Yakushiji Mie Boji

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Yakushiji 薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji, Boji
轟山 Todorokizan, 薬師寺 Yakushiji

伊賀市鳳凰寺245　/ Iga city, Booji / Boji (Hooji)

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

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

A temple by the name 鳳凰寺 Boo-Ji already existed in the 白鳳時代 Hakuho period (645 - 707).
This temple was founded in 1598 by 清存法印 priest Seizon Hoin.
It was large with 七堂伽藍 the uusal seven buildings.
It is an important cultural property of the prefecture.
The temple burned down in 1578 during the Tensho Iga War
and again various times during rebellions.
In 1964 the main hall was newly built.

The temple has many treasures apart from the statue of Yakushi Nyorai,
like 如意輪観音菩薩,、弘法大師,、不動明王,、阿弥陀如来,、地蔵菩薩 and 役行者
In the compound is the main hall, a 庫裡 storage hall and 地蔵堂 a hall for Jizo Bosatsu.

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

１月１日　　初詣、大涅槃経
２月３日　　節分星まつり
２月１５日　涅槃法要
４月８日　　花まつり Hana Matsuri
８月３日　　施餓鬼法要
８月１７日　観音まつり Kannon Matsuri
８月２３日　地蔵まつり Jizo Matsuri
９月１２日　大会式

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Iga Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage 伊賀四国八十八カ所 . - Nr. 05

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
- source : omairi.club ... .
- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 58 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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薬師寺も唐招提寺も良夜かな

田中冬二 Tanaka Fuyuji

ryooya 良夜 (りょうや) Ryoya "good night"
night with a good view of the moon
. WKD : 良夜 Ryoya .

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Zuisenji Yakushi Hibara

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Zuisenji 瑞泉寺 Zuisen-Ji, Hibara
石松山 Ishimatsuzan 瑞泉寺 Zuisenji

愛知県常滑市桧原西前田81-1 / Aichi, Tokoname city, Hibara, Nishi-Maeda

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai

The temple was founded around 1600 by 照庵慧最和尚　Priest Shoan Keisai.
Once there was a fire in the nearby temple 高讃寺 Kosan-Ji and the two statues of
薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai and 聖観音菩薩 were bruoght here to be safe.
The statue of 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai has a small statue of Amida Nyorai in its inside.
On the transom are carvings of Buddha and the 12 important disciples.

In the cliff in front of the main hall are stone statues of
十六羅漢 the 16 Arhats.
This is a speciality of the Temple.

Entrance to the Parking area

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. - reference : tokai yakushi - .
. source : google 瑞泉寺 .

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This temple is Nr. 04 of the pilgrimage
. 東海49薬師 Tokai Pilgrimage to 49 Yakushi temples .


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The Temple 青龍山瑞泉寺 Seiryuzan Zuisen-Ji
A Zen-priest named 無因 Mu-In hit the corner of a rock with his staff many times.
The rock burst and water came flowing out. White clouds came up and
seiryuuu 青龍 an Azure dragon came out and moved to heaven.
This is the origin of the Temple name 青龍山瑞泉寺 Seiryuzan Zuisen-Ji.
. seiryuu 青龍と伝説 / 青竜 Legends about Seiryu, Azure Dragons .




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南砺市 Nanto city

- - お女郎さん a geisha
It was an old custom that on July 24 the men and on July 25 the women
would go to the Temple 瑞泉寺 Zuisen-Ji to pray.
And it would always rain in the afternoon of July 25.

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Yakushiji Izumo Nakano

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Yakushiji 薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji, Nakano
長命山 Chomeizan 薬師寺 Yakushiji // 川跡薬師 (かわとやくし) Kawato Yakushi

島根県出雲市中野町182 / Shimane, Izumo city, Nakano town

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai, made by 一鑑隆明師 Reverend Takaaki Ichikan.
Ichikan is the 16th generation of 松江洞光寺十六世 the Temple Toko-Ji of Matsue.

