Shorenji Mie Nabari

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Shoorenji 青蓮寺 Shoren-Ji, Nabari
地蔵院 Jizo-In 青蓮寺 Shorenji

名張市青蓮寺 / Nabari city, Jorenji

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

The name of the temple is the origin of the name of the village.
In the Heian Period (794 - 1185) 空海（弘法大師）Kobo Daishi Kukai came here
and built a small thatched hut to live in.
He also planted some lotus flowers which he had brought from China in the nearby pond.
And Oh Wonder, some blue lotus blossoms showed.
The villagers were quite surprized and called the area Shorenji mura
青蓮寺村 "Village of the Temple with the Blue Lotus blossoms".
. reference : 地蔵院 青蓮寺 .

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shuin　朱印 stamp

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
- source : kankou-nabari.jp/nabari Shorenji .
- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Bangai, an extra Temple of the pilgrimage

. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 .

. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774 - 835) .

. Dainichi Nyorai 大日如来 .

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青蓮寺沼の寒九の鯰かな
Shoorenji numa no kanku no namazu kana

Temple Shoren-Ji
the catfish in the swamp
in the cold season

後藤綾子 Goto Ayako
Tr. Gabi Greve

kanku 寒九 the 9th day of the cold season
. WKD : winter kigo .

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....................................................................... Kumamoto 熊本県　
球磨郡 Kuma district 多良木町 Taragi town

gawappa ガワッパ Kappa，水神様 　
At the temple Shoren-Ji, people come to pray on first day of the second
and 12th month (according to the old lunar calendar)
to pray to suijin 水神 the Water Deity to protect them from damage of water,
then 餅を作り they prepare mochi rice cakes.
They collect stones from the river side and write
the prayer to Kobo Daishi on the stones
Namu Daishi Hensho Kongo 南無大師遍照金剛.
Finally they throw the rice cakes and the stones into the river.
On these two days, the local Kappa is also showing up.

. Garappa Don ガラッパドン the Kappa of Kyushu .

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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