Toenji Kannon Wada

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Tooenji 東円寺 Toen-Ji - Wada
医王山 Iozan 悉地院 Shitchi-In .

東京都杉並区和田2-18-3 / Tokyo, Suginami ward, Wada

聖観世音菩薩
The statue is kept in a black miniatur shrine. It is said to be very small and golden.

- Chant of the temple
あなとうと 救世の光り 今の世に つきぬ利益ぞ 有明の月

The temple was founded in 1573 by priest 秀海 Shukai.
The main hall was rebuilt in 1932. It holds a statue of 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
In the main hall is also a statue of 千手観音像 Senju Kannon with 1000 arms.

hengaku 扁額 temple name plate

shoro 鐘楼 temple bell tower

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This temple is Nr. 19 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩 .

. Wada Fudo 和田不動 .
神奈川県横浜市保土ヶ谷区和田 2-8-3 / 2 Chome-8-3 Wada, Hodogaya-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa


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Hofukuji Kannon Minamidai

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Hofukuji 宝福寺　/ 寶福寺 Hofuku-Ji - Minamidai
如意山 Nyoizan

中野区南台3-43-2 / Nakano ward, Minamidai

如意輪観世音菩薩 Nyoirin Kannon

- Chant of the temple
うつろなる この世にありて 頼みする 如意の観音 宝福の寺

The main statue is 聖徳太子 Prince Shotoku Taishi.
He passed here and founded the temple on his travels around Japan, offering a statue of Nyoirin Kannon.
People come here to pray for 国家安穏 peace at home.
. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .
Around 1240, 守海上人 Saint Morimi repaired the main hall.

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

修正会(1月1日)
涅槃会（念仏講）( 2月15日)
春季彼岸会(3月)
御影供養会(3月21日)
花まつり(4月8日)
戦残者(戦死・戦災死)慰霊法要(5月25日)
大施餓鬼会(7月11日)
四万六千日護摩供養会(8月10日)
秋季彼岸会(9月)
月例観音護摩供養会(毎月10日)


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This temple is Nr. 17 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 Wishfulfilling Kannon

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南宇和郡 Minami-Uwa district 愛南町 Ainan town

hihi ヒヒ a baboon
The famous hunter 孫八 Magohachi was asked by the villagers to shoot the baboon.
The baboon fled to 宝福寺 the temple Hofuku-Ji, used tsurigane 釣鐘 the large temple bell as a shield and was saved. But he could not stay there, fled outside and was shot to death.
The marks of the bullet could be seen in the temple bell. But during the Second World War the bell was destroyed.
At the place where the baboon had died, the deity
Saruma Tenjin 猿ま天神 (サルマテンジン) is venerated.
. Hihi 狒々/ 狒狒 / 比々 the Hihi Baboon Monster .


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Anyoji Kannon Kagurazaka

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Anyoji 安養寺 Anyo-Ji, An’yō-ji - Kagurazaka
医光山 Ikozan 長寿院 Choju-In

新宿区神楽坂6-2 / Shinjuku, Kagurazaka

十一面観世音菩薩

- Chant of the temple
聖天と 身をあらわして福聚海　 無量の誓い たのもしきかな

This temple was founded by 慈覚大師円仁 Ennin arund 850 in 平河町 Hirakawa. When Tokugawa Ieyasu moved to Edo, it was relocated to its present place at the top of the Kagurazaka slope.

In the compound is 聖天堂 the Shoten-Do hall for 神楽坂聖天 Kagurazaka Shoten （大聖歓喜天 Kankiten）, a secret statue.
The statue of Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 is in the Shoten Hall.
The statue of Yakushi Nyorai is called 大佛薬師如来 Daibutsu Yakushi Nyorai and placed in the second floor of 観音堂 the Kannon Hall.
There is also 銭洗い弁天 Zeniarai Benten in the compound,
where special ritual water to clean your heart, 洗心宝生水, is flowing.

The main statue is 薬師瑠璃光如来 Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai.

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

. Kankiten, Kangiten　歓喜天, Shooten　聖天 Ganesh .

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru .

. Zeniarai Benten　銭洗弁天 to wash your money .

. Anyooji 安養寺 Anyo-Ji Fudo - Yoshimi .
下関市大字吉見上1377 / Yamaguchi, Shimonoseki Yoshimi Kami
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. 山の手三十三観音霊場 Yamanote 33 Kannon temples - Nr. 10 .

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This temple is Nr. 16 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads


. Kagurazaka slope 神楽坂 - Ushigome .

