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. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .
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Chuuzanji 中山寺 Chuzan-Ji, Seita
Shingohō, Shingoho 神護峯 Chuzanji 中山寺 （ちゅうざんじ）
三重県伊勢市勢田町411 / Mie Prefecture Ise
Seita 411
The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.
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Chūzan-ji was founded in 1651 by 愚堂東寔
Gudō Tōshoku (also called 大円宝鑑国師 Daien Hōkan Kokushi, 1579-1661), a 137th head monk of Kyoto’s Myōshin-ji temple.
It was built according to the wish of 石川昌勝
Ishikawa Masakatsu – a Lord of Kameyama province, who was converted to Rinzai Zen Buddhism by Gudō himself.
The temple construction was sponsored by
Ishikawa Shōji – protector of the Ōsumi province and official commissioner (bugyō) of Ise region at the time. Chūzan-ji was built at the land in between two sanctuaries – Naikū (inner) and Gekū (outer) of Ise Shrine. It is the oldest and most famous Rinzai sect’s temple in the region.
According to the temple’s records, the Main Hall was built in the 3rd month of 1656.
It is 26.22m (86ft) wide and 14.3m (46ft10in) long building which has a hipped roof covered in tiles. This Main Hall is one of the best surviving examples of Rinzai sect’s traditional large scale architecture and one of few remaining in the region in such a good condition. Among the statues enshrined in the hall, the wooden ones on the side altar: statue of the temple’s founder – Gudō Tōshoku, statue of the temple’s 2nd abbot - 雪潭
Settan Hōgyoku and 4 statues carved by Enkū (1632-1695, a monk and a sculptor) are especially worth mentioning.
After entering Chūzan-ji temple’s ground through the Main Gate, stands a hall which enshrines 乾達婆
Kendatsuba – a Buddhist god (Gandharva), one of eight legions (hachibushu) accompanying Buddha Shakyamuni.
For more than 300 years, a festival during which young parents pray to this Kendatsuba for help with their infant’s nervousness, sleeping problems and night crying is held on the 15th of each month.
Between the Main Hall and Kendatsuba Hall stands a Kannon Hall and Jizō Hall (Hall of Jizō, Bodhisattva who looks over children, travelers and the underworld.
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statue of Eleven-Faced Kannon enshrined in one of them came to Chūzan-ji from another temple named 蓮台寺
Rendai-ji.
Rendai-ji belonged to Tendai sect and hold number 5 on Ise Kannon pilgrimage route. It disappeared in the middle of 19th Century (Meiji period), during times which were very difficult times for Buddhism in Japan. Chūzan-ji temple by welcoming and taking care of the Eleven-Faced Kannon statue from Rendai-ji, also inherited its pilgrimage site number.
The tombstones of official commissioners (bugyō) of Ise region: lord
Saegusa (deceased 1841) protector of Iyo province and lord
Koide (deceased 1848) protector of Buzen province stand on Chūzan-ji grounds.
There is also a monument engraved with poetry of 徳田椿堂
Tokuda Chindō (1758-1825) – a local haiku poet.
Since summer of 2005 a replica of a Dragon and Clouds painting by 曽我簫白
Soga Shōhaku (1730-1781, Edo painter) is on display on the fusuma sliding doors in the Main Hall. The original painting is stored in Boston Museum of Fine Arts. It used to be a possession of Chūzan-ji, but it was sold in 19th Century. After more than 100 years the replica was put where the original used to stand.
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shuin 朱印 stamp
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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -
・春・秋季彼岸入りの日：施餓鬼会・塔婆供養 Spring and Autumn Equinox
・４月１５日：乾達婆神大祭（大般若祈祷）
・８月１５日：精霊送り（燈籠に送り火）
・１１月１８日：白寿観音祭（ぼけ封じ大祭、かぼちゃ善哉の接待あり）
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Also on the following pilgrimage :
東海白寿三十三観音霊場 Tōkai Hakuju Kannon 33 kasho meguri) - Nr. 09
Tōkai 33 sites Kannon pilgrimage for Seniors
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This temple is Nr. 05 of the pilgrimage
. Ise Saigoku 33 Kannon 伊勢西国三十三所観音巡礼 Pilgrimage .
. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .
. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .
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. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
....................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
宝塚市
Takarazuka city 中山寺
Chuzanji
koma no hizume ishi 駒蹄石 / 駒爪の石 （こまのひづめいし）
stone with the imprint of a hoof
The imprint dates back to the visit of 聖徳太子
Prince Shotoku Taishi.
. Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子と伝説 Legends about Prince Shotoku (574 – 622) .
....................................................................... Osaka 大阪府
abura kaeshi アブラカヘシ bringing back the oil
At the North of 昆陽池 the
Koyaike pond there is often a light called アブラカエシ
Aburakaeshi
to be seen on a dark night in summer and a cold night in winter.
Legend says it is the
tamashi 魂 soul of a man who once stole oil from 中山寺 the Temple Chuzan-Ji.
Or maybe it is the mischief of a fox or wolf.
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