Toji Yakushi Kujo

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Tooji 東寺 To-Ji, Kujo
東寺 Toji also known as 教王護国寺 Kyō-ō-gokoku-ji

京都市南区九条町１ / Kyoto city, Minami ward, Kujo town

The main statue is 金剛薬師 Kongo Yakushi.

- Chant of the temple
七佛の　みのりにもたる人もなく　 皆びやうどうに　すくふせいがん

The temple was founded in 796.

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History of To-ji Temple
In 794, the capital of Japan was transferred from Nara to present-day Kyoto.
With the arrival of the imperial court, the city was renamed "The Imperial City of Heiankyo" (the former name of the city of Kyoto). From the entrance of Heiankyo, an 84-meter-wide avenue ran directly north to the Imperial Palace, in the middle of the city.
The city was arranged symmetrically on either side of this grand avenue and all streets ran precisely north-south and east-west in a grid pattern. The layout of old Heiankyo is still visible in the rectilinear pattern of modern Kyoto's streets.
Two huge guardian temples were built on the east and the west sides of the main entrance of the Imperial City of Heiankyo. Unfortunately, the temple on the west side no longer exists, but To-ji, which literally means "East Temple", has survived to the present day.
In 823, the Emperor Saga honored the Monk Kukai and gave the temple to him.
Kukai made To-ji the central seminary of Shingon (or Esoteric) Buddhism and added various buildings such as the pagoda and halls.
Since then, To-ji has been the headquarters of the Shingon sect of Japanese Buddhism.
The major buildings were damaged by earthquakes and fires but have been rebuilt to retain the original layout and the architectural styles.
Many magnificent treasures such as statues, carvings, paintings and artworks are housed in these temple buildings.
. source : toji.or.jp/en/about ... .

. To-Ji Nana Fushigi 東寺七不思議 Seven Wonders of Temple To-Ji .

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- source : toji.or.jp/en/about ... .
- source : wikipedia ... .

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This temple is Nr. 02 of the pilgrimage
. Kyoto 12 Yakushi Temples 京都十二薬師霊場 .

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Ioji Yakushi Asahi

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Iooji 医王寺 Io-Ji, Asahi
薬王山 Yakuozan, 無量院 Muryo-In / 無量寿院 Muryoju-In, 医王寺 / 醫王寺 Ioji

川崎市川崎区旭町2-4-4 / Kanagawa, Kawasaki city, Kawasaki ward, Asahi town

The main statue is 薬師瑠璃光如来 Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 805 by 春光坊法印祐長 Priest Shunkobo.
Around 1500 it became the prayer temple for the local lord Mamiya,
戦国時代には当地領主間宮豊前守信盛の祈願所ともなっていたといいます

The present main hall was built in 1957.

- Chant of the Temple:
祈れただ　誓いは深き　川崎に　大慈大悲の　あらん限りは

Once there was a huge fire in the temple compound and the bell tower was in danger.
To show their gratitude, the crabs from the pond came near and sprinkled water to protect it.

In the compound is a 塩なめ地蔵堂 hall for Jizo licking salt.
. Shioname Jizo 塩嘗地蔵 Jizo licking salt .

In the compound is a pond with statues of shishifukujin 七福神 the Seven Gods of Good Luck.
. Seven Gods of Good Luck 七福神 Shichifukujin .

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Also on the following pilgrimage :
. Jun Chichibu 34 Kannon Pilgrimage 准秩父三十四札所観音霊場 . Nr. 22

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
. source - google 医王寺 .
- source : inage yakushi . - 医王山　薬師院 Yakushi-In - Nr. 07
川崎市高津区新作3丁目27-1

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This temple is Nr. 06 of the pilgrimage
. Tama Seven Yakushi Temples 多摩七薬師霊場 .

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医王寺のどくだみに足とられけり
Iooji no dokudami ni ashi torarekeri

梅津昭子 Umezu Akiko

. WKD : Houttuynia cordata, dokudami, kigo for summer .
dokudami, also known as fish mint, fish leaf, rainbow plant, chameleon plant, heart leaf, fish wort, or Chinese lizard tail


医王寺や乙女椿に実のたわわ
磯野充伯 Isono Mitsuhaku

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....................................................................... Aichi 愛知県　
知多郡 Chita distirct 南知多町 Minami-Chita Town

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 - Legends from Aichi .
Gyoki Bosatsu at the temple Io-Ji.

