Koyasu Kannon Legends

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Koyasu Kannon 子安観音 Legends about Kannon, the Protector of Children

. Koyasu no kami 子安の神 Deities to protect children .

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....................................................................... Fukushima 　

roosoku ろうそく Rosoku candles
People get a special amulet from 子安観音 Koyasu Kannon, a piece of asa 麻 hemp and a candle.
If they light the candle in the birth room, it will be an easy birth.
. roosoku ろうそく / 蝋燭 Rosoku candles .




....................................................................... Kagawa 香川県　
三豊市 Mitoyo city 詫間町 Takuma town

koyasu Kannon コヤスカンノン
The Mori family had gotten contributions from stores in Osaka and Hyogo and made offerings to Kannon Sama.
The Koyasu Kannon takes special care of children during a thunderstorm.




....................................................................... Mie 三重県　
Mie 河藝郡 Kawate district

Kannon sama no 7 fushigi 観音様の７不思議
白子寺家子安観音the Temple Shirakodera, where Koyasu Kannon is venerated, has 7 不思議 seven wonders:
１：境内の鳩は地面を歩けず、The pidgeons of the templenever walk on the ground.
２：雀が歩いており、The sparrows walk on the ground.
３：境内の池の鮒は片目、The crucian carp in the pond have only one eye.
４：どんな大雨でも濡れない屋根瓦がある、The roof tiles do not get wet, even during a strong rainstorm.
５：笹葉が下向きに生えている。The babmoo leaves grow downward toward the ground.
６：不断桜、The cherry tree is constantly blooming.
７：鼓ヶ浦の波の音。The sound of the waves of Tsuzumigaura beach can be heard.

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Mie 鈴鹿市 Suzuka city

Shirakozan Temple Kannon-Ji

fudan zakura 不断桜 ever-lasting cherry tree
In the compound of 白子山観音寺 - 子安観音 the Temple Shirakozan Koyasu Kannon is
an old cherry tree, which flowers all year round.

Once there was a fire at the temple, but the cherry tree kept blooming.
Emperor 聖徳天皇 Shotoku heared about it and ordered the tree to be moved to his palace garden.
There the tree withered over night.
So he had the tree moved back to the original temple.
The leaves of this everlasting cherry tree help women to have an easy birth.
If the leaves are turnes up, it will be a boy, if they are turned down it will be a girl.
. Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji 白衣山 Shirokozan 子安観音寺 Koyasu Kannonji .

. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage . - 観音寺 Nr. 16

. Mie Shikoku Henro Info 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 . - 観音寺 Nr. 16

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tsuzumi ga ura 鼓ヶ浦 Tsuzumigaura beach

The main statue of 白子山 the Temple Shirakozan is Byakue Kannon 白衣観音 Kannon in white robes,
better known as Koyasu Kannon.
The statue was washed on the beach of Tsuzumigaura, sitting on a tsuzumi 鼓 hand drum.
The sound of the waves on the beach sounds like that of a hand drum, hence the name.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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