Eifukuji Yakushi Kyoto

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Eifukuji 永福寺 Eifuku-Ji, Kyoto
浄瑠璃山 Jorurizan, 永福寺 Eifukuji

Tako Yakushi Do 蛸薬師堂 Takoyakushi-dō - Hall oF Yakushi and the Octopus
京都市中京区新京極蛸薬師東側町503 / Kyoto, Nakagyo ward, Higashigawa town

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

- Chant of the temple
八軸のみのりのふみのたこやくしうちおさめたる十二大願

The temple was founded in 1181 by 林秀僧正 Priest Hayashi Hideo.
He received a stone from Hieizan, on which Dengyo Daishi had carved Yakushi Nyorai.
He build a temple in 二条室町 Kyoto, Nijo Muromachi, and called it Eifuku-Ji.
Around 1250, the mother of a priest named 善光 Zenko became ill.
She went to the temple to pray for healing, but did not get better.
The priest thought she wanted to eat tako 蛸 an octopus,
took kyoobako 経箱 a sutra box and went to the market.
He bought an octopus and put it into the sutra box.
He prayed all the time on the way back home to 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
When he opened the box the ocotpus had changed into
法華経八軸の経巻 eight sutra scrols of the Hoke Kyo Sutra.
From the scrolls bright light flowed to all directions
and to the ill monther, who recovered soon after.
Since then, the temple statue was called Tako Yakushi 蛸薬師 Octopus Yakushi.

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

１月１日 ０時 修正会
１月８日 １０時 初薬師祈願会
４月８日 １０時 大般若会春大祭
１０月８日 １０時 大般若会秋大祭
１２月８日 １０時 終薬師
１２月３１日 １０時 大根炊き

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. source : google 永福寺 .
- source : kyoto12yakushi.net ... .

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

Another temple with an Octopus legend
TA KO Yakushi　多幸薬師 Yakushi of Great Happiness
. Tako Yakushi 蛸薬師 Tokyo, Meguro .

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

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
Every morning the body of the dragon on the gate of 永福寺 the Eifuku-Ji was all wet.
The dragon would go off to the nearby beach and swim.
To keep him in place, an iron wire was placed around him.

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Eifukuji Mie Hinachi

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Eifukuji 永福寺 Eifuku-Ji, Shimo-Hinachi
高照山 Koshozan, 普門院 Fumon-In, 永福寺 Eifukuji

名張市下比奈知1978 / Nabari city, Shimo-Hinachi

The Kannon statue is 十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu with 11 Faces.

- Chant of the temple
おん　まか　きゃろにきゃ　そわか

The temple was founded in 725 by 徳道上人 Saint Tokudo.
It has 七堂伽藍 a complete temple compound with seven buildings.
Most buildings burned down during a fire in 1590.

A rich man named 下比奈知の氏次 Shimohinachi no Ujitsugu revived the temple.
He had copies made of the statues from 長谷寺 the Temple Hasedera in Nara :
十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon and the side-statues of 天照皇大神 Amaterasu Omikami and 春日大神 Kasuga Okami.
In 1712, the temple was revitalized.
Around 1800 the temple declined and was then revitalized by 鈴木賢瑞 Suzuki Kenzui.

The Temple Store House has many statues:
十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon, 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai, 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai,、
聖徳太子 Shotoku Taishi,、聖観音 Sho-Kannon Bosatsu,、不動明王 Fudo Myo-O, 五大明王 Five Great Fudo,
弘法大師 Kobo Daishi and 興教大師 Kakuban Kogyo Daishi (1095 - 1143).

The roof of the temple is called mukuriyane 起り屋根 Mukuri Yane, "Raised Roof".
This is a special type of raised roof often seen in Kyoto.

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A Mukuri-yane is a style of roof that curves down along the eaves
and was popular among the aristocracy in Kyoto for the soft impression it gave.
The people of Kyoto would pay special care to the height of their roofs,
and this custom spread to the people of Kumagawa as well.
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１月７日　　　　　初祈祷、大護摩供
旧暦１月１７日　　大般若会、厄除祈願
旧暦２月初午の日　初午祈願会
４月第２日曜日　　仏生会、水子供養
８月７日　　　　　施餓鬼会
８月１７日　　　　精霊送り万灯会

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- source : google 永福寺 ... .
- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 45 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) .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .

