Gokuraku - Jigoku

2017/02/12

Gofunai temples 38 and 39

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Nr. 38 - Konjooin 金乗院 Konjo-In

- 神霊山 Shinreizan 　金乗院 Konjo-In 　慈眼寺 Jigen-Ji
豊島区高田2-12-39 / 2 Chome-12-39 Takada, Toshima ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派

This temple was founded around 1580 by 永順法印 priest Eijun Hoin as a small hall to hold the statue of Kannon.
Eijun died in 1594. He called the temple 蓮花山金乗院, which was related to 中野宝仙寺 Nakano Hosen-Ji.
Later it became related to 護国寺 Gokoku-Ji.
The temple was also related to the shrine dedicated to Konohana Sakurahime, 此花咲耶姫社.

The main statue is 聖観世音菩薩 Kannon Bosatsu. It is only 7 cm high and made of bronze, but it is a secret statue.
After World War II it was united with Nr. 54 東豊山浄滝院　新長谷寺 Shin-Hasedera in Mejiro.
The present main hall dates from 1971 and was renovated again in 2003.

. Nr. 54 - Shinhasedera 新長谷寺 Shin Hasedera "New Hasedera" .

In the compound is a monument from around 1800,
tsubazuka 鍔塚　mound for the sword guard

. tsuba 鍔 sword guard - Introduction .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 金剛福寺 Kongofuku-Ji in Shikoku :
ふだらくやここは岬の船の棹とるも捨つるも法の蹉山
Fudaraku ya koko wa misaki no fune no saho toru mo sutsuru mo nori no sada yama

. Nr. 38 - 蹉跎山 Sadasan　補陀洛院　Fudaraku-In 金剛福寺 Kongofuku-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :

- Also part of the following pilgrimages:
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo . - Nr. 14
東京三十三観音霊場 - Nr, 23 of 33 Kannon Temples in Tokyo
江戸五色不動の目白不動 Mejiro Fudo
. 関東三十六不動霊場
Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples in Kanto / Bando . - Nr. 14

. Toshima Henro Pilgrimage 豊島八十八ヶ所霊場 - Nr. 65 .

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

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara - Introduction .

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Edo Meisho Zue　江戸名所図会

. Mejiro Fudo 目白不動 White Fudo Myo-O of Mejiro .
The statue of Mejiro Fudo was moved from Sekiguchi Bunkyo-ku to Konjo-In because of fire by World War II on May, 1945.
Kurikara 倶梨伽羅不動庚申 sword monument
hengaku 扁額 temple name plate

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- In the compound is the grave of
Aoyagi Bunzoo 青柳文蔵 Aoyagi Bunzo (1761 - 1839)
He was a rich merchant, born in Iwate, Ichinoseki. In Edo, he collected many books and is the founder of
Aoyagi Bunko 青柳文庫 The Aoyagi Library.

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Aoyagi Bunzo, 青柳文蔵, who was born in the domain of Sendai in 1761, built a fortune in Edo period. He liked reading books and bought many books and then he became a famous book collector. He had lost his child to give over his collections to, and he wanted to utilize his collections for posterity. Therefore he donated about 20000 books and a large amount of money to the domain of Sendai in hope of opening a public library.
The domain of Sendai opened the library with his books, and the library lasted until the Meiji Restoration. It’s said that it was Japan’s first public library and everybody could borrow the books regardless of rank. The collections of books have gradually got scattered and lost.

Now Miyagi Prefectural Library holds about 3600 books of the collections. The Mini Theater SEIRYUKAN, 青柳館 in the library is named after Aoyagi Bunko, 青柳文庫.
Aoyagi, 青柳 is also read ‘seiryu’ in Chinese reading forms.
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公共図書館の祖青柳文庫と青柳文蔵
早坂信子

. bunko 文庫 famous libraries of Japan .

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- In the compound is the grave of

. Marubashi Chuuya - Chūya 丸橋忠弥 Marubashi Chuya (？ - 1651) .

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- In the temple 中野宝仙寺 Nakano Hosen-Ji is the grave of the haiku poet

. Usuda Aro 臼田亜浪 .

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Nr. 39 - Shinjooin 真成院 Shinjo-In

- 金鶏山 Kinkeizan　真成院 Shinjo-In　海繁寺 Kaihan-Ji
新宿区若葉2-7-8 / 2 Chome-7-8 Wakaba, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗

The temple is a modern building from 1971, with only a small garden at the entrance.

