Mikaeri Fudo Gunma

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Mikaeri Fudo みかえり不動 Fudo looking back
真光山 Shinkozan 永照院 Eisho-In 長安寺 Choan-Ji


群馬県伊勢崎市西小保方町304-1 / Gunma, Isesaki city, Nishiobokata town 304-1

- Chant of the temple
みかえりて つみとがはらう 威音王
佐波路にたかき みすくい


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後深草天皇正嘉元年の鎌倉大地震につづき、正元年中の全国の飢餓は、この佐波路の領民も、その外でなく多くの村民は瀕死の状況にありました。
亮海上人は釈迦牟尼世尊の霊告をうけ、亀山天皇文応元年（1260年）この地に草庵を結び、ひたすら本尊に村民の救済加護を祈願した処、たちまちに飢餓、病魔等を退散させることができたことから、長安寺のなさけ釈迦の名も今に口伝されています。
この亮海上人草庵建立の文応元年（1260年）を開山の年とし、爾来760年有余風雪に耐え、地域の心の依所として今日に輝かしい法燈をつたえています。
- source : mutsumi-hoikuen.or.jp . chouanji...




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mikaeri doo みかえり堂 Hall of the Mikaeri Fudo


People have a lot of problems not easily seen, but if you take a break and look back, you might feel remorse.
Copying the sutras might help find better ways for the future.



mimamori Jizo みまもり地蔵尊 protector Jizo



十三佛 Jusanbutsu
宝篋印塔 Hokyoin tower
延命地蔵尊 Enmei Jizo
鐘楼堂 temple bell tower
みまもり地蔵尊 mimanori Jizo
常行の滝 Jogyo no Taki waterfall － with a statue of Jibo Kannon 慈母観音－
鯉池 Koi ike carp pond

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- Other temples with this name in Japan :

. Mikaeri Fudo 見返り不動 Fudo looking back .
at temple 神照寺 Shinsho-Ji, Nagahama, Shiga
at temple 法乗院・深川ゑんま堂 Fukagawa Enma-Do, Tokyo

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omamori お守り amulets


- Homepage of the temple
- source : mutsumi-hoikuen.or...




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This temple is Nr. 7 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


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


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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .


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Muro Fudo

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Muro Fudo 茂呂不動
石岡山-Ishiokayama 不動院 Fudo-In 退魔寺 Taima-Ji


群馬県伊勢崎市美茂呂町 / 3612 Mimorocho, Isesaki, Gunma


In the year 1371, the lord of the castle 茂呂勘解由左衛門尉 Muro Kankaiyoshi Saemonnojo hat the temple 香華院 Kogei-In erected in the castle compound.
A statue of Fudo Myo-O carved by Kobo Daishi was enshrined.
From the temple 鶏足寺 Keisoku-Ji the Zen priest 道照禅師 Dosho Zenji was called to lead the rituals.
Later the temple was named Taima-Ji.

When 石田三成 Ishida Mitsunari passed 伊勢崎 Isesaki, there was a bridge (now 光円橋 Koenbashi), where a monster passed by every night and shocked the villagers. Mitsunari drove the monster away and the name of the temple was changed.
The crest of the temple is the same as that of Mitsunari.

In the year 1663, many buildings were lost during a fire, but reconstructed in 1670.
The large Fudo Hall was build in 1677.
The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
子安観音 Koyasu Kannon is also venerated.

The roof of the Fudo Hall was repaired in 1988.

The main gate of the temple has 扁額 a framed inscription, 「不動院」 Fudo-In.




. Keisokuji 鶏足寺 Keisoku-Ji "Temple of the chicken legs" .

. Ishida Mitsunari 石田三成 (1560 - 1600) .

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shuin 朱印 stamp - yakuyoke Fudo 厄除け不動



source : kanko-tobu.at.webry.info...

