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Jingoji　神護寺 Jingo-Ji, Kyoto 

. Pilgrimage to 49 Temples of Yakushi Nyorai in Western Japan
西国四十九薬師巡礼 .
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Nr. 44 Takaosan 高雄山 神護寺 Jingo-Ji 京都市右京区

One of the three great temples in Sanbi, 三尾 in Kyoto, famous for their autumn colors.

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Founded in the 8th century, this Shingon temple is located at Takao, northwest of Kyoto. Kukai, founder of the Shingon sect, came here in 809 and stayed for 14 years.



After the temple burnt down the monk Mongaku persuaded Retired Emperor Go-Shirakawa and shogun Minamoto Yoritomo to rebuild it, the work being completed in 1184. However most of the temple buildings were destroyed again in the Onin War. Only the Daishido survived the war and several of the current buildings date from 1623.


Stone sculpture of Fudo Myo-o at Jingoji Temple.
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京都市右京区梅ヶ畑高雄町５番地 / 5 Takao-chō, Ume-ga-hata, Ukyō-ku Kyoto


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Jingo-ji Temple is nestled in the mountainous area to the northwest of Kyoto city. The area is particularly known for autumn colored leaves and is called the Sanbi area consisting of three regions: Takao, Makio and Togano-o.
Jingo-ji Temple is located on the slope of Mount Takao. Crossing Takao Bridge above the Kiyotaki River 清滝川 and steeply ascending through the tunnel of crimson leaves. There, an incredibly beautiful Japanese temple welcomes one.
The official name of this temple is “Jingo Kokuso Shingon-ji” and it derives from two temples. One is Shingan-ji Temple and the other is Takaosan-ji Temple, both of which merged in 824. This is the place where Kukai (or Kobo Daishi) founded the base of his Shingon esoteric Buddhism and is regarded as one of the three most important esoteric Buddhist temples along with To-ji Temple and Kongobu-ji Temple.
It has experienced devastation many times in the long history but was successfully restored each time. A number of valuable temple treasures are preserved up to today, including the statue of Yakushi Nyorai (National Treasure) and other articles from the Heian and Kamakura periods. Another popular point about this temple is the Throwing Roof Tile. From the garden in Jizo-in Temple, people throw a roof tile over the cliff side as far as possible, an action that is believed to ward off misfortunes.
- source : eng.trip.kyoto.jp


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薬師如来立像

Yakushi Nyorai in the 金堂 Kondo Hall.

鎌倉時代の末に編纂された『神護寺略記』に引用されている『弘仁資財帳』に「薬師仏像一躯　脇士菩薩像二躯」とあるのがこの三尊に当たると思われる。
資財帳とは、定額寺で作ることを義務付けられていたもので、弘仁年間の資財帳とは当時定額寺であった神願寺のものであり、この像が神願寺から高雄山寺に移されたと考えられてきた。

近年、
この本尊を高雄山寺に由来するとする説が出され、その結論はまだ定まっていない。
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- Homepage of the temple Yuiseki Honzan 遺迹本山
- source : jingoji.or.jp

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一月一日 新年法要 金堂
二日 初大護摩供 明王堂
八日 本尊供 金堂
二十一日 御影供 大師堂
二月十五日 涅槃会 金堂
三月二十一日 彼岸会 金堂
四月八日 仏生会 金堂
五月一日～五日 寺宝虫払行事 書院
四日 和気公祭典 霊廟
十三日～十五日 五大虚空蔵菩薩像御開帳 多宝塔
六月十五日 降誕会 大師堂
七月二十一日 文覚上人忌 墓前
八月十五日 孟蘭盆会 金堂
九月十八日 性仁親王忌 墓前
二十三日 彼岸会 金堂
十月（第二月・祝）を含む
三連休 五大虚空蔵菩薩像御開帳 多宝塔
十一月一日～七日 板彫弘法大師御開帳 大師堂
四日 和気公祭典 金堂

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


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神護寺の紅葉明りに一凡夫
Jingoji no momiji akari ni hito bonpu

among the bright lights
of autumn foilage at Jingo-Ji
one normal man


神護寺のここで一服紅葉茶屋
Jingoji no koko de ippuku momiji chaya

at Jingo-Ji
just right for a break
the tea stall in autumn foilage

Takazawa Ryooichi 高澤良一 Takazawa Ryoichi



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- - - - - There are other temples with the name 神護寺 JingoJi in Japan.

Kumamoto, Aso Town 熊本県 阿蘇市

One of the priests of the temple Jingo-Ji, where women were forbidden to come, got involved with a girl named オカメ O-Kame from nearby and spent almost every night with her.
The other monks punished the two by digging a hole in the ground, put the two of them inside and rolled a large boulder atop of this living grave.
From this time on in the villags around the home of O-Kame whenever a girl was born it would not grow up to become a woman. The villgers became afraid and asked the monks to pray to forgive O-Kame, whom they now called お上神様 O-Kame Kamisama.
They made a wooden statue clad with paper robes.
Whenever some difficult would happen in the village, the statue would shed off half of the paper robes as a warning of it.

reference yokai database

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and priest priest Myoe 明恵上人 (1173 - 1232)

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


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Jizo Pilgrims Introduction

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Pilgrimages to Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - 地蔵霊場 Jizo Reijo

. - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 Jizō - Introduction - .

. Roku Jizō, Roku Jizoo 六地蔵 Roku Jizo, Six Jizo Statues .
Jizō vowed to assist human beings in each of the Six Realms of Rebirth.


The 24th day of each month is considered the Special Day for Jizo, 縁日 ennichi.

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................................................... Aichi 愛知県 ..................................................

知多半島くるま六地蔵 Chita Hanto 6 Jizo

岡崎三十六地蔵 Okazaki 36 Jizo

尾張六地蔵 Owari Roku Jizo



................................................... Chiba 千葉県 ..................................................