This temple was founded in 1598 by 清心法印　priest Seishin Hoin.
The main statues are 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai, 金剛界大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai and 釈迦如来 Shaka Nyorai.
But the most important is now
Shiohi Kannon 潮干観音　/ 潮干十一面観世音菩薩 - see below

The Buddhas of this temple are powerful at healing cancer 癌の駆け込み寺, and many ill people come here to seek healing.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 延光寺 Enko-Ji in Shikoku :
なむ薬師諸病悉除の願こめて　詣る我が身を助けましませ
Namu Yakushi shobyō shitsujo no guwan komete mairu waga mi o tasukemashimase

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :

- Also part of the following pilgrimages:
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo . - Nr. 18
. 関東九十一薬師霊場 Kanto Pilgrimage to 91 Yakushi temples . - Nr. 13

- Homepage of the temple
- source : kinonoki.com/book

真成院地蔵菩薩 / 延命地蔵菩薩 Statue of Enmei Jizo Bosatsu

. Enmei Jizoo 延命地蔵 life-prolonging Jizo Bosatsu .

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Shiohi Kannon 潮干観音 "Kannon of the Ebb Tide"
The temple used to be close to the sea and during high tide the statue often got wet.
Now the statue is venerate on the third floor of the building.
Near the temple is a slope called Kannonzaka　観音坂.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

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In the compound is the small shrine 雨宝稲荷神社 Uho Inari Jinja .

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. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路　 .

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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 .

. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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2017/02/10

Gofunai temples 36 and 37

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Nr. 36 - Yakuooin 薬王院 Yakuo-In

- 瑠璃山 Rurisan　医王寺 Io-Ji　薬王院 Yakuo-In
新宿区下落合4-8-2 / 4 Chome-8-2 Shimoochiai, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派

This temple was founded in the Kamakura period by 願行上人 Saint Gangyo Shonin.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
Related to the shrine 下落合氷川神社 Shimo-Ochiai, Hikawa Jinja.
Related to the temple 長谷寺 Hasedera in Nara. It is even called
Higashi Hasedera 東長谷寺 Hasedera temple in the East
Hasedera in Nara is famous for its peonies, and this temple got some plants directly from it. Now it has more than 1000 plants in the garden, which is best visited from mid-April till the beginning of May.
Thus the temple is also called
Botandera ボタン寺、牡丹寺 Peony Temple

In the compound are also many stone grave markers from around 1640.
Around 1675, Saint 実寿上人 Jitsuji Shonin revived the temple, which had fallen into oblivion soon after it was founded.

. Hasedera 長谷寺 Nara .
Hasedera Temple is famous for its peony garden and has 7,000 plants and 150 species of peony planted in the grounds.
Hatsuse 初瀬 - old spelling

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji in Shikoku :
わずかなる泉にすめる青龍は　仏法守護の誓いとぞきく
Wazuka naru izumi ni sumeru shōryū wa buppō shugo no chikai tozo kiku

. 36 - Shooryuuji 青龍寺 Shoryu-Ji / Shikoku .
The Temple of the Azure Dragon

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- Also part of the following pilgrimage:
豊島八十八ヶ所霊場 - Toshima Henro Nr. 36

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

. Introduction of Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru .

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Nr. 37 - Mantokuin 萬徳院 Mantoku-In

- 瑠璃光山 Rurikozan 　萬徳院 Mantoku-In
江東区永代2-37-23 / 2 Chome-37-23 Eitai, Kōtō ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗

This temple was founded in 1626 at 八丁堀材木町 Hatchobori, Zaimokumachi. It was relocated to its present place in 1643.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.

There are many graves of famous Sumo wrestlers in the compound, for example 伊勢ノ海 Isenoumi, 佐渡ケ嶽 Sadogatake and 六代目式守伊之助 the sixth Oyakata Shikimori Inosuke.
Therefore this temple is also called
Sumoodera 相撲寺 Sumo Temple.

. sumoo 相撲 Sumo wrestling - Introduction .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 岩本寺 Iwamoto-Ji in Shikoku :
六つのちり五つの社あらわしてふかき仁井田の神のたのしみ
Mutsu no chiri itsutsu no yashiro arawashite fukaki niita no kami no tanoshimi

. 37 - 藤井山 Fujiisan　五智院 Gochi-In　岩本寺 Iwamoto-Ji / Shikoku .

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- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/koto/temple_eitai_mantoku

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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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2017/02/08

Gofunai temples 34 and 35

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Nr. 34 - Sannenji 三念寺 Sannen-Ji

- 醫王山 / 薬王山 Yakuozan　遍照院 Henjo-In　三念寺 Sannen-Ji
文京区本郷2-15-6 / 2 Chome-15-6 Hongō, Bunkyō ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派

The temple looks like a modern two-story building.

This temple was founded in 1472 by Saint 品隆上人.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai, made by 慈覺大師 / 慈覚大師 Jigaku Daishi. The priest 恵心僧都原信 Eshin Sozu Genshin (942 - 1017) kept it to pray for the healing of his mother.

Above the entrance is a large name plate with the letters 薬王山 Yakuozan.

