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2015/03/24

Yakushi Nyorai Legends

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. Yakushipedia - ABC-Index 薬師如来 .
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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 the Buddha of Medicine - Bhaisajyaguru

Folktales, legends about Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 / お薬師様 / お薬師さん

- source : Shin Yakushi-Ji 新薬師寺

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 place names .
mountains, and more - many come with their own legend

. Yakushi no Yu 薬師の湯 / Yakushiyu 薬師湯 Yakushi Hot Springs .

. Neko Yakushi 猫薬師 Yakushi Nyorai and the Cat .

. Gyoki Bosatsu (Gyooki Bosatsu) 行基菩薩 .
(668-749 AD) Gyōki - he carved many Yakushi statues.

. Fudo Myo-O 薬師と不動伝説 Yakushi Nyorai and Fudo Myo-O Legends .

. Tengu 薬師と天狗伝説 Yakushi Nyorai and Tengu Legends .

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In ABC order of the prefectures.
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. Yakushi Legends from Tohoku 東北 .

Akita 秋田県 - - Aomori　青森県 -- Fukushima 福島県 --
Iwate 岩手県 -- Miyagi 宮城県 -- Yamagata 山形県

. Yakushi Nyorai and hakuroku 白鹿 the white deer, white stag .

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. Legends from Aichi 愛知県 .

. Legends from Chiba 千葉県 and Ehime 愛媛県 .

. Legends from Fukui 福井県 .

. Gifu　岐阜県 / Gunma 群馬県 / Hiroshima 広島県 / Hyogo 兵庫県 .

. Ibaraki 茨城県 and Ishikawa 石川県 .

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. Kagawa 香川県 / Kanagawa 神奈川県 / Kochi 高知県 .

. Kyoto 京都 .

. Mie 三重県 and Miyazaki 宮崎県 .

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. Nagano 長野県 .
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. Nara 奈良県 and Niigata 新潟県 .

. Okayama 岡山県 .

. Osaka 大阪, Saitama 埼玉県 and Shiga 滋賀県 .

. Shimane 島根県 .

. Shizuoka 静岡県 .

. Tochigi 栃木県, Tokushima 徳島県 and Tottori 鳥取県 .

. Tokyo 東京 - Edo 江戸 .

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. Toyama 富山県 .

. Wakayama 和歌山県 .

. Yamaguchi 山口県 and Yamanashi　山梨県 .

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Manga Nihon Mukashibanashi マンガ昔話データベース

主人も猫も鶏も同じ年
...」とこれも感謝するのでした。こうして庄屋様に大事にされて、鶏も猫も長生きをしておりました。ある年のこと。今まで元気だった庄屋様は寝込んでしまいました。その頃、一人の旅の坊様がこの村の近くを通りかかりました。夜になってしまったので、坊様は山の薬師堂で一夜を明かすこととしました。しばらくして坊様が目を覚ますと、いつの間に来たのか年老いた一人の男が坊様の前に座っておりました。男は下村の庄屋様に飼われている鶏である、と坊様に告げました。坊様が驚いていると男はこう続けます。庄屋様は今年で４８歳にな...
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きつねの花嫁 Kitsune no hanayome - Mikawa
昔、三河の国の宇頭（うとう）という所に、とんでもないイタズラ好きな与太郎という若者がいました。今日も、薬師様にお供えしてあった油揚げに釣り針を仕掛けて、キツネを釣るイタズラをしていました。イタズラに手を焼いた母親は、嫁さえもらえば与太郎も落ち着くだろうと考え、村の鎮守様に「どうかせがれに良い嫁が来るように」とお願いしました。そのおかげか、村の庄屋さんの紹介で、与太郎にも隣村から器量よし（美人）の嫁さんが来ることになりました。

沼薬師如来 numa Yakushi
...も再び目が見えるようになった。このことがあってから、村人は大木の芯の部分で薬師様を彫り、また残りの部分を使って小さな薬師堂を建てた。この薬師堂は沼薬師と呼ばれるようになり、これ以降、村では目の病だけではなく流行病もなくなって長生きする者が増えたという。

子どもたちと薬師さま the children and Yakushi
昔、ある村に薬師様がありました。村の人たちはたいそう大事にしておりました。子供たちはお堂のそばで、雪合戦などをして毎日遊んでおりました。その子たちの一人が権兵衛。ある日、権兵衛の親父の甚兵衛さんが村の寄り合いに出て、村の世話役に選ばれました。上機嫌で薬師堂のそばを通りましたら扉が開いている。中をのぞくとなんとしたことか、薬師様の像がない。権兵衛たちがお堂のそばで遊ぶうち、薬師様と一緒に遊ぼうという話になって、引っ張り出したのでした。遊ぶうちに日が暮れたのか薬師様は雪の中で置き去りになっていたので

乳の薬師さま breast feeding and Yakushi - Nagoya
...いった。困り果てたおさよは、身体の願いなら何でも叶うという名古屋の東光寺の薬師様へお参りに行くことにした。東光寺までの道のりは遠く、いくつも峠を越えなければならなかったが、おさよは真夜中に毎日毎日通い続けた。満願である二十一日目、おさよが薬師様に精根こめてお願いすると、自分の乳房がみるみる張ってくるのを感じた。大急ぎで家に...乳をしゃぶらせると沢山の乳が出て、赤ん坊は死を免れることができた。おさよ夫婦はお薬師様にいつまでも感謝した

