Iyo Yakushi Pilgrimage

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Iyo 12 Yakushi Temples, Shikoku 伊予十二薬師霊場

This pilgrimage was created about 30 years ago for Yakushi Temples around Matsuyama castle in the directions of the 12 zodiac animals. With a car or bus they can be visited in one day.



01 - 東林寺 Torin-Ji - Nezumi 子(ね)
02 - 医座寺 - Ushi 丑(うし)
03 - 蓮華寺 - I 亥(い)
04 - 西法寺 - Tora 寅(とら)
05 - 正観寺 - U 卯(う)
06 - 香積寺 - Tatsu 辰(たつ)
07 - 長隆寺 - Mi 巳(み)
08 - 雲門寺 - Uma 午(うま)
09 - 金蓮寺 - Saru 申(さる)
10 - 長楽寺 - Tori 酉(とり)
11 - 浄明寺 - Inu 戌(いぬ)
12 - 薬師寺 - Yakushi-ji - Hitsuji 未(ひつじ)

A pilgrimage to the 12 zodiac animals.

There are 12 zodiac animals, also representing one of the heavenly directions.

. ne 子 (nezumi 鼠) Rat (mouse)
. ushi 丑 Ox (cow, bull) .
. tora 寅 Tiger .
. u (usagi) 卯 Rabbit .
. tatsu 辰 Dragon .
. mi (hebi) 巳 Snake, Serpent .
. uma 午 Horse .
. mi (hitsuji) 未 Ram (sheep) .
. saru 申 Monkey .
. tori 酉 Rooster (chicken, cock) .
. inu 戌 Dog .
. i (inoshishi) 亥 Boar (wild boar) .

. 干支霊場 Pilgrimages to 12 Zodiac Animals Temples .
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The Seven Yakushi Temples of Iyo 伊予七薬師霊場
founded by
. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu . (668 - 749)
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01 - Toorinji 東林寺 Torin-Ji
松山市福角町甲645 / Matsuyama




shuin　朱印 stamp

yakuyoke Yakushi 厄除け薬師

- Homepage of the temple
- source : fudasho.web.fc2.com/1ban/iyo

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02 小谷山医座寺 Iza-Ji
愛媛県松山市東大栗町甲656 / 656 Higashioguricho, Matsuyama, Ehime


Shusse Yakushi　出世薬師　for a good career
The letters of this huge stone memorial were carved according to the writings of 伝教大師最澄聖人 Dengyo Daishi, the founder of the Tendai sect.
On the ground is a memorial with sand from all the Yakushi temples of the Henro pilgrimage to 88 temples in Shikoku.
There are also stones from the 中国天台山 Chinese Tendai Temple and from インドの仏跡 Buddha relics of India.

This temple has been founded by Gyoki Bosatsu in 706.
In 829 the honorable priest Koojoo 別当大師光定 Betto Daishi Kojo (779 - 858) of 伊予の国風早 Kazahaya made it to a temple of the Tendai sect, with a tradition of 1300 years burning the light of the Buddhist Law.

The temple is about 5 km away from 堀江町 Horie villlage.
The villagers call this temple.
おおぐりのおやくしさん Ooguri no O-Yakushi San.

Once upon a time in a village of the 医座山(白山) "White Mountain" there was 一位木(あららぎ) a sacred Araragi tree. The tree was so huge it made a large shadow on the nearby fields and the farmers asked Gyoki for help. So he felled the tree. To appease the spirit of the tree he then carved seven statues of Yakushi Nyorai and placed them in seven temples, which he founded in Iyo.
伊予七薬師霊場 The Seven Yakushi Temples of Iyo.

医座寺 Iza-Ji / 十輪寺 Jurin-Ji / 03 蓮華寺 Renge-Ji / 安養寺 Anyo-Ji / 05 正観寺 Shokan-Ji / 08 雲門寺 Unmon-Ji / 西光寺 Saiko-Ji
安養寺 is now known as 石手寺 Ishite-Ji.
The 12 Yakushi Temples of Iyo were later added as a pilgrimage.

- Homepage of the temple
- source : izaji.jp/en_index -


. Shusse Yakushi 出世薬師 . 　*

. ichii, araragi 一位 yew tree, Taxus baccata .
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Kinoyama Jinja 木野山神社 Shrine Kinoyama
愛媛県松山市東大栗町

Deities in residence
素盞鳴命 Susano no Mikoto / 大山積命 Oyamatsumi no Mikoto



This shrine is located int he back mountain of Iza-Ji, whereas the temple is located at its foot. The mountain was named 医座山 Izayama or 白山 Hakusan "White Mountain" (since salt was found there.)

- reference : makild.exblog.jp-

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03 室岡山蓮華寺 Renge-Ji
愛媛県松山市谷町257 / 室岡山 Shikkoozan Rengeji / Murookayama Rengeji



On the 17th day of the 6th lunar month in 743, the bright light of Yakushi was seen over the mountain. Since Gyoki was there on his pilgrimage, he founded the temple
The present main hall has been re-constructed in 1674.

- Chant of the temple
信あれば病はなおる蓮華寺 るりのくすりを 与えまします

松山新四国88霊場、四国88霊場番外
extra Fudasho on the Shikoku Pilgrimage to 88 Holy Sites in Matsuyama

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04 Saihooji 大楽山西法寺 Saiho-Ji
松山市下伊台町

薬師如来（伝教大師作） Statue of Yakushi Nyorai carved by Dengyo Daishi
. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766-822) .

