Priest Zenkai

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Zenkai 禅海 Priest Zenkai
(?1691 / ?1687 - 1774)
A priest of the 曹洞宗 Soto Zen Sect.
He was the child of 越後国高田藩士 the Lord Takada from Echigo.
His boyhood name was 福原市九郎 Fukuhara Ichikuro.
His full priest name was 真如庵禅海　Shinnyo-An Zenkai.
He became a priest after both his parents had died. He left home and walked around the country.
In 1715 he took the name of Zenkai.
He is known for digging a tunnel in Oita, the Aonodomon in the gorge 耶馬渓 Yabakei.
He stayed at the temple 羅漢寺 Rakan-Ji in Bungo, when he learned about the dangerous route along 青野渡 Aonodo, where people and horses often lost their lives.
He begun to dig a tunnel for a safer passage in this area around 1730, with the permission of
豊前国中津藩主 the Lord of the Nakatsu Domain in Bungo.
With the help of local villagers and other Daimyo from Kyushu the work was completed within about 30 years.

Once it was finished, the villagers took money from the people who used the tunnel, it was the first toll road in Japan.


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source and more photos : japanmystery.com/ooita/domon...

This place is mentioned in the famous novel about Zenkai:
Onshu no kanata ni 『恩讐の彼方に』
by Kikuchi Kan 菊池寛 (1888 - 1948)
In the novel the hero is called 了海 Ryokai.



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- 歌川広重 Hiroshige - 青の洞門（あおのどうもん）

Aonodōmon (青の洞門 meaning "blue tunnel")
is a tourist attraction located in the gorge of Yabakei, now part of Nakatsu City, in Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Legend has it that before the tunnel was built, people had to climb over the cliffs through which the tunnel is built to reach an important local shrine. The path was very dangerous and people regularly fell to their deaths.
During the Edo period, a Buddhist monk named Zenkai, who had committed a murder in his earlier life, decided to build a safe passage for worshipers in order to atone for his crime. Beginning at the age of 49, he dedicated 30 years of his life to digging the 185 metre tunnel by hand, using only a hammer and chisel.
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青の洞門
お静(しず)の夫を殺害した福原市九郎(ふくはら・いちくろう)は、ついには一緒に逃亡していたお静までも殺し、地獄に堕ちて苦しめられる妄想に囚われる。その後、行き倒れた彼を介抱してくれた幼女の優しさに心打たれた市九郎は、自分が死ぬ夢を見て、運命に身をまかせて彷徨い歩く。そして痩せこけて衰弱した市九郎は、かつて彼の運命を予言した僧侶と再会して……!?僧侶となった市九郎が行き着く先とは?「青の洞門」...
数奇な運命に翻弄されながらも“青の洞門"を掘り抜いた僧侶の生涯を、鬼才・ジョージ秋山が大胆に描き上げた歴史大作。通りすがりの僧侶から「おぬしの生涯は不吉な血で染められる」と予告された少年・福原市九郎(ふくはら・いちくろう)。
その後、親友から斬りつけられる夢を見た市九郎は、それが現実になった事に驚愕する。そして母親が何者かに殺される夢を見た市九郎は……!?
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禅海和尚 clay bell of Zenkai
from Oita
source : eonet.ne.jp/~i-kimoto/Furusato...


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米焼酎 25度 禅海 720ml Shochu Shnaps drink
made by 旭酒造 Asahi Shuzo


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The gorge of Yabakei (耶馬渓)
is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty spanning the municipalities of Kusu and Nakatsu in Ōita Prefecture, Japan.
Located within Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Park, it was selected as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan during the Shōwa era. Yabakei was formerly the name of a town, but was merged into Nakatsu Municipality in 2005. 　According to Fire and Disaster Management Agency of Japan, official confirmed report, in despite the absence of rain, suddenly landslides occurred on the mountain slope, three houses were buried in the place and six person were lives on 11 April 2018.
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................................................................................. Fukui 福井県　
福井市 Fukui city

. ryuutoo 龍燈 / 龍灯 / 竜灯 と伝説 Legends about Ryuto, "Dragon Lantern" .
When 禅海上人 Saint Zenkai arrived near 糸崎浦 Itoizaki inlay on kame 亀 a turtle, the villagers saw a strange light on the sea. When they pulled it out, it was a statue of 観音 Kannon Bosatsu, so they placed the statue in the local temple.


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................................................................................. Oita 大分県　
耶馬渓町 Yabakei town

Kannnon no zo 観音の像 a statue of Kannon Bosatsu
Near the Yabakei gorge lived a woman who always prayed piously to 観音 Kannon Bosatsu.
One day she was almost killed by somebody, but the statue of Kannon appeared and took the deadly cut instead.
Maybe thel priest of the temple made up this story to attract more people . . . anyway . . .

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. Kumohachiman 雲八幡宮 Kumo-Hachiman Shrine at Yabakei .
and the Kappa Festival

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Hannya Shingyo Sutra

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Hannya Shingyoo 般若心経 Hanya Shingyo Heart Sutra
（はんにゃしんぎょう）

Each letter of the Hanya Sutra is a Buddha in itself.




