2017/01/16

Gofunai temples 24 and 25

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From here starts the second part of the Shikoku Pilgrimage to 16 temples
土佐(高知)修行の道場 -- shugyo austerities - Kochi Tosa



. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路  .

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Nr. 24 - Saishooji 最勝寺 Saisho-Ji

- 高天山 Kotenzan 大徳院 Daitoku-In  最勝寺 Saisho-Ji
新宿区上落合3-4-12 / 3 Chome-4-12 Kamiochiai, Shinjuku
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was probably founded in the Kamakura period on request of 北条時頼 Hojo Tokiyori (1227 - 1263)
It was revitalized around 1750 by 正等和尚 priest Shoto Osho (1703-1774), who's grave is at
Gofunai Temple 31, 多聞院 Tamon-In.
The main statue is 釈迦牟尼如来 Shakamuni Nyorai.
In the Edo period it was related to the shrines 中井御霊神社 and
下落合東山藤稲荷神社 Kami-Ochiai Higashiyama Fuji Inari Jinja.
After the Meiji restauration it was related to 内藤新宿花園神社 Naito Shinjuku Hanasono Jinja
with a Hall for Kobo Daishi at 三光院 Sanko-In.

In spring a famous shidarezakura 枝垂桜 hanging cherry tree decorates the compound.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 最御崎寺 Hotsumisaki-Ji in Shikoku :
明星の出でぬる方の東寺 暗き迷いはなどかあらまじ
Myōjō no idenuru kata no higashidera kurakimayoi wa nadoka aramashi


. 室戸山 Murotozan 明星院 Myosho-In 最御崎寺 Hotsumisaki-Ji / Shikoku .

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- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


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

. Introduction of Shaka Nyorai .

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In the compound of the temple
. Shichifukujin 七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck .

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Nr. 25 - Choorakuji 長楽寺 Choraku-Ji

- 六所山 Rokujozan 長命院 Chomei-In 長楽寺 Choraku-Ji
日野市程久保8-49-1 (旧角筈村)/ 8 Chome-49-1 Hodokubo, Hino-shi, Tōkyō (former Tsunohazu village)
(close to Tama Dobutsu Koen 多摩動物公園 Tama Zoological Park)
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded in 1620 by 頼音和尚 Priest Raion.
The main statue is 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O. The statue has been brought to Japan from China by Kobo Daishi.
The Statue of Kobo Daishi is venerated as yakuyoke Daishi 厄除大師 Daishi to protect from evil influence and disaster.

The temple was first erected in 1620 on behalf of the governor 渡辺与兵衛 Watanabe Yohei as a huge compound with many buildings, at Tsunohazu.
Shogun 徳川家綱 Tokugawa Ietsuna (1641 - 1680) on his way to pray at the shrine 大国魂神社 Okunitama Jinja. When he passed here, he stopped and wrote the name Rokujozan with his own pen.
The temple was lost in the Second World War and relocated to its present place in 1960. It was a long-lasting reconstruction, now including the buildings
本堂 Main Hall, 阿弥陀堂Amida hall, 鎮守 Hall for the Regional Kami deity,
地蔵堂 Jizo Hall (with a kosodate Jizo 子育て地蔵 to pray for the upbringing of children),
事務所 temple office, 鐘楼 bell tower, 客殿 guest hall , 庫裡 temple kitchen and others.
The temple is related to 長谷寺(奈良県)Hasedera in Nara.

. 大国魂神社 Okunitama Jinja .
rokusho matsuri 六所祭 "festival at six places"

. Hasedera 長谷寺 - Sakurai, Nara .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 津照寺 Shinsho-Ji in Shikoku :
法の舟入るか出るかこの津寺 迷うわが身をのせてたまえや
Nori no fune iru ka izuru ka kono Tsudera mayou wagami o nosete tamae ya


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shiawase kozoo しあわせ小僧 a young acolyte to bring happiness

To become happy, the pilgrim has to stand in front of the statue and adjust his hands in prayer
so that the wrinkles of the hands (shiwa 皺) meet (awase 合わせ).
This is a pun with shiwa awase - shiawase.

- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/tama/hino

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Jizo Bosatsu on the slope up to the temple.

