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

22 龍照寺 厄よけ不動 - Yakuyoke Fudo
23 正覚寺 波切り不動 - Namikiri Fudo


One temple also belong to the Henro Pilgrimage.
This number is given in brackets (xx).


source : setokeiichiro.com

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Ryuushooji 龍照寺 Ryusho-Ji
Nr. 22 (64) Fugenzan 普賢山 - 龍照寺 
厄よけ不動 Yakuyoke Fudo


. Nr. 64 Ryuushooji 龍照寺  Ryusho-Ji .
長崎県南島原市深江町戊3987-35

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Shookakuji 正覚寺 Shokaku-Ji
Nr. 23 護国山 Gokokusan - 正覚寺 
波切り不動 Namikiri Fudo



長崎県長崎市矢上町13-25 / 13-25 Yagamimachi, Nagasaki

A temple of the 曹洞宗(禅宗) Soto Zen sect,
with 釈迦牟尼佛 Shaka Nyorai as its main statue .

- Chant of the temple
護国山 法につつみし 暁の 悟り修めと 大悲のめぐみ
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source : setokeiichiro.com

The statue is most probably from the 藤原期 Fujiwara period.

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shuin 朱印 stamp





- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : nagasaki-hiroba.net/syoukakuzi


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. 九州88ヶ所108霊場 Kyushu - 88 and 108 Henro 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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Shiga Prefecture

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Shiga Prefecture 滋賀県 Fudo Myo-O



The capital is the city of Otsu 大津.

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. Enman-In Monzeki 円満院門跡 / 圓満院 .  
滋賀県大津市園城寺町33, - 33 Onjojicho, Ōtsu, Shiga

Enryaku-Ji Hieizan 比叡山延暦寺 - 不動明王二童子像
. Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 and Hieizan .

. Ishiyamadera 石山寺 .
Otsu, Shiga

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. Katsuragawa 葛川息障明王院
Katsuragawa Sokusho Myo-O In .

滋賀県大津市葛川坊村町155 / Otsu, Katsuragawa Bomuracho 155
and
Mudooji 無動寺明王堂 Mudo-Ji Fudo-Do
滋賀県大津市坂本本町4220 / 4220 Sakamotohonmachi, Otsu
and
建立大師相応和尚 Priest Konryu Daishi So-O Kasho (833 - 918)


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. Kiyomizu no taki 清水の滝 waterfall .
佐賀県小城市清水の滝 Shiga prefecture, Ogi Town

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Kongoorinji, Kongōrin-ji 金剛輪寺 Kongorin-Ji
滋賀県愛知郡愛荘町松尾寺873
874 Matsuoji, Aisho Town, Echigun, Shiga

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Kongourinji Temple is one of the three Koto Sanzan temples of the Tendai Sect.
The main temple is a Japanese style building representative of the Kamakura period (1192 to 1333) and a designated National Treasure. The gardens, which were created from the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573 - 1603) to the middle of the Edo period (1603 - 1868), are a designated place of Scenic Beauty.
- source : en.biwako-visitors.jp -

at Jooshooan 常照庵 Josho-an


Statue from the Kamakura period.
Fudo is 108.5 cm high,


the statues at his side
矜羯羅童子 Kongara Doji - 54.2cm
制吨迦童子 Seitaka Doji - 29.9cm

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. Namura Jinja 苗村神社 Namura Shrine .
滋賀県蒲生郡竜王町大字綾戸467 / 467 Ayado, Ryuo-cho, Gamo-gun, Shiga

. Shoobooji 正法寺 Shobo-Ji .
滋賀県大津市石山内畑町82 / 82 Ishiyamauchi hatachō, Ōtsu-shi, Shiga


. Shoomyooji 正明寺 Shomyo-Ji .
滋賀県蒲生郡日野町松尾 - Matsuo town, Shiga

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Tomikawa Magaibutsu 富川磨崖仏 Tomikawa Cliff Buddha
滋賀県大津市大石富川町


The statue is of 阿弥陀如来 Amida Nyorai. Water dripping down near his ear for years has changed the color and the local people call it
mimidare Fudo 耳だれ不動"Fudo with hanging earlobes".



Made in the Kamakura Period.
. Magaibutsu 磨崖仏 stone carvings .

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Zensuiji 善水寺 Zensui-Ji
滋賀県湖南市岩根3518 / 3518 Iwane, Konan, Shiga


Statue from the Heian period.
Made from one piece of kaya wood カヤ材の一木造り (Torreya nucifera). 73 cm high.
It is most probably from the year 993, when the statue of Yakushi Nyorai was made.

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The main hall of Zensuiji Temple is a designated National Treasure, and one of the three Konan Sanzan temples.
It is a popular spot in the fall, when wonderful crimson leaves can be seen. The interior also features no less than 15 Buddha statues, including representative pieces from the Tempyo period (710 - 794) and the Heian period (794 - 1185), all of which are more than worth making the trip to see them.
- source : en.biwako-visitors.jp/spot -

This temple also belongs to the
. Pilgrimage to 49 Temples of
Yakushi Nyorai in Western Japan
西国四十九薬師巡礼 .

Nr. 47 - 第47番 医王山 善水寺 Zensui-Ji 滋賀県湖南市


- reference and more photos : kanagawabunnkaken.web.fc2.com -

- Homepage of the temple
- reference source : www.zensuiji.jp -


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. Kinki 近畿三十六不動尊霊場
Kinki Pilgrimage to 36 Fudo Temples .

25. 円満院門跡 / 圓満院 Enman-In Monzeki . Shiga
26. 無動寺明王堂 Mudo-Ji, Myo-O Do - Shiga (Otsu)
27. 葛川息障明王院 Katsuragawa Sokusho Myo-O In - Shiga (Otsu)

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Gofunai 御府内八十八ヶ所霊場 88 Henro Temples in Edo
Go-Funai 88kasho
Gofunai Pilgrimage Junrei in the central area of Tokyo




This pilgrimage was established in 1755 by Shootoo Oshoo 正等和尚 Shoto Osho (1703-1774.
His grave is at the temple Nr. 31, 多聞院 Tamon-In.




