Mudoji Mie Kuroda

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Mudooji 無動寺 Mudo-Ji, Kuroda
秀山 Hideyama (Shuzan)　密厳院 Mitsugon-In　無動寺 Mudoji

名張市黒田902 / Nabari city, Kuroda

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O , carved by Kobo Daishi himself.
The wooden statue is 97,1 cm high

- Chant of the temple
なうまく　さんまんだ　ばざらだん　せんだん　まかろしゃだ
そわたや　うんたらた　かんまん

The temple was founded around 820 by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi
on request of 嵯峨天皇 Emperor Saga (786 - 842).
In 857, the temple was revitalized by Saint 實譽上人.
It became the Family Temple of the Lord of Iga.
At that time it had 七堂伽藍 a traditional compound with 7 buildings.
In 1581 during 伊賀乱 the Iga rebellion it burned down.
The temple treasured were evacuated to the back of the mountain.
In 1593, 恵遍僧都 Priest Eben had the temple rebuilt.
In 1658, 秀雄僧都 Priest Hideo added it to the 醍醐派 Daigo group.
In 1665, it belonged to the 名張藤堂家 Todo Clan of Nabari.
In 1859 the Temple had 13 Sub-Temples.
The Main Hall was lost during a Typhoon and rebuilt in 1756.
It lasted for more than 200 years.
It the compound are many special buildings 大師堂、閻魔堂、護摩堂、弁財天堂、宝京篋印塔.

Stone statues in the compound

The Dragon Well in the compound

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

旧暦２月１日　大般若法要
８月５日　　　施餓鬼法要

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Also on the following pilgrimages:

. Iga Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage 伊賀四国八十八ヶ所 . - Nr. 53

. Iga no Kuni jun Saikoku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage 伊賀国準西国三十三ヶ所観音霊場 . - Nr. 04

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This temple is Nr. 51 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) .

. Fudo Myo-O 不動明王 .

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無動寺の月やこぼれて志賀の浜
Mudooji no tsuki ya koborete Shiga no hama

the moon at Temple Mudo-Ji -
it spills on the beach
of Shiga
Tr. Gabi Greve

浜田酒堂 Hamada Sakedo

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....................................................................... Mie 三重県　
名張市 Nabari city

shidarezakura シダレ桜 weeping cherry blossom tree
Around 1950, the weeping cherry blossom tree at 無動寺 the Temple Mudo-Ji
showed a light above it, blinking on and off.
It started two days before two parishioners of 無動寺 the Temple Mudo-Ji died.
Then it stopped.

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Manzoin Ichihara Gongendo

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Manzooin 満蔵院 Manzo-In, Gongendo
満蔵院 Manzoin

市原市権限堂24 / Ichihara city, Gongedo (Gongendō)

Not much information is found online.

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This Temple is Nr. 16 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .

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. kudagitsune 管狐, クダ狐, クダギツネ と伝説 Legends about the "pipe fox" .
This happened in May of 1919.
The priest of 満蔵院 the Temple Manzo-In kept a pipe fox.
One of them followed the priest who was going to look after an ill person.
The fox possessed the patient.
An ascetic priest held a special ritual to get rid of the pipe fox.

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Myoshoin Ichihara Miyahara

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Myooshooin 明照院 Myosho-In, Miyahara
御所山 Goshozan 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji 明照院 Myoshoin

市原市宮原４５４ / Ichihara town, Miyahara (Miyabara)

The temple was founded for the father of
Ashikaga Yoshiharu 足利義晴 (1511 – 1550), his childhood name was 龜王丸 Kameomaru.
His father was 足利政氏 Ashikaga Masauji (? - 1531)
After the Meiji restauration in 1873 until 1912
the temple was relocated to the Miyahara Highschool for maritime affairs.

In the compound

六地蔵 Six Jizo Statues

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. 上総国八十八ヶ所霊場 Kazusa 88 Henro Temples . - Nr. 22

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This Temple is Nr. 13 and 22 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .

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Matsumotoin Mie Nishihinata

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Matsumotoin 松本院 Matsumoto-In, Nishihinata
朝来山 Choraizan, 松本院 Matsumotoin

三重県伊賀市西日南町1739 / Mie, Iga city, Nishi-Hinata town

The main statue is . Fudo Myo-O 不動明王 .