. ema 絵馬 votive tablet legends .
Once an ema 絵馬 votive tablet at 医王寺 the Temple Io-Ji fell down.
The person who picked it up begun to worry about the owner of the tablet.
And indeed, soon he learned that the man had been killed in Edo.

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Aichi, 刈谷市 Kariya city

. Legends about fire　火事 .
Once upon a time, the priest of 医王寺 the temple Io-Ji was a beautiful man.
The woman who worked for him was rather ugly.
To attract the attention of the priest, she combed her hair with oil,
which she had stolen from the altar of Yakushi Nyorai.
Then she put on attractive cloths, but the priest only scolded her.
The woman lost her mind and killed herself.
Later near her grave there was often a fire with a white flame
and the sound of burning oil in the air.
The sound was mettai kuyashi メッタイクヤシイ "I am really angry"。
This phenomenon could be heared until the early Meiji period (1870).

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koe 声 a voice
内金の左官がノツコシ峠を歩いていると、負ぶってくれという声がして何か背中に負ぶさりかかったものがあった。左官は恐ろしさにかけだしたが、長篠の医王寺の明かりがみえたら急に背中が軽くなったような気がした。

. shakan 左官 legends about a plasterer .




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杉並区 Suginami ward

katame no sakana 片目の魚 a fish with one eye
医王寺の御堂の前にある池に魚を放すと必ず片目になると言われている。下流の小川にも稀に片目の魚がいて、御薬師様の鮒だということで、食べずに池に持っていき、ここに放したという。
. katame no sakana 片目の魚 fish with one eye .

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Tokurakuji Yakushi Takakura

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Tokurakuji 徳楽寺 Tokuraku-Ji, Takakura
塩岡山 Shio-okazan 薬師院 Yakushi-In 徳楽寺 Tokurakuji

伊賀市西高倉3543 / Mie, Iga city, Nishi-Takakura

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
It was made by 春日仏師 the Statue Carver Kasuga.
Together with the two side-statues of 日光菩薩 Nikko Bosatsu and 月光菩薩 Gakko Bosatsu
they are hibutsu 秘仏 not shown to the public, only once in 33 years.
On both sides of the Yakushi Statue are 十二神将 the 12 Divine Generals.

- Chant of the temple
おん　ころころ　せんだり　まとうぎ　そわか　

The temple was founded in 1390 by 舜栄法印 Saint Shunei.
One of the treasures is the 如来荒神曼荼羅 Nyorai Aragami Mandala from the Muromachi Period.

In former times, the parishioners came here to pray for salt.
Every time they left a little salt, which soon became shio-oka 塩岡 a salt mountain.
This is the origin of the mountain name.
In 1580 during a fire, the Yakushi statue took the statue of Koku 虚空 Kokuzo Bosatsu and took of to the sky.
Later thei parishioners heard that the statue was found in a local river in Higashi-Takakura.
Now this part of the river is called Shiobuchi 塩渕 deep salt pond.


. Aragami 荒神 the Wild Aragami Deity .
- 如来荒神曼荼羅 Nyorai Aragami Mandala
The combination of Yakushi Nyorai and Aragami is quite seldom.

画面は内院と外院からなる。内院には、宝冠を着けた六臂の如来荒神が宝瓶座に座り、
その下部に群青身の不動明王と赤肉身の愛染明王が配されている。
不動明王は右手に剣、左手には羂索の替わりに輪宝を執る。
愛染明王は、頭上に弓矢をかざす天弓愛染で、異色構成の図像である。
外院は、12の円相内に尊名を特定できない多面多臂の菩薩形や鬼神形を並べ、
荒神像のほか14の尊像からなる曼荼羅図を構成している。持物など一部に後世の補筆が認められるが、
当初部分は荒神像図としては希少な室町期の作と考えられる。
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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

１月１日　 年越詣と修正会
１月２１日 初大師（鏡開き)
２月３日　　節分会星供養
３月上旬　 役行者講、中旬　十善講（婦人講）
３月彼岸・９月彼岸　　戦没者追悼法要
８月上旬　 施餓鬼法要　１２日 -１５日　棚経
８月２１日　十善講精霊送り
８月２４日　地蔵盆
１０月中旬　心経講（無縁仏供養）
１１月上旬　水子供養・物故者追悼供養（老人会）

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Iga Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage 伊賀四国八十八ヶ所 . - Nr. 67

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This temple is Nr. 36 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) .

