Bishamonten Legends

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Bishamonten 毘沙門天 Legends about Bishamonten
and 信貴山 Mount Shigisan

. Bishamon Ten 毘沙門天 Tamonten (Vaishravana) .

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. Bishamonten and Kijin 鬼神 the Demon Deity .




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Bishamonten
ある店の裕福な若主人が３年前に人相占い師に見てもらったところ、３年以内に寒さと餓えで死ぬが、信貴山の毘沙門天に寒参りすれば、その厄を免れて長生きできると告げる。若主人は２年間参ったが、最後の年の参詣時に大雪に遭い、従者に先に登ってカゴを借りてこいというが、従者が戻ったときには若主人は凍死していた。

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生駒郡 Ikoma district 平群町 Heguri town // 信貴山

take 竹 bamboo
昔、信貴山の僧に頼尊という笙の名手がいた。毘沙門天に名笙を作りたいと願ったところ、示現があり、山の谷に行ってみると、１夜の内に竹が生えていた。その竹を用いて、笙を作り、国々に１つづつ配った。竹が生えた谷を笙が谷と呼んだ。

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生駒市 Ikoma city / 信貴山

hidarugami ひだる神
執筆者の弟が友人と３人で生駒山から信貴山へ遠足の途中、生駒山中で急に眼がくらんで歩けなくなった。友人に運んでもらい、その地を離れると急に元気になった。
. Hidarugami ヒダル神 / ひだる神 Legends about the Hunger Gods .

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桜井市 Sakurai city - 泊瀬 Hase

. raijin 雷神 the Kami of lightning .
and the name of HASE.


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Saga Tenno Legends

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Saga Tenno 嵯峨天皇 Legends about Emperor Saga

. Saga Tenno - Introduction .

. Danrin Kogo 檀林皇后 Empress Danrin / 橘嘉智子 Tachibana no Kachiko .
the empress consort of Emperor Saga.

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. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774-835) .
and the Sutra 大毘盧遮那成仏神変加持経 Dai Birushana Jobutsu Jinben Kaji Kyo / Mahavairocana Sutra.

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During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there lived a person called 三条中将 Lieutenant Sanjo, married to a high-ranking woman.
He promised to make a golden statue of Amida Butsu 阿弥陀仏 Amida Buddha if she would have a child.
After a while she became pregnant and a girl was born.
The mother died when the girl was seven.
The lieutenant married again.
The stepmother wanted to kill the daughter, but the golden statue of Amida protected her.
. Legends about Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 .

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. toso 屠蘇 mulled rice wine with spices for New Year .

During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was the saying that
if only one member of the family drinks Toso the whole family would get ill.
But if all family members would drink Toso, they would stay healthy for the whole year.
The Toso was kept in a well and pulled out on the first of January.




....................................................................... Kyoto 京都府　

. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774-835) and Saga Tenno .

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京都市 Kyoto city

. shirohebi / hakuja 白蛇と伝説 Legends about white serpents .
嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno did not like the sound of thunder. He asked Kukai to make it stop.
Kukai advised to plant an enju 槐 Japanese pagoda tree and all the lightning would fall down there.
The master of this tree was shirohebi 白蛇 a white serpent, which should never be touched with a blade.
Once a guardman tried to kill the serpent, but the blade of his sword bent and he soon became quite ill.

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Kyoto 宇治市 Uji city

. Hashihime, Hashi Hime 橋姫 / はし姫 "Princess of the Bridge" .
a courtly lady consumed by jealousy.

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Kyoto 右京区 Ukyo ward

. Danrin Kogo 檀林皇后 Empress Danrin / 橘嘉智子 Tachibano no Kachiko .
the empress consort of Emperor Saga.

. Umenomiya Shrine 梅の宮神社　/ 梅宮大社 Umenomiya Taisha .
When Empress Danrin gave birth, she spread sand from under the main building of Umenomiya Shrine under her bed and gave birth to her son without complications.