- Chant of the temple
なうまく　さんまんだ　ばざらだん せんだん
　まかろしゃだ　そわたや うんたらた　かんまん

The temple was founded as a clan temple in 1616 by 藤堂高虎 Lord Todo Takatora (1556 - 1630),
who had come from 今治藩 Imabari to 伊勢津 Tsu in Ise.
It is a special 祈祷寺院 prayer temple in 伊賀 Iga,
to pray for healing of an eye disease of the lord.

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Built in 1616 as a temple of Shugendo religion, Matsumoto-in remains as
the only temple for Shugendo prayer and worship in Iga to this day.
Kuji-ho, a training method used in Shugendo, is also adopted in ninja techniques,
inferring that Shinobi (ninja) was established under the influence of Shugendo.
. source : shinobinosato.com/en ... .

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１月８日　　　　　　初護摩祈祷
２月節分の日　　　　節分会
３月１日　　　　　　厄除大般若祈祷
４月１８日　　　　　不動尊会式・紫灯大護摩
５月中　　　　　　　高野山参詣(団参)
８月第一土曜・日曜　大峰山まいり(入峰修行)
春秋彼岸　　　　　　彼岸会、十三仏講
毎月１８日　　　　　心願護摩祈祷

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This temple is Nr. 33 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) .

. Fudo Myo-O 不動明王 .

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Tōdō Takatora
Tōdō Takatora (藤堂高虎, February 16, 1556 – November 9, 1630)
was a Japanese daimyō of the Tōdō clan from the Azuchi–Momoyama to Edo periods.
He rose from relatively humble origins as an ashigaru (a light foot soldier) to become a daimyō.
.... Tōdō Takatora is also famous for excellence in castle design. ....
. source - wikipedia .

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Myohoin Yakushi Yamashiro

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Myoohooin 妙法院 Myoho-In, Yamashiro
国祐山 Kokuyuzan 妙法院 Myohoin

佐賀県伊万里市東山代町長浜99-3 / Saga, Imari, Higashi-Yamashiro town, Nagahama

The main statue is 金剛蔵王大権現 Kongo Zao Dai Gongen.

- Chant of the temple

The temple was founded by En no Gyōja 小角行者 Saint En no Gyoja .
. En no Gyoja (634 - 706) .

There are 1000 cherry trees in the compound, reminding visitors of the Yoshino Valley in Nara.
The main hall 蔵王堂 Zao-Do is a national treasure.

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This temple is Nr. 39 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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Mitsuzoin Kannon Otani

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Mitsuzooin 密蔵院 Mitsuzo-In, Otani
白山 Hakuzan / 大師山 Daishizan 密蔵院 Mitsuzoin

三重県津市大谷町260 / Mie, Tsu city, Otani town

The Kannon statue is 千手観世音菩薩 Senju Kannon Bosatsu.
made by Kukai Kobo Daishi.

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In ancient times the area belonging to the temple was call 白山 Hakusan (the White Mountain).
It was a praying place for the 2nd daimyo of Tsu province 藤堂高次 Todo Takatsugu (1602-1676),
who worshiped 白山妙理大権現 Hakuzan Myōri Daigongen (a manifestation of a Bodhisattva
in the form of a Shinto deity, originally a deity of Mount Haku one of Japan’s “Three Holy Mountains”).

source : 白山妙理権現 Hakusan Myori Gongen ...