- source : nihon.syoukoukai.com

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薬師如来　紙芝居 Yakushi Nyorai - Kamishibai
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. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 place names .
many come with a legend

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Monsters, legends and Yakushi 妖怪データベース
- source : nichibun yokai database
薬師如来　29 (07)
薬師 183 (00)

YAKUSHI NYORAI, YAKUSHI TATHĀGATA　Buddha of Medicine and Healing
Yakushi literally means Medicine Teacher
Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli
(Jp. = Jōruri 浄瑠璃, Skt. = Vaiduryanirbhasa).
Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō 薬師瑠璃光,
meaning Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
Commonly shown holding medicine jar in left hand.
Among the 88 temples on the well-trodden Shikoku Pilgrimage, 23 are dedicated to Yakushi, second only to the 29 sites dedicated to Kannon (Goddess of Mercy).
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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. Yakushi Nyorai - 薬師如来 - Introduction .

おんころころ夕日に沈む春の塵

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2014/10/30

Dondoro Taishi

- source : meiji-era-kabuki

- Kabuki -
A famous temple in Ôsaka. It was built in 1752 to honour the soldiers who were killed during the 1615 Summer campaign. Its real name was Kyônyoan but it was nicknamed Dondoro Taishi because of the daimyô Doi Toshitsura 土井利位 (1789~1848), who was in service in Ôsaka Castle for the Shogunate from 1834 to 1837 and lived near the Kyônyoan. He assiduously prayed there and contributed to the fame of this temple.
It was a custom to call it "Doi-dono Taishi", which became Dondoro Taishi in popular speech.

"Keisei Awa no Naruto" was a 10-act drama. The 8th act, divided into two scenes, "Dondoro Taishi no Monzen" (the Temple Town (monzen) near Dondoro Taishi) and "Jûrôbei Uchi" (at Jûrôbei's Home), is the only one, which is still part of both the Kabuki and Bunraku repertoires. The drama nicknamed "Dondoro" is the first scene of this 8th act.

- Summary
Jûrobei, a samurai, has taken upon himself the task of finding his master's lost sword. He moves to Ôsaka with his wife Oyumi, leaving their infant daughter in the care of her grandmother for her own safety. He joins a band of thieves to allow himself access to places where the sword might be found and has been searching for 10 years to no avail.

In the scene immediately preceding the one performed, a messenger visits Oyumi who is alone at home. He brings a letter from one of Jûrobei's cohorts: their crimes have been discovered and some members of the group have been caught. Jûrobei and his wife should flee as soon as possible to escape capture.

Dondoro Taishi no Monzen
The Temple Town near Dondoro Taishi

Shortly thereafter, Oyumi hears the songs of a Buddhist pilgrim and the ringing of a bell. A young girl on a pilgrimage has called at the house. Oyumi gives her an offering of rice and invites her in when she learns that the girl is from her own home province. The girl tells of how she is on a walking pilgrimage from distant Awa in search of her parents from whom she was separated when she was a small child. Suspicious, Oyumi asks the names of the girl's parents. Whereupon, the girl tells her they are "Jûrobei" and "Oyumi".

Shocked to learn that the girl standing before her is her own daughter Otsuru, whom she had left behind years earlier, Oyumi is torn; she wants to take her beloved daughter in her arms, but if she reveals to the Otsuru that she is her mother the girl will surely be dragged into the sordid and potentially fatal affairs of her family. Oyumi fears for her daughter's life should she rejoin her parents, who may themselves be doomed. Clutching the letter she had earlier received, Oyumi vacillates but finally decides to compose herself and keep her identity secret.

The purity of Otsuru's devotion to the search for her parents pierces Oyumi's heart. She waivers several times but finally decides to tell the girl that she should go back to her grandmother and await her parents' return.

Touched by Oyumi's motherly compassion, the girl pleads that Oyumi might allow her to stay. Oyumi is overwhelmed by sadness but realizes that she must send Otsuru away for her own safety. She prepares some traveling money and gives it to the girl, but Otsuru will not accept it: she has enough for the road. Oyumi brushes the dust from Otsuru's kimono, then takes a hairpin and fixes Otsuru's hair before the girl turns to leave.

Unable to part without seeing her one last time Oyumi calls her daughter back to her and they embrace. Otsuru grasps the end of a strip of cloth that Oyumi is holding and tries to pull her mother toward her in a highly-stylized scene that is one of the most famous in the puppet theatre. Oyumi eventually pushes Otsuru out of the house then sits stifling her sobs beside the closed door as Otsuru beats on it from the other side.

Oyumi listens as Otsuru's song fades in the distance. Overcome with grief that she may never see her daughter again, Oyumi rushes out of the house to call her back. But the girl is already gone. Anguished, Oyumi is reduced to tears, but she resolves to go after her daughter. The scene ends with Oyumi standing before her house preparing to leave.
- source : www.kabuki21.com

Meiji Era Kabuki: Three Shintomiza Tsuji Banzuke
The performance date places the performance this tsuji banzuke advertised on 8th February 1912, the last year, 46, of the Meiji era, which ended that same year with the death of Emperor Meiji on 30th July 1912, which had been a time of major changes in Japanese society.

