Yakushi Nyorai Legends

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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 the Buddha of Medicine - Bhaisajyaguru

Folktales, legends about Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 / お薬師様 / お薬師さん


- source : Shin Yakushi-Ji 新薬師寺


. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 place names .
mountains, and more - many come with their own legend


. Yakushi no Yu 薬師の湯 / Yakushiyu 薬師湯 Yakushi Hot Springs .


. Neko Yakushi 猫薬師 Yakushi Nyorai and the Cat .

. Gyoki Bosatsu (Gyooki Bosatsu) 行基菩薩 .
(668-749 AD) Gyōki - he carved many Yakushi statues.


. Fudo Myo-O 薬師と不動伝説 Yakushi Nyorai and Fudo Myo-O Legends .

. Tengu 薬師と天狗伝説 Yakushi Nyorai and Tengu Legends .


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In ABC order of the prefectures.
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. Yakushi Legends from Tohoku 東北 .

Akita 秋田県 - - Aomori　青森県 -- Fukushima 福島県 --
Iwate 岩手県 -- Miyagi 宮城県 -- Yamagata 山形県

. Yakushi Nyorai and hakuroku 白鹿 the white deer, white stag .

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. Legends from Aichi 愛知県 .

. Legends from Chiba 千葉県 and Ehime 愛媛県 .

. Legends from Fukui 福井県 .

. Gifu　岐阜県 / Gunma 群馬県 / Hiroshima 広島県 / Hyogo 兵庫県 .

. Ibaraki 茨城県 and Ishikawa 石川県 .

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. Kagawa 香川県 / Kanagawa 神奈川県 / Kochi 高知県 .

. Kyoto 京都 .

. Mie 三重県 and Miyazaki 宮崎県 .


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. Nagano 長野県 .
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. Nara 奈良県 and Niigata 新潟県 .

. Okayama 岡山県 .

. Osaka 大阪, Saitama 埼玉県 and Shiga 滋賀県 .

. Shimane 島根県 .

. Shizuoka 静岡県 .

. Tochigi 栃木県, Tokushima 徳島県 and Tottori 鳥取県 .

. Tokyo 東京 - Edo 江戸 .


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. Toyama 富山県 .

. Wakayama 和歌山県 .

. Yamaguchi 山口県 and Yamanashi　山梨県 .


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主人も猫も鶏も同じ年
...」とこれも感謝するのでした。こうして庄屋様に大事にされて、鶏も猫も長生きをしておりました。 ある年のこと。今まで元気だった庄屋様は寝込んでしまいました。その頃、一人の旅の坊様がこの村の近くを通りかかりました。夜になってしまったので、坊様は山の薬師堂で一夜を明かすこととしました。 しばらくして坊様が目を覚ますと、いつの間に来たのか年老いた一人の男が坊様の前に座っておりました。男は下村の庄屋様に飼われている鶏である、と坊様に告げました。坊様が驚いていると男はこう続けます。 庄屋様は今年で４８歳にな...
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きつねの花嫁 Kitsune no hanayome - Mikawa
昔、三河の国の宇頭（うとう）という所に、とんでもないイタズラ好きな与太郎という若者がいました。今日も、薬師様にお供えしてあった油揚げに釣り針を仕掛けて、キツネを釣るイタズラをしていました。 イタズラに手を焼いた母親は、嫁さえもらえば与太郎も落ち着くだろうと考え、村の鎮守様に「どうかせがれに良い嫁が来るように」とお願いしました。そのおかげか、村の庄屋さんの紹介で、与太郎にも隣村から器量よし（美人）の嫁さんが来ることになりました。


沼薬師如来 numa Yakushi
...も再び目が見えるようになった。 このことがあってから、村人は大木の芯の部分で薬師様を彫り、また残りの部分を使って小さな薬師堂を建てた。この薬師堂は沼薬師と呼ばれるようになり、これ以降、村では目の病だけではなく流行病もなくなって長生きする者が増えたという。



子どもたちと薬師さま the children and Yakushi
昔、ある村に薬師様がありました。村の人たちはたいそう大事にしておりました。子供たちはお堂のそばで、雪合戦などをして毎日遊んでおりました。その子たちの一人が権兵衛。 ある日、権兵衛の親父の甚兵衛さんが村の寄り合いに出て、村の世話役に選ばれました。上機嫌で薬師堂のそばを通りましたら扉が開いている。中をのぞくとなんとしたことか、薬師様の像がない。 権兵衛たちがお堂のそばで遊ぶうち、薬師様と一緒に遊ぼうという話になって、引っ張り出したのでした。遊ぶうちに日が暮れたのか薬師様は雪の中で置き去りになっていたので


乳の薬師さま breast feeding and Yakushi - Nagoya
...いった。 困り果てたおさよは、身体の願いなら何でも叶うという名古屋の東光寺の薬師様へお参りに行くことにした。東光寺までの道のりは遠く、いくつも峠を越えなければならなかったが、おさよは真夜中に毎日毎日通い続けた。 満願である二十一日目、おさよが薬師様に精根こめてお願いすると、自分の乳房がみるみる張ってくるのを感じた。大急ぎで家に...乳をしゃぶらせると沢山の乳が出て、赤ん坊は死を免れることができた。おさよ夫婦はお薬師様にいつまでも感謝した

- source : nihon.syoukoukai.com


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薬師如来　紙芝居 Yakushi Nyorai - Kamishibai
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- source : www.google.co.jp

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. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 place names .
many come with a legend


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Monsters, legends and Yakushi 妖怪データベース
- source : nichibun yokai database
薬師如来 　29 (07)
薬師 183 (00)



YAKUSHI NYORAI, YAKUSHI TATHĀGATA　Buddha of Medicine and Healing
Yakushi literally means Medicine Teacher
Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli
(Jp. = Jōruri 浄瑠璃, Skt. = Vaiduryanirbhasa).
Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō 薬師瑠璃光,
meaning Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
Commonly shown holding medicine jar in left hand.
Among the 88 temples on the well-trodden Shikoku Pilgrimage, 23 are dedicated to Yakushi, second only to the 29 sites dedicated to Kannon (Goddess of Mercy).
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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. Yakushi Nyorai - 薬師如来 - Introduction .