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

初護摩 1月1日 Goma Fire Ritual January 1
初不動 1月28日 First Fudo Ritual January 28
春彼岸会 3月彼岸
春不動 3月28日 Spring Fudo Ritual March 28
花まつり 4月8日 Flower Festival April 8
水神宮の祭典 7月31日
お盆 8月13日から
秋彼岸会 9月彼岸
施餓鬼 10月10日
除夜の鐘供養 12月31日 New Year Ritual December 31

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This temple is Nr. 6 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


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

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Mikata Ishi Kannon Kanzeon

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Mikata Ishi Kanzeon 三方石観世音 Mikata Stone Kannon, Fukui
大悲山三方石観音 Saihizan Mikata Ishi Kannon
Katate Kannon 片手観音 Kannon with One Arm


福井県 三方上中郡 若狭町 三方1-1 / 1-1 Mikata, Wakasa-cho, Mikatakaminaka-gun, Fukui

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One night sometime in the Enryaku Period (about 1,200 years ago) the priest Kobo Daishi had secluded himself in this mountain area and was carving a stone (ishi) statue of the Kannon (Goddess of Mercy).
However he was forced to abandon his effort upon hearing a rooster crow to announce the daybreak. He left the mountain and the statue's right hand remained unfinished. This site is now designated as a special holy site along the Hokuriku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage and, on account of the statue's missing limb, is said to have healing powers for limb disabilities.
The path to the mountainside away from the Main Hall leads to a spring called 'Kannon Reisui' and, in March 2006, the spring's water 'Fukui no Oishii Mizu' (Fukui's Delicious Water) was recognised as among the very best from Fukui.
- source : wakasa-mikatagoko.jp/en...






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- - - - - The cock who woke up Kobo Daishi.



. Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師　空海 . . (774 - 835)

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Statue of Fudo Myo-O

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omamori　お守り amulets

- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : mikata.main.jp...

- Photo Gallery of the Temple -

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

春の彼岸中日法要
秋の彼岸中日法要
奥の院火祭り　7月17日 Fire Festival
石観音大祭　7月18日 Main Festival
紅葉のライトアップ Autumn colors light up

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The messenger of 三方石観音 Mikata Ishi Kannon is 烏天狗 Karasu Tengu.

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Hokuriku 33 Kannon Pilgrimage　北陸三十三ヵ所観音霊場巡り





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Naritasan Fudo Takasaki

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Naritasan Fudo Son 成田山不動尊
光徳寺 Kotoku-Ji // 高崎成田山 Takasaki Narita San


高崎市成田町23 / Takasaki city, Naritacho 23

The temple was founded in 1583 in a compound of the temple 威徳寺 Itoku-Ji.



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高崎成田山太子堂 Takasaki Naritasan Taishi-Do Hall
Built by the craftsmen and artists of the area to venerate Shotoku Taishi a protector deity.


source : amanaimages.com/info...

. Prince Shotoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (574 - 622) .


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omamori お守り amulets


- Homepage of the temple
- source : n-koutokuji...


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This temple is Nr. 5 of the
. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Northern Kanto .


. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


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

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The haiku poet 高浜虚子 Takahama Kyoshi has visited this temple and there is a haiku memorial stone in the compound.



. 高浜虚子 Takahama Kyoshi .
(1874 - 1959)


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Mama Kannon Komaki

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Mama Kannon 間々観音 龍音寺 Ryuon-Ji, Aichi
Mama Chichi Kannon 間々乳観音」（ままちちかんのん)
小牧山 Komakiyama
お乳のお寺 O-Chichi no O-Tera
おっぱい寺 Oppai Tera, Oppai-dera


愛知県小牧市間々本町１５２ / 152 Mama-honmachi, Komaki-City, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

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Mama Kannon Temple, or Mama Chichi Kannon,
is known as the "Breast Temple" and one of the 33 Kannon Shrines of Owari, being built in 1492 with the formal name of Ryuon-Ji. Legend says it was a regular shrine until 1665, when a woman who was unable to breast feed brought her baby and prayed at the temple, miraculously starting to lactate.

Neighbors of the woman appearing in the legend were concerned that the milk she produced lacked in nutrients for her child, given that she was poor and malnourished. They gave her rice in order to help, but as she was a devout person, she offered the rice to the deity at the temple instead of consuming herself. It was then that she started to lactate plenty and richly. From that moment on, rumors spread and women from all places started to come and pray for safe birth giving, abundant lactation, healthy babies, and etc. Of course, some of the ladies would also pray for matters unrelated to maternity, like asking for changing the physical appearance of their bosoms.

On a less amusing note, the temple is the 24th Peregrination Temple (Fudasho) among the Kannon Temples of Owari and was originally built at the Mt. Komaki, allegedly being moved to its current location by orders of Oda Nobunaga. The deity of the temple is Senju Kannon Bosatsu, also known as the bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara, often depicted in statues with tens of arms to symbolize the infinite hands, and/or multiple faces meaning the eleven faces, both gifts from Amithaba.

