Eifuku-Ji Shikoku 57

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Nr. 57 - 府頭山 Futoizan　無量寿院 Muryoju-In 　栄福寺 Eifuku-Ji
愛媛県今治市玉川町八幡甲200 / Imabara

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The Temple of Good Luck
The temple was founded by Kōbō Daishi on the orders of Emperor Saga. The complex started off as a Shrine, but when Kōbō Daishi prayed here for safety at sea and stopped a storm with his prayers, Amida Nyorai appeared to him. Kōbō Daishi then converted it to a temple, carved the honzon of Amida, and enshrined it here.

In 861 Emperor Saga frequently sent Gyōkō (a priest from Daianji in Nara) to Usa in Kyūshū to receive an oracle from the God Hachiman. On one trip, his ship was wrecked in the area of this temple. Since the area around this temple resembles the area around Usa in Kyūshū, he simply climbed up to this temple and received the oracle from Hachiman here. Gyōkō believed that Hachiman was a manifestation of Amida Nyorai. The temple is now often called Katsuoka Hachiman by the locals.

The temple has been destroyed by fire several times and was deserted for almost a century, but has always remained as a favorite location for people offering prayers for safety at sea, as is Konpira Shrine in Kagawa Prefecture.

- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com


- Chant of the temple
この世には弓矢を守る八幡なり　
来世は人を救う弥陀仏
Kono yo ni wa yumiya o mamoru yahata nari raise wa hito o sukufumida butsu





- Homepage of the temple
- source : 88shikokuhenro.jp


. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

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


. . Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction - .

The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王
. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005


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Koya San in Wakayama

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海
(Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai )

Haiku and Henro:
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. Jizoo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu - Kshitigarbha .
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Eitokuji Shikoku bangai 08

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Eitokuji 永徳寺 Eitoku-Ji

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Nr. Bangai 08 - 正法山 Shobozan 　永徳寺 - 十夜ヶ橋 Toyogabashi
愛媛県大洲市徳森1296（本坊） / 1296 Tokunomori, Ozu, Ehime Prefecture



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Ten Nights Bridge / Temple of Eternal Virtue
Eitokuji is located between Bangai Temple 7 and Temple 44. While the temple's name is officially Eitokuji, the name used by everyone is Tōyogabashi (Ten Nights Bridge) because of the legend associated with the bridge itself.

Legend has it that while in the area during the coldest part of winter, Kōbō Daishi went from house to house knocking on doors and asking for shelter. However, he was refused everywhere and ended up having to sleep under the bridge. He composed the following verse:
"They will not help a traveler in trouble - This one night seems like ten."

The temple was founded by Kōbō Daishi and a reclining image of him is enshrined under the bridge. Since the time it was constructed, the temple has been destroyed numerous times from flooding. Now it is made of concrete and Kōbō Daishi lies under thick futons. Both the Daishi and the temple belong to the nearby Eitokuji.

The statue of the reclining Daishi is popularly called Nojuku Daishi.
- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com

nade Daishi なで大師 Daishi to stroke gently

- Chant of the temple
Yuki no yamu ukiyo no hito wo watasazuba hitoya mo tōya no hashi to omohoyu.
Honzon's mantra: On maitareiya sowaka.


- Wikipedia about the temple
- source : ja.wikipedia.org

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source :　ojisanjake.blogspot.jp


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


. . Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction - .

The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王
. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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Koya San in Wakayama

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海
(Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai )

Haiku and Henro:
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Engaku-Ji Tsugaru Daishi 12

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Engakuji 円覚寺 / 圓覚寺 Engaku-Ji

Nr. 12 春光山 Shunkozan - 円覚寺 Engaku-Ji


. 津軽弘法大師霊場 - Tsugaru Kobo Daishi Reijo
Pilgrimage to 23 Kobo Daishi temples in Tsugaru . 　

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西津軽郡深浦町深浦字浜町２７５ / Hamamachi-275 Fukaura, Fukaura-machi, Nishitsugaru-gun

Founded by Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 in 807.

Engaku Hoin 円覚法印 in 868 came here on his pilgrimage to the Northern Region
and built a small Kannon Hall 観音堂.

The sacred light which priest Engaku started in the the temple has been kept alive for more than 1000 years to our very day.