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守山市 Moriyama city 勝部町 Katsube town / 大光明寺

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
The border between 栗本郡 / 「くりたぐん」 Kurita district and 野洲郡 Yasu district was a large river.
At 三上山 Mount Mikamiyama the river divided into two. 南川 Minamikawa became a deep river pool at 土山 Mount Tsuchiyama.
In former times daija 大蛇 a huge serpent lived in the river pool.
During the reign of 嵯峨天皇 Saga Tenno there was a great noisy earthquake.
When he asked a diviner about the earthquake, Saga Tenno was told that orochi おろち a huge serpent was living in the river, wanting to kill the Emperor.
The emperor invited the local farmers and asked them to get rid of the serpent. A few thousand came together and finally drove the serpent away.
The temple Daikōmyō-Ji 大光明寺 Daikomyo-Ji was built in rememberance of this event.
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Mount Mikami (三上山, "Mikami Yama", meaning Mikami Mountain)

a mountain, 432 metres (1,417 ft) above sea level, located in Yasu City, Shiga Prefecture, Japan.
In spite of its relatively low altitude, it is also called "Ōmi Fuji", that is Mount Fuji of Ōmi Province, the old name of Shiga Prefecture, because of its conical shape standing out in the flat area on the shores of Lake Biwa.
At the foot of Mount Mikami is the Shintoist Mikami Shrine (御神神社, "Mikami Jinja", meaning the Gods' Shrine)
Mount Mikami, nearer to Kyoto, the traditional capital of Japan, has appeared in the Japanese literature from the ancient times. It is particularly noted for the legend of "Fujiwara no Hidesato Conquering the Giant Centipede of Mount Mikami".
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. Fujiwara no Hidesato 藤原秀郷 / Tawara Tota Hidesato 俵藤太秀郷.

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Hofukuji Kannon Minamidai

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Hofukuji 宝福寺　/ 寶福寺 Hofuku-Ji - Minamidai
如意山 Nyoizan

中野区南台3-43-2 / Nakano ward, Minamidai

如意輪観世音菩薩 Nyoirin Kannon

- Chant of the temple
うつろなる この世にありて 頼みする 如意の観音 宝福の寺

The main statue is 聖徳太子 Prince Shotoku Taishi.
He passed here and founded the temple on his travels around Japan, offering a statue of Nyoirin Kannon.
People come here to pray for 国家安穏 peace at home.
. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .
Around 1240, 守海上人 Saint Morimi repaired the main hall.

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- Homepage of the temple
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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

修正会(1月1日)
涅槃会（念仏講）( 2月15日)
春季彼岸会(3月)
御影供養会(3月21日)
花まつり(4月8日)
戦残者(戦死・戦災死)慰霊法要(5月25日)
大施餓鬼会(7月11日)
四万六千日護摩供養会(8月10日)
秋季彼岸会(9月)
月例観音護摩供養会(毎月10日)


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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 Wishfulfilling Kannon

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................................................................................. Ehime 愛媛県　
南宇和郡 Minami-Uwa district 愛南町 Ainan town

hihi ヒヒ a baboon
The famous hunter 孫八 Magohachi was asked by the villagers to shoot the baboon.
The baboon fled to 宝福寺 the temple Hofuku-Ji, used tsurigane 釣鐘 the large temple bell as a shield and was saved. But he could not stay there, fled outside and was shot to death.
The marks of the bullet could be seen in the temple bell. But during the Second World War the bell was destroyed.
At the place where the baboon had died, the deity
Saruma Tenjin 猿ま天神 (サルマテンジン) is venerated.
. Hihi 狒々/ 狒狒 / 比々 the Hihi Baboon Monster .


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Ryuto Fudo Tochigi

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .

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Ryuutoo Fudoo 龍頭不動尊 Ryuto Fudo "Dragon Head"
龍頭山 Ryutozan 不動院 Fudo-In 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji

栃木県 大田原市 / Otawara, Tochigi Pref

The temple was founded in 958 by the Otawara clan. At that time it was near 水口 Mizoguchi, but later it was relocated.
After the building was lost in a fire, it was relocated again to its present place.
The main hall was erected in 2001, in the form of the building of the temple 秋篠寺 Akishinodera in Nara.
The main statue is Fudo Myo-O from the late Muromachi Period.