The temple is located between Dogo Onsen and 奥道後温泉 Oku Dogo Onsen in a small valley.




usuzumizakura, usuzumi-zakura 薄墨桜 "light black Cherry blossoms"
“pale grey cherry blossom”
This famous cherry tree has been in the compound of the temple since the Asuka period.
- reference : userweb.shikoku.ne.jp/usuzum -

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Usuzumi yokan (sweet bean jelly)



This yokan has green tea flavor and its elegant sweetness. Usuzumi yokan was named after the Usuzumi cherry blossoms at Saiho-ji Temple in Matsuyama. The white beans in the jelly colored like a dark green leaf reminds you of the petals of the cherry blossom. This yokan is said to have originated in 1874 and has been awarded many prizes and is one of the famous confections in the nation.
- source : city.matsuyama.ehime.jp -

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05 Onoyama Shookannji 小野山正観寺 Shokan-Ji
松山市北梅本町 1745 / 1745 Kitaumemotomachi, Matsuyama

小野薬師 Onoyama Yakushi
It used to be one of the 伊予七薬師 Seven Yakushi of Iyo and was then called
Yamada Yakushi 山田薬師


- reference and more photos : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/hshi2921 -

The temple was founded by Gyoki Bosatsu about 1200 years ago.
It was located differently, but Lord 河野通廣 Kono Michihiro (? - 1263) had it rebuilt in its present location.
Now people have a festival on the 17th of July.
Onoyama is also spelled 長尾山. It is related to 住吉神 Sumiyoshi no Kami.

It is related to Ono no Komachi and thus a temple where people come to pray for health and beauty.

Ono no Komachi took a retreat for 100 days of prayer here, on request of the Sumiyoshi Deiry, to cure an illness.

春雨の降ると見えしか霽にけり その箕笠をそこに脱置く

It seemed that rain was falling, but the weather returned to fair, and the kasa was put aside

When she visited the region three years later, she had a new statue of Yakushi carved, inside who's head she inserted the verse.
- source : Bernard Faure - google books


. Three famous regional Yakushi Temples .
Shimane Prefecture, Ichihata Yakushi 島根県 一畑薬師
Fukuoka Prefecture, Kurume, 永勝寺 Eisho-Ji
Ehime Prefecture, Yamada Yakushi 愛媛県宇和町 山田薬師


. Ono no Komachi 小野 小町 Waka Poetess and Famous Beauty . (825 — 900

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06 Kooshakuji 瑠璃山香積寺 Koshaku-Ji
愛媛県東温市田窪1504 / 重信町田窪1504 - Toon town, Tanokubo




Katade Yakushi 隻手薬師 "Yakushi with one arm"

A temple related to Mount Koyasan and Kobo Daishi.



o-mamori　お守り amulets
A special amulet about Hariko Daishi 張子大師　"papermache doll Daishi" is available.

家内安全 traffic safety, 病気平癒 health, 厄除け warding off evil, 安産 safe birth

- Homepage of the temple
- source : katateyakushi.com/index

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07 Chooryuuji 興福山長隆寺 Choryu-Ji
松山市来住町 Kishimachi 996−4

長隆寺禅寺 Choryu-Ji Zendera

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08 - 雲門寺 Unmon-Ji
愛媛県松山市星岡1丁目1-8 / Matsuyama, Hoshioka



岡薬師瑠璃光如来 Oka Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai
The Yakushi Hall of this temple is at the top of 星岡山 Mount Hoshioka san.
奥之院薬師堂は星岡山の山頂

During the Sengoku period of the warring states, Hoshioka was a region of constant fighting. The Yakushi Hall 薬師堂 of the temple is on these grounds, it was built in 1073.
This Yakushi helps to cure warts and other skin troubles and since olden times pilgrims came here from Okayama, Hiroshima and other parts of Japan.

The main festival is on the 17th of July.



- Homepage of the temple
- source : unmonji.com -

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09 玉松山金蓮寺 Konren-Ji
松前町西古泉65 Masaki Cho, Nishikoizumi, Iyo-Gun, Ehime
A temple of the Shingon sect.
The old name of the temple was
Shoojinji 性尋（しょうじん）寺 Shojin-Ji
It has been found in the Heian period around 808 by the 河野氏 Kano clan.


source and more photos : blog.livedoor.jp/awatennbou/archives

Later in the Kamakura period, a priest named 明海上人 Myokai Shonin layed a new foundation.
It also relates to 義農作兵衛 Gino Sakubei (around 1732) and a great famine at that time.

ryuutoo Yakushi 龍灯薬師 Yakushi of the Dragon Lantern

Once upon a time
the fishermen of Masaki went out to the sea for fishing, when the weather suddenly turned bad. They tried to get back to land as fast as they could, but the strong wind and currents drifted the boat further out to sea. The fishermen rowed the boat with all their might, but eventually lost all their strength and just sang the Amida prayer:
「南無阿弥陀仏。南無阿弥陀仏。」 Namu Amida Butsu, Namu Amida Butsu.

Suddenly they saw a light on the horizon, and then one more, and one more. They rowed the boat toward that light in hope for help. The three lights kept flickering as if they wanted to encourage the fishermen to do their best. This light came, in fact, from a pine tree in the compound of the temple.



ryuutoo no matsu 龍灯のマツ the Dragon Lamp Pine

The fishermen rowed faster and faster to reach this light and finally came to the beach.
"Thanks to the Buddha from temple Konren-Ji. Let us give thanks and pray!"
The fishermen stood in front of the pine and looked up to see the light again, but now all was dark.