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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .

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Yakushi Legends Tohoku

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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 the Buddha of Medicine - Bhaisajyaguru
Legends from Tohoku　東北と薬師さん　

Michinoku no Yakushi みちのくの薬師如来 仏像


- source : letuce's room

- - - - - Yakushi Jinja 薬師神社 / 薬師社 Yakushi Shrines in Japan
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Legends from the Prefectures .
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Below in ABC order of the prefectures:

Akita -- Aomori -- Fukushima -- Iwate -- Miyagi -- Yamagata


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Akita 　秋田県


source : city.oga.akita.jp

. Henjoo-In 遍照院 Henjo-In .
6 Uwamachi, Ōdate-shi, Akita


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Aomori 　青森県

南部路 In the Southern Parts

七戸町 Shichinohe town

Yamaya Yakushidoo 山屋薬師堂 Yamaya Yakushi-Do Hall



This hall used to be in the Southern Plain of Shichinohe.
That location was difficult to visit for prayers.
Once someone passed by, became very tired and took a nap, but then realized there was a wildfire. When he tried to run away his leg got caught in a vine. He fell down and hurt his eye on a udo plant (（独活、Aralia cordata）.
So until our times people come here to pray to Yakushi to heal their eye diseases.
And nobody is allowed to eat the udo plant.

The statue of Yakushi is made from one piece of the katsura tree 桂の木 (Japanese Judas tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum), dating back to the Heian period.

On the 8th day of the fourth lunar month ４月８日 (now celebrated on April 8) many people come here to pray.

The place was also used by the mountain ascetics and their hall for mountain worship was called 薬王院 Yakuo-In. During the Meiji period, it was re-named to Yakushi-Do Hall.




In the precincts are two large 狛犬 koma-inu, dedicated by the shipping company of Hoeimaru Yohachiro 運送船頭宝永丸與八郎 in 1861.

Now there is no priest in residence here any more and the temple 瑞龍寺 Zuiryu-Ji, the clan temple of the Nanbu clan takes care of it.
- source : www.aotabi.com

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薬師の湯 Yakushi no Yu onsen hot spring
at Osorezan 恐山 - 青森県むつ市田名部字宇曽利山３－２

At the Osorezan Hot Spring area, there are many different kinds of baths.



A small bath with beautiful green color, for men and women taking turns.

- Look at more photos from the various hot baths
- source : www.geocities.jp/nara_no_daibutu2


. Osorezan Taisai 恐山大祭 Great Festival at Mount Osorezan.
During the main festival in summer, many people come to get in contact with their lost loved ones through the blind Itako shamans.


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Fukushima 　福島県

Kaki no ki 柿の木, 薬師様 o-tsuge お告げ persimmon trees and an announcement for Yakushi
In a small village in 北会津村 North Aizu there is a religious restriction 禁忌 related to the belief in Yakushi Nyorai, not to plant any persimmon trees.
Around the year 1922 the farmers tried to get rid of this restriction during the efforts to regulate farming land. Most elders of the villge did not agree to this but in the end they all called a priest and asked him to instruct Yakushi that from now on they would plant persimmon trees 「植えてもよい」.
And indeed, nothing happened when they started planting trees.

. Persimmon (kaki 柿)- Introduction .


耶麻郡 Yama Gun 高郷村 Takasato village
Yakushi Nyorai is said to be a deity to protect the abdomen 腹の神.
His festival in on August 8/9. Children 2 years of age have to visit the Yakushi Temple and lick at the moss of the steps 階段の苔 to keep them safe from stomach ailments.

There is also a Yakushi-Do 北山漆薬師堂　
耶麻郡　北塩原村 at Kita Shiobara Village in Aizu.

. Aizu Wakamatsu 会津若松 Yakushi Pilgrims　薬師参り .



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Iwate 　岩手県
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岩手町 Iwate town

Yakushi Sama no Matsu no Ki 薬師様の松の木 The pine tree of Yakushi 
Around 1940 the Pine Tree of Yakushi was sold. When the tree was cut down just like that, they found below it the figure of a woman who had been ill and died.
Sacred trees of a shrine should have a proper ritual before they are cut down. 神社の木は祈祷.

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Yakushi Jinja 薬師神社 Yakushi Shrines in Japan



The deity in residence is usually 少彦名命 Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto
. Sukunahikona no mikoto 少彦名命 .

There are many temples in honor of Yakushi in the Tohoku region.
There are some shrines in his name too, Yakushi Jinja 薬師神社.
. Tono Fudo Myo-O Monogatari 遠野不動明王物語 .