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秋田市 Akita city

Ono no Komachi no zuka 小野小町の塚 mound of Ono no Komachi

Shakuyakuzuka 芍薬塚 Peony mound
Along the road from 安養寺 the temple Anyo-Ji toward 平尾鳥 Hiraotori there is a place where many stones are stacked up and red peonies are flowering.
This is the mound for Ono no Komachi. In former times, Komachi lived here and had planted the flowers.

. Ono no Komachi 小野小町 (c. 825 – c. 900)




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南丹市 Nantan city

. sakaki　榊 と伝説 Legends about the Sakaki tree - Anyo-Ji .

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北佐久郡 Kita-Saku district 三井村 Mitsui village

At 安養寺 the temple Anyo-Ji there was a wooden statue of the founder.
Once there was a fire, but the wooden statue jumped out of the building and into the pond and prevented wounds from the flames.
Since then the tanishi mud snails in this pond to not have a butt.
. tanishi 田螺 / たにし paddie snails, mud snails .

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南魚沼市 Minami-Uonuma city

a fast change 変化
On the 7th day of April in 1726, the priest in charge of the money of the temple 上田の庄の安養寺 Anyo-Ji in Ueda went through a strange set of changes in one night.
His head looked like a horse, his body looked like a dove with wings, one leg looked human and the other one like that of a bird. His tail looked like a serpent blowing fire.
The horse head ate three copper coins every day. The serpent ate three portions of rice every day.




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. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
The Tanuki from 安養寺 the temple Anyo-Ji killed the head priest and shape-shifted into his person.
He avoided being seen when eating. Then he killed the dog from a nearby store and ate it, but people observed this and his real features were revealed.
He left the temple in haste.

静岡県 富士宮市杉田489 / 杉田安養寺 - - wikipedia -


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Enjoji Kannon Hakusan

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Enjoji 圓乗寺 / 円乗寺 Enjo-Ji - Hakusan
南縁山 Nanenzan 正徳院 Shotoku-In

文京区白山1-34-6 / Bunkyo ward, Hakusan

聖観世音菩薩

- Chant of the temple
観音の おしえのままに 導かれ ただ円(まど)かれと み船に乗るらん

The temple was founded in 1581 with the name of 密蔵院 Mitsuzo-In in Hongo.
In 1626, 實仙法師 Priest Jissen renamed it to Enjo-Ji.
In 1631 it was relocated to its present place.
This is the temple where Tenna no taika 天和の大火 the great fire caused by the girl 八百屋お七 Yaoya no O-Shichi, "Greengrocer Oshichi" started. Her grave is still in this temple.

. Yaoya O-Shichi 八百屋お七 / 八百屋於七 Kannon .
O-Shichi started a great Tenna fire in the Edo period, where many lives were lost and many temples burnt down.

. taika 江戸の大火 Edo no Taika "Great Fires of Edo" .

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This temple is Nr. 11 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩 .

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At the temple Enjo-Ji there is the grave of Yaoya no Oshichi.
. Yaoya O-Shichi 八百屋お七 / 八百屋於七 Kannon .


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Joshinji Kannon Mukogaoka

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Joshinji 浄心寺 Joshin-Ji - Mukogaoka
湯嶹山 Yushimazan 常光院 Joko-In 浄心寺 Joshin-Ji

文京区向丘2-17-4 / Bunkyo ward, Mukogaoka

十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads

- Chant of the temple
たのめただ　枯れたる木にも 自ら 実りの花や 桜観世音

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.
On on side is the Kannon statue, on the other side is a statue of 勢至菩薩 Seishi Bosatsu.
The temple was originally founded in Suruga (Shizuoka) by 文喬和尚 Priest Bunkyo.
After the death of 徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu the local lord 畔柳武重 Kuroyanagi Takeshige (? - 1603) wend back to Edo and his family in 1612 rebuild the temple at 湯島妻恋坂 Yushima Tsumakoizaka.
The temple was lost in 振袖火事 the Furisode Taika fire and after that rebuilt at its present location.
Above the hall is a beautiful hengaku 扁額 temple name plate with golden letters.

There are many cherry trees in the compound. Therefore the temple is also called
Sakura Kannon 桜観音 Cherry Blossom Kannon.

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浄心寺布袋尊 Statue of Hotei

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. taika 江戸の大火 Edo no Taika "Great Fires of Edo" .
March 2–3, 1657 - Meireki no Taika 明暦の大火 Great Fire of Meireki, Furisode Fire


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Nr. 17
. 上野王子駒込辺三十三ヶ所観音霊場 .
Pilgrimage to Ueno Oji Komagome 33 Kannon Temples


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This temple is Nr. 10 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads

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Josenji Kannon Komagome

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Josenji 定泉寺 Josen-Ji - Honkomagome
東光山 Tokozan 定泉寺 Josen-Ji / Jōsenji

文京区本駒込1-7-12 / Bunkyo ward, Honkomagome

十一面観世音菩薩 Juichimen Kannon

- Chant of the temple
春の日は 東光山に かがやきて 駒込の里に 晴るるうす雲

The main statue is 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai.

