2021/08/17

Nichiren Sect Legends

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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .
. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
. Buddhist Temples and their Legends .
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Nichiren Shu 日蓮宗 Legends about the Nichiren Sect


. Saint Nichiren 日蓮 (1222 – 1282) .
Founder of the Nichiren Sect.

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .


....................................................................... Hokkaido 北海道  
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函館市 Hakodate town

. yonaki ishi 夜泣石 stone crying at night .




....................................................................... Kyoto 京都府  
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左京区 Sakyo Ward 東松が崎 Higashi-Matsugasaki

. Tengu 天狗と伝説 Tengu legends "Long-nosed Goblin" .
A priest at a Nichiren Temple at Higashi-Matsugasaki felt his death coming.
Suddenly he got up, his eyes began to shine, his nose grew bigger and bigger,
he grew wings, became a Tengu and went up into the sky to 如意が岳 Mount Nyoigatake.




....................................................................... Mie 三重県  
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志摩郡 Shima district

. hebigami 蛇神 "Serpent Deity" from 大王町 Daio Town .




....................................................................... Nagasaki 長崎県  
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西海市 Saikai city 西彼町 Seihi town

. praying for rain .
日伝上人 / 日傳上人 Hiden Shonin and Nichiren




....................................................................... Tokyo  
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. 千束の池袈裟懸松 Kesagake no Matsu Pine at Senzoku-Ike Pond .


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
20 日蓮宗 collecting
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. Temples with legends .

. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .


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1 comment:

Gabi Greve said...

Edo Jusooshi 江戸十祖師 Edo Jusoshi Ten Patriarch Statues
The ten most important statues of Saint Nichiren in Tokyo.
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関東八大祖師 Eight Great Patriarch Statues in Kanto
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https://gokurakuparadies.blogspot.com/2022/03/edo-jusoshi-information.html
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