Amida Do Hall Legends

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Amidadoo 阿弥陀堂と伝説 Amida Do Hall Legends

鴻巣市 阿弥陀堂 Konosu city, Amida Hall

Seven Amida Do Halls at the pilgrimage
. Sasaguri 篠栗四国八十八箇所 88 Henro Temples - Kyushu .




Amida Buddha -
you smile at life
you smile at death

. Namu Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏 Introducing Amida .

. Amidaji 阿弥陀寺 Temple Amida-Ji .

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....................................................................... Aichi 愛知県 　
豊田市 Toyota city 簗平町 Yanadaira town

The 阿弥陀堂 Amida Do Hall was located at 岩倉公会堂 the Iwakura Community Center.
If pregnant women went there to pray, they would have an easy birth.
. anzan o-mamori, 安産お守り Talismans for Safe Delivery .




....................................................................... Fukushima 福島県 　
会津若松市 Aizu Wakamatsu city 河東町 Kawahigashi town
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The Amida Hall was established by 空也上人 Saint Kuya Shonin in 964.
In 1595 it was rebuilt.

Nearby was a small pagoda tower called mokusei gorintoo 木製五輪塔 Gorinto made from wood.
It was used to offer the relics of dead family members.
. sotooba 卒塔婆 と伝説 Legends about Sotoba grave markers .

福島県会津若松市河東町広野冬木沢
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. Saint Kuya Shonin, (903-72)　空也上人 .

hotoke no kuchiyose ホトケノ口寄セ ritual to call a dead person
Before World War II there was a special ritual at 八葉寺阿弥陀堂 the Amida Hall of the Temple Hachiyo-Ji.
A medium would call the soul of dead person and communicate with it.




....................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県 　
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Miyagi 刈田郡 Katta district 蔵王町 Zao town

. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .
In former times there was 阿弥陀堂 an Amida Do Hall where a large Buddha statue was venerated.
Nearby is 巨樹の大杉 the largest cedar tree of Miyagi prefecture.
Women come here to pray to become pregnant and give a safe birth.

The huge tree is also called Mida no Sugi 弥陀の杉 and sometimes
Daruma Sugi 達磨杉, Cedar of Daruma Daishi.
. sugi no ki 杉の木と伝説 Legends about the cedar tree .

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Miyagi 気仙沼市 Kesennuma city 鹿折 Shishiori

At 常念寺 the temple Jonen-Ji there is 阿弥陀堂 an Amida Do Hall.
Once upon a time, the head of the main Buddha statue bame off and flew away, falling down in the fields.
Next morning the villagers found the head in the field.
They made a body for the head and placed it in the 阿弥陀堂 an Amida Do Hall.

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Miyagi 仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward

enoki 榎 nettletree，komochi enoki 子持榎
In the North-West of 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall there is a mound where some relics of 安徳天皇 Emperor Antoku Tenno are buried.

It is called Tennozuka 天皇塚 Mound of the Emperor.
On top of the mound is enoki 榎 a nettletree.
Women came here, embraced the teee with the wish to become pregnant and take a small stone home.
The tree is no longer there, but its roots are still visible.
. enoki 榎 nettletree, Chinese hackberry tree .

Some sources quote a different tree :
. keyaki 欅 Zelkova tree .

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Miyagi 柴田郡 Shibata district 柴田町 Shibata town 森合 Moriai

asekaki Amida 汗かき阿弥陀 sweating Amida
At 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall in Moriai there are gochi Nyorai 五智如来 five Nyorai Statues.
Four of them are made from iron.
Once upon a time, a rich man from Tateishi was told that he would fall to hell alive and never die.
Once an itinerant priest told him to make 1000 mounds and place 1000 Sutras there.
Then he should make five statues of the Nyorai Buddhas.
One of the statues should be placed into the pond in the garden of the man.
The statue would start sweating if something bad was going to happen.
Thus it became known as the "Sweating Amida" to the villagers.
. Asekaki Amida　汗かき阿弥陀　sweating Amida .
Photo of a bronze statue of a seated Amida at 一向寺 the temple Ikko-Ji in Utsunomiya, Tochigi




....................................................................... Niigata 新潟県 　
十日町市 Tokamachi city 中条 Nakajo

honzon no tatari 本尊の祟り the curse of the Amida Buddha statue
Now it does not exist any more, but once there was a temple related to 円通寺 Entsu-Ji in Nakajo.
Around 1835 there was a large fire and only the main statue and 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall remained.
The statue was all black from the fire and should never be shown to people again.
If someone would look at the statue, there would seen be a fire in the village.




....................................................................... Okayama 岡山県 　
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Okayama 上房郡 Jobo district 北房町 Hokubo town

shichinin no misaki 七人御崎 death of seven people
In the compound of 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall there are seven gorinto 五輪塔 grave stupas for seven people.
Once upon a time, the rich headman of the village feared about his treasures.
He had them put into seven earthwear pots and asked seven people to carry them on their backs.
When they reached 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall he asked them to burry them in the ground.
Then he killed the seven men.
. Misaki ミサキ / 御先 / 御前 / 御崎 the Misaki deity .
shichinin misaki 七人ミサキ / 7人ミサキ / 七人みさき / シチニンミサキ "Misaki death of seven people"

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Okayama 津山市 Tsuyama city

. matsu 松と伝説 Legends about the pine tree / 松の木 matsu no ki .
At the remains of 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall there was once an old matsu 松 pine tree.
Once a man wanted to re-plant it to another place, but he got cursed.
The pine tree withered in 1794, but its roots did not decay.
If people prayed her for rain, rain would fall.




....................................................................... Saitama 埼玉県　
鴻巣市 Konosu city 箕田 Mida

Minamoto no Tsunemoto 源経基
When 六孫王経基 Rokuson-O Tsunetomo was governor of 武蔵 the Musashi region,
he ordered 阿弥陀堂 an Amida Do Hall to be built at 満願寺 the temple Mangan-Ji.
He went outside the temple, shot an arrow in the Northern direction and where it fell down, the Hall was to be built.
Now there is a bamboo grove nearby, and they say it started where the arrow of Tsunemoto fell to the ground.
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Minamoto no Tsunemoto 源経基 (894 - 961) 六孫王 Rokuson O
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満願寺 Temple Mangan-Ji
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....................................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県 　
藤枝市 Fujieda city

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
In the hamlet 花倉 Hanakura there is a small 阿弥陀堂 Amida Do Hall.
In its left side shirohebi 白蛇 a white serpent is venerated - 花倉白蛇 Hanakura Shirohebi.
Below a giant rock is a hole where the serpent lived.
Until about 100 years ago, villagers always saw too white serpents.
The villagers used to ask the white serpent for a favor and were usually granted it.




....................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県 　
富士吉田市 Fujiyoshida City 向原 Mukaihara

kitsuneppi 狐っ火 / キツネッピ Kitsunebi in local dialect
加藤憲明 Kato Noriaki once saw kitsuneppi 狐っ火 a fox fire near 阿弥陀堂 the Amida Do Hall.
It looked almost like a group of hotaru 蛍 fireflies.
. kitsunebi 狐火と伝説 Legends about the "fox fire" .


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