Hosenji Yakushi Shinme

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Hoosenji 法泉寺 Hosen-Ji, Shinme
曹源山 Sogenzan 法泉寺 Hosenji

熊本県宇土市神馬町708 / Kumamoto, Uto city , Shinme town

The main statue is 聖観音菩薩 Sho Kannon Bosatsu.

The Yakushi statue is 轟き薬師 Todoroki Yakushi at the side of Kannon.

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The temple was founded in 1293 by 仁叟紹熙和尚 Jinso Yohei.
The Lord of Udo, 菊池隆俊 Kikuchi Nakanao (? - 1885), had it re-built for his eldest son, who was very ill.
He ordered a great temple be built at the foot of 轟山 Mount Todoroki.
In 1588, 小西行長 Konishi Yukinaga (1558 - 1600) became priest, but soon after the temple was lost in the fires of local war.
Lord Kato Kiyomasa 加藤清正 (1562 - 1611) had the temple rebuilt.
. Kato Kiyomasa 加藤清正 .
In 1617, all buildings were lost to a huge flooding.
In 1818, it was removed to its present location.
In 1876, the Main Hall was rebuilt.
The 鐘楼堂 Hall for the Temple Bell was lost to fire and rebuilt in 1995
with a new 平和祈念梵鐘 Bell of Peace.
The protector deity of the Bell Tower is 金毘羅大権現 the Deity Konpira Daigongen.

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This temple is Nr. 29 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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....................................................................... Fukushima 福島県 　
白河市 Shirakawa city

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
If there is a strong rain, a dragon comes out of 社川 the river Yashirogawa and violently flies up and down.
A passing priest recited some Sutras to appease the dragon.
The dragon left three scales and finally went up to the sky.
不動明王 Fudo Myo-O collected the scales.
Fudo Myo-O is the main deity at 天竜山 Tenryuzan (the Dragon in the Sky) 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji.



....................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県 　

. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
The priests of 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji at the center, all men of the village went to the
若宮 Wakamiya Shinto Shrine on the nearvy mountain for
七日七晩祈祷 a seven day, seven night prayer ritual.
They made a male and a female dragon of straw, folding prayer papers into it.
On the last day, the dragons left for the sea at 鳴門 Naruto.
Now a big kame 亀 turtle came out of the sea, black clouds appeared in the sky
and there was a lot of strong rain.




....................................................................... Kagawa 香川県 　
高松市 Takamatsu city

. amagoi 雨乞いと伝説 Legends about rain rituals / Regenzauber .
During a long kanbatsu 早魃 drought the local lord ordered the priest
of 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji to perform a rain ritual.
The priest threw prayers written on paper into the sea of 槌の戸 Tsuchinoto between the two islands.

Now rain begun to fall for four days.
They say the prayer paper was a letter to 龍神 the Ryujin Dragon Deity.
. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .




....................................................................... Okayama 岡山県 　
井原市 Ibara city 西江原町 Nishi-Ebara town

surikesa, surigesa 摺り袈裟 / 摺袈裟
A surigesa 摺袈裟(すりげさ) is a special robe of a Buddhist priest.
The letters of a Buddhist Mandala are kept in a pockst of 袈裟 the Kesa robe.
The letters are printed (suri) on paper.

The Surigesa kept at 法泉寺 the Temple Hosen-Ji is originally a treasure from 修禅寺 the Temple Shuzenji in Izu.
The legend relates to 曽我兄弟 the Soga brothers.
Elder Brother 曾我五郎 Goro placed one on the grave of his junger brother 曾我十郎 Juro,
to help him get out of the hell and into the Buddhist paradise.
There is also a story about an old couple of foxes, which lived in the back mountain of the temple.
The priest gave them Surigesa amulets to help them go to the Buddhist paradise.
Now the foxes are venerated at 得脱稲荷 the Fox shrine Tokudatsu Inari in the temple compound.

. Soga Monogatari - 曾我物語 .
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

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....................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県　
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鳴門市 Naruto city 北灘 Kitanada / 撫養町 Muyacho

. The 名号 Myogo, Buddhist name of an Oni 鬼 Demon .