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花巻市 Hanamaki Doochi 道地 Dochi village

Once in his effort to help heal people the statue of Yakushi fell into a river. A farmer picked the statue up and carried it to his home. That night he had a dream: Yakushi asked him to build a small sanctuary 祠. So he built the shrine
Yakushi Jinja 薬師神社 .

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平泉町 Hiraizumi

karasu tengu 烏天狗 Karasu Tengu
In the 中尊寺薬師堂 Yakushi Hall of the temple Chuzon-Ji there are the skull bones of a Karasu Tengu.

. Karasu Tengu 烏天狗 "crow Tengu .

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胆澤郡 Isawa

Gakigishi Myoojin 潟岸明神
During the time of Kinmei Tenno 欽明天皇 (509 - 571) a very jealous wife turned into 蛇 a snake, jumped into the water and cursed all. By chance 佐夜姫 Princess Sayohime passed, read the sutras to appease the soul and then the villagers build the
潟岸薬師堂 Gakigishi Fudo Hall.

松浦佐用姫 About Sayohime
- reference source : thr.mlit.go.jp/isawa/sasala... -

. 小夜姫 / 佐用姫 Princess Sayo Hime from 佐用 播州 Sayo in Banshu .
- Hyogo

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盛岡市 Morioka

Asagishi Yakushi Jinja 浅岸薬師神社

The deity in residence is 少彦名命 Sukuna Hikona no Mikoto
. Sukunahikona no mikoto 少彦名命 .



source :　Nachtigall Blaue
Kitakami 北上市村崎野２４地割 and Ofunato 岩手県大船渡市
In the compound of Amaterasu Mioya Jinja 天照御祖神社 there is a 薬師神社 Yakushi Shrine.
People come here to pray for healing of eye diseases.


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. Fukui 福井県 - Yakushi Jinja Shrine .

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. Yakushi Nyorai Legends from Miyagi 宮城県 .

Kinoshita no Yakushi 木ノ下の薬師 Yakushi from Kinoshita village
nabe Yakushi 鍋薬師 Yakushi and the cooking pot
nure Yakushi 濡れ薬師 Yakushi who got wet
Shiga no Yakushi 志賀の薬師 Yakushi from Shiga village
shio no Yakushi 塩の薬師 Yakushi and Salt
sugi Yakushi 杉薬師 Yakushi and the cedar tree



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Yamagata　山梨県

. Yakushisan, Yakushi San 薬師山 Mount Yakushi .

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鶴岡市 Tsuruoka 大広 Daiko

. katame no buna 片目の鮒 crucian carp with one eye .

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米沢市 Yonezawa

. Ono no Komachi no rei 小野小町の霊 spirit of Ono no Komachi .
Captain Fukakusa (Fukakusa no Shoushou 深草少将)
- bijo zuka 美女塚 mound of the beauty

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. Yakushi no Yu 薬師の湯 / Yakushiyu 薬師湯 Yakushi Hot Spring .
お薬師さん 温泉 - Yakushi and Onsen Hot springs
many come with their own legend


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- source : nichibun yokai database


YAKUSHI NYORAI, YAKUSHI TATHĀGATA　Buddha of Medicine and Healing
Yakushi literally means Medicine Teacher
Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli
(Jp. = Jōruri 浄瑠璃, Skt. = Vaiduryanirbhasa).
Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō 薬師瑠璃光,
meaning Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
Commonly shown holding medicine jar in left hand.
Among the 88 temples on the well-trodden Shikoku Pilgrimage, 23 are dedicated to Yakushi, second only to the 29 sites dedicated to Kannon (Goddess of Mercy).
- source : Mark Schumacher -

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. Yakushi Nyorai - 薬師如来 - Introduction .


The Three Great Yakushi Statues of Tohoku 東北の三大薬師



- source : letuce's room
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. Yakushi Pilgrims INFO - INTRODUCTION .

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Legends from the Prefectures .
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. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 place names .
many come with their own legend

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .

. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011 .
A tribute to Tohoku.


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[ . Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Bhaisajyaguru . ]
. Yakushi Nyorai Legends 薬師如来 .
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Yakushipedia ABC-Index 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai Bhaisajyaguru
the Buddha of Medicine and Healing


- source : Shin Yakushi-Ji 新薬師寺


- - - - - My friend Mark Schumacher has all the details.
Yakushi Nyorai - YAKUSHI TATHĀGATA
Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō 薬師瑠璃光,
Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli
Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
Introducing the features of Yakushi Nyorai, the important statues and temples.


Medicine Master Buddha:
The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan

Yui Suzuki
This profusely illustrated volume illuminates the primacy of icons in disseminating the worship of the Medicine Master Buddha (J: Yakushi Nyorai) in Japan. Suzuki’s meticulous study explicates how the devotional cult of Yakushi, one of the earliest Buddhist cults imported to Japan from the continent, interacted and blended with local beliefs, religious dispositions, and ritual practices over the centuries, developing its own distinctive imprint on Japanese soil. Worship of the Medicine Master Buddha became most influential during the Heian period (794–1185), when Yakushi’s popularity spread to different levels of society and locales outside the capital. The large number of Heian-period Yakushi statues found all across Japan demonstrates that Yakushi worship was an integral component of Heian religious practice.