- Chant of the temple
不動尊　朝日夕日に　照りはえて　法のよろこび　盡きることなし

The temple area is surrounded by four rivers, giving rise to its name, Head of a Dragon sprouting water: 東は蛇尾川 Sabigawa in the Easet, 北は三ノ丸 Ninomaru in the North, 西は龍泉寺川 Ryusenjigawa in the West and 南は御壕用水落口 Ogo Yosui Waterway in the South.
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Otawara is a city in Tochigi prefecture, famous for its beautiful nature and sightseeing spots. This article introduces some of Otawara’s beautiful places, temples and activities.
From the summit of Koteyasan, the entire city can be seen in all its glory.
Running through the city is a river called Nakagawa. Otawara is famous for its fresh salt-grilled sweetfish caught in Nakagawa waters. The unique sweetness of the fish combined with its soft texture makes it an ideal snack to be eaten on its own or mixed with rice.
Unganji Temple dates back to the Heian period and is known for being one of the spots visited by Matsuo Bashō, mentioned in his traveler’s journal, “Oku no Hosomichi”, or “The Narrow Road to the Deep North”.
In contrast to the pomp and splendor of the Unganji Temple, the charm of Daiōji Temple stands out through is elegance. Daiōji Temple adheres to the teachings of the Sōtō School (*3) of Zen Buddhism. At Daiōji Temple, you can practice Zen meditation under the guidance of a Zen priest.
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The town is also related to the famous archer
. Nasu no Yoichi 那須与一 (c. 1169 – c. 1232) .


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This temple is Nr. 24 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .

Another temple with this name on the Kinki pilgrimage 近畿三十六不動尊巡礼
第31番 Nr. 31 - 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji - Nara (Yoshino)


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横手市 Yokote city

. oosuzu 大鈴 a large temple bell .

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Hokekyo Lotus Sutra Legends

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Hokekyo, Hokkekyo 法華経 / ホケキョウ Lotus Sutra

. Koya San in Wakayama 高野山　和歌山県 .
The Lotus Sutra, Hoke-kyoo　法華経、Hokekyo describes various deities as Bosatsu concerned with light offerings.



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The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Pundarika Sutra,
literally "Sūtra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma")
is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras, and the basis on which the Tiantai, Tendai, Cheontae, and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established.
According to British professor Paul Williams,
"For many East Asian Buddhists since early times, the Lotus Sutra contains the final teaching of the Buddha, complete and sufficient for salvation."
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. Minobusan, temple 敬慎院 Keishin-In - Yamanashi .
In this temple, Shichimen Daimyojin, the protector deity of the Lotus Sutra, is enshrined.

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西海市 Saikai city 西彼町 Seihi town

. The Lotus Sutra on a 卒塔婆 Sotoba grave marker .




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. The dragon from 竜花寺 the Temple Ryuge-ji .




................................................................................. Tokyo 　
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深川北川町 Fukagawa Kitagawa town

. The Lotus Sutra with an old inscription from 1757 .


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Hannya Shingyo Sutra

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Hannya Shingyoo 般若心経 Hanya Shingyo Heart Sutra
（はんにゃしんぎょう）

Each letter of the Hanya Sutra is a Buddha in itself.




. 般若心経 Hannya Shinkyo, Hannya Shingyo, Hanya Shinkyo, Hanya shingyo .
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. o-kyoo お経 O-Kyo Sutras .
kigo and Haiku - shakyoo 写経 Shakyo, copying Sutras

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Tenkooji 天光寺 Tenko-Ji
東京都西多摩郡檜原村字本宿801-2 //Motoshuku, Hinohara, Nishitama District, Tokyo


yakuyoke, mayoke 厄除け . 魔除け with Fudo Myo-O 不動尊札
Fudo Myo-O holds the goma no ken 降魔の剣 sword of conquering evil.
So his amulet is especially helpful.
On the back is a script of the Hanya Shikyo Sutra 般若心経.

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This Sutra is often recited if someone is bewitched or possessed by a fox or Tanuki.

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends キツネ .

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢　－ racoon dog, badger legends .

. kori 狐狸と伝説 Legends about fox and Tanuki badger .

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................................................................................. Ehime 愛媛県　
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伊予市 Iyo city

ame no hi 雨の日 a rainy day
Once the road to a temple in Iyo had a landslide and one woman had died in the disaster.
Later another group of women passed this road on a rainy day and suddenly one of them flet her umbrella to become very heavy. She stabbed it with her tsue 杖 walking staff and it became light again, but soon afterwards, it felt heavy. That evening all the women recited the Heart Sutra many times and the woman felt much better.