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Kuzukaji Kannon Watarai

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Kuzukaji 國束寺 Kuzuka-Ji, Watarai
涌福智山 Yufukuchizan 國束寺 Kuzukaji

三重県度会郡度会町平生1481 / Mie, Watarai, Watarai town, Hiro

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

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元9 國束寺 - Former Number 9 Kuzuka-ji temple
According to the legend, Kuzuka-ji temple was founded 1400 years ago by Prince Shōtoku (574-622), a famous politician and promoter of Buddhism. He had a vision sent from Goddess of the Sun Amaterasu, in which she ordered him to make a temple and enshrine a statue of Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon) at Mount Kuzuka, which is in the West of Ise Shrine.
It is believed that somewhere in that mountain a placenta of both Goddess Amaterasu and her younger brother Susanoō was buried.
Prince Shōtoku built a temple and enshrined Jūichimen Kannon wishing for peace, tranquility and abundance of people’s lives.
Thanks to strong support of Emperor Shōmu (701-756) and Emperor Saga (786-842) the temple prospered, having 6 sub-temples and 132 monks’ quarters in its precincts.
When Kūkai (Kōbō Daishi, 774-835, the founder of Shingon sect) visited Kuzuka-ji, he praised the Mount Kuzuka saying it is like a mountain of the Womb Realm Mandala (Taizōkai Mandara). Since then the area became a popular practice ground for Esoteric Buddhism monks.

Kuzaka-ji temple appears in a poem by 禅也法師 monk Zen’ya:
The temple is like the mountain which binds the land together
Therefore for generations to come people will look up to it with respect
「寺の名も　國を束ぬる　山なれば 　　代々にし高く　仰がざらめや」

The poem was included in a 16th Century collection of poetry Nendai waka shō (1532-1584), edited by Kitakabe Kuninaga (1505-1584).
At the end of 16th Century the temple got involved in war turbulence and as a result the whole complex turned to ashes.
Later, thanks to the devotion of many people and protection of daimyo Tōdō Takatora (1556-1630) and Kii Tokugawa clan, the temple was rebuilt at the mountain top.
In the following centuries it became a famous temple of the Ise region. We can imagine the scale of the rebuilt temple from painting titled Sanjō Garan Ezu (Painting of the Temple at the Mountain Top, 1834) which is kept at the Kuzuka-ji.
However 19th Century anti-Buddhist movement and post 2nd World War land reform made the temple fall into decline.
In 1953 the main statue and two halls were moved to Osaka’s Shitennō-ji temple, which lost its buildings during the air-raid in 2nd World War.
In exchange the Kuzuka-ji received the statue of Jūichimen Kannon and together with the rest of the buildings, the temple moved to the bottom of the Mount Kuzuka.
The scale of the temple is not comparable to the times when it most flourished, but the monks believe that one day it will be rebuild at the top of the mountain once again.
Until then they will follow the Buddhist teachings and pass the spirit of 「和」 harmony (wa) emphasized by Prince Shōtoku.
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This temple is former Nr. 09 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 .

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Mount Kuzuka - 414 m

玉城町と度会町との境にありますが、山頂は玉城町原なので、玉城で一番高い山となります。
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Tahoin Fudo Araijuku

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Tahooin 多宝院 / 多寶院 Taho-In, Araijuku
戎光山 Jukozan 多寶院 Tahoin

川口市新井宿157 / Kawaguchi city, Araijuku

The Fudo Myo-O statue is made of stone 石造りの不動尊.

多宝院不動堂 The Fudo Hall

The temple was founded in 1518.
It was a sub-temple of 宝蔵寺 Hozo-Ji.
Aroumd 1670, it was revived by 叡学法印 Saint Eikei.

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Temples . - Nr. 58

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This Temple is Nr. 28 of the
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....................................................................... Tokyo 東京都　
台東区 Taito ward

butsuzoo no e 仏像の絵 the painting of a Buddha
Once in summer the villagers cut kashi no ki 樫の木 the old Oak tree in the compound of 多寶院 the Temple Taho-In.
In the stump they found a painting of a Buddha statue.
. Legends about trees - - 木と伝説 .

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Kogonji Yakushi Minamata

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Kogon-Ji 光厳寺 - Koogonzenji 光厳禅寺 Kogonzen-Ji, Minamata
太梅山 Taibaizan 光厳禅寺 Kogonzenji, 光厳寺 Kogonji

熊本県水俣市天神町1-5-1 / Kumamoto, Minamata city, Tenjin Town

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.