"This must have been a dragon dancing and thus bringing light to the sea of Masaki!"

Eventually years later in a storm this pine tree broke down, but before it died, the fishermen took a branch and planted it anew. And to their surprize the new tree had three main stems. Thus they understood that this pine tree was the dancing dragon.
The tree we can see now is a much later generation.

. ryuutoo 竜灯 / 龍燈 "dragon lamp", dragon lantern .
phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night, thought to be the torches of the Dragon King

A phenomenon at the Ariakekai sea in Kagoshima, Kyushu, in the evening hours.
It is also seen in other parts of Japan as a light that the Dragon God sends out to honor the deities of Shinto and Buddhism in Japan.

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10 Choorakuji 長楽寺 Choraku-Ji
松山市西垣生町1250　/ Nishihabu

In the very South of Matsuyama is a region called 今出(いまず) Imazu. At its entrance is a magnificent gate, almost like the entrance to a Dragon Palace.
the Mitsujoomon 密乗門　Mitsujo-Mon Gate.



In the temple compound is also a hall for 弁天堂 Benten, where businessmen come to pray.



At the Yakushi Do 薬師堂 Yakushi Hall
the villagers from Habu come to pray for good fortune, a good harvest and protection from illness.
In former times there were three large pine trees in the compuond. People picked up the pine cones, burned them to put the smoke and smell on their bodies and prayed. The ashes of the pine cones were said to heal warts.
In front of the main hall is a statue of
ichigan Fudo 一眼不動尊 "Fudo with one eye"
who also grants just one wish (ichigan　一願) of the worshippers.
(With two eyes, Fudo sees very clearly all the bad points of a human, with one eye he sees only half and can thus extend his benevolence and mercy to more people.)
There are other temples with such a Fudo statue in Japan.
. Ichigan Fudo 一願不動 One Wish Fudo .



shuin　朱印　stamp of the temple


密乗の門太白花仰き入る

村上霽月 Murakami Seigetsu (1869 - 1946)
His grave is at the temple Choraku-Ji.

. Seigetsu Ki 霽月忌 Seigetsu Memorial Day .
- kigo for spring - February 15.

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11 Joomyooin 浄明院 Jomyo-In
松山市別府町546 / Matsuyama-shi, Befuchō, 546 / 飯岡山

The temple is surrounded by a white mud wall. The 仁王門 Nio-O Gate is new with two new statues. Red flags are placed along the access to the Yakushi Hall.

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12 瑠璃光山薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji
松山市泉町122 / Izumimachi

周囲はビルで囲まれる境内で参道は長く古木の並木で在り寺院の後ろに見えるビルは似合うとはいえない　山門を過ぎて驚くは超モダンな本堂でコンクリートは理解出来るが其の色付けが奇抜で在る　前には生駒山から勧請したと云う聖天堂が古い形で保たれる

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Nokyo-Cho 納経帳 stamp book



source : xxx

At the end of the pilgrimage !
伊予十二薬師　 記念台紙

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伊予七薬師霊場 The Seven Yakushi Temples of Iyo
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02 医座寺 Iza-Ji
03 蓮華寺 Renge-Ji
05 正観寺 Shokan-Ji
08 雲門寺 Unmon-Ji

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Anyooji 安養寺 Anyo-Ji
松山市二神甲 640

. Ishiteji 石手寺 Ishite-Ji - "Stone Hand Temple" .

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Juurinji 十輪寺 Jurin-Ji
松山市庄甲 810

庄薬師堂　Sho Yakushi



This temple originated in manor (荘園), but the statue of Yakushi was heavily damaged.
Two statues are now 重要文化財指定, dating back to the Heian period.

- reference : sji.mints.ne.jp　-

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Saikooji 西光寺 Saiko-Ji
松山市枝松町 1-2-26 / 1 Chome-2-26 Edamatsu, Matsuyama, Ehime


source : your-wing.jp/2014/09/27

This temple belongs now to the Zen sect and offers 座禅 meditation courses.

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干支霊場 Pilgrimage to 12 Zodiac Animals Temples

. 12 Zociac animals 干支 eto, kanshi .
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There are 12 zociac animals, also representing one of the heavenly directions.

. ne 子 (nezumi 鼠) Rat (mouse)

. ushi 丑 Ox (cow, bull) .

. tora 寅 Tiger .

. u (usagi) 卯 Rabbit .

. tatsu 辰 Dragon .

. mi (hebi) 巳 Snake, Serpent .

. uma 午 Horse .

. mi (hitsuji) 未 Ram (sheep) .

. saru 申 Monkey .

. tori 酉 Rooster (chicken, cock) .

. inu 戌 Dog .

. i (inoshishi) 亥 Boar (wild boar) .

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The combination of Buddhas and zodiac animals belongs to the theory of
Eight Protecting Buddhist Deities (Hachi Hogo Butsu, Hachi Shugo Butsu 八守護仏)



Also known as the
. Ichidai Mamori Honzon 一代守本尊 .

- Buddhas related to the Zodiac Animals
4 of the Buddhas connect to two zodiac animals.

