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Mibudera 壬生寺 Mibu-Dera, Kyoto

京都市中京区壬生梛ノ宮町31 / 31 Mibu-naginomiya-cho, Nakagyō ward, Kyoto

The main statue is 延命地蔵菩薩 Enmei Jizo Bosatsu.
The Yakushi Statue is known as 歯痛止薬師 Ha-itamidome Yakushi,
Yakushi to heal toothache.

The temple has taken on several other names such as
Jizō-In (地蔵院), Hōdō Sanmai-Ji (宝幢三昧寺), and Shinjōkō-In (心浄光院).
The current abbot is Shunkai Matsuura.
Temple records state that Mibu-dera was originally established for the Chinese monk Jianzhen (688-763),
known as Ganjin in Japan.

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The temple was founded in 991 by the 円覚上人Priest Kaiken of Onjō-ji as a gift to his mother.
In 1005 a memorial service was held in which the temple was given the name
"Komii-dera (小三井寺, lit. "little Mii-dera")" in reference to the founder's original temple.
It is said that the title "Jizō-in" was bestowed on the temple during Emperor Shirakawa's imperial visit.
The priest Engaku of the Yuzu Nembutsu school restored the temple in the medieval period.
Tradition holds that he was responsible for establishing the practice of the Mibu Dai Nembutsu Kyōgen,
now an Important Intangible Folk Cultural Property.
Towards the end of the Edo period, the Tokugawa Bakufu established the Mibu Rōshigumi
at the nearby stronghold, the Yagi House (八木家 Yagike).
The Mibu Rōshigumi were an elite public security corp that would later be known as the Shinsengumi.
Mibu-dera's grounds served as the base for the organization's military and martial arts training.
A bronze statue of commander Kondō Isami stands within the temple precincts,
as well as a grave-site for Shinsengumi regimental soldiers.
The resting place of Kondō Isami is believed to be elsewhere.
Mibu-dera's main image was originally a half-lotus seated Kṣitigarbha statue,
fashioned in the latter part of the Kamakura period, affectionately dubbed "Mibu Jizō" among the local faithful.
The image was destroyed by arson along with the main hall on July 25, 1962.
After the fire, a standing Kṣitigarbha statue was relocated from the head temple Tōshōdai-ji
and became the temple's new main image.
The main hall was rebuilt in 1967.
. source : wikipedia .

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shuin　朱印 stamp

ema 絵馬 votive tablet

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

. mibudera.com/annual-events - List ... .

. hooraku wari 炮烙割り smashing pots .

This Mibu Kyogen 壬生狂言 piece is performed every year.
They are Buddhist morality plays performed at Mibu-dera Temple three times annually,
just as they were in Kyoto's early medieval period.

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
. source : google Mibudera .
- source : kyoto12yakushi.net ... .

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This temple is Nr. 04 of the pilgrimage
. Kyoto 12 Yakushi Temples 京都十二薬師霊場 .

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壬生寺の
猿うらみ啼け
おぼろ月

蕪村 Yosa Buson

. WKD : oborozuki 朧月 / おぼろ月 (おぼろづき) hazy moon in spring .

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


....................................................................... Kyoto 京都府　
京都市 Kyoto city 中京区 Nakagyo ward

tsuchigumo 土蜘蛛 earth spider
At the Nenbutsu Ritual at 壬生寺 the Temple Mibudera there is a performance of 狂言 Kyogen Comic Theater in April.
Tha masks used for the ritual are made of hariko 張子 papermachee.
The masks include 牛若 Ushiwaka,、弁慶 Benkei, 土蜘蛛 Tsuchigumo,、
鬼 Oni demons, 地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu and more.
. Legends about tsuchigumo 土蜘蛛 earth spider, ground spider - Yokai . .

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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