The Temple 光厳寺 Kogon-Ji used to be in 宮崎県東臼杵郡富高村 Miyazaki, Tomidaka village.
In 1901, there was no more head priest, so next year the temple was abolished.
In 1002, priest 金田東禅大和尚 Kaneda from 愛媛県西宇和郡八幡浜吉蔵寺 temple Yoshizo-Ji
in Yawatahama, Ehime, had it rebuilt.
For a while, the family of 野上梅芳 Nogami Baiho took care of it.
In 1923, priest 田中石峰大和尚 Tanaka Ishimine became the second head priest of the temple.

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This temple is Nr. 28 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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Keishoji Kannon Nakamachi

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Keishooji, Keishō-ji 継松寺 Keisho-Ji, Nakamachi
岡寺山 Okaderazan 継松寺 Keishoji

三重県松阪市中町1952 / Mie, Matsusaka, Nakamachi

The Kannon statue is 如意輪観音 Nyoirin Kannon.

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According to old records, in the year 743 when 聖武天皇 Emperor Shōmu (701-756) was planning
to make the statue of Great Buddha in Nara,
he sent 行基 Gyōki (668-749, a famous monk who traveled around Japan to preach to commoners) to Ise Shrine to consult the Goddess of the Sun Amaterasu on the matter. Gyōki received the divination and according to it built four temples in Ise area, placed Nyoirin Kannon (Omnipotent Kannon) statue in each and prayed for success of the plans of the Emperor. Keishō-ji is the only temple of these four that survived to this day.
Gyōki received a divine message from Kannon (the one that would be later worshiped in Keishō-ji) who promised protection during the construction of the Great Buddha. When he told the Emperor about his vision, Emperor Shōmu, who was 42 years old at the time (which was believed to be unlucky year in a man’s life), decided to move the Nyoirin Kannon statue to his palace and ask for expelling the bad luck during that year.
After a year Emperor issued a decree and order to build a hall for Kannon in the original temple’s grounds and move the statue back to its place. He wrote down a name on a tablet and presented it officially naming the temple Nyoirin-in. The temple became the first sacred ground in Japan which would specialize in expelling of bad luck.
The temple’s name Keishō-ji comes from a monk named Keishō, who rebuilt the temple after it was destroyed by a big flood in 750.
In 802 Kūkai 弘法大師 Kōbō Daishi, 774-835, the founder of Shingon sect) when staying at this temple, sculpted statues of 不動明王 Fudō Myō-ō (Immovable Wisdom King) and 毘沙門天王 Bishamon (God of Treasure, Wealth, and Warriors) and placed them on the altar as attendants of Goddess Kannon. Since then Keishō-ji became a temple belonging to Shingon sect of Buddhism.
In 1581 the temple received land from 蒲生氏郷 Gamō Ujisato (1556-1595), the Lord of the Matsusaka Castle, and moved to its present location from Ishizu in Iitaka district. From that moment a history of nowadays Keishō-ji started.
The temple revived to its former glory thanks to 政算 Seizan – the first abbot of the temple after movement.
In August of 1997 the Main Hall, together with other buildings and the Main Gate, were dismantled and repaired. During the renovation works, an old sign originally staked to a building’s ridgepole, ritual arrows (to fend off bad luck) and vessels with five grains (wheat, rice, beans, millets: awa and kibi) which all were used for ridgepole-raising ceremony had been discovered. All of them are important evidence that tell us the temple’s history.
The temple is commonly known as 岡寺観音 Okadera Kannon and it is famous for its power of expelling bad luck.
Throughout the temple’s history Keishō-ji was visited by many famous writers, poets and artists.
Among temple’s possessions there are many precious calligraphies made by a famous calligrapher and painter
池大雅 Ike no Taiga (1723-1776). Other example is a highly praised copybook of calligraphy issued by this temple and
made by a print artist – 韓天寿 Kan Tenju (1727-1795).
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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

Every year at the first “horse day” of an old calendar, which nowadays is celebrated
at the beginning of March, a three day festival
厄除初午大祭 Yakuyoke Hatsu-uma Taisai (Grand Festival of Expelling Bad Luck on the First Horse Day of the Year)
is held. It is the biggest event held at the temple and each year many people come from far to take part in it.

