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11/03/2016

Koboji Kyushu 48

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. 九州88ヶ所108霊場 Kyushu - 88 and 108 temples .
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Koobooji 弘法寺 Kobo-Ji
Nr. 48 - Yakuyoke Daishi

Kagoshima 鹿児島

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鹿児島県鹿屋市串良町下小原4679-1
Kushiracho Shimoobaru, Kanoya, Kagoshima

The main statues is Dainichi Nyorai
at his side are Kobo Daishi and Fudo Myo-O

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本尊:大日如来 脇侍:弘法大師、不動明王



五大明王 Godai Myo-O

- More Photos of the Temple compound
- reference source : synapse.ne.jp/koubouji/potfile -


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弘法寺内の滝行場 waterfall rituals
(Note the two statues of Kappa on the right !)


厄除大師 yakuyoke Daishi stone statue
聖観音菩薩 Sho Kannon stone statue
役行者 神変大菩薩 En no Gyoja stone statue
薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai stone statue - standing
水子地蔵 Mizuko Jizo stone statue
馬頭観音 Bato Kannon stone statue
Graveyard with 6 Jizo and Fudo Myo-O statues

- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : synapse.ne.jp/koubouji

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毎年2月の第一日曜日 Every year on the first Sunday in February
厄除開運・節分星祭大護摩祈祷会を厳修

毎月第二、第四、日曜日午前- 護摩供養 Goma Kuyo

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. 弘法寺 Kobo-Ji in Tsugaru, Aomori .
青森県つがる市木造吹原屏風山1-244
o-yasumi Daishi お休み大師 Kobo Daishi taking a rest.

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. 九州88ヶ所108霊場 Kyushu - 88 and 108 temples .
Pilgrimage

. 九州三十六不動尊霊場 Kyushu - 36 Fudo temples .

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

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. Narita Fudo 成田不動尊 .
Temple Shinshooji 新勝寺 Shinsho-Ji

. O-Mamori お守り Amulets and talismans from Japan . 

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .


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7/27/2016

Sojogatani Fudo

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Soojoogadani Fudoo Doo 僧正ガ谷不動堂
Fudo Hall in Sojogatani
僧正谷

Sojo-ga-dani Fudo-do (Fudo Hall in Sojo Valley)
京都市左京区鞍馬本町 / 1074 Kurama Honmachi, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto

Both readings are given, Sojogatani and Sojogadani.



The Fudo Hall is home to a statue of Fudo Myo-O carved by Dengyo Daishi. In his desire to spread Tendai Buddhism, he performed a special ritual before carving the statue.
ittoo sanrai 一刀三礼 carving one part and praying three times


. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 .
(766-822)

The valley 僧正谷 Sojogatani is more famous for the tales about Ushiwakamaru.

Many old Sugi cedar trees grow in the surrounding forest, which is also the stage for the 鞍馬天狗 Kurama Tengu tales about 牛若丸 Ushiwakamaru.
Opposite the Fudo Hall is
Gikeidoo 義経堂 Gikei-Do, a hall dedicated to Yoshitsune (Ushiwakamaru)

. 牛若丸 Ushiwakamaru 源の義経 Minamoto no Yoshitsune .


At Sojogatani in the Kurama mountains
Ushiwakamaru learns sword fighting from a Tengu
歌川広重 Utagawa Hiroshige

義経 is read Yoshitsune or Gikei.

. Kurama Yama 鞍馬山 Mount Kurama in Kyoto .




大聖不動明王 Daisho Fudo Myo-O


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source : kifulog.shogi.or.jp/kisei
郷田棋王 の扇子「一刀三礼」
The fan of Shogi player 郷田 真隆 Goda Masataka

ittoo sanrai 一刀三礼 itto sanrai
carving one stroke with the blade and praying three times

for copying the sutra
ichiji sanrai 一字三礼
writing one letter and praying three times

for painting a Buddha
ippitsu sanrai 一筆三礼
painting one part and praying three times