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宮島町 Miyajima town

. ayakashi あやかし something suspicious .
山の神 the voice of Yamanokami




................................................................................. Kagawa 香川県　
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山本町 Yamamoto cho town

. kanashibari カナシバリ / 金縛り "bound in metal" - unable to move .
bewitched by a fox or badger




................................................................................. Nara 奈良県　
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吉野郡 Yoshino district

. En-no-Gyôja 役行者 En no Gyoja . The Founder of Shugendo
shoojinbutsu 生身仏 a living Buddha
When En no Gyoja was still practising austerities, he climbed 金峰山 Mount Kinpusen in Yoshino and hoped to find a honzon 本尊 Main Deity.
He recited the Heart Sutra for 17 days, when 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu showed up. Jizo is a Bosatsu with a most merciful gentle face, but En no Gyoja thought that was not what he needed to bring peace to the world and threw the statue down the valley to the West. This Jizo flew all the way to 大山 Mount Daisen in Tottori and became the honzon 本尊 main statue there.
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fox and Tanuki
If someone walks in the forest and chants the Heart Sutra, he will not be bewitched by a fox or Tanuki.
Even if an ookami 狼 wolf and one chants the Heart Sutra, the wolf will pass by without doing any harm.

. ookami 狼と伝説 Okami, wolf legends .




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. タチアイの風 "tachiai no kaze" wind of the gods .
イキアヒの風 "ikiahi no kaze" or toorigami 通り神 / トホリ神 (通神 kayougami)




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小田郡 Oda district

Once a pious person became bewitched by a fox and called for help to get rid of it. A healer begun to recite the Heart Sutra many times, but it did not help.
So he begun to recite darani 佗羅尼 / 陀羅尼 mantras and performed choobuku 調伏 exorcist rituals until the man was healed.




................................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県　
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蕨市 Warabi city

There is a ritual for the Inari fox deity ((稲荷神 tookami トウカミ).
One man with blindfold eyes sits in the middle, holding a heisoku 幣束 ritual wand.
The people around him are chanting the Heart Sutra without a pause. When the deity has possessed the man, he begins to tremble.
Now they spent the whole night to ask him questions about the future and their good or bad luck. Questions about their fields and the harvest are most frequent.

. Inarigami 稲荷神 Deity to protect silkworms .




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田辺市 Tanabe city

The great-grandfather of 和田氏 Mister Wada called 熊吉 Kumakichi, went to 栗栖川 Kurisugawa to buy oil and fish. On his way back his luggage begun to get more and more heavy and finally he could not eve move. He thought he was bewitched by a fox and begun to recite the Heart Sutra. Soon he felt better and found his way home.




................................................................................. Yamagata 山形県　

A young woman of 27 years, not yet married, was bewitched by a fox.
A priest and his helpers performed exorcist rituals for four and one half hours, but the fox was still there.
Now they begun to recite the Heart Sutra backwards and shot arrows in the four directions. Finally the fox was gone and the woman came back to her senses.


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kuyoo Kuyo memorial service

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kuyoo 供養 Kuyo, memorial service

kuyoozuka 供養塚 memorial mound
not only for humans but for other living beings


memorial mound for fish, by the sea, erected by the local fishermen to appease the souls.
. kuyoo 供養 Kuyo Memorial Service .
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. Ako Roshi Memorial tower 赤穂浪士 供養塔 .

. Fukan 贈大教普寛霊尊供養塔 priest Fukan Kuyo tower .

. goma kuyoo 護摩供養 fire memorial service - Fudo Myo-O. *

. inu no kuyoo ike 犬の供養池 Kuyo pond for dogs .

. juzu kuyoo 珠数供養 Kuyo for a rosary .

. Nijuugo Bosatsu nerikuyoo 二十五菩薩練供養 25 Bosatsu ritual parade .
at temple 誕生寺 Tanjo-Ji, Okayama, for 法然上人 Saint Honen Shonin

. rokubu kuyoo too 六十六部供養塔 Kuyo-To, memorial tower for Rokubo pilgrims .