安房白寿六地蔵 Boso Hakuju Roku Jizo

第1番 高倉山　真野寺
第2番 尾浦山　海福寺
第3番 藤林山　藤栄寺
第4番 慈眼山　耀沢寺
第5番 太子山　長福寺
第6番 長安山　東光院　石堂寺


................................................... Ehime 愛媛県 ..................................................

伊予六地蔵 Iyo Roku Jizo


................................................... Fukuoka 福岡県 ..................................................

筑前六地蔵 Chikuzen Roku Jizo

北九州六地蔵 Kita Kyushi Roku Jizo


................................................... Fukushima 福島県 ..................................................

会津二十一地蔵

................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県 ..................................................

神戸六地蔵 Kobe Roku Jizo


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

鎌倉二十四地蔵 Kamakura 24 Jizo

Records show that the Kamakura Jizō Pilgrimage of 24 sites has existed since 1725. With the decline of Buddhism, however, the pilgrimage gradually became obsolete, especially after the Meiji Imperial Restoration of 1868. After Shintō was designated as the state religion, many of the Buddha statues were thrown away, destroyed or just disappeared.
In 1901, Jizō worshippers checked how many Jizō statues were extant and confirmed there were 24. To promote worship for Jizō, Buddhist groups reinstated this pilgrimage in the same year. Most of them are located in the city of Kamakura, but a few will be found at the outskirts of the city.
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................................................... Kyoto 京都府 ..................................................

京都六地蔵 Kyoto Roku Jizo
since 1157

第1番 法雲山　浄妙院　大善寺
第2番 恵光山　浄禅寺
第3番 久遠山　地蔵寺
第4番 常盤山　源光寺
第5番 千松山　遍照院　上善寺
第6番 柳谷山　徳林庵

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洛陽二十四地蔵 Rakuyo 24 Jizo



................................................... Kyushu 九州 ..................................................

in 福岡県 Fukuoa,, 佐賀県 Saga and 長崎県 Nagasaki
九州二十四地蔵 Kyushu 26 Jizo


in 長崎県・佐賀県
西海六地蔵 Saikai Roku Jizo



................................................... Mie 三重県 ..................................................

東海近畿三十五地蔵 Tokai Kinki 35 Jizo


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

大和地蔵十福 Yamato 10 auspicious Jizo


................................................... Shimane 島根県 ..................................................

古江六地蔵 Furue Roku Jizo
since 1983, all located in 松江市 Matsue

第1番 華巌山　道栄寺
第2番 瑞應山　金剛寺
第3番 延林山　成相寺
第4番 来慶山　実西寺
第5番 起雲山　瑞龍院
第6番 金亀山　満願寺


................................................... Tokyo 東京都 ..................................................

. 江戸六地蔵 Edo Roku Jizo .

Temples on the six exit roads out of Edo, to pray for safety on the road.
Erected by priest 地蔵坊正元 Jizobo Shogen.



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江戸東方四十八地蔵 Edo 48 Jizo in Eastern Edo
mentioned in the Tokyo Saijiki, but now almost forgotten

江戸山の手二十八地蔵 Edo Yamanote 24 Jizo

東都六地蔵 Tokyo Roku Jizo

玉川六地蔵 Tamagawa Roku Jizo

. Pilgrimages in Edo - Tokyo .


................................................... Wakayama 和歌山県 ..................................................

東海近畿三十五地蔵 Tokai Kinik 35 Jizo


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jigoku-e paintings of hell

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jigokue, jigoku-e 地獄絵 paintings of hell


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. Juu Oo 十王, Juo, Ju-O - 10 Ten Kings of Hell .
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. Kawanabe Kyōsai 河鍋暁斎 Kawanabe Kyosai Hell Paintings .

. Jigokudani　地獄谷 ”Hell Valley" - Jigoku no Tani 地獄の谷 .
At Hell Valley on Mount Tate in Etchû Province,
Nikushi Dôjin Demonstrates a Battle of Frogs and Teaches Magic to the Two Comrades Yoshikado and Iga Ju
Etchû Tateyama no Jigokudani ni Nikushi Dôjin kawazu kassen no ki o arawashi Yoshikado Iga Ju no ryôyû
「越中立山の地獄谷に肉芝道人蛙合戦の奇をあらはし良門伊賀寿の両雄に妖術を授く」
by Yoshitora 芳虎画


. Ninnaji 仁和寺 Ninna-Ji, Kyoto - Hell paintings .


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Masuda Family Hell Scroll
Gaki Zoshi (Stories of Hungry Ghosts) Tokyo National eMuseum
Hell Scroll (Tokyo National eMuseum)
Hungry Ghosts Scroll (Tokyo National eMuseum)
Scroll of the Hungry Ghosts (Kyoto National Museum)
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Depicting the horrors of hell through art
is a tradition in Buddhism that goes back at least 1,000 years in Japan. By depicting the suffering in store for sinners, the artworks were supposed to scare people onto the straight and narrow.
But if that’s what this late 19th century scroll was for, it might have had the opposite effect. We’ve never seen such a cute hellscape!



This particular scroll is part of Waseda University’s collection and is a copy by an artist called Kanshou of an unknown earlier hell scroll. His style is simple and kind of spindly, making the humans and devils look cartoonish. The combination that doodling style and the sometimes nonsensical situations makes for a very cute package, in our opinion.
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Having beans thrown at you, being glared at while sitting in a flower - - what horror!
So, Hell.
It’s supposed to be a scary, not-so-cool place, right? All that fire and torture and eternal suffering are supposed to be the ultimate punishment for not acting like a good person during your life. Makes sense that it would be depicted as a pretty miserable place in artwork then, right?