- source : meiji-era-kabuki

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摂津国八十八ケ所 - Henro Temples in Settsu no Kuni

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Nr. 11 - 如意山 / 三松山 - 甘露院　善福寺 Zenpuku-Ji
空堀町10-19, 大阪市天王寺区 / 10-19 Karahoricho, Tennoji Ward, Osaka

The main statue is of Kobo Daishi, with Aizen Myo-O 愛染明王 and Fudo Myo-O 不動明王 at his side (newly made after a fire during WWII destroyed the compound).
There are also statues of Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観世音菩薩 and Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来.
鏡如庵大師堂 Kyonyo-An, Hall for Kobo Daishi
and
Doi Dono no Daishi 「土井殿の大師」（どいどののだいし）

The temple has been founded by Shokoku Taishi 聖徳太子 around 778. People came here to pray for favorable weather, especially protection from long rain or for rain during a draught.

Daishi meguri 大師巡り, visiting a temple in honor of Kobo Daishi on the 21 of each month, became quite popular in the region after the war.
In Osaka, this was
Naniwa Daishi meguri 浪華大師巡り.

In the compound is a bronze statue of
Shogun Jizoo 勝軍地蔵尊
in memory of the War with Russia from 1907.

O-Yumi and O-Tsuru in the temple compound

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. Shikoku Henro Temple List .

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

Koya San in Wakayama

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

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

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

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2014/10/18

Yakuo-Ji Shikoku 23

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Yaokooji 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji

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

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Nr. 23 - 医王山 Iozan　無量寿院 Muryoju-In　薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji
徳島県海部郡美波町奥河内寺前285-1 / Teramae Okugawauchi, Minami-chō, Kaifu-gun

- Chant of the temple
皆人の病みぬる年の薬王寺　
瑠璃の薬をあたえましませ

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Statler says that this is one of the most popular temples on the pilgrimage, with half a million people visiting it each year. When you stop to think that the main pilgrimage season only lasts a little more than two months, you get an idea of how crowded it can get.

Founded by Gyōki in the 8th century, this temple is known as the temple 'par excellence' for protecting yourself from the dangers of misfortunes (Yaku-yoke) due to your age. At the age of 42, Kōbō Daishi performed a great exorcism here to prevent public disaster. He also, on the orders of Emperor Heijō, carved statues of Yakushi and twelve other gods of the sun, moon, and stars to turn aside the dangers associated with his being 42 years old.
The honzon is popularly known as the Backward-facing Yakushi (ushiromuki Yakushi).

Since the time of Kōbō Daishi, emperors have often sent embassies here to pray and exorcise, and the temple has been under special government control.

It is believed that women at the age of 19 or 33, and men at the age of 42 or 61, are particularly prone to bad luck. The years of greatest danger are:
Men: 41, 42, and 61.
Women: 32, 33, and 61.
And, before you think you are safe in other years, for both men and women, the years of lesser danger are:
1, 6, 7, 15, 16, 19, 24, 25, 28, 34, 37, 43, 46, 51, 52, 55, 60, 64, 69, 70, 78, 79, and 82.

It is thought that you can turn aside ill fate (yaku) and bring good fortune by, in part, reciting the Mantra of Yakushi and placing a coin on each of the steps as you walk up the stairs leading to the temple on Yakuyoke hill (42 steps on the men's side and 33 steps on the women's side). The steps are said to contain 1000 consecrated copies of the Sutra of Yakushi, each character written on a pebble. The final climb to the hondō has an additional 61 steps, the worst age for both men and women.

The temple is also dedicated to the safety of sailors and the numerous model ships around the temple compound represent ships saved by the power of Yakushi.

The 28 pillars of the hondō represent the 28 astral deities. When the temple burned down in 1188, the honzon was seen to fly away to the distant hillside of Mt. Tamazushi. A new statue was carved when the temple was rebuilt, but during the dedication ceremony the original statue flew back. Both statues now sit in the temple, back to back.

Yakuōji offers a beautiful view of Hiwasa Bay and Hiwasa Castle from the viewing area around the pagoda. The small islands in the bay make for a great picture, but don't be fooled by the castle — i read that it was only built in the 1960s to attract tourists.
- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com

. yakuyoke 厄除け amulets to ward off evil .

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

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Yakushi-do on a side road near Awa Fukui 阿波福井

source :　ojisanjake.blogspot.jp

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

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

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

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005

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

Koya San in Wakayama

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

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

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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .

