Gofunai temples 30 and 31

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Nr. 30 - Hoojooji, Hōjōji 放生寺 Hojo-Ji

- 光松山 Koshozan　威盛院 Ijo-In　放生寺 Hojo-Ji
新宿区西早稲田2-1-14 / 2 Chome-1-14 Nishiwaseda, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗



This temple was founded in 1641 by Ryooshoo shoonin 良昌上人 Saint Ryosho Shonin, the founder of Shrine Ana Hachimangu.
威盛院権大僧都法印良昌上人
The main statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Kannon Bosatsu.
It is also known as Mushifuuji Kanzeon 虫封観世音 Mushifuji "Kannon to ward off "insects"

The temple is part of three Kannon pilgrimages:
. 江戸三十三観音 - Edo Kannon Nr. 15 .
. 山の手三十三観音霊場 - Yamanote Nr 16 .
. Tokyo Kannon Reijo 東京三十三観音霊場 Nr. 22 .

. Introduction of Kannon Bosatsu .

. mushifuuji 虫封 to ward off insects causing illness .
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kan no mushi 疳の虫 / 癇 insect of nervousness, short-temperdness
nakimushi 泣き虫 insect of crying too much
hara no mushi 腹の虫 insect causing diarrhea

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Saint Ryosho had a 霊夢 sacred dream vision of the birth of the third Shogun, 徳川家光 Tokugawa Iemitsu, and 徳川秀忠 Tokugawa Hidetada, the Father-to-be, bestowed the land to him to pray for his son-to-be-born. The land was the estate of 松平新五左衛門 Matsudaira Shingozaemon from Kyoto.


The temple was also allowed to use the family crest of the Tokugawa clan, 葵の紋 Aoi no Mon.

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In the compound is a stone arrangement to step on the sacred sand of Shikoku:



. o-sunafumi, osunafumi お砂踏み stepping on sacred sand .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 善楽寺 Zenraku-Ji in Shikoku :
人多くたち集まれる一ノ宮 昔も今も栄えぬるかな
hito ooku tachiatsumareru ichinomiya mukashi mo ima mo chikaeneru kana

. 百々山 Dodozan　東明院 Tomyo-In 善楽寺 Zenraku-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


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ichiyoo raifuku 一陽来福
a pun with "luck coming back"



At the temple Hojo-ji, there is a large stone memorial with these words in the compounds.

At the shrine Ana Hachimangu in Tokyo people come at the day of the winter solstice to buy this amulet. It is good for business and to make money, when they put it into the auspicious direction of the new year (ehoo　恵方).　They also hang it outside on the last day of the year and for the Setsubun rituals in February. The letters of the amulet have to face the auspicious direction.
Just as shadow receedes to new light, bad fortune will not receede and good luck is bound to come.

. Winter solstice, tooji 冬至 .
ichiyoo raifuku 一陽来復"sun comes back" -- The 21st of December.

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- Homepage of the temple - (Hoshoji)
- source : houjou.or.jp

Closely related to the shrine 穴八幡宮 Ana Hachimangu / 高田八幡 Takada Hachiman, see below.

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放生寺神変大菩薩堂 Jinhen Daibosatsu Hall (Jimpen Daibosatsu)



. Jinpen Daibosatsu, Jimpen Daibosatsu 神変大菩薩 .
En-no-Gyôja 役行者 Jimpen Dai-Bosatsu, En no Gyoja

Since En no Gyoja was walking the remote mountains of Japan, people come here to pray for healing of their legs.