江戸御府内八十八ヶ所 御朱印を求めて歩く-- 札所めぐりルートガイド

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01 高野山東京別院(港区高輪3-15-18)Koyasan Tokyo Betsu-In
02 東福寺(中野区江古田3-9-15)
03 多聞院(世田谷区北烏山4-12-1) Tamon-In
04 高福院(品川区上大崎2-13-3)
05 金剛山延命院(港区南麻布3-10-15)
. 06 五大山 Godaisan 不動院 Fudo-In - 五大山不動院 .(港区六本木3-15-4)
07 室泉寺(渋谷区東3-8-16)
08 長遠寺(大田区南馬込5-2-10)
09 龍巌寺(渋谷区神宮前2-3-8)

10 観谷山聖輪寺(渋谷区千駄ヶ谷1-13)
11 荘厳寺(渋谷区本町2-44-3)
12 宝仙寺(中野区中央2-33-3)
高霊山龍生院(港区三田2-12-5)
福蔵院(中野区白鷺1-31-5)
南蔵院(練馬区中村1-15-1)
三宝寺(練馬区石神井台1-15)
長命寺(練馬区高野台3-10-3)
愛染院(新宿区若葉2-8-3)
19 青蓮寺(板橋区成増4-36-2)

20 身代山鏡照院(港区西新橋3-14-3)
東福院(新宿区若葉2-2)
南蔵院(新宿区箪笥町42)
薬研堀不動院(中央区東日本橋2-6-8)
最勝寺(新宿区上落合3-4-1)
六所山長楽寺(日野市程久保8-49-18)(旧角筈村)
来福寺(品川区東大井3-13-1)
瑠璃山正光院(港区元麻布3-2-20)
霊雲寺(文京区湯島2-21-6)
南蔵院(豊島区高田1-19-16)

30 放生寺(新宿区西早稲田2-1-14)
31 多聞院(新宿区弁天町100)- Tamon-In
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萬昌山圓満寺(文京区湯島1-6-2)
真性寺(豊島区巣鴨3-21-2)
薬王山三念寺(文京区本郷2-15-6)
根生院(豊島区高田1-34-6)
薬王院(新宿区下落合4-8-2)- Yakuo-In
萬徳院(江東区永代2-37-22)
金乗院(豊島区高田2-12-3)
真成院(新宿区若葉2-7-8)

40 普門院(江東区亀戸3-43-3)
密蔵院(中野区沼袋2-33-4)
観音寺(台東区谷中5-8-28)- Kannon-Ji
成就院(台東区元浅草4-8-12)
顕性寺(新宿区須賀町13-5)
観蔵院(台東区元浅草3-18-5)
弥勒寺(墨田区立川1-4-13)
城官寺(北区上中里1-42-8)
禅定院(中野区沼袋2-28-2)
多宝院(台東区谷中6-2-35)- Taho-In

50 大徳院(墨田区両国2-7-13)
延命院(台東区元浅草4-5-2)
観音寺(新宿区西早稲田1-7-1)
自性院(台東区谷中6-2-8)
新長谷寺(豊島区高田2-12-3)in compound of(38番 金乗院境内)
長久院(台東区谷中6-2-16)
与楽寺(北区田端1-25-1)
明王院(台東区谷中5-4-2)
光徳院(中野区上高田5-18-3)
無量寺(北区西ヶ原1-34-8)

60 吉祥院(台東区元浅草2-1-14)
正福院(台東区元浅草4-7-21)
威光院(台東区寿2-6-8)
観智院(台東区谷中5-2-4)
加納院(台東区谷中5-8-5)
明王山大聖院(港区三田4-1-27)
東覚寺(北区田端2-7-3)
真福寺(港区愛宕1-3-8)
永代寺(江東区富岡1-15-1)
龍臥山宝生院(港区三田4-1-29)


70 禅定院(練馬区石神井町5-19-10)
梅照院(中野区新井5-3-5)
不動院(台東区寿2-5-2)Fudo-In
東覚寺(江東区亀戸4-24-1)
法乗院えんま堂(江東区深川2-16-3)
赤坂不動尊威徳寺(港区赤坂4-1-10)
金剛院(豊島区長崎1-9-2)
仏乘院(神奈川県秦野市蓑毛957-13)
成就院(台東区東上野3-32-15)
清水山専教院(文京区小日向3-6-10)


80 太元山長延寺(港区三田4-1-31)
光蔵院(港区赤坂7-6-68)
龍福院(台東区元浅草3-17-2)
蓮乗院(新宿区若葉2-8-6)
五大山明王院(港区三田4-3-9)- Godaisan Myo-O-In
観音寺(新宿区高田馬場3-37-26)
金剛山常泉院(文京区春日1-9-3)
護国寺(文京区大塚5-40-1)
88 文殊院(杉並区和泉4-18-17)- Monju-In

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reference : tesshow.jp/funai88_index
- reference for stamps : goshuin.blog.jp/tag -

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Gofunai Bikō 御府内備考 Notes on Edo

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Funai Biko
The only geographical booklet on Edo compiled by the Edo Shogunate.
Also known by the separate title Gofunai Biko. This work was organized to serve as reference for the Gofunai Fudoki to be compiled by the Tokugawa Shogunate, and was compiled in 2 parts consisting of a principal part and a sequel from 1826 to 1830. The 145 volumes of the main part contain articles on Edo Castle, streets, historic spots, etc.
The 147 volumes of the sequel are also known as the Gofunai Jisha Biko and contain information on the origins and historic associations of temples and shrines. The Gofunai Fudoki was lost in the fire at the imperial palace in 1872, however the Gofunai Biko escaped intact.
- reference source : ndl.go.jp/landmarks -


. Welcome to Edo 江戸 ! .



01 高野山東京別院(港区高輪3-15-18)Koyasan Tokyo Betsu-In
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Nr. 29 Edo 33kasho 江戸三十三箇所 ( The card place principal image: The Seikanzeonbosatsu (聖観世音菩薩) Shokan world sound bodhisattva )

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. 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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. 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)

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


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

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. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .


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Ryuko Fudo Ginza

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Ryuukoo Fudoo 龍光不動尊 Ryuko Fudo Son

One of the 銀座八丁神社めぐり Ginza Hatcho Shrines
. Pilgrimage to 10 Shrines in the Ginza .  
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龍光 Ryuko, "Dragon Light" the Chinese characters are a pun with
流行 ryuko, to be fashionable

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Japan Architecture - Ryuko Fudoson in Ginza
Ryuko Fudoson is a shrine located at the roof of Matsuya, a big shopping mall at the center of Ginza. This is also one of the Haccho Shrines of Ginza.
It is famous for good luck in fashion.
- source : takuminasuno.com

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1929
Ryuko Fudoson was enshrined on the rooftop of the Matsuya Ginza Flagship Store
松屋銀座 中央区Ginza, 3 Chome−6−1
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anafudoo 穴不動 Ana Fudo in a Cave

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Aichi 愛知県

岩崎御嶽社 Shrine Iwasaki Ontakesha

愛知県日進市岩崎町竹ノ山138番地
Takenoyama-138 Iwasakichō, Nisshin-shi, Aichi



This Shinto Shrine is located on the top of Mount Iwasaki Ontakesan.


In 1860, two mountain priests, 明心 Myoshin and 明寛 Myokan had an inspiration from 御嶽大神 the Great Deity of Mount Ontake in Kiso to built it here. On the left side of the shrine is 洞穴 a cave with a statue of Fudo Myo-0, called
O-tasuke ana Fudo お助け穴不動
Fudo in the cave to help people











. Ontake Shinkō - The Ontake Cult .


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Nagano 長野県

安曇野 穴不動 Azumino Anafudo


source : ameblo.jp/koku-youseki/entry...

黒沢不動尊 Kurozawa Fudo Son

When the warlord 武田信玄 Takeda Shingen was digging for gold in the Azumino region, he did not find anything. To protect the cave entry near the waterfall of the Kurozawa river, he erected a small sanctuary with a statue of Fudo Myo-O.


source : osirozuki.blog.fc2.com/blog-entry...








. Takeda Shingen 武田信玄 (1521 - 1573) .


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Tochigi 栃木県

芳賀町西高橋
Haga-gun, Haga-machi, Nishitakahashi

Fudoo Jinja 不動神社 Fudo Shrine



This Fudo in the cave is 安産の仏 helping with a safe birth, when mothers pray to his sword.
A pregnant woman can borrow a wooden sword from the offerings and when the birth is over and all went well, bring it back and offer another one. Looking at the many new swords in the hall, it seems this Fudo is still quite popular.
The statue of Fudo Myo-O is in a 横穴式石室 an ancient stone chamber. Fudo is about 1.45 m high.


source : komainu.org/tochigi/hagagunn


This place is at the Southern edge of 古墳群 a Kofun group near 西高橋台地中峰 Nishitakahashi daichi nakamine.


source : town.haga.tochigi.jp/kankou...


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Tokushima 徳島県

徳島市名東町1丁目 1 Chome Myōdōchō, Tokushima-shi -
地蔵院境内 In the compound of temple Jizo-In


source : commons.wikimedia.org...

穴不動古墳 Ana Fudo Kofun Mound
Its time of construction is not clear, maybe the 7th century, It is a round mound of about 20 m circumference.
The opening to the stone chamber is to the South-West.


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Fudo Myo-O legends from Fukushima
不動明王 - 福島県の伝説


. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


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shibu 田螺 Tanishi, mud snail

Before the hatsu uma初午 First Day of the Horse people put salt in the four corners of the yururi圍爐裡 / ユルリ (irori 囲炉裏) open hearth。Then they throw mud snails on the roof. If they reach far to the other side, there will be no fire for the coming year.
Tanishi are the messengers of Fudo Myo-O.
If eaten, they will cure eye disease.

. tanishi 田螺 / たにし mud snail .

. hatsu uma, hatsu-uma 初午 First Day of the Horse .
in February


- Iwashiro province 岩代国. Nishiniidono, Nihonmatsu, Fukushima

Once upon a time
in the hamlet of Mokusho-uchi 杢少内 (Mukkyoji in local dialect ムッキョジ) in 西新殿 Nishiniidono there was a wooden statue of Fudo Myo-O お不動様 in the Fudo Hall on the hill.
The villagers had great faith in the statue and came to pray and worship here every day with all kinds of wishes.

. Tanishi Fudo タニシ不動 / たにし不動 Mud-Snail Fudo .
Legends from Fukushima and other prefectures.



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会津若松市 Aizu Wakamatsu

A story told by 長嶺トキ Nagamine Toki.
After an operation for an artificial hip joint she was unconscious for 4 days. In the evening of the 4th day in the room for the nurses there appeared Fudo Myo-O in the left corner of the ceiling. In the middle appeared many 地蔵様 Jizo figures and in the right there was 観音様 Kannon sama leading a child.
(After that vision she was healed.)


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原町市 Haramachi

tenjin 天人,hagoromo 羽衣
三浦左近国清という人が太田村別所に住んでいた。世継ぎが無いことを憂い、馬場村の滝不動に美しい妻が得られるようにと祈願した。すると夢に不動明王が現れ、現世には配すべき女がいないので、五台山の奥の池で天人が水浴びをしてるゆえ、その羽衣を取れと言った。国清はその通り山に登り天人の羽衣を取って家に帰った。やがて天人は気付き、国清の家に行き羽衣を返して欲しいと願ったが返されず、ついには夫婦になった。二男一女をもうけたが、やがて子供たちが大きくなったから別れても立派に育つと言い残し、天女は羽衣を着て天に昇った。国清は悲しんだが、娘はそれにもまして悲しみ、ついには池に身投げして死んだ。中太田に姫塚と呼ぶ塚があるが、この姫を祀ったものといわれる。


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いわき市 Iwaki town四倉町 Yotsukuramachi

shinmeisama しんめい様
渡邊という旧家に、神明宮があってしんめい様が祀られていたが、渡邊家に継ぐ者がいなくなり、しんめい様は不動様と呼ばれている盲目の男に預けられた。執筆者がこの男に会ってしんめい様はと尋ねると、小川村の八幡様に預けてあるが、夢で時々取りに来てくれと言われるので近いうちに行きたいと語ったという。


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郡山市 Koriyama湖南町 Konan

Two farmers were sleeping in the fields during lunchtime, when suddenly a large boulder came rolling down and stopped right beside them. "This must be a stone to venerate Kannon Bosatsu"!
Then some specialists came from Aizu Wakamatsu and said it should be placed at the Waterfall of Kitamori 北森の滝 where Fudo Myo-O is venerated.
So the villagers carried the stone near the waterfall, shounting "Kan man baran" all the way. カンマンバラン Kanmanbaran is the local name of the Fudo Myo-O.
Kanmanboron, Kanman Boron カンマンボロン.