The main statue is 十一面観世音菩薩 11-headed Kannon Bosatsu
better known as 澗口観音 Maguchi Kannon

その後、嘉応年間になり鎮守府将軍・藤原基衝公、永正年間には葛西木庭袋伊予守頼清公の庇護（ひご）を受け、藩政時代になってからは津軽家の祈祷所に選ばれ、歴代藩主の手厚いひ護のもと、北前船貿易の華やかな江戸中期から明治中期にかけ、大阪をはじめ日本海の港からの船の出入りが多く、信心深い船主や船頭たちが海路の無事を祈って数多くの絵馬を奉納し、澗口観音と呼びならわされた。

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Engaku-ji temple dates back to the 9th century. The great conqueror, Sakanoue No Tamuramaro, built a temple dedicated to the Kannon (the Buddhist God of Mercy) and put the eleven-faced Kannon into the temple at this place in 807. The eleven-faced Kannon was supposedly made by Shotoku Taishi (who was the greatest prince in Japan in the early 7th century).
After that, a Buddhist priest named Engaku Hoin came here from Nara and rebuilt the temple in 868.
Engaku-ji temple was founded at that time.
- source : www.engakuji.jp/about

- Chant of the temple
沖つ風　吹くや深浦　円覚寺　迷いも晴るる　春の光に
天聳る　杉の梢の　ともり光明よ　沖行く海士の　いのち救うて


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During the Edo period, sailors on the Northern-bound trade ships (Kitamaebune 北前舟) came here to pray for safety on sea.



- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : www.engakuji.jp


- Member of other pilgrimages in the region

津軽三十三ヶ所観音霊場 Tsugaru 33 Kannon Temples

北国八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Pilgrim Temples in Hokkoku.


. Kitamaebune 北前船 North-bound trade ships .
“Kitame-bune” “Kitamae-bune”
Matsumaebune 松前船 Matsumae trade ships to Hokkaido


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- - - - - Yearly Festivals 年中行事

1月1日　新年祈祷会
1月11日　船玉供
旧暦1月11日　船玉供
旧暦4月8日　灌仏会（花祭り）
7月16日　夏季例大祭前夜祭・柴燈護摩
7月17日　夏季例大祭本祭・大般若六百巻転読法要
8月24日　地蔵盆
9月15日　見入山大祭
12月17日　納め観音・産土講裸参り

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Maguchi Mochi澗口観音もち　Mochi rice cakes from Maguchi Kannon



made with local komekooji miso paste 米こうじ味噌 by hand at the store 小浜屋 in Fukaura.

These mochi were eaten by the sailors of the Kitamaebune on their trip to and from the North.

- more specialities from Fukaura Town 深浦町 :
- source : www.town.fukaura.lg.jp

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. 津軽弘法大師霊場 - Tsugaru Kobo Daishi Reijo
Pilgrimage to 23 Kobo Daishi temples in Tsugaru . 　

. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction . 　

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

. Narita Fudo 成田不動尊 .
Temple Shinshooji 新勝寺 Shinsho-Ji

. Fudo Myo-O at Mount Koyasan 高野山の明王像 .

. Tsugaru Shichifukujin　津軽七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck .

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. Sakanoue no Tamuramaro 坂上田村麻呂 .
(758 - 811)

. 東北三十六不動尊霊場　- 36 Fudo Temples in Tohoku . 　


. Pilgrimage to 18 Shingon Temples .
The 18 Head Temples of Shingon School have a very long history.

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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and talismans from Japan .　

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .

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. Japan - after the BIG earthquake .
March 11, 2011, 14:46

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Enmyo-Ji Henro 53

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Enmyooji 円明寺 Enmyo-Ji

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Nr. 53 - 須賀山 Sugasan 正智院 Shochi-In　円明寺 Enmyo-Ji
所在地：愛媛県松山市和気町1-182

- Chant of the temple
来迎の弥陀の光の圓明寺 　
照りそふ影は夜な夜なの月


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The temple was originally founded by Gyōgi.
The honzon is also attributed to him. It was originally called Sugazan Shōchiin Emmyōji, a name given by Prince Kakujin of the Omuro Ninnaji Temple in Kyōto. At one time this was a monastic community of seven shrines but these burned down in the wars of the 16th century. It was later rebuilt by the feudal lord Shigehisa Suga.

The temple houses an interesting statue of the Virgin Mary disguised as Mariya Kannon, which was worshipped by secret Christians during the persecutions of Christians during the Tokugawa Period.

