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2021/04/18

Noma Daibo Fudo Chita

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Nomadaibo 野間大坊 Noma Daibo - Omido-Ji - Chita
鶴林山 Kakurinzan 無量寿院 Muryoju-In  大御堂寺 Omido-Ji

知多郡美浜町野間東畠50 / Aichi 50 Higashibatake, Noma, Mihama-cho, Chita-gun

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Noma Daibo 野間大坊
Noma Daibo, or formally named Omidoji Temple, is a temple belonging to the Shingon sect of Buddhism. Its history dates back to the era ruled by Emperor Tenmu in the middle of the 7th century.
Noma Daibo
is famous as the place where Minamoto no Yoshitomo, the father of Yoritomo and Yoshitsune, was killed unarmed when he was taking a bath. In 1159, Yoshitomo was defeated by the Taira clan in the Heiji Rebellion and escaped from Kyoto, heading for the east via Mino province and Chita Peninsula. In the village of Noma, Yoshitomo stayed at the residence of Osada Tadamune, Yoshitomo’s retainer Kamata Masakiyo’s father-in-law, who betrayed Yoshitomo for the reward from the Taira clan and killed him in the bathroom.
In the precinct is Yoshitomo’s grave,
which is surrounded by wooden swords, as it is said that Yoshitomo’s last words were
“If only I had a wooden sword, I wouldn’t have been killed.”

It is also believed that one who dedicates a wooden sword here will have his prayer answered.
The Blood Pond,
where the betrayers washed Yoshitomo’s head, and the ruins of the bathroom also remain in the precinct.
- source : //nippon-kichi.jp -

. chinoike, chi no ike 血の池 と伝説 Legends about "blood ponds" .

. Osadagani Osada crabs 長田蟹, Osadagai 長田貝 Osada shells .
and the curse of the Osada and Heike family.

. Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源の義経 (1159 - 1189) .

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kidachi 木太刀 large wooden sword - memorial
In memory of Yoshitomo.



It is said that Minamoto no Yoshitomo was killed unarmed while taking a bath at a hot spring.
His grave in Aichi Prefecture is surrounded on all sides by wooden swords (bokuto), as by legend his last words were
"If only I had even a bokuto (bokutō 木刀) ...".

源義朝の最期 : 「我れに木太刀の一本なりともあれば」
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shuin 朱印 stamp

omamori お守り amulets

ema 絵馬 votive tablet

- Homepage of the temple
- source : nomadaibou.jp

- reference source : www.36fudo.jp ... -
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This temple is Nr. 21 of the
. Pilgrimages to 36 Fudo Temples in the Tokai region 東海三十六不動尊霊場 .

. 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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2020/03/24

Migawari Fudo Tochigi

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Migawari Fudo 身代わり不動 Fudo as substitute
如意山 Nyoinzan 吉祥院 Kichijo-In 延命寺 Enmei-Ji


栃木県栃木市大平町西水代1864-1 / Gunma Tochigi city, Ohiramachi, Nishi-Mizushiro

Founded by 良弁上人 Saint Roben as a retreat along the river 永野川 Naganogawa aruond 730.
Later around 1276, priest 亮弁 Ryoben built a hall and placed a statue of 延命地蔵菩薩 Enmei Jizo in it.
In 1378 秀範上人 Saint x built 愛染堂 a hall for Aizen Myo-Oto venerate the dragon deity
清龍権現 Seiryu Gongen.
With the wish to provide riches and health to all people, the name Kichijo-In was then choosen.



. Kichijōten 吉祥天 Lakshmi .

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The main statue is
延命地蔵菩薩 Enmei Jizo Bosatsu for a long life

. Enmei Jizoo 延命地蔵 life-prolonging Jizo .

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shooroo mon 鐘楼門 Bell Tower Gate


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. Migawari Fudo 身代わり不動尊 Fudo as Substitute .
wagami no kawari ni わが身の代わりに "instead of my own body"

. Priest 良弁僧正 Roben Sojo (689 - 773) .

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shuin 朱印 stamp



omamori お守り amulets


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This temple is Nr. 14 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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2018/04/11

Butsusen 04 Suzuka Okina

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Suzuka no okina 鈴鹿翁(すずかのおきな) Old Man Suzuka

He is Nr. 04 of the
. 日本の仏仙人16人 - The 16 Buddhist Immortals of Japan .