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Ana Hachimangu 穴八幡宮 / Takada Hachiman 高田八幡
東京都新宿区西早稲田2-1-11 / Tokyo, Shinjuku, Nishiwaseda, 2−1−11



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... the superb Ana Hachiman-gū Shrine (穴八幡宮),
located between the university and Toyama Park, at the Babashitachō crossing (junction of Waseda Avenue and Suwa Street).
Legend places its foundation in 1062, although documented evidence of the shrine only dates back to the early 17th century. Its Buddha image was donated by Tokugawa Iemitsu in 1649. It is an interesting example of fusion between Buddhist and Shintō beliefs. The shrine's main gate has a clear Buddhist influence in its architecture.
The shrine is famous for the annual Yabusame　流鏑馬 ritual horse-riding competition.
Furthermore, the Hōjō-ji Temple (放生寺) of the Shingon school of Buddhism is located on the same grounds. The shrine was recently renovated with lavish red lanterns and torii gates. Built on a wooded hill, it offers a bit peace and relaxation in the middle of the urban jungle of Shinjuku.
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. Ana Hachimangū at Takadanobaba - Yabusame .
Takadanobaba, Takada no Baba 高田馬場 "Horse grounds of Takada"


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. Tokugawa Iemitsu 徳川家光 (1604 – 1651) - Third Shogun .

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Nr. 31 - Tamonin 多聞院 Tamon-In

- 照臨山 / 照林山 Shorinzan　多聞院 Tamon-In
新宿区弁天町100 - 100 Bentenchō, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派 Shingon-shu Buzan-ha

. 多聞院 Tamon-In - Introduction .


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

. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路　 .

. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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Gofunai temples 28 and 29

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Nr. 28 - Reiunji 霊雲寺 Reiun-Ji

- 宝林山 Horinzan　大悲心院 Daihishin-In　霊雲寺 Reiun-Ji
文京区湯島2-21-6 / 2 Chome-21-6 Yushima, Bunkyō ward / 湯島霊雲寺 Yushima Reiun-Ji
Shingon Sect : 霊雲寺派



This temple was founded in 1691 by 覚彦浄厳律師 Kakugen Jogon (1639 - 1702), who was a protegee of the influential Shogunate advisor, 柳沢吉保 Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu.



The main statue is 胎蔵界・金剛界大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai of both Mandalas.

To find their protector deity, a person blindfolded would stand on the Mandala and throw a paper flower in the air. It landed on the deity in question. This ritual called 結縁灌頂 Kechien Kanjo was propagated by Kakugen.

Reiun-Ji was built on request of the 5th Shogun, 徳川綱吉 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, as 永代祈願所 a temple to pray for the Tokugawa shogunate. It was located in the North-East direction of Edo castle, a direction of the kimon 鬼門 to "keep away the Demons".
It is the main temple of the Shingon Risshu Sect 真言律宗 and has more than 46 sub-tempels.


Tsunayoshi painted 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O and Daigensui 大元帥明王 Taigen (Atavaka) for the temple, but the Daigensui painting together with other important treasures, was lost in the fires of war.

The temple was destroyed during the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923. After rebuilding, it burned again at the end of the Second World War.
The Main Hall was built in 1976. There are other halls in the compound, including one for Daigensui, the 大元堂 Daigen-Do.

The temple treasures include Important National Cultural Properties:
Juroku rakan 十六羅漢十六幅 and 諸尊集會圖 Shison shukai.

The temple is mentioned in the Edo Meisho Zue 江戸名所図会:


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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 大日寺 Dainichi-Ji in Shikoku :
つゆ霜と罪を照らせる大日寺　などか歩みを運ばざらまし
Tsuyushimo to tsumi o teraseru Dainichiji nado ka ayumi o hakobazaramashi

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : reiunji.or.jp


. Introduction of Dainichi Nyorai .

境内稲荷寶幢閣

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. 徳川綱吉 Tokugawa Tsunayoshi . - (1646 - 1709) Fifth Shogun
Inu-Kubō　犬公方　Inu Kubo, the Dog Shogun

. 柳澤吉保 Yanagizawa Yoshiyasu . - (1658 - 1714)

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


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Nr. 29 - Nanzooin 南蔵院 Nanzo-In

- 大鏡山 Daikyozan　南蔵院 Nanzo-In　薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji
豊島区高田1-19-16 / 1 Chome-19-16 Takada, Toshima ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派

In front of the temple is a large pond, Kagami-ike 鏡池 "pond like a mirror", hence the tame Daikyozan, Large Mirror Temple.