. 般若心経 Hannya Shinkyo, Hannya Shingyo, Hanya Shinkyo, Hanya shingyo .
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. o-kyoo お経 O-Kyo Sutras .
kigo and Haiku - shakyoo 写経 Shakyo, copying Sutras

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Tenkooji 天光寺 Tenko-Ji
東京都西多摩郡檜原村字本宿801-2 //Motoshuku, Hinohara, Nishitama District, Tokyo


yakuyoke, mayoke 厄除け . 魔除け with Fudo Myo-O 不動尊札
Fudo Myo-O holds the goma no ken 降魔の剣 sword of conquering evil.
So his amulet is especially helpful.
On the back is a script of the Hanya Shikyo Sutra 般若心経.

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This Sutra is often recited if someone is bewitched or possessed by a fox or Tanuki.

. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends キツネ .

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢　－ racoon dog, badger legends .

. kori 狐狸と伝説 Legends about fox and Tanuki badger .

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................................................................................. Ehime 愛媛県　
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伊予市 Iyo city

ame no hi 雨の日 a rainy day
Once the road to a temple in Iyo had a landslide and one woman had died in the disaster.
Later another group of women passed this road on a rainy day and suddenly one of them flet her umbrella to become very heavy. She stabbed it with her tsue 杖 walking staff and it became light again, but soon afterwards, it felt heavy. That evening all the women recited the Heart Sutra many times and the woman felt much better.




................................................................................. Hiroshima 広島県　
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宮島町 Miyajima town

. ayakashi あやかし something suspicious .
山の神 the voice of Yamanokami




................................................................................. Kagawa 香川県　
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山本町 Yamamoto cho town

. kanashibari カナシバリ / 金縛り "bound in metal" - unable to move .
bewitched by a fox or badger




................................................................................. Nara 奈良県　
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吉野郡 Yoshino district

. En-no-Gyôja 役行者 En no Gyoja . The Founder of Shugendo
shoojinbutsu 生身仏 a living Buddha
When En no Gyoja was still practising austerities, he climbed 金峰山 Mount Kinpusen in Yoshino and hoped to find a honzon 本尊 Main Deity.
He recited the Heart Sutra for 17 days, when 地蔵菩薩 Jizo Bosatsu showed up. Jizo is a Bosatsu with a most merciful gentle face, but En no Gyoja thought that was not what he needed to bring peace to the world and threw the statue down the valley to the West. This Jizo flew all the way to 大山 Mount Daisen in Tottori and became the honzon 本尊 main statue there.
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fox and Tanuki
If someone walks in the forest and chants the Heart Sutra, he will not be bewitched by a fox or Tanuki.
Even if an ookami 狼 wolf and one chants the Heart Sutra, the wolf will pass by without doing any harm.

. ookami 狼と伝説 Okami, wolf legends .




................................................................................. Oita 大分県　
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. タチアイの風 "tachiai no kaze" wind of the gods .
イキアヒの風 "ikiahi no kaze" or toorigami 通り神 / トホリ神 (通神 kayougami)




................................................................................. Okayama 岡山県　
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小田郡 Oda district

Once a pious person became bewitched by a fox and called for help to get rid of it. A healer begun to recite the Heart Sutra many times, but it did not help.
So he begun to recite darani 佗羅尼 / 陀羅尼 mantras and performed choobuku 調伏 exorcist rituals until the man was healed.




................................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県　
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蕨市 Warabi city

There is a ritual for the Inari fox deity ((稲荷神 tookami トウカミ).
One man with blindfold eyes sits in the middle, holding a heisoku 幣束 ritual wand.
The people around him are chanting the Heart Sutra without a pause. When the deity has possessed the man, he begins to tremble.
Now they spent the whole night to ask him questions about the future and their good or bad luck. Questions about their fields and the harvest are most frequent.

. Inarigami 稲荷神 Deity to protect silkworms .




................................................................................. Wakayama 和歌山県　
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田辺市 Tanabe city

The great-grandfather of 和田氏 Mister Wada called 熊吉 Kumakichi, went to 栗栖川 Kurisugawa to buy oil and fish. On his way back his luggage begun to get more and more heavy and finally he could not eve move. He thought he was bewitched by a fox and begun to recite the Heart Sutra. Soon he felt better and found his way home.




................................................................................. Yamagata 山形県　

A young woman of 27 years, not yet married, was bewitched by a fox.
A priest and his helpers performed exorcist rituals for four and one half hours, but the fox was still there.
Now they begun to recite the Heart Sutra backwards and shot arrows in the four directions. Finally the fox was gone and the woman came back to her senses.


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
般若心経 - OK
21 心経 (00)

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kuyoo Kuyo memorial service

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kuyoo 供養 Kuyo, memorial service

kuyoozuka 供養塚 memorial mound
not only for humans but for other living beings


memorial mound for fish, by the sea, erected by the local fishermen to appease the souls.
. kuyoo 供養 Kuyo Memorial Service .
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. Ako Roshi Memorial tower 赤穂浪士 供養塔 .