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru .

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Tama Seven Yakushi Pilgrimage 多摩七薬師霊場

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01 薬王山塩谷寺 Enkoku-Ji - 横浜市港北区高田町4-34-35 . 01 塩谷寺 Enkoku-Ji .
02 威徳山影向寺 Yogo-Ji - 川崎市宮前区野川419 . 02 影向寺 Yogo-Ji .
03 白王山正福寺 Shofuku-Ji - 川崎市高津区北見方2-13-1 . 03 正福寺 Shofuku-Ji .
04 天文山西光院 Saiko-In - 横浜市港北区日吉本町5-9-24 . 04 西光院 Saiko-In .
05 遍照山光明寺 Komyo-Ji - 横浜市港北区新羽町3990 . 05 光明寺 Komyo-Ji .
06 薬王山医王寺 Io-Ji - 川崎市川崎区旭町2-4-4 . 06 医王寺 Io-Ji .
07 熊野山玉泉寺 Gyokusen-Ji - 狛江市東和泉3-10-23 . 07 玉泉寺 Gyokusen-Ji .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .

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Tokoji Aizen Mondo

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Tookooji 東光寺 Toko-Ji, Mondo Nishi
松泰山 Shoyasuzan, 東光寺 Tokoji

兵庫県西宮市門戸西 / Hyogo, Nishinomiya city, Mondo Nishi

The temple is known as Mondo no Yakujin San 門戸の厄神さん.

- Chant of the temple
諸厄（しょやく）も救わせ給（たま）う 愛染尊（あいぜんそん）
仏（ほとけ）の妙縁（みょうえん） あらたなりけり

The temple was founded in 829 by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi.

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This Buddhist temple is about 10 minutes by taxi from Hankyu Nishinomiya Kitaguchi Station.
One of Japan's three Yakujin temples, it enshrines Yakujin Myoo, who is said to ward off all misfortune.
Features besides the front gate which was completely destroyed by the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake
and then rebuilt include an inner tower gate and the Yakujindo sub-shrine.
Besides Yakujin Myoo, the temple also honors Fudo Myoo, Aizen Myoo, Daikokuten,
the principal object of worship Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai, and
Kukai, later known as Kobo Daishi, the founder of Shingon sect of Buddhism.
The spacious precincts feature an area with sand from each of the stops on Shikoku's 88 Temple Pilgrimage
along with representations of their principle objects of worship,
giving you a chance to replicate the pilgrimage with ease.
. source : japantravel.navitime.com ... .

Next to 大黒堂 the Daikoku-Do Hall is a well with three auspicious frogs.

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Yakujin Do 厄神堂 Yakujin Hall
The Deity Yakujin Myo-O is venerated here.
This is one of three special Halls for Yakujin.

Walking in the compound

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shuin　朱印 stamp - Yakushi Nyorai

門戸厄神御姿 Mondo Yakujin
厄神明王 Yakujin Myo-O is a special form, combining
不動明王 Fudo Myo-O and 愛染明王 Aizen Myo-O.

ema 絵馬 votive tablet

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Pilgrimage to 49 Yakushi Temples - Nr. 20
. More Pilgrimages to 49 Yakushi Temples - Nr. 20

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- source : mondoyakujin ,,,
. source - aizen17.net ... .
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This temple is Nr. 02 of the pilgrimage
. Saigoku Aizen Deity Pilgrimage 西国愛染霊場 .

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

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In Niigata, on Sado Island, lived many famous Tanuki:
Futatsuiwa Dansaburo 二つ岩団三郎，Tookooji no Zentatsu 東光寺の禅達，
Omoya no Gensuke おもやの源助， Seki no Samuto 関の寒戸, Kokyo-An no Saikibo 湖鏡庵の財喜坊

. Zentatsu 赤泊徳和の禅達貉 Zentatsu Mujina from Tokuwa, Akadomari .