During the Kanbun period (1661-1673) Takatsugu suffered from a disease believed to be a cause of a demon.
He called the high priest 朴心 Bokushin and ordered him to do exorcisms
so he would recovery from illness.
When Bokushin performed a secret incantations and prayers, Takatsugu immediately recovered from the illness.
He was very glad and decided to donate the land of Hakusan, build a temple
and enshrine his private small Buddhist statue in there.
This was the beginning of Mitsuzō-in.
In the 1st year of Meiji period (1868-1912) small halls of Shikoku 88 Sacred Grounds
were built in the mountain at the back of the Main Hall.
The main statue of Mitsuzō-in is Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon).
There are many events organized at the temple, such as
大法師会接待 Daihōshikai Settai (party of Grand Master Club),
御詠歌講 Goeika kō (fraternal group of Buddhist song of praise) and
数珠繰り行事 Juzukuri (Buddhist rosary reeling).
It is also a place of cultural exchange and is visited by many people.
Regrettably the temple lost its buildings and archives in a fire caused by a bombing of Tsu in 1945.
Because the main statue was evacuated from the temple it survived the war unharmed.
After the War the Main Hall and the Main Gate were rebuilt
and maintenance of the road leading to the temple was finished.
In 1980 a new Hakuzan Myōri Daigongen Hall was built on the mountain in the back of the temple.
The Main Hall enshrines the main statue of Senju Kannon, a statue of 弘法大師 Kūkai,
and a statue of 大黒天 Daikoku (God of wealth, farmers, food, and good fortune).
On the right side of the Main Hall stands a cloister called 恵音院 Keion-in.
In its Main Hall a statue of 文殊菩薩 Bodhisattva Monju (Bodhisattva of Supreme Wisdom) is enshrined.
A prayer for good school performance is also held in front of this hall.
There are two stone statues standing in front of the Main Hall of Mitsuzō-in temple:
不動明王 Fudō Myō-ō (Immovable Wisdom King) and 毘沙門天 Bishamon (God of Treasure, Wealth, & Warriors).
On the eastern side of the Hall stand a statue of 水子地蔵 Mizuko Jizō
(Bodhisattva Jizō as a guardian of unborn, aborted, miscarried, and stillborn babies).

Until 1945 the Main Hall of Keion-in cloister used to be a sub-temple of 恵日山津観音寺 Enichizan Tsu Kannon-ji temple.
After the War it was moved to Mitsuzō-in’s precinct.
On the 21st of January, March, September and December a 大数珠繰り Daijuzukuri ritual (Buddhist rosary reeling ritual) is held.
Dozens of people sit in a circle and pray chanting the Heart Sutra and passing around the rosary.
This ritual is a well-known traditional Japanese ritual called 百万遍数珠繰 Hyakumanben Juzu Kuri
(Ritual of praying a million times while reeling the Buddhist rosary).
Mitsuzō-in is a temple number 65 of 三重四国八十八ヵ所 Mie Shikoku 88 Temples Pilgrimage.
- source : mitsuzoin ...

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On the 21st of January, March, September and December a 大数珠繰り Daijuzu kuri ritual
(Buddhist rosary reeling ritual) is held.
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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Mie Shikoku Henro 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 65

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This temple is Nr. 16 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 Kannon with 11 faces .

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Myoenji Yakushi Ijuin

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Myooenji 妙円寺 Myoen-Ji, Ijuin
法智山 Hochizan 妙円寺 Myoenji

鹿児島県日置市伊集院町徳重521 / Kagoshima, Hioki city, Ijuin town, Tokushige

The main statue is 釈迦牟尼仏 Shaka Nyorai.

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One of the grandest events of Kagoshima is the annual Myouenji Pilgrimmage (妙円寺詣り Myōenji mairi), where ordinary folk don samurai armour and walk either 10km or 20km on the 4th Saturday of October,
ending at 徳重神社　Tokushige Shrine.
Plenty of people also show up in ordinary clothes to participate.
The reason for this is tied to 島津義弘 Shimadzu Yoshihiro.

One famous feat of Shimadzu Yoshihiro was his decision during the great Battle of Sekigahara.
On 21 October 1600, he decided to escape with his band of 1,500 men not by avoiding the 30,000-strong enemy, but by charging through their midst and executing a magnificent retreat plan after breaking through enemy lines.
After that year, the Shimadzu warriors would march a 40km round trip from Ijuin to Myoenji Temple each year on the night before, in remembrance of that fateful day and to strengthen themselves physically and mentally.
In 1869, Myoenji Temple was destroyed in the wave of Buddhist expulsion sentiment that swept through Japan,
and was rebuilt as Tokushige Shrine.

