Chogenji Kannon Kamikawai

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. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
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Choogenji 長源寺 Chogen-Ji, Kamikawai
川井山 Kawaizan 　観音院 Kannon-In 長源寺 Chogenji

神奈川県横浜市旭区上川井町214 / Kanagawa, Yokohama city, Asahi ward, Kami-Kawai town

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.
長源寺観音堂 Kannon Hall

The main statue is a seated 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
It was made in 1513 by 印融 Enyu (1435 - 1519).
Enyu was born in Yokohama, 緑区三保町 Midori ward, Miho Town.
He studied carving at 三會寺 the Temple Sanei-Ji and at 鶴岡八幡宮 the Shrine Tsurugaoka Hachimangu in Kamakura.
He also studied at 高野山で Mount Koyasan.
He later returned to the Kanto area and stayed at 三會寺 the Temple Sanei-Ji

The date of the founding of Temple Chogen-Ji is not clear.

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shuin　朱印 stamp

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- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 27 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi 子年 （ねずみどし） refers to the year of the rat, 鼠 nezumi.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩

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


....................................................................... Fukui 福井県
敦賀市 Tsuruga city

Amida no keshin 弥陀の化身 an incarnation of Amida
In the waterfall gorge near 長源寺 the Temple Chogen-Ji there once came a Samurai.
He wanted to quench his thirst and came close to the waterfall
when he saw a beautiful woman standing under the waterfall.
The Samurai looked in surprize when the woman told him:
"If you keep looking at me all the time, it will be late for you to go home.
Better go to 長源寺 the Temple Chogen-Ji nearby and become a monk."
Thus the Samurai became a monk.
The woman is said to have been an incarnation of Amida Nyorai.
. Amida Nyorai　阿弥陀如来 .

長源寺（福井県小浜市）




....................................................................... Nagano　長野県
飯田市 Iida city 箕瀬町 Minoze town

kooryuu 蛟龍 snake-dragon， Shichimen Sama 七面様，Kissho Tennyo 吉祥天女
The origin of Choogenji 長源寺 the temple Chogen-Ji in Minoze town:
On a night in December of the year 1276, 日蓮聖人 Saint Nichiren gave a lecture at 身延山 Minobusan in Yamanashi.
One of the listeners was a young woman of abuot 18 years.
When Nichiren asked her why she had come, she said the was Kissho Tennyo 吉祥天女 the heavenly maiden Kissho.
and asked for water. When she got water, she turned into a small 蛟龍 Snake-Dragon
and took off into the Western Sky.
This was the incarnation of the Deity 七面大明神 Shichimen Daimyojin.

. kooryuu 蛟龍 / 蛟竜 Koryu, mythical snake-dragon monster .




....................................................................... Yamanashi 山梨県　
山梨市 Yamanashi city

kani 蟹 crab

Once upon a time, a strange unsui 雲水 itinerant monk came visiting the priest at 長源寺 the Temple Chogen-Ji.
When the priest could not answer the question of the monk, he hit his head and left.
Very soon the priest died of the wound of his head.
The real identity of the itinerant monk was kani 蟹 a crab.
They soon came after the crab-monk and killed him.
The name of the temple became 蟹沢山 長源寺 Kanisawazan, Chogen-Ji.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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