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Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was fond of 角筈 Tsunohazu:


角筈熊野十二社 Tsunohazu Kumano Junisha 12 Shrines

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Tsunohazumura 角筈村 熊野十二所権現社 Tsunohazu village
Jūnisho Gongen no Yashiro Shrine in Nishi-Shinjuku 2-chōme, Shinjuku Ward
is said to have been established by a certain 鈴木九郎 Suzuki Kurō,
who arrived in the area from Kishū Kumano (in modern Wakayama Prefecture) during Ōei era (1394-1428).
The shrine was said to house all the Gongen (the manifestations of the Buddha)
that could be found at the 12 locations of the Kumano Sanzan
(consisting of the three major shrines of Kumano Hongu Taisha,
Kumano Hayatama Taisha and Kumano Nachi Taisha).
In Edo times, teashops and restaurants were built in the vicinity of the shrine,
and the area became known as one of the great scenic spots on the city's outskirts.
. source : Tokyo Metropolitan Library .


The Kumano Shrine and the Pond of the Twelve Shrines at Tsunohazu in Yotsuya
(Yotsuya Tsunohazu Jûnisô ike Kumano yashiro)

. Tsunohazu 角筈 .
Now called Nishi-Shinjuku (西新宿, 'West Shinjuku')


. Gofunai Nr. 84 - Myoo-In 明王院 Myo-O-In .
yakuyoke Daishi 厄除大師

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. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

. Shikoku Henro Temple List 四国遍路  .

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2017/01/14

Gofunai temples 22 and 23

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Nr. 22 - Nanzooin 南蔵院 Nanzo-In

- 天谷山 Tengokuzan 南蔵院 Nanzo-In 竜福寺 Ryufuku-Ji
新宿区箪笥町42 / 42 Tansumachi, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded in 1615 by 正胤法印 priest Masatsugu on behalf of 牛込勝重 Ushigome Katsushige, the lord of Ushigome Castle.
The main statue is 千手観世音菩薩 Kannon with 1000 arms.

In the beginning there were two statues of 弁財天 Benzaiten in two sanctuaries.
In 1681, the 上宮 Upper Sanctuary had to be relocated and was then re-named. The other statue of Benten was relocated to temple 宗参寺 and gave rise to the district named 弁天町 Benten-Cho.
In the Edo period, people who made weapons (at that time called tansu 箪笥) begun to live close to the temple.
The present main hall was erected in 1984.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 平等寺 Byodo-Ji in Shikoku :
平等にへだてのなきと聞く時は あらたのもしき仏とぞみる
Byōdō ni hedate no naki to kiku toki wa ara tanomoshiki hotoke to zo miru



- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/funai88


南蔵院歓喜天堂 Hall for Kankiten

. Kankiten (Kangiten) 歓喜天, Shooten 聖天 Ganesh.

. Introduction of Kannon Bosatsu .

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Tansumachi 箪笥町 / Koishikawa Gotansu Machi 小石川御箪笥町



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In the Edo Period the general term for the arms, armor, and ordnance of the shōgunate was 箪笥 tansu.

In 1713, this area was entrusted to a local magistracy and a 町 machi town was developed. The original name of the town was 牛込御箪笥町 Ushigome go-tansu machi. By the way, 御箪笥 go-tansu is the honorific term for 箪笥 tansu.

The title of the magistrate who oversaw the private arsenals of the shōgunate was tansu bugyō 簞笥奉行 Tansu Bugyo. His office managed the full sets of armor, bows and arrows, and lances of the shōgunate. The people who worked under this office weren’t only in charge of weapons, though.
The broad office title of 御納戸役 o-nandoyaku store room service referred to the mid-level samurai who would fetch and file and take inventory and maintain the clothes, supplies and furniture of the shōgunal family. They might also do the day to day work of managing the transactions of the shōgunal coffers. When gifts had to be given to lords or foreign emissaries, these were the samurai clerks who made it happen.
Whether the magistrate or the warehouses themselves were in this area isn’t really important. The name derives from the fact that dormitories, 武家屋敷長屋 buke yashiki nagaya long houses, and the homes of other officials associated with this type of work were based here. So while this name is confusing to us now, in the Edo Period it was a way of designating what work and what class of samurai were living in the area.
A samurai clerk of this level would make a stipend of 100-200 koku.
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春立つやぶらり牛込箪笥町
haru tatsu ya burari Ushigome Tansumachi

spring begins -
I take a leisurely walk in Ushigome
Tansumachi town


赤瀬川昌彦 Akasegawa Masahiko

. tansu 箪笥 / 簞笥 -- たんす chest of drawers .