This is "kanman boron" in a different cliff
at Mizugakiyama瑞牆山(みずがきやま) in Yamanashi
- source and photos : thunter.or.tv/irorian

noomaku sanmanda bazaradan senda
makaroshada sowataya
un tarata kanman

. The mantra of Fudo Myo-O .

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. 源八幡太郎義家 Minamoto no Yoshiie Hachimantaro .
He came to Oshu to fight 奥州征伐 the local people in 1189. At 不動滝 the Fudo Waterfall the 馬の足跡 footprints of his horse can still be seen.



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西白河郡 Nishi-Shirakawa district 表郷村 Omotegomura

ryuu 竜 dragon

降りたりして暴れていた。通りかかった坊さまがお経を唱えてやると、コケラ(うろこ)3枚を残して昇天した。そのうろこを収めて作った不動明王が天竜山法泉寺の本尊。


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

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Fudo Legends 04 - from Gifu to Iwate

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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- - - - - Gifu 岐阜県


Once around 1920,
a family almost shipwrecked, but eventually made it back to home.
They had a wooden amulet from 成田の不動尊 the famous Narita Fudo on their body, but this amulet was broken.

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揖斐川町 Ibigawa


- source and more photos : fairport_asai
memorial stones of Fudo Myo-O near the waterfall

At the 不動の滝 Fudo Waterfall upstream of the river Takashitanigawa 高科谷川 Fudo Myo-O is venerated. When there is a water shortage in the village, people come here to pray.
If a frog appears while they pray, then rain will fall soon.
If bees come out while they pray, it will not rain for a while.

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高山市 Takayama

Fudo sama is a part of 富山にあるお岩不動 the O-Iwa Fudo (the Rock Fudo) from Toyama.
If people with eye problems pray to it, their eyes will get healed.

. Ooiwasan Nissekiji 大岩山日石寺 Oiwasan, Nisseki-Ji .



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- - - - - Hyogo 兵庫県
神戸市 Kobe

chinoike jigoku 血の池地獄 Chi no Ike - hell blood pond
A small pond near the 折靑渓不動の瀧 Fudo Waterfall before the 観音橋 Kannonbashi bridge. Mothers who die in childbirth have their blood flow in this pond.
Their relatives bring half of a white hand towel, make a knot in the four corners to scoop some water from the small river and leave it at the side.
Other travelers pick it up and ask for water to be scooped into the towel. If it soon shows a hole and the water flows out, this person will go to paradise fast after his/her death.

. Maya moode 摩耶詣 visiting the Maya temple .
Maya san Tenjooji 摩耶山天上寺 Tenjo-Ji

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洲本市 Sumoto

Upstream the river 物部川 Monobegawa there is a place named 切石 Kiriishi (cut stone) with many rocks. The big ones are 立岩 Tateiwa and 双子岩 Futagoiwa, a smaller one is called 島岩 Shimaiwa.
The river between Futagoiwa and Shimaiwa is quite dangerous for children to play. In the space between the rocks stands the 不動の岩 Fudo Rock.
A child once tried to split this Fudo Rock, but the child went crazy soon after.
Once upon a time
a tanuki 狸 badger lived between these rocks. People who came to gather firewood have seen it near the willow tree beside the Fudo Rock, sometimes shape-shifting into a strange human figure.

. tanuki 狸 mujina 狢 - badger legends from Japan .



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- - - - - Ibaraki 茨城県

北相馬郡 Kita Soma district守谷町 Moria

O-bake ishi お化け石 The ghost stone



In July of 1975 there appeared a ghost face on the memorial stone for Narita Fudo Myo-O成田山不動明王石碑に幽霊. Some said it was the ghost of whe samurai Taira no Masakado平将門様, others said it looked like their grandpa, others saw a woman in white robes carrying a child. No, it was a white cat buried below the stone. . . . All kinds of visions!



This story got so famous that it was even shown on TV and the village was flooded with inquisitive tourists. They needed a car parking space and the road to the Stone was always packed with cars. Then in the end it became clear that the "ghost" was some dried autumn grasses 枯れ尾花 and the fame died down, the village became quiet again.
source : torishin.cocolog-nifty.com #moriya

. Taira no Masakado 平将門 / 平將門 (? – 940) .

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水戸市 Mito

hi no tama 火の玉 ball of fire
On the way to the outhouse toiled, under the persimmon tree, there were two balls of fire rolling around. Coming closer, they vanished.
When asking the parents about his vision, he was told this was the deed of a mujinaムジナ.
Grandmother had once seen a ball of fire under the pine tree near the Fudo sanctuary and also said it was just a mujina badger.

. hi no tama 火の玉 "ball of fire" .

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那珂郡 Naka distrit

yonayona hikaru ishi 夜な夜な光る石
the stone that sparkled all night

This region, once ruled by the 佐竹家 Satake clan cam under the lordship of the Tokugawa.
The graves stones of the Satake clan had been removed and thrown into the river. Among the grave stones was also a stone statue of Fudo Myo-O which begun to sparkle at night. 丹下の宗助 Tange no Sosuke picked up the stone and began to venerate it.

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取手市 Toride

oogon butsu 黄金仏 Golden Buddha
In the old postal town 藤代宿 Fujishiro juku a girl of just eight years gave birth to a baby boy. This was very special and she got money to live a good life.
When they dug for a well in her new residence, there was a huge stone. Inside the stone was a statue of a golden Buddha, 不動尊 a golden Fudo.