This temple was founded in the Muromachi period by Enjoo Biku 円成比丘 the Nun Enjo (? - 1376).
She had meandered on a pilgrimage in Japan and finally settled here in a small hermitage. She had gotten the statue of Yakushin Nyorai from Hidehira in legendary circumstances.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai, from the time of Prince Shotoku Taishi. It had been in the possession of 藤原秀衡 Fujiwara Hidehira from Hiraizumi.

A stone memorial is dedicated to the League to Demonstrate Righteousness.
Also connected to 三遊亭円朝 Sanyutei Encho and his work 怪談乳房榎　"Kaidan Chibusa Enoki" - Ghost of Chibusa Enoki.
In the compound are the graves of famous sumo wrestler elders :
音羽山 Otowayama, 粂川 Kumegawa, 花籠 Hanakago, 片男波 Kataonami and 二子山 Futagoyama.

In the compound are various buildings and memorial stone.

The temple is in the following pilgrimages:
. 豊島八十八ヶ所霊場 Toshima Henro Pilgrimage - Nr. 41 .

. 東京三十三観音霊場 33 Kannon temples in Tokyo - Nr. 21 .


The temple is mentioned in the Edo Meisho Zue 江戸名所図会 of Takada:


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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 国分寺 Kokubun-Ji in Shikoku :
国を分け宝を積みて建つ寺の　末の世までの利益のこせり Japanese
Kuni o wake takara o tsumite tatsu tera no sue no yo made no riyaku no koseri

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.tesshow.jp/shinjuku


. Introduction of Yakushi Nyorai .

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Sanyuutei Enchoo, San'yūtei Enchō 三遊亭圓朝 Sanyutei Encho (1839 - 1900)
born Jirokichi Izubuchi (出淵 次郎吉 Izubuchi Jirokichi)) April 1, 1839 – August 11, 1900 was a Japanese author and rakugo performer of the late Edo and early Meiji eras. Notable works include Japanese horror classics, Kaidan botan dōrō (based on Botan Dōrō (牡丹灯籠 The Peony Lantern), and Kaidan Kasane ga Fuchi (on which many Japanese horror films are based).


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- The Ghost of Chibusa Enoki
A painter leaves his family to paint the homes of his rich clients. A lonely, ruthless samurai falls in love with the painter's wife and rapes her. He continues on to murder the painter and his servants. From the afterlife, the painter seeks revenge on the samurai and saves his wife and newborn child.
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. Kasanegafuchi 怪談累ヶ淵 Kaidan Kasane-ga-Fuchi .

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In the temple compound is
彰義隊九士の首塚 the head mound of 9 samurai of the Shogitai group



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The Shôgitai was a pro-shogunate military unit formed in 1868 to combat anti-shogunate forces.
The group was originally formed in 1868/2, by
Hitotsubashi branch retainer Shibusawa Seiichirô, Hatamoto Amano Hachirô and 67 pro-Bakufu comrades who gathered at that time in Zôshigaya. They were first stationed at a temple in Asakusa, then moved to Kan'ei-ji in Ueno to serve as the guards of Shogun Tokugawa Yoshinobu.
The Shôgitai was destroyed by imperial troops in the 5/15 Battle of Ueno.
Some members then joined other pro-Bakufu troops in the North, while other members demobilized and returned to Edo.

A tomb for the Shôgitai can be found today in Ueno Park. The smaller of the two main tombstones was erected in 1869 by a priest of Kan'ei-ji, while the larger was erected in 1874 by Ogawa Okisato, a surviving member of the group. The site was cared for by the Ogawa family for around 120 years, before it was named an important cultural asset of Tokyo's Taitô-ku (Taitô Ward) in 1990.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government took over responsibility for the site in 2003.
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. Fujiwara no Hidehira 藤原秀衡 (1122 - 1187) .