子歳生れ ― 千手観音　Senju Kannon - rat/mouse
丑寅歳生れ ― 虚空蔵菩薩 Kokuzo Bosatsu - ox and tiger
卯歳生れ　―　文殊菩薩　Monju Bosatsu - 　rabbit
辰巳歳生れ―　普賢菩薩　Fugen Bosatsu - dragon and snake
午歳生れ　―　勢至菩薩　Seishi Bosatsu - horse
未申歳生れ―　大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai - ram/sheep and monkey
酉歳生れ　―　不動明王　Fudo Myo-O - rooster
戌亥歳生れ―　阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai - dog and wild boar

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Eto Mamori Hachi Butsu Honzon 干支守り八仏本尊
Pilgrimage to 8 Temples of Zodiac Animals
A pilgrimage in 三浦半島 Miura Hanto



① 午歳／勢至菩薩（長安寺）
② 子歳／千手観音菩薩（傳福寺）
③ 未申歳／大日如来（妙音寺）
④ 卯歳／文殊菩薩（延壽寺）
⑤ 酉歳／不動明王（武山不動院）
⑥ 戌亥歳／阿弥陀如来（浄楽寺）
⑦ 丑寅歳／虚空蔵菩薩（玉蔵院）
⑧ 辰巳歳／普賢菩薩（延命寺）


干支守り本尊八佛霊場めぐりガイド

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武州寄居十二支守り本尊まいり Bushu



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. 伊予十二薬師霊場 Iyo 12 Yakushi Temples, Shikoku .
Mostly in Matsuyama.




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Sendai 仙台の十二支守り本尊 Sendai Eto Mairi　仙台　干支参り

子（ねずみ）・ 善入院観音堂 Kannon-Do
丑（うし）・寅（とら）・虚空蔵堂大満寺 Daiman-Ji
卯（うさぎ）・ 鷲巣山文殊堂 Monju-Do
辰（たつ）・ 巳（へび）・ 愛宕神社 Atago Jinja
午（うま）・ 二十三夜堂 Nijusanya-Do
未（ひつじ）・ 申（さる）・ 大日堂 Dainichi-Do
酉（とり）・ 三瀧山不動院 Fudo-In
戌（いぬ）・亥（いのしし） 大崎八幡宮 Hachiman-Gu

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会津十二支守り本尊/巡礼 Aizu
武州寄居十二支守り本尊まいり Bushu
干支の守護神 Kyoto
大阪府内で干支参り Osaka
首里十二ヶ所巡り（十二支の寺回り）Shuri
- and many many MANY more

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

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru - ABC .


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Ganjoju-In Shizuoka

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Ganjoojuin 願成就院 Ganjoju- In, Shizuoka
静岡県伊豆の国市寺家83-1 / Jike 83-1, Izunokuni



Famous for its statues carved by
. 運慶 Unkei (? - 1223) .

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GANJOJUIN
When you enter the temple gate, there is a big pond with a bridge, which people cross to make pilgrimage. For the overall scheme of a whole hill at the back region centering on the precinct yard of the present “Ganjojuin temple”,
a style of temple that is peculiar to the Fujiwara era, known as Jodo style, is applied. It is one of the seven remaining famous historic spots in Japan such as Motsuji temple in Hiraizumi and Joruriji temple in Kyoto.



It is said that the temple was founded in 729, but according to “Azuma Kagami (Mirror of the East)”, a Japanese medieval text that chronicles events of the Kamakura period, the temple was established in 1189 to pray for the victory of Oshu Conquest by Yoritomo Minamoto.
It was proven that the five statues that have been enshrined in the temple since the time of its founding, namely, the Seated Statue of Amida-Nyorai, which is the principal image of the temple, the Standing Statue of
Fudo Myoo with two Youths (Kongara Doji and Seitaka Doji) and the
Standing Statue of Bishamonten, were created by Unkei,
as indicated by the signature plates of the statues’ creation that were set within the abdomens of the statues.
The temple has repeatedly been hit by the fires of war, yet it was re-established by a descendant of the Hojo clan during the Edo period. After World War II in the Showa period, these temple treasures caught the attention of Asakusa merchants who visited the temple every year on their pleasure trip. They made efforts and established a new main hall to protect these fascinating statues. The temple treasures, which have been protected by the chic status of Edo, were designated as national treasures in 2013.
- source : adventurejapan.jp

In the temple compound is also the grave of
北条時政のお墓 Hojo Tokimasa.

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不動明王二童子立像
Fudo is about 137 cm high, Seitaka Doji 81 cm and Kongara Doji 80 cm.
The group stands at the side of the main statue of Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来.
An inscription inside the statue 塔婆形銘札 (and that of Bishamonten) gives the date as 1186, made on behalf of
北条時政 Hojo Tokimasa.





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The statue of Fudo was carved according to the
. 不動十九観 19 Characteristic Signs of Fudo Myo-O .

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In front of the gate, some Artwork from pine cones :
Amida, Bishamonten and Fudo Myo-O
阿弥陀如来、毘沙門天、不動明王の松ぼっくりアート


source : 坂田泉

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shuin　朱印 stamp

- Homepage of the temple
- source : city.izunokuni.shizuoka.jp



source : city.izunokuni.shizuoka.jp/bunka_bunkazai

国宝「願成就院運慶作諸仏」

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

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru - ABC .


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願成就院まで茶の花の匂ふ道
Ganjooju-In made cha no hana no niou michi

all the way
to Ganjoju-In the fragrance
of tea blossoms

下里美恵子 Shimosato Mieko

. WKD : cha no hana 茶の花 tea blossoms .
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source : kyoto-minpo.net/hokkori/archives

Shizuoka is famous for its tea plantations.

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願成就院裏山に笹子鳴く
Ganjooju-In urayama ni sasako naku

in the back mountain
of Ganjoju-In
a nightingale sings

森賢之助 Mori Kennosuke

. sasako 笹子 nightingale .
笹鳴きをしているウグイス - kigo for all winter



source : eyne.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry-751 ...