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

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
Every morning the body of the dragon on the gate of 永福寺 the Temple Eifuku-Ji was all wet.
The dragon would go off to the nearby beach and swim.
To keep him in place, an iron wire was placed around him.

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Enmanji Ichihara Imadomi

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Enmanji 円満寺 / 圓満寺 Enman-Ji, Imadomi
円満寺 Enmanji

市原市今富６９２ / Ichihara city, Imadomi

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.

The temple was founded in 1594 by 円満上人 Saint Enman.
on request of 藤右衛門清胤 Fujiemon Kiyotane.
Not much more information is found online.

円満寺宝篋印塔 Hokyoin Pagoda Tower

It was built in 1547.
It is now a 市原市有形文化財 Tangible Cultural Treasure of Ichihara city.

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Kazusa 88 Henro Pilgrimage 上総国八十八ヶ所霊場 . - Nr. 20

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- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This Temple is Nr. 20 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .

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文京区 Bunkyo ward

neko 猫 a cat
In front of the Temple 円満寺 Enman-Ji in Yushima there is a senbei rice cracker shop.
Every night a huge cat came there and ate many things.
So the owner caught the cat and killed it.
Then he asked his wife to get rid of it.
When the wife came back home, she scratched the skin of her husband's face
and started behaving like a cat.
The husband called some neighbours and finally they got rid of the wife / cat.
Now they heard the voice of the cat . . . miyaoooo, miyaoooo ...
When there was food on the table, the cat came, stuck her head in the bowl
and ate everything, especially the fish.
. Legends about cats .

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Enjoin Ichihara Itohisa

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Enjooin 円乗院 Enjo-In, Itohisa
瑠璃光山 Rurikozan 円乗院 / 圓乗院 Enjoin

市原市糸久320 / Chiba, Ichihara city, Itohisa

The temple has been relocated in 2007 due to road constructions.

Not much information is found online.

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This Temple is Nr. 09 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .

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Enmanji Mie Nagasawa

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Enmanji 円満寺 Enman-Ji, Nagasawa
長澤山 Nagasawa san, 円満寺 Enmanji

鈴鹿市長沢町872 / Mie, Suzuka city, Nagasawa town

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
At his sides are statues of 馬頭観音 Bato Kannon and 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi.

- Chant of the temple
おん　あびらうんけん　ばざら　だとばん

The temple was founded around 1610.
It was 氏寺 the protector temple ov the village.
People came here to pray for protection from evil and disasters.
Most of the old temple records were lost in fires.
There are records from 大法師覚応覚永大和尚 Priest Kakuo Kakuei in 1636.
In a small shrine there is a secret statue of 秘仏大聖歓喜大自在天神 Kanki Ten.
In the 観音堂 Kannon Hall is a statue connected with a rope to the outside.
People hold the rope when praying or making a wish, and during special rituals, hence the name
O-Tebiki Kannon Gyoji お手引き観音行事 Ritual of holding on to the Kannon.

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１月１日　　　初年初詣
３月初午の日　初午厄除護摩祈祷、お手引観音行事 O-Tebiki Kannon Ritual
９月２８日　　諸願成就護摩祈祷　

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- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
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This temple is Nr. 23 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 .

. Bato Kannon 馬頭観音 Kannon with a Horse Head .

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Enmyoin Yakushi Ushiku

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Enmyooin 円明院 / 圓明院 Enmyo-In, Ushiku
丸野山 Marunozan 円明院 Enmyoin

市原市牛久905 / Chiba, Ichihara city, Ushiku

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.
The temple also has a statue of 十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon
which is made of the same wood as 笠森観音 the Kasamori Kannon.
. Kasamori Kannon, 笠森観音 Chiba .

The temple was founded in 1650.
Not much information about this temple is found online.

圓明院鐘楼 The Bell Tower

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. New Kannon Pilgrimage in Kazusa 新上総国三十三観音霊場3番 . - Nr. 03

. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage . - Nr. 29

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- source : google
- source : tesshow - kazsa_yakshi .
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This temple is Nr. 17 of the pilgrimage
. Kazusa 35 Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 .