The Sanmon gate at Mama Kannon
is said to be a structure entirely moved from Kenchuji Temple, the famous Memorial Temple of the Owari Tokugawa Clan, located in the Higashi-Ward of Nagoya-City.
- source : aichi-now.jp/en...


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Matsuida Fudoji

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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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- 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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Ueno Oji Kannon Pilgrimage

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上野王子駒込辺三十三ヶ所観音霊場
Pilgrimage to Ueno Oji Komagome 33 Kannon Temples

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上野より王子駒込辺西国の写し三十三所観音
江戸時代の安永年間に開創とされる

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01番 王子山　金輪寺
02番 東向山　称名院　大運寺
03番 仏宝山　西光院　無量寺
04番 思惟山　浄業三昧寺　正受院
05番 補陀山　昌林寺
06番 平塚山　安楽院　城官寺
. 06 Jokanji 城官寺 Jokan-Jii .
07番 仏到山　無量寿院　西光寺
08番 天昌山　光源寺
. 08 Koogenji 光源寺 Kogen-Ji .
09番 護国山　尊重院　天王寺

10番 称念山　一心院　仲台寺
11番 普門寺　西行庵
12番 南照山　観音院　寿徳寺
13番 東叡山　寛永寺　本覚院
14番 東叡山　寛永寺　護国院
15番 東梅山　花陽院　清林寺
. 15 Seirinji 清林寺 Seirin-Ji .
16番 東叡山　寛永寺　清水観音堂
17番 湯嶹山　常光院　浄心寺
. 17 Joshinji 浄心寺 Joshin-Ji .
18番 福増山　長福寿寺　常楽院
19番 東光山　見性院　定泉寺
. 19 Josenji 定泉寺 Josen-Ji .

20番 薬王山 　遍照寺　光明院
21番 宝珠山　地蔵院　与楽寺
. 21 Yorakuji 与楽寺 Yoraku-Ji .
22番 大道山　長安寺
23番 明王山　大聖寺　不動院
24番 大保福寺
25番 南緑山　正徳院　円乗寺
26番 覚了山　清浄寺　世尊院
27番 補陀落山　観音院　養福寺
28番 金剛山　円通寺
29番 白龍山　寿命院　東覚寺
. 29 Togakuji 東覚寺 Togaku-Ji .

30番 東叡山　寛永寺　不忍池弁天堂
31番 倍増山　宝城院　金嶺寺
32番 蓮葉山　妙智院　観音寺
. 32 Kannonji 観音寺 Kannon-Ji .
33番 普賢山　新幡随院　法受寺


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shijukunichi death legends

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shijukunichi 四十九日 legends about day 49 after death

shijūkunichi 四十九日　- 49 days after death,
the soul leaves this world and goes to the other world.
. Juu Oo 十王, Juo, Ju-O - 10 Ten Kings of Hell .

The family holds a special service to see the soul off.
Life after death.




. Pilgrimage to 49 Temples of Yakushi Nyorai
西国四十九薬師巡礼 .




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Fukui 遠敷郡 Toshiki district 名田庄村 Nadasho village

shisha no rei 死者の霊
亡くなって、四十九日までは死者の霊がその家の屋根に留まっているといって、その間は屋根に登らない、さわらない、また、留守にしないで誰かが家にいる、カドグチの大戸や仏壇の扉は必ず少し開けておくといい、七七忌に四十九のモチ・笠のモチを供えて近親者一同が共食をすると忌みがあいて、死者の霊も遠くに行くという。

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Fukui 小浜市 Obama city
三方郡 Mikata district 三方町 Mikata town and 敦賀市 Tsuruga city
shisha no rei 死者の霊
亡くなって、四十九日までは死者の霊がその家の屋根に留まっているといって、その間は屋根に登らない、さわらない、また、留守にしないで誰かが家にいる、カドグチの大戸や仏壇の扉は必ず少し開けておくといい、七七忌に四十九のモチ・笠のモチを供えて近親者一同が共食をすると忌みがあいて、死者の霊も遠くに行くという。




................................................................................. Fukushima 福島県　

ito ori 糸織り thread weaving
糸を機にあげるのに、寅の日を忌んだ。また、申の日も焼けめどができるといってあげなかった。節分から正月５月は雷様がかからぬといって織らなかった。組内に不幸事があったら、その家の向こう三軒両隣と、棟並びの家では四十九日の間は織ることができなかった。