Along the road of the 裏山 back mountain of the temple are
gohyaku rakan 五百羅漢 statues of the 500 Arhats.

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


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Somen Noodles Jizo

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Soomen Jizoo そうめん地蔵 Somen Noodles Jizo

. soomen 索麺 Somen noodles .
hiya soomen 冷索麺 cold Somen noodles in Summer
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source : matome.naver.jp/odai

Nagashi somen 流しそうめん "noodles flowing past"
a typical summer food to enjoy outside.
Small bundles of Somen noodles are send down a 'half-pipe' (usually made of bamboo) flowing with cold water from a nearby clean brook. You pick them up as they flow past and dip them into a small bowl with soy sauce and some herbs and spices for extra flavoring. The last bundle is usually colored, mostly pink.

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Once upon a time
the lord of Katsuyama castle 氏家勝山城 went to a pilgrimage to Nikko. After the important pilgrimage was over and he was on his way home, the Lord realized that he had not eaten a thing since the morning and suddenly, relaxed, he felt quite hungry.
Just then he passed the temple 満願寺 Mangan-Ji.
But the priest at the temple was quite a wicked one and served him only cold Somen noodles.
Word of this wicked priest had come to the Jizo from Nikko. He changed his form to a young monk with the blink of an eye came to the temple Mangan-Ji. He asked the priest: "Please give me some food!"
The priest smiled to himself "Today I can do a lot of wicked things!" and served the young monk some Somen noodles.
The young monk begun to eat, first 10 bowls, then 100 bowls and even 300 bowls with great pleasure and was still hungy. The old priest had his pride too and served ever more. But eventually his mean spirit was appeased and he got quite afraid of this young monk.
After he had finished all the bowls, the young monk said "Thank you so much for this meal!" Then he went home.



After he had left, the woodworkers from the valley came running up to the temple and shouted:
"Help help, our valley is suddenly full of Somen noodles!"
When the old mean priest went to the valley, he saw the river all white with the noodles floating downwhill.
Then he understood. The young monk must have been Jizo Bosatsu, trying to teach him a lesson.
And from this day on, he canged his mean ways and become a friendly, caring old priest.
The valley got the name そうめん谷 "Somen Valley" and the Jizo came to be called
soomen Jizo そうめん地蔵 The Somen Noodle Jizo.
- reference : city.tochigi-sakura.lg.jp xxx

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. 出流山 満願寺 - Izurusan Mangan-Ji .
栃木県栃木市出流町288 // 288 Izurumachi, Tochigi
Mangan-Ji temple is the seventeenth temple in the Bando (33 Kannon temples of kango region) pilgrimage circuit.


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そうめん地蔵 Somen Noodles Jizo
This legend tells about the origin of the ritual
Nikkoo Goohan-Shiki 日光強飯式 Nikko Gohanshiki
From Rinno-Ji in Nikko.

. Rinnoo-JI Goohanshiki 輪王寺強飯式 .

The story is just a bit different from the one told above.

About 400 years ago, at the temple 地蔵寺 Jizo-Ji, there was a very gentle kind priest. One day he was asked by 勝山城の左衛門尉 the lord from Katsuyama castle, Saemonnojo, to go to Nikko to Shrine 二荒山神社 Futaarayama Jinja on his behalf. The priest agreed cheerfully and was on his way.
Having finished his business, on his way home, he stopped near 滝尾別所 and suddenly felt very hungry. So went to a nearby temple and asked for a bowl of Somen noodles. The priest of the temple was a rather wicked person and asked him to come in, with a wicked smile on his face.

After some time the priest carried a huge tray to his visitor with a huge bowl of Somen.
"Since you asked for a bowl, we brought you one. Now you have to eat it all!"
The priest ate as much as he could, but still could not eat it all and begun to cry and apologized. But the wicked priest did not accept his apology.



Just in this moment a traveling monk appeared and asked:
"Please let me have one bowl of Somen noodles!"
The priest grinned from ear to ear and brought another huge bowl of Somen noodles.
But the travelilng monk just ate it all with no problem, slurping down the noodles. In no time the huge bowl was empty.
The priest got angry, had his subordinate priests buy all so Somen noodles in all of Nikko and offered them to the traveling monk. But the monk only smiled and slurped the huge portion of noodles in no time.
The priest and his subordinates were quite perplex and whowh - the traveling monk just vanished like smoke in the air. In his place stood a Jizo now. This was in fact the Jizo from the temple of the priest from Jizo-Ji.
Now the wicked priest apologized with tears in his eyes.
Then a woodworker came running past, calling out that the whole Western Valley was full of Somen floating down the river.



So the valley was called そうめん谷 Somen Valley and the Jizo became known as そうめん地蔵 Somen Jizo.
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A legend involving Somen
from Nara, 大塔村 Oto village

Once upon a time a woodworker went to the forest for work. But he did not come home in the evening and his wife got worried. All the people from her family went out looking for him. The husband had carried some Abura-Age Tofu for his lunch, and a fox had gotten it from him. The fox then bewitched the man so he lost his way and wandered aimlessly in the forest.
When they found him he said he had eaten some Somen noodles, but looking closely he had only eaten earthworms.

. soba 蕎麦 buckwheat noodle legends .
They are quite similar, about foxes bewitching people.

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- Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - Introduction -

. Pilgrimages to Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - 地蔵霊場 Jizo Reijo .

. Legends about Jizo Bosatsu - 地蔵菩薩 .