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- - - - - Iwate 岩手県

東磐井郡 Higashi Iwai district 大東村 Daitomura

Once a villager was cutting down trees. He came to the hamlet of 野田集落 Noda and cut the branches of a torii Shrine gate dedicated to Fudo Myo-O お不動様の鳥居 and spent the night in the Fudo Hall. Because it was bitter cold he tore off the flags and used them to cover his shivering body. Then at midnight there was a sound at the front door.
And then next morning he could not move his body. Because he had slept in the same direction as the deity, he had been obstructing the deity from leaving the hall and this was his punishment.

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岩手郡 Iwate district

. Fudo as Hearth and Fire Deity 火の神(炉の神) .

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遠野市 Tono土淵町 Tsuchibuchi mura

zashikiwarashi, zashikiwarajiザシキワラシ/ 座敷わらし Zashiki Warashi Child
Once there was a fire in the village and just then a child with short cut hair おかっぱ姿 walked by the homes asking for food because it was hungry. The people were busy putting out the fire and did not pay attention to the child, but despite all their effort the home burned to the ground.
Another home, where the folks  took the time to give some food to the child, did not burn down.
Now they say it was O-Fudo sama walking around trying to prevent the fire from spreading.

On Zashiki-Warashi
Zashiki-warashi (“zashiki” meaning the tatami room of traditional Japanese houses, and “warashi” meaning a kid or small child) are often seen as a kind of omen in the houses of once-great families on the verge of decline.
- source : Zack Davisson

. Tōno monogatari 遠野物語 Tono Monogatari Legends .
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東和町 Towa

Once an old woman was cleaning the toilet, but happened to get some dirt on the Fudo venerated in the toilet 便所の不動尊. Then came the village sports event in autumn, but this time she could not participate because her whole body ached for two days.
Now she knew what to do. She cleaned the statue of Fudo with some wand and yes - her pain was gone.


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Fudo Legends 05 - from Kagawa to Kyoto

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


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- - - - - Kagawa 香川県

Once a pilgrim went to 伊予山 Mount Iosan and made ablutions in the waterfall, when suddenly Fudo Myo-O appeared.
Fudo let an old hag with a wide mouth, from ear to ear. When she opened her mouth, flames came out of it.

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Kagawa 高松市 Takamatsu一宮町 Ichinomiya

okudosan おくどさん O-Kudo San - the Honorable Hearth
Once the head of the family did not feel very well and when ホウザンハン a Yamabushi priest came to purify the hearth, he was told that the Hearth Deity was not properly venerated.
When the family had replaced the hearth, they did not call a priest to have rituals for Fudo, but called 宮司さん a Shinto priest. If they had not even called the Shinto priest, all family members might have died.

. kamado 竈 hearth and its deity .

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Kagawa 木田郡 Kita district三木町 Miki

tanuki 狸,アオニュウド / 青入道
The road from Tsuga to the Fudo sanctuary has a curve called ヒウチカド Hiuchikado.
People get posessed by a Tanuki there.
Once a charcoal maker passed by this 不動さん Fudo San. It was a full-moon night, but here al was pitch-dark. So the man wend down on his knees and grabed the weeds by the roadside to find his way. Eventually he crossed the bridge and suddenly the night was light again. And he heard someone laugh devilishly.
This was the deed of a Tanuki, a kind of Yokai called Ao-Nyudo, the Blue Nyudo monster.

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Kagawa 山本町 Yamamoto

kitsune 狐 fox,tanuki 狸 badger
If people are possessed by a fox or Tanuki, they get abura-age 油揚 fried Tofu or 小豆御飯 rice with soy beans to appease them.
The mountain priest 角田氏 Kakuda attacks them with Sutras. If they do not let go, he uses Fudo no kanashibari不動のカナシバリ a paralyzing spell of Fudo to get rid of the possession.
If they promise to let go, he reads 般若心経 the Hanya Shingyo Heart Sutra at the end of the ritual.


kanashibari金縛り "bound in metal", sleep demons. temporary feeling of paralysis
- source : japanesemythology.wordpress.com... -

Fudo kanashibari no jutsu:
the art form of making an opponent hesitate by immobilizing any living thing with the power of the mind
- as practised by the Sogobujutsu martial art.


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Kagawa 塩江温泉 Shionoe Hot Spring
香川県高松市塩江町安原上東278-2

不動の滝 Fudo no Taki Waterfall - abour 40 meters high
When Kobo Daishi made ablutions at this waterfall, suddenly Fudo Myo-O appeared to him, hence the name.

- reference source : tabicoffret.com/article-

. Waterfalles named "Fudo no Taki"不動の滝 .



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- - - - - Kagoshima 鹿児島県
曽於郡 Soo district

Hanayadon ハナヤドン Hanaya don
上出水では、徳重義信氏の敷地内にハナヤドンが不動明王と共に祀られている。戦中徳重義信氏のおじが満州へ出征している時に「このままでは粗末になるから作り変えよ」という夢を見たため、徳重家の敷地内に祀るようになったのだという。現在は、義信氏によって立派な祠が建てられて大切に祀られている。



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- - - - - Kanagawa 神奈川県

If a traveler passes by 不動明 Fudo Myo, he falls from his horse.
To show his respect, he has to demount from the horse and walk past.

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reibutsu 霊仏
相州大山の不動尊が大いに汗をかいた時は、大地震が起こり、多くの人が死んだ。霊験あらたかな仏像は、その種類を問わず汗をかくというが、かつて不動尊が智興阿闍梨の病苦を代わって涙を流したように、人々の苦悩を憐れんで汗をかいて下さることは、本当にありがたい。

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Kanagawa 鎌倉市 Kamakura

Enkan shoonin 円観上人 Saint Enkan Shonin
円観上人が鎌倉調伏の疑いにより、その尋問を行うべく鎌倉に召還された時、北条高時の夢に比叡山の東坂本から猿が数千匹来て、上人を守る姿が見えた。高時は尋問を延期するようにその役目を受けた佐介時弘に伝えた。すると時弘が言うには、暁に上人の部屋に行ったら障子越しに見た影姿が不動明王であったと告げた。

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Kanagawa 横浜市 Yokohama

Fudo no kanashibari 不動の金縛り
戦後、上大岡の大先達と副先達が御岳講で御座をたてた帰りの夜道で占領軍の黒人兵が現れて大先達の首を締め、金を要求した。大先達は口の中で何かを唱えて黒人兵を金縛りにしてしまったという。

