Yakushi In Kyoto Daikoku

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Yakushiin 薬師院 Yakushi-In, Kyoto
医徳山 Itokuzan 薬師院 Yakushiin
Konuka Yakushi 不来乎薬師 (こぬかやくし) / 来ぬか薬師 - "Why Do you not come, Yakushi San?"

京都市中京区釜座通二条上ル大黒町694 / Kyoto city, Nakagyo ward, Kamaza street, Daikoku town

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
It was carved by 伝教大師最澄 Dengyo Daishi Saicho when he was 16 years old.
The method was
itto sanrai 一刀三礼 carving one part and praying three times
. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 .
The statue was given from 比叡山女人禁制 Mount Hieisan of the temple that was forbidden for women in Gifu.

In 1230 the Head Priest had a dream vision, where Yakushi told him:
「一切病苦の衆生、我が前に来たらば諸病悉く除くべきに、来也(こぬか)、来也。」

In 1688, the Zen prest 鉄面禅師 Tetsumen Zenshi restored the temple.
The statue of Yakushi Nyorai was given to 織田信長 Oda Nobunaga by 斎藤道三 Saito Dosan.
At the end of the Edo period the 蛤御門 Hamaguri Gomon Gate was lost to fire.
In 1888 the priest 竺丈禅師 Jikujo Zenshi revived the temple with the help of the
近衛家 Konoe Family and the 三井家 Mitsui family.
At that time during the digging for a well a statue of Daikoku was found
and the village nearby was now called 大黒町 Daikoku town.
In 2012, the temple was added to the
京都十二薬師霊場めぐり Pilgrimage to 12 Yakushi Temples in Kyoto.

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shuin　朱印 stamp
「不来乎」で「こぬか」reading is KONUKA.

omamori　お守り amulet

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

本尊薬師如来開扉法要(10月8日) The statue is shown every year
in a special ritual on Ocotber 08.

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
. source : google ... 大黒町 .
- source : kyoto12yakushi.net ... .

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This temple is Nr. 09 of the pilgrimage
. Kyoto 12 Yakushi Temples 京都十二薬師霊場 .

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