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Mikka Jizo

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Mikka Jizo 三日地蔵 Three days Jizo

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Jizo statues go from house to house in obscure religious practice in Nara

Generations of families have quietly passed down a mysterious religious practice in a mountainous area of western Japan where Buddhism was abolished long ago.

It is not known how or when the Buddhism-derived “Mikka Jizo” (Three days Jizo) practice started, nor exactly why and how it has survived over the years.

But if it had been uncovered in the Meiji Era (1868-1912), serious repercussions could have followed.

Throughout the year, two statues of Jizo, the guardian deity of children, are transferred from house to house every three days in Nara’s Nyucho district, about 20 kilometers east of the city’s downtown core. About 50 homes in Nyucho are involved in the Mikka Jizo practice, in which prayers are given for the healthy lives of the villagers’ children.

On March 20, the Jizo statues used in the practice were on their third day inside a “zushi” Buddhist altar at a home in Nyucho. The zushi, which stands about 40 centimeters high, sat in an alcove of the house, where offerings of fruit and water had been placed.

One small Jizo statue and a larger one enshrined in the back of the zushi could be seen through a slight gap between the altar’s doors.



Kimiyo Minami, 60, who lives in the house, said she was born and raised in the district, so she has seen Mikka Jizo since childhood.

“I personally do not feel it is a rare sight,” Minami said.

During the Meiji Era, Nyu village, the predecessor of the Nyucho district, abolished Buddhism and converted to Shinto in the “Haibutsu Kishaku” movement triggered by the Meiji government's policy to adopt Shinto as the state religion.

Buddhist temples were demolished, and all Buddhist services were eliminated from the village. Even today, funeral ceremonies in Nyucho are, in principle, held in Shinto style.

Although practitioners of Mikka Jizo would face no persecution today, they still maintain a sense of mystery with the practice.

After the Jizo statues are enshrined at a home for three days and nights, they are carried to the next home at dusk.

Busy or rainy days can lead to postponements in the transfers. If household members in charge are too sick or too old to carry the zushi, they can wait until the weekend when a younger person can do the job.

No one--except the household that keeps the statues and the one that transferred them--knows where the statues are enshrined in the district at any given time.

Only once a year, the statues make a public appearance, inside the zushi wrapped in “hagi” Japanese clovers at a Bon festival.

On the evening of March 20, Minami used ropes to carry the zushi on her shoulders to a neighbor’s home. Her grandson brought with him a small wooden box containing tools for religious rituals.

“The guest has arrived,” Minami called out to the neighbor, using a respectful and friendly reference to the Jizo statues.

After receiving no reply, Minami opened the door to the house and left the zushi inside. She left the house after giving a bow.

The neighbor, Sazako Nakakubo, 85, returned home about 30 minutes after Minami left.

Nakakubo moved the zushi to a “zashiki” tatami-matted room where she undid the ropes and put her hands together in prayer in front of the zushi.

“I was told to wish for a healthy baby to the statues when I married into the family,” Nakakubo said, recalling her marriage more than 60 years ago.

Nakakubo said she told her daughter-in-law, Kazuyo, who married Nakakubo’s oldest son, to follow in her footsteps.

Kazuyo, 64, confirmed those instructions.

“Tomorrow, my son will visit us with his wife whom he married in autumn last year, so she will offer a prayer to the statues for the first time,” Kazuyo said cheerfully.

It is unclear where the Jizo statues are currently enshrined.
- source : asahi.com -NORIHIDE FURUSAWA


Eighty-five-year-old Nyucho resident Sazako Nakakubo recalled the role Jizo had played in her marriage 60 years earlier. “I was told to wish for a healthy baby to the statues when I married into the family,” Sazako said, adding that she had subsequently instructed her daughter-in-law, Kazuyo, who married her eldest son, to continue the practice.
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廻り地蔵は女の守り神
mawari Jizo, the protector of women


Jizo ready to leave this home.

Nyucho, Nara
奈良市丹生町には三日づつ集落各家を廻る三日地蔵さんがいます。


Jizo is carried to his new home.

廻ってはくるものの、どこにいるかは誰も話すことはなく、廻ってきて初めて分かるといいます。
なのでお探しするのは大変。
丹生の里を尋ねまわりましたが不明。お願いした自治会長さんに連絡いただきＫ様宅を訪問させて頂きました。


Jizo arrived at his new home for 3 days.

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- Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - Introduction -

. Pilgrimages to Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - 地蔵霊場 Jizo Reijo .

. Legends about Jizo Bosatsu - 地蔵菩薩 .




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shaba world of Samsara

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shaba 娑婆 / しゃば / シャバ this world of Samsara
shaba sekai 娑婆世界

Shaba and Jodo 娑婆と浄土　the Defiled World and the Pure Land
samsara - the cycle of suffering in this world


地獄と娑婆のお地蔵さん by ひろ さちや

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Samsāra (Sanskrit संसार) is the repeating cycle of birth, life and death (reincarnation) as well as one's actions and consequences in the past, present, and future in Buddhism ...

According to these religions, a person's current life is only one of many lives that will be lived—stretching back before birth into past existences and reaching forward beyond death into future incarnations. During the course of each life, the quality of the actions (karma) performed determine the future destiny of each person.
The Buddha taught that there is no beginning to this cycle but that it can be ended through perceiving reality. The goal of these religions is to realize this truth, the achievement of which (like ripening of a fruit) is moksha or nirvana (liberation).
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苦の娑婆や桜が咲けば咲いたとて
ku no shaba ya, sakura ga sakeba, saita tote

A world of grief and pain,
Flowers bloom,
even then ...