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Ennyoji Yakushi Koichibu

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Ennyoji 円如寺 Ennyo-Ji, Koichibu
山王山 Sannozan 薬王院 Yakuo-In 円如寺 Ennyoji

千葉県君津市小市部１２７ / Chiba, Kimitsu city, Koichibu

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai from the Momoyama period.
There is also a statue of 十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon with 11 heads.
The temple was founded in 1395 by 教慶法親王 Prince Kyokei.
The present head priest is 竹井宗弘 Takei Munehiro in the 48th generation.
Takei is the child of 大塔宮護良親王 Daitonomiya Imperial Prince Moriyoshi.
At the founding time it was a sub-temple of 萬徳山入定寺 Mantokuzan Nyujo-Ji.
The temple 入定寺 Nyujo-Ji was abolished in later times.
In the Edo period, 黒田直純 Kuroda Naozumi became the lord of 留里藩主 the Ruri Domain
and the temple became his clan temple.
After the Meiji Restauration 留里城 the Ruri Castle was abolished.
The treasures of the temple were relocated.
In 1952 there was a landslide and the main hall and most other buildings were lost.
But the statue of Dainichi Nyorai was perserved.
In 1986, a new main hall was built for the statue.

In the Yakushido 薬師堂 Hall for Yakushi Nyorai there are also statues of
日光菩薩 Nikko Bosatsu, 月光菩薩 Gekko Bosatsu, 十二神将 the 12 Heavenly Generals and
yakuyoke Kobo Daishi 厄除け弘法大師 Kobo Daishi to ward off evil.
Other buildings in the compound
観音堂 a Hall for Kannon Bosatsu, 、寿老神御堂 a Hall for Jurojin,
地蔵堂 a Hall for Jizo Bosatsu and 仁王門 the Nio-Mon gate.

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

１月１日 修正会 初護摩厳修
１月３日 新春祈祷会 新年の護摩供御札をお配り
２月３日頃 節分会・星祭り 豆まきで厄除招福
２月１５日 常楽会 涅槃図をかけて釈尊を偲びます
３月２１日 正御影供 八十八カ所お砂踏み霊場を設置 Sunafumi
４月８日 釈尊降誕会（花祭り） 甘茶を誕生仏に潅ぎます
８月１６日 大施餓鬼会 お盆、近隣寺院から僧を招いての大法要
８月２４日 地蔵盆 夏の宵、参道に灯りをともして精霊供養 Jizo Bon
９月中旬 秋彼岸・萩まつり 萩の花咲く頃、彼岸供養とバザー等の催し
11月下旬 上総第三教区成道会 教区寺院合同の行事です
12月31日 除夜の鐘 鐘を撞いて年を越します
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Also on the following pilgrimagez :

. Kanto Henro Pilgrimage 関東八十八ヶ所霊場 . Nr. 55
. Kazusa Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 . - Nr. 13
. New Kazusa 33 Kannon 新上総國三十三観音霊場 / 新上総国三十三観音 New Kazusa 33 Kannon . - Nr. 08
上総の七福神霊場　Kazusa Seven Gods of Good Luck - 寿老神 Juronin
東国花の寺　百ケ寺　千葉 100 Templew with Flowers in the Eastern Provinces - Nr. 8

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- source : tesshow - kazsa_yakshi .
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This temple is Nr. 13 of the pilgrimage
. Kazusa 35 Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 .

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Enzoji Yakushi Toyoda

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Enzooji 円蔵寺 / 圓藏寺 Enzo-Ji, Toyoda
愛宕山 Atagozan 円蔵寺 Enzoji

君津市豊田2676 / Kimitsu city, Toyoda Kyunonaka

The main statue is Me Yakushi Nyorai　眼薬師如来 Yakushi to heal your eyes.

A stone marker on the way.

吉浜地蔵 Yoshihama Jizo

This statue was erected by 吉浜増太郎 Yoshihama Yasutaro
to save the local people.
Jizo holds his hand up toward the visitor to heal him.

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This temple is Nr. 29 of the pilgrimage
. Kazusa 35 Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 .