Like the
. Yoshinoyama Nyosen 吉野山女仙 Female Sennin from Mount Yoshinoyama .

he is also related to
. Tenmu, Tenbu 天武天皇 Emperor Tenmu Tenno .
when he was still Prince Ōama 大海人皇子 Oama no Oji and lived in exile in Yoshino.

Suzuka no Okina brought the Prince (who was also known as 清見原皇子 Prince Kiyomihara) to Yoshino to avoid fighting. From there the Prince kept fleeing to 鈴鹿山 Mount Suzukayama in Shiga.
The life story of the Prince continues, but the whereabouts of Suzuka no Okina are lost after that.
He was maybe the 鈴鹿山の神仙 Shinsen Immortal of the Mountain.

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Suzuka no Okina felt that the Prince would soon want to become Emperor (帝王の気).
Okina is shown with the Emperor, both riding a deer and crossing a river.
He has invited the Emperor to come with him to the realm of the Sennin (senkyo 仙郷) to introduce him to his daughter.
- reference source : nijl.ac.jp/pages/event/exhibition/images/kansou4.pdf -

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Living quarters of Asuka Kiyomihara Palace
..... The building was one of the central facilities of Asuka Kiyomihara no Miya, or Asuka Kiyomihara Palace.
The building was used by Emperor Tenmu and Empress Regnant Jito from 672 to 694, during the Asuka period (593-710).

..... Other palaces built after the Nara period (710-794) have similar layouts to Asuka Kiyomihara Palace, leading experts to believe that the palace served as a model.
..... According to Nihon Shoki (Chronicles of Japan), written in 720, there were three major buildings at Asuka Kiyomihara Palace. To the “uchi no andono” building, Emperor Tenmu invited princes and other relatives.
At the “o andono” building, parties and other entertainments were held, while the emperor’s followers gathered at the “to no andono” building.
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Kiyomihara Jinja 清見原神社 / 清見原宮
大阪府大阪市生野区小路2-24-35 // 2 Chome-24-35 Shōji, Ikuno-ku, Ōsaka



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The Kiyomihara Shrine is dedicated to Emperor Tenmu (673 - 686), the 40th emperor.
The date of erection is unknown. It is said that Emperor Tenmu stayed for a while in Ootomo Village (old name of Shoji) during his visit to Naniwa (ancient Osaka) and that the shrine was built to commemorate the imperial visit.
In 1909, five other shrines in the neighborhood were consolidated into this shrine, which was renamed the Shoji Shrine after the village name.
In 1942, the shrine was rebuilt in commemoration of the 2,600th anniversary of the accession of the first Emperor Jinmu, and the old name of Kiyomihara was restored.
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Suzuka Mountains (鈴鹿山脈 Suzuka Sanmyaku)



a mountain range running through Mie Prefecture and along the borders of Gifu and Shiga prefectures in central Japan.
The tallest peak in the range is Mount Oike at 1,247 m (4,091 ft). In spite of its height, Mount Oike is not the most visited mountain; that distinction belongs to Mount Gozaisho because of its Gozaisho Ropeway, making reaching the peak much easier.
There are seven peaks in this mountain range.
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Suzukayama Shinmai 鈴鹿山新舞 new Kagura Dance of Suzukayama
performed in Hiroshima


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Suzukayama is another hero versus demon piece based on a Noh drama.
The hero is Sakanoue Tamuramaro who was given the title of shogun (barbarian defeating generalissimo) for his success in defeating the Emishi in eastern and northern Japan.
There are many variations on the story, but this version seems to be based on the version of the story that has the demon being a "dog demon". Other versions have the demon being invisible.
The demon lives in a cave on Suzukayama which is near Ise. Apparently it was quite a dangerous place for travelers.
What is interesting to note is how halfway through the dance the upper part of the costume is undone and drops to act like a flared skirt during the spinning.
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. Yoshinoyama 吉野山 a power spot in Nara .


. sennin 天狗と仙人伝説 Legends about Tengu and Immortals .