. Fukan 贈大教普寛霊尊供養塔 priest Fukan Kuyo tower .

. goma kuyoo 護摩供養 fire memorial service - Fudo Myo-O. *

. inu no kuyoo ike 犬の供養池 Kuyo pond for dogs .

. juzu kuyoo 珠数供養 Kuyo for a rosary .

. Nijuugo Bosatsu nerikuyoo 二十五菩薩練供養 25 Bosatsu ritual parade .
at temple 誕生寺 Tanjo-Ji, Okayama, for 法然上人 Saint Honen Shonin

. rokubu kuyoo too 六十六部供養塔 Kuyo-To, memorial tower for Rokubo pilgrims .


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udon kuyoo うどん供養 memorial service for Udon noodles


source : NHK 2012
at the Rinzai Zen temple 相国寺 Shokoku-Ji in Kyoto

Usually the priests are not allowed to make any sound while eating.
But twice a month they get a food offering of Udon and are allowed to slurp the noodles. They also have to eat all the Udon they got.

The Folk Art of Japanese Country Cooking: A Traditional Diet for Today's World
By Gaku Homma
"The ceremony is called "udon kuyo", but what we got was somen."
The priests call somen "Udon".
... It was great fun to make loud slurping noises while enjoying the noodles.
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. 讃岐うどん Sanuki udon noodles - Kagawa .


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. hari kuyoo 針供養 memorial service for used needles .
kigo for Winter or Spring


. ningyoo kuyoo 人形供養 memorial ceremony for used dolls .
kigo for Autumn


. toowan kuyoo 唐椀供養 memorial service for Chinese bowls .
kigo for early Spring
at the temple Manmanji 万満寺, Matsudo town, Chiba

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uni kuyoo 雲丹供養 Kuyo for sea urchins


うに供養祭 at 赤間神宮 Shrine Akama Jingu, Shimonseki
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巫女一つづつ雲丹海に雲丹供養
miko hitotsu zutsu uni umi ni uni kuyoo

one by one
the Shrine maidens carry them down to the sea -
memorial service for sea urchins

上甲明石 Joko Akashi

. miko 巫女 shrine maiden, female shrine attendant .


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................................................................................. Gifu 岐阜県　
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岐阜市 Gifu city

鼠小僧の祟り，源助茶屋
大正１０年ごろ、鼠小僧治郎吉の墓を学校を建てるために埋め、化学実験室が建てられた。化学実験室は原因不明の火事で全焼し、新築するもまた丸焼けになった。鼠小僧の祟りだという噂が出たので、墓を探して現在の場所に安置し、懇ろに供養した。



................................................................................. Hiroshima 広島県　
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廿日市市 宮島町

. juugo dooji 十五童子 15 temple acolytes .


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Myorakuji Chiba

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Myoorakuji 妙楽寺 Myoraku-Ji, Chiba



千葉県長生郡睦沢町妙楽寺500 / Mutsuzawa-machi, Chōsei-gun, Chiba-ken


source and more photos : kannonpower.com/myorakuji-dainichi...

The seated statue of 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai is an important cultural property.
It dates back to the Heian period, is made from one piece of wood and 279 cm high.
It is a secret statue and only shown on the first Sunday in February.

. Dainichi Nyorai 大日如来 .


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. Fudo Myo-O 不動明王 .
On the right side.



. Bishamonten 毘沙門天立 .
On the left side.

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shuin 朱印 stamp

- Homepage of the temple
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Myoraku-Ji -- 420 Minowa, Mobara, Chiba
Myoraku-Ji -- Kozaki, Katori District, Chiba
Myoraku-Ji -- 1579 Kamiiwahashi, Shisui, Inba District, Chiba


. 妙楽寺 Myoraku-Ji - 岩屋山 Iwayazan .
Wakasa, Obama, Fukui 福井県小浜市


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. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .


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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .

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yocho forebodes of death legends

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shi no yochoo 死の予兆 legends about forebodes of death

死の予測


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. udonge no hana 優曇華の花 Legends about the Udumbara flower .




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. shi no yochoo 死の予兆 omens of death .



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teramachi temple town district

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teramachi 寺町 temple town, temple district

There are various temple town districts in Japan.



. Karasuyama teramachi 烏山寺町 Karasuyama Temple Town - Tokyo .
There are 26 temples in Karasuyama.

. Yanaka teramachi 谷中寺町 Yanaka Temple Town - Tokyo .
There are more than 60 temples and shrines in Yanaka.

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Ishikawa　石川県 寺町台 Teramachidai, Kanazawa city
Kyoto 京都 Nakagyo district, Teramachi-dori 寺町通り Teramachi street
Niigata 新潟県 高田市 Takada city 寺町 Teramachi

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見習い鑑定士の奮闘 - 京都寺町三条のホームズ Kyoto Teramachi Sanjo
望月麻衣 Mochizuki Mai

. Doojooji 道成寺 Dojo-Ji .