................................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県　　
仙台市 Sendai city 青葉区 Aoba ward

kitsune 狐 a fox
医師鈴木氏の談。仙台城下川内三十人町に，勝又弥左衛門という足軽がおり，狐捕りの名人として知られていた。天明の頃，榴ヶ岡の東麓沿いの東街道の辺に古狐が棲み，農家の鶏を攫ったり旅人を誑かしたりしたので，検断所の命令で弥左衛門が妖狐を捕らえることになった。亡父の喪中であったが藩の命令なので支度をしていると，牌所の僧侶が訪ねて来て四十九日も済まない内の殺生を戒めたので弥左衛門は承知した。しかしその後僧に酒飯をもてなすと，いつもに似ず大食であった。弥左衛門がこれを怪しみ，座をはずして門脇の草叢に油鼠の罠を仕掛けておくと，送り出した直後僧がこれにかかった。狐は人を計ろうとしてかえって人に計られたのである。

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仙台市 Sendai city 宮城野区 Miyagino ward

. The soul goes to 身延山 Mount Minobusan .




................................................................................. Nagano 長野県　　
松本市 Matsumoto city

shisha no rei 死者の霊 the soul of the dead
Until the ritual for day 49 after death is held, the soul stays under the high roof eaves.




................................................................................. Nagasaki 長崎県　
壱岐市 Iki city

suzume 雀 a sparrow
雀の鳴き声を「親死ね子死ね、四十九日の餅とつちくろ」と解し、雀の巣を取ることを恐れ慎むところがある。




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



Once upon a time
a man from Niigata went fishing and caught a 大泥鰌 huge Loach.
He was a pious man and in his surprize soon built a grave (as was the custom then).
The same evening a beautiful lady (the loach) appeared and thanked him,
because she could go straight to heaven after her death.
And the pious man lived on for a long long time after.

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Niigata 新発田市 Shibata city

shiroi tori 白い鳥 a white bird
家の親父がなくなってから鳩くらいの鳥がハリに止まっていた。戸をあけても出て行かなかったが、7日いてようやく出て行った。四十九日が過ぎて新発田の巫女どんへ仏のミチアケにいくと、死んでも家から離れがたく、家のハリにとまっていたといった。




................................................................................. Osaka 大阪府　　
枚方市 Hirakata city

nawashiro 苗代 seedling bed / mochi 糯
苗代の跡に糯を植えると、その人が死んで四十九日の笠の餅になるといって忌む。




................................................................................. Saitama 埼玉県　　
熊谷市 Kumagaya city

mizukake kimono 水カケ着物
仏が途中で喉が渇かないように、四十九日の間、北向きに竿をかけて水をかけるという。この着物は抜け通りにするという。このため、平常、干し物を竿に逆に西や北向きにかけたり、竹の細い方から干し物を通したり、太い方から細い方へ抜け通ししたりすることを忌むという。




................................................................................. Shimane 島根県
出雲市 Izumo city 佐田町 Sada town

taue 田植え planting rice
苗代に籾をまいて四十九日に田植えをすると家の人が死ぬ。




................................................................................. Tokyo 東京都　　
港区 Minato ward

hebi 蛇
江戸芝田町八丁目で、夫を恨んで死んだ妻の蒲団の下に６～７尺の黒蛇が死んでいた。蛇を海に捨てると生き返り男より先に家に戻った。妻の四十九日が過ぎてから新しい女を招き入れたが、翌日逃げ帰った。恐ろしい事が起ったのだろう。




................................................................................. Yamaguchi 山口県　　
下関市 Shimonoseki city

shisha no rei 死者の霊
四十九日が終わるまで、屋根替えをしてはいけない。四十九日前に屋根替えをしたところ、「居るところがなくなった」と言って、死者の霊が家族の前に現れたという。




................................................................................. Yamanashi 山梨県　　
都留市 Tsuru city 鹿留 Shishidome

tamashii 魂 the soul
死の直後に何か音がすると抜けた魂が家に帰ってきたといい、また、四十九日の供養が終わると、魂は屋根の上から出て行くという。

四十九日まではタマシイがヤネムネ（屋根の一番高い所）にいる。


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Sengaji Mode Mairi pilgrimage

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千ヶ寺参り sengaji mairi / 千ヶ寺詣 sengaji mode -
pilgrimage to 1000 temples of the Nichiren sect