. sennin 仙人と伝説 Legends about Immortals .


. Japan - Shrines and Temples - Index .


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2018/02/12

Yakushi legends 09 Osaka Saitama Shiga Shizuoka

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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and
legends from Osaka 大阪,
Saitama 埼玉県, Shiga 滋賀県 and Shizuoka 静岡県


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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Osaka 大阪



Tookooin 東光院 Toko-In - Hagi no Tera 萩の寺 Bushclover Temple
豊中市南桜塚1-12-7 // 1 Chome-12-7 Minamisakurazuka, Toyonaka-shi, Ōsaka-
第12番 新西国霊場 Pilgrimage

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In 浪速の車町 Kuruma-machi, Naniwa at the 蘆池 Ashi-Ike pond a stone memorial with a figure of Yakushi had been found.
It is also known as
浪花薬師 Naniwa Yakushi or 蘆やくし Ashi-Yakushi.
Every year there was a festival in its honor.
But now the whereabouts of this Yakushi are not known any more.

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- More Yakushi Temples in Osaka

Hoounji 法雲寺 Houn-Ji
堺市美原区今井192-甲

Jigenin 慈眼院 Jigen-In
泉佐野市日根野626

Nichira Zenji 日羅禅寺 Nichira Zenji
八尾市南木の本615

Yachuji 野中寺 Yachu-Ji
羽曳野市野々上5-9-24




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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Saitama 埼玉県

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宮代町 Miyashiro

migawari Yakushi 身代わり薬師 Yakushi as personal substiture
When a samurai from Aizu, called Ito 伊藤修理太夫光家 passed here, he was attacked from bandits 野武士. But Yakushi jumped in his place and the samurai was saved.

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所沢市 Tokorozawa

nezumi Yakushi ねずみ薬師 Yakushi and the mice
If the farmers prayed hard to Yakushi, he would prevent their estate from the damage of mice eating their rice harvest.

There is a mountain called
Nezumi Yakushi ねずみ薬師 in Niigata.


source : takasei.sakura.ne.jp/-nezumiyakusi




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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Shiga 滋賀県

In Shigaraki town there is a 不動寺 Fudo Temple. Once a man went missing there and people got out with drums and bells to look for him. They found him dead leaning on a tree on the Ise Road near the Ishi Yakushi stone 石薬師伊勢道.
This was the wrongdoing of a 天狗 Tengu for sure.

. Ishi Yakushi 石薬師 and Yakushi Ishi 薬師石 Rock and Stone .

. Yakushi Nyorai and Tengu Legends 薬師と天狗伝説 .




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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 and legends from Shizuoka 静岡県
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富士吉田市 Fujiyoshida

Yakushi no tatari 薬師のたたり the curse of Yakushi
Once upon a time, a member of the 加賀美イツケ Kagami clan had an eye disease. In a dream he was told that he should go to lake 明見湖 Asumiko (in nearby Yamanashi) and look for a statue of Yakushi Nyoarai to venerate. He did so and his eyes were healed.
But later through a curse of the Yakushi he was forced to bring it to the temple 常在寺 Jozai-Ji in 小立村 Kodachi-mura.

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庵原郡 Ibara district 両河内村 Ryogochi-mura

Once Tokugawa Ieyasu came to 大平の薬師様 Yakushi Sama in Ohira village and prayed, and soon his eyes were healed.
This Yakushi once wanted to be venerated by many more people and came all the way to 吉原 Yoshiwara Town in Eastern Shizuoka. But there he could not move on any more.
So it seems Yakushi did not want to go to Ohira after all.
Ohira is a small village near Numazu - 静岡県沼津市大平.

. Tokugawa Ieyasu 徳川家康 (1543 - 1616) .


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. Yakushi Nyorai Pilgrimages 薬師霊場巡り - Introduction .


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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC List .


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2015/07/08

Yakushi Onsen

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Yakushi Onsen 薬師温泉 Hot Springs named Yakushi
Yakushi no Yu 薬師の湯 - Yakushi Yu 薬師湯


. Legends about Onsen Hot Springs 温泉と伝説 .
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. Place Names with Yakushi Nyorai .