As an aside, Matsuyama was the feudal castle town of the daimyō Hisamatsu. The castle can still be seen on Matsuyama (Pine Mountain).
- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com


. 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu .
(668-749 AD) Gyōki

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

. - Photo Album from my visit - .


. . Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction - .

The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王
. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005


. 四国お遍路さん Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information

Koya San in Wakayama

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海
(Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai )

Haiku and Henro:
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Enmei-Ji Shikoku 54

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Enmeiji 延命寺　Enmei-ji

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Nr. 54 - 近見山 Chikamizan 宝鐘院　Hosho-In 延命寺 Enmei-Ji
(ちかみざん　ほうしょういん　えんめいじ)
愛媛県今治市阿方甲636

- Chant of the temple
くもりなき鏡の縁とながむれば 　
残さず影をうつすものかな


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More photos from my visit in 2007.
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source :　Bradford Pomeroy - facebook

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


. . Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Introduction . 　 .

The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王
. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005


. 四国お遍路さん Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information

Koya San in Wakayama

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海
(Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai )

Haiku and Henro:
.... . The Haiku Henro Pilgrimage  

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Enkyo-Ji

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Enkyooji 円鏡寺 Enkyo-Ji

Kitagata-cho, Gifu Prefecture - 岐阜県本巣郡北方町北方1345-1



The Mino Thirty-three Kannon (美濃三十三観音, Mino Sanjūsan Kannon) are a collection of Buddhist temples in southern Gifu Prefecture, Japan. The name is derived from Mino Province, the former name for the area.
The list was originally created during the mid-Edo period.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !

Enkyo-Ji is Nr. 19.

More information about
. Enkyooji 円鏡時 / 圓鏡寺 Enkyo-Ji - Kitagata .
池鏡山 Chikyozan 円鏡時 Enkyoji
本巣郡北方町北方1345-1 / Motosu, Kitagata town, Kitagata


. Fudo Myo-O / Acala Vidyârâja 不動明王 .



Carved by Kukai himself.

Founded in 811 by Kobo Daishi Kukai on behalf of Emperor Saga Tenno.
With a statue of Fudo Myo-O in the hall dedicated to Kukai.


The famous Kannon statue 正観音立像
- source : www8.ocn.ne.jp/~enkyouji


The famous old tree 夫婦和合のモチ
mochi no ki - of the Aquifoliaceae (plant family); holly
- source : www8.ocn.ne.jp/~enkyouji


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Engyo-Ji Mount Shosha

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Engyooji 圓教寺 / 円教寺 Engyo-Ji and Shoshazan 書写山 Mount Shosha

兵庫県姫路市書写２９６８, Hyogo, Himeji
Kansai Kannon Pilgrimage No.27.

Saikoku (Saigoku) Sanjūsan Kannon Reijō - 西国三十三観音霊場
- source : Mark Schumacher



source :　www.city.himeji.lg.jp
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While seeking a new spiritual place, Shoku 性空上人, a holy Buddhist priest, founded the Engyoji Temple on Mt. Shosha in the early Heian Period (10th century). This temple is one of the three most important training centers of the Tendai sect, and is called the Mt. Hiei of The West.

Kannon Statue

From the ropeway terminal you can walk up the pathway while flanked by Kannon statues of 33 pilgrimage sites. The clear and solemn atmosphere is physically and spiritually refreshing.

Juryoin 寿量院
Juryoin has the highest rank among the sub-temples, and records show the former Emperor Goshirakawa visited there. Its outer appearance is built in the traditional Shinnden style, but the inside was designed in the Shoin style. You can enjoy a “Shojin Dinner” with Shosha lacquer ware by appointment.

Maniden 摩尼殿
The magnificient structure of Maniden, standing halfway up the rocky cliff, reminds visitors of the Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto.

- Mitsunodo - Mitsu no Do (Three Halls) 三つの堂 :
Daikodo 大講堂
Jikido 食堂
Jogyodo 常行堂

Honda Family Graves 本多家の廟所

Kaizando 開山堂

Shoku, founder of Engyoji Temple, is worshiped at “Kaizando”. Formally there were Sumo wrestlers, carved by Jingoro Hidari, sustaining the roof at the four corners. But it is said that the wrestler at the northwest corner ran away, incapable of sustaining the weight of the roof.