. Ushigome 牛込 in Edo .

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Nr. 23 - 薬研堀不動院 Yagenbori Fudo-In

- 川崎大師東京別院 Kawasaki Daishi Tokyo Betsu-In
中央区東日本橋2-6-8 / 2 Chome-6-8 Higashinihonbashi, Chūō ward
Shingon Sect : 智山派



This temple was founded in 1585 by 大印僧都 Daiin Sozu.
The main statue is Tsuzura Fudo Myo-O 葛籠不動明王 "Fudo in a wicker box".
This is one of the Three Great Fudo Statues of Edo 江戸三大不動.

The Fudo statue had been carved by the venerable priest
. 興教大師覚鑁 Kogyo Daishi Kakuban (1095 - 1143) .
at the temple 根来寺 Negoro-Ji in Wakayama.
Priest Daiin had packed this statue in a wicker box and carried it all the way to Kanto after Toyotomi Hideyoshi had burned the temple Negoro-Ji in 1585. He found this place suitable and built a temple for the statue.
After many ups and downs, in 1892, this temple became a special temple to 真言宗智山派大本山川崎大師平間寺 Kawasaki Daishi Heiken-Ji.

. Kawasaki Daishi 川崎大師 .
Founded in 1128, it is the headquarters of the Chizan sect of Shingon Buddhism.



江戸名所図会 Edo Meisho Zue - Yagenbori and Fudo Temple

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji . in Shikoku :
皆人のやみぬる年の薬王寺 るりの薬をあたへまします
Mina hito no yaminuru toshi no Yakuōji ruri no kusuri o ataemashimasu


. 医王山 Iozan 無量寿院 Muryoju-In 薬王寺 Yakuo-Ji .

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- Homepage of the temple
- source : kawasakidaishi.com/about

- Also part of the following pilgrimages:
. 関東三十六不動 36 Fudo Temples in Kanto . - Nr. 21.

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葛籠不動明王 Tsuzura Fudo Myo-O "in a wicker box"
. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja – Fudo Myoo .



. Three Most Famous Fudo 三大不動尊 in Japan .

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Yagenbori 薬研堀 "Yagen Canal" in Edo

CLICK for more photos Yagen is a chemist's or doctor's mortar form which is like a V, deep and small, to crush medicine. The canals in Edo were often in this form.

Yagen Shichimi Togarashi - special red pepper from Yagenbori
Yagenbori in Edo is in Asakusa, an old center of entertainment.
A medicine dealer of the area (Yagenbori), more than 400 years ago, began to mix these ingredients to serve as condiments to go with noodles and other Edo food. It can be mixed to be very hot, medium or rather mild.
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Yagen red pepper containers

. shichimi toogarashi 七味唐辛子 "seven flavors and red pepper" .

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Temple of Fudô at Yagenbori (Yagenbori Fudôson やけんぼり 不動尊)
Utagawa Kunisada I (Toyokuni III) (1786 – 1864)

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This is the end of the first part of the Shikoku Pilgrimage to 23 temples
阿波(徳島)発心の道場 -- hosshin awakening - Tokushima Awa



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. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

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2017/01/12

Gofunai temples 20 and 21

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Nr. 20 - Kyooshooin 鏡照院 Kyosho-In

- 身代山 Migawari san 玉泉寺 Gyokusen-Ji  鏡照院 Kyosho-In
港区西新橋3-14-3 / 3 Chome-14-3 Nishishinbashi, Minato ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗系 単立



The founding of this temple is not clear, maybe around 1400, on request of Emperor 後小松天皇 Gokomatsu Tenno (1377 - 1433).
The main statue is 身代不動明王 Migawari Fudo, said to be carved by Kobo Daishi.
Related to the shrine 愛宕神社 Atago Jinja.

In 1614, priest 宥俊和尚 Yushun came from Hitachi and founded a temple at 愛宕町 Atago village in Edo (愛宕下 Atago no shita).
The temple was close to 徳川家康 Tokugawa Ieyasu, who offered a statue of 将軍地蔵尊 Shogun Jizo for the Inner Sanctuary.
In 1889 a statue of 高尾山飯綱不動明王 Iizuna Fudo Myo-O was offered from Takaozan.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 鶴林寺 Kakurin-Ji in Shikoku :
しげりつる鶴の林をしるべにて 大師ぞゐます地蔵帝釈
Shigeritsuru tsuru no hayashi o shirube nite Daishizo imasu Jizō taishaku


. 霊鷲山 Ryojuzan 宝珠院 Hoju-In 鶴林寺 Kakurin-Ji - Shikoku .