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. sumo, sumoo 相撲 Sumo wrestling .


source :biglobe.ne.jp/~st_octopus
花籠の墓 Grave of Hanakago
花籠平五郎 Hanakago Heigoro （1785 - ? 1909）

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Nr. 26 - Raifukuji 来福寺 Raifuku-Ji

- 宝林山 Horinzan　地蔵院 Jizo-In 来福寺 Raifuku-Ji
品川区東大井3-13-1 / 3 Chome-13-1 Higashiōi, Shinagawa ward
Shingon Sect : 智山派


来福寺大師堂 Daishi Do Hall

This temple was founded in 990 by priest 智弁阿闍梨 (智瓣) Chiben Ajari.
The main statue is 延命地蔵 Enmei Jizo （経読地蔵 Kyoyomi Jizo), carved by Kobo Daishi.
Related to the shrine 梶原稲荷神社 Kajiwara Inari Jinja .

This Jizo statue had been venerated by 鎌倉権五郎景政 Kamakura Gongoro Kagemasa.

In 1501, a statue of Kyoyomi Jizo, "Jizo reading Sutras", was brought here from the 納経塚 Nokyozuka Mound.

Related to
梶原景季 Kajiwara Kagesue: 梶原塚 Kajiwara-zuka mound, 梶原の松 Kajiwara pine in the compound.
And life-extension cherry tree 延命櫻 in the compound.

The main hall has been reconstructed in 1952.

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Raifukuji
Hidden in the middle of a quiet residential area just off the Daiichi-Keihin highway in Oimachi, this temple belongs to the Shingon sect of Buddhism and is an eerily quiet oasis found at the end of a beautiful stone path.

The temple’s origins
reach back into the 10th century, but the current, rather modern buildings are all built in the postwar era. In addition to the small but lush garden inside the gates, the highlight here is the monument to the indigo dealers of Awa Province (today’s Tokushima Prefecture), who plied their trade in Edo from the early 17th century to the Meiji Restoration, keeping the capital’s inhabitants stocked up on this blue dye that’s still one of Tokushima’s most famous exports.
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Graves of the Indigo dealers 阿波藍商人墓標群



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. 玉川八十八ヶ所霊場 Nr. 74 of the Tamagawa Henro Pilgrimage .

.東海三十三観音霊場 Nr. 2 of the Tokai Kannon Pilgrimage .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 金剛頂寺 Kongocho-Ji in Shikoku :
往生に望みをかくる極楽は　月のかたむく西寺の空
Ōjō ni nozomi o kakuru gokuraku wa tsuki no katamuku Nishidera no sora

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- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/shinagawa


. Introduction of 延命地蔵 "Jizo for a long life" .

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. Kamakura Gongorō Kagemasa 鎌倉権五郎景政 .
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Kajiwara Kagesue 梶原景季 / 梶原景時 Kagetoki
(1162 - February 6, 1200),
was a samurai in service to the Minamoto clan during the Genpei War of Japan's late Heian period.
The Heike monogatari records an anecdote about a friendly competition with Sasaki Takatsuna prior to the second battle of Uji. Mounted on Yoritomo's black horse, Surusumi, he races Takatsuna across the River Uji.


Kajiwara Kagesue, Sasaki Takatsuna, and Hatakeyama Shigetada racing to cross the Uji River before the second battle of Uji,
by Utagawa Kuniyoshi.

Kagesue met death in Suruga at the hands of men loyal to Minamoto no Yoriie.
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梶原稲荷神社 Kajiwara Inari Shrine
relocated here in 1320.


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Kajiwara Kagetoki 梶原景時 (?1140 ( ?1162) - 1200)
In the village of 八王子村 Hachioji there is a pine named Kajiwara sugi 梶原杉 Kajiwara Pine.
It grew from a walking staff of Kagetoki, who had cut it out at Shrine 鎌倉八幡 Kamakura Hachimangu and planted it in the compound of this village.
The remains are venerated to our day:



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Kajiwara Kagetoki (梶原 景時, c.1162 – February 6, 1200)
was a spy for Minamoto no Yoritomo in the Genpei War, and a warrior against the Taira. He came to be known for his greed and treachery.
"A prominent eastern warrior", he supplied Yoshitsune with a number of ships after the Battle of Yashima.
Originally from Suruga province,
Kajiwara entered the Genpei War fighting under Oba Kagechika, against the Minamoto.