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udon kuyoo うどん供養 memorial service for Udon noodles


source : NHK 2012
at the Rinzai Zen temple 相国寺 Shokoku-Ji in Kyoto

Usually the priests are not allowed to make any sound while eating.
But twice a month they get a food offering of Udon and are allowed to slurp the noodles. They also have to eat all the Udon they got.

The Folk Art of Japanese Country Cooking: A Traditional Diet for Today's World
By Gaku Homma
"The ceremony is called "udon kuyo", but what we got was somen."
The priests call somen "Udon".
... It was great fun to make loud slurping noises while enjoying the noodles.
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. 讃岐うどん Sanuki udon noodles - Kagawa .


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. hari kuyoo 針供養 memorial service for used needles .
kigo for Winter or Spring


. ningyoo kuyoo 人形供養 memorial ceremony for used dolls .
kigo for Autumn


. toowan kuyoo 唐椀供養 memorial service for Chinese bowls .
kigo for early Spring
at the temple Manmanji 万満寺, Matsudo town, Chiba

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uni kuyoo 雲丹供養 Kuyo for sea urchins


うに供養祭 at 赤間神宮 Shrine Akama Jingu, Shimonseki
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巫女一つづつ雲丹海に雲丹供養
miko hitotsu zutsu uni umi ni uni kuyoo

one by one
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memorial service for sea urchins

上甲明石 Joko Akashi

. miko 巫女 shrine maiden, female shrine attendant .


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岐阜市 Gifu city

鼠小僧の祟り，源助茶屋
大正１０年ごろ、鼠小僧治郎吉の墓を学校を建てるために埋め、化学実験室が建てられた。化学実験室は原因不明の火事で全焼し、新築するもまた丸焼けになった。鼠小僧の祟りだという噂が出たので、墓を探して現在の場所に安置し、懇ろに供養した。



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廿日市市 宮島町

. juugo dooji 十五童子 15 temple acolytes .


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yocho forebodes of death legends

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shi no yochoo 死の予兆 legends about forebodes of death

死の予測


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. udonge no hana 優曇華の花 Legends about the Udumbara flower .




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. shi no yochoo 死の予兆 omens of death .



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teramachi temple town district

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teramachi 寺町 temple town, temple district

There are various temple town districts in Japan.



. Karasuyama teramachi 烏山寺町 Karasuyama Temple Town - Tokyo .
There are 26 temples in Karasuyama.

. Yanaka teramachi 谷中寺町 Yanaka Temple Town - Tokyo .
There are more than 60 temples and shrines in Yanaka.

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Ishikawa　石川県 寺町台 Teramachidai, Kanazawa city
Kyoto 京都 Nakagyo district, Teramachi-dori 寺町通り Teramachi street
Niigata 新潟県 高田市 Takada city 寺町 Teramachi

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見習い鑑定士の奮闘 - 京都寺町三条のホームズ Kyoto Teramachi Sanjo
望月麻衣 Mochizuki Mai

. Doojooji 道成寺 Dojo-Ji .

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................................................................................. Iwate 岩手県 　
二戸市 Ninohe city 浄法寺町 Joboji town nekozuka 猫塚
350年ほど前の話である。福蔵寺で飼われていたトラという猫は大変かわいがられ、30歳になった。そのころ藩主が死に葬儀が行われたが、その最中に棺が天に巻き上げられ、下りてこなくなるという事件が起こった。居合わせたものがいくら加持祈祷を行っても効果はなかったが、福蔵寺5世の大突和尚が駆けつけて祈ると、風はおさまり、柩は元の場所に戻った。この功により、寺領30石をたまわった。これはトラが長年の恩返しをしたものであった。その後、トラの行方は知れなかった。寺の鬼門に猫塚を建てた。
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浄法寺町に福蔵寺という貧乏な寺があた。ある夜、可愛がっていた猫が夢枕に立ち、変事を暗示していなくなった。ある日、南部藩主の葬式があったが、急に棺が宙に舞い上がり下りてこない。そこで和尚が呼ばれて無事に棺を地に下ろし、寺領として３０石を賜った。
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sashiki warashi 座敷童子
ある家に綺麗な娘がいた。聟を取ることにしたが、男たちは座敷わらしをみて驚き、すぐ出て行ってしまう。醜男がやってきて「聟にしてくれ」と頼み、一晩泊めてもらった。男はその晩座敷わらしに教えられ、大判小判入りの甕を掘り出す。そして聟入りし幸せに暮らした。
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正月に子供らがコタツにあたって遊んでいると小便に行ったはずの子供がその中にいる。「不思議だ」というと、他の子供らが「座敷わらしだ」といって逃げ出した。同じ人が2人いるときは座敷わらしだと伝えられている。
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yama otoko 山男
雨が降っている時期、キノコ取から帰る途中で７尺程もある大男と出会い、煙草の火を与えたら、お礼にマンダの皮を沢山贈ってくれた。そんな事が２，３回あった。