Mitsugayama Mujina ミツガヤマ狢
The Tanuki Mitsugayama came to the Temple Toko-Ji
to have a session of questions and answers with the priest.
One day the Tanuki did not know the answer and never came back.

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Niigata, 佐渡市 Sado city 相川 Aikawa

. Sabuto, Seki no Sabuto 関の寒戸 / 左武徒 the Tanuki Sabuto from Seki .

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Tado Kannondo Tado

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Tado Kannondoo 多度観音堂 Tado Kannondo Hall, Tado
多度山Tadozan, 法雲寺 Hounji, 観音堂 Kannondo

桑名市多度町多度山下1613 / Haruna city, Tado town, Tadosan shita

There are two Kannon statues :
十一面観世音 Juichimen Kannon
and 千手観世音 Senju Kannon.

- Chant of the temple
Washinokura is where I take off my pilgrim’s vest
which protected me during the pilgrimage.
今まではおやとたのみしおひづるを脱て納むるわしのくらにて（

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The history of Tado Kannon-dō starts in 763, when a monk called 満願禅師 Mangan (720-816)
built a practice ground in the 鷲の倉 Washinokura area east of Tado Shrine.
He enshrined a 4.85m high statue of Buddha, prayed and practiced.
One night he got a divination from Amatsuhikone, a Shinto god
and a 3rd son of Goddess of the Sun Amaterasu, and was told to build a temple.
Mangan traveled around the area and gathered donations.
When he got enough he went back to Washinokura, built a hall and
enshrined Amatsuhikone as a Bodhisattva Tado in it.
Soon a bell tower with a bronze bell was donated by a district headman 水取月足 Mizutori Tsukitari,
and a three-storied pagoda was founded by 主新麻呂 Agatanushi Nimaro from Mino province.
With these three buildings the basic structure of a Buddhist temple was finished.
In 780 by the order of the Emperor a monk called 法教禅師 Hōkyō was chosen to expand the temple.
In 781 Hōkyō started a preaching tour to gather donations
around four provinces: Ise, Mino, Owari and Shima.
Next he built a Lecture Hall and living quarters for monks.
Then he gathered ritual objects, tools and other necessary items.
The temple started to function properly and soon it received donation in form of rice fields and land.
In 839 the Emperor decided to make it a sub-temple of Tendai school.
In 849 the temple changed the school to Shingon and was given a name Hōun-ji.
Hōun-ji appears in the 10th Century book about laws and customs 延喜式 Engishiki (Procedures of the Engi Era, 905),
which was edited by 藤原時平　Fujiwara no Tokihira.
It states: Hōun-ji will be treated as a Provincial sub-temple, and there are 10 monks
who received the official certificates from the government.
The temple grew and flourished.
The 16th Century abbot of the temple reported that Hōun-ji consists of more than 70 sub-temples
and more than 300 monks live in its precinct.
The temple was not only a place of prayer, but also a school for many young monks and a cultural center of the area. In Kamakura period (1192-1333), between the years of 1211 and 1213,
the temple was set on fire by a group of thieves that burst into it.
In 1489 due to the Nankai earthquake a landslide occurred at the mountain.
As a result Hōun-ji temple was buried in the ground.
But according to the records kept by a clan of 多度大社　Tado Shrine priests – 小串氏　the Ogushi clan,
the temple was rebuilt and between 1532 and 1555 more than 70 sub-temples operated in its precinct.
Not long after Jōdo Shinshū school Buddhsits from Nagashima started an uprising against the samurai class
and especially Oda Nobunaga (later regarded as the first “Great Unifier” of Japan).
They even made special prayers at Tado Shrine to curse their enemy.
In 1571 Oda Nobunaga’s army led by 柴田勝家　Shibata Katsuie and 氏家常陸介　Ujiie Naomoto
marched in this area and burned all buildings belonging to Tado Shrine and Hōun-ji temple.
The temple and the shrine ceased to exist in the end of the 16th Century.
Their land was confiscated as a result of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s nationwide land survey. In the beginning of 17th Century the daimyo of Kuwana province 本多忠勝　Honda Tadakatsu (1548-1610)
revived the Tado Shrine. In 1617 the next daimyo 松平定勝　Matsudaira Sadakatsu (1560-1624)
brought an altar of 愛宕神　Shinto deity Atago (a protector against fires) from Kakegawa in Tōtōmi province
and placed it in the shrine.
In 1653 a monk named 良心法師　Ryōshin, the new abbot of Hōun-ji,
gathered donations and managed to rebuild the temple.
It was placed in Tado Shrine jurisdiction.
At the beginning of Meiji period (1868-1912) Hōun-ji temple was closed
due to the new law ordering the separation of Buddhism and Shinto (shinbutsu bunri).
A new Kannon Hall was built at the river bank of 落葉川　Ochiba river, a sacred river of Tado Shrine,
and two statues of Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) and
Senju Kannon (Thousand-Armed Kannon) were enshrined inside.
In 1900 due to severe rain fall the Kannon Hall was washed away.
In the following year a new smaller hall was built in its place
and two surviving statues were once again enshrined inside.
In 1905 the current Kannon Hall was rebuilt
and new ritual objects were place inside thanks to donations of the worshipers.
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This temple is Nr. 33 of the pilgrimage
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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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