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ittou sanrai 一刀三礼
Also ichiji sanrai 一字三礼, ittou sanpai 一刀三拝.
Lit. to worship three times with every stroke.
A practice employed by an artist carving a Buddhist image, who would pray to the Buddha three times after every stroke of a knife.
Ichiji sanrai, means to worship three times with every letter, a practice carried out by an artist copying a Buddhist sutra, who would pray three times after every letter that he wrote.
The idea of ittou sanrai is said to originate in the Kamakura period, and represented a deep Buddhist faith expressed in the piety of the artist in the making of the image. It is not known whether any Buddhist statues were actually made according to this process, but there are legends associated with many temples that indicate the practice was used.
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

.................... Gunma 群馬県
高崎市 Takasaki

Long ago on the banks of the Usui River 碓氷川, there was a thatched hut housing a statue of Kannon 観音様, the bodhisattva of compassion. Legend has it that after a flood the villagers found an old log of fragrant wood and placed it in the hut. One day, during the Enpoo period (circa 1680), an old ascetic named Ichiryo Koji 一了居士 arrived and reverently carved a seated figure of Daruma Daishi out of the piece of fragrant wood, praying after each stroke.
Subsequently, both statues were enshrined there.



The Fuku-Daruma originated here at the Shorinzan Daruma-Ji. Shinetsu, the founder of this temple, began a custom of giving the farmers pictures of Bodhidharma, which he would draw with a single brushstroke, as a talisman to ward off evil during the year.

. 少林山達磨寺 Shorinzan Dharma-ji .


.................... Miyagi 宮城県
白井市 Shiroi, 下戸沢 Shimotozawa

Tobifudoo 飛び不動 "the Flying Fudo"
It is said Kobo Daishi Kukai 弘法大師 carved this statue with respect to Itto Sanrai.
Once the Fudo Hall was all in flames, so the statue flew for a secure place in a rock cave. This is the reason why the halo of the statue has scratches - from the rock cave. So this statue does not have a halo any more.
In 1731 during the Great Earthquake on the 7th day of the 9th lunar month a huge boulder came down from the mountain behind the hall, but only one pillar of the small hall was crashed and like a miracle again the statue was not hurt.

. Legends about Fudo お不動さま from Miyagi .

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -

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



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5/26/2016

Sonenji Osaka

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Sonen-Ji 尊延寺
大阪枚方市 / Sonenji, Hirakata, Osaka



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Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims .



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5/21/2015

Warabe Fudo Child

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Warabe Fudo 童不動 Fudo as a child

There are various statues with this name.

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made from remains of the Great Tohoku Earthquake, March 11, 2011.
For all the children who lost their lives.

- source : nichirin18.jp


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童のお不動様





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Child Fudo to pour water over  童不動水かけ願い

First time with the wish of happiness
for people you know.
Second time with the wish of happiness
for people you do not know.
Third time
with a wish for yourself.
Then fold your hands in prayer.





at Henjoin in Ageo, Saitama. 遍照院 上尾 埼玉県
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2/10/2015

Kozen-Ji Nagano

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Koozenji 光前寺 Kozen-Ji
宝積山 Hoshakuzan/ Hoshakusan 光前寺 Kozen-Ji

長野県駒ヶ根市赤穂29番地
29 Akaho, Komagane-shi, Nagano-ken

The founder was Honjoo Shoonin 本聖上人 Saint Honjo Shonin in 860.
Saint Honjo had studied Mikkyo at Hieiszan and practises ascetics unter a waterfall of the river Otagirigawa 太田切川 / 太田切黒川の瀑 in Ngano, where later he founded the temple.




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- source : www.city.komagane.nagano.jp


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Fudo Myo-O on the way to the temple


source : www.city.komagane.nagano.jp


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The main statue is
a secret statue of Fudo Myo-O 不動明王.

Amulets are sold at the temple.



shuin stamp of the temple 光前寺 駒ヶ根 朱印



omamori amulet of the faithful dog Hayataro

霊犬早太郎伝説
The legend of the spiritual dog Hayataro.

"A Heroic Dog of the Kozenji Temple"

Once upon a time
There lived a strong mountain dog at the temple, called Hayatoaro by the priest and the villagers, who all loved the strong but gentle dog.
At that time, the village of Mitsuke in Omi had a problem. The fields were destroyed by wild animals and as a precaution, the villagers had to offer a girl from the village to the deity of Shrine Yanahime Jinja 矢奈比売神社.