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

kemuri o dasu kane 煙を出す鐘 a temple bell producing smoke
At the temple 妙満寺 Myoman-Ji in the Teramachidori street in Kyoto there is a temple bell.
The bell was first located at the temple 道成寺 Dojo-Ji.
Every time a misfortune happened to the family who owned the bell, it would ring mysteriously.
So it was eventually melted and a new bell cast.
Now every time before a great rain the bell would start sending smoke into the air.

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .

meidoo 鳴動 rumbling
京都の寺町通りにある妙満寺 Myoman-Ji に置かれていた鐘は、元々道成寺 Dojo-Ji にあったものというが、この鐘を所持している家に凶事が起きる時は、必ずこの鐘が鳴動するという。




................................................................................. Niigata 新潟県 　

新発田市 Shibata city 紫雲寺町 Shiunji town

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11月15日は水への恩返しの日とし、藁苞や椀を2つ抱き合わせにして井戸や浜への坂道ある榎にかけて供えるが、化物にあうというので、後を振り向かずに帰る。

yomiji gaeri ヨミジガエリ / yomigaeri 黄泉がえり（よみがえり）
死者がよみがえる前には、家人に呼び戻されたり、あの世で知人に戻されたり、寺でカミサマに戻されたりする。
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北海道へ漁に行って海難で溺れ、、魂となって家に帰ってみると、家人が集って泣いていた。お寺へ行くと山門に白いひげの老人がいて、「お前はこんなところは来るな」と、門外へ投げ出されて、その男は助けられたが、その老人はアマツカミサマだった。
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死んだ主人を納棺してからみんなで名前を呼んだら生き返り、それからずっと、長く生きた。
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姑とうまくいかずに川に飛び込んで自殺した仲のよい友人が、夢に現れて誘うので一緒に行くと、川岸に舟があって白い着物を着た人がたくさん乗っていて、中にはいぜんに亡くなった人や、まだ生きている顔見知りの人もいたので、気持ちが悪くなって船に乗るのを断って戻って来た。

tamashi 魂
野良や山へ行って死んだ場合、遺体は家に運んでも魂はそこに残るといい、3日から1週間は身内のものが、「おぶさって家へあべ（行こう）」といって、帯で背負う所作をして家へ戻った。魂がおぶさったときは重く感ずるという。
tamashii タマシイ
人のタマシイは生死の間をさまよう間に、まずは寺へ行って来るものと信じられているところが多く、庫裏の炉辺で住職と話していた客の頭が、冷たい手で撫でられたという。ツゲが来たのは、それからしばらく後のことであった。

Tanokami sama 田の神様，Kosaku no Kamisama 耕作の神様
田の神様は春3月16日に田へ下り、秋11月16日に山へ上るといって、この両日は山へも畑へも出ず、休んでボタモチおはぎ）を16作って神棚に供える。赤飯を炊いて供える家もあった。ここでは、田の神は耕作の神様となっており、それが常駐するのは山で、春に田へ下りて秋に山へ帰るが山の神になるとはいわない。


kamaitachi カマイタチ
山の神の日に山中を走る山の神のあおり風にあうと病気になり、山畑にいくとカマイタチにかけられるという。
. "Sickle-Weasel" (kamaitachi 鎌鼬（かまいたち） .


Yama no Kami no aori Kaze 山の神のあおり風
山の神の日に山中を走る山の神のあおり風にあうと病気になり、山畑にいくとカマイタチにかけられるという.