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Yasaka-Ji Shikoku Bangai 04

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Yasakaji 八坂寺 Yasaka-Ji

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

04 - Bangai 四国別格（番外）

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Nr. 04 Bangai - 八坂山 Yasakazan 八坂寺 Yasaka-Ji
鯖大師本坊 Saba Daishi Honbo
徳島県海部郡海陽町浅川字中相15 / Nakaai-15 Asakawa, Kaiyo, Kaifu District, Tokushima 775-0101

- Chant of the temple
かげだにも我名を知れよ一つ松　古今来世をすくひ導く

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Saba Daishi is located between Temples 23 and 24 and is the last temple on the trail in Tokushima Prefecture. Even though the temple is known by everyone as Saba Daishi, it's official name is Yasakasan Yasakaji (The Temple of Eight Slopes).

Originally built by Gyōki Bosatsu and founded by Kōbō Daishi. The honzon shows Kōbō Daishi holding a fish in his right hand because of the following legend.

Legend states that while walking the pilgrimage, Kōbō Daishi met a man leading a packhorse loaded with dried mackerel and asked to be given one but the man refused and walked away. Suddenly his horse stumbled and fell, stricken with colic. Remembering that he had heard of a great priest that was supposed to be in the area, and immediately realizing what had happened, he rushed back to find Kōbō Daishi to beg his forgiveness and to ask him to cure his horse.

When he found him, Kōbō Daishi gave him a pot and told the man to bring water from the sea. When he did, Kōbō Daishi performed a service over it and then told the man to make the horse drink it. After drinking the water the horse recovered almost immediately.

Kōbō Daishi again asked for one of the man's mackerel and this time received it. He carried it to the shore, placed it in the water, and said a prayer. When the man saw the fish come to life and swim away, he immediately knelt before Kōbō Daishi and vowed to dedicate his life to Buddhism.

Sadler notes in his book that the head priest told him that, while there had indeed been a small hermitage here, the priest had converted it into a full temple and gotten it included as a bangai temple after WWII.

The temple is located on the coast by the national park of Yasaka Yahama. As the name of the park implies, there are 8 slopes and 8 beaches, with Saba Daishi located between the 4th beach and the 5th slope.
- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com

. saba 鯖と伝説 Legends about mackerel, Makrele .

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source :　ojisanjake.blogspot.jp

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

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

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

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005

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

Koya San in Wakayama

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

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

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Zenraku-Ji Shikoku 30

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

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

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

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005

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

Koya San in Wakayama

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

Haiku and Henro:
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2014/06/28

Zen-In Kyoto

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Zen-In, Sekizan Zen-In 赤山禅院

京都府京都市左京区修学院開根坊町18
18 Kaikonbo-cho, Shugakuin, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

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History of Sekizan Zen-in Temple
Sekizan Zen-in was founded in 888 AD following the will of the high priest Jikaku Daishi Ennin as one of the affliated temples of Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, the Headquarters of Tendai sect Buddhism. Situated in a quiet neighborhood near Kyoto Shugakuin Imperial Villa, it is a famous site for the red tinged autumnal leaves.

The high priest Jikaku Daishi Ennin (794~864) went to China (then under the Tang dynasty) and, enduring a lot of hardships over there, at last mastered Tendai teachings. He thanked Sekizan Daimyojin (泰山府君- 赤山大明神） for its protecting him during his travel to and stay in China, and it is said that he made a vow to build Sekizan Zen-in when back home. Ennin, after returning to Japan, established the basis of Tendai sect of Buddhism, but could not fulfill his vow to build Sekizan Zen-in. Following his will, Anne, the fourth Head Priest of Tendai sect, is thus said to have founded Sekizan Zen-in.

The principal deity, Sekizan Daimyojin, is a brought-back avatar or a double image of Taizanfukun 泰山府君 (Taizan Fukun) in Mt. Sekizan in China (a world heritage site in China) which has been regarded as the head of China’s Five Great Mountains ; Taizanfukun became the founding father of the yin-yan philosophy in Japan. Located at Kyoto’s northeast corner , where the front spirit gate called Omote Kimon 表鬼門 used by demons is believed to stand, Sekizan Zen-in has been worshipped as the temple to protect the citzen from bad luck coming through that gate.

Revered since by the imperial family, Sekizan Zen-in was visited by the retired Emperor Gomizunoo (1596~1680), who is known as the building owner of the Shugakuin Imperial Villa; he, then, ordered repair of the temple buildings and presented a calligraphy of the phrase Sekizan Daimyojin (赤山大明神) done by himself. Holding the sacred pendant paper strips and a cluster of bells for charm performance, a carved monkey is placed on the top of the oratory roof thereby serving a talisman against demons; as such, Sekizan Zen-in has been widely venerated up to this day as the guardian temple against the evil spirits.

- Sekizan Zen-in is also known as :

●Temple of “Sekizan Kugyo (Penance)” : it is up from here and down to here that the ascetics of Sennichi Kaiho Practice 千日回峰行 (One Thousand-Day Practice, which is the hardest of all Tendai sect Buddhism ascetic practices), repeat climbing up and down, to and from the top of Mt. Hiei.

●Temple where incantations and prayers such as for “Healing Asthma with the incantatory sponged gourd" ぜんそく封じ・へちま加持,
“Mass Service for Rosary” 珠数供養 (正念珠) and “Taizanfukun Festivity” are practiced.