- Kobayashi, Issa – 1763 – 1827

by Rev. Mas Kodani - Los Angeles Senshin Buddhist Temple

Shaba refers to the world of Samsara, the world of self-centered, self-creating delusion, the unawakened　state, the world of Namo.
Flowers refer to the state of naturalness, of non-calculation, the awakened state and　the beauty that characterizes that state, the world of Amidabutsu. A world of self-created grief and pain, and　yet, even then flowers bloom. Terrorists, numb bureaucrats, political manipulators, con artists – multi-billion　and penny ante, religious charlatans, health, wealth, and happiness scammers, etc., etc., ad nauseam – what a　work of art are we.
And yet even then, volunteers, helpful bureaucrats, conscientious politicians, community　conscious businessmen, health-care servers, clergy etc. still grow and bloom – the work being its own reward,　what a work of art we are.

Science, religion, the social and governing arts, poetry, music and dance can all be self-serving, other denigrating　activities. There are also times when they are mutually serving, mutually supporting activities.

Namo is the self-serving, calculating, self-empowering activity; Amidabutsu is the other-connecting, non-calculating, mutually empowering activity; and Namoamidabutsu is the paradox of life, different, yet the same, not one, yet not two.
And what a work of art we are.
Namoamidabutsu, Namoamidabutsu, Namoamidabutsu.

Gassho, Rev. Mas
- source : seattlebetsuin.com/prajna-


. Namu Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏 the Amida Prayer .


For the prostitutes and prison inmates of Edo, SHABA was the world outside of their imprisoned life, the outside life and world 外の世界.
So it had a positive meaning for them, not something to loath, and the all wanted to get back the the normal SHABA as fast as possible.
早くシャバに戻りたい

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source : tripadvisor.jp/Location

shabadoo 娑婆堂 Shaba-Do, "Defiled World Chapel"

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the tallest dwarf
meeting the smallest giant -
same size


MASTER XU YUN :
Dear Friends, let me tell you a little story a wise man once told me.
He said:
"Once I found myself in an unfamiliar country, walking down a strange street. I looked around trying to get my bearings; and seeing two men who were standing nearby, I approached them. `Where am I?' I asked. `Who are you people?'

"The first man replied, `This is the world of Samsara, and in this world I happen to be the very tallest dwarf there is!' And the other man replied, `Yes, and I happen to be the shortest giant!'
"This encounter left me very confused because, you see, both men were exactly the same height."

I preface my remarks to you with this little story because I want to emphasize at the outset how important it is to consider the perception of things.

Hui Neng, the Sixth and last Patriarch of our Chan Path, once came upon two monks who were arguing about a banner that was waving in the wind.
The first monk said, "It is the banner that is moving." The other monk said, "No! It is the wind that is moving."
The Sixth Patriarch admonished them both.
"Good Sirs," he said. "It is your mind that is doing all the moving!"

In the world of Samsara, Man is the measure of all things.
Everything is relative. Everything is changing. Only in the real world, the world of Nirvana, is there constancy.
In Chan our task is to discriminate - not between the false and the false, but between the false and the real. Differences in outward appearance do not matter at all. The real world is inside us. It is even inside our mind.
- source : Empty Cloud: The Teachings of Xu Yun

. Koan and Haiku 公案と俳句 .

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. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

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meikai 冥界 The Other World

In the year 1698 on the fifth day of the fifth lunar month, the second wife of a man suddenly died. But after a while she came back to life and had a strange tale to tell.
She felt like in a dream when three men like bad demons appeared and begun to destroy the fields. There came an old man and drove the demons away. When she asked the old man who he was, he did not replay but told her:
"This here is the Other World, but you need to go back to the Shaba world. So here is some black powder I keep and you have to swallow it now!"
Soon after she woke up and was back alive in her home.

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Jizō vowed to assist beings in each of the Six Realms of Desire and Karmic Rebirth, in particular those in the hell realm, and is thus often shown in groupings of six.
... more details on the six states (also called the Six Paths of Transmigration or Reincarnation, the Wheel of Life,
the Cycle of Samsara, or Cycle of Suffering), ..


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. Roku Jizō, Roku Jizoo 六地蔵 Roku Jizo, Six Jizo Statues .

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. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo . .

又ことし娑婆塞ぞよ草の家
mata kotoshi shaba-fusage zo yo kusa no ie

another year
just taking up space...
thatched hut


又ことし娑婆塞なる此身哉
mata kotoshi shaba-fusagi naru kono mi kana

another year
just taking up space...
my life

Robin D. Gill assisted with this translation and the romanization.
Shinji Ogawa notes that the phrase, shaba fusagi, means "a good-for-nothing person occupies this place." He adds, "It is Issa's self-abasement which we observe so often in his haiku. But, as everyone knows, self-abasement is sometimes very close to arrogance."
Literally, shaba refers to the Buddhist notion of a fallen age, the "Latter Days of Dharma,"
but Shinji believes that Issa's use of the word "has no religious connotation." Nevertheless, I believe, in light of Issa's lifelong interest in Pure Land Buddhist metaphors, he is at least hinting at the Buddhist connotation of shaba.
Tr. and comment David Lanoue


苦の娑婆や桜が咲ば咲いたとて
ku no shaba ya sakura ga sakeba saita tote

world of pain--
and the cherry blossoms
add to it!