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Original Source: Waseda University Library via CuRAZY

kanshoo jigoku emaki 観象（かんしょう）「地獄絵巻」Kansho
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Jigoku Soshi 地獄草子 Hell Scroll


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地獄草紙 東博本 雨炎火石

地獄を描いた12世紀の絵巻物。地獄草紙と呼ばれる絵巻物は、東京国立博物館本（国宝）、奈良国立博物館本（国宝）、旧益田家本甲巻、旧益田家本乙巻の4巻があった。このうち旧益田家本乙巻は、現在では、地獄を描いたものではないとされ、「辟邪絵」（へきじゃえ）と呼ばれるようになっている。
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This scroll consists of seven painted scenes, six of which are accompanied by text. The scenes were based on descriptions of the sixteen lesser hells given in Kisekyô (literally, "Sutra of the World Arising"), which was translated into Chinese by Jnanagupta (d. 600). According to the sutra, around the eight greater hells lie sixteen lesser hells - the hells of "The Black Sand Cloud," "Excrement," "The Five Prongs," "Starvation," "Searing Thirst," "Pus and Blood," "The Single Bronze Cauldron," "Many Bronze Cauldrons," "The Iron Mortar," "Measures," "The Flaming Cock," "The River of Ashes," "The Grinder," "Sword Leaves," "Foxes and Wolves," and "Freezing Ice."
Today, these scenes are ordered such that the second, tenth, ninth, eleventh, first, sixth, and fifteenth hells appear in succession. A scroll fragment of the "Hell of the Single Bronze Cauldron" in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston is thought to have originally been part of the Nara set.
Each section of the text begins with the phrase, "There is yet another hell,"
to which is added a description based on Kisekyô, in which the cause for the sinners' fall into a particular hell is recorded. According to one view, however, the seventh scene, rather than depicting the "Hell of Foxes and Wolves" (J. Korô jigoku) described in Kisekyô, represents the "Hell of Wolves and Foxes" (J. Rô yakan nairi) that appears in Dairôtankyô ("Great Sutra of the World Arising").
The paintings are executed with supple lines embellished with a variety of dark, rich colors. They have a somewhat oppressive air and yet at the same time suggest a sense of transcendental peacefulness. The style of the "Hell of the Iron Mortar" recalls the frontispiece of the Chûson-ji Temple sutras, while that of the "Hell of the Flaming Cock" shows the influence of Chinese paintings of the Song dynasty (960-1279). This handscroll has the most delicate expression of all the extant "Illustrated Scrolls of the Six Paths of Rebirth" (J. rokudô emaki), a category that includes other Hell Scrolls, the Scrolls of the Hells for Buddhist Novices (J. Shamon jigoku zôshi), the Hungry Ghosts Scroll (J. Gaki zôshi), Extermination of Evil (J. Hekijae), and the Scroll of Diseases and Deformities (J. Yamai no sôshi).
It is highly probable that these Illustrated Scrolls of the Six Paths of Rebirth correspond to the "Paintings of the Six Paths" (J. rokudô-e) mentioned in textual sources, which were commissioned by Emperor Goshirakawa (1127-92, r. 1155-58) and stored originally in Rengeô-in Temple (Sanjûsangendô).
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Shamon jigoku zôshi 沙門地獄草紙 Scrolls of the Hells for Buddhist Novices
Shamon Jigoku - a hell for monks


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Monk-in-Hell Scroll (Hell of boiling excrement)
This is the fifth volume of Jigoku Zoshi (picture scroll depicting hell) with seven volumes in total, which had been handed down to the Masudas. The Jigoku Zoshi owned by the former Masudas had long been handed down as a set of Jigoku Zoshi and Hekija-e (a painting that depicts a scene of evil being punished and exterminated) (National treasure; owned by the Nara National Museum).
It has been known that the set depicts the Shamon Jigoku (a hell for monks), which is explained in the Batorasetsu Sutra contained in the Butsumyo Sutra comprising 16 volumes and this drawing corresponds to the Fusshi Jigoku in the Shamon Jigoku. The Jigokuhen Gobyobu, a folding screen on which hell was drawn and which was used at the Butsumyo-e Service that had been practiced at Court since the early Heian period, depicts the Shamon Jigoku. Since it is possible that the Hekija Deity (deity that expels evil) was also drawn on this folding screen, some believe that the Jigoku Zoshi of the former Masudas, including this one and Hekija-e originally constituted one picture scroll that was created based on the design of the Jigoku Gobyobu.

While this drawing displays the traditional techniques of Yamato-e in the Heian period as exemplified by the handwriting in the style of Jakuren school in the legend and the careful sketches and shading in character drawing, it also shows characteristics of a transitional period to the Kamakura period, such as the line drawing of Mezurasetsu (servants in hell) represented in the extremely fat or thin bodies. It can be said, therefore, that this was created during the period from the end of the Heian period to the early Kamakura period.
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gaki zôshi, gaki zooshi 餓鬼草子　Gaki Zoshi - Hungry Ghosts Scroll
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hekijae, hekija-e 辟邪絵　Hekija-E - Extermination of Evil, Exorcists Scroll
Hekija 辟邪 deity that expels evil
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yamai no sôshi, yamai no sooshi 病草紙　Yamai no Soshi - Scroll of Diseases and Deformities
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. rokudoo　六道 Rokudo - Six realms of existence .
and gaki 餓鬼 the hungry demons

rokudô emaki, rokudoo emaki 六道絵巻 Rokudo Emaki - Illustrated Scrolls of the Six Paths of Rebirth
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rokudoo e 六道絵 Rokudo-E - Paintings of the Six Paths


. Tengu no dairi emaki 天狗の内裏絵巻 The Tengu Palace .
Minamoto no Yoshitsune visiting Hell with a Tengu guide

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. information of facebook .
naraku ならく / 奈落 hell, hades - sanskrit : naraka, niraya - Naraka

. Juu Oo 十王, Juo, Ju-O - 10 Ten Kings of Hell - Ten Yama Kings .