●Where Pilgrimage of the Miyako Shichifukujin (Pilgrimage of Kyoto’s Seven Deities of Good Luck) is said to have originated as the temple of Fukurokuju (Deity of Wealth and Longevity). 赤山禅院福禄寿

●Temple for commercial prosperity where “Custom of Payment on the 5th and 10th days” originated.

kimon yoke no shin-en 鬼門除けの神猿 Monkey protector on the roof

ema 絵馬 votive tablet of 泰山府君 Taizan Fukun

- Homepage of the temple
Sekizan Zen-in, with its fostered history of over 1100 years, has since amassed various ways and forms of faith.
- source : www.sekizanzenin.com

source :　kyotoiiki.exblog.jp

八千枚大護摩供 Fire ritual burning 8000 goma sheets

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enmusubi 「縁結びの相生明神絵馬」
source : http://tencoo.fc2web.com/jinja

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

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Sekizan Daimyojin ( 赤山大明神）

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Sekisan Myōjin
Literally, "Red-Mountain Shining-Deity," one of the "protectors of the dharma" (gohō;) in the Tendai sect of Buddhism. While studying Buddhism in China, the Japanese monk Ennin underwent practice at the Shandong temple Sekizan Hokke-in (Ch. Chishan Fahua Yuan) for the purpose of receiving a personal tutelary deity, and in return vowed to build a meditation hall upon his return to Japan. The hall was in fact constructed by his disciples in 864, and later moved to Nishi-Sakamoto (in northeast Kyoto) in 888, the date representing the first worship of Sekizan Myōjin in Japan.

This event, however, is not recounted in the standard "Ennin's Journey to the West," and since a "red mountain" deity did not exist in China at that time, it seems likely that the new deity was created against the background of conflict between the Tendai sect's two branches, the "mountain" branch (with headquarters at Mt. Hiei's Enryakuji) and the "temple" branch (headquartered at Miidera [Onjōji]). Namely, since Onjōji already had its own tutelary deity Shinra Myōjin, Mt. Hiei's temple Enryakuji responded by adopting the tutelary Sekizan Myōjin .

According to current research, the existence of the temple Sekizan Zen'in can be dated from the latter half of the tenth century. Most images of Sekizan Myōjin depict him as attired in red Chinese costume or cloak, with three-peaked crown and holding bow and arrow. From the medieval period on, the deity's Buddhist counterpart or "essence" (honji; see honji suijaku) was identified as the boddhisattva Jizō (Sk. Kstigarbha), and a process of assimilation occurred whereby he became identified as well with the deities Taizan Fukun (a Chinese tutelary of human destiny), Mutō Tenjin (a deity of pestilence identified with Susanoo), and Gozu Tennō. In contrast to the shrine Hiyoshi Taisha which guarded Mt. Hiei's eastern flank, Sekizan Myōjin was worshiped as a guardian of the mountain's western flank. Sekizan Myōjin was also venerated as tutelary of Injō Nembutsu (a school of nenbutsu "singing"), and was also later adopted as one of the cult of sanjūbanshin ("thirty guardian kami"). At present, Sekizan Myōjin is enshrined at the Sekizan Zen'in within the grounds of the Shūgakuin Detached Palace in Kyoto.
source : Kadoya Atsushi - Kokugakuin 2005

赤山ハ支那ニ太山府君ト称ス今叡山ノ西ノ麓ニアリ
本地地蔵

Taizan-ō, 泰山王 King of Hell, Judge in the 7th week, 49th day 七七日49日

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Taizan Fukun - たいざん‐ふくん【泰山府君】 / 泰山王 Taizanoo
Taizan Fukun wird oft zusammen mit Emma als Paar neben einem Jizo Bosatsu dargestellt. In der wallenden Tracht eines chinesischen Richters der Sung-Zeit.
Meist sitzende Statuen mit furchterregendem Gesichtsausdruck. Er hält in der Hand ein Holzszepter mit zwei Köpfen auf einem Lotusblatt (jintoojoo, nintoojoo).

. 10 Höllenkönige (Jûô, juuoo, juo 十王) .
Gabi Greve

. Abe no Seimei 阿倍晴明 .
and 陰陽道 Onmyodo - The Way of Yin and Yang

. Matarajin, Matara-Shin 摩多羅神 and 新羅明神 Shinra Myojin .
Matarajin is a deity that was introduced to Japan from China by Ennin , Jikaku Daishi Ennin 慈覚大師仁円 as a protector deity of the Amida Sutra (Amida kyoo 阿弥陀経). Some say he is also the secretary of Emma, the main deity of the Buddhist Hell.
The Korean Connection - Shinra, the Japanese version of Silla, the Korean Kingdom.

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Shinra Myōjin
One of the "protectors of the dharma" (gohō;) in the Tendai sect of Buddhism, and tutelary of the famous temple Onjōji (Miidera) in Ōmi, Shiga Prefecture. According to legend, during the return of Enchin (Chishō Daishi) from China, a deity called Shinra Myōjin appeared onboard the ship in the form of an old man and vowed to protect the Buddha Dharma. After Enchin returned to Japan, the deity appeared again and led Enchin to Onjōji. Thereafter, leadership of the temple passed to Enchin from the earlier intendant priest Kyōtai. Enchin then had a shrine built to the north of the temple, where he enshrined Shinra Myōjin.