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Tomyoji Yakushi Minato

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Toomyooji 東明寺 Tomyo-Ji, Minato
医王山 / 醫王山 Iyozan 東明寺 Tomyoji

富津市湊220 / Futtsu city, Minato

The main statue is 薬師如来立像 Yakushi Nyorai.
薬師瑠璃光如来（やくしるりこうにょらい） Yakushi Rurikoo Nyorai).
It was made in the early Heian Period (794 - 1185).
The statue is 216 cm high and made from カヤ材 Kaya wood.
In 1954, it became a Cultural Treasure of Minato town.
The left hand holds the yakko 薬壷 medicine pot.
In former times there was a 薬師堂 Yakushi Do Hall for the statue, but it got lost.
The temple was hit by a Tsunami wave in 1742 and was rebuilt
in 1751 at its present location.
There is also a statue of 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu made in the Mid-Heian period
and statues of 十二神将 the 12 Divine Generals made in the late Kamakura period.

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1月4日　　年始回り　
3月　　　 春彼岸会墓参　
8月8日　 施餓鬼会（先祖供養）
8月13,14,15日　　盂蘭盆会　
9月　　　 秋彼岸会墓参
11月15日　 十夜会（先祖供養）
12月下旬　 暮れの墓参

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. Kazusa 35 Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 .

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. Amidadoo 阿弥陀堂と伝説 Amida Do Hall .

. Ankokuji 安国寺 Ankoku-Ji .

. Anyooji 安養寺 Anyo-Ji, An’yō-ji - Kannon .

. Choofukuji 長福寺 Chofuku-Ji .

. Choorakuji, Chōraku-ji 長楽寺 Choraku-Ji .

. Chootokuji 長徳寺 Chotoku-Ji . - Mie

. Chuuzonji 中尊寺 Chuzon-Ji .

. Daichi-In 大智院 . - Aichi

. Daimanji 大満寺 Daiman-Ji / 虚空蔵堂 Kokuzo-Do hall .

. Dainichidoo 大日堂 Dainich Do Hall .

. Daishooji 大聖寺 Daisho-Ji . - Aichi

. Daishooji 大照寺 Daisho-Ji . - Nagano

. Densenji 伝誓寺 Densei-Ji .

. Doonyuuji 道入寺 Donyu-Ji . - Ishikawa

. Doounji 洞雲寺 Doun-Ji (Toun-Ji .

. Eifukuji 永福寺 Eifuku-Ji .

. Enjoji 圓乗寺 / 円乗寺 - Kannon .

. Entsuuji 円通寺 Entsu-Ji .

. Fudooin 不動院 Fudo-In / Fudo-Do 不動堂 .

. Fujiidera 藤井寺 .

. Fukuzenji 福泉寺 Fukuzen-Ji .

. Fumyooji 普明寺 Fumyo-Ji .

. Gokurakuji 極楽寺 Gokuraku-Ji .

. Hanpukuuji 飯福寺 Hanpuku-Ji .

. Hongenji 与国寺 Hongen-Ji .