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Korean painting of hell



Choson period or later. Korea. First quarter of the 20th century.

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Hell paintings on folding screens 地獄絵　襖絵 fusuma-e



（北上市永明寺蔵）Iwate Kitakami
from an exhibition at 北上市和賀町岩崎の鬼の館

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Hell paintings on hanging scrolls　 地獄絵　掛け軸 kakejiku





綾部安国寺の地獄絵 Hell paintings from Ankoku-Ji in Ayabe, Kyoto


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. 8 scrolls from a temple in Nagano .


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jigoku ezu 地獄絵図 Hell Paintings


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冷え性の母に極彩地獄絵図
hieshoo no haha ni gokusai jigoku ezu

for my mother
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this colorful painting of hell

Hasegawa Sogyo (Hasegawa Soogyo) 長谷川双魚 (1897 - 1987)

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地獄絵図たんねんに見る西日来て
吉野義子

地獄絵図右往左往の紙魚の跡
島青櫻

地獄絵図拝して自戒常楽会
名越夜潮

地獄絵図方丈に吊り虫干しす
澤野粂子

地獄絵図赤く輝き冬に入る
細木蓉子

暑さなど何ぞ原爆地獄絵図
古橋成光

立ねぷたいちばん下は地獄絵図
松宮梗子

ソフトクリーム舐めて見てゐる地獄絵図
奥村せいち

十夜果て箱に収むる地獄絵図
北野民夫

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manga hell paintings


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図説 地獄絵の世界 The illustrated world of Hell Paintings
小栗栖 健治





地獄絵を旅する: 残酷・餓鬼・病・死体 Travelling in the world of Hell Paintings
加須屋誠




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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .



. 矢田寺 Temple Yatadera - Yata Jizo Son 矢田地蔵尊 .
Nara Prefecture, Yamato-Koriyama, Yatacho, 3549
... this temple was founded in 679 after Emperor Tenmu fled here during a civil war and prayed for victory.
It is famous for the Jizo statues.

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地獄絵の鬼が溢るる春浅し
jigoku-e no oni ga afururu haru asashi

on the hell scroll
there are so many demons -
spring just beginning
Tr. Gabi Greve

榎本愛子 Enomoto Aiko

. WKD : "thin spring" 春浅し (はるあさし) haru asashi .



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地獄絵に空白はなし安居寺
jigoku e ni kuuhaku wa nashi Ango-Ji (Yassui-Ji)

on the hell painting
not a bit is unpainted -
temple Ango-Ji

松田都青　Matsuda san




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source :　henro.gozaru.jp
「安居寺」と書いて「あんこじ」と読むらしい


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安居寺 Ango-Ji /
富山県南砺市安居4941 / 4941 Yasui Nanto-shi, Toyama
In the 2nd year of the Yoro era (718 C.E.), Angoji temple was founded by Shingon Buddhist Patriarch Zenmui Sanzo, who was visiting from India. I
n the Nara period, it served as Emperor Shomu's temple, as well as that of the Kaga Domain in the Edo period, and is thus the home of many treasured items. Notable among these is the standing statue Mikae Amidanyorai, "The Staring Amida Tathagata". The most prized possession of the temple is a wooden statue of Kanon Bodhisattva from the early Heian period (designated important cultural asset), which can be seen at its unveiling once every year on October 18th.
- source : www.tabi-nanto.jp -

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地獄絵の火にあたたまる十二月
鈴木鷹夫

地獄絵の鬼に止れり春の蝿
栗田やすし

地獄図絵のなかへわめきて蝉の昼 河野南畦
地獄図絵昼つかさどる黒揚羽 河野多希女
地獄図絵朱責めの暑さつづきをり 河野多希女
地獄図絵黒き揚羽が寺を抜け 河野南畦 湖の森
地獄絵ざつと見て ま 何とかなりそう 沙羅冬笛
地獄絵に諭さるる子や地蔵盆 芦澤元子
地獄絵に野萩の風のひとしきり 南光 翠峰
地獄絵に青き山あり蕨餅 野池玉代
地獄絵に風の牡丹を加ふべし 大木あまり

地獄絵のあと涅槃図にひざまづく 石野 冬青
地獄絵のうらの金箔雁のこゑ 三森鉄治
地獄絵の女は白し秋の風 武藤紀子
地獄絵の底で暴れる冬の蝿 井上純郎
地獄絵の朱が目に残り迎鐘 田中驕星
地獄絵の朱色や爪で剥がしたき 池田澄子
地獄絵の水蒼かりし桜かな 有光令子
地獄絵の破れ繕ふ土用干 高田たみ子
地獄絵の襖開けたる花見かな 福島せいぎ
地獄絵の赤を春着の裾に見し 大山安太郎
地獄絵の赤深谷の茸にも 矢島渚男 船のやうに
地獄絵の飯の炎となるお風入れ 高澤良一
地獄絵の飯は火を噴き盆の寺 長谷川櫂

地獄絵を媼の拝む彼岸寺 渡辺威人
地獄絵を見て日盛りを戻るなり 佐藤信子
地獄絵を高く掛けゐし大昼寝 石寒太 翔
地獄絵を黒羽に吊る冬田かな 古舘曹人

寒詣一灯地獄絵を照らす 石倉啓補
廻廊に地獄絵並ぶ花祭 佐藤石花
春陰やむかしこの世の地獄図絵 稲垣きく
炎天を来て地獄絵に見入るなり 佐藤美恵子
白山茶花地獄絵のごと蜂群るゝ 高木雨路
秋風に赤き地獄絵かかりけり 八木林之介
鐘楼のなかの地獄絵うそ寒し 福田甲子雄
雪とける寺地獄絵に朝日射す 中山純子 沙羅
鶏頭花地獄絵の闇たつぷりと 石田阿畏子