This tradition is first recounted in the Onjōji ryūge-e engi, a legendary history compiled in 1062, but the deity had already been given an official rank (shinkai) in 971, making it evident that veneration of the deity preceded that date.

The deity is most frequently portrayed iconographically as an old man wearing Chinese robes and headpiece, and holding a sutra scroll and scepter. The wooden, seated image of Shinra Myōjin possessed by Onjōji (classified as a national treasure) is a masterpiece of Japanese combinatory religious art. The Mii Mandala, called "three treasures of the original essence" portrays Shinra Myōjin together with the other three deities Mio Myōjin, Sannō Gongen, and Kifudō surrounding the bodhisattva Maitreya (Miroku); this mandala was used in important Buddhist rites at the temple Onjōji.

From the medieval period, the honji (original essence; see honji suijaku) of Shinra Myōjin was identified variously as Monju Bosatsu (Skt. Bodhisattva Manjushri) or Fudō Myōō (Skt. Acala Vidyaraja), and he was frequently merged with other deities like Susano no mikoto, Gozu Tennō, and the "dragon king" Sagara Ryūō.
Shinra Myōjin is still enshrined at the Shinra Zenjindō north of Onjōji.
- source : Kadoya Atsushi, Kokugakuin 2005

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Sanjuubanshin 三十番神 30 personal protector deities
25 山城　赤山　　　赤山大明神（せきざん） Sekizan

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禅院の子も菓子貰ふ冬至かな
Zen-In no kodomo kashi morau tooji kana

the children at Zen-In
all get some sweets
at the winter solstice . . .

Kuroyanagi Shooha 黒柳召波 Kuroyanagi Shoha （1727-1771)

. Winter solstice, tooji 冬至 .

禅院のかた餅さげし廊下かな
会津八一

禅院のあつけらかんと冬支度
中川宋淵

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. juzu 数珠, nenju 念珠 rosary legends - Rosenkranz .

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

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2014/05/22

Yakushi Pilgrims INFO

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. Yakushipedia ABC-Index 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
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Yakushi Nyorai Pilgrimages 薬師如来霊場 - Introduction

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

Juuni Yakushi meguri 十二薬師巡り Juni Yakushi Meguri
Juuni Yakushi Reijoo Meguri 十二薬師霊場巡り Juni Yakushi Reijo Meguri

yonjuukyuu yakushi reijo 四十九院薬師霊場 49 temples of Yakushi Nyorai
Yakushi takes care of the soul in the afterlife on day 49 after death.

reichi meguri 霊地巡り pilgrimage to sacred places

Most pilgrimages are to 12 temples.
Some temples show the main statue only in the Year of the Tiger (toradoshi　寅年 / 寅歳）.
- see Tora Yakushi 寅薬師

People come here to pray for health and protection from disaster, preventing disease or healing of a disease and also to pay respect when Yakushi has helped to heal a disease.
mubyoo sokusai 無病息災、当病平癒、厄難消除、所願成就
. Amulets and Talismans from Japan .　

Some pilgrimages require a leader, sendatsu　先達.

source :　www.zauberfloete.jp

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Legends .

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Tora Yakushi 寅薬師 / 寅（虎）薬師 "Tiger Yakushi"
The protector deity for people born in the year of the tiger or the day of the tiger.
Named after a statue carved by Kobo Daishi　弘法大師 himself, finished on the day of the tiger, in the hour of the tiger.
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寅の日、寅の刻に成就したので寅薬師
source :　https://pt.foursquare.com

. Honjo hitotsume no Tora Yakushi 本所一ツ目の寅薬師 .
- 大徳院 Daitoku-In, Sumida ward, Tokyo

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Temple Eisho-Ji, Kamakura 　英勝寺
Tora (tiger) Yakushi (Bhaisajya-guru in Skt.), only one of its kind in Kamakura.
A 47-centimeter-tall statue of Yakushi Nyorai sits on a tiger, and the namesake of Tora Yakushi.
- source : www.kamakuratoday.com

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Joosenji 常仙寺 Josen-Ji - Tokyo
Suginami Ward, Tokyo - 東京都杉並区和田1-68-11

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Josen-Ji

kitorashin, kitora-shin 木虎神 "The Wooden Tiger Deity"

- source : tencoo.fc2web.com

When the priest of the present temple was still a lay person he was attacked in the mountains by wolves. He fled to the nearby temple hall of Hooraiji 鳳来寺 Horai-Ji (Aichi), and was then saved by Yakushi Nyorai, who took on the feature of a tiger to drive away the wolf. The man was so impressed that he became a Buddhist priest to serve "Tora Yakushi" and placed a statue of this Buddha in his temple.
The statue is now called
sainan yoke no tora Yakushi 災難除けの寅薬師 "Tiger Yakushi to prevent misfortune and disaster".
- reference : www.tesshow.jp/suginami

. Hooraiji 鳳来寺 Horai-Ji, Aichi, Mikawa .

