Hasedera Temple Legends

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Hasedera 長谷寺 Temple Legends

. Temple Hasedera 長谷寺 - Introduction .
The famous Hase-dera is the main temple of the Buzan sect of Shingon Buddhism. It located in Sakurai, Nara Prefecture.

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................................................................................. Iwate 岩手県 　
大船渡市 Ofunato city 猪川町 Ikawa town

At 龍福山長谷寺 the Temple Ryufukuzan Hasedera there lived an old priest named
Akobo Chosui Hoin 阿光坊澄水法印.
In the year 1593 on September 21, he went out in the garden with a pot of water.
He sprinkled the water into the sky.
When people asked him what he was doing, he said:
"There is a fire at the temple in 高野山 Koyasan and I want to stop it."
Later they learned that there was indeed a fire at Koyasan.
岩手県大船渡市猪川町字長谷堂127

- BTW
In Aomori there is a group of Kofun mounds named
Akōbō Kofun group 阿光坊古墳群
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !




................................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県　
亘理町 Watari town

. kataba no ashi, kataha no ashi 片葉の葦 One-sided Reed .
and Kamakura Kagemasa 鎌倉景正.




................................................................................. Nara 奈良県　
桜井市 Sakurai city

. Tengu, sugi 天狗と杉と伝説 Legends about Tengu and Cedar trees .
and the Head Priest Eigaku 英岳大僧正

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Nara 桜井市 Sakurai city 初瀬町 Hase town

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Kannon with 11 Faces .
and a legend from Hasedera

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raijin 雷神 the Kami of lightning
At 長谷寺 the Temple Hasedera near 瀧蔵権現 Ryuzo Gongen there is a statue of
毘沙門天 Bishamonten made by a celestial being.
When raijin 雷神 the Kami of lightning came down to destroy it,
the pagoda fell into the river and floated all the way to the rapids of 袖川 Sodekawa.
That is why the area is now named Hatsuse 泊瀬 Hase.
. kaminari 雷と伝説 Legends about Thunder and Lightning .

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. reiboku 霊木 divine tree, "tree with a divine soul" .
A divine tree from Shiga was swept away, lighting the sea and fishermen could not catch anything.
徳道上人 Saint Tokudo pulled it out of the river and up to 初瀬山 Mount Hase.
A father and son carved a statue of Kannon Bosatsu and placed it at 長谷寺 the Temple Hasedera.
. Saint Tokudo 徳道上人 .




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港区 Minato ward

iseki 異石 an exotic stone
麻布に異石が５種類ある。寒山拾得石像に切られた痕が残っている。夜久神の石像は願をかけると験が多く、長谷寺の僧の霊夢によって長谷寺に置かれるようになった。陰陽石が縁結びの願を成就する。道路に埋った石が願を成就する。烏帽子形の石に日月の像が現れた。

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yashagami 夜叉神 / 渋谷金王麿 Shibuya Konno Maru
麻布笄町の長谷寺に夜叉明王堂というのがある。源義朝の臣、渋谷金王麿が長者丸というところに築城のとき、城の北隅に鎮地の神として石像を埋め置いた。江戸時代に阿部豊後守の臣安川繁成がその地に住んで井戸を掘りその石像を発見した。これを身近に置いて愛玩していると金王麿の霊がたびたび奇瑞を現すので、ついに奉安したものという。その後石像にかたどった鬼の面を奉納し、祈願すると霊験あらたかといわれ今なお多くの信仰を得ている。
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渋谷区 Shibuya ward

ishi no zoo 石の像
江戸渋谷の長谷寺という寺に鬼子のような石像があった。願いがかなうというので、とてももてはやされたが、半年ほどすると詣る人もいなくなった。この像はもともとある人の庭にあったが、その家は滅んでしまって跡形もない。その後も、像のあった家は次々に滅び、それ故に恐れられて長谷寺に納められた。

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豊島区 Toshima ward

. Mejiro Fudo 目白不動 Fudo Myo-O in Mejiro .
The statue of Mejiro Fudo 目白不動明王 Fudo Myo-O with white eyes at the temple 新長谷寺 Shinchokoku-Ji was made by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi.
When Kobo Daishi stayed at 荷沢河 Katakugawa, 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai appeared to him.
Soon after he changed to Fudo Myo-O. He swung the sword in his left hand and suddenly a lot of smoke came forth.
Kobo Daishi made the statue just as he had seen it.




................................................................................. Tottori 鳥取県　
倉吉市 Kurayoshi city 余戸谷町 Yodoya town

. uma 馬 koma 駒伝説　horse legends .
A horse painted on a votive tablet by 巨勢金岡 Kose no Kanaoka at 長谷寺 the Temple Hasedera
went off in the evening and devastated the nearby fields.
The priest painted some reins en the picture and thus stoped the horse from leaving.
- Kose Kanaoka (巨勢 金岡, Kose no Kanaoka) was a ninth-century Japanese artist, court painter of Heian (Kyoto).
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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