In the year 1308 in August, a priest travelled in the region. He thought that the deities could not really be that bad and malicious and tried to find out what rally happened in the night of the festival. The monster arrived and said

「信州の早太郎おるまいな、早太郎には知られるな」
I hope Hayataro from Shinshu is not here,
I hope Hayataro does not know about this!"
And took the girl away.

So the monk travelled to Shinshu (Nagano) and found Hayataro at the temple Kozen-Ji. The priest agreed to help and during the festival next year, Hayataro was given as an offering instead of a maiden.
And what do you know?

Hayataro drove out the monster in no time, by the way, it was an old monkey (老ヒヒ).
But while fighting with the monkey, Hayataro got a deep would. When he finally made his way back to Kozen-Ji he could only bark faintly once more and then died.
So the priest decided to give him a fine burial and pray for his soul from now on.

This story is written in the sacred history book of the temple and told to our day.

- - - Homepage of the temple
- source : www.kozenji.or.jp


. Hihi (狒々, 狒狒. 比々) Baboon Monkey Monster .
Legend of Jutaro Iwami (Kanesuke Susukita) and Shippeitaro (Hayataro)


. Inu Jinja 犬神社 dog shrines .
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12/22/2014

Asian Art Museum

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Asian Art Museum - San Francisco



- source : www.asianart.org

Fudo (the Immovable One)
is one of the powerful deities known as the Five Bright Kings in Japanese Buddhism and folk religion. As a manifestation of the central cosmic Buddha Mahavairochana (Japanese: Dainichi), Fudo is believed to protect Buddhism and its true adherents. Like all Bright Kings,
Fudo assumes a frightening form, with a sword in his right hand and a rope in his left. He sits in front of a swiring flame of fire, with which he purifies evil. The left section of the flame is a modern replacement.

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From my visit to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco in 2013.

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12/15/2014

Horindo store Osaka

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Hoorindoo 法輪堂 Horindo store



Homepage of the store, Osaka
- source : www.e-horindo.com



More links to their Fudo Myo-O pages
- source : www.e-horindo.com/butuzou

More links to Fudo Myo-O information
- source : www.e-horindo.com/search

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Fudo Myo-O and Kobo Daishi
from tsuge box wood

総柘植 最上彫 弘法大師・不動明王仏像セット
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10/27/2014

Vairocana Trinity

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Vairocana Trinity - Vairochana Trinity

Dainichi Nyorai - Maha Vairocana 大日如来
The Great Sun, Center of the Universe

. Twin Mandalas of Vairocana in Japanese Iconography .  
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Vairochana becomes a trinity
with Fudo and Aizen,

by means of the symbol of the Chintamani jewel, whose mystic form is that of a circle striving to make itself a triangle--for life, it is said, never completes itself, but is for ever breaking through perfection, in its struggle upwards to the higher rounds of realisation.
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In Japan the new philosophical standpoint was an advance upon the Hosso and Kegon schools which had taught the union of mind and matter, and the realisation of the Supreme Spirit, in concrete forms, for these thinkers went further than their predecessors, in the effort to demonstrate the idea in practice, claiming their own descent from direct communion with Vairochana, the Supreme Godhead, of which the Sakya-Buddha was only one manifestation. They aimed at finding truth in all religions and all teachings, each of them being its own method of attaining to the highest.
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Art and Nature were now regarded in a new light, for in every object alike was contained Vairochana, the Impersonal-Universal, a supreme realisation of which was to be the quest of the believer.
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It was under this influence that Buddhism acquired its great masses of gods and goddesses, alien to the faith itself, but made possible by the new teaching as manifestations of the supreme original Divinity. We find now a systematised pantheon, grouped around the idea of Vairochana, in four main subdivisions --
first Fudo, second Hosho, third Amida, and fourth Sakya,
as representations
(1) of Power, which is knowledge;
(2) of Wealth, which is creative force;
(3) of Mercy, which is Divine intelligence descending upon man; and
(4) of Work, or Karma, the realisation of the first three in actual life on earth, that is, Sakya-Muni.