- Chant of the temple
簸(ひ)の川(かわ)の 清(きよ)き川跡((かわと)の御薬師(おんやくし)
恒紗(ごうしゃ)の衆生(しゅじょう)救(すく)ひ漏(も)らさず

The Temple was founded in 1719 during a time of severe epidemic.
The head priest prayed for help from the Deities, undergoing a severe prayer ritual
itto sanrai 一刀三拝 (イットウサンライ)| one cut of the Yakushi statue and three deep bows,
thus making a statue of Yakushi Nyorai.

In 1884, the temple was elected as one of the 12 Yakushi Nyorai and named
川跡薬師 Kawato Yakushi.
In the compound are many statues of other deities like
慈母観音、地蔵菩薩、十王像、弘法大師、金比羅、秋葉権現.

People come here to pray for 長命 a long life, 学問 good scholarship and 諸願成就 fulfillment of their wishes.

慈母観音堂 Jibo "Mother Kannon" Hall

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

２月１５日 涅槃会 Nehan-E - Nirvana ritual
４月８日　 花まつり Hana Matsuri - Flower festival
７月２３日　施食法要 Shishoku Hoyo - almsgiving memorial service

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. - reference : jimdofree - .
. source : sotozen-shima2.jp ... 薬師寺 .

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This temple is Nr. 05 of the pilgrimage
. 出雲十大薬師霊場 Izumo Pilgrimage to 10 important Yakushi temples .

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Zuiunji Hirata Izumo

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Zuiunji 瑞雲寺 Zuiun-Ji, Hirata
薬王山 Yakuozan, 瑞雲寺 Zuiunji // 平田薬師 Hirata Yakushi

島根県出雲市平田町116 / Shimane, Izumo city, Hirata town

The main statue is Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来, carved by the famous carver 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu.
The two Nio statues right and left to the main gate were made by 運慶 Unkei.

- Chant of the temple
ありがたや 瑠璃のひかりに　照らされて あたごの山に　晴るる朝霧

The temple is located near a city park famous for its cherry blossoms.
The temple was founded in 944 during an epidemic.
Even now people come here to pray for good health of the whole family.

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- Koyasu Daishi 子安大師 Kobo Daishi to protect children-

あなとうと　子安大師の ご利益(りやく)を 受けしうぶ子の　声ぞいさまし

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平田薬師秋季大祭 Great Autumn Festival at Hirata Yakushi

The festival lasts for two days.
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- - - - - Reference of the temple
. - reference : zuiunnzi.web - .
. source : google 瑞雲寺 .

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This temple is Nr. 02 of the pilgrimage
. . 出雲十大薬師霊場 Izumo Pilgrimage to 10 important Yakushi temples .

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Yakushi In Kyoto Daikoku

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Yakushiin 薬師院 Yakushi-In, Kyoto
医徳山 Itokuzan 薬師院 Yakushiin
Konuka Yakushi 不来乎薬師 (こぬかやくし) / 来ぬか薬師 - "Why Do you not come, Yakushi San?"

京都市中京区釜座通二条上ル大黒町694 / Kyoto city, Nakagyo ward, Kamaza street, Daikoku town

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
It was carved by 伝教大師最澄 Dengyo Daishi Saicho when he was 16 years old.
The method was
itto sanrai 一刀三礼 carving one part and praying three times
. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 .
The statue was given from 比叡山女人禁制 Mount Hieisan of the temple that was forbidden for women in Gifu.

In 1230 the Head Priest had a dream vision, where Yakushi told him:
「一切病苦の衆生、我が前に来たらば諸病悉く除くべきに、来也(こぬか)、来也。」

In 1688, the Zen prest 鉄面禅師 Tetsumen Zenshi restored the temple.
The statue of Yakushi Nyorai was given to 織田信長 Oda Nobunaga by 斎藤道三 Saito Dosan.
At the end of the Edo period the 蛤御門 Hamaguri Gomon Gate was lost to fire.
In 1888 the priest 竺丈禅師 Jikujo Zenshi revived the temple with the help of the
近衛家 Konoe Family and the 三井家 Mitsui family.
At that time during the digging for a well a statue of Daikoku was found
and the village nearby was now called 大黒町 Daikoku town.
In 2012, the temple was added to the
京都十二薬師霊場めぐり Pilgrimage to 12 Yakushi Temples in Kyoto.

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本尊薬師如来開扉法要(10月8日) The statue is shown every year
in a special ritual on Ocotber 08.