こはごはと地獄絵のぞく宵閻魔 鈴木胡月
こほろぎや地獄絵花鳥なかりけり 斉藤夏風
冷まじや地獄絵仕置の白女體 高澤良一 素抱
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地獄画の垣にかかりて鳴雲雀
jigoku e no kaki ni kakarite naku hibari

in the hell painting
perched on a fence...
a lark sings

- Tr. David Lanoue

. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 .
17 haiku about hell by Issa


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かわいい仏像 たのしい地獄絵 - Gentle Buddha Statues - Enjoyable Hell Paintings
須藤 弘敏 (著), 矢島 新 (著) - amazon com

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Nihon Ryōiki - Record of Miraculous Events in Japan
Haruo Shirane, Burton Watson



The Nihon ryoiki, a collection of setsuwa, or "anecdotal" tales, compiled by a monk in late-eighth- or early-ninth-century Japan, records the spread of Buddhist ideas in Japan and the ways in which Buddhism's principles were adapted to the conditions of Japanese society. Beginning in the time before Buddhism was introduced to Japan, the text captures the effects of the nation's initial contact with Buddhism--brought by emissaries from the king of the Korean state of Paekche--and the subsequent adoption and dissemination of these new teachings in Japanese towns and cities.

The Nihon ryoiki provides a crucial window into the ways in which Japanese Buddhists began to make sense of the teachings and texts of their religion, incorporate religious observances and materials from Korea and China, and articulate a popularized form of Buddhist practice and belief that could extend beyond monastic centers. The setsuwa genre would become one of the major textual projects of classical and medieval Buddhism, with nearly two dozen collections appearing over the next five centuries. The Nihon ryoiki serves as a vital reference for these later works, with the tales it contains finding their way into folkloric traditions and becoming a major source for Japanese authors well into the modern period.
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NHK 特別展「地獄絵ワンダーランド」NHK Exhibition Jigoku-E Wonderland
August 2017

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. Hell in Japanese Art .
by Ryouji Kajitani (Author), Naoki Nishida (Author), Yoshitoshi Tsukioka (Artist), Kyosai Kawanabe (Artist), Kazuya Takaoka (Designer)



... artists such as Kazunobu Kano, Nichosai, Yoshitoshi Tsukioka and Kyosai Kawanabe.

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. jigoku no oni 地獄の鬼 demons of the Buddhist hell .
and their legends

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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Jizo Mochi Legends

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Legends about Jizo Bosatsu and mochi rice cakes - 地蔵と餅

. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .
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. Join the Jizo Bosatsu Gallery - Facebook .


Jizomochi 地蔵餅 the name of sweet shops
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. Botamochi Jizo ぼた餅地蔵 .
legends from various parts of Japan


In some legends, Jizo eats the Mochi offerings, in others they are made in greatfulness.




Jizomochi 地蔵餅 the real thing


and for good measure
soba kui Jizo そば喰地蔵 Jizo eating Buckwheat noodles (see below)

もぐもぐ地蔵 mogumogu Jizo munching rice balls

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..................................................... Aomori 青森県 .....................................................

クニチ，シトギマワシ Kunichi September 9
shitogi mawashi シトギマワシ passing Shitogi Mochi around

On the days with nine in the ninth lunar month (09, 19 and 29) it is customary to prepare Shitogi Mochi with the newly harvested rice and offer them to the deity.
The last one of these days, shime kunichi シメクニチ 29, is also called
shitogi mawashi シトギマワシ.
The old ladies and housewifes offer three each to Inari, 月山様 Gassan, 日月様 Deities of Sun and Moon, Jizo, 馬の神様 the Deity of horses, Fudo Myo-O, 金精様 Konsei sama (Deity of the Male Symbol) and 権現様 Gongen sama.

「クニヂにの、餅食わねばホイド抜げネ」


. shitogi mochi しとぎもち / しとぎ餅 fried or uncooked rice cakes .
First made as offerings for the deities, later eaten by the family.



..................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県 .....................................................

氷上郡 Hikami gun

天神，地蔵，川の主

男が、嫁が産気づいたので産婆を呼びに行ったが、その途中で天神さんが地蔵さんに今度生まれるのが男の子で15歳で大井川の主の餌食になるというのを聞いた。子供が15歳になったとき、江戸へ行く用事ができたが、父の言うとおり大井川に1升3合の餅を播いたら83までの寿命を与えられた。


..................................................... Ibaraki 栃木県 .....................................................

芳賀郡 茂木町

昔、お婆さんが座敷の真中で白く光る変なものを見つけた。それは１粒の米で、餅について食べることになったが、団子にしたら転がっていって地蔵さんに食べられた。そのかわりに地蔵から搗いても搗いても搗ききれない米をもらい、餅を搗くとたくさん出来たので村の人にわけてやったという。




..................................................... Iwate 岩手県 .....................................................

tanaka no Jizo 田中の地蔵 Jizo in the fields

There was a stone statue of Jizo. This Jizo would become the play companion for children. And sometimes it would eat azuki mochi 小豆餅 red bean mochi .