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Yakushi no Yu 薬師の湯 / Yakushiyu 薬師湯 Yakushi Hot Spring
お薬師さん 温泉 - Yakushi and Onsen Hot springs

There are various hot springs including the name of Yakushi.

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Here is a growing ABC list of the prefectures.

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. Osorezan 恐山 薬師の湯 Yakushi no Yu onsen hot spring .




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. Awara Onsen あわら温泉 .
田中温泉薬師神社 Tanaka Onsen Yakushi Jinja
舟津温泉薬師堂 Funatsu Onsen Yakushi-Do hall
二面温泉薬師堂 Futaomote Onsen Yakushi-Do hall



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

. Gero Onsen 下呂温泉 Gero Hot Spring Spa .
Onsenji 温泉寺 Onsen-ji and Yakushi



....................................................................... Gunma 群馬県

群馬県の薬師温泉 Yakushi Onsen in Gunma

Located in the remotest part of the Asama-Kakushi Onsen Area
3330-20 Motojuku, Higashiagatsuma-machi, Agatsuma-gun, Gunma

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Kayabuki no Sato Yakushi Onsen Hatago
Located in the mountains of Gunma, Yakushi Onsen Hatago realized fairly early on the piece that it was important ? if not essential ? to preserve the traditional elements of a specific locality as much as possible. The owners of the rustic onsen decided to go one step further and make such vestiges the main attraction.



The hotel’s roots can be traced all the way back to the late-18th century, when a monk stumbled across the remote hot spring inn whilst making his spiritual journey across the country. Its trademark hospitality was the same back then as it is now, offering all guests a clean, warm environment, personal attention and simple fresh cuisine.
So idyllic is the location that it’s easy to imagine the monk made a return journey along the same route.
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....................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県

Tanba Sasayama Onsen 丹波篠山温泉 - Konda Yakushi Onsen こんだ薬師温泉
(photo at the top of this page)

The Onsen is located on a small hill, on its top is a sanctuary for Yakushi Nyorai.
At the bottom of the hill is the Konda Yakushi Onsen.
One of its hot bath's is made of 丹波焼 Tanbayaki pottery. The outdoor hot bath is made with special stones from the area, 丹波石.


兵庫県篠山市今田町今田新田21-10 - Nukumori no Sato
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....................................................................... Mie 三重県
和歌山県 Wakayama is a related location.

. Oguri Hangan 小栗判官 and Yunomine Onsen 湯の峰温泉 .



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田沢温泉 Tazawa Onsen

yugen gongen, yu no minamoto Gongen 湯源権現 The Deity to protect the Hot Water Well

Once upon a time, this deity appeared in the dream of the ascet En no Gyoja and asked him to built a hot spring in Tazawa. After that he build the small shrine for the deity as protector of the Hot Spring 湯源権現社.
This shrine dates back to the time of 持統天皇 Emperor Jito Tenno (645 - 702).


source : akira_o2ka
湯原権現社 Yugen Gongen、天満天神宮 Tenman Tenjin 、稲荷大明神の石祠 Inari Daimyojin

Also known as the Three Shrine Deities of the Hot Spring 温泉天神社.

To our day, people come here to worship and have a festival on the 88th day 八十八夜 from the beginning of Spring.
It used to be the 8th day of the 4th lunar month, now usually celebrated on May 2.


. En-no-Gyôja 役行者 En no Gyoja, Jimpen Dai-Bosatsu (634 - 701).


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Hashiriyu Gongen 走湯権現 (そうとうごんげん) Soto Gongen, Hot Spring Deity


source : city.atami.shizuoka.jp/page

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Izusan Gongen 伊豆山権現
also called Hashiriyu Gongen 走湯権現