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. source : google ... 大黒町 .
- source : kyoto12yakushi.net ... .

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This temple is Nr. 09 of the pilgrimage
. Kyoto 12 Yakushi Temples 京都十二薬師霊場 .

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Shojuji Ichihara Azu

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Shoojuji 正寿寺 Shoju-Ji, Azu
正寿寺 / 正壽寺 Shōjuji, Shojuji (正寿院 Shoju-In)

千葉県市原市安須745 / Chiba, Ichihara city, Azu

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

Not much information is found online.

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This Temple is Nr. 24 of the
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Zenpukuji Mie Iseji

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Zenpukuji 善福寺 Zenpuku-Ji, Iseji
閼伽井山 Akaizan, 善福寺 Zenpukuji

伊賀市伊勢路731 / Mie, Iga city, Iseji

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.
There is also a statue of 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai, 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi and 観音菩薩 Kannon Bosatsu.

- Chant of the temple
おん　あみりた　ていぜい　からうん

The date of the founding is not clear.
Iseji is part of the Kumano Kodo Pilgrims road.
. Kumano Kodoo, Kumano Kodō 熊野古道 The Old Kumano Road .

In the compound is a 閼伽井 Aka-I sacred well, opened by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi when he visited here.
About 3 km into the mountain is a statue called 青山大師 Aoyama Daishi.

The Temple is located in 伊勢路 Iseji, a postal station of 宮街道青山峠 the Highway passing the Aoyama Toge Pass.
Take your time to read this detailed information :
. Iseji Route: The Eastern Route of Kumano Kodo .

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

１月５日　　大涅槃会
２月１５日　涅槃会
３月２１日　春の彼岸会
４月８日　　釈迦誕生会、花まつり
８月１０日　施餓鬼会
８月１６日　大聖歓喜天会式
８月２１日　青山大師会式
９月２３日　秋の彼岸会

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Iga Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage 伊賀四国八十八ヶ所 . - Nr. 21

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
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- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
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This temple is Nr. 42 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) .

. Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 .

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善福寺池のベンチの秋思かな
Zenpuku-Ji ike no benchi no shuushi kana

皆吉司 Minakichi Tsukasa


辛夷咲き善福寺川縷の如し
kobushi saki Zenpukujigawa ru no gotoshi

水原秋櫻子 Mizuhara Shuoshi

善福寺川 Zenpukujigawa is a river crossing Suginami ward, in the west of Tokyo. The river meanders in the capital's residential neighborhoods with parts of its banks developed for a Sakura Cherry Blossom promenade.
... wikipedia

. kigo : 秋思 shushi, shuushi ... .
秋懐、傷秋、秋容、秋あわれ、秋さびし
秋になって、心に何かを感じたり思ったりをすることをいう。春は春愁といい、秋は秋思という。愁いに比べ、、思いは乾いた感じがある。

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仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward

tsue itchoo 杖銀杏 "walking staff Gingko"
The founder of 称覚寺 Temple Shokaku-Ji, the Priest 道知和尚 Dochi Osho,
used the temple name around 1656.
He took home a branch from the famous 御杖銀杏 Tsue Itcho Tree
and planted it in his garden.
The branch begun to grow and became a larte Gingko tree.

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waka 和歌 Waka poetry
When 後鳥羽院 the Emperor Gotoba In passed 善福寺 the Temple Zenpuku-Ji,
there were many frogs in the pond making a noise.
But the wind was very strong and their voices were hardly heared.
So he wrote this Waka poem:
蛙なく勝田の池の夕だたみきかまし物を松かぜの音
When he read the poem out loud, the wind stopped.
. waka 和歌 Waka poetry - Introduction .

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Yakuoji Ichihara Kozaka

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Yakuooji 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji, Kozaka
薬王寺 Yakuoji

市原市高坂227 / Ichihara city, Kozaka

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.

Not much information is found online.

Graves in the compound

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shuin　朱印 stamp - Yakushi Nyorai

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- - - - - Reference of the Temple

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

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This Temple is Nr. 23 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .