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- - - - - Niigata新潟県 佐渡郡 Sado

toigiki トイギキ,hotoke oroshi ホトケオロシ / 仏オロシ seeking religious help
ある家に悪いことが続くので「不動さん」にみてもらうと、前の山の中にある墓の魂が頼る人がいないので供養してくれといっている、といわれた。墓は何代か前にその墓から分家した先祖の墓で、現在その家族が住んでいる神奈川県下の家へ行きたがっているということであった。それで、古い家から一握りの土を持って帰り、居住地の新しい墓に入れて供養したところ、病気や悪いことがおきなくなった。

- - - - - なやみごとや困ったことがあると、仏オロシといって、真光寺の山伏や吉岡のアリマサン、畑野のドンドコヤ、中興のハッカイサン、相川の二ツ岩サンなどへいって、トイギキをした。
12 トイギキ to explore
14 ホトケオロシ to explore


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- - - - - Kochi 高知県
幡多郡 Hata gun大月町 Otsuki

hebi 蛇 serpent
When the villagers performed a rain ritual at the waterfall of Fudo, there appeared a white snake and a red snake, telling them their wish would be granted.
The snake is an incarnation of Fudo.


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- - - - - Kumamoto 熊本県
人吉市 Hitoyoshi

yakoo ヤコウ fox
妊婦が病気になったので、祈祷師の言うように不動を祀ったが病気は重くなった。祈祷してもらうと病人はピョンピョン飛んでヤコウ(狐)の真似をした。この祈祷師はヤコ使いといわれている。その後よくなって、頭の良い子ができたという。

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- - - - - Kyoto 京都府

. Abe no Seimei 安倍晴明 and a weeping Fudo - 清浄華院 Shojoke-In .
Fudo and Abe no Seimei at Shinnyodoo 真如堂 Shinnyo-Do

. Shuten Dooji 酒呑童子 Shuten Doji "Sake Child" Demon .


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Kyoto 六条の御息所 / 六条御息所 Rokujo no Miyasudokoro - Lady Rokujō

The vengeful spirit of Lady Rokujo was finally appeased when a priest at 横川 Yokogawa read the Sutra of Fudo (dokushu 不動読誦) many times for her soul.

. Rokujo no Miyasudokoro 六条御息所 .
and the Genji Monogatari

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Kyoto 延暦寺 Enryaku-Ji

Shortly before his death, Fudo told priest Ryuusen 隆暹 Ryusen in a dream that he would soon go to paradise.

. 延暦寺 Enryaku-Ji .
and Saicho, Dengyo Daishi 伝教大師最澄 and Hiei-zan 比叡山 Mount Hiei

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Kyoto 東山区 Higashiyama

Priest and painter Choo Densu 兆殿司 Cho Densu (1352 - 1431)
Kitsuzan Mincho吉山明兆 Zen Monk Kichizan
The painter Densu painted a Nehanzu 涅槃図 Nirvana scene of the death of Buddha. But it was a painting full of wonders.



When he painted a dragon, the dragon would fly to heaven.
When he painted Fudo Myo-O, his flaming halo would begin to burn in flames.
Once he wanted to paint a dragon and prayed to the deities to show him one. Suddenly the water in the pond of the temple begun to churn and a dragon showed his features.
The colors and pigments for his paintings were from a special source at 稲荷山 Mount Inariyama.


While Densu painted the Nehanzu scene, a cat came along with a brush and pain in its mouth.
So he painted one cat into the scene.

at temple 東福寺 Tofuku-Ji
- reference source : tofukuji.jp... -

. nehanzu 涅槃図 painting of a Nirvana Scene .


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Kyoto 京都清滝不動院 Kiyotaki Fudo-In

tsuchinoko hebi 槌の子蛇
京都清滝不動院の朝の青龍住職から、かねて槌の子蛇らしきものが境内に出没し、参詣人も見ているとの情報を受け、境内の藪や草の根を分けて急斜面を探したが見つからなかった。


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Kyoto 京丹波町 Kyotanba (Kyotamba)

kikusui no taki 菊水の瀧
その地に生息する菊の葉に宿った甘露は不動明王の御利益で妙薬となり、その露が流れ入った水を飲むと500歳の長命を保つことができる。

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Kyoto 左京区 Sakyo

真如堂の不動は安倍晴明の持尊なので返してほしいと子孫が訴え、後花園院がそのように宣下したので、不動は唐櫃に納められ禁裏に運ばれたが、開けると中には何もなく、不動は真如堂に戻っていた。元は東向きだったのが北向きになっていたという。そこで仏意を尊重し、子孫の訴えは退けられた。

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Kyoto 相楽郡 Soraku district南山城村 Minami-Yamashiro

Tokiwa Gozen 常磐御前 Lady Tokiwa
The waterfall where Tokiwa Gozen prayed is now known as
常磐不動の滝 Tokiwa Fudo no Taki.
The statue venerated there is said to have been made by Lady Tokiwa herself.



. Tokiwa Gozen 常磐御前 Lady Tokiwa .
wife of Minamoto no Yoshitomo. (1123 - ?1180) - Mother of Minamoto no Yoshitsune.


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Fudo Legends 06 - from Mie to Miyazaki

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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- - - - - Mie 三重県
松阪市 Matsuzaka

. oogon no niwatori 黄金の鶏 the golden rooster .




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. Miyagi prefecture 宮城県 - お不動さま  .

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鬼首村 Onikobe village (Demon Head Village) 
Onikoobe onsen 鬼首温泉 Onikobe Hot Spring
tatsubu 田ツブ Tanishi mud snail
Tanishi Fudo タニシ 不動 - たにし不動 Mud-Snail Fudo
"Wasserschnecken-Fudo"
菅谷不動尊のお不動さま Sugatani Fudo and the Tanishi
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- - - - - Miyazaki 宮崎県

tsukimono 憑きもの posessed
The priest from the Shrine 生田山愛宕神社 Ikuta Atago Jinja, 長友清市 Nagatomo Seiichi(1869 - 1961) performed rituals to get rid of spiritual possessions.
He used to recite the spell 不動のからすばり Fudo no Karasubari, which made the possessing Yokai afraid and leave the human body. But eventually priest Seiichi became insane himself, left his estate and went to the Shrine, where he fell to the ground. When he came back to his senses, he realized that the possessing spirit had left.


