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mamori honzon 守り本尊 personal protector deities

. ichidai mamori honzon 一代守り本尊 .
Guardian Deities of the Individual
There is a popular belief that each person has one of eight Buddhist Deities, related to his day of birth, who watches over and protects them.


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reimu 霊夢 an oracle dream
The Lord 徳川有親 Tokugawa Arichika had two sons. They lost in a war but survived and fled.
Before they commited ritual suicide, they prayed to their o-mamori honzon 御守本尊, the Deity 宇賀神 Ugajin.
The Lord had a dream where a priest in gray robes appeared and told him:
"Get out of this place and survive!"
When Arichika woke up, he felt the divine protection of Ugajin.
He went to a nearby temple and became a monk. The priest gave him gray robes.
This was really strange.
Arichika was also known by the name of 世良田有親 Serada Arichika.
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Arichika Tokugawa / Arichika Serada (Arichika Tokugawa / Arichika Serada) is said to have existed from the Nanbokucho period to the early Muromachi period. ... more ...
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. Ugajin 宇賀神 .
Ugajin is Uga no Mitama, the Shinto goddess of foodstuff mentioned in Kojiki and Nihongi ...


...................................................................... Aichi 愛知県　
知多郡 Chita district 武豊町 Taketoyo town

. Dainichi Nyorai 大日如来 at 光明寺 Temple Komyo-Ji .




....................................................................... Ishikawa 石川県　

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
At the butcher shop 天狗中田本店 Tengu Nakada Honten they venerated a Tengu as their mamori honzon 守り本尊 protector deity.
On November 3, the day when the shop was first opened, they hang up the mask of a Tengu.
For New Year, they hung up a scroll with a Tengu.

- source : 天狗中田本店 -




....................................................................... Iwate　岩手県
遠野 Tono

. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
A story from 附馬牛 Tsukimoushi village.
One day when grandmother was looking after the grandchile in the nearby 観音堂 temple of Kannon, one serpent appeared.
Grandmother killed the serpent.
When she wanted to go to the temple again with the child, it cried every time.
Grandmother asked a diviner for advice.
She was told that the serpent was the mamori honzon 守り本尊 protector deity of this Kannon Bosatsu. She should paint a scroll with the serpent and venerate it at the Kannon Temple.
Soon after the grandchild would accompany her again to the temple.

The temple is Nr. 7 at the seven special Kannon temples in Tono.
- reference source : 遠野七観音 -




....................................................................... Kanagawa 神奈川県
小田原市 Odawara city

Hoojoo 北条の守り本尊 the protector deity of the Hojo clan
The stone mason building the castle of Odawara for the Hojo clan found a large stone with a spot like a head on top.
When he hit this spot with his hammer, blood came flowing out.
That night Lord Hojo Soun had a dream:
"I am the mamori honzon 守り本尊 protector deity of the Hojo Clan. If you believe in me, you will certainly be successful!"
- Hōjō Sōun 北條早雲 (1432 or 1456 – 1519) - wikipedia -




....................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県　
石巻市 Ishinomaki city 牡鹿町 Oshika town

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 伝説 legends about Kannon .

The Kannon statue in 観音堂 the Kannon Hall of 給分 Kyubun was the mamori honzon 守り本尊 protector deity of
Abe no Sadato.
. Abe no Sadato 安倍貞任 (1019 – 1062). .




....................................................................... Niigata　新潟県
上越市 Joetsu city

. Mamori Honzon at the top of 不動山 Mount Fudoyama .

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Niigata 南蒲原郡 Minami-Kanbara district 下田村 Shitada village

. Kokuzo 虚空蔵と伝説 Legends about Kokuzo Bosatsu .

If the second boy is born in 丑年 the year of the bull, he is called ウシコクウゾウ（丑虚空蔵） Ushikokuzo.
He is placed on the back of his elder brother and will inherit the family treasures.
The mamori honzon 守本尊 protector deity of people born in the year of the bull is Kokuzo Bosatsu.




....................................................................... Okinawa　沖縄県

If a child is born on an auspicious day, people go to the home of the midwife
and pray to her mamori honzon 守本尊 protector deity.
The midwife makes a thread of hemp yarn and hangs it around the head of mother and baby.
This will protect them from evil influence.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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