Jofukuzenji Yakushi Ushitsu

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Joofukuzenji 常福禅寺 Jofukuzen-Ji, Ushitsu
広厳山 Koganzan (Hiroimuyama) 常福禅寺 Jofukuzenji

佐賀県小城市牛津町上砥川3696 / Saga, Ogi city, Ushitsu town, Kamitogawa

The Yakushi statue is 薬師瑠璃光如来 Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai.

The Temple was founded in the Heian Period (794 - 1185).
Apart from the statue of Yakushi Nyorai, there is a statue of the Deity 護法神帝釈尊天 Taishaku Ten.
The 奥之院 Oku no In is the first of the pilgrimage 佐賀県八十八ヶ所 to 88 Temples in Saga.
In the compound is a stone memorial of 平川与四右衛門一族 the Hirakawa clan.
In the Momoyama period (1568 - 1600) Priest 古月卯和尚 reopened the temple again as a Zen temple.
The present location of the buildings dates back to the Edo period.
Around 1850, more stone memorials were erected in the compound, like 五重塔 a five-storied stone Pagoda
and 修行大師 a statue of Kobo Daishi doing ascetic practices.
The 薬師堂 Hall for Yakushi Nyorai is to the South-West of the Main Hall.

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
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- source : oyakushi.com ...
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 43 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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