Iwatoji Yakushi Kunisaki

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Iwatoji 岩戸寺 Iwato-Ji, Kunisaki
石立山 Ishidatezan, Ishidachizan （いわとうじ、いわとじ) 岩戸寺 Iwatooji

大分県国東市国東町岩戸寺1232番地 / Oita, Kunisaki town, Iwatoji

The Yakushi statue is made from wood and said to date to the Heian Period :

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.

The temple was founded in 718 by Priest 仁聞菩薩 Ninmon Bosatsu.
At the entrance to the temple are two large 仁王像 Nio guardian statues.
The statue on the right, 阿形像, has a signiture of 1478.
In the compound is a large stone tower, 国東塔 Kunisaki To.

It has a signature of 1283.

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Iwato Temple is one of the Rokugo Manzan Temples that is said to be opened in 718.
It used to have many monks, and it prospered during the Kamakura period.
Currently, the oldest Nio statue among those in the Kunisaki Peninsula stands in the entrance of the stone stairs.
On the right-hand side of the stone stairway, there is the main hall where Fudo Myoo is the main deity.
When you climb that stone stairway, you will reach the auditorium which was the main stage of the Shujo oni-e rituals.
Also, the "Kunisaki Tower", which is the oldest stone towers in the Kunisaki Peninsula, is an exciting place to visit.
This place is called Tateishiyama Iwatoji because it sealed the neck mound of Mongolian army's adversaries with stones.
The auditorium is also the stage of 修正鬼会 Shujo oni-e rituals.
- source : onie.jp/en/cultura/detail ...

. Rokugo Manzan 六郷満山 Kunisaki Oita .
and Ninmon Bosatsu.

岩戸寺修正鬼会　鬼面 Demon masks

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shuin　朱印 stamp

omamori　お守り amulets

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

宇佐神宮六郷満山霊場 Usa Jingu Rokugo Manzan Reijo - Nr. 18番札所
a pilgrimage to 31 temples.
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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : visit-kunisaki.com/spot ...
- source : oyakushi.com ...
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This temple is Nr. 10 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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