千ヶ寺詣 by 北村四海 Kitamura Shikai


. Lafcadio Hearn about Sengaji pilgrims .
... nothing compared to the Sengaji, the pilgrimage to the thousand temples of the Nichiren sect.
The time of a generation may pass before this can be made. One may begin it in early youth, and complete it only when youth is long past. Yet there are several in Matsue, men and women, who have made this tremendous pilgrimage, seeing all Japan, and supporting themselves not merely by begging, but by some kinds of wandering selling.
The pilgrim who desires to perform this pilgrimage carries on his shoulders a small box, shaped like a Buddhist shrine, in which he keeps his spare clothes and food. He also carries a little brass gong, which he constantly sounds while passing through a city or village, at the same time chanting the Namu-myo-ho-ren-ge-kyo; and he always bears with him a little blank book, in which the priest of every temple visited stamps the temple seal in red ink.
The pilgrimage over, this book with its one thousand seal impressions becomes a treasure in the family of the pilgrim. ...

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千ヶ寺参拝の功徳 - Hiroshima, Fukuyama city
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あらかじめ参詣される寺院への連絡、効率よく回れる道順を調べ、数年かけ達成する気の遠くなるような千ヶ寺参りを苦労と思わず実行される、日蓮大聖人のご遺徳に思いを馳せられ、千ヶ寺参りを行う大変さをお聞きし頭が下がる思いでした
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千ヶ寺を巡る
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千ヶ寺詣
現今私の家に居る門弟の実見談だが、所は越後国西頸城郡市振村というところ、その男がまだ十二三の頃だそうだ、自分の家の直き近所に、勘太郎という樵夫の老爺が住んでいたが、倅は漁夫で、十七ばかりになる娘との親子三人暮であった、ところがこの家というのは、世にも哀れむべき、癩病の血統なので、娘は既に年頃になっても、何処からも貰手がない、娘もそれを覚ったが、偶然、或時父兄の前に言出でて、自分は一代法華をして、諸国を経廻ろうと思うから、何卒家を出してくれと決心の色を現したので、父も兄も致方なく、これを許したから、娘は大変喜んで、早速まだうら若き身を白衣姿に変えて、納経を懐にして、或年の秋、一人ふいと己の故郷を後にして、遂に千ヶ寺詣の旅に上ったのであった、すると、それから余程月日も経ったが、不幸にも娘は旅の途中、病を得て家に帰って来たが、間もなく、とうとう此度は、あの世の旅の人となってしまった、父や兄の悲歎は申すまでもなかったが、やがて、質素な葬式も済してそれも終った。
すると、或冬の事、この老爺というのが、元来談上手なので、近所の子供達が夜になると必ず皆寄って来て、老爺に談をせがむのが例であったが、この夜も六七人の子供が皆大きな炉の周囲に黙って座りながら、鉄鍋の下の赤く燃えている榾火を弄りながら談している老爺の真黒な顔を見ながら、片唾を呑んで聴いているのであった、私に談した男もその一人であったそうだ。戸外は雪がちらちら降っていて、時々吹雪のような風が窓の戸をガタガタ音をさして、その隙間から、ヒューと寒く流込むと、申合した様に子供達は、小な肩を皆縮める、榾火はパッと一しきり燃え上って、後の灰色の壁だの、黒い老爺の顔を、赤く照すのであった、田舎のことでもあるし、こんな晩なので、宵から四隣もシーンとして、折々浜の方で鳴く鳥の声のみが、空に高く、幽かに聞えてくるのである、夜も更けて十時過ぎた頃だった、今まで興に乗じて夢中に談していた老爺が、突然誰も訪れた声もせぬのに、一人で返事をしながら、談半ばに、ついと起って、そこの窓際まで来て、雨戸を開けて、恰も戸外の人と談をしているかの様子であった、暫時して、老爺はまた戸を閉めて、手に何か持ちながら其処の座に戻って来たが、子供等もあまり不思議に思ったので、それを尋ねると、老爺はさも困ったという風をして「何、実はこの間死んだ、己の娘が来たんだがの、葬式の時、忘れて千ヶ寺詣りのなりで、やったものだから困るといって、今この通り、白衣と納経を置いて行って、お寺さんへ納めてくんろといいながら、浜の方さ、行ってしまっただよ」と談された時には、子供達は皆震上って一同顔色を変えた、その晩はいとど物凄い晩なのに、今幽霊が来たというので、さあ子供等は帰れないが、ここへ泊るわけにもゆかないので、皆一緒に、ぶるぶる震えながら、かたまって漸くの思いをして帰ったとの事だが、こればかりは、老爺が窓のところへ起て行って、受取った白衣と納経とを、眼の当り見たのだから確実の談だといって、私にはなしたのである。
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. Hokekyo, Hokkekyo 法華経 / ホケキョウ Lotus Sutra .