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




.Migawari Fudoo 身代わり不動尊 Fudo as Substitute
Vicarious Protector .

wagami no kawari ni わが身の代わりに "instead of my own body"
To help people in distress and protect from disaster and catastrophies.

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. Shōgun Jizō 将軍地蔵 Shogun Jizo, General Jizo .
Victorious Jizō, Battle-Field Protector, Jizo as war god 軍神 gunshin
It is not clear when Shōgun Jizō appeared on the Kyoto side of Mt. Atago as the “true ground ” (honji butsu 本地仏) of Atago Daigongen 愛宕大権現...

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愛宕下藪小路 Atago no shita, Atagoshita, Yabu no Koji



This was the name for a low-lying area from present day Minato Ward Shinbashi to Nishi Shinbashi, sandwiched between the east side of 愛宕山 Mt. Atago and the Tokaido Highway.
There were a large number of Daimyo (feudal lords) residences, including the residence of Tamura Takeaki (Ukyo Dayu) the first head of the Ichinoseki Clan who carried out the seppuku of Ako Clan head Asano Naganori (Takumi no Kami) who perpetrated the incident of the attack within Edo Castle which resulted in series of events involving the 47 Ronin, as well as the residence of Toyama Kagemoto famous from the novel 遠山の金さん "Toyama no Kin san".
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Nr. 21 - Toofukuin 東福院 Tofuku-In

- 宝珠山 Hojuzan 遍照殿 Henjo-Den 東福院 Tofuku-In
新宿区若葉2-2-6 / 2 Chome-2 Wakaba, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 真言宗



This temple was founded in 1575 by 祐賢法印 priest Sukekata.
The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

The temple was first founded in 1611 in 麹町9丁目横町 Kojimachi and moved to its present location in 1634.
Since it was added to the Gofunai pilgrimage, a 門前町屋 Monzenmachi "pilgrims town" thrived.

豆腐地蔵 Tofu Bean Curd Jizo at Tofuku-in Temple

"The Tofu guardian deity of children" stands near the House of Aizome, right to the entrance facing Tofuku-in.
The statue of Tofu Jizo is about 107 centimeters high. There is the following legend about its origin:


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Once upon a time there lived a Tofu bean curd maker with wicked heart nearby.
Then all of a sudden, every day a Buddhist priest came to buy a piece of Tofu and put his money in the bamboo box. But when the Tofu maker looked at the money the next day, it had always turned into a piece of star anise. The man thought the priest must be a Tanuki or a Fox playing tricks on him, so the next time the priest stretched out his hand to put the money in the box, the wicked Tofu maker cut his hand with his long knife. The priest run away fast. The wicked Tofu maker hen followed the blood stains on the road and came to the gate of Tofuku-In, where a statue of Jizo Bosatsu was venerated and now had a bleeding arm.
Finally the wicked Tofu maker understood that Jizo wanted to teach him a lesson and from that day on, he became an honest businessman.



The main statue is in the back of the temple. A stone substitute is outside.
Nowadays people come here to rub the hand or arm of the Jizo statue, with the hope to heal their own wounds and get rid of pain.

. Jizō - Jizo Bosatsu 地蔵菩薩 - Introduction .

. Tofu bean curd (豆腐 tofu, toofu, dofu) .

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 太龍寺 Tairyu-Ji in Shikoku :
太龍の常に住むぞや げに岩屋 舎心聞持は守護のためなり
Tairyū no tsune ni sumuzoya ke ni iwaya shashin monji wa shugo no tame nari


. Shashinzan 舎心山 常住院 太龍寺 Tairyu-Ji - Shikoku .

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


. Introduction of Dainichi Nyorai .

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. Gyoki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 (668 - 749) Saint Gyōki .

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. Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 Pilgrimage to 88 Henro Temples in Edo .
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Gofunai temples 18 and 19

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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. 18 - Aizenin 愛染院 Aizen-In

- 獨鈷山 Dokkozan 愛染院 Aizen-In  光明寺 Komyo-Ji
新宿区若葉2-8-3 / 2 Chome-8-3 Wakaba, Shinjuku ward
Shingon Sect : 豊山派



This temple was founded around 1580 by 正済上人 Saint Masanari.
The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.