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- another legend with azuki mochi 小豆餅

Yamagata　山形県, Asahimachi 朝日町



yodare Jizo よだれ地蔵
よだれ地蔵様は、よだれや疳を治してくれる子育て地蔵です。今でも遠くから参拝に来る人が大勢います。祈願の時は小豆餅を供え、地蔵様の口元にあんこを塗り、小豆餅断ちを約束し、治った時は地蔵様に帽子やよだれかけ、鐘の緒とともにお菓子を供えてお礼参りをします。
江戸時代の中頃、楯岡から運ばれていた地蔵様の荷車が突然動かなくなり、地蔵様が「私はこの美しい地にとどまり、民衆を救いたい」と言いました。村人達は大喜びし、お堂を建てて祭ったのだそうです。
- source : asahi-ecom.jp -

. yodarekake よだれ掛け - 涎掛け bib, baby bib .
Jizo with a red bib




..................................................... Miyagi 宮城県 .....................................................

awamochi 粟餅を食った地蔵様 Jizo Bosatsu eating Millet Mochi




Once upon a time,
the kind and honest 正兵衛 Shobei and the greedy 慾兵衛 Yokubei lived in a village. The poor Shobei, who could not afford Mochi made from white rice, pounded some of millet and offered it to the deities.
His neighbour Yokubei was quite rich and pounded white Mochi.
Shobei wanted to make some offerings to the Jizo statue by the river, so he put some Millet Mochi in his bag and took a bucket to get New Year's Water by the river. He walked along the river, but when he wanted to put the Mochi up as an offering for Jizo, he could not find them any more. They must have slipped out of his pocket somehow, so he apologized profoundly to Jizo.
And well, Jizo answered:
"I just ate your Mochi which have come floating past. They were quite delicious!"
When Shobei looked more closely, he could see some powder around the mouth of the Jizo statue.
So Shobei thanked Jizo with all his heart and went home.
On the way home his bucked suddenly felt very heavy and when he looked inside at his home, he found that it was filled with small and large gold coins.
When Yokubei heard the story from Shobei, he got all envious and went down to the river himself. He stuffed some of his white Mochi into the mouth of the statue and then hurried home.
But his bucket was filled with heavy stones and horse excrements . . .




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

kasa Jizo 笠地蔵 Six Jizo with straw hats

冬の夜、山奥でお婆さんと二人で暮らしていたお爺さんが、菅笠を売りに町へ行ったおり、雪をかぶっていたお地蔵さんに笠をかぶせたところ、そのお地蔵さんが恩返しに餅をついてくれた。
To thank Jizo, Grandfather made some Mochi for him.

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Since there was more food than the old couple could eat, they had the mice invite their animal friends over, and everybody prepared the food together. Then the old man stacked the boxes of special New Year's food and rice cakes that they had made and took them to the Jizo-sama statues.
"Jizo-sama. Now I can make you an offering. Thank you."



One of the most popular legends, look here for translations:
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..................................................... Shizuoka 静岡県 .....................................................
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引佐郡 Inasa gun

Awamochi Jizo 粟餅地蔵 Jizo eating millet Mochi
During the 南北朝時 Nanbokuchoera (around 1500) there was a person with a lantern standing in front of 奥山城 Okuyama Castle every night. A servant thought this rather strange and went looking, but he fell asleep soon. When he woke up he saw something very strange, took his sword and cut it into two parts, the he run back home immediately. When he went back the next morning, he saw a statue of Jizo Bosatsu cut into two. This Jizo had been erected to prevent wild boars from doing harm to the nearby fields.
Since the servant had cut the statue, the man with the lantern had not been seen again. 奥山六郎次郎朝藤 Lord Okuyama Rokuro Jiro Asafuji had the statue re-built and placed it there again, but next morning it was split into two again. Every time the statue was re-built, this happened again.
The name of this statue is not quite clear.



..................................................... Toyama 富山県 .....................................................

昔、
富山湾の海辺の町に、お花という十ほどの娘がまま母と住んでおった。
お花は毎日、寺の地蔵堂の前でもちを売っておった。まま母はいつも、
「売れ残ったら、家には入れんよ」
ときつく言っておったもんで、お花は一つでもようけ売ろうとがんばった。
けれど、きょうのようにてんで運のない日もある。日も暮れようというのに、もち箱はまだズシリと重たいのだ。腹が減り、疲れて肩も首も痛くて、お花はもち箱の上に頭をたれた。小さな鼻先にもち粉がつき、ほわん、とよいにおいがする。お花は思わず、もちをぱくり、ぱくりとほおばった。
ああ、とためいきをついたそのときじゃ。
「こら、お花！　売り物に手を出すとは盗人と同じ。いつも盗み食いしておったな！」
まま母はお花にかけ寄り、お花の頭といい背中といい、めちゃくちゃに打ち据えた。



「ちがいます！　お地蔵さんにちこうて初めてです。もう二度とせんから、堪忍して」
「ほぅ。ほんなら、お地蔵さんが手を出してそのもちを食べなさったら、許してやってもいいがねぇ」
お花は、お地蔵さんの胸にかじりついた。
「お地蔵さん、お助けくださいませ」
すると、うす笑いをしたお地蔵さんの手がにゅうっとのびて、箱の中のもちをひとつとり、むしゃむしゃとたいらげたんじゃ。
まま母の驚いたのなんのったら。口をあんぐり開けて腰を抜かしたまま手を合わせ、
「お、お許しくだされ。もうまま子いじめはいたしません。おらが悪うございました」
と謝った。以来、まま母は人が変わったようにやさしくなったとさ。

source :　www.cocolotus.com/item/

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. Buckwheat noodles (soba 蕎麦) .
Daruma eating buckwheat noodles


soba kui Jizo そば喰地蔵 / 蕎麦喰地蔵尊 Jizo eating Buckwheat noodles
at temple 方広寺 Hoko-Ji, Kyoto - Karasudera 専定寺（烏寺）

The statue of this Jizo is about 1 meter. It dates back to the Muromachi period. It is also called
shishi Jizo 獅子地蔵 "Jizo the Lion".
Jizo holds the ritual stick 錫状, in the left hand the wish-fulfilling jewel 宝珠.
The left foot of the seated statue hangs down to the earth.