The place of its foundation was at the slope 三念坂 / 三年坂 Sannenzaka, refering to a slope with three temples.
It was moved to its present location in 1603.
Nearby was the estate of the Daimyo 小笠原壱岐守 Ogawawara Iki no Kami Nagamichi (1862 – 1868).
In the compound were many graves of famous people, but after the Great Kanto Earthquake in 1923 they were moved to 多摩墓地 Tama Graveyard.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 種間寺 Tanemadera, Tanemaji in Shikoku :
世の中にまける五穀のたねま寺　深き如来の大悲なりけり
Yo no naka ni makeru gokoku no Tanemadera fukaki Nyorai no daihi narikeri

. 種間寺 Tanema-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :

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

. Introduction of Yakushi Nyorai .

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. Ennin -　Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 - (794 – 864) .

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Genshin - 恵心僧都原信 Eshin Sozu Genshin (942 - 1017)

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Genshin 源信 (942 – July 6, 1017), also known as Eshin Sozu,
was the most influential of a number of Tendai scholars active during the tenth and eleventh centuries in Japan. He was not a wandering evangelist as Kūya was, but was an elite cleric who espoused a doctrine of devotion to Amida Buddha which taught that because Japan was thought to have entered mappō, the "degenerate age" of the "latter law," the only hope for salvation lay in the reliance on the power of Amitabha. Other doctrines, he claimed, could not aid an individual because they depended on "self-power" (jiriki), which cannot prevail during the chaos of the degenerate age, when the power of another (tariki) is necessary.
In his approach to rebirth in the Pure Land, Genshin emphasized visual meditation practices, where later Pure Land sects favored verbal recitations such as the nembutsu. Genshin's doctrine is documented in his magnum opus, the Ōjōyōshū (往生要集 "Essentials of Birth in the Pure Land"), which in later copies of the text came complete with graphic depictions of the joy of the blessed and the suffering of those doomed to chaos.

Genshin's influence in contemporary Japanese culture today is primarily due to his treatise, Ōjōyōshū, particularly the graphic descriptions of the Buddhist hell realms (地獄 jigoku), which inspired a genre of horror and morality stories. The 1960 Japanese film Jigoku was influenced by Genshin's Ōjōyōshū among other works.
In Jodo Shinshu Buddhism, he is considered the Sixth Patriarch.
Genshin
is credited as the founder of the Enshin school of Tendai Buddhism, and for espousing the "original enlightenment" teaching, or hongaku (本覚), where one is originally enlightened, but unaware of it. In all, Genshin left more than 30 works which continue to influence Pure Land thought today.
The image of Amida Nyorai
in the main building of Yasaka-ji Temple in Shikoku is said to have been made by Genshin in the Heian Period.
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. The Heian Period 平安時代 Heian jidai (794 - 1185) .
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. Temple 西福寺　Saifuku-Ji, Ibaraki .
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Nr. 35 - Konshooin 根生院 Konsho-In

- 　金剛賓山 Kongohozan 根生院 Konsho-In　延寿寺 Enju-Ji
豊島区高田1-34-6 / 1 Chome-34-6 Takada, Toshima ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派

This temple was founded in 1636 by 春日局の猶子榮春法印 the adopted child of Kasuga no Tsubone, Priest Eishun (Shigeharu) and was under the protection as a special temple of the Tokugawa Shogunate 幕府の祈願所.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai made by 仏師春日 the Buddhist sculptor Kasuga.

The temple was first built in 神田白壁町 Kanda, Shirakabecho.
In 1654 it was moved to 下谷長者町 Shitaya Chojamachi.
In 1688 it was relocated to 本郷切通坂 Hongo Kiritoshizaka.
In 1690 it was allocated more land by 将軍綱吉 Shogun Tsunayoshi.
In 1889 it was relocated to 上野池端七軒町 Ueno Ikenohata Shichikenmachi
In 1902/03 it was relocated to 徳川田安候旧邸 the estate of the Tokugawa Tayasu clan.
In 1945 during the war it burned down and all buildings except the main gate were lost.

The present-day main building is from 2002, with a large glass front.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 清滝寺 Kiyotaki-Ji in Shikoku :
澄む水を汲めば心の清滝寺　波の花散る岩の羽衣
Sumu mizu o kumeba kokoro no Kiyotakiji nami no hana chiru iwa no hagoromo

. 清瀧寺 / 清滝寺 Kiyotaki-Ji / Shikoku .
Iozan 医王山 Mountain of the Medicine Deity

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

Since 1687 this temple belongs to the 江戸四ヶ寺 "four important temples of Edo" of the sect
新義真言宗 Shingi Shingon-Shu:
青蓮寺 Shoren-Ji (Nr. 19) - the first one
根生院 Konjo-In (Nr. 35) // 真福寺 Shinpuku-Ji (Nr. 67) // 弥勒寺 Miroku-Ji (Nr. 46)

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. Lady Kasuga 春日局 Kasuga no Tsubone (1579 – 1643) .

