2016/04/08

Kannon Bosatsu Legends

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. Japanese legends and tales 伝説 民話 昔話 - Introduction .
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Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 伝説 Legends about Kannon



. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara - ABC List .
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. Juichimen Kannon 十一面観音 Legends about Kannon with 11 Faces .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Legends about Kannon with 1000 arms .

. Sake, 酒 Kannon and Yokai monster legends .


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- - - - - ABC List of the prefectures :


..................................................................... Fukushima 福島県
福島市 Fukushima city 飯坂町 Iizaka town

. Kannon and 仏具山 Mount Butsugayam .




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

. 光明寺 Komyo-Ji and Ennin Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 .




..................................................................... Miyagi 宮城県

. Uyamuya no Seki 有耶無耶の関 The Inamu Barrier .
若松観音 Wakamatsu Kannon and The 笹谷観音 Sasaya Kannon




..................................................................... Nagano 長野県
下條村 / 下条村 Shimojo - Shimoina district

tobi kannon 飛び観音 the flying Kannon
When the soldiers of Oda Nobunaga 織田信長軍 came toward Shimojo, they burned down the temple 栗生山興徳寺 Kotoku-Ji. The statue of Kannon saved herself by flying away to the spot where she is now. Villagers found her still hot by the waterfall at the riverside.


source : ishihara-art/s~tobikannon

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Nagano 天龍村 Tenryu village

. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and Kannon .




..................................................................... Tokyo 東京 .

Akasaka 赤坂
. 氷川明神 Hikawa Myojin and 十一面観音 Juichimen Kannon .




..................................................................... Toyama 富山県 .

. Ogawadera 小川寺 Kannon Legend .


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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
馬頭観音 / あかずの観音 and many more
04 観音菩薩 (01) 391 to collect
36 観音像 statue (01)

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. Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai - 弘法大師 空海 - 伝説 .

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- Yookai 妖怪 Yokai Monsters of Japan -
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3 comments:

Gabi Greve said...

Legend from Tottori 鳥取県
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若桜町 Wakasa town

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 伝説 legends about Kannon .
Once a thief wanted to steal the Kannon statue in the yard of the school of the hamlet 中原 Nakahara. He tried to carry it, but it became more and more heavy. When he turned to bring it back, it became light again.
Another version tells of a rope which the thief used, and it fell apart.
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Many years ago there was a special hospital for densenbyosha 伝染病者 people with infectious epidemic diseases above the statue of Kannon.
A nearby farmhouse had a fire and a bundle of straw flew toward the hospital, which also begun to burn.
Since it was above the Kannon statue, people thought the deity did not like the hospital and helped to burn it.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/inaba-kaido-highway.html
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Gabi Greve said...

Legends from Kyoto 亀岡 Kameoka
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Once a hunter mistook the Kannon Statue from 独鈷抛山 Mount Tokkonage for a fox and hot an arrow at her. The arrow hit the eye of Kannon and she went down to the river to wash her eye for a full recovery. Since this event the water from the valley of Mount Tokkonage is said to heal ganbyoo 眼病 eye diseases.
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Once there was a fire at the temple 厳平寺 Yohei-Ji and people thought the statue of Kannon had burned with it.
A villager had a dream about Kannon, who told him "I feel so lonely, please come and pick me up!" All the villagers begun looking and found her below the hamlet.
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https://edoflourishing.blogspot.com/2020/03/kameoka-kaido-highway.html

Gabi Greve said...

Aichi 愛知県 幡豆郡 Hazu district 幡豆町 Hazu town
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taiboku 大木 a huge tree
In a village on the beach there was densenbyo 伝染病 a pandemic.
Once there was a light on the sea and a huge strange tree came afloat.
The villagers wanted to burn it but could not.
There came Gyoki Bosatsu and carved a statue of Kannon out of it.
The villagers prayed to Kannon and the pandemic ended.
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https://heianperiodjapan.blogspot.com/2020/02/densenbyo-pandemic-legends.html
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