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Niigata 高田市 Takada city 寺町 Teramachi

ryuu 龍 dragon，青柳の杢太 Aoyagi no Mokuta - 善導寺 Zendo-Ji
天正16年、徳川幕府の命を受け幡随意院上人が九州の切支丹退治をなす諸国行脚のついでに善導寺にたちより、百日説法をした。そのとき青柳の竜神が御殿女中の姿で参詣していた。満願の日、竜神が上人に「妻は上州館林のつつじが池に住んでいて、あなたの済度を受け得脱した。自分も済度してもらいたい」と願って言う。そこで上人は済度してやった。この龍を町の人は「青柳の杢太」と呼んだ。
. Zendooji 善導寺 Legends about Zendoji Temples .

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旧幕時代、3月14日を中心に1週間、善導大師の法要が行われた。その期間中に青柳杢太という竜神がお参りする。その証拠は、畳が水で濡れているという。法要中は必ずほんの少しでも雨が降る。
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大正4年5月17日、善導寺が焼失した。その1ヶ月か半月前、当時この地へ来た芝居の一団が青柳杢太の伝説を脚色し、市内の人に青柳の杢太にちなんで道具を借りて上演した。その祟りで、善導寺が火元となり、芝居に道具を貸した人たちの所も延焼した。火事跡は蛇がうねったように燃えていたという。




................................................................................. Osaka 大阪府 　
堺市 Sakai city 少林寺町 Shorinji town

Benten sama no tatari 辨天様の祟り the curse of Benten
弁財天の祠のある空き地に家を建てたが、その度毎に夜鳴りがしたり火災になったりして定住者が定まらなかった。しかし、それは実は、近所の漁師が石を投げたり板塀を揺らしたりして住人の立ち退きを面白がっていただけのことであった。
. Benten 弁天と伝説 Legends about Benten .

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hakuzoosu 白蔵主，shirogitsune 白狐 white fox
昔、稲荷を信仰する寺僧の下へ３匹の白狐が現れた。白狐たちは猟師を生業とする僧の甥を恐れ、僧に化けて甥に殺生を止めるよう諭した。これを聞いた僧も同様に諭したため、甥は殺生を止めた。白狐は代々今日まで境内の御堂に住むと伝えられる。

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. Tsurigitsune 釣狐 ‘Fox Trapping’ Kyogen .




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wagen smiling Jizo Komyoji

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wagen Jizoo 和顔地蔵 Wagen Smiling Jizo
和顔（わげん）地蔵
Kamakura, Komyo-Ji


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Tenshōzan Renge-in Kōmyō-ji (天照山蓮華院光明寺)
is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo sect in Zaimokuza, near Kamakura, Japan,
the only major one in the city to be close to the sea.
Kōmyō-ji is number one among the Kantō Jūhachi Danrin (関東十八檀林),
a group of 18 Jōdo temples established during the Edo period by Tokugawa Ieyasu,
and dedicated to both the training of priests and scholarly research.
It is also the sect's head temple for the Kantō region.
In spite of the fact it is a Jōdo sect temple, Kōmyō-ji has several of the typical features of a Zen temple,
for example a sanmon (main gate), a pond and a karesansui (rock garden).
Kōmyō-ji has always enjoyed the patronage of Japan's powerful
and is the only Buddhist temple in Kamakura to have had the privilege of being a daimyō's funeral temple.
It was chosen for that role by the Naitō clan, feudal lords from today's Miyazaki Prefecture
whose tombs are part of the temple's compound.
The temple, besides the usual Buddhist cemetery, maintains a special crypt
for the ashes of house pets and other animals, and twice a year holds in the Main Hall ceremonies in their memory.
The crypt was created and is maintained by a group of veterinarian volunteers.
The temple holds occasional music concerts in its main hall, concerts that are announced in its Web site.
For 3500 yen, visitors who make a reservation can try at Kōmyō-ji the vegetarian food the resident priests themselves eat.
Entrance is free, with the exception of the sanmon gate , which can be visited only telephoning the temple,
explaining the motives for the planned visit, making a reservation and paying a small fee.
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. Komyo-Ji temples in Japan .
Shimane, Tochigi,

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和顔（わげん）地蔵で復興プロジェクト Wagen Jizo Project
和顔地蔵の大きな１体は「祈」の大切さを伝えるために、東日本大震災と復興祈願で全国をまわり、
多くの方々に「なでなで」してお祈りしてもらってるそうです。
The profits from this project go to the help for the victims of 東日本大震災 the Great Tohoku Earthquake.
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When 檀通和尚 Priest Dantsu of temple Komyo-Ji in Kamakura died,
there was a strange smell during his funeral
when his body was burnd and his bones turned to shari 舎利 sacred bones.
His nenju 念珠 rosary with about 50 pearls released a special shine.