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Myōenji mairi 妙円寺詣り Myoenji Pilgrimmage

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This temple is Nr. 26 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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Shimazu Yoshihiro 島津義弘 (1535 – 1619)

He was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa.
Traditionally believed to be the 17th head of the Shimazu clan, he was a skilled general during the Sengoku period who greatly contributed to the unification of Kyūshū.
He had been a willing and skillful general under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
He died in 1619 and several of his retainers who had fought alongside him followed him by committing suicide.
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Rokugo Manzan Kunisaki Oita

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Rokugo Manzan 六郷満山 Kunisaki Oita

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本山本寺 The 8 main important temples

後山金剛寺
吉水山霊亀寺
大折山報恩寺
鞍懸山神宮寺
津波戸山水月寺
西叡山高山寺
良薬山智恩寺
馬城山伝乗寺 - 真木大堂 Maki Odo はこの寺の堂宇であったとされる

中山本寺

足曳山両子寺 Futago-Ji
長岩屋山天念寺
金剛山長安寺
加礼川山道脇寺
久米山護国寺
黒土石屋（現本松房）
小岩屋山無動寺
大岩屋山応暦寺
補陀落山千燈寺
横城山東光寺

末山本寺

見地山東光寺
大巌山神宮寺
石立山岩戸寺
峨嵋山文殊仙寺
夷山霊仙寺
小城山宝命寺
龍華山成仏寺
参社山行入寺
西方山清浄光寺
懸樋山清巌寺

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Rokugo Manzan Temples
The Kunisaki Peninsula's terrain consists of the 721 meter tall Mount Futago at the center and a series of valleys radiating from it. The region's tranquil countryside is dotted with dozens of temples and some shrines and was traditionally divided into six areas. The region was therefore collectively known as Rokugo Manzan (六郷満山),
which literally means "Six Towns Full Mountain".
The unique local religious culture of Rokugo Manzan contains elements of Buddhism, Shinto and mountain worship, and revolves around the peninsula's numerous temples and Usa Shrine. A noteworthy characteristic of the Rokugo Manzan culture is the predominance of stone statues of Buddhas and other deities and guardians.
Located close to the peak of Mount Futago is Futagoji (両子寺), a prominent temple with a history of more than 1300 years. Futagoji's grounds cover a wide area on the forested slopes of the mountain, with stone and gravel paths and stairs connecting several halls housing various deities.
A pair of stone Nio Guardians stand at the start of the traditional temple approach below the parking lot, from where a ten minute ascent up a flight of steps takes you to the main temple buildings. Among them are the Gomado Hall which is dedicated to Fudomyoo, a protector of Buddhism, and the Okunoin Hall, which enshrines the thousand-armed Kannon Bodhisattva. The more adventurous may climb up a slightly challenging path beyond the temple buildings to see several natural creations such as narrow openings through large rocks.
About 15 kilometers southwest of Futagoji stands Fukiji Temple (富貴寺), whose main hall is a designated national treasure. It is the oldest wooden structure existing in Kyushu, dating back to the late Heian Period. The simple, beautiful wooden temple building sits serenely with a backdrop of trees, and is featured widely in pamphlets on the Rokugo Manzan area.
Fukiji is dedicated to Amida Buddha, and its main hall houses an intricate wooden statue of the deity. In fact, the main hall of Fukiji is ranked as one of the top three Amida Buddha halls in all of Japan, along with Hoodo Hall at Byodoin Temple and the golden Konjikido Hall at Chusonji Temple.
Located just by the main road about five kilometers south of Fukiji Temple is Makiodo (真木大堂, Maki Ōdō), a temple that displays some outstanding, wooden images of Amida Buddha, the four heavenly kings and Fudomyoo in its treasure house. The original temple hall was lost in a fire about 700 years ago, but fortunately the wooden statues were rescued.
Less than five kilometers south of Makiodo are the Kumano Magaibutsu Stone Buddha (熊野磨崖仏), two large stone carvings into the walls of a cliff: an eight meter tall Fudomyoo and a nearly seven meter tall Dainichi Buddha. They are the largest Buddhist stone carvings in Japan, but are not as intricately sculpted as the Usuki Stone Buddhas, as they were carved into harder rock than the ones at Usuki.
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. Kumano Magaibutsu 熊野磨崖仏 .