Medicine Master Buddha focuses on the ninth-century Tendai master Saichō (767–822) and his personal reverence for a standing Yakushi icon. The author proposes that, after Saichō’s death, the Tendai school played a critical role in popularizing the cult of this particular icon as a way of memorializing its founding master and strengthening its position as a major school of Japanese Buddhism. This publication offers a fresh perspective on sculptural representations of the Medicine Master Buddha (including the famous Jingoji Yakushi), and in so doing, reconsiders Yakushi worship as foundational to Heian religious and artistic culture.
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日本三大薬師 / 日本三薬師 the three most famous Yakushi temples in Japan

薬師寺 Nara, 日向薬師 Hinata Yakushi, 会津の勝常寺 Aizu, Shoji-Ji
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Kani Yakushi 蟹薬師 "Crab Yakushi" - Yamanaka Yakushi 山中薬師 - Gifu
and 三河の鳳来寺 Horai-Ji - Mikawa, Aichi

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. Akaidake Yakushi 閼伽井嶽薬師 - 常福寺 Jofuku-Ji, Fukushima

Amulets for Eye Diseases 眼病　Yakushi Nyorai healing - Tokyo

. Ana Yakushi Kofun 穴薬師古墳 .
- Yakushi-ana 薬師穴 Yakushi cave / ana no Yakushi 穴の薬師　Yakushi with holes

. Arai Yakushi Baisho-In 新井薬師 梅照院 .

budoo Yakushi葡萄薬師 Budo Yakushi, Grapes Yakushi- Yamanashi

. bokeyoke Yakushi ぼけ除け薬師 to prevent dementia .

Daigiji 大義寺 Daigi-Ji / Taigi-Ji - Tama Henro pilgrimage

. Enku 円空 Yakushi Sanzon 薬師三尊 .

Fudo - Yakushi Nyorai and Fudo Myo-O legends 薬師と不動　伝説

Genshō Tennō 元正天皇 Empress Gensho Tenno and Yakushi -(683 – 748)

Gyooki Bosatsu. Gyōki 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu and Yakushi (668-749 AD)


Haiku and kigo 俳句 about Yakushi Nyorai

- - - Heian Period and Yakushi 平安時代と薬師 - (794 - 1192)

. hi mizu no Yakushi 日見ずの薬師 Yakushi not to see the sun .
大鹿村 Oshika village, Nagano

Hinata Yakushi 日向薬師 日向山霊山寺 - Kanagawa

Hizura Yakushidoo 日面薬師堂 Hizura Yakushi Do Hall - Kajiyaba, Fukushima

Hokedake Yakush-ji 法華嶽薬師寺 Hokkedake Yakushi Temple
and the quail car toy (うずら車 uzuraguruma)

. Hooraiji 鳳来寺 Horai-Ji, Mikawa, Aichi .

Hooryuuji - 法隆寺 Yakushi Statue at Temple Horyu-ji


Inaba Yakushi 因幡薬師 - Kyoto
temple 平等寺 Byodo-Ji and
因幡堂縁起絵巻 Inabado engi emaki "picture scroll of legends of the Inabado Hall" .

. Ishiyakushi, Ishi-Yakushi 石薬師 various Rock and Stone Yakushi .
and temple Ishiyakushi-Ji, 石薬師寺 Suzuka, Mie

. Iyo 12 Yakushi Temples, Shikoku 伊予十二薬師霊場 .
01 - Toorinji 東林寺 Torin-Ji / 02 小谷山医座寺 Iza-Ji / 03 室岡山蓮華寺 Renge-Ji / 04 Saihooji 大楽山西法寺 Saiho-Ji / 05 Onoyama Shookannji 小野山正観寺 Shokan-Ji / 06 Kooshakuji 瑠璃山香積寺 Koshaku-Ji / 07 Chooryuuji 興福山長隆寺 Choryu-Ji / 08 - 雲門寺 Unmon-Ji / 09 玉松山金蓮寺 Konren-Ji / 10 Choorakuji 長楽寺 Choraku-Ji / 11 Joomyooin 浄明院 Jomyo-In / 12 瑠璃光山薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji - and
Anyooji 安養寺 Anyo-Ji / Juurinji 十輪寺 Jurin-Ji / Saikooji 西光寺 Saiko-Ji


Jingoji　神護寺 Jingo-Ji, Kyoto, Sanbi 三尾

Jinmu-Ji Temple, Fudo Myo-O and Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来
(Jimmuji 神武寺) in Zushi Town, Kanagawa prefecture

Jooshooji 常性寺 Josho-Ji - Tama Henro pilgrimage

Juusanbutsu 十三仏
Yakushi Nyorai is one of the 13 protector Buddhas


. Kani Yakushi 蟹薬師 "Crab Yakushi" . - Gifu, 願興寺 Ganko-Ji, Kani town

Kankaiji 観海寺 -　Kankai-Ji - Oita

Katade Yakushi 隻手薬師 "Yakushi with one arm" 瑠璃山香積寺 Koshaku-Ji Ehime

Kawakami Yakushi　川上薬師 - 弥勒寺 Miroku-Ji Tokyo

Kazusa Yakushi Pilgrimage 上総国薬師如来霊場

Kenryusan Daigongen Yakushi剣龍山大権現薬師如来
Mount Kenryu-San, Yamagata

Kinegawa Yakushi 木下川薬師 Yakushi from Kinegawa - Edo
- Kigegawa Yakushi Engi = misspelling of Kinegawa

Kinoshita no Yakushi 木ノ下の薬師 Yakushi from Kinoshita - Miyagi

Kiyotakiji 清瀧寺 / 清滝寺 Kiyotaki-Ji - Kochi

kokeshi wooden dolls and Yakushi こけしと薬師如来

. Koyakushizoo 香薬師像 Koyakushi-Zo Statue, Ko-Yakushi .

