Myoshoin Ichihara Saze

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Myooshooin 明照院 Myosho-In, Saze
御所山 Goshozan 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji 明照院 / 明性院 Myoshoin

千葉県市原市佐是1059-1 / Ichihara city, Saze // 市原市宮原454 Ichihara city, Miyahara

The main statue is Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来.

In 1535, 足利義舜 Ashikaga Yoshishun（his childname was 龜王丸 Kameomaru）came to live here
and built the 宮原御所 Miyahara Imperial Palace.
In 1545, after Yoshishun passed away, the temple was built in his honour.
In the North of the Temple is a small shrine dedicated to the 御所明神 Gosho Myojin Deity..
Every year on the 29th of September a special ritual is held here.

- Roku Six Jizo in the compound

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Kazusa 88 Henro Pilgrimage 上総八十八ヶ所霊場 . Nr. 22

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This Temple is Nr. 38 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .
市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場13・22番 - It is also mentioned as Temple Nr. 13 and 22 on this pilgrimage.

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Hojoji Ichihara Kamitakane

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Hoojooji 宝生寺 Hojo-Ji, Kamitakane
宝生寺 Hojoji

千葉県市原市上高根518 / Ichihara city, Kami-Takane

The main statue is not found online.

Not much information is found online.

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This Temple is Nr. 40 of the
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Shoreiji Ichihara Takane

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Shooreiji 称礼寺 Shorei-Ji, Takane
安養山 Anyozan 称礼寺 // 稱禮寺 Shoreiji

市原市上高根643 / Ichihara city, Kami-Takane

Not much information is found online.

In the compound is also a 薬師堂 Hall for Yakushi Nyorai.

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shuin　朱印 stamp - for the six great dragon deities

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This Temple is Nr. 36 of the
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Gyokusenji Ichihara Terayatsu

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Gyokusenji 玉泉寺 Gyokusen-Ji, Terayatsu
玉泉寺 Gyokusenji

市原市寺谷11 / Ichihara city, Terayatsu

The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

Not much information is found online.

Access road

Jizo Bosatsu Statues in the compound

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shuin　朱印 stamp

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Shin Kazusa 33 Kannon 新上総国三十三観音霊場 . Nr. 06

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This Temple is Nr. 35 of the
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. Gyokusenji 玉泉寺 Gyokusen-Ji, Ichinono .
千葉県長生郡長南町市野々 / Chiba, Chosei district, Chonan town, Ichinono

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At the Temple 玉泉寺 Gyokusen-Ji there is the grave of 大積伊賀守隆鎮 Osumi Iga no Kami Tokochin,
the lord of the 門司城 Moji castle.
He was killed by 大友宗麟 Otomo Sorin and buried here.
If people give the moss of the grave to a horse or bull,
the animals will never be attacked by a Kappa.




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邑智郡 Ochi district

enkoo えんこう a Kappa
Near the Temple Gyokusen-Ji at 君谷村 Kimitani village
a farmer washed his horse in the river, when a Kappa came out and pulled it into the water.
But the farmer was strong, pulled the horse back and caught the Kappa.

. 河童 / 合羽　/ かっぱ / カッパ / えんこう - Kappa, the Water Goblin of Japan! .

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Aizenji Ichihara Kuniyoshi

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Aizenji 愛染寺 Aizen-Ji, Kuniyoshi
市原市西国吉185 / Ichihara city, Nishi-Kunoyoshi 185

In the same location as
. Ikooji 摩尼山 Manizan 医光寺 Iko-Ji, Nishi-Kuniyoshi 185 .

. source : kawasemi726/entry ... .

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This Temple is Nr. 33 of the
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Jinkoin Ichihara Kajiro

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Jinkooin 神光院 Jinko-In, Kajiro
稲荷山 Inarizan 神光院 Jinkoin

千葉県 市原市 神代 314 / Chiba, Ichihara city, Kajiro

When 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu was walking around Japan in 730,
he came to 松ケ浦 Matsugaura and stayed here in a hut for a while.

Not much more information is found online.

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This Temple is Nr. 32 of the
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Ikoji Ichihara Kuniyoshi

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Ikooji 医光寺 Iko-Ji, Nishi-Kuniyoshi
摩尼山 Manizan 医光寺 / 醫光寺 Ikooji

市原市西国吉185 / Ichihara town, Nishi-Kuniyoshi

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 1469.
It is related to Princess お江与 O-Go no Kata / 崇源院 Sogen-In
Oeyo (於江与), Gō (江), Ogō (小督) or Satoko (達子) (1573 – September 15, 1626)
She was the third and youngest daughter of the Sengoku-period daimyō Azai Nagamasa.
Her mother, Oichi was the younger sister of Oda Nobunaga.
Toyotomi Hideyoshi became the adoptive father and protector of Oeyo in the period before her marriage.
. More in the Wikipedia .