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................................................................................. Iwate 岩手県 　
二戸市 Ninohe city 浄法寺町 Joboji town nekozuka 猫塚
350年ほど前の話である。福蔵寺で飼われていたトラという猫は大変かわいがられ、30歳になった。そのころ藩主が死に葬儀が行われたが、その最中に棺が天に巻き上げられ、下りてこなくなるという事件が起こった。居合わせたものがいくら加持祈祷を行っても効果はなかったが、福蔵寺5世の大突和尚が駆けつけて祈ると、風はおさまり、柩は元の場所に戻った。この功により、寺領30石をたまわった。これはトラが長年の恩返しをしたものであった。その後、トラの行方は知れなかった。寺の鬼門に猫塚を建てた。
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浄法寺町に福蔵寺という貧乏な寺があた。ある夜、可愛がっていた猫が夢枕に立ち、変事を暗示していなくなった。ある日、南部藩主の葬式があったが、急に棺が宙に舞い上がり下りてこない。そこで和尚が呼ばれて無事に棺を地に下ろし、寺領として３０石を賜った。
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sashiki warashi 座敷童子
ある家に綺麗な娘がいた。聟を取ることにしたが、男たちは座敷わらしをみて驚き、すぐ出て行ってしまう。醜男がやってきて「聟にしてくれ」と頼み、一晩泊めてもらった。男はその晩座敷わらしに教えられ、大判小判入りの甕を掘り出す。そして聟入りし幸せに暮らした。
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正月に子供らがコタツにあたって遊んでいると小便に行ったはずの子供がその中にいる。「不思議だ」というと、他の子供らが「座敷わらしだ」といって逃げ出した。同じ人が2人いるときは座敷わらしだと伝えられている。
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yama otoko 山男
雨が降っている時期、キノコ取から帰る途中で７尺程もある大男と出会い、煙草の火を与えたら、お礼にマンダの皮を沢山贈ってくれた。そんな事が２，３回あった。




................................................................................. Kyoto 京都府 　
中京区 Nakagyo ward

kemuri o dasu kane 煙を出す鐘 a temple bell producing smoke
At the temple 妙満寺 Myoman-Ji in the Teramachidori street in Kyoto there is a temple bell.
The bell was first located at the temple 道成寺 Dojo-Ji.
Every time a misfortune happened to the family who owned the bell, it would ring mysteriously.
So it was eventually melted and a new bell cast.
Now every time before a great rain the bell would start sending smoke into the air.

. kane 鐘と伝説 Legends about the temple bell .

meidoo 鳴動 rumbling
京都の寺町通りにある妙満寺 Myoman-Ji に置かれていた鐘は、元々道成寺 Dojo-Ji にあったものというが、この鐘を所持している家に凶事が起きる時は、必ずこの鐘が鳴動するという。




................................................................................. Niigata 新潟県 　

新発田市 Shibata city 紫雲寺町 Shiunji town

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11月15日は水への恩返しの日とし、藁苞や椀を2つ抱き合わせにして井戸や浜への坂道ある榎にかけて供えるが、化物にあうというので、後を振り向かずに帰る。

yomiji gaeri ヨミジガエリ / yomigaeri 黄泉がえり（よみがえり）
死者がよみがえる前には、家人に呼び戻されたり、あの世で知人に戻されたり、寺でカミサマに戻されたりする。
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北海道へ漁に行って海難で溺れ、、魂となって家に帰ってみると、家人が集って泣いていた。お寺へ行くと山門に白いひげの老人がいて、「お前はこんなところは来るな」と、門外へ投げ出されて、その男は助けられたが、その老人はアマツカミサマだった。
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死んだ主人を納棺してからみんなで名前を呼んだら生き返り、それからずっと、長く生きた。
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姑とうまくいかずに川に飛び込んで自殺した仲のよい友人が、夢に現れて誘うので一緒に行くと、川岸に舟があって白い着物を着た人がたくさん乗っていて、中にはいぜんに亡くなった人や、まだ生きている顔見知りの人もいたので、気持ちが悪くなって船に乗るのを断って戻って来た。

tamashi 魂
野良や山へ行って死んだ場合、遺体は家に運んでも魂はそこに残るといい、3日から1週間は身内のものが、「おぶさって家へあべ（行こう）」といって、帯で背負う所作をして家へ戻った。魂がおぶさったときは重く感ずるという。
tamashii タマシイ
人のタマシイは生死の間をさまよう間に、まずは寺へ行って来るものと信じられているところが多く、庫裏の炉辺で住職と話していた客の頭が、冷たい手で撫でられたという。ツゲが来たのは、それからしばらく後のことであった。

Tanokami sama 田の神様，Kosaku no Kamisama 耕作の神様
田の神様は春3月16日に田へ下り、秋11月16日に山へ上るといって、この両日は山へも畑へも出ず、休んでボタモチおはぎ）を16作って神棚に供える。赤飯を炊いて供える家もあった。ここでは、田の神は耕作の神様となっており、それが常駐するのは山で、春に田へ下りて秋に山へ帰るが山の神になるとはいわない。


kamaitachi カマイタチ
山の神の日に山中を走る山の神のあおり風にあうと病気になり、山畑にいくとカマイタチにかけられるという。
. "Sickle-Weasel" (kamaitachi 鎌鼬（かまいたち） .