A deity associated with a hot spring which wells up on Izusan 伊豆山, a hill of 166m in Shizuoka prefecture close to the sea coast. A shrine was raised to the deity in the early 9c. In the late Heian period an Esoteric Buddhist mikkyou 密教 temple called Hannya-in 般若院 was built on Izusan.
The sculpture of Izusan Gongen that was the principal image of Hannya-in survives. He originally held a mace shaku 笏 and a halberd houbou 宝鉾. He wears a court hat, court robes, and kesa 袈裟 (Buddhist robes).
This combination expresses particularly well the unity of Buddhism and Shinto shinbutsu shuugou 神仏習合.
In the Kamakura period, Izusan became a mountain used for ascetic practice shugendou 修験道 (see En no Gyouja 役の行者), and was linked with Hakone 箱根 as a pilgrimage destination, receiving government patronage. Izusan remained well known as a shugendo sacred mountain until the early Meiji period, when the site was made Shinto and the Buddhist objects scattered. A Buddhist manifestation honjibutsu 本地仏 of Izusan Gongen is the Thousand-armed Kannon, Senju Kannon 千手観音.
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Yu Gongen Sha 湯権現社 - 宝光寺 - 平井村 - 本地 Incarnation of Fudo Myo-O 不動明王
湯権現社 境内、裏門の辺にあり、 不動の木像を神体とす、 前に出せし温泉鎮護の為に勧請する処なりと云、 鳥居に鹿湯大権現の五字を扁せり、 社前に石灯籠一基あり、 銘に武州多磨郡平井郷塩沢山湯権現宝前、従五位下溝口豊前守源信勝、貞享三丙寅年十一月如意日、溝口源左衛門と鐫す
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Yakushi Kan 薬師館 Yakushi Hotel
at the foot of Mount Asama



The hot spring was founded in the Edo period by the lord of Komuro castle 小諸城. In former timed during the memorial day for Yakushi Nyorai there was a festival where many people met and many young couples found each other.
So to our day this Yakushi is famous for bringing together people.

長野県小諸市菱平7
- source : www.yakushikan.com -

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小諸市 Komoro

Hishinomura no nana fushigi 菱野村の七不思議
Yakushi no koomyoo 薬師湯の光明 the rays of Yakushi

御仏の影やうつると見ゆばかり光清くも澄める御湯かな。
Yakushiyu has been found by 弘法大師 Kobo Daishi Kukai.
And even 源頼朝 Minamoto no Yoritomo has bathed here.


Omachi Onsen - 薬師の湯 Yakushi no Yu

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Yakushi-no-Yu is Omachi Onsen’s main bathhouse.


One of the indoor baths is pure onsen water but the temperature was so low, nobody was bathing in it. Instead, everyone was in the larger indoor bath which is heated and recirculated. The outdoor bath was spacious but would have been more enjoyable if it had a view of the Alps. The outdoor bath made of river rocks is only operating in the summer.
- source : www.go-nagano.net
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松本市 Matsumoto

. Shiraito Onsen 白糸温泉 .


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Beppu

清寧山 Seineizan Kankaiji 観海寺 - Kankai-Ji

. Onsen Yakushi 温泉薬師 "Yakushi Nyorai of the Hot Spring .
Empress Gensho Tenno 元正天皇 and Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来



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邇摩郡 Nima district - 温泉津 Yunotsu Hot Spring

Yakushi no men 薬師の面 mask of Yakushi
To have the mask of Yakushi at the tempel 山田寺 Yamadadera laquered anew, the mask was sent to Kyoto to a certain craftsman. This man knew that things made from this tree would eventually make him a rich man, so he made a mask from a different wood and tried to sent it back.
But the mask became very angry about this, so he threw it into the sea and told it to find its way back to Yamadera in 八代 Yashiro. The mask landed at the beach of 温泉津 Yunotsu village. A child picked it up and began to dance with it, when the headman of Yashiro village saw her and took the mask home.
That night he had a dream when the makuragami 枕神 "god of the dream pillow", with the mask appeared by his bedside and told him to bring the mask back to the temple Yamadadera.



....................................................................... Tottori 鳥取県

. Yoshioka Onsen 吉岡温泉 Hot Spring .
The Elder Ashioka 葦岡長者


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Hanayama Onsen 花山温泉 Yakushi no Yu 薬師の湯



Kansai's strongest Therapeutic Hydrogen Carbonate Hot Spring Hanayama Onsen Yakushi no Yu is very close to Wakayama Interchange and its features are a high density of active elements and the reddish brown water of an iron carbonate onsen. The water temperature from the source is 26ºC. By alternately soaking in the source bath and the large public bath that is heated to 42ºC, it is possible to obtain even further effects from bathing.
574 Narukami Wakayama City
- source : www.hanayamaonsen.com -