Koyasu Yakushi 子安薬師 "to protect children"

. Kyushu Pilgrimage to 49 Yakushi Temples 九州四十九薬師霊場 .


. Legends and Folktales about Yakushi Nyorai .


Mine Yakushidoo 峯薬師堂 in Hiraizumi, Iwate
famous for healing eye disease

migawari Yakushi 身代わり薬師 Yakushi as personal substiture *

. Mokujiki 木喰上人 / 木食 statue carver .


nabe Yakushi 鍋薬師 Yakushi and the cooking pot

nade Yakushi　なで薬師　Yakushi to be rubbed

neko Yakushi 猫薬師 Yakushi and the Cat

nezumi Yakushi ねずみ薬師 Yakushi and the mice

nure Yakushi 濡れ薬師 Yakushi who got wet
- - - - - Miyagi - 柴田郡 柴田町 Shibata
- - - - - Gunma 高崎市南八幡 - Takasaki Town


. Oka Yakushi Ruriko Nyorai 岡薬師瑠璃光如来 . - Matsuyama, Ehime - 星岡山

Oni 鬼 demons and Yakushi Nyorai

onsen Yakushi 温泉薬師 hot springs and Yakushi *


. Paradise of Yakushi Nyorai 薬師浄土曼荼羅 Yakushi Jodo Mandala .
薬師瑠璃光浄土 Yakushi Ruriko Jodo / 東方瑠璃光浄土 Toho Ruriko Jodo
Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli 東方浄瑠璃世界 Toho Joruri Sekai

placebo effect プラシーボ効果 and Yakushi Nyorai

pokkuri Yakushi ポックリ薬師 granting a sudden death

Raigo-In 大原来迎院 Ohara, Kyoto

Ruriko - Yakushi Rurikoo Nyorai 薬師瑠璃光如来 Yakushi of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
- - - - - Ruriji 瑠璃寺 temples names Ruri-Ji
- - - - - Rurikooji 瑠璃光寺 temples names Ruriko-Ji - Rurikō-ji 　
- - - - - Rurizan （るりざん） 瑠璃山 Ruriyama

ryuutoo Yakushi 龍灯薬師 Yakushi of the Dragon Lantern . - Matsuyama, Ehime

Saikoku Yakushi Pilgrimages to 49 temples
西国四十九薬師巡礼 / 西国薬師巡礼 Saigoku Yakushi

Sakurado Yakushi 桜堂薬師 / 櫻堂薬師 - Gifu

Senmi Yakushi-Ji 川見薬師寺 （せんみやくしじ）Kawami Yakushi-Ji - Aichi

Shichibutsu Yakushi 七仏薬師 / 七佛薬師 Seven Yakushi statues - Introduction
- from from 丹後 Tango: 七薬師伝説 : one is muchi yakushi 鞭薬師 "whip Yakushi"
麻呂子親王 Prince Maroko Shinno (当麻皇子 Prince Taima no Miko)

Shiga no Yakushi 志賀の薬師 Yakushi from Shiga village - Miyagi

shio Yakushi 塩薬師 "Salt Yakushi"
- shio no Yakushi 塩の薬師 Yakushi and Salt - Miyagi. Yakushi und Salz

Shunkō-ji 春光寺 Shunko-Ji - Kyoto

Shusse Yakushi 出世薬師 for a good career .

sugi Yakushi 杉薬師 Yakushi and the cedar tree - Miyagi

Sukunahikona no mikoto 少彦名命 Sukuna Hikona (Sukuna-Bikona) and Shinno shi 神農氏 .


Taisanji 太山寺 Taisan-Ji - Hyogo

Tako Yakushi 多幸薬師 / 蛸薬師 Yakushi and the Octopus
in Edo, Kyoto . . .

Tanishi Choja and Yakushi たにし長者

tawara Yakushi 俵薬師 Yakushi and a bale of rice

. Tengu Legends with Yakushi 　薬師と天狗伝説 .

Tokuitsu (Toku-Ichi) 得一 徳溢 and the Yakushi Temples in the Aizu area.
Aizu Go Yakushi 会津五薬師 Five Yakushi temples
Kukai Kobo Daishi, priest Tokuitsu and the fighting with the Emishi people in the Tohoku region by the imperial government in Kyoto.
. Enichiji 慧日寺 Enichi-Ji .

Tohoku - Three Great Yakushi Statues 東北の三大薬師

Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 and Yakushi Nyorai

. Tookondoo 東金堂 Tokon-Do "Eastern Golden Hall" - Temple Kofuku-Ji . - Nara

tora Yakushi 寅薬師 "Tiger Yakushi"


Yamaya Yakushidoo 山屋薬師堂 Yamaya Yakushi-Do Hall - Aomori

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Yakushi Nyorai　- Deutscher Text - German .

- yakko 薬壷 medicine pot .

. Yakushida, Yakushiden 薬師田 "Fields of Yakushi" . - place names

Yakushi Engi 薬師縁起 Old Yakushi Scroll Legends

Yakushiji　薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji - Yakushi Temples *

. Yakushi Jinja 薬師神社 Yakushi Shrines . *

Yakushigama, Yakushi no Kama　薬師窯 Yakushi Kiln - Aichi

. Yakushiishi, Yakushi-Ishi 薬師石 Yakushi Ishi Stone or Rock .