筍に娑婆の嵐のかかる也
takenoko ni shaba no arashi no kakaru nari
this crappy world's storm


一本は桜もちけり娑婆の役
ippon wa sakura mochi keri shaba no yaku
the corrupt world


娑婆の風にはや筍の痩にけり
shaba no kaze ni haya takenoko no yase ni keri
in this world's wind


ことしから丸もふけ也娑婆の空
kotoshi kara marumôke nari shaba no sora
this corrupt world's sky


ことしから丸儲ぞよ娑婆遊び
kotoshi kara marumôke zo yo shaba asobi
carousing in this world


花咲て娑婆則寂光浄土哉
hana saite shaba soku jakkôjôdo kana / jakkoo joodo

cherry trees blooming--
this corrupt world
is a Pure Land!

- source : David Lanoue -



source : Haiga by Nakamura Sakuo

ことしからまふけ遊びぞ花の娑婆
kotoshi kara môke asobi zo hana no shaba

from this year on
just carousing ...
this world of blossoms / this world's blossoms


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The beginning of a kasen renku written on lunar New Year's Day in 1827:

元日や我等ぐるめに花の娑婆
ganjitsu ya warera-gurume ni hana no shaba

New Year's Day --
we, too, bloom in our
blossoming world
Tr. Chris Drake

. Issa - kasen 1827 .

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大揚羽娑婆天国を翔けめぐる
oo ageha shaba tengoku o kakemeguru

this big swallowtail -
it flutters back and forth
from Shaba to Paradise

. Iida Dakotsu 飯田蛇笏 (1885 - 1962) .



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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


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


Yakushi Nyorai the Buddha of healing is shown here seated on a lotus pedestal.
The lotus is a symbol of the total abandonment of samsara,
so only those who have entered upon the transcendental path are represented enthroned on a lotus flower.
. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru - ABC .

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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senshin cleansing the heart

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senshin 洗心 cleansing the heart / mind



source : rakuten.co.jp/ikata47/diary

Many visitors of our GokuRakuAn hermitage and the Daruma-Do stand in the garden overlooking the Mandala Valley, saying

Kokoro ga arawareru naaa 心が洗われるなーーー
The heart / mind gets purified just looking at the scene here !


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洗心 -“washing” (or "inquiring into”) the “heart”
Senshin "cleansing the mind"


一掬洗心（一掬いの水は心を清める)
at the Rikyu Hachimangu (formerly Iwashimizu Hachimangu) from 1634
by 林羅山 Hayashi Razan
- reference : rikyuhachiman.org/temizuhachi -

- - - - - Thanks for the inspiration to the PMJS group
and more discussion about the subject
- source : groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/pmjs -



source : mickeyclub.seesaa.net

不忍池 Shinobazu Pond in Ueno, Bentenjima

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Kokoro Ga Arawareru Budda No Kotoba
- reference : Liberal Sha / Henshu -


- reference : 心が洗われる -
- reference : kokoro arawareru -


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達磨寺の洗心池の擬宝珠かな
Darumaji no senshin-ike no giboshi kana

the Giboshi flowers
at the Senshin Pond
of this Daruma Temple . . .

手島南天 Tejima Nanten


source : fmbo.blog84.fc2.com/blog-entry-1310

. gibooshi ギボウシ（擬宝珠） Hosta fortunei .
A mountain vegetable (sansai)
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There is also a rest place called 洗心亭 at some Daruma temples.

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繰り返すのみの洗心薫風過ぐ
香西照雉

日曜は洗心のとき梅もどき
井沢正江

洗心の一刻を措く初硯
西岡伸実



source : mayumiの一言メモメモ

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- 洗心 - To cleanse the heart / mind with some Sake !




「洗心」とは初心に戻り、人を尊びきらめき生きる様を言います。
- source : asahi-shuzo.co.jp -

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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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Kannon Bosatsu Legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 伝説 Legends about Kannon



. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara - ABC List .
- Introduction -

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Legends about Kannon with 11 Faces .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Legends about Kannon with 1000 arms .

. Sake, 酒 Kannon and Yokai monster legends .


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- - - - - ABC List of the prefectures :


..................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
福島市 Fukushima city 飯坂町 Iizaka town

. Kannon and 仏具山 Mount Butsugayam .




..................................................................... Iwate 岩手県
奥州市 Oshu city 江刺南町 Esashi Minami town

. 光明寺 Komyo-Ji and Ennin Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 .




..................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県

. Uyamuya no Seki 有耶無耶の関 The Inamu Barrier .
若松観音 Wakamatsu Kannon and The 笹谷観音 Sasaya Kannon




..................................................................... Nagano 長野県
下條村 / 下条村 Shimojo - Shimoina district

tobi kannon 飛び観音 the flying Kannon
When the soldiers of Oda Nobunaga 織田信長軍 came toward Shimojo, they burned down the temple 栗生山興徳寺 Kotoku-Ji. The statue of Kannon saved herself by flying away to the spot where she is now. Villagers found her still hot by the waterfall at the riverside.


source : ishihara-art/s~tobikannon

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Nagano 天龍村 Tenryu village

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来　and Kannon .




..................................................................... Tokyo 東京 .

Akasaka 赤坂
. 氷川明神 Hikawa Myojin and 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon .




..................................................................... Toyama 富山県 .

. Ogawadera 小川寺 Kannon Legend .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
馬頭観音 / あかずの観音 and many more
04 観音菩薩 (01) 391 to collect
36 観音像 statue (01)

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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師　空海 - 伝説 .

. Japanese legends and tales 伝説　民話　昔話 - Introduction .

- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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