In the Edo period, around 1700, a man called 伏見屋左近 Fushimiya Sakon from 三条寺町 Sanjo-Ji ward came here every day to offer chrysanthemum flowers.
Once he had business in Edo and had to cross the river 駿河の大井川 Oigawa in Suruga. But the river was flooding and could not be crossed. Since Sakon had to return really urgent, he jumped head first into the river trying to swim. He struggeled in the floods when suddenly a lion passed by, took Sakon on his back and brought him safely to the other shore. Then the lion disappeared in the sky.
That night, a priest appeared in the dream of Sakon, telling him he was the Jizo of 烏寺Karasudera. To show his gratitude for the daily offerings of flowers he had changed into a lion and saved him.
When Sakon woke up, there was a statue of Jizo, about 9 cm tall, beside his pillow.
When he finally reached Kyoto, we went to the temple Karasudera and showed the statue to the priest. The priest told him it was the small statue inside the main statue (tainaibutsu 胎内仏).
To show his gratitude, Sakon now built a special hall for this Jizo.
(according to the old records 拾遺都名所図会)

This temple is Nr. 43 on a pilgrim tour to 48 Jizo Temples.
洛陽四十八願所第43番札所

(Still trying to figure out the relation to eating buckwheat noodles.)



Senjooji 専定寺 Senjo-Ji
is also called Karasudera. It is located in the West of Hoko-Ji.

. Hookooji, Hōkō-ji 方広寺 Hoko-Ji, Kyoto .
Kyoto Daibutsu no Nanafushigi 京都大仏の七不思議
The seven wonders of the Daibutsu in Kyoto

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another legend from Edo, now Tokyo Nerima 　江戸　練馬区

延命蕎麦喰地蔵尊奉安所




そば喰い僧の伝説といえば、「蕎麦喰地蔵尊」も有名だ。毎夜、そばを食べに来る高貴な僧を不思議に思って、そば屋のあるじが跡をつけてみると、地蔵堂の中にすっと消えた。その夜、枕元に地蔵のお告げがあり、毎日のそばの礼と、一家の安全を約束された。

以来、あるじは地蔵様にそばを供えたので、江戸中に悪疫が流行した折りも、一家は難を免れた。この地蔵尊のある寺は、幾度かの移転ののち浅草田島町に移り、現在は練馬区にあると資料にあった。資料に記されていた寺の名は「誓願寺」。

ところが、地図で見たかぎりその番地にはその名の寺がない。あるのは、十一ヶ寺といって○○院というのが一一ある寺だ。ダメで元々のつもりで電車に乗った。西武線豊島園駅。遊園地に向かう子供連れや若いカップルを横目でにらみながら、彼らとは反対方向に進む。

にわかに線香のにおいがしてきた。門の看板を見る。やはり「誓願時」の文字はない。山門を入ると道路を隔てて左に五つ、右に六つの｢院｣がある。目当ての地蔵様はどこにあるのか、右の院を訪ね、左の院をのぞく。院内のどこにあるとも知れないし、大きさや形も分からないから、くまなく探し回る。「ここにもない…、やはり誓願寺のある所なのか」と諦めかけて、あと二つとなったとき地蔵様の社が目に飛び込んだ。山門から向かって左の一番奥の｢九品院｣の脇に地蔵様がいた。
門には「延命蕎麦喰地蔵尊奉安所｣とある。間違いない。干しそばが供えられている。来た甲斐があった。ありがたい。思わず手を合わせた。

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九品院のソバ食い地蔵
About 1.50 m high stone statue.

Edo 江戸期所在地 / 田島山誓願寺　塔頭西慶院(現九品院)(浅草北寺町)
現所在地　　　 / 誓願寺(府中市紅葉丘)　九品院(練馬区練馬4丁目)

練馬の九品院
江戸時代、浅草広小路にあったそば屋・尾張屋に夜ごとそばを食べにくる僧がいて、主人は手厚くそばを振舞っていた。ある夜、そっと後をつけてみると誓願寺西慶院の地蔵堂に姿を消した。その夜の夢枕に現れてそば振舞の礼と一家を守ることを告げたという。尾張屋はその後も地蔵にそばを供えて、一家は栄えたという。この話がつたわって、地蔵尊にそばを供養するようになって蕎麦喰地蔵尊として有名になったという。明治時代に西慶院は同宗門の九品院と合弁し、関東大震災後に地蔵尊共に練馬の九品院に移っている。



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. Legends about Jizo Bosatsu and Mochi rice cakes - 地蔵と餅 .

. Legends about Roku Jizō 六地蔵 Roku Jizo, Six Jizo Statues .

. Enmei Jizoo　延命地蔵 life-prolonging Jizo .

. kitsune　狐 fox and Jizo Legends . *

. shichiya 質屋 - Jizo at the pawn shop .

. Soomen Jizoo そうめん地蔵 Somen Noodles Jizo .

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- - - - - Aichi 愛知県

okama Jizoo お釜地蔵 Jizo and the cooking pot



Once upon a time
there was evil mother who tried to kill her child by boiling it in a huge pot. But
suddenly, Jizo sama appeared to act as a substitute for her kid.
The evil mother clearned up her act and mind when she saw Jizo standing in the hot water.
Since then it is said that this Okama Jizo protects the children .

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- - - - - Chiba 千葉県

. Ketsubon Kyo 血盆経 Blood Bowl Sutra .




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- - - - - Fukui 福井県

敦賀市 Tsuruga 赤崎区 Akasaki ward

There are special prayer groups for the Deity of the Mountain、Yama no Shinko 山の神講.
When a new home is built, the children all come together and run to the 大日堂 Hall of Dainichi, clad only in a loincloth (and nowadays white pants) and carrying thick ropes. At the Hall their leader puts a rope he had carried around his waist on the roots of the sacred 松の木 pine tree.