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

....................................................................... Fukushima 福島県　
いわき市 Iwaki city 平長橋町 Hiranagahashi town

Inari Myojin no Keshin 稲荷明神の化神 an Incarnation of Inari Myojin
If there was a strong rain, tha water of the river overflows and people can not cross 尼子橋 the bridge Amakobashi.
The wife of 岩城則道 Iwaki Norimichi, 徳尼 Tokuni, felt very sorry for the farmers.
One day an old man with white hair sighed in front of the hut of Tokuni, so she invited him in.
The old man said he was skilled in building bridges and would help.
He kept his word and within 30 days the bridge was built.

The old man crossed the bridge and said now they would not meet again.
He disappeared out of sight near the temple 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji.
The old man was also called 尼子稲荷明神 Amako Inari Myojin.
. Inari Myojin 稲荷明神 Honorable Inari Deity .




....................................................................... Hyogo　兵庫県　
豊岡市 Toyooka city 但東町 Tanto town

. Hidarugami ひだる神 / ヒダルカミ Legends about the Hunger Gods .
Coming down the Noborio tooge 登尾峠 Noborio Pass toward 小野原 Onohara,
there is a place where the hidarugami ひだる神 Hunger Gods attack a human.
A few years ago a merchant who had just eaten lunch passed here.
He walked on but felt hungry all the time.
People from the nearby 薬王寺 Temple Yakuo-Ji
also often feel hungry when walking there.




....................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県　

Gyoki no toku 行基の徳 the virtue of Gyoki
On the road from 薬王寺 the Temple Yakuo-Ji in 阿波国海部郡比和左村 to 土佐国 Tosa (now 高知県 Kochi)
there is a retreat called
Gyoki An 行基庵 Gyoki Hermitage.
Once a mackarel merchant passed here and Gyoki asked for one fish as an offering.
But the merchant would not give him one.
Now Gyoki sung a song saying the horse of the merchant would fall ill.
And indeed, the horse fell ill.
The merchant was shocked and apologized.
Now Gyoki sung a song saying the horse would get well
and indeed, it got well immediately.
The story spread around and many people came to pray here and made a statue of Gyoki.
. Gyōki 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu .

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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Yakushiin Inage Shinsaku

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Yakushiin 薬師院 Yakushi-In, Shinsaku
医王山 Iozan　薬師院 Yakushiin

神奈川川崎市高津区新作3丁目27-1 / Kanagawa, Kawasaki city, Takatsu ward, Shinsaku

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.

It was originally called 薬師堂 Yakushi-Do Hall.
Not much information about this temple is found online.

In 1655, the Priest 盤珪国師 Bankei Kokushi gave it its present name.

A sign with the inscription 薬師禅院 Yakushi Zen-In

In the compound is a statue of 延命地蔵菩薩 Enmei Jizo Bosatsu for a long life.

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shuin　朱印 stamp

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
. source - tesshow ... .
- source : inage yakushi .

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This temple is Nr. 07 of the pilgrimage
. Inage 7 Yakushi Temples 稲毛七薬師霊場 .

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Zenpukuin Mie Teramachi

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Zenpukuin 善福院 Zenpuku-In, Teramachi
松涼山 Shoryozan 善福院 Zenpukuin

伊賀市寺町1176　/ Iga city, Teramachi

The Kannon statue is 十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon Bosatsu.
It was possibly a trial statue for the Hasedera in Nara.
Also called 柳谷観世音 Yanagidani Kanzeon

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

The temple was founded around 740.

In the compound is 聖天堂 a Hall for the deity Shoten.

In the compound is 宝篋印塔 a Hokyoin pagoda tower.

In 1922, 石造十三重塔 a stone pagoda with 13 tires was erected.
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a Shrine for 白龍王神 the White Dragon Deity and
a Shrine for 八大龍神 the Eight Great Dragon Kings were made.

In the compound was a huge 松の大木 Matsu pine tree of more than 400 years,
which fell down during the typhoon in 1961.

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

- 伊賀四国八十八ｶ所第七十六番霊場 Iga Shikoku 88 Temples - Nr. 76 -
. reference : wikipedia .

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- - - - - Reference of the temple
- source : google
- reference source : mieshikoku88.net/list ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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This temple is Nr. 32 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) .

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


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