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Saikooji 西光寺 Saiko-Ji - Kyoto
京都市中京区新京極通蛸薬師上ル中筋町495

With a statue carved by Kobo Daishi himself, carved on the day of the tiger, in the hour of the tiger.
- source : photo-clip.main.j

Now it also means to visit a temple of Yakushi Nyorai on the "Day of the Tiger".

. tora トラ　- 虎　- 寅　the Tiger amulets .

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The 12 Vows of Yakushi Nyorai

01 May a radiant light blaze forth from my body after enlightenment, brightening countless realms, and may all beings have perfect physical form, identical to my own.

02 May my body be like pure radiant lapis lazuli, with a radiance more brilliant than the sun and moon, illuminating all who travel in darkness, enabling them to tread upon their paths.

03 By my limitless insight and means, may I enable all beings to obtain the necessities of life.

04 May all beings be shown the path of enlightenment and may adherents to the sravaka or pratyekabuddha paths become established in Mahayana practices.

05 May all beings be aided to follow the precepts of moral conduct. After hearing my name, those who have broken the precepts will be aided to regain their purity and prevented from sinking to a woesome path of existence.

06 May all who are deformed or handicapped in any way have their deformities removed upon hearing my name.

07 May all who are ill be cured upon hearing my name.

08 May all sentient beings who are restrained by their circumstances of birth find a favourable rebirth and progress towards Liberation.

09 May all who are caught in Mara's net, entangled in negative views, be caused to gain correct views and thus practice the Bodhisattva Way.

10 May all who are punished by the king be freed of their troubles.

11 May those who are desperately famished be given food. May they ultimately taste the sublime Teachings.

12 May all who are destitute of clothes obtain attractive garments and various adornments upon concentrating on my name.

Healing in Buddhism - Gordon Bell 1966
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. Aizu Wakamatsu 会津若松 Yakushi Pilgrims .
Fukushima

Aizu Go Yakushi 会津五薬師 Five Yakushi temples in Aizu

center - 勝常寺（福島県湯川村）- Shoojooji- Shojo-Ji
East - 慧日寺（福島県磐梯町）- Enichi-Ji
West - 上宇内薬師堂（福島県会津坂下町）- Kami-Unai Yakushi Do - 調合寺　/ 峯の薬師
North 北山薬師（福島県北塩原村）- Kitayama Yakushi - 大正寺　Taisho-Ji
South - 野寺薬師（福島県会津若松市）- 慈光寺　Jiko-Ji, Nodera

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Aizu Wakamatsu Juuni Yakushi Mairi　会津若松　- 十二薬師巡り 12 Yakushi temples

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Kyoto - 12 Yakushi Temples 京都十二薬師霊場 / 洛陽十二薬師
- source : www.kyoto12yakushi.net - 京都十二薬師霊場会

. 01 - 平等寺 Byodo-Ji -- 因幡薬師 Inaba Yakushi .
東寺 To-Ji -- 金剛薬師 Kongo Yakushi
水薬師寺 Mizu-Yakushi-Ji -- 水薬師 Mizu Yakushi
壬生寺 Mibudera -- 歯痛止薬師 Haitadome Yakushi
地福寺 Jifuku-Ji -- 日限薬師 Higiri Yakushi
福勝寺 Fukusho-Ji -- 峰薬師 Mine-Yakushi (瓢箪寺 Hyotandera)
雙林寺 Sorin-Ji -- 東山薬師 Higashiyama Yakushi (脚気薬師 Kakke-Yakushi)
. 08 - 大超寺 Daicho-Ji -- 鍬形薬師 Kuwagata Yakushi .
薬師院 Yakushi-In -- 不来乎薬師 (こぬかやくし) Konuka Yakushi
大福寺 Daifuku-Ji -- 菩提薬師 Botei Yakushi
. 11 - 西光寺 Saiko-Ji -- 寅薬師 Tora Yakushi .
. 12 - 永福寺 Eifuku-Ji -- 蛸薬師 Tako Yakushi .

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from 京都 Kyoto　 .

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Kyushu 九州四十九院薬師霊場 - Kyushu
. 49 Yakushi temples in Kyushu - Introduction .

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Saikoku 西国四十九薬師巡礼西国49薬師 - Western Japan
. 49 Yakushi temples in Western Japan - Introduction .

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. Banshu 播州薬師霊場 21 Yakushi temples in Banshu - Harima / Hyogo 兵庫県 .

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Bunan 武南十二薬師霊場 - Yokohama 12 Yakushi Temples

貴雲寺（曹洞宗）横浜市港北区岸根町614
東泉寺（高野山真言宗）横浜市神奈川区羽沢町1635
東光寺（曹洞宗）横浜市保土ヶ谷区上星川町2-34-1
福生寺（高野山真言宗）横浜市保土ヶ谷区上菅田町744
長王寺（高野山真言宗）横浜市都筑区池辺町2827
長昌院（曹洞宗）横浜市都筑区川向町151
金剛寺（曹洞宗）横浜市港北区小机町952
長福寺（真言宗大覚寺派）横浜市港北区篠原町2754
薬王寺（高野山真言宗）横浜市神奈川区七島町6
能満寺（高野山真言宗）横浜市神奈川区東神奈川2-32-1
東光寺（真言宗智山派）横浜市神奈川区東神奈川2-37
三宝寺（浄土宗）横浜市神奈川区台町7-1
- source : www.tesshow.jp/yokohama