In 1634 it was moved from 麹町 Kojimachi to its present location. The main statue is Aizen Myo-0, but this statue is secret.

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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 恩山寺 Onzan-Ji in Shikoku :
子を生めるその父母の恩山寺 訪らいがたきことはあらじな
Ko o umeru sono chichihaha no Onzanji toburaigataki koto wa arajina


- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :
This stamp is only given to holders of the Pilgrims stamp book. For other visitors there is a rubber stamp to "do it yourself".



- In the compound are the graves of
高松喜六 Takamatsu Kiroku (? - 1713)
塙保己一 Hanawa Hokiichi, Hoki-Ichi (1746 - 1821)


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

. 母養山 Boyozan 宝樹院 Hoju-In 恩山寺 Onzan-Ji .

. Introduction of Dainichi Nyorai .

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. 高松喜六 Takamatsu Kiroku (? - 1713)  .
the "founding father of Naitō-Shinjuku 内藤新宿 Naito Shinjuku".

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塙保己一 Hanawa Hokiichi, Hoki-Ichi (1746 - 1821)
(23 June 1746 – 7 October 1821)



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a Japanese famous blind scholar and Buddhist monk of the Edo period.
Hokiichi became blind when he was 5 years old.
He learned history, literature, medical science and jurisprudence from several masters. One of them was Kamo no Mabuchi. Hokiichi compiled "Gunsho Ruijyu" (群書類従 Great collection of old documents).
In 1937,
Helen Keller came to Japan and visited Hokkiichi's memorial house. She expressed her impression as follows:
"When I was a child, my mother told me that Mr.Hanawa was your role model. To visit this place and touch his statue was the significant event during this trip to Japan. The worn desk and the statue facing down earned more respect of him. I believe that his name would pass down from generation to generation like a stream of water.
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His memorial day is a kigo for Autumn.
. Hokiichi Ki 保己一忌 (ほきいちき) .


わが生れ本の神田や保己一忌
waga umare hon no kanda ya Hokiichi ki

I was born
in the book town of Kanda -
Hokiichi memorial day


池上不二子 Ikegami Fujiko (1909 - 1999)


百姓の耳学問や保己一忌
hyakushoo no mimigakumon ya Hokiichi ki

中火臣 Naka Kashin (1912 - )

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"He listened with his eyes, he read with his ears!"
マンガ 塙保己一    -目で聞き、耳で読んだ
source : onkogakkai.com/manga_hokiichi


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Nr. 19 - Shoorenji 青蓮寺 Shoren-Ji

- 瑠璃光山 Rurikozan 清光院 Seiko-In 青蓮寺 Shoren-Ji
板橋区成増4-36-2 / 4 Chome-36-2 Narimasu, Itabashi ward
Shingon Sect : 智山派



This temple was founded by 円宗大和尚 High Priest Enshu.
The main statue is 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai, from the Muromachi period.
Related to the shrine 菅原神社 Sugawara Jinja.

The original temple might have been near 弁天塚 Bentenzuka and been relocated to its present place due to water damage in 1693.
It was destroyed during the Great Tokyo Earthquake and relocated to the former temple 清光院 Seiko-In.
The main hall was renovated in 1959.
In the main hall are two statues of Kobo Daishi.


The gate is famous for its cherry tree in the spring time.

This temple was the first of the 江戸四ヶ寺 "four important temples of Edo" of the sect 新義真言宗 Shingi Shingon-Shu.
The other three are
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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- ご詠歌 - chant of the temple 立江寺 Tatsue-Ji in Shikoku :
いつかさて西のすまいのわが立江 弘誓の舟に乗りていたらむ
Itsukasate nishi no sumai no waga Tatsue kuzei no fune ni norite itaran


- 朱印 - stamp of the temple :


- Also part of the following pilgrimages:
豊島八十八ヶ所 - Nr. 77 of the Toshima pilgrimage.
. 荒川辺八十八ヶ所 - Nr. 86 of the Arakawa Henro pilgrimage. .

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

. 橋池山 Kyochizan 摩尼院 Mani-In 立江寺 Tatsue-Ji .

. Introduction of Yakushi Nyorai .

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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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