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Mie Shikoku Henro Info 三重四国八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 81
number 20 of Tōkai Shinsaigoku 33 kasho Pilgrimage 東海新西国三十三ヵ所
number 26 of Tōkai 36 Fudōson Pilgrimage 東海三十六不動尊
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This temple is Nr. 08 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 .

. Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 Wishfulfilling Kannon

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Shinjoin Fudo Ishigami

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Shinjooin 真乗院 Shinjo-In, Ishigami
長久山 Chokyuzan 真福寺 Shinpuku-Ji 真乗院 Shinjoin

川口市石神1253 / Kawaguchi city, Ishigami

The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O.
The date of the founding is not clear.
In 1628, 尊雄 priest Takao revived it.
When 徳川吉宗 Shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune was on his way to Nikko in 1728,
he used the temple as a resting place.
. Tokugawa Yoshimune　徳川吉宗将軍 . - (1684 - 1751)

The コウヤマキ Koyamaki tree (Sciadopitys verticillata) "Japanese umbrella-pine" is more than 800 years old
and now 天然記念物 a natural monument.
It is about 18 m high and 4 m in circumference.

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. Musashi no Kuni 武蔵国八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Temples . - Nr. 56
. 足立坂東三十三ヶ所霊場 Adachi Bando 33 Kannon Temples . - Nr. 30

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This Temple is Nr. 25 of the
. Adachi 100 Fudo Temples 足立百不動尊霊場 Pilgrimage .

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Chinkokuji Yakushi Ichikikushikino

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Chinkokuji 鎮國寺　/ 鎮国寺 Chinkoku-Ji, Ichikikushikino
冠嶽山 Kangakuzan 鎮國寺 Chinkokuji

鹿児島県いちき串木野市上名7647 / Kagoshima, Ichikikushikino, Kanmyo
The modern city of Ichikikushikino was established on October 11, 2005,
from the merger of the city of Kushikino with the town of Ichiki.

The main statue of the temple is Ki Fudo Myo-O 黄不動明王 Yellow Fudo /
身代り不動明王 Migawari Fudo Myo-O, carved by Kobo Daishi.
It is a secret statue and shown only once a year on April 28.
. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海 (774 - 835) .

The temple was founded by 空海弘法大師 Kukai Kobo Daishi.
When he was on his way to China, there was a strong storm and rain.
He prayed to Fudo Myo-O, who appeased the waves with his sword.
When Kobo Daishi was back safely, he went to a nearby cave and meditated.
In the cave he had a relevation :
この地は鎮護国家を祈る霊地である "This area is a place to pray for the safety of the country."
Hence the name, 鎮国寺 Chinkoku-Ji.

. Namikiri Fudo 浪切不動明王 / 波切り不動 Fudo to cut the waves .

Oku no in 奥の院

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shuin　朱印 stamp 熊野薬師 Kumano Yakushi

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This temple is Nr. 27 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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Horinji Kannon Misono

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Hoorinji 宝林寺 Horin-Ji, Misono
佛性山 Busshozan, Hōrin-ji, Horinji

伊勢市御薗町小林361 / Ise city, Misono town, Ohayashi

The Kannon statue is 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon.

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Hōrin-ji is a temple belonging to Jōdo sect (Pure Land Buddhism).
It stands in a Misono Ohayashi district of Ise city, on former grounds of
Yamada bugyō office (official commissionaires of Ise region),
where a famous samurai 大岡忠相 Ōoka Tadasuke (1677-1752) used to work.
This is also a place where Miya River flows into Ise Bay.
Hōrin-ji was founded by 円譽上人 monk Enyo in 1613, when the first buildings were erected.
At the time it was a sub-temple of 長楽寺 Chōraku-ji temple from Ōminato district.
The statue of Goddess Kannon worshiped in this temple is a Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-Faced Kannon)
which once was a treasure belonging to 実性寺Jisshō-ji temple.
Jisshō-ji used to manage 月夜見宮 Tsukiyomi no Miya shrine – a sub-shrine of the Gegū outer shrine of the Ise Shrine.
In 1868 the new government of Meiji period issued an order to separate Shinto from Buddhism (shinbutsu bunri).
As the result Jisshō-ji temple was closed and the Jūichimen Kannon statue was moved
to Seirin-ji temple in Ohayashi district.
In 1925 Hōrin-ji and Seirin-ji merged and the statue of Goddess Kannon was moved once more.
Since then it is worshiped in Hōrin-ji temple.
The Jūichimen Kannon statue is a hibutsu (hidden Buddhist statue)
and it is shown to the public only once a year – on November 20th, when
a Ten-night memorial service (お十夜法要 - Ojūya hōyō) is being held.
Followers call her 小林観音 Ohayashi Kannon and believe that she cures eye diseases.
Since the beginning of 17th Century, each year on the 15th of August during Obon (Festival of the Dead),
self-made 手筒花火 hand pipe fireworks are set off and traditional dance
大念仏羯鼓踊り Dainenbutsu Kanko Odori is performed as a memorial service for the ancestors.
Hand pipe fireworks are a form of ceremonial bonfires (送り火 okuribi) made to see off the ancestral spirits,
and are known in this region as a rare example of a fire festival.
- source : isekannon.jp/otera ...