Yakushi Kokeshi Doo 薬師こけし堂 Yakushi Kokeshi-Do
興徳寺 Tsuchiyu Hot Spring 土湯温泉 - Fukushima

Yakushi Okami "薬師大神" Yakushi Daijin

Yakushi Onsen 薬師温泉 Hot Springs named Yakushi
. - - - - - Yakushi no Yu　薬師の湯 .

Yakushi sanzon 薬師三尊 Yakushi Triad, Trias, Trinity .

yakushisoo, yakushi soo 薬師草 "Yakushi plant" - Youngia denticulata

. Yakushi Tooge 薬師峠 Yakushi Toge pass - in Japan .

Yakushi zoo, Yakushi Norai zoo 薬師如来像 Statues of Yakushi Nyorai　

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Yamada Yakushi Nyorai 山田薬師如来
and a manju sweets legend from the shop Yamadaya in Ehime.
- Yamada Yakushi 山田薬師 . - Matsuyama, Ehime - 正観寺 Shokan-Ji

. Yamada Naokimi 山田尚公 - carver . - Okayama

. 山中薬師 Yamanaka Yakushi - 医王寺 Io-Ji . - Gifu, Nakatsugawa
and kitsune kooyaku 狐膏薬 fox medicine

Yooji Yakushi Doo 楊枝薬師堂 The Yakushi Hall of Yoji Village - Mie

Yoshiwara (Shizuoka) 吉原の薬師堂 Yoshiwara no Yakushi-Do .
and Tokugawa Ieyasu

Yakuriki Myojin 薬力明神 a Shinto Kami version

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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from
Fukui 福井県, Gifu　岐阜県, Gunma 群馬県, Hiroshima 広島県 and Hyogo 兵庫県

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. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Fukui 福井県 .
with many photos of Yakushi Statues.


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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Gifu 岐阜県


薬師寺 Yakushi-Ji


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. 円空上人と小さな仏さまたち Saint Enku and the small Buddha Statues .
- 飛騨の国の正宗寺 - Temple Shoso-Ji in Hida // kamishibai 紙芝居


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益田郡 Mashita district 下呂町 Gero

Two legends about an ema 絵馬 votive tablet painted with a horse:
蚕飼薬師堂 Kogai Yakushi Hall
上原村薬師堂 Ueharamura Yakushi Hall

Once 狩野法眼 Kano Hogen painted a votive tablet of a horse. But the horse left the plate every night and devastated the fields. So eventually he painted some golden braidle to keep it in place.

. Kano Eitoku 狩野永徳 - 古法眼 Kohogen, . (1543 - 1590)

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多治見市 Tajimi town

Yakushi no tatari 薬師の祟り the curse of Yakushi
At the temple Gensho-Ji 元晶寺 in 小泉村根本 the hamlet Nehon of Koizumi village, there is a golden statue of Yakushi of the size 1寸8分
(1 sun 寸 is about 3 cm, 1 bu 分 is about 1/10 of a sun).
A young farmer's girl had found it along the river Kisogawa, but wherever it was kept, it brought misfortune to the people.
Finally it was therefore dedicated at the temple in Nehon 根本.



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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Gunma 群馬県



source : city.midori.gunma.jp/www/contents
みどり市 Midori city

. 円空上人と小さな仏さまたち Saint Enku and the small Buddha Statues .

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太田市 Ota

Yoneyama Yakushi 米山薬師
Once a man as large as the Daibutsu took the 米山薬師 Yakushi from Yoneyama on his back, set it up at 丸山 Maruyama, sat down at 金山 Kaneyama and washed his feet in the river 渡良瀬川 Watarasegawa.
His straw boots became the Big and Small Mount Maruyama 大丸山 - 小丸山.


米山薬師 Yoneyama Yakushi

- many other Yoneyama Yakushi in Japan, here are just two of them:
米山薬師、Kagoshima-ken, 姶良市　Aira-shi, 鍋倉 Nabekura
米山まいり / 米山薬師堂 in Niigata, 柏崎市 Kashiwasaki
- reference source : lib.city.kashiwazaki.niigata.jp... -

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多野郡 Tano district 神流町 Kanna

daija 大蛇 great serpent
At the 池の薬師 Yakushi Pond there lived a husband and wife serpent. The husband snake got killed by a shot. The wife snake shapeshifted into a young woman, went to the temple and told the priest about it. Then she disappeared.
Later when the priest went to the pond to perform amagoi 雨乞い rain rituals, it would always rain after his prayers.

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .



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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Hiroshima 広島県



広島県の文化財
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呉市 Kure 蒲刈町 Kamagari

hi no tama 火の玉 ball of fire
Around 1898 on a summer night it was raining heavily. From the temple of Yakushi there came three balls of fire rolling over toward the beach and disappeared.
Since Yakushi and the deity 明神 Myojin are enshrined in the same temple, some villagers said it might have been Myojin.

. hinotama, hi no tama 火の玉と伝説 Legends about fire balls .

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Jizoo sama 地蔵様 Jizo Bosatsu
Once upon a time a fisherman wanted to take the Jizo statue from the Yakushi temple home, but it was so heavy he could not bring it to his boat, so he threw the statue into the water.
A few days later a man walked along the beach and saw a strange sparkle in the water - It was the statue of Jizo!
He saved it and brought it back to the Yakushi temple.