Yama no Kami no aori Kaze 山の神のあおり風
山の神の日に山中を走る山の神のあおり風にあうと病気になり、山畑にいくとカマイタチにかけられるという.

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Niigata 高田市 Takada city 寺町 Teramachi

ryuu 龍 dragon，青柳の杢太 Aoyagi no Mokuta - 善導寺 Zendo-Ji
天正16年、徳川幕府の命を受け幡随意院上人が九州の切支丹退治をなす諸国行脚のついでに善導寺にたちより、百日説法をした。そのとき青柳の竜神が御殿女中の姿で参詣していた。満願の日、竜神が上人に「妻は上州館林のつつじが池に住んでいて、あなたの済度を受け得脱した。自分も済度してもらいたい」と願って言う。そこで上人は済度してやった。この龍を町の人は「青柳の杢太」と呼んだ。
. Zendooji 善導寺 Legends about Zendoji Temples .

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旧幕時代、3月14日を中心に1週間、善導大師の法要が行われた。その期間中に青柳杢太という竜神がお参りする。その証拠は、畳が水で濡れているという。法要中は必ずほんの少しでも雨が降る。
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大正4年5月17日、善導寺が焼失した。その1ヶ月か半月前、当時この地へ来た芝居の一団が青柳杢太の伝説を脚色し、市内の人に青柳の杢太にちなんで道具を借りて上演した。その祟りで、善導寺が火元となり、芝居に道具を貸した人たちの所も延焼した。火事跡は蛇がうねったように燃えていたという。




................................................................................. Osaka 大阪府 　
堺市 Sakai city 少林寺町 Shorinji town

Benten sama no tatari 辨天様の祟り the curse of Benten
弁財天の祠のある空き地に家を建てたが、その度毎に夜鳴りがしたり火災になったりして定住者が定まらなかった。しかし、それは実は、近所の漁師が石を投げたり板塀を揺らしたりして住人の立ち退きを面白がっていただけのことであった。
. Benten 弁天と伝説 Legends about Benten .

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hakuzoosu 白蔵主，shirogitsune 白狐 white fox
昔、稲荷を信仰する寺僧の下へ３匹の白狐が現れた。白狐たちは猟師を生業とする僧の甥を恐れ、僧に化けて甥に殺生を止めるよう諭した。これを聞いた僧も同様に諭したため、甥は殺生を止めた。白狐は代々今日まで境内の御堂に住むと伝えられる。

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. Tsurigitsune 釣狐 ‘Fox Trapping’ Kyogen .




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少林寺町 - ok
浄法寺町 - ok
紫雲寺町 - ok
13 善導寺 Zendo-Ji (03)

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wagen smiling Jizo Komyoji

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wagen Jizoo 和顔地蔵 Wagen Smiling Jizo
和顔（わげん）地蔵
Kamakura, Komyo-Ji


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Tenshōzan Renge-in Kōmyō-ji (天照山蓮華院光明寺)
is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo sect in Zaimokuza, near Kamakura, Japan,
the only major one in the city to be close to the sea.
Kōmyō-ji is number one among the Kantō Jūhachi Danrin (関東十八檀林),
a group of 18 Jōdo temples established during the Edo period by Tokugawa Ieyasu,
and dedicated to both the training of priests and scholarly research.
It is also the sect's head temple for the Kantō region.
In spite of the fact it is a Jōdo sect temple, Kōmyō-ji has several of the typical features of a Zen temple,
for example a sanmon (main gate), a pond and a karesansui (rock garden).
Kōmyō-ji has always enjoyed the patronage of Japan's powerful
and is the only Buddhist temple in Kamakura to have had the privilege of being a daimyō's funeral temple.
It was chosen for that role by the Naitō clan, feudal lords from today's Miyazaki Prefecture
whose tombs are part of the temple's compound.
The temple, besides the usual Buddhist cemetery, maintains a special crypt
for the ashes of house pets and other animals, and twice a year holds in the Main Hall ceremonies in their memory.
The crypt was created and is maintained by a group of veterinarian volunteers.
The temple holds occasional music concerts in its main hall, concerts that are announced in its Web site.
For 3500 yen, visitors who make a reservation can try at Kōmyō-ji the vegetarian food the resident priests themselves eat.
Entrance is free, with the exception of the sanmon gate , which can be visited only telephoning the temple,
explaining the motives for the planned visit, making a reservation and paying a small fee.
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. Komyo-Ji temples in Japan .
Shimane, Tochigi,

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和顔（わげん）地蔵で復興プロジェクト Wagen Jizo Project
和顔地蔵の大きな１体は「祈」の大切さを伝えるために、東日本大震災と復興祈願で全国をまわり、
多くの方々に「なでなで」してお祈りしてもらってるそうです。
The profits from this project go to the help for the victims of 東日本大震災 the Great Tohoku Earthquake.
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When 檀通和尚 Priest Dantsu of temple Komyo-Ji in Kamakura died,
there was a strange smell during his funeral
when his body was burnd and his bones turned to shari 舎利 sacred bones.
His nenju 念珠 rosary with about 50 pearls released a special shine.