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................................................................................. Miyagi 宮城県　
仙台市 Sendai city 宮城野区 Miyagino ward

The daughter of a pious merchant from Sendai believed strongly in the 法華経 Hokekyo Lotus Sutra.
When she died she became a ghost and went to 身延山 Mount Minobusan.
When she (her ghost) was near 富士川 the river Fujikawa, she met a pilgrim doing the Sengaji Mairi. She tore one furisode 振袖 sleeve of her kimono and gave it to him with the quest to show it to her parents. He came to Sendai just on the 49th day after her death. Her parents brought the sleeve to the temple hall 榴ヶ岡釈迦堂 Tsutsujigaoka Shakado and buried it in a mound. This became known as the
Furisodezuka 振袖塚 Furisode Mound.
It is near a slope which is called Furisodezaka 振袖坂.


shijūkunichi 四十九日　- 49 days after death, the soul leaves this world and goes to the other world.
. Juu Oo 十王, Juo, Ju-O - 10 Ten Kings of Hell .

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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -

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Hokekyo Lotus Sutra Legends

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Hokekyo, Hokkekyo 法華経 / ホケキョウ Lotus Sutra

. Koya San in Wakayama 高野山　和歌山県 .
The Lotus Sutra, Hoke-kyoo　法華経、Hokekyo describes various deities as Bosatsu concerned with light offerings.



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The Lotus Sūtra (Sanskrit: Saddharma Pundarika Sutra,
literally "Sūtra on the White Lotus of the Sublime Dharma")
is one of the most popular and influential Mahayana sutras, and the basis on which the Tiantai, Tendai, Cheontae, and Nichiren schools of Buddhism were established.
According to British professor Paul Williams,
"For many East Asian Buddhists since early times, the Lotus Sutra contains the final teaching of the Buddha, complete and sufficient for salvation."
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. Minobusan, temple 敬慎院 Keishin-In - Yamanashi .
In this temple, Shichimen Daimyojin, the protector deity of the Lotus Sutra, is enshrined.

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................................................................................. Nagasaki 長崎県 　
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西海市 Saikai city 西彼町 Seihi town

. The Lotus Sutra on a 卒塔婆 Sotoba grave marker .




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. The dragon from 竜花寺 the Temple Ryuge-ji .




................................................................................. Tokyo 　
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深川北川町 Fukagawa Kitagawa town

. The Lotus Sutra with an old inscription from 1757 .


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- reference : Nichibun Yokai Database -
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Moriyamadera Tomonin

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Moriyamadera 東門院 守山寺 Tomon-In, Shiga


滋賀県守山市守山 / 2-2-46 Moriyama, Moriyama city, Shiga Prefecture

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It is said that this temple was founded in 794 by the priest Saicho, the founder of the Tendai sect of Buddhism, as the east gate of Hieizan Enryakuji Temple, which had been constructed 6 years before as the headquarters of the sect. When Emperor Kanmu visited the temple, he named it Hieizan Tomonin Moriyamadera, which means the temple guarding the east gate of Mt. Hiei.
During the Edo period (1603-1868),
the temple was used as the lodge for Joseon Royal Embassies, the Joseon envoys intermittently sent to Tokugawa Shogunate of Japan. In 1986, the main hall and Kuri (the priests’ quarters) were burned down by a fire. The statue of Juichimen Kannon (Kannon with 11 faces) housed in the main hall was also destroyed by fire. The main hall was reconstructed and the statue was restored to its original form in 1990.
The statue of Fudo Myoo,
which is the principal object of worship in Goma Hall and survived the fire undamaged, and the five-story stone pagoda in the corner of the precinct are designated as national Important Cultural Properties.
Together with other art objects, they tell us of the temple’s 1,200 year history.
- source : nippon-kichi .jp...

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Famous for the statue of Fudo Myo-O in the Goma Hall.
The largest statue in the 近江 Omi region.
Important cultural property.