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. 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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2017/02/06

Gofunai temples 32 and 33

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Nr. 32 - Enmanji 圓満寺 / 円満寺　Enman-Ji

- 萬昌山 Banshozan　金剛幢院 Kongodo-In 　圓満寺 Enman-Ji
文京区湯島1-6-2 / 1 Chome-6-2 Yushima, Bunkyō ward
Shingon Sect : 御室派 Omuro branch

This temple was founded in 1710 by 木食義高僧正 Mokujiki Giko Sojo (grandchild of 足利義輝 Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536 - 1565).
His name was also 覚海 Kakukai and 義高法印 Giko Hoin.
The main statues are 十一面観世音 Kannon with 11 Heads and 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.
The Kannon statue was made by the nun 如意法尼 Nyoi Ho-Ni. She was the wife of Emperor 淳和天皇 Junna Tenno (785 - 840) and related to Kobo Daishi Kukai. She later became a nun and lived in the temple 神呪寺　Kanno-Ji in Hyogo, where she kept the statue as her special treasure.

The 6th Shogun, 徳川家宣 Tokugawa Ienobu (1662 - 1712) promoted the building of this temple in Yushima and contributed 1000 Tsubo of land to it. It thus became a place to pray for the safety of the state.
The buildings burned down many times and were rebuilt. In 1887 high priest 十摩宥長大僧正 Yucho from 雨降山大山寺 Mount Afuri Oyamadera in Kanagawa took over as head priest and brought a statue of Fudo Myo-O to be venerated.
The temple burned down again in 1963 and was finally installed in the Omuro Bulding in 1978.

Related to the temple 仁和寺 Ninna-Ji in Kyoto located in : 京都市右京区御室（おむろ）in Omuro.
Enman-Ji is now situated in the 9th floor of a modern building called Omuro Biru おむろビル.

The temple is also called 湯島木食寺 Yushima no Mokujiki Temple.
This name is related to another Mokujiki Saint 木食観正上人 Mokujiki Kansho in 1819.

江戸名所図会 - Edo Meisho Zue 圓満寺

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 禅師峰寺 Zenjibu-Ji in Shikoku :
静かなる我がみなもとの禅師峰寺　浮かぶ心は法の早船
Shizuka naru waga minamoto no Zenjibuji ukabu kokoro wa nori no hayabune

. Zenjibuji 禅師峰寺 Zenjibu-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :

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

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

. Introduction of Kannon Bosatsu .

. Legends about Enman-Ji .

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. Mokujiki 木喰上人 / 木食 statue carvers .
Mojujiki "eating wood" is a general term for a severe ascetic practice of Buddhist monks and priests.
Odawara no Kanshoo 小田原観正　/ 観正行者 Kansho from Odawara
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Nr. 33 - Shinshooji 真性寺 / 眞性寺 Shinsho-Ji

- 医王山 Iozan　東光院 Toko-In　真性寺 Shinsho-Ji
豊島区巣鴨3-21-21 / 3 Chome-21-21 Sugamo, Toshima ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派

This temple was founded by 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749) on request of 聖武天皇 Shomu Tenno (701 - 756).
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai (a secret statue).
Related to the temple 長谷寺 Hasedera in Nara.
In the Edo period revived in 1615 by priest 祐遍法印 Yuhen Hoin　(赤面法印 Akazura Hoin "with a red face").

Since it is located at the entrance to the Nakasendo Road in Sugamo, the 8th Shogun, 八代将軍吉宗 Yoshimune, often came here on his hawking trips. The temple therefore became a stopover 御膳所 for the Shogun to take a rest.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 雪蹊寺 Sekkei-Ji in Shikoku :
旅の道うえしも今は高福寺　のちのたのしみ有明の月
Tabi no michi ueshi mo ima wa Kōfukuji nochi no tanoshimi ariake no tsuki

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :

- Also part of the following pilgrimages:
. 江戸六地蔵 Edo 6 Jizo Temples - Nr. 3 .
. 豊島八十八ヶ所霊場 Toshima Henro - Nr. 33 .

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

. Introduction of Yakushi Nyorai .

. Hasedera 長谷寺 - Sakurai, Nara .

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The statue had been built in 1705 with the vow of priest 地蔵坊正元 Jizobo Shogen and was finished in 1720 with the help of many pilgrims.
Shogen had been ill as a child and always observed his parents pray to Jizo for his recovery. So he vowed to promote the belief in Jizo when he was healed. He placed six statues of a seated Jizo in six temples in Edo at the main exit roads of town.

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. 江戸六地蔵 6 Jizo Temples in Edo .

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. 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 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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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 .
- - - - - for children, the three MUSHI are
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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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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... 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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. 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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