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. A priest named Yuusuu 祐崇 Yusu .
reciting 十夜念仏 the the Nenbutsu prayer for 10 nights
at 光明寺 the Temple Komyo-Ji in Kamakura.

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reibutsu spirit Buddha legends

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reibutsu 霊仏 "Spirit Buddha"

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................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県 　
愛知郡 Aichi district 東郷町 Togo town

. 祐福寺 Temple Yufuku-Ji and 善導大師 Priest Zendo Daishi. .
Zendo Daishi, Priest Shan-tao from China. (613 - 681).

He was a pious man and could show statues of 阿弥陀仏 Amida Nyorai from his mouth when in prayer.

Legend from Yufuku-Ji in Aichi 豊田市 Toyota town
oogoi 大鯉，（淵の主）
祐福寺下にある淵の主は、元庄屋をしていた家に、姿を変えて手伝いをしにきていた。タカキビ団子は嫌いだから食べさせないでくれと言っていたが、誤って食べさせてしまった。それから来なくなったが、淵に大鯉が死んでいて、その腹からタカキビ団子が出てきたという。
- - - - - 祐福寺下にある淵には、主がいた。膳椀を貸していたが、ある人が膳の足が一本取れたままで返した。すると、主は怒って貸してくれなくなったという。



................................................................................. Fukui 福井県 　
福井市 Fukui city

ryuutoo 龍燈
禅海上人が亀に乗って糸崎浦に来たとき、海上に不思議に光るのを怪しんだ浦人が引き上げると観音なので寺に安置した。霊仏なので菩薩聖衆も来迎し、汀の松には夜毎に竜灯が立ち上った。




................................................................................. Hyogo 兵庫県 　
神戸市 Kobe city

霊仏
播州明石郡大山寺の薬師像も、国家に災いがある時は、大いに汗をかいて災いが起こることを世に告げたという。




................................................................................. Kanagawa 神奈川県 　

霊仏
相州大山の不動尊が大いに汗をかいた時は、大地震が起こり、多くの人が死んだ。霊験あらたかな仏像は、その種類を問わず汗をかくというが、かつて不動尊が智興阿闍梨の病苦を代わって涙を流したように、人々の苦悩を憐れんで汗をかいて下さることは、本当にありがたい。




................................................................................. Nara 奈良県 　

霊仏が汗をかき、善悪のきざしを示すことは少なくない。生駒山般若窟の不動尊は汗をかいて、災いが起こることを前もって世に示した。




................................................................................. Osaka 大阪府 　

霊仏
最近、堺の近村にある廃寺の本尊が、しきりに涙を流した。そのため、筆者の知人の尼僧が色々と心配し、弟子の尼僧にその像を守らせたという。

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大坂内本町の利倉屋忠兵衛の家には、阿弥陀如来の仏像がある。しかし子孫は日蓮宗を信仰し、仏像はクモの巣にまかれていた。そうするとこの家の子供が夜な夜な怯えて泣いた。陰陽師によると、この家に相応しくない霊仏がある為だという。そこで近くの寺に仏像を納めたところ子供は元にもどったという。



................................................................................. Wakayama 和歌山県 　
伊都郡 Ito district 高野町 Koya town
霊仏
高野山奥の院の汗かき地蔵は、毎日巳の刻に必ず汗をかくが、なぜ汗をかくのかは分からないという。


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140 reiken 霊験 collecting



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sosei revival legends

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sosei 蘇生 revival; resuscitation from the dead


. Priest Joozoo, Jōzō 浄蔵 Jozo (891 - 964) .
and the revival of his father


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................................................................................. Niigata 新潟県　
江南区 Konan ward

buna 鮒
日枝神社境内に以前は古池があり、そこに焼鮒が住んでいた。親鸞聖人が焼鮒を池に放ったところ、蘇生してその子孫が繁殖した。それで鱗は後々までも焼けたような色であったという。


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Komyo shingon legends

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Kōmyō shingon 光明真言 Mantra of Light
不空大灌頂光真言（ふくうだいかんぢょうこうしんごん）
fuku daikan choko shingon



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The Mantra of Light (光明真言 kōmyō shingon), also called
the Mantra of the Unfailing Rope Snare,
is an important mantra of the Shingon and Kegon sects of Buddhism, but is not emphasized in other Vajrayana sects of Buddhism. It is taken from the Amoghapāśakalparāja-sūtra or Sutra of the Mantra of the Unfailing Rope Snare of the Buddha Vairocana's Great Baptism and is chanted as follows:

Sanskrit:
om amogha vairocana mahamudra manipadma jvala pravarttaya hum

Japanese:
おん あぼきゃ べいろしゃのう まかぼだら まに はんどま じんばら はらばりたや うん
on abokya beiroshanō makabodara mani handoma jimbara harabaritaya un