- source : www.sacred-texts.com

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Trinity of Vairocana, Manjushri and Samantabhadra




This set of three paintings depicts the trinity of Vairocana Buddha (centre), flanked by Manjushri to his left, and Samantabhadra to his right. Vairocana Buddha is known as Dainichi Nyorai in Japan, and as Palushena in China, where as Mahavairocana he is identified as the dharmakaya Buddha who represents the ultimate principal of emptiness or sunyata. As the Primordial or Adi-Buddha Vairocana occupies the central position of the Five Buddha mandala, and the two principal 'womb-realm' (garbadhatu) and 'vajra-realm' (vajradhatu) mandalas of the Shingon tradition.

Vairocana Buddha is white in colour and sits in vajra-posture upon a sun and moon disc, an open pink lotus, and an eight-sided jeweled throne that is supported by lions. He is adorned with all manner of gold and jewel ornaments, divine silk garments, and a golden crown that bears the small images of the Five Buddhas. His ornate halo is ornamented with spheres and curving rays of rainbow light, and both his halo and radiant aura are encircled by a ring of fire. With his two hands he makes the bodhyangi-mudra, or 'gesture of enlightenment', with the fingers of his right hand enclosing the raised forefinger of his left hand. This gesture symbolizes both the union of the vajra (left forefinger) in the lotus (right fingers), and Vairocana encircled by the other four of the Five Buddhas (Akshobhya, Ratnasambhava, Amitabha and Ratnasambhava).

Manjushri is youthful and white in colour, and he displays his unique characteristic of the four crowning topknots of hair that represent the peak of his central abode at Mt Wutai Shan in China. In the posture of royal-ease Manjushri sits upon a sun and moon disc and an open pink lotus, with his left foot resting upon a small lotus pedestal. His lotus seat is supported by another lotus that rests upon the back of his ferocious tawny lion vehicle, which is adorned with jewel ornaments and a silk saddlecloth. Manjushri wears gold and jeweled ornaments, and divine silk garments. With his right hand he holds the vajra-hand of his iron wisdom sword, while with his left hand he holds a scroll text of the Prajnaparamita-sutra.

Samantabhadra is white in colour and sits in sattva-paryanka posture at the centre of a pink lotus that rest upon another lotus supported on the back of his elephant vehicle. This crouching six-tusked white elephant holds a lotus stem in his trunk, and is adorned with jewel ornaments and a silk saddlecloth with a small cloud-borne lotus pedestal in front of it. Samantabhadra wears jeweled ornaments and divine silk garments, and he gazes peacefully downward with his hands palms-folded in front of his heart in the anjali-mudra of adoration.
-  text by Robert Beer
- source : www.tibetanart.com

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10/21/2014

Jingu-Ji Fudo temples

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Jinguuji 神宮寺 Jingu-Ji

This refers to a temple within a shrine compound.

. Jinguuji 神宮寺 Jingu-Ji temples .  
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- - - There are some Fudo temples with this name:


82 - 神宮寺
. 足立百不動 100 Fudo Temples in Adachi .

25 - 持明院 金沢市神宮寺 - Ishikawa
. 北陸三十六不動尊霊場 Hokuriku - 36 Temples .

02 - 神宮寺 大獄不動 - Oita
. 九州三十六不動尊霊場 Kyushu - 36 temples .

24 - 丹生山 神宮寺 - Mie
. 東海三十六不動尊霊場 Tokai - 36 temples .


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Jingu-Ji 神宮寺
Hiroshima 広島県福山市駅家町
1186 Ekiyacho Oaza Kamiyamamori, Fukuyama, Hiroshima





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Jinguji-temple Fuchu 広島県府中市栗柄町2987番地
is located at Kurihara-cho south of the city, called with the different name of "Ajisai-dera"(hydrangea's temple).
Roughly 3000 plants of 80 kinds of hydrangea are blooming in a hectare of the property.
Every year, Ajisai festival takes place from early June to late June. "Fuchu Folk Museum" in the property is exhibiting over 10.000 pieces of antiques and others.
- source : visithiroshima.net

another Jingu-Ji in Hiroshima
1206 Mukaishimacho, Onomichi, Hiroshima 722-0073

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Jingū-Ji on Mount Fudaraku (present-day Nikko)
Founded by priest Shōdō