. Hoofukuji 宝福寺　/ 寶福寺 Hofuku-Ji .

. Hoofukuji 方副寺 Hofuku-Ji .

. Hoomyooji 法明寺 Homyo-Ji .

. Hooraiji 蓬莱寺 Horai-Ji .

. Hyakusaiji 百済寺 Hyakusai-Ji .

. Ikooji 医光寺 Iko-Ji .

. Iwayaji 岩屋寺 Iwaya-Ji .

. Jiganji 慈願寺 Jigan-Ji .

. Jishooji 慈照寺 Jisho-Ji .

. Jisseiji 実成寺 Jissei-Ji .

. Jizodo 地蔵堂 Jizo-Do Hall .

. Jooanji 常安寺 Joan-Ji .

. Joofukuji 常福寺 Jofukuji .

. Joofukuji 浄福寺 Jofuku-Ji .

. Joojuin 成就院 Joju-In . - Watarida Fudo

. Jookooji 定光寺 Joko-Ji .

. Joonenji 常念寺 Jonen-Ji .

. Joorakuji 常楽寺 Jorakuji and 六角堂 Rokkakudo Hall .

. Joounji 浄雲寺 Joun-Ji .

. Kakushuuji 革秀寺 Kakushu-Ji .

. Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji .

. Kaneiji 寛永寺 Kanei-Ji .

. Keiunji 慶運寺 Keiun-Ji, Urashima Taro Temple .

. Keisokuji 鶏足寺 Keisoku-Ji Temple of the chicken legs .

. Kezooji 華蔵寺 Kezo-Ji .

. Kookooji 光興寺 Koko-Ji .

. Kokubunji 国分寺 Kokubun-Ji .

. Kokuuzoji 虚空蔵寺 Kokuzo-Ji .

. Kongooji 金剛寺 Kongo-Ji .

. Kooganji 高岩寺 Kogan-Ji .

. Koomyooji 光明寺 Komyo-Ji .

. Koonji 香音寺 Koon-Ji .

. Koozenji 光善寺 Kozen-Ji .

. Manganji 満願寺 Mangan-Ji .

. Matsumushidera 松蟲寺 Matsumushi-Dera .

. Miidera 三井寺 Mii-Dera / 園城寺 Onjo-Ji .

. Myoogiji 妙義寺 Myogi-Ji .

. Myoosenji 妙宣寺 Myosen-Ji .

. Nanko-Ji 南光寺 - Fudo .

. Nichijooji 日浄寺 Nichijo-Ji .

. Otakiji 大滝寺 Otaki-Ji .

. Risshakuji 山寺立石寺 Yamadera Risshaku-Ji. .

. Ryoogenji 領玄寺 Ryogen-Ji .

. Ryuugeji 竜花寺 Ryuge-Ji . 竜海寺 Ryukai-Ji, 竜心寺 Ryushin-Ji, 竜天寺 Ryuten-Ji and 竜王寺 Ryuo-Ji.

. Ryuugenji 柳玄寺 Ryugen-Ji .

. Ryuukoozenji 竜興禅寺 Ryukozenji .

. Ryuunenji 龍拈寺（竜拈寺) Ryunen-Ji .

. Ryuusenji 龍泉寺 / 竜泉寺 Ryusen-Ji .

. Ryuutenji 龍天寺 Ryuten-Ji .

. Saihooji 西方寺 Saiho-Ji .

. Saikooji 西光寺 Sako-Ji .

. Seikō-Ji 星光寺 Seiko-Ji .

. Saimyooji 最明寺 Saimyo-Ji .

. Seisenji 清泉寺 Seisen-Ji .

. Sekkeiji 雪蹊寺 Sekkei-Ji .

. Shinkooji 真興寺 Shinko-Ji .

. Shinpukuji 神福寺 Shinpuku-Ji .

. Shinpukuji 真福寺 / 眞福寺 Shinpuku-Ji .

. Shoobooji 正法寺 Shobo-Ji / Shoho-Ji .

. Shoofukuji 正福寺 Shofuku-Ji .

. Shooshuuji 正衆寺 Shoshu-Ji .

. Shoozenji 掌善寺 Shozen-Ji .