Initially, the mantra received little mention in East Asian Buddhist texts, and although Kukai brought the sutra to Japan in the 9th century, there are no records that he ever utilized it in tantric practices. Records show gradually increasing use in the Heian Period, until the 13th century when it was popularized in medieval Japanese Buddhism by Myōe, and later by Shingon monks Eison and Ninshō in their ministries.
Both the Mantra and the nembutsu (nenbutsu) were often incorporated by medieval Buddhists at one time or another, often in the same service. A common practice for the Mantra of Light was to sprinkle pure sand, blessed with this mantra, on the body of a deceased person or their tomb, based on teachings expounded in the Sutra.
The belief was that a person who had accumulated much bad karma, and possible rebirth in Hell would be immediately freed and allowed a favorable rebirth into the Pure Land of Amitabha Buddha. This practice is known as dosha-kaji (土砂加持) in Japanese.
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Dosha kaji 土砂加持“Blessing of Sacred Sand”
Kaji Dosha 加持土砂 "Blessed Sand"


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source : chanted on youtube
光明真言曼荼羅 Komyo Shingon Mandala

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Koomyooji 光明寺 Komyo-Ji temples in Japan


. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .



................................................................................. Aichi 愛知県　
知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita town

. Statue of Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来像 .

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Aichi 知多郡 Chita district

. Chokuganji Temple 御嶽山 Ontakezan 光明寺 Komyo-Ji (Dainichi-Ji 大日寺) .

. nue 鵺, 鵼, 恠鳥, 奴延 the Nue monster .
and Minamoto no Yorimasa 源三位頼政 Genzanmi Yorimasa

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Aichi 知多郡 Chita district 武豊町 Taketoyo town

. 長尾村 Nagao village and 西浦村 Nishiura village .

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Aichi 美浜町 Mihama town

. Kuki gun 九鬼軍 the army of the Kuki clan .
and 弁天様 Benten Sama, hikeshi Benten 火消し弁天.




................................................................................. Hiroshima 広島県　
宮島町 Miyajima town

. ame 飴 sweets .
At 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji in 芸州宮島 Geishu Miyajima they heard the sound of a baby crying at the grave of the head priest.
When the villagers dug out they found a baby. They gave the baby many sweets and it grew up.
Its hair was almost white.




................................................................................. Iwate 岩手県　　
奥州市 Oshu city 江刺南町 Esashiku Minami town

. Life story of 慈覚大師 Jigaku Daishi .
and カソトハノタケトシ Taka no Toha no Taketoshi.




................................................................................. Kagawa 香川県　

Once a man at night in bed heard a voice calling him. When he came to his sensed he found himself at the bank of the pond.
He hurried back home, but again the voice called for him and made him come to the bank of the pond.
Back home again he begun to recite the Komoy mantra until the next morning.
If a strange voice calls for you at night, you should never - never go out and follow it.

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三豊郡 Mitoyo district 山本町 Yamamoto cho town

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢　－ racoon dog, badger legends .
About 100 years ago, near the temple 中蓮寺 Churen-Ji a man was making charcoal and at lunchtime took a nap. He woke up when a Tanuki in formal black and white robes pushed his head down and he could not move. He begun to recite the Komyo mantra and in no time the Tanuki disappeared.

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三豊郡 Mitoyo district 詫間町 Takuma cho town

Once upon a time, a man was walking home when suddenly he forgot where he was and could not find the right road.
He must have been bewitched by a Tanuki, he thought, and begun to recite the Komyo mantra. After a while he remembered and found his way home safely.




................................................................................. Kanagawa 神奈川県　
鎌倉市 Kamakura city

. Tenshōzan Renge-in Kōmyō-ji 天照山蓮華院光明寺 .
- and wagen Jizoo 和顔地蔵 Wagen Smiling Jizo




................................................................................. Kyoto 京都府　

. goryoo, onryoo 御霊 / 怨霊 Goryo, vengeful spirits - Legends .
In 1418, 足利義嗣 Ashikaga Yoshitsugu (1394 - 1418) was killed by his brother 義持 Ashikaga Yoshimichi (1386 - 1428) at the temple 林光院 Rinko-In, where he lived in confinement.
In 1424, on the 14th day of the 6th lunar month, Shogun 足利義量 Ashikaga Yoshikazu (1407 - 1425) became very ill and often mumbled "Oh, what happened then at the temple Rinko-In!" - this must have been the vengeful spirit of Yoshitsugu. After consulting with the Emperor, they held rituals to appease the soul. For seven days, starting on the 4th day of the 7th lunar month, they held rituals 愛染護摩供 for Aizen Myo-O and also had the Komyo mantra read out many times.




................................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県　
大崎市 Osaki city 古川荒谷 Furukawa Araya // 斗瑩山光明寺 Tokeizan Komyo-Ji

Tokei Inari 斗瑩稲荷 (とけいいなり じんじゃ)
In the estate of 宇津野左衛門四郎為忠 Utsuno Saemon Shiro Tametada there lived shirogitsune 白狐 a white fox.
One night there came thieves and Saemon fought them, but got hurt and died.
But he came back to life soon.
There he found he had no wounds, but the white fox had them and the fox had died.
The white fox had become his substitute.
The family made a grave for the fox and built a small Shrine they called 左衛門四郎稲荷 Saemon Shiro Inari.
The shrine was later added to the temple 斗瑩山光明寺 Tokeizan Komyo-Ji and named 斗瑩稲荷 Tokei Inari Shrine.
. kitsune densetsu 狐と伝説 fox legends .