The temple was founded in 1621, burned down at the great fire of Meireki and was relocated here.
In the compound are remains of the shooting grounds of 太田道灌 Ota Dokan.
The founder is 蜂屋九郎次郎善遠 of 本郷弓町 Hongo Yumicho.
The temple bell in the bell tower was the best in Komagome, but during WWII it was lost to fire.
In 1952, the main hall was rebuilt and the statue of the eleven-headed Kannon was obtained from the temple 悟真寺 Goshin-Ji in 鈴鹿市白子本町 Suzuka city.

. Ota Dokan 太田道灌 (1432 - 1486) and Edo Castle .

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Nr. 19
. 上野王子駒込辺三十三ヶ所観音霊場 Ueno Oji Komagome 33 Kannon Temples .

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This temple is Nr. 9 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads

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Seirinji Kannon

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Seirinji Kannon 清林寺 観音 Seirin-Ji Kannon
東梅山 Tobaizan 花陽院 Keyo-In 清林寺 Seirin-Ji

文京区向丘2-35-3 / Bunkyo ward, Mukogaoka

聖観世音菩薩 Sho-Kanzeon Bosatsu

The date of the founding is not known, maybe 1438.
Records indicate the founder was 観誉龍脱和尚 - 観誉祐祟上人 Saint Kanyo Yusu (1426 - 1509), later the abbot of the temple 鎌倉光明寺 Komyo-Ji in Kamakura.
Around 1520, it was built in 神田四軒町 Kanda Shikencho, but it was lost to fire and there was no abbot any more.
Around 1600, 天暦和尚 Priest Tenryaku relocated the temple to 神田柳原 Kanda Yanagihara and in 1652 it was relocated again to its present location.

There are many peony flowers in the garden to enjoy in the season.

The temple is in the process of building a three-story pagoda, like a model from the Asuka period.

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -
毎年6月3日にはお施餓鬼があります。 July 3
毎年10月にはお十夜があります。 October
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Also on the following pilgrimages :
Nr. 15
. 上野王子駒込辺三十三ヶ所観音霊場 Ueno Oji Komagome 33 Kannon Temples .


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This temple is Nr. 8 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Shō Kannon 聖観音 / 正観音 Sho Kannon / 聖観世音菩薩 .

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Daianrakuji Kannon Kodenmacho

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. Famous Places and Power spots of Edo　江戸の名所 .
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Daianrakuji Kannon 大安楽寺 Daianraku-Ji Kannon
新高野山 Shin-Koyazan 大安楽寺 Daianrakuji

中央区日本橋小伝馬町3-5 / Chuo ward, Nihonbashi, Kodenmacho

Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩

This temple is located on the site of the remains of the royashiki 牢屋敷 prison compound, where nobody wanted to live after the prison was relocated.
大倉喜八郎 Okura Kihachi (1837 - 1928) and 安田善次郎 Yasuda Zenjiro (1838 - 1921) donated the ground and the first letter of each name, （「大」 and 「安」） were used for the naming when it was built in 1882.
In the main hall is a statue of 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi from 高野山 Koyasan, hence the name Shin-Koyasan.
. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海 . (774 - 835) .

- Chant of the temple
あなとうと みちびきたまへかんぜおん　はなのうてなの安らぎの寺

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- Reference for the temple
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. 小伝馬町 Kodenma-cho prison in Edo .

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In the compound :

江戸八臂弁財天 Benten with 8 arms / Edo


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Baron Ōkura Kihachirō 大倉喜八郎 (1837 – 1928)
was an Japanese entrepreneur who founded the Ōkura-gumi zaibatsu, which later became the Taisei Corporation, and the Ōkura Shōgyō Gakkō ("Okura Commerce School") which later became Tokyo University of Economics in 1949. In contrast to most of the zaibatsu, the Ōkura zaibatsu was founded by someone from the peasant class. - - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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Yasuda Zenjirō 安田善次郎 (November 1838 – 1921)
was a Japanese entrepreneur from Toyama, Etchu Province (present-day Toyama Prefecture)[1][2] who founded the Yasuda zaibatsu (安田財閥). He donated the Yasuda Auditorium (安田講堂, Yasuda Kōdō) to the University of Tokyo.
He was the great-grandfather of Yoko Ono.
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This temple is Nr. 5 of the
. 江戸三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples of Edo


. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観世音菩薩 Kannon with 11 Heads

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