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Fudo Legends 07 - from Nagano to Niigata

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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- - - - - Nagano 長野県
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下伊那郡 Shimo-Inagun district中川村 Nakagawa

Fudo Son 不動尊
At a place called 経平 Tsunehira there was a small Shrine, but it was lost during a huge mountain slide. After that, every night there was a light to be seen. In March of the year 1681 local farmers begun to dig there and indeed, they found a wooden statue of Fudo Myo-O.




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- - - - - Nara 奈良県

reibutsu 霊仏 "spirit Buddha"
When a spirit Buddha statue begins to sweat, it is usually the indicator of something bad (or good) to happen.


The Fudo statue at 生駒山般若窟 the Hanya Cave on Mount Ikuma is sometimes sweating, and for sure, a disaster will happen.

. asekaki Fudo 汗かき不動 sweating Fudo .

. Ikomasan 生駒山 宝山寺 Hozan-Ji .

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Once there was a priest who worshipped Fudo Myo-O diligently with morning and evening prayers.
But sometimes the statue of Fudo was not there. He thought this was quite strange. Then he had a dream:
The statue goes out to help a nun who did not have proper funeral rituals about 20 years ago.

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生駒市 Ikoma鬼取町 Onitori

. En no Gyoja 役行者 and Fudo Myo-O .

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西吉野村 Nishi Yoshino village

If someone throws the statue of a Fudo Myo-O into the nearby river pool, it will begin to rain during a drought.

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宇陀郡 Uda district室生村 Muro

amemochi, ame-mochi 飴餅 "sweets rice cakes"
At the waterfall 不動が滝 Fudo-ga-taki in Muro village there was a tea stall. Once a beautiful lady came to get some ame-mochi 飴餅 "sweets rice cakes". The curious shop-owner asked her where she had come from, but she did not answer. Later he followed her footsteps and found they disappeared in the basin of the waterfall.
Since then, these Mochi became a speciality of the tea stall.



. mochi 餅 rice cakes - Introduction .

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吉野郡 Yoshino吉野郡 十津川村 Totsugawa village

guchinawa グチナワ (Kuchinawa)
Serpent as messenger of the Gods

As the lord of 不動淵 the Fudo Riverpool there was a Kuchinawa serpent. When a farmer tried to drive it away and threw some toilet dirt into the water, something like a golden bird flew up into the sky.
When the farmer came home, he found seven of his family members, all his cattle and even the cat dead. Since then they venerate a 七人塚 mound for seven people

. shichininzuka 七人塚 mound for seven people - Introduction .
Misaki ミサキ / 御先 / 御前 / 御崎 the Misaki deity




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上越市 Joetsu

On the top of 不動山 Mount Fudoyama there is a statue of Fudo. In the morning of April 25 the followers climb the mountain to pray and make offerings. At least once in a lifetime followers should climb that mountain.


Mount Fudosan, 1.430 m.

This Fudo will heal diseases of the eyes 目の病に効く.

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十日町市 Tokamachi松代町 Matsushiro

During the great earthquake in December 1833, the statue of Fudo in the temple 大照院(大正院)Daisho-In rolled out of the temple building. The people inside followed him in a hurry and all went out - just in time before the building collapsed. Fudo had saved them all.

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. Nonomi no Ike 野々見の池 and Ikejiri no Ike 池尻の池 .
池尻不動滝 Ikejiri Fudo Taki Waterfall

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南魚沼郡 Minami-Uonuma district六日町 Muikamachi

If the menfolk allow women to come up to the Fudo from 八海山の不動 Mount Hakkaisan, let them take off their koshimaki腰巻 underwear and swing them around, Fudo gets angry and rain will fall.

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中頚城郡 Nakakubiki吉川町 Yokawa

hebi 蛇 snake
At the pond 岩屋の池 Iwaya no Ike (小海の池 Koume no Ike) there lives a snake.
Monks from 真言僧 the Shingon sect come here, recite 不動経 the Sutra of Fudo and pray for rain.
The monk puts his kechimyaku血脈 lineage document on a reed pole and throws it into the lake. The snake picks it up, turns it around a few times and then sinks to the bottom.
The carp from this pond are very special and not to be caught.

Kechimyaku (血脈)
is a Japanese term for a lineage chart in Zen Buddhism and some other Japanese schools, documenting the "bloodline" of succession of various masters or listing priests in a particular school.
In Zen the kechimyaku theoretically links a student to all previous generations back to the Buddha himself.
In the Sōtō school of medieval Japan it became commonplace for the kechimyaku to be administered to lay students for such rituals as the jukai ceremony. Traditionally this document is administered at the time of Dharma transmission in Soto Zen, during a shiho ceremony.
In the Jodo Shinshu sect the kechimyaku is meant to demonstrate "spiritual descent," and not a blood heritage.
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中頚城郡 Nakakubiki青海町 Omimachi, Omi-Machi

ryuujin 竜神 dragon deity
At the 不動滝 Fudo waterfall there is a 竜神 Ryujin Dragon Deity.
If people throw stones into the water, it will begin to rain.