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More temples with this name in Japan
also written : 、神護寺、神願寺、神供寺、神宮院、宮寺、神宮禅院
- source : wikipedia

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- quote wikipedia Jingū-ji -
Until the Meiji period (1868–1912), the jingū-ji (神宮寺, shrine temple)
were places of worship composed of a Buddhist temple and a Shintō shrine, both dedicated to a local kami. These complexes were born when a temple was erected next to a shrine to help its kami with its karmic problems. At the time, kami were thought to be also subjected to karma, and therefore in need of a salvation only Buddhism could provide.
Having first appeared during the Nara period (710–794), jingū-ji remained common for over a millennium until, with few exceptions, they were destroyed in compliance with the Kami and Buddhas Separation Act of 1868.
Seiganto-ji is a Tendai temple part of the Kumano Sanzan Shinto shrine complex, and as such can be considered one of the few shrine-temples still extant.
... a main hall (honji-dō (本地堂)
... a betsu-in (別院, the monks' residence)
... a main priest shasō (社僧) or "shrine Buddhist monk"
- - - - - Kamo Jingū-ji (鴨神宮寺) in Kyoto and Kasuga Taisha Jingu-ji (春日大社神宮寺) in Nara.
Temple-shrine 鎮守社•鎮社, or tutelary shrine Chinjusha with tutelary kami (chinju (鎮守/鎮主)
Miyadera (宮寺, literally "shrine temple") like Iwashimizu Hachiman-gū-ji
Twenty-two Shrine System (二十二社, Nijūni-sha)
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10/08/2014

Mitooka Hakusui

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Mitooka 水戸岡仏像彫刻研究所
Buddha Statues Store and Research


大阪市旭区高殿4-15-8
4 Chome-15-8 Takadono, Asahi-ku, Ōsaka

水戸岡伯翠 Mitooka Hakusui




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- source : www.m-butsuzou.com/


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Statue with Fudo holding his Kurikara sword

神代楠一木造 made from one piece of very old kusunoki 楠 camphor



- source : www.m-butsuzou.com


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from the collection of 徳原 Tokuhara Kensetsu
(水戸岡仏像彫刻研究所に通い始めてからの作品)



300 mm high




180 mm high

- source : www.n-109.com/series2

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模刻で学ぶ仏像彫刻 ―
興福寺・阿修羅像を主に法隆寺・百済観音、浄土寺阿弥陀如来による

水戸岡伯翠 Mitooka Hakusui

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Rockefeller collection

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Rockefeller collection


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Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd Collection of Asian Art



Fudo Myo-o (Achala Vidyaraja)
Japan; Heian (794-1185) to Kamakura (1185-1333) period, late 12th century
Cypress wood with traces of pigment and cut gold leaf
H. 19 1/4 in. (48.9 cm)

Fudo Myo-o ("Immovable Wisdom King")
is the most important of a group of five deities, each of whom represents the wrathful energies of a Buddha and has the power to convince the reluctant to accept the Buddha's teachings. Fudo Myo-o is an emanation of Dainichi (Vairochana), the Cosmic Buddha. This image of Fudo Myo-o was once part of a group of five sculptures and would have been placed in the center of the other four myo-o ("wisdom kings").

Fudo Myo-o's dark skin, fierce expression, fangs, and bulging eyes indicate his power to vanquish all demons. His sword cuts through delusion and the lasso he carries pulls even the most wayward beings toward the path of salvation. The statue was made of Japanese cypress (hinoki) using the joined woodblock method of construction. In this technique, different parts -- such as the head, hands, feet, and torso -- were carved from separate pieces of wood, the head and torso were hollowed out, and then the pieces were assembled. After joining, the sculpture was covered with a gessolike material and painted and decorated with cut gold and silver leaf (kirikane).

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10/06/2014

Yokohama Naritasan

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Yokohama Naritasan 横浜成田山
Nr. 03 成田山 Naritasan 延命院 Enmei-In
- 横浜別院 Yokohama Betsu-In 


Kanagawa 神奈川県
発心の道場 The first round: Awakening your heart

. 北関東三十六不動尊霊場
36 Fudo Temples in Kanto / Bando .
 