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Ninmon (仁聞) was a legendary monk
who is said to have founded 28 temples in various places in Kunisaki peninsula in Oita Prefecture in the Nara period. He was allso called Ninmon bosatsu (bodhisattva) and his name was also written as 人聞.
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Many of the esoteric Buddhism temples in Kunisaki peninsula, which were called
Rokugo-manzan (Mountain of Six Sanctuaries), have engi (writing about the history) which say these temples have been founded by Ninmon in 718. According to these engi, Ninmon first founded Sendo-ji Temple, then founded total 28 temples across the Kunisaki peninsula, and entered nirvana in Makura-no-Iwaya (cavern): the inner sanctuary of Sendo-ji temple, which was the first temple he founded. Also, many of the Magaibutsu (Buddha statues in cliffs and rocks) that still exist in Kunisaki peninsula, including Kumano Magaibutsu, are said to have been created by Ninmon. He is said to have made 69,000 Buddha statues. There is a theory that he founded Shusho-onie (fire festival).
These days, the theory that Ninmon was a fictional person is widely accepted.
Temples of Rokugo-manzan had actually been the places for mountain worship, which existed in Kunisaki peninsula since ancient times. These temples came to have the forms of the temples of Tendai sect from the end of Nara period to Heian period. As a result of fusion of the temples and Hachiman shinko, believing the God of War (Hachiman-god) and centering on neighboring Usa-jingu Shrine, unique Mountain Buddhism culture with syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism is thought to have been formed. A theory says that people who founded the temples include monks such as Horen, Kegon, Taino and Kakuman, who practiced together as disciples of Ninmon and served as betto (administrator of a Buddhist temple) of Miroku-ji Temple: a Jingu-ji Temple of Usa-jingu Shrine.
As for Ninmon, it is thought that he was a Buddhist expression of 八幡神Hachimanshin (God of War): an enshrined deity of Usa-jingu Shrine, or a god close to Hachimanshin.
Temples that are said to have been founded by Ninmon
Futago-ji Temple 両子寺
Fuki-ji Temple 富貴寺
Denjo-ji Temple 伝乗寺（真木大堂） (Maki Odo Hall)
Iwato-ji Temple (Kunisaki City) 岩戸寺 (国東市)
Tennen-ji Temple 天念寺
Sendo-ji Temple 千燈寺
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Bungotakada / Bungo Takada
Rokugo Manzan: A Heritage of Religious Acceptance
Rokugo Manzan Culture
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. Buddhist Temples and their Legends .

. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

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Misenji Fudo Yanai

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Misenji 弥山寺　Misen-Ji - Yanai

柳井市柳井西後地3941 / Yanai, Yanai Nishi Ushiroji

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Nr. 15 - Shishie 獅子慧（ししえ）童子 Shishie Doji

The main statue is 毘沙門天 Bishamonten.

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shuin 朱印 stamp

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This temple is Nr. 15 of the
. 18 Fudo Doji Temples of Yamaguchi 十八不動童子霊場
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Muryoji Fudo Nishiura

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .
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Muryooji 無量寺 Muryo-Ji Fudo - Nishiura
西浦山 Nishiurazan　無量寺 Muryoji - Nishiura Fudo

愛知県 蒲郡市西浦町字日中30 / Aichi, Gamagori city, Nishiura town, Nitchu

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O, a secret statue.
The statue is shown once every 12 years.

The temple was built in the Heian period (794 - 1185).
People come here to be healed from cancer, ガン封じ寺.
There is even a special hall for this, Ganfuji Do ガン封じ堂.

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Muryoji Temple (Ganfuji Temple)
This historic temple, in existence since the Heian period (794-1185 AD), has long been known as a temple for warding off misfortune and preventing the spread of cancer.
It is said to be particularly beneficial for sealing away incurable diseases, and many votive tablets written on by visitors from all over Japan praying for relief from cancer can be seen offered inside the precincts. The highlight of the temple is the free tour of the Senbutsu-do (Thousand-Buddha Cave　千仏堂).

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Daiganto 大雁塔 Tower in a Chinese style

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omamori お守り amulets

ema　ガン封じ 絵馬 votive tablet

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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

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Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
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