Gohoodoo 護法堂 Goho-Do

These two buildings, Gohodou, with thatched roofs made of cypress bark, are dedicated to two deities,
Ototen 乙天 and Wakaten 若天.
They served Shoku as guards and guides.

source - more photos :　www3.ssj.gr.jp/himeji/sosa-es

The Benkei Study is facing Gohodo. It is said that Benkei had studied and trained at Mt. Shosha in his youth, and many legends and related objects remain.

Art and Craft Museum 美術工芸館
After spending a relaxing and calm time on Mt. Shosha, you are welcome at the “Shosha-no-sato Art and Craft Center” at the foot of the mountain. You will find artwork done by Kosho Shimizu who was born in Himeji and became the chief priest at the Todaiji Temple in Nara. You can observe or participate in making traditional Himeji crafts such as Himeji Hariko, Himeji goma, leather products and Himeyama dolls.
- source : sansenya.com/shosha.html



. Musashibo Benkei 武蔵坊弁慶 .

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Ototen　乙天 Bishamonten - Wakaten　若天 Fudo Myo-O


- source : hsuishin.exblog.jp

During the setsubun ritual.

The red oni. red-ogre is Wakaten, Fudo Myo-O.
The green oni, green-ogre is Ototen, Bishamonten.


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Oni no Hashi 鬼の箸 "Demon Chopsticks"



Distributing the Oni no Hashi 鬼の箸 "Demon Chopsticks"



【箸は箸として使うべし】　hashi wa hashi to shite tsukau beshi !



If you break them apart and cut them sharp to use as chopsticks, you will be healthy and your teeth be strong.
- source : hsuishin.exblog.jp


. Chopsticks (hashi, ohashi, o-hashi　お箸） .




Regional sake rice wine : Ototen and Wakaten 播州姫路の地酒「若天 / 乙天」
from Banshu / Harima　播磨


. Fudo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O .

. Bishamon-Ten . 毘沙門天 .


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source more photos :　www.tokotabi.net/domestic


HP of the temple
- source : www.shosha.or.jp
annual festivals and rituals - LIST


sakura cherry blossom amulet made from boxwood



shojin ryori at Juryooin 塔頭 壽量院
“Shojin Dinner” with Shosha lacquer ware



source :　www.voluntary.jp/weblog

Shosha laquer ware - 書写山圓教寺に残された漆器文化「幻の書写塗」Shosha nuri - Urushi


. urushi 塗 Japanese laquer ware - introduction .


Shoshazan Engyō-ji (書寫山圓教寺)
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書写山の僧によそはれ松茸飯
shoshazan no soo no yosoware matsutakemeshi

offered by the priest
from mount Shoshazan
this pine mushroom rice

Oomae Sachiko 大前幸子 Omae Sachiko

. WKD : matsutake meshi, 松茸飯.
speciality from Hyogo prefecture

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書写山に来て金芒銀芒
shoshazan ni kite kin susuki gin susuki

to Mount Shoshazan
I come (and see) golden susuki grass
silver susuki grass

Yamada Someki 山田木染




source :　imoimochan1911


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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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. Eden -Shangri-La .

. Edo - 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo .

. Eingakyoo 絵因果経 E-Inga-Kyo - Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect .
- - - - - 上品蓮台寺 Jobon Rendai-Ji

. Enkoo-Ki 円光忌 "Memorial Day of Saint Honen" .
for 法然上人 Saint Honen Shonin

. Enkuu 円空 Master Carver Enku . - ［1632? - 1695］

. Enma, 閻魔 Emma, the King of Hell - Yama or Yama-raja. .
- - - - - Enma ten 閻魔天、, Enma Oo 閻魔王
Enma mairi 閻魔参 (えんままいり) , Enma Moode 閻魔詣 (えんまもうで）visiting an Enma temple
- - - - - Enmadoo dainenbutsu 閻魔堂大念仏 (えんまどうだいねんぶつ)
Nembustu Amida prayer at the temple hall Enmado　
Enmadoo kyoogen 閻魔堂狂言（えんまどうきょうげん, senbon dainenbutsu 千本大念仏

. Enmadoo 閻魔堂 Emma-Do, Emma Halls in Edo .
- - - - - Fukagawa "深川ゑんま堂" Fukagawa Emma-Do .
- 華徳院 Ketoku-In - Suginami // - 太宗寺 Taiso-Ji - Shinjuku // - 善養寺 Zenyo-Ji - Toshima

. Ennin 仁円, Jikaku Daishi Ennin 慈覚大師仁円 (793-864) and the Nenbutsu Chanting .



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