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青葉蔭薬師瑠璃光の出湯とぞ
aobakage yakushi ruriko no ideyu tozo

shade under green leaves -
that's just right for a hot bath
of Yakushi Nyorai


高橋睦郎 Takahashi Mutsuo (1937 - )

the most prominent and prolific male poets, essayists, and writers of contemporary Japan, with more than three dozen collections of poetry, several works of prose, dozens books of essays, and several major literary prizes to his name.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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かつこうや山の湯の薬師さんの白い障子
kakkoo ya yama no yu no yakushi san no shiroi shooji

this cuckoo -
a Yakushi hot spring in the mountains
with white sliding doors


Hagiwara Seisensui 荻原井泉水 (1884 - 1976)
pen name of Ogiwara Tōkichi


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百日紅散る湯の町の薬師堂
sarusuberi chiru yu no machi no yakushi doo

the Yakushi Hall
in a hot spring town
where crape myrtle is scattering


増田善昭 Masuda Yoshiaki


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2014/10/22

Osshin-Ji Gifu

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Osshinji 乙津寺 Osshin-Ji - Umedera 梅寺 "Plum Blossom Temple"
瑞甲山 Zuikozan 乙津寺 Osshin-Ji
鏡島弘法 Kagashima Kobo


岐阜市鏡島1328 - 1328 Kagashima, Gifu Town, Gifu


31 - . 東海三十六不動尊霊場 Tokai 36 Fudo temples .
- Introduction -

and
one of the three Kobo Daishi Temples in Mino 美濃三弘法

one of the Three Great Kobo Daishi Temples to ward off evil influence
日本三躰除厄弘法 Yakuyoke Kobo
yakuyoke Daishi 厄除大師 Daishi to protect from evil influence and disaster
. - Gofunai Henro Temples .
Nr. 25 - Choorakuji 長楽寺 Choraku-Ji
Nr. 84 - Myoo-In 明王院 Myo-O-In


- Map of the temple compound


- source : www.ccn.aitai.ne.jp


- Chant of the temple
さしおきし 杖も逆枝て 梅の寺 法もひろまれ 鶯のこえ

The temple has been founded by Gyoki Bosatsu in 738.
He carved a statue of Kannon with Eleven Heads and 1000 Arms 十一面千手観音像 and offered prayers.



In 813 Kobo Daishi came here on his travels on behalf of Saga Tenno 嵯峨天皇 and enlarged the temple greatly.

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戒光慧童子 Kaikoe Doji

- Homepage of the temple
- source : www.ccn.aitai.ne.jp/~umedera



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


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source : facebook

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



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- Yearly Festivals -

毎月21日午前11時      弘法大師縁日会 大般若会
2月3日午後2時        節分会 星まつり

4月21日~23日       秘仏御開帳 Showing the secret statue

毎月第2日曜日午前9時     写経会
毎月第4日曜日午前9時45分  無縁仏供養



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- Member of other pilgrimages -

東海百観音  -  第52番札所 - Tokai 100 Kannon Temples
美濃西国三十三観音霊場  -    第19番札所
美濃新四国八十八ヶ所霊場 -    第44番札所

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Mino San Kobo 美濃三弘法 3 Kobo Daishi Temples in Mino

01 乙津寺、鏡島弘法 - Osshin-Ji, Kashima Kobo

02 法華時、三田洞弘法 - Hokke-Ji
- - - - - 三田洞の弘法さま Mitahora Kobo / 霊鷺山 Ryuju-San

03 円鏡寺、北方町 - Enkyo-Ji
- - - - - 岐阜県本巣郡北方町北方1345

- source : gifu-walker.mods.jp


. Kobo Daishi Henro Temple List .


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yakuyoke 厄除け to ward off evil
. 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 - ABC .