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Enkyoji Yakushi Futtsu

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Enkyooji 圓鏡寺 / 円鏡寺 Enkyo-Ji, Futtsu
医王山 Iozan, 圓鏡寺 Enkyoji

千葉県富津市八幡358 / Chiba, Futtsu city, Hachiman

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

- Chant of the temple
みほとけの なかにすぐれし だいにちの ひかりにもるる ものとてはなし

It is a sub-temple of the nearby 像法寺 Zoho-Ji.
When 源頼朝 Yoritomo ni Minamoto was on the move to the North from 仁衛門島 Niemon Island
he stopped here to pray for victory "心願成就のあかつきには御本尊の修復を致す".
When Yoritomo started the Kamakura Government,
he ordered a statue of Dainichi Nyorai for the Temple.
The statue is kept in the temple to our day.
To its left is a statue of 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.
This Amida statue came from 鶴峯八幡神社 Tsurumine Hachiman Shrine.
In the compound are 観音堂 halls for Kannon and 薬師堂 Yakushi.
All the Samurai passing here had to dismount their horses and walk past.
People come here to pray for healing of eye diseases.
On the 7th day of every month people come here for special prayer rituals.

. Minamoto no Yoritomo 源 頼朝 (1147 – 1199) . Nr. 50

The Fudo Myo-O Statue

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. Kanto Henro Pilgrimage 関東八十八ヶ所霊場 . Nr. 50

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This temple is Nr. 01 of the pilgrimage
. Kazusa 35 Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 .

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Enjoin Fudo Honmachi

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Enjooin 圓乗院 / 円乗院 Enjo-In, Honmachi
安養山 Anyozan 円乗院 Enjo-In 西念寺 Sainen-Ji

さいたま市中央区本町西1-13-10 / Saitama city, Chuo ward, Honmachi Nishi

The Fudo Myo-O statue is one of the 五大明王 Five Great Myo-O statues.
They were made abound 1280.
. Godai Myo-O 五大明王 Five Great Myo-O .
The 不動堂 Hall for Fudo Myo-O is to the right of the main Temple building.

The temple was founded around 1195 by 畠山重忠 Hatakeyama Shigetada
in 道場村 Dojo village (now Sakura ward, Dojo).
Around 1600 it was relocated to its present place.
In the Edo period it was allocated a lot of land.
The temple has a lot of letters by 弘法大師 Priest Kobo Daishi in its posession.

In the compound are the following buildings :
弥陀堂 Hall for Amida Nyorai.
百観音堂 Hall with 100 Kannon statues.
十三佛堂 Hall with 13 Buddhas.
山王社 Shrine for the Deity Sanno.
天神社 Shrine for the Deity Tenjin.
三峰社 Mitsumine Shrine.

In the compound are 石塔型の六地蔵 six large statues of Jizo Bosatsu.

Below them are the names of 23 donors from 1672.

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This Temple is Nr. 62 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

場 . Kita Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 Pilgrimage .
01 安養山円乗院 Enjo-In

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Enpukuji Kannon Kameyama

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Enpukuji 円福寺 Enpuku-Ji, Kameyama
日照山 Nisshozan 圓福寺 Enpuku-Ji (Jūzan-ji)

亀山市住山町660 / Kameyama city, Sumiyama town

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
As deep as Buddha’s mercy the mountain stream of Jūzan-ji
welcomes you when coming from afar.
はるばると住山寺へ分け入れば仏の恵み深き谷川

