. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼 .
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Matsuida Fudo 松井田不動
龍本山 松井田院 不動寺 Fudo-Ji
群馬県安中市松井田町松井田甲987 / Gunma, Annaka, Matsuida town
- Chant of the temple
そのかみは いくよひぬらん たよりにも ちとせはここに まついだのしゅく
Founded in 1243 by 慈猛上人 Saint Jimyo (1212 - 1277).
Main statue
千手観音菩薩 Kannon Bosatsu with 1000 Arms
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shuin 朱印 stamp
- Source with photos of the temple
- source : sakurasora-white...
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This temple is Nr. 4 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .
. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .
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. Nakasendoo 中山道 Nakasendo Highway .
From Edo to Kyoto
15. Itahana-shuku 板鼻宿
16. Matsuida-shuku 松井田宿 postal station Matsuida
17, 坂本宿 Sakamoto-shuku
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige
碓氷の役所 Usui no Seki Usui Checkpoint
was one of the four major checkpoints along the Nakasendō, located
between Matsuida-shuku and 坂本宿 Sakamoto-shuku.
Travelers who wanted to avoid this checkpoint could make use of a Hime Kaido that would take them over the mountains to 追分宿 Oiwake-shuku, the twentieth station on the Nakasendō.
. Usui Toge 碓氷峠 / 薄井の峠 Usui Pass .
It lies between Nagano and Gunma.
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. Yama no Kami 山の神 God of the Mountain .
Legends from Matsuida
. juunisama, jūni sama 十二様 Juni Sama .
In many villages this deity is called 十二様 Juni Sama, "Honorable 12" deities.
. Japanese Legends - 伝説 民話 昔話 – ABC-List .
................................................................................. Gunma 群馬県
松井田町 Masuida city
The local Kami deity resides near a huge tree or a large rock.
Therefore people should not piss near it.
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Amamitsu Mikami 天みつ御神 Local deity from Gunma
A man who had made bad business in Kyoto wanted yonige 夜逃げ to flee at night, and before he left he went to his favorite Shrine in Kyoto, the 北野天満宮 Kitano Tenmangu.
He fell in a dream-like state and was only able to make the second pard of 和歌 a Waka poem.
On his way along the Kiso Kaido he passed すい峠 the Usui Toge and stayed a few days at Matsuida.
There he had the inspiration to the first part of the Waka poem.
He was sure that the local deity had helped him and became a believer himself.
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bakemono 化物 monster
At 大武士神社 the local Shrine there was a monster with large eyes on its knees. A brave man wanted to go see it and went to the Shrine at night. When the monster appeared, he was so afraid he run home as fast as he could.
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daibamushi ダイバムシ insect called Daiba
Smaller as a gadfly, with a long tail. If it comes into the ear of a horse, the horse will get crazy and die.
This insect dislikes the red color, people prepare red silk cloth and hang it beside the ears of a horse.
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. hebi 蛇と伝説 Legends about snakes and serpents .
hebi ishisama ヘビイシサマ / ヘービシ(蛇石) - stone that looks like a serpent
At 恩賀部落 the hamlet Onga they venerate a stone that looks like a serpent.
At 信州岩村田 Iwamurada they also use amulets to ward of the appearance of serpents in spring
If people leave their home to go working in the mountain forest, they call out
warabi no go-on 蕨のご恩 "Thanks to the Bracken!"
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kamaishi 釜石 stone like a kettle
On the 中山道 Nakasendo Highway from 阪本 Sakamoto via Matsuida, there is a stone called Kamaishi.
It does not have the shape of a kettle. It is a stone that has fallen down and if someone hits it, it makes the sound of metal. If you hit other stones nearby, they do not make any sound.
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. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢 － racoon dog, badger legends .
Once a badger shape-shifted into a railway worker and swung a red flag to stop a train near 碓氷峠 the Usui pass.
He did this a few times, but in the end the train hit the badger and killed it.
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. u no toshi 卯の年 year of the rabbit .
In a year of the rabbit a huge boulder would give birth to another stone.
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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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