After the Taira victory at Ishibashiyama in 1181, he was sent to pursue the fleeing Minamoto no Yoritomo. Having discovered him, Kajiwara switched sides, leading his forces in another direction, and turning to Yoritomo's cause.
Three years later,
Kajiwara would lead the forces of Minamoto no Yoshitsune and Yoritomo into battle against their cousin Yoshinaka, and against the Taira.
Attached to Yoshitsune's force,
Kajiwara reported back to Yoritomo on Yoshitsune's actions, in order to satisfy Yoritomo's suspicion and distrust of his brother. In one particular episode related in The Tale of the Heike, Kajiwara suggests, during the Battle of Yashima, that Yoshitsune equip the Minamoto ships with "reverse oars" should they need to retreat quickly. Yoshitsune responds with distaste to Kajiwara's advice, humiliating him by saying such an act would be cowardice. From that point until Yoritomo's death, the resentful Kajiwara did as much as he could to raise tensions between the brothers. His slander led Yoritomo, already suspicious of his younger brother, to eventually accuse Yoshitsune of plotting against the bakufu, which then led to his exile and eventual death.
Even after this,
when the shogunate was successfully and firmly established, Kajiwara still caused tensions at court. He accused Yuki Tomomitsu of plotting against the Shogun Minamoto no Yoriie; a number of members of the court tried to get rid of him, who eventually left for Suruga. The following year (1200), he was defeated and killed in battle along with his son Kagesue.
Kajiwara Heima, a senior retainer of the Aizu domain in the 19th century, claimed descent from Kagetoki. His formal name, Kagetake (景武) shares a character with Kagetoki's name.
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. Legends about 梶原源太景季 Kajiwara Genta Kagesue .

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kyooyomi Jizoo 経読地蔵 Kyoyomi Jizo Bosatsu reciting Sutras

There are some legends in various temples.

Kamakura 宝戒寺 Hokai-Ji


子育経読地蔵
Made in 1366 by 三条法印憲円 Sanjo Hoin Kenen. 90 cm high.
Once a woman broke down crying in front of Temple Hokai-Ji, ready to give birth.
A friendly priest came out and helped her. This must have been Jizo Bosatsu himself, people who heared her tell the story thought.
From that time on, many people at night heared a voice coming from the Jizo Statue, reading the sutras.

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Suruga 国分寺 Kokubun-Ji



Near a water basin where Tokugawa Ieyasu used to wash his hands, there was a voide every night reciting the sutras.
That was very strange so one night, so when he peeked out, he saw a statue of Jizo by the basin, reciting the sutras.
He then had a hall build at 浅間神社 Asama Sengen Jinja to place the statue properly.
In the Meiji period it was replaced to its present location. Even then some people claim to have heared it recite the sutras.

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shio Jizoo 鹽地蔵 "Salt Jizo" (see Nr. 27 below)

Kyoozenji 教善寺 Kyozen-Ji
港区六本木5-1-9 / 5 Chome-1-9 Roppongi, Minato ward
People come here and offer some 塩 salt with the wish to have their eye disease healed.

Genkakuji 源覚寺 Genkaku-Ji
文京区小石川2-23-14 / 2 Chome-23-14 Koishikawa, Bunkyō ward

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shio Jizoo 塩地蔵 "Salt Jizo"

東京とその近郊の塩地蔵図鑑
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. Shioname Jizo 塩嘗地蔵 Salt-tasting Jizo in Kamakura .

. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - ABC List .



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Nr. 27 - Shookooin 正光院 Shoko-In

- 瑠璃山 Rurizan 正光院 Shoko-In
港区元麻布3-2-20 / 3 Chome-2-20 Motoazabu, Minato ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗



This temple was founded in 1630 by High Priest 法印宥専大和尚,
on behalf of 筑前福岡2代藩主 黒田忠之 Kuroda Tadayuki, second Daimyo of the Chikuzen Fukuoka Domain.
Tadayuki had called priest 宥専 from Mount Koyasan, where he had venerated the statue of Yakushi Nyorai, also named 里俗子安薬師 Rizoku Koyasu Yakushi.
The temple became the clan temple for the Kuroda family.