. Legends about Jizo Bosatsu - 地蔵菩薩 .



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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Hyogo 兵庫県


- reference : Hyogo Yakushi Bunkazai -


- Legends about Saint Gyoki Bosatsu and
. Arima Onsen　有馬温泉 Hot Spring .
Kobu-zaka (Lump Slope)
In olden times, there was a sick man with a big "kobu (lump)", over his eye. Hoping to be cured, he went to Arima Onsen and prayed to Yakushi Nyorai to heal him. Despite coming all the way to Arima and bathing in the hot springs, he was not cured. Resigned to his fate, the sick person decided to leave Arima.
Incidentally,
there is a slope to the east of Arima. As the sick man was walking up the slope to leave Arima, the lump miraculously dropped from above his eye like ripe fruit dropping from a tree. When people heard about that they started calling the place "Kobu-zaka (Lump Slope)". This sloping path going from Arima Onsen to Zuihoji Temple is now neatly paved.

. 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 - 749) .

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伊丹市 Itami

katame uo 片目魚 / 片目の魚 fish with one eye
At the pond 昆陽池 Koya-Ike there are many fish with only one eye.
Once upon a time, 行基上人 Saint Gyoki Bosatsu found a man lying by the roadside and wanted to bring him to 有馬温泉 Arima Hot Spring. But the man could not move and only murmured he wanted to eat some fresh fish. When Gyoki found a fish and offered him to eat it, the man said, Gyoki should eat first. So Gyoki ate half of the fish, including one eye.
Now the man said he had black pocks all over his body and wanted Gyoki to lik them. When Goyki started to lik his skin, the man suddenly changed and stood there as Yakushi Nyorai.
He had only tried the purity of Saint Gyoki.
The fish was thrown into the pond, but now he had only one eye.


Koyaike is now a place name in Itami, where there is a park, 昆陽池公園.


月なくて昼は霞むや昆陽の池
tsuki nakute hiru wa kasumu ya Koya no Ike

there is no moon
and haze during the day -
Koyaike Pond

. Uejima Onitsura 上島鬼貫 (1660-1738) .


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神戸市 Kobe 東灘区 Higashinada ward

Yakushi Ishi 薬師石 Yakushi Stone
Near West Hirano Village 西平野村 in the direction of Daibutsuhara 大仏原 there is an old Kofun in the pine grove. In the hall is a "Yakushi Stone" 薬師石.
Once a carpenter 大工 wanted to build a house and this stone was in his way, so he wanted to dig it up. But things did not go so smooth. The carpenter was dead from a stomach illness withing three days.
So a statue of Yakushi Nyorai was placed before it to appease the stone.

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Raijin and Yakushi sama 雷神と薬師様
Once upon a time
the God of Lightning fell into a tree, but Yakushi got hold of him, before much damage happened.
Since that time there are no more lightning accidents in 有馬 Arima.


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神戸市 Kobe　西区　Nishi ward

Taisanji 太山寺 / たいさんじ Taisan-Ji (Daisen-Ji)
The statue of 播州明石郡大山寺 Yakushi Nyorai of this temple always started to sweat very much shortly before a disaster would happen in Japan, in order to warn the people.

Sanshinzan Taisan-ji 三身山太山寺
It was established on orders of Empress Gensho in 716, who had a dream about Yakushi Nyorai.

. Genshō Tennō 元正天皇 and Yakushi Nyorai .
and the 勅願寺 Chokugan-Ji, "Imperial Temples".



- Homepage of temple Taisan-Ji
- reference source : do-main.co.jp/taisanji -
Pilgrim Temple Nr. 1 of the Banshu Yakushi Temples 播州薬師第一番霊場
and on four other pilgrim routes in the region.

. 播州薬師霊場 Yakushi pilgrim temples in Banshu / Harima / Hyogo .

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Fudodo 不動堂 Fudo-Do, Bunzo
文蔵薬師堂 Bunzo Yakushi-Do 文蔵不動堂 Bunzo Fudo Hall

さいたま市南区文蔵4-7-5 / Saitama city Minami ward, Bunzo

The date of the founding is not clear.
In the Edo period, there were two temples in Bunzo -
歓養院 Kanki-In and 圓乗院 / 円乗院 Enjo-In.
At the Temple Kanki-In there was 不動堂 a Hall for Fudo Myo-O and 地蔵堂 a Hall for Jizo Bosatsu.
At the Temple Enjo-In there was Yakushi-Do 薬師堂 a Hall for Yakushi Nyorai.
Beside the Statue of Yakushi there is a statue of a seated Fudo Myo-O 不動尊座像, about 30 cm high.
On the left side is 地蔵尊 a Statue of Jizo Bosatsu.

In the compound is a group of 6 Jizo statues 文蔵薬師堂六地蔵尊.