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Miyagi 仙台市 Sendai city 北山 Kitayama 光明寺

Kashima no kaname 鹿島の要 Kaname Stones from Kashima
Between 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji at Kitayama and 日浄寺 the temple Nichijo-Ji at 堤町 Tsutsumi town there was a large wetland and the river 梅田川 Umedagawa.
In the South was 鹿島神社 the Shrine Kashima Jinja and the area was called
鹿島ヶ崎 Kashimagasaki.
South to the hill there was a flatland where seven large boulders were scattered.
The seven boulders came flying here from 常陸の鹿島 the Kashima Shrine in Hitachi.
They are known as Kashima no kaname 鹿島の要 Kashima stones to prevent an earthquake.
. Kashima Shrine 鹿島神宮 Kashima Jingu .




................................................................................. Nara 奈良県　
大宇陀町 Ouda town 西山 Nishiyama (Oudanishiyama) // 光明寺

. neko 猫 / ねこ と伝説 Legends about cats, Katzen .
At 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji around 1682, at the burial of a farmer's wife there was a thunderstorm.
The priest 憲海上人 Saint Kenkai placed a kesa 袈裟 priest surplice around the coffin and threw a statue of Amida Nyorai toward the West.
The weather cleared very soon and the old cat of the temple died.
The statue of Amida had hit the eye of the cat.
Since then they never keep cats at this temple.




................................................................................. Shiga 滋賀県　
守山市 Moriyama city 勝部町 Katsube town

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
and the temple Daikōmyō-Ji 大光明寺 Daikomyo-Ji




................................................................................. Shizuoka 静岡県　
佐久間町 Sakuma town

. Yamanba, Yamauba 山姥 Old Mountain Hag - monster .
At the ridge between 浅間山 Mount Asamasan and 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji there is a stone with a dent.
They say it the finger imprint of an old woman who had grabbed the rock while giving birth.




................................................................................. Tokushima 徳島県　
那賀郡 Naka district

. daija, orochi 大蛇 the huge serpent, great snake .
In the compound of 光明寺 the temple Komyo-Ji was a pond where daija 大蛇 a large serpent lived for many years.




................................................................................. Tokyo　東京　
中央区 Chuo ward

. A pious woman reciting the Amida prayer .
and the 光明真言 Komyo Shingon prayer.

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大田区 Ota ward

. Tamagawa Fudo 多摩川不動尊 - Nishi-Rokugo .
大綱山 Taikozan 宝幢院 Hodo-In 光明寺 Komyo-Ji

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .


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nenbutsu 念仏 Nembutsu Amida prayer

南無阿弥陀仏 Namu Amida Butsu


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. nenbutsu　念仏 Praise Amida ! .
- Introduction -




Amida Buddha -
you smile at life
you smile at death

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. Nenbutsu 念仏 Amida Prayer .
Matsuo Basho wrote a haiku at the grave of
Minamoto no Tomonaga (源朝長) (1144–1160), a Minamoto clan samurai of the late Heian period.

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. Yooshoo Sennin 陽勝仙人 the Immortal Yosho Sennin .
He always came down from the sky to take part of the 不断念仏 fasting and Amida prayer rituals
at Mount Hiezan.


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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .


................................................................................. Ehime 愛媛県　
喜多郡 Kita district 内子町 Uchiko

. Misaki ミサキ / 御先 / 御前 / 御崎 the Misaki deity .




................................................................................. Gifu 岐阜県　

. kori Tengu 狐狸天狗 / コリテング fox and tanuki and Tengu .

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Gifu 揖斐郡 Ibi district 揖斐川町 Ibigawa town

. nenbutsu ike 念仏池 the Nenbutsu Pond .




................................................................................. Nagano 長野県　
飯田市 Iida city

. ryuujin 竜神 /龍神 と伝説 Ryujin, Legends about the Dragon Deity .
Once a young man helped to prepare the food for a funeral reception, when 淵の主 the Lord of the Riverpool came out and lend them to him.
He brought them back the next day and other people also came here to borrow them. But one day a greedy man brought back only half of them and the Lord of the Riverpool became really angry. They recited the Amida Prayer and he calmed down. But since then he never lend the trays and bowls for ritual food.
Maybe the Lord of the Riverpool, in fact the Dragon Deity, had moved to another place.

This legend is know in other parts of Japan.
. Zenwanbuchi 膳椀淵 "river pool for trays and bowls". .




................................................................................. Tokushima 徳島県　

阿波郡 Awa district

. goshiki no hana 五色の花 flowers of five colors .




................................................................................. Tokyo 　
Chuo ward

. A pious woman reciting the Amida prayer .
and the 光明真言 Komyo Shingon mantra.

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