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横浜市中区野毛町の成田山横浜別院
Kanagawa-ken, Yokohama-shi, Naka-ku, Nogechō, 3 Chome

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The treasured Buddha statue of the Tokugawa family, Fudo Myo-o, which is said to fulfill people’s wishes is enshrined.
The temple is located on a hill, and offers views of the town of Noge and the Minatomirai area. The temple grounds also include Daishido (Founder’s Hall) where Kobo Daishi (another name for Kukai) is enshrined, Inarido, and old Buddha statues offering an enjoyable walk.

This is not a temple that is steeped in ancient history. It was set up around 150 years ago in 1870 as a satellite temple in Yokohama to the very famous Shinsho-ji Temple in Narita, near Narita airport. Apparently, this temple is famous as a holy ground for the warding off of bad omens and other kinds of evil influences. One can’t help wonder when looking at the historical timeline, how much the arrival of Commodore Perry and his black ships in Yokohama Bay influenced its hasty creation.

The buildings and statues here are not ‘ancient’ by any means, but they are quite old. This is a largish neighborhood-type temple where local business people and residence come to pray from time to time during the year. Indeed, you might be surprised at how completely surrounded by office buildings and apartment buildings the temple has become over the years. It is quite busy at the year-end and year beginning as people visit to celebrate and pray for the health and success of themselves and loved ones. They also come to buy the temple’s amulets and talismans, good luck charms that are said to be popular in the area.

Walk around the grounds and take note of the various building that house statues and alter. The temple has quite a few smaller outdoor statues as well, many of them dressed in red. Like many temples and shrines in Japan, the temple also sells food and drinks—depending on the season and whether or not a festival or ceremony is in progress.
- source : www.yokohamajapan.com/- Larry Knipfing


- Chant of the temple
ありがたや 成田み山に まいみるは
ごまのけむりに あうぞ うれしき


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- source and photos : blogs.yahoo.co.jp/jinjin_tsuka

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- O-mamori お守り amulets






- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : yokohamanaritasan.com

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- - - - - Yearly Festivals 年中行事

1月1日元旦 ー 元朝大護摩御修行 January 1 - Fire Ritual
1月28日 - 初不動 - First Fudo Ritual
2月3日~9日 - 星まつり特別大護摩祈祷会
4月1日~8日 - 花まつり甘茶接待 - Hana Matsuri
5月1日~5日 - 春の大祭 - Great Spring Festival
10月1日~31日 - 七五三祝祷御加持 Shichi Go San Festival
12月28日 - 納め不動 - Last Fudo Ritual

- MORE
- source : yokohamanaritasan.com/gyouji

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The temple was under construction when Typhoon 18 hit the Kanto region in October 2014.

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Powerful typhoon leaves 7 dead, 5 missing, in deluge of record rainfall
The 18th typhoon of the season blew itself out after racing across the Japanese archipelago, claiming seven lives, injuring 49 others and leaving five missing.

The typhoon, known as Phanfone outside Japan, made landfall in Hamamatsu, Shizuoka Prefecture, just after 8 a.m. on Oct. 6. It swept across central Japan, bringing heavy rains and triggering mass evacuations, before re-entering the Pacific Ocean off the east coast of Ibaraki Prefecture around 1 p.m.



A 25-year-old Buddhist monk was confirmed dead on Oct. 7 after he was found under a collapsed hall of the Naritasan Yokohama Betsuin temple in Yokohama's Naka Ward that was hit by a landslide on Oct. 6.
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Yokohama recorded 310 mm in the 24 hours until 10:40 a.m. that day. Nine locations in Ibaraki, Kanagawa and Shizuoka prefectures were lashed with record rainfall in a 24-hour period.
- source : ajw.asahi.com/article


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

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. Narita Fudo 成田不動尊 .
Temple Shinshooji 新勝寺 Shinsho-Ji

. O-Mamori お守り Amulets and talismans from Japan . 

. Japanese Temples - ABC list - .


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