Namikiri Fudo Gumyoji

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .
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Namikiri Fudo 波切不動尊 wave-cutting Fudo - Yokohama
瑞應山 Zuiozan 蓮華院 Renge-In 弘明寺 Gumyo-Ji

神奈川県横浜市南区弘明寺町267 ぐみょうじちょう / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Minami ward, Gumyoji

The temple was founded in 721 by 善無畏三蔵法師 Zenmui Sanzo Hoshi (637 - 735).
In 735, Gyoki Bosatsu 年行基菩薩 carved a statue of 観音 Kannon Bosatsu on orders of 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno and enlarged the compound greatly.
In the Kamakura period it was the special prayer temple of the Genji clan.
In 1649, the Bakufu government alloted it more land and power.

The main statue is 十一面観音 Kannon with 11 faces, now an important cultural property.

The statue of Fudo was ordered by 徳川家光 Tokugawa Iemitsu.
Fire rituals are performed regularly.

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Yokohama’s Gumyoji Temple
Located within a relatively busy albeit, low-key residential shopping street, Gumyoji Temple is one of the largest and oldest Buddhist temples in Yokohama. According to ancient legend, it was originally founded in 721 (during the Tenpyo Era), and established by an Indian Monk.
Following on from this, it is said that this temple was later officially opened on the 10th of March 1044, and is believed to have been built by a ‘Saint’, (although most likely, a local Shogunate or high ranking official), by the name of Ken Hiroshi. Similar to most other historical buildings in Japan, Gumyoji Temple has undergone numerous periods of reconstruction however, many of its original artifacts, dating back to the Heian Period (794-1185), have been utilized throughout its long history. This includes its famous wooden Kannon (Buddhist statue), which has been designated ‘an important cultural asset of Japan’.
- source : japantravel.com/kanagawa/yokohama ...

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shuin 朱印 stamp

- Homepage of the temple
- www.gumyoji.jp ...

- reference source : tesshow.jp ... -
- reference source : plala.or.jp/ANNIE ... -

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. 坂東観音三十三ヵ所 Bando 33 Kannon temples . - Nr. 14
横浜觀音三十三所 Yokohama 33 Kannon temples - the last one 結番

. Togoku Henro Pilgrimage 東国八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 60


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source : artelino
Saitō/Nishimura Hōdō 斎藤 ほ堂/西村 ほ堂

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This temple is Nr. 18 of the
. 武相不動尊二十八所 - 28 Fudo Temples in Musashino .

. namikiri Fudo 波切不動尊 、浪切不動明王 / 波切り不動 .

. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

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

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分葱買ふ弘明寺観音お膝元
wakegi kau Gumyoji Kannon o-hizamoto

buying scallions
at temple Gumyo-Ji
with the Kannon Statue
Tr. Gabi Greve

高澤良一 Takazawa Ryoichi

. WKD : scallion kigo for mid-spring .

Gumyoji Shopping Area in Yokohama　弘明寺商店街　
... Gumyoji shopping street is set up like a magician’s slow reveal. Stroll down the 300-meter-long, covered shopping arcade and be met at the other end by the pure majesty of Gumyoji Temple and its ancient artefacts.
In fact the temple is one of the oldest in this part of Japan and is revered by locals and visitors alike.
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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