The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai / 子安薬師 Koyasu Yakushi to protect children .
The statue was made by 恵心僧都 源信 Eshin Sozu Genshin in the middle Heian period, carved at the birth of 一条天皇 Ichijo Tenno (980 - 986) with the prayers for the baby to grow up healthy. This wooden statue was lost in WWII, the present statue is a gift from Mount Koyasan.

In the compound are also halls for 不動堂 Fudo Myo-O and 地蔵堂 Jizo Bosatsu.
The Fudo Hall is also known as 麻布大山不動.
The Jizo hall is also known as 子育鹽地蔵. (Salt Jizo)
The Jizo is a stone statue, originally placed at the shrine 霞山櫻田神社 Kazan Sakurada Jinja , which was in the compound of the temple.

. Azabu Fudozaka no Ichigan Fudo .

. Ichijō-tennō, Ichijoo Tennoo 一条天皇 Emperor Ichijo / Ichijyo .
(980 – 1011) - the 66th Emperor

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 神峯寺 Konomine-Ji in Shikoku :
みほとけのめぐみの心神峯山も誓いも高き水音
Mihotoke no megumi no kokoro koonomine yama mo chikai mo takaki mizuoto

. 27 - 竹林山 Chikurinzan　地蔵院 Jizo-In　神峯寺 Konomine-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/minato


. Introduction of Yakushi Nyorai .

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. The Kuroda clan of Fukuoka .
Kuroda Kanbei Yoshitaka 黒田官兵衛 孝高 - (1546 - 1604)
His son, Kuroda Nagamasa 黒田長政 - (1586 - 1623)

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Sakuradajinja 櫻田神社 Shrine Sakurada Jinja

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One of the most interesting shrines found in Roppongi is the Sakurada Shrine. The shrine sits right within a standard busy street and can only be recognized by the large torii gate out front. Once you pass through the torii gate, it feels as though you have been transported out of the big city of Roppongi and deep into nature. The shrine is surrounded in luscious trees and greenery and is absolutely stunning.
The prize possession of the Sakurada Shrine
is their extremely large Ten-sui-oke　天水桶, a kind of basin for saving water from rain.

The Ten-sui-oke
at this shrine has existed for over 200 years. In Japanese, “ten” means the sky or heaven, “sui” means water, and “oke” means pail or box. When we visited the Sakurada Shrine, we were taught by one of the priests that rain is a present from the kami (Shinto deities) of the sky. This is believed because the houses from this time period were only made out of wood, and therefore house fires were very common. The Japanese believed that the rain was given to them by the kami so that they had a force to fight back against fires. The Japanese believed that the only way to put out their fires is with rain that had been presented by the kami. This is why “rain” at the time was referred to as “tensui” or “heaven water.” This story truly shows the spirit and culture behind Japanese religion and faith.
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. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路　 .

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土佐（高知）修行の道場　-- shugyo austerities - Kochi Tosa



. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路　 .

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Nr. 24 - Saishooji 最勝寺 Saisho-Ji

- 高天山 Kotenzan　大徳院 Daitoku-In 　最勝寺 Saisho-Ji
新宿区上落合3-4-12 / 3 Chome-4-12 Kamiochiai, Shinjuku
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was probably founded in the Kamakura period on request of 北条時頼 Hojo Tokiyori (1227 - 1263)
It was revitalized around 1750 by 正等和尚 priest Shoto Osho (1703-1774), who's grave is at
Gofunai Temple 31, 多聞院 Tamon-In.
The main statue is 釈迦牟尼如来 Shakamuni Nyorai.
In the Edo period it was related to the shrines 中井御霊神社 and
下落合東山藤稲荷神社 Kami-Ochiai Higashiyama Fuji Inari Jinja.
After the Meiji restauration it was related to 内藤新宿花園神社 Naito Shinjuku Hanasono Jinja
with a Hall for Kobo Daishi at 三光院 Sanko-In.