Then all the other kids put their シト / つと (shito) tsuto there. Then they all go into the hall and smear a special sacred paste made from rice, water and sake, called shitogi シトキ / しとぎ on their bodies. This act signifies to become a Jizo.
The Deity of the Mountains is seen of a "Monster of the Night" (yoru no mamono 夜の魔物).
This ceremony is supposed to appease him and keep the children safe.

- source : www.city.tsuruga.lg.jp




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- - - - - Fukushima 福島県

福島市 Fukushima

Kazafuki Jizoo son 風吹地蔵尊 Jizo from Kazafuki
The 16th day of the 3rd lunar month is the day of Jizo at the local temple. Already one week before the festival the impatient children from the local grammar school come here to play. During that time they are allowed to do anything they like with the Jizo.
On the "floating festival" day, Toonagashi トーナガシ, the water of the canal is stopped for a while, then the statue of Jizo, all naked, gets a rope around its head and is lowered into the water to let flow. The children have to pull the rope to hold it back.
Then one day someone washed the Jizo on the festival day and brought him to the shrine 神社. But after that his grandmother became ill and had to stay in bed.

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. sweets offerings to Jizo to heal children .

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. Six Jizo at the temple 正福寺 Shofuku-Ji .




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- - - - - Hiroshima 広島県

呉市 Kure 蒲刈町 Kamagari

. Jizo sama and Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 .




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- - - - - Kanagawa　神奈川県

. mochiage Jizo 持上げ地蔵 lifting the Jizo statue .
at 蓮光寺 the Temple Renko-Ji




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- - - - - Miyagi 宮城県

. amazake Jizoo 甘酒地蔵 Jizo and sweet rice wine .
and the death of Date Munekiyo 伊達河内守宗清 (1600 - 1634)

. awamochi 粟餅を食った地蔵様 Jizo Bosatsu eating Millet Mochi .

. Mizunokami 水の神 and Jizo Bosatsu .




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- - - - - Nagano 長野県

. amagoi Jizo 雨ごい地蔵尊 rain rituals with Jizo .
at the river 千曲川 Chikumagawa

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南佐久郡 Minami-Saku district 小海町 Koumi town

. Jizo no horagaishi 地蔵のほらが石 conch-shell stone of Jizo. .

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佐久市 Saku town

Roku Jizo 六地蔵尊 The Six Jizo
During the Edo period, there was an epidemic in the region. So the local Lord Nezu 祢津 had six Jizo taken to Edo to quell the spread of the disease. The statues were very heavy and difficult to transport over the many passes, especially 碓氷峠 Usui Pass in Gunma.
But on his way back when the disease had gone and he crossed the pass again, the Jizo statues felt really light.




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- - - - - Nara 奈良県

三宅町 Mitake

. oote kure Jizoo おうてくれ地蔵さん Carrying a Jizo piggyback .




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- - - - - Okayama 岡山県

asekaki Jizo sama 汗かき地蔵さま
eboshi o kabutta O-Jizo san 綿帽子をかぶったお地蔵さん
kubikiri Jizo 首切り地蔵

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. ohaguro Jizoo お歯黒地蔵 Jizo Bosatsu with black teeth .

. sakenomi Jizoo 酒飲み地蔵 Jizo having a drink of Sake - statue .
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岩槻市 Iwatsuki

Once upon a time
a samurai from 浦和市 Urawa got very drunk on sake.
He took his sword and cut off his nose, shouting "If Jizo has a soul 魂, he should now come here and show it to me"!
But after that misfortune happened constantly to his family. When the clan was almost at the end of its wits, they begun to offer rice to Jizo every year on the 24th day of the 7th lunar month.
The 24th day of each month is considered the ennichi 縁日 prayer day for Jizo.




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- - - - - Tochigi　栃木県

After a drinking party a drunk hunter once threw his hunting dog and a Jizo statue into the lake. The Jizo began to swim on the water, grabbed the poor dog and brought him back to the shore.

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. Iwafunesan 岩船山 高勝寺 Iwafune-San Kosho-Ji .
shooshin Jizoo 生身の地蔵 living Jizo Igaboo 伊賀坊 Igabo, Iga-Bo
and Guseiboo Myoogan 弘誓坊 明願 Guseibo Myogan from Mount Daisen, Tottori




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. Asakusa Kannon 浅草観音伝説 Legends from Asakusa Kannon Temple .

. hamaguri 蛤 clam shell and golden Jizo statue .

. Hoosenji 豊仙寺 / 宝仙寺 Temple Hosen-Ji .
- daija no hone 大蛇の骨 bones of a huge serpent
- Jizo no hoosoo 地蔵の疱瘡 Jizo Bosatsu with smallpox

. hoozuki 鬼燈 － 鬼灯 - ほうずき Chinese lantern plant .

. ishi Jizoo odoru 石地蔵踊る dancing stone Jizo .
at Yotsuya 四ツ谷乗運寺横町 Joun-Ji Yokocho, Shinjuku




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- - - - - Wakayama 和歌山県

みなべ町 Manabe

On the steep road in front of 嘉道地蔵さん Yoshimichi Jizo many people came to fall but nobody was ever injured. Jizo always picked them up and brought them back to the road safely.
Once a drunk old man on his bicycle fell into the river, but even he got away safely and without injuries.



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草取地蔵,オツナ地蔵
入山の地蔵,アメップリ地蔵
手なし地蔵,北向き地蔵
地蔵菩薩,夜泣地蔵
言成地蔵,(夢のお告げ),(祟り)
婆と石地蔵
子育て地蔵 . . and many more

地蔵菩薩 18 / 地蔵尊 46 / 地蔵 595
yokai database 妖怪データベース - 01 / 595
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Sake and Jizo 酒 - reference
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