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2014/10/19

Onzan-Ji Shikoku 18

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Onzanji 恩山寺 Onzan-Ji

. 四国お遍路さん Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information -

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Nr. 18 - 母養山 Boyozan 宝樹院 Hoju-In 恩山寺 Onzan-Ji
徳島県小松島市田野町字恩山寺谷40 / Onzanjidani-40 Tanochō, Komatsushima-shi

- Chant of the temple
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



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Gyōgi founded this temple on the orders of Emperor Shōmu and carved the statue of Yakushi as its honzon. At that time, Buddhist law forbid women getting any closer to the temple than the hill called Hanaori no Saka. Likewise, women were not allowed on Kōyasan or the mountain of Temple 12. In fact, women at the time were not allowed on any of the sacred mountains.

One hundred years later, Kōbō Daishi's mother, Tamayori, came to visit him while he was training here. For seventeen days he performed an esoteric rite at the temple gate. At the end of the seventeen day ritual, the ban against women climbing the mountain was lifted and Kōbō Daishi's mother was allowed to enter the temple precincts. Once she entered the temple, she shaved off her hair and became a nun.

Because Kōbō Daishi took care of his mother after she became a nun, the temple came to be known as Onzanji, a temple of gratitude to one's parents.

Frederick Starr says that Kōbō Daishi's mother's bones are buried here and that Kōbō Daishi carved the statue of himself in the Daishidō.
- source : www.shikokuhenrotrail.com


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by the roadside on the approach to Temple 18, Onzan-ji
source : ojisanjake.blogspot.jp

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



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


The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王
. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005


. 四国お遍路さん Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information

Koya San in Wakayama

Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 空海
(Kooboo Daishi, Kuukai )

Haiku and Henro:
.... . The Haiku Henro Pilgrimage  

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2014/01/12

Okubo-Ji Shikoku

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Ookuboji 大窪寺 Okubo-Ji
香川県さぬき市多和字兼割96

Visiting in 2002, with a bit of "Daruma Hunting".

This is the very last one of the 88 henro pilgrim temples in Shikoku. Pilgrims come here with a full heart, leaving their walking stick kongō-zue as a sign of gratitude to Kobo Daishi, who has walked with them and protected them on the long pilgrimage.





The temple bell and little pilgrim's bells have even been selected as one of the 100 Soundscapes of Japan by the Ministry of the Environment.




Okubo-Ji is located at the foot of two high mountains, symbolizing the two important Mandalas of Esoteric Buddhism.
Mount Nantai is 776 meters high.

The main deity is Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来, Buddha of healing.

The sacred mantra is
おん ころころ せんだり まとうぎ そわか on korokoro sendari matoogi sowaka

The pilgrim's song is
諸病なかれと願いつつ まいれる人は大窪の寺

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The compounds are huge, with many interesting buildings and other monuments, and a huge Gingko-Tree shadowing it all.





Even the komainu guardian dog is enjoying the cherry blossoms.


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Since it is the last temple of the pilgrimage, you put the walking stick, which is an incarnation of Kooboo Daishi himself, at a special place to rest there.




People also offer small statues of Kobo Daishi to express their thanks.







. Kobo Daishi, Kukai 弘法大師 空海 .


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. 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O, Acala .




The Five Great Wisdom Kings, Godai Myo-O - 五大明王

. The Five Great Elements of the Universe - 地水火風空の五大 .

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The view down the steep valley to the pink cherry blossoms was just breathtaking. On the stone stairway up to the temple was a simple little stone statue of a Hime Daruma (Daruma as a Princess) - at least that is what the statue looked to me.

ISHI Ookubo-ji no Hime


. My Photo Album - Takamatsu 2002 .



Okubo-Ji -
this pilgrim bows
in gratitude


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Since Temple 88 is the last, it signifies your wish has been granted, your vow fulfilled
結願 kechigan, ketsugan .



And on the body of this wooden Daruma is a large sign saying: Kechigan Daruma!
So here again we find a natural combination of Kobo Daishi and Daruma Daishi on the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
These impressive Darumas are made by Mr. Fujii Hiroyuki, Samukawa-Choo Ishida-Nishi 2585-2. 藤井博行 寒川町石田西2585‐2 .The kind lady at the store even checked the telephonebook, but Mr. Fujii was not listed.

. Daruma Hunting in Takamatsu, April 2002 .


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- Two short Haiku Henro Trips, Summer 2005


Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku
. Temple 88 Ookuboji 大窪寺 Okubo-Ji .

. 四国お遍路さん Pilgrims in Shikoku . - General Information

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