In spring a famous shidarezakura　枝垂桜 hanging cherry tree decorates the compound.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 最御崎寺 Hotsumisaki-Ji in Shikoku :
明星の出でぬる方の東寺　暗き迷いはなどかあらまじ
Myōjō no idenuru kata no higashidera kurakimayoi wa nadoka aramashi

. 室戸山 Murotozan　明星院 Myosho-In 最御崎寺 Hotsumisaki-Ji / Shikoku .

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- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/shinjuku/temple...

. Introduction of Shaka Nyorai .

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In the compound of the temple
. Shichifukujin 七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck .

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Nr. 25 - Choorakuji 長楽寺 Choraku-Ji

- 六所山 Rokujozan　長命院 Chomei-In　長楽寺 Choraku-Ji
日野市程久保8-49-1 （旧角筈村）/ 8 Chome-49-1 Hodokubo, Hino-shi, Tōkyō (former Tsunohazu village)
(close to Tama Dobutsu Koen 多摩動物公園 Tama Zoological Park)
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded in 1620 by 頼音和尚 Priest Raion.
The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O. The statue has been brought to Japan from China by Kobo Daishi.
The Statue of Kobo Daishi is venerated as yakuyoke Daishi 厄除大師 Daishi to protect from evil influence and disaster.

The temple was first erected in 1620 on behalf of the governor 渡辺与兵衛 Watanabe Yohei as a huge compound with many buildings, at Tsunohazu.
Shogun 徳川家綱 Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641 - 1680) on his way to pray at the shrine 大国魂神社 Okunitama Jinja. When he passed here, he stopped and wrote the name Rokujozan with his own pen.
The temple was lost in the Second World War and relocated to its present place in 1960. It was a long-lasting reconstruction, now including the buildings
本堂 Main Hall, 阿弥陀堂Amida hall, 鎮守 Hall for the Regional Kami deity,
地蔵堂 Jizo Hall (with a kosodate Jizo 子育て地蔵 to pray for the upbringing of children),
事務所 temple office, 鐘楼 bell tower, 客殿 guest hall , 庫裡 temple kitchen and others.
The temple is related to 長谷寺（奈良県）Hasedera in Nara.

. 大国魂神社 Okunitama Jinja .
rokusho matsuri 六所祭 "festival at six places"

. Hasedera 長谷寺 - Sakurai, Nara .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 津照寺 Shinsho-Ji in Shikoku :
法の舟入るか出るかこの津寺　迷うわが身をのせてたまえや
Nori no fune iru ka izuru ka kono Tsudera mayou wagami o nosete tamae ya

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shiawase kozoo しあわせ小僧 a young acolyte to bring happiness

To become happy, the pilgrim has to stand in front of the statue and adjust his hands in prayer
so that the wrinkles of the hands (shiwa 皺) meet (awase 合わせ).
This is a pun with shiwa awase - shiawase.

- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/tama/hino

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Jizo Bosatsu on the slope up to the temple.

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was fond of 角筈 Tsunohazu:


角筈熊野十二社　Tsunohazu Kumano Junisha 12 Shrines

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Tsunohazumura 角筈村 熊野十二所権現社 Tsunohazu village

Jūnisho Gongen no Yashiro Shrine in Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chōme, Shinjuku Ward
is said to have been established by a certain 鈴木九郎 Suzuki Kurō,
who arrived in the area from Kishū Kumano (in modern Wakayama Prefecture) during Ōei era (1394-1428).
The shrine was said to house all the Gongen (the manifestations of the Buddha)
that could be found at the 12 locations of the Kumano Sanzan
(consisting of the three major shrines of Kumano Hongu Taisha,
Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano Nachi Taisha).
In Edo times, teashops and restaurants were built in the vicinity of the shrine,
and the area became known as one of the great scenic spots on the city's outskirts.
. source : Tokyo Metropolitan Library .


The Kumano Shrine and the Pond of the Twelve Shrines at Tsunohazu in Yotsuya
(Yotsuya Tsunohazu Jûnisô ike Kumano yashiro)

. Tsunohazu 角筈 .
Now called Nishi-Shinjuku (西新宿, 'West Shinjuku')


. Gofunai Nr. 84 - Myoo-In 明王院 Myo-O-In .
yakuyoke Daishi 厄除大師

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