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. A priest named Yuusuu 祐崇 Yusu .
reciting 十夜念仏 the the Nenbutsu prayer for 10 nights
at 光明寺 the Temple Komyo-Ji in Kamakura.

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reibutsu spirit Buddha legends

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reibutsu 霊仏 "Spirit Buddha"

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................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県 　
愛知郡 Aichi district 東郷町 Togo town

. 祐福寺 Temple Yufuku-Ji and 善導大師 Priest Zendo Daishi. .
Zendo Daishi, Priest Shan-tao from China. (613 - 681).

He was a pious man and could show statues of 阿弥陀仏 Amida Nyorai from his mouth when in prayer.

Legend from Yufuku-Ji in Aichi 豊田市 Toyota town
oogoi 大鯉，（淵の主）
祐福寺下にある淵の主は、元庄屋をしていた家に、姿を変えて手伝いをしにきていた。タカキビ団子は嫌いだから食べさせないでくれと言っていたが、誤って食べさせてしまった。それから来なくなったが、淵に大鯉が死んでいて、その腹からタカキビ団子が出てきたという。
- - - - - 祐福寺下にある淵には、主がいた。膳椀を貸していたが、ある人が膳の足が一本取れたままで返した。すると、主は怒って貸してくれなくなったという。



................................................................................. Fukui 福井県 　
福井市 Fukui city

ryuutoo 龍燈
禅海上人が亀に乗って糸崎浦に来たとき、海上に不思議に光るのを怪しんだ浦人が引き上げると観音なので寺に安置した。霊仏なので菩薩聖衆も来迎し、汀の松には夜毎に竜灯が立ち上った。




................................................................................. Hyogo 兵庫県 　
神戸市 Kobe city

霊仏
播州明石郡大山寺の薬師像も、国家に災いがある時は、大いに汗をかいて災いが起こることを世に告げたという。




................................................................................. Kanagawa 神奈川県 　

霊仏
相州大山の不動尊が大いに汗をかいた時は、大地震が起こり、多くの人が死んだ。霊験あらたかな仏像は、その種類を問わず汗をかくというが、かつて不動尊が智興阿闍梨の病苦を代わって涙を流したように、人々の苦悩を憐れんで汗をかいて下さることは、本当にありがたい。




................................................................................. Nara 奈良県 　

霊仏が汗をかき、善悪のきざしを示すことは少なくない。生駒山般若窟の不動尊は汗をかいて、災いが起こることを前もって世に示した。




................................................................................. Osaka 大阪府 　

霊仏
最近、堺の近村にある廃寺の本尊が、しきりに涙を流した。そのため、筆者の知人の尼僧が色々と心配し、弟子の尼僧にその像を守らせたという。

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大坂内本町の利倉屋忠兵衛の家には、阿弥陀如来の仏像がある。しかし子孫は日蓮宗を信仰し、仏像はクモの巣にまかれていた。そうするとこの家の子供が夜な夜な怯えて泣いた。陰陽師によると、この家に相応しくない霊仏がある為だという。そこで近くの寺に仏像を納めたところ子供は元にもどったという。



................................................................................. Wakayama 和歌山県 　
伊都郡 Ito district 高野町 Koya town
霊仏
高野山奥の院の汗かき地蔵は、毎日巳の刻に必ず汗をかくが、なぜ汗をかくのかは分からないという。


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08 霊仏 (01)
140 reiken 霊験 collecting



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sosei revival legends

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sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead


. Priest Joozoo, Jōzō 浄蔵 Jozo (891 - 964) .
and the revival of his father


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................................................................................. Niigata 新潟県　
江南区 Konan ward

buna 鮒
日枝神社境内に以前は古池があり、そこに焼鮒が住んでいた。親鸞聖人が焼鮒を池に放ったところ、蘇生してその子孫が繁殖した。それで鱗は後々までも焼けたような色であったという。


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