Not much information about the temle is found online.

- Jizo Bosatsu statues in the compound

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shuin　朱印 stamp

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- source : google 医光寺 醫光寺 ...
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This Temple is Nr. 30 of the
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Butsugenji Ichihara Umatate

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Butsugenji 仏眼寺 Butsugen-Ji, Umatate
Butsugenji 佛眼寺 / 仏眼寺

千葉県市原市馬立893 / Chiba, Ichihara city, Umatate

Not much information is found online.

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This Temple is Nr. 28 of the
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Shogakuin Ichihara Yamada

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Shogakujin 正覚院 Shogaku-In, Yamada
神光山 Shinkozan 正覚院 / 正覺院 Shogakuin 慈眼寺 Jiganji

市原市山田２９０） / Ichihara city, Yamada

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

The date of the founding is not clear,
but it is mentioned in records of the Muromachi Period (1336 - 1573).
The Main Hall war constructed in 1803.
In the middle of the Edo Period (1603 - 1868) during an epidemic
the original statue of 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai was replaced by Yakushi, the Buddha of Healing.
In 1872, the temple was relocated to the 山田小学校 Yamada Primary School.
In 1970, the thatched roof was replaced by tiles to prevent fire.
In 2011 the main hall was rebuilt.

Stone statues in the compound

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This Temple is Nr. 25 of the
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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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Shozenji Ichihara Komukai

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Shoozenji 正善寺 Shozen-Ji, Komukai
正善寺 Shozenji ( 正善院 Shozen-In, Shozenin)

市原市浅井小向116 / Ichihara city, Asai, Komukai

Stone statues at the access road.

Not much information is found online.

In the compound is a stone statue.

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This Temple is Nr. 21 of the
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Enmanji Ichihara Imadomi

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Enmanji 円満寺 / 圓満寺 Enman-Ji, Imadomi
円満寺 Enmanji

市原市今富６９２ / Ichihara city, Imadomi

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.

The temple was founded in 1594 by 円満上人 Saint Enman.
on request of 藤右衛門清胤 Fujiemon Kiyotane.
Not much more information is found online.

円満寺宝篋印塔 Hokyoin Pagoda Tower

It was built in 1547.
It is now a 市原市有形文化財 Tangible Cultural Treasure of Ichihara city.

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Kazusa 88 Henro Pilgrimage 上総国八十八ヶ所霊場 . - Nr. 20

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This Temple is Nr. 20 of the
. Ichihara 市原郡八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Temples Pilgrimage .

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文京区 Bunkyo ward

neko 猫 a cat
In front of the Temple 円満寺 Enman-Ji in Yushima there is a senbei rice cracker shop.
Every night a huge cat came there and ate many things.
So the owner caught the cat and killed it.
Then he asked his wife to get rid of it.
When the wife came back home, she scratched the skin of her husband's face
and started behaving like a cat.
The husband called some neighbours and finally they got rid of the wife / cat.
Now they heard the voice of the cat . . . miyaoooo, miyaoooo ...
When there was food on the table, the cat came, stuck her head in the bowl
and ate everything, especially the fish.
. Legends about cats .

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Renzoin Ichihara Hikida

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Renzooin 蓮蔵院 Renzo-In, Hikida
福王山 Fukuozan 慈恩寺 Gion-Ji 蓮蔵院 Renzoin

市原市引田94 / Ichihara town, Hikida

The main statue is 聖観音菩薩 Sho Kannon Bosatsu

. Kannon Bosatsu Introduction .

This small statue of about 1 meter is secret and only shown once every 33 years.
It is made from one piese of a 針葉樹 cornifer.
It was made by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu.
Gyoki came to the area on a long boat trip and when he landed in 上総国市原郡五井村洲崎, he fell asleep.
In his dream he saw a huge serpent swimming in the river, which was in fact the trunk of a large tree.
Gyoki took the trunk and used natabori 鉈彫り hatched carving to make the statue.
. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 .

The temple was founded in the Heian Period by 慈恩 Priest Jion.
Not much information is found online.

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Also on the following pilgrimage:

. Rokusakigumi Juzenko 六崎組十善講八十八ヶ所霊場 .
Nr. 30 - 佐倉市大蛇町387-1 -- Sakura city, Orochi town

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This Temple is Nr. 18 of the
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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
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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
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