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Nisshozan Jūzan-ji is located around 2 ri distance north from Kameyama.
It stands inside the village of Juzan.
The main statue is a Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon).
According to the legend the temple was built at the beginning of the 9th Century.
The main statue of Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) was carved in the times of Emperor Saga (786-842)
by a famous monk 行基 Gyōki (668-749), who traveled around Japan to preach to commoners.
The Meditation Hall and a complete seven-structured temple compound construction followed.
The temple was given the name Jūzan-ji. In 1578 the temple was turned into ash by the forces of Oda Nobunaga,
later regarded as the first “Great Unifier” of Japan.
Fortunately the main statue was saved and moved to a small hall in the north-east part of the village.
Because it went under protection of Shingon sect, the temple was not officially closed.
In 1676 the Lord of Kameyama Castle 板倉重常 Itakura Shigetsune (1643-1688)
invited Hakudo 柏堂禅師 a Chinese Zen monk Hakudō to help revive the temple and rebuilt Jūzan-ji in its former grounds.
It became a branch temple of Ōbakusan Manpuku-ji – the head temple of Ōbaku sect of Zen Buddhism located in Uji,
and changed its name to Nisshōzan Enpuku-ji.
In 1678 a new main statue depicting 聖観音 Shō Kannon (Sacred Kannon) was made and a year later in 1679,
together with Jūichimen Kannon the old main statue of Jūzan-ji temple, it was enshrined in a newly erected Kannon Hall.
The Visitors Hall and abbot’s living quarters were donated by
坂上慰右衛門 Sakanoue Iemon from Yamamoto village of Sesshū province.
The old temple’s terrain was organized, a new road leading to the temple was built
and the Main Gate was constructed.
A pond with artificial islands was built within temple’s grounds.
In 1701 a complete seven-structured temple compound in Zen style was finished.
In 1691 a compilation of basic Zen Buddhism texts edited by Tetsugen was offered
by a monk Ryōō from Toeizan Mountain in Musashi province and placed in a newly built Sutra Hall.
In 1696 the roof of Kannon Hall, which was covered with wood shingles,
was changed to a roof covered with ceramic tiles.
In 1716 a seriously damaged Kannon Hall was repaired thanks to 北潭 Hokutan,
a disciple of the 2nd abbot of the temple, who bought 30 pine trees for a total price of 100 ryo.
In that year the temple’s name was reverted to Jūzan-ji, once again to be changed to Enpuku-ji some time later.
During the Edo period (1603-1868) the temple was protected and sustained by 亀山城主 the Lords of Kameyama Castle.
In 1679 the temple received a donation of land worth 5 koku (0.75t) of rice,
34.7ha (85.7ac) of mountains and forests and 1.8t of rice from Lord Itakura Shigetsune.
At the beginning of Meiji period (1868-1912) all high ranked monks left the temple and moved to Manpuku-ji in Uji.
The temple was abandoned until 1899, when an abbot of Shinkō-in, a sub-temple of Manpuku-ji,
moved to Kameyama, became a new abbot of Enpuku-ji and revived the temple once again.

Enpuku-ji changed drastically once again in the end of the 20th Century.
As Ise Shimbun newspaper from 21st of August 1995 states:
On the 20th of August at 0:35 in the night a fire started from the Main Hall.
The 80m2 (861.1ft2) wooden building with a roof covered in tiles burned to the ground.
Kobutsu Hall which was 20m2 (215.27ft2) and stood on the north east side of the Main Hall
and enshrines the old Buddhist statue and other Buddhist utensils was also partially destroyed.
Almost 800m2 (956yd2) of the forest growing at the mountain behind the Main Hall was also turned into ash.
The fire died out after burning for around 1.5 hour. (abbrev.)
The main statue of sitting Shō Kannon (wooden, 60cm, 23.6in),
statue of Buddha Shakyamuni (previously worshiped in the Sutra Hall),
statue of the founder of Enpuku-ji monk Hakudō as well as many other statues
that were worshiped since the hall was rebuilt were all lost in the fire.
Currently a temporary hall has been built at the site of the Main Hall.
It enshrines the old main statue of Jūichimen Kannon, which miraculously survived the fire untouched.
The temple is planning to rebuild the lost Main Hall.
- source : isekannon.jp/otera

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This temple is Nr. 21 of the pilgrimage
. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .

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Entsuji Tokushoji Fudo Bijogi

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Entsuuji 圓通寺 / 円通寺 Entsuji-Ji, Bijogi
Now 三寶山 / 三宝山自性院徳祥寺 Sanpozan, Jisho-In, Tokusho-Ji

埼玉県戸田市美女木7-4-1 / Saitama, Toda city, Bijogi

The main statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Sho Kannon Bosatsu.
In the hall is also a statue of 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O and 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi.

The temple 徳祥寺 was founded around 1660 by 定徳僧都 Priest Jotoku
on request of 後西天皇 Emperor Gosai Tenno （1655 - 1663）.
The Temple is located in 三宝谷 Sanpo Vally, hence the name.

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ema 絵馬 votive tablet
In 1981, it was declared a 有形民俗文化財 Tangible Folk Cultural Property.
絵馬は、社寺に祈願のために奉納する絵入りの額のことで、その習慣は古くからありました。 人々に広く普及したのは江戸時代で、時代とともに絵に込める願いも多様化し、様様な図が描かれました。
戸田市内には数多くの絵馬が残されていますが、美女木の徳祥寺に奉納された千手観音供養図絵馬は、
1822年（文政5年）の年号が記され、年号のある絵馬の中では市内で最も古いものです。
この図は、千手観音を囲んで観音経を唱えている様子を描いたもので、講の人たちが記念に奉納したものといわれています。
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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Kita Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 08
. Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Temples 足立坂東三十三ヶ所霊場 . - Nr. 16

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This Temple is Nr. 45 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .
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