護摩堂(不動堂)に安置されている半丈六の木造不動明王坐像は近江最大といわれ、
脇侍の二童子と共に国の重要文化財に指定されています。

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shuin　朱印 stamp

- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : city.moriyama.lg.jp...

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -


source : l-plus.jp/m-kannon...
毎月17日・18日　守山観音様の縁日 ritual and fair for Moriyama Kannon
Every month on the 17th and 18th.

毎月17日　門前アート市 Art market, every month on the 17th

毎月18日　まほろば茶論<サロン> Tea rituals, every month on the 18th
Including Zazen, Rakugo story telling, Noh performance, musical performances and more.

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- part of the following Pilgrimages -

近江西国三十三ヶ所霊場第二番札所
Nr. 2 at Omi 33 Kannon temples
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湖国十一面観音霊場第五番札所
Nr. 5 at Kokoku 11 Kannon temples
- list of the temples -

湖東三十三ヶ所霊場第一番霊場
Nr. 1 at Kohigashi 33 Kannon temples
- list of the temples -

近江湖南二十七名刹霊場第二十三番札所
Nr.23 at Omi Konan 27 temples

びわこ百八霊場第百三番札所
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. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) .

. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .


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


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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .


. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .


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Ankokuji Fudo

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Ankokuji 安国寺 Ankoku-Ji, Hiroshima


広島市東区牛田新町 / Ushita-shinmachi, Higashi-ku, Hiroshima city

The temple was founded in 1433.
During repair work a plate was found with the name of the priest 安国寺恵瓊 Ankokuji Ekei from the year 1588.
The shooroo 鐘楼 bell tower has the form of a hakamakoshi 袴腰, like a skirt or Hakama trousers of men, with a white painting. This type of tower dates back to the Heian period.



During the Edo period, the temple came under the regime of the Zen sect with 寺号 the temple name 宥珍 Yuchin.
A statue of Fudo Myo-O became the center of worship and the name 不動院 Fudo-In became popular.

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安国寺不動院　銅製梵鐘　Ankoku-ji Fudo-in - dosei bonsho　
The Copper Bell at Ankokuji Fudoin Temple



The large temple bell at Ankokuji Fudoin Temple in Hiroshima City is said to have been brought from Korea
by 安国寺恵瓊 Ankokuji Ekei, who was a daimyo and priest serving for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Mori Motonari during the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1568-1598).
It is an excellent artistic work of the early Goryeo dynasty (918-1932). The bell is 1.6 m tall and 65 cm in diameter. Beautiful arabesque designs are cast on relief on the upper and lower parts and four heavenly maidens are on the main body. The sitting image of Bosatsu is also carved in relief on the hitting mark (tsukiza), on which the name “Soshin Bosatsu” is inscribed. The bell was designated as a national Important Cultural Property in 1899.
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shuin　朱印 stamp

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. O-Mamori お守り　Amulets and Talismans .

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


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- - - - - There are many temples with the name Ankoku-Ji in Japan.


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

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木曽郡 Kiso district - 安国寺 (茅野市) Ankokuji Miyagawa - Chino city, Nagano

. Inari 稲荷と伝説 Legends about the Fox Deity .
A fox shape-shifted into a Samurai and called himself 蛻庵 Setsuan. He became a retainer of 諏訪侯 the Lord of Suwa. When they found out about his real identity, the fox-samurai had to go.
He was allowed to live at 興禅寺 the temple Kozen-Ji
Once he had to go to on an errand to 安国寺 the temple Ankoku-Ji, but he was found out and killed.
Soon after an epidemic broke out and people thought it was the curse of the fox.
They build a small shrine in the temple compound and venerated and appeased his soul there
at the 蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari Shrine.



蛻庵稲荷 Setsuan Inari Shrine
Nagano, Kiso District, Kiso, Fukushima
In the compound of the temple 興禅寺 Kozen-Ji

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宮川村 Miyagawa village
長野県茅野市宮川安国寺2819番地

. tanuki 狸 - mujina 狢　－ racoon dog, badger legends .
Once late at night, someone knocked at the door of the temple hall of 安国寺 Ankoku-Ji. When the priest opened, there was nobody.
This happened many times in a row from that day on. Once the priest was fast and opened the moment he heard the voice. He saw a Mukina jump away over the roof.

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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .

. Legends about Death .

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

. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .


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