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This temple is Nr. 07 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 .

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Bentenbo Fudo Hiranuma

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Bentenboo 弁天坊 Benten-Bo, Hiranuma
平沼弁天坊 Hiranuma Benten-Bo

川口市東川口5-21-19 平沼町会会館 / Kawaguchi city, Higashi-Kawaguchi, Hiranuma

During road constructions in 1920 弁天堂 the Benten Hall was temporarily relocated to 岩槻市 Iwatsuki city.
It used to be in the compound of 横山氏 the Yokoyama family.
The 不動尊 Fudo Statue was venerted in 町会会館 the town hall.

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This Temple is Nr. 23 of the
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Myoenji Yakushi Ijuin

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Myooenji 妙円寺 Myoen-Ji, Ijuin
法智山 Hochizan 妙円寺 Myoenji

鹿児島県日置市伊集院町徳重521 / Kagoshima, Hioki city, Ijuin town, Tokushige

The main statue is 釈迦牟尼仏 Shaka Nyorai.

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One of the grandest events of Kagoshima is the annual Myouenji Pilgrimmage (妙円寺詣り Myōenji mairi), where ordinary folk don samurai armour and walk either 10km or 20km on the 4th Saturday of October,
ending at 徳重神社　Tokushige Shrine.
Plenty of people also show up in ordinary clothes to participate.
The reason for this is tied to 島津義弘 Shimadzu Yoshihiro.

One famous feat of Shimadzu Yoshihiro was his decision during the great Battle of Sekigahara.
On 21 October 1600, he decided to escape with his band of 1,500 men not by avoiding the 30,000-strong enemy, but by charging through their midst and executing a magnificent retreat plan after breaking through enemy lines.
After that year, the Shimadzu warriors would march a 40km round trip from Ijuin to Myoenji Temple each year on the night before, in remembrance of that fateful day and to strengthen themselves physically and mentally.
In 1869, Myoenji Temple was destroyed in the wave of Buddhist expulsion sentiment that swept through Japan,
and was rebuilt as Tokushige Shrine.

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This temple is Nr. 26 of the pilgrimage
. 49 Yakushi Temples in Kyushu 九州四十九薬師霊場 .

. 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru .
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing

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Shimazu Yoshihiro 島津義弘 (1535 – 1619)

He was the second son of Shimazu Takahisa and the younger brother of Shimazu Yoshihisa.
Traditionally believed to be the 17th head of the Shimazu clan, he was a skilled general during the Sengoku period who greatly contributed to the unification of Kyūshū.
He had been a willing and skillful general under Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
He died in 1619 and several of his retainers who had fought alongside him followed him by committing suicide.
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Kontaiji Kannon Toba

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Kontaiji 金胎寺 Kontai-Ji, Toba
慈眼山 Jigenzan 金胎寺 Kontaiji

三重県鳥羽市鳥羽3-24-1 / Mie, Toba city, Toba

The Kannon statue is 千手観世音 Senju Kannon.

Another statue is Fudo Myo-O

The temple was founded around830 by - 弘法大師 Kukai Kobo Daishi.
The temple became the clan temple of the Kuki clan.
. Kuki Yoshitaka 九鬼嘉隆 .

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This temple is Nr. 06 of the pilgrimage
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. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .

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