. Shussekiji 出石寺 Shusseki-Ji .

. Soken-In 宗賢院 .

. Soorinji 双林寺 Sorin-Ji. .

. Susa no Koji 須佐の古寺 the Old Temple from Susa .

. Tentokuji 天徳寺 Tentoku-Ji - Tokyo .

. Toofukuji 東福寺 Tofuku-Ji .

. Toozenji 東漸寺 Tozen-Ji - Nagano .

. Toozenji 東漸寺 Tozen-Ji - Saitama.

. Yakuooji 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji .

. Yakushido 薬師堂 Hall for Yakushi Nyorai .

. Yuufukuji 祐福寺 Yufuku-Ji .

. Yuugao, Yūgao Kannondō 夕顔観音堂 Yugao Kannon Hall / 安福寺 Anpuku-Ji .

. Zendooji 善導寺 Zendo-Ji .

. Zenkooji 善光寺 Zenko-Ji .

. Zenkooji 禅光寺 Zenko-Ji の安住院 Anju-In .

. Zenkyuin 全久院 Zenkyu-In .

. Zenpooji 善宝寺 Zenpo-Ji .

. Zenyooji 善養寺 Zenyo-Ji .

. Zōjō-Ji 増上寺 Zojo-Ji .

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. terakoya 寺子屋 　"temple school", private school .
常源寺 Temple Jogen-Ji, Hyogo
観成院 Temple Kanjo-In, Saga

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Tokoji Yakushi Mimasaka

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Tookooji 東光寺 Toko-Ji, Mimasaka
三間山 Mimazan 東光寺 Tokoji

佐賀県武雄市山内町三間坂甲14866 / Saga, Takeo city, Yamauchi, Mimasaka

The main statue is Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来, with 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai and 聖観音 Sho-Kannon Bosatus at his side.
The statue of Amida Nyorai was made by carver 安阿弥 Annami, who had come from Korea.

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The temple was founded by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi when he was in the area at 西光密寺 the Temple Saikomitsu-Ji.
In the Kamakura period the temple was called 黒髪三所大権現 Kurokami Sansho Daigongen und under the protection of
後藤貴明 Lord Saito Kataakira (1534 - 1583).
In the Meiji Restauration in 1868 the temple became abandoned.
The Temple has a small bronze statue of 白衣観音 Byakue Kannon with a white robe,
which was most probably made for 隠れキリシタン the hidden Christians of the area.
This statue is also called 隠れキリシタン観音 Kannon for the Hidden Christians.

Lanterns made of Pottery in the compound

Jizo Bosatsu statues in the compound

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This temple is Nr. 37 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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江戸崎町 Edosaki town

sokonashida 底なし田 a "field without a bottom"
In former times, there was a field "without a bottom" near 東光寺 the Temple Toko-Ji.
Nobody dared to plant rice near them.
Once a farmer dared to plant rice, but soon his wife became very ill
and could not work the whole year. The husband worked alone during summer
but both died in winter.




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佐渡市 Sado city 相川 Aikawa

. Danzaburoo, Danzaburō the Tanuki 団三郎狸 - Danzaburo-danuki .
and 東光寺 the Temple Toko-Ji.

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Tafukuin Fudo Toda

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Tafuku-In 多福院 Tafuku-In, Toda
亀寶山 / 亀宝山 Kihozan 多福院 Tafuku-In 能満寺 Noman-Ji

埼玉県戸田市本町3-4-3 / Saitama, Toda town, Honcho

The Fudo Myo-O statue made of stone is in 不動堂 a Fudo Hall in front of the main temple.
The main statue is 虚空蔵菩薩 Kokuzo Bosatsu.
. Kokuuzoo 虚空蔵 Kokuzo 虚空蔵 .

A sub-temple of 京都小野地蔵院末 Ono Jizo-In in Kyoto.
The temple was founded by 僧定顯 Priest Sadaaki in 1382 on request of 桃井直和 Momoi Tadakazu (? - 1370).
It was located near the river Arakawa, but lost during a flooding.

The 鐘楼 bell tower has a bell dating to 1774.

In the compound are six statues of 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu dating to 1783.

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. Kita Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 28

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This Temple is Nr. 41 of the
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