野市 Kumano

. Oguri Hangan 小栗判官 .
and the Hot Spring 湯の峰温泉 Yunomine Onsen

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鈴鹿市 Suzuka

At the temple 清泉寺 Seisen-Ji in Kitabatake there is 北畑の薬師 a Yakushi statue.
people hard of hearing will certainly be healed. To show their gratitude, they have to make an offering. They must find a stone with a hole, place a thread or a mizuhiki 水引 ceremonial paper cord around it and offer it.

uma 馬 horse
At the temple 石薬師寺 Ishiyakushi-Ji (Stone Yakushi Temple) there is an ema 絵馬 votive tablet of a horse. The horse came out at night and devastated the fields.
So the farmers put a stake into it to fix it and bound its legs with painted ropes.

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上野市 Ueno

hi no tama ヒノタマ ball of fire
At 治田村 Haruta village there was an ill person. The door to his sick room suddenly made a strange sound, ガタガタ gatagata, opened and a ball of fire left the room.
The ball first flew to the nearby graves of the family and then to the temple 薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji. Now the bell of the temple begun to ring.

There is also a very old Yakushi-Ji temple in
三重県伊賀市鳳凰寺245 / 245 Bōji, Iga-shi, Mie
dating back to the 白鳳時代 Hakuo period.


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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Miyazaki 宮崎県

. Hokedake-Ji, Hokkedakeji 法華嶽寺 Hokedake Yakushi-Ji .
- Yakushi Nyorai　薬師如来　and Izumi Shikibu 和泉式部


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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Nara 奈良県


新薬師寺 Shin－Yakushi-Ji

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奈良市 Nara

chi no deru ishi 血の出る石 a bleeding stone
The cornerstone of the pagoda of Yakushi-Ji is said to be bleeding. A stone mason wanted to split the stone secretly, when the blood of a baby came flowing out of it. The mason was quite surprized and afraid and run home, but he died soon afterwards.


. yonaki Jizoo 夜泣地蔵 Jizo crying at night .
at 春日神社 Kasuga Jinja

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吉野町 Yoshino

kagayaita yo na sugata no hito 輝いたような姿の人 "shining person"
In the afternoon when children were playing in front of the Yakushi Do Hall, a person with a shining body appeared and told them:
「お前ら、来いよ、来いよ」"Hey, you children, come on, come here!"
But the children became afraid and fled in panic.



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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Niigata 新潟県


source : city.nagaoka.niigata.jp...
The statue is 22 cm high and made from 椿 camellia wood.
Niigata, Nagaoka Akatani 長岡市赤谷

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加茂市 Kamo town 南蒲原郡 Minami Ganbara district

. Yoneyama Awagatake Awayakushi 米山，粟ケ岳，粟薬師 .
Awa Yakushi / 薬師岳 Mount Yakushidake

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両津市 Ryotsu

The town of 水津 Suizu on Sado Island had a prosperous period when the ships to the North stopped here.
Once a ship stopped and had a traveller had a vision of Yakushi Nyorai entering the home of the 川端家 Kawabata family.
So they build a small hall and venerated the Yakushi sama.

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十日町市 Tokamachi 松代町 Matsushiro

Once a young woman who had just married and entered a different family, became quite ill. Her father prayed to Yakushi Nyorai every day. He had a vision in his dream: He saw an old man with a white beard, telling him she would certainly be well soon.
When her father went to the in-laws the next day, he saw a hanging scroll of Yakushi Nyorai in their guest foom - and Yakushi looked just the same as the old man he had seen in his dream.
The bride got well soon after that.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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