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Also on the following pilgrimages :

. Adachi 12 Yakushi Pilgrimage 武蔵薬師足立十二札所 Buso Yakushi - South . - Nr. 01 South

. Bushu Adachi 100 Fudo 武州足立百不動尊霊場 . - Nr. 75

. Kita-Adachi 88 Fudo Temples 北足立八十八ヵ所霊場 . - Nr. 58

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- - - - - Reference of the Temple
- source : google
- reference source : tesshow -
- reference source : hanaetabi.fc2web.com/hudou/index ... -
- reference source : nippon-reijo.jimdofree ... -

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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from 京都 Kyoto　


勝持寺 Shoo-Ji - お薬摘む薬師
(西国四十九薬師巡礼 Nr. 42)

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. Inaba Yakushi 因幡薬師 Yakushi from Inaba .
Byoodooji 平等寺 Byodo-Ji　－　五条高倉薬師堂 Gojo Takakura Yakushi Do .
Medicine Master Buddha: The Iconic Worship of Yakushi in Heian Japan


. Tako Yakushi 蛸薬師 Octopus Yakushi .
Temple 永福寺 Eifuku-Ji
京都市中京区新京極蛸薬師東側町503


京都十二薬師霊場 / 洛陽十二薬師
. Pilgrimage to 12 Yakushi Temples in Kyoto .

kuwagata Yakushi 鍬形薬師 Yakushi with a cut of a hoe
temple 大超寺 Daicho-Ji


The statue was found by a farmer plowing his fields, it shows the impression of his kuwa 鍬 hoe on the back.


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kane no oto 鐘の音 the sound of the bell
Near the 火葬場 crematory there was a 薬師堂 Yakushi Do Hall. People say there were a lot of gold coins buried there. In a quiet night the sound of a bell was heard from below the Yakushi hall.


kuruma-kaeshi no O-Yakushi san 車返のお薬師さん Yakushi stopped the transport
On orders of the Kamakura government a very precious statue of Yakushi was to be brought to 奥州平泉 Hiraizumi. But on the way at 白糸 Shiraito the cr with the statue on it could not be moved any more. So the people thought that Yakushi had chosen this place for himself and built a hall there to venerate him.

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tsuchinoko hebi 槌の子蛇 hammerspawn
Hammerspawns had been sighted at various spots in Kyoto:
In Northern Kyoto, 雲ケ畑 Kumogabata at the 薬師峠 Yakushi pass, at 沢の池 Sawanoike, at 老ノ坂峠 Oinosaka Pass
. at 京都清滝不動院 Kiyotaki Fudo-In .


Yakushi Tooge 薬師峠 Yakushi Toge pass

. tsuchinoko 槌の子 hammerspawn .
a legendary snake-like cryptid from Japan

- reference : Yakushi Toge in Japan -

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亀岡市 Kameoka

Yakushido no kane 薬師堂の鐘 the bell of the Yakushi Do Hall
When villagers buried the bell of the Yakushi Do Hall at the upper waterfall of the river 蛇谷川 Jadanigawa, it begun to rain immediately and the drought was over.


Yakushi Butsuzoo 薬師,仏像
About 200 years ago, during a flooding, a buddha statue came floating down the river. People thought it was Yakushi and venerated it.
Most people in the village stayed healthy after that.


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中京区 Nakagyo

. tengu no tsume 天狗の爪 nails of a Tengu .
shown at Temple 丹州国分寺 Kokubun-Ji


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南丹市 Nantan

薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai
If people make a wish for healing at the Yakushi Do Hall at the temple 成就院 Joju-In, people hard of hearing will certainly be healed. To show their gratitude, they have to make an offering. They must find a stone with a hole, place a thread or a mizuhiki 水引 ceremonial paper cord around it and offer it.


kyuuri kaji 胡瓜加持 ritual for cucumber purification, cucumber blessing
At the Yakushi Do Hall people come to get a purified cucumber, take it home and each member of the family has to take a bite. The rest will be buried under the beams of the house to prevent people from getting ill during the year.



. kyuuri fuuji きゅうり封じ / 胡瓜封じ cucumber ritual .


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与謝郡 Yosa district 野田川町 Nodagawa

. muchi yakushi 鞭薬師 "whip Yakushi" .
麻呂子親王 Prince Maroko Shinno carved seven statues of Yakushi Nyorai ...



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- - - - - Legends from other prefectures, related to Kyoto

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Aichi 愛知県 / 名古屋市 Nagoya 熱田区 Atsuta

. 大薬師の鬼祭 "Festival of the Demons of Yakushi Nyorai" .
高蔵不動院 Takakura Fudo-In


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Shimane 島根県 / 邇摩郡 Nima district

. Yakushi no men 薬師の面 mask of Yakushi .
at the tempel 山田寺 Yamadadera


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Wakayama 和歌山県 / 日高郡 Hidaka district みなべ町 Manabe

O-Ryuu Yanagi おりゅう柳 The Willow Tree O-Ryu
. Sanjusan Gendo Hall and 柳のお加持 "Rite of the Willow" .
and the legend of O-Ryu.

A willow tree from 熊野川町 Kumanogawa village had been cut down and should be shipped to Kyoto for the building of the Sanjusan Gendo Hall.
The tree was very large and could not float down the river smoothly. There appeared the spirit of a woman and helped pulling the tree downriver. But the place where the tree had been cut was now cursed
and the villagers venerated 十二薬師 12 Yakushi statues there.

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -


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Tooji 東寺 To-Ji - Yakushi Do Hall


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- - - - - More temples with statues of Yakushi Nyorai in Kyoto

一様院 Ichiyo-In, 大宮薬師山東町16

神護寺 Jingo-Ji, 高雄山 Takao-San

教王護国寺 Kyoo-O Gokoku-Ji

来迎院 Raigo-In

三宝院 Sanbo-In, 醍醐寺 Daigo-Ji 塔頭 三宝院

- reference source : yaokami.jp/kyoto -

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. Yakushi Nyorai Pilgrimages 薬師霊場巡り - Introduction .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

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