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Busoo 武相薬師霊場　Buso
(Musashino and Sagami 武蔵(むさし) - 相模(さがみ)
. Buso Toradoshi 25 Yakushi Pilgrimage 武相寅歳薬師如来霊場 . - 25 temples

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中部四十九薬師霊場 Chubu Pilgrimage to 49 Yakushi Temples
49 temples and some bangai

01 - 信濃国分寺　Mino Kokubun-Ji
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49 - . Gankooji 大寺山願興寺 Daiji San, Ganko-Ji .
Mitake no Kani Yakushi 御嵩の蟹薬師 "Crab Yakushi"

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中国薬師霊場 Chugoku Yakushi Reijo - 42 temples
日光寺」（笠岡市神島外浦）
https://www.tyuugoku49yakushi.com/

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因幡薬師霊場 Inaba Yakushi Pilgrimage
. Inaba Yakushi 因幡薬師 .
The pilgirmage was initiated by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu.
Now 30 temples are participating.

01 - 最勝院 Saisho-In
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30 - 薬師堂 Yakushi-Do

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Inage 稲毛七霊場 - Seven Yakushi Temples in Yokohama and Kawasaki

1 薬王山　塩谷寺天台宗馬頭観音横浜市港北区高田町
2 威徳山　影向寺天台宗薬師如来川崎市宮前区野川
3 医王山　正福寺天台宗薬師如来川崎市宮前区土橋
4 天文山　西光院天台宗薬師如来横浜市港北区日吉本町
5 長栄山　光明寺天台宗薬師如来横浜市鶴見区獅子ヶ谷
6 円瀧山　興禅寺天台宗十一面観音横浜市港北区高田町
7 医王山　薬師院臨済宗薬師如来川崎市高津区新作
- source : www.geocities.jp/skipbomber

Inage Yakushi 稲毛薬師霊場
- source : kannonseishi.blog106.fc2.com...

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. 伊予十二薬師霊場 Iyo 12 Yakushi Temples . - Shikoku
One for each Zodiac animal.

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出雲十大薬師霊場 Izumo Pilgrimage to 10 important Yakushi temples

01　一畑薬師　Ichibata Yakushi 　　　
02　平田薬師 Hirata Yakushi
03　荘原薬師　Shobara yakushi (Shoobara) 　　
04　岩野薬師 Iwano Yakushi
05　川跡薬師　Kawato Yakushi 　
06　出雲薬師 Izumo Yakushi
07　高松薬師　Takamatsu Yakushi　　　
08　真幸薬師 Masaki Yakushi
09　半分薬師　Hanbu Yakushi 　　　
10 立久恵薬師 Tachikue Yakushi

- reference : zuiunnzi.web.fc2.com -

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. Kanto Yakushi 91 Pilgrimage 関東九十一薬師霊場 .

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. Kazusa 34 Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場 . - Chiba

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. Tango 丹後の七仏薬師 Seven Yakushi Temples of Tango - Kyoto .
related to 麻呂子親王 Prince Maroko Shinno (当麻皇子 Prince Taima no Miko)

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Tokai 東海四十九薬師霊場 / 東海49薬師 Tokai Pilgrimage to 49 Yakushi temples
01 - 福成就寺　Fukujoju-In
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05 神王寺 Jinno-Ji
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49 - 普済寺 Fusai-Ji

東海四十九薬師霊場会 Nagoya
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Tootomi 遠江四十九薬師霊場 Totomi 49 Yakushi Temples
Mostly in Shizuoka, with extra list - Bangai 51 temples.

01 - 國分寺 Kokubun-Ji
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49 - 慈恩寺 Jion-Ji
bangai - 福王寺 Fukuo-Ji and 長泉寺 Chozen-Ji

江戸時代中期より以前［享保10年（1732年）の御詠歌が現存］、昭和52年（1977年）霊場奉賛会が発足
・静岡県の浜松市、磐田市、袋井市の3市に札所寺院が点在している
・全行程は、およそ150kmになる。
- reference 遠江四十九薬師霊場 -

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Tsuzuki Tachibana Yokohama 都筑橘樹薬師霊場 12 temples in 2 districts of Yokohama
. 都筑橘樹薬師霊場 12 temples in 2 districts of Yokohama .

- source : rekisisuki.exblog.jp

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Tora 寅歳薬師 Pilgrimage to statues shown only in the year of the Tiger
(寅年)
- source : kannonseishi.blog106.fc2.com...

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. Tama Shikoku Henro 多摩四国八十八箇所 Pilgrimage .
with 10 Temples dedicated to Yakushi Nyorai.

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YAKUSHI NYORAI, YAKUSHI TATHĀGATA
Buddha of Medicine and Healing - Yakushi literally means Medicine Teacher
Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli
(Jp. = Jōruri 浄瑠璃, Skt. = Vaiduryanirbhasa).
Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō 薬師瑠璃光,
meaning Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
Commonly shown holding medicine jar in left hand.
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. Yakushipedia ABC-Index 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .

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