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両津市 Ryotsu town

宝蔵院の不動さん Fudo of Hozo-In Temple
宝蔵院の不動さんが、沖を通るハセブネ(馳せ船)を止めるので、カミサン(呪術者)に聞いてみると、ショー滝へ納めなさいとのお告げだったので、そこへ背負い上げてまつった。


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佐渡郡 Sado district

ホトケ降ろし / ホトケオロシ hotoke oroshi,ムジナ落とし mujina otoshi,八卦 hakke
アリマさん、ありがたやさん、ドンドコヤさん、ミタケさん、オンタケさん、お滝さん、「○○町のお不動さん」などといわれている霊媒がいる。このほかに、「ホトケ降ろし」まではしないまでも、「ムジナ落とし」や八卦の能力を持っていると信じられている人がおり、使者に何かを聞きたい時や、病気、よくないことが続くとき、夢見が悪いとき、ムジナなどに憑かれたり、動物の祟りを感じたとき行方不明者や失せ物を探すとき、縁談の相談などにも行く。

- toigiki トイギキ
ある家に悪いことが続くので「不動さん」にみてもらうと、前の山の中にある墓の魂が頼る人がいないので供養してくれといっている、といわれた。墓は何代か前にその墓から分家した先祖の墓で、現在その家族が住んでいる神奈川県下の家へ行きたがっているということであった。それで、古い家から一握りの土を持って帰り、居住地の新しい墓に入れて供養したところ、病気や悪いことがおきなくなった。

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佐渡郡 Sado district佐和田町

タメに落ちた子の魂,トイギキ toigiki
70歳になったお婆さんが気がおかしくなり医者に診せても治らなかった。嫁が「沢根の不動さん」へ連れて行くと、近所でタメに落ちて死んでしまったが、あまり供養してもらえず、迷っている子の魂があり、畑仕事でしゃがんでいるときにおぶさったものだ、といわれた。また、情けをかけるといつまでも憑いているといい聞かされた。お婆さんは小さな地蔵を一つ作って大日さんにあげ、お前は坐るべきところに坐って、家のものに供養してもらえといって祈った。それからお婆さんは回復した。



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新発田市 Shibata

. Fudo and tanishi田螺 mud snails. .


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Fudo Legends 08 - from Oita to Shiga

. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .

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直入郡 Naoiri district

oni 鬼 demon
. Fudo Iwa 不動岩 Boulder and the plain of Mount Asosan 阿蘇の盆地 .

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佐伯市 Saiki

namikiri Fudo 波切不動 wave-cutting Fudo
Once there was a bad fishing season in the village and the local Lord had to borrow food for the people. Then he forgot to pay it back.
Anyway, when they next went fishing there was a statue of 波切不動 Namikiri Fudo caught in the nets .




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- - - - - Okayama 岡山県

真庭郡 Maniwa district

ryuu 龍 Ryu, the Dragon
and the Amako clan 尼子一族

Once there was a beautiful princess called おまる姫 O-Maru Hime at the home of a certain 吉田 Yoshida of the Amako clan. Every night a young man came to her quarters. He never made a sound and that was very strange. So the Lord ordered his retainers to follow the young man. He went to the basin of the Fudo waterfall 不動の滝壷, became a dragon and disappeared in the water.
Oh dear, that was quite a terrible shock and now the father ordered the princess to stay in confinement. But she became terribly love-sick for her young man. So they brought the princess to the waterfall and she jumped in before it could be prevented.
Her mother was so very upset that she called upon her to show her figure just once more.
So the princes, turned into a dragon, came up once again.
Now her family gave up on her and threw a bottle of sake rice wine into the waterfall as an offering.
This was on the first day of the sixth lunar month, so now there is a festival for Fudo Myo-O on this day.

A similar story is also told in 恵庭郡 Eniwa gun 新座村 Shinzamura.

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. benjogami 便所神 / 厠神 Deity of the Toilet .
Benjo no Fudo Son 便所の不動尊

In some villages of Okayama the Deity of the Toilet is called 不動様 "Fudo Sama".
For example in 真庭郡 Maniwa district, 久世町 Kuse and 阿哲郡 Atetsu district 哲西町 Tessei.

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. Misaki Densetsu 岡山県のミサキ伝説 Misaki Legends from Okayama .
about a deity that can bring misfortune or curses.

. 栗原不動寺 Kurihara Fudo-Ji and the Misaki .
岡山県真庭市栗原不動寺和田山 Maniwa, Kurihara, Fudo-Ji, Wadayama




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- - - - - Osaka 大阪府

泉佐野市 Izumisano

haku-un 白雲 white clouds
婢女志津の恋を重く思い、恐怖をも感じてしまった淡路小聖は犬鳴山に身を隠した。それでも追いかけていった志津であったが、突如として出現した白雲が淡路小聖を覆い、見えなくなってしまった。その白雲は不動明王の力によるものであった。


inu 犬 dog and daija 大蛇 huge serpent as messengers
猟の最中に従えていた犬が吠えたため鹿を取り逃がしたものと考えた猟師はその犬を射殺してしまうが、犬は猟師に大蛇の接近を教えていたのだった。実はその犬は不動明王の使いであった。





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- - - - - Saitama 埼玉県

kitsune 狐 fox
曽祖父は毎月28日に川越の不動様に必ず参詣に行っていたが、ある日の早朝道に迷ってしまった。その辺りは狐が出ることを思い出し、腰の火打石で火を点けると、夜は忽ち明けはじめ、同じ山中をぐるぐる廻っていたことに気づいた。

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岩槻市 Iwatsuki渋江町

. Oonyuudoo 大入道 O-Nyudo Monster .
huge monster with a tonsured head

The 竜門寺の不動 Fudo from Temple Ryumon-Ji disappeared every night, went down to the village and disturbed the people. Eventually a brave samurai cut off his hands.
He is now known as 手なし不動 "Fudo with no arms".
The statue was carved by Ennin - Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師



慈覚大師の作といわれ、手なし不動の伝承がある。
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. Ennin - Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 .
(794 – 864)




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甲賀郡 Koka district 信楽町 Shigaraku

daija 大蛇 huge serpent
Expecting some water damage from rain, people came to the Fudo statue of 多羅尾 Tarao to pray. THey saw a huge serpent lying down and not moving, but becoming bigger and bigger as they looked. When they came home, they realized that indeed a huge damage from water occured.


kami kakushi 神隠し kidnapped by the Gods
A man from the members of temple 不動寺 Fudo-Ji left for a pilgrimage to 伊勢 Ise but never came back.
The villagers asked another itinerant Fudo Pilgrim for his advise. He told them to look in the Eastern direction of the shrine, up in the forest.
When they searched the area, banging drums and gongs, they found his coat hanging on a tree.
Another version tells of a man being kidnapped by a Tengu san天狗さん and hung up in the tree.


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Fudo Legends 09 - from Shizuoka to Toyama

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- - - - - Shizuoka 静岡県

榛原郡 Haibara district 本川根町 Honkawane

kitsune 狐 the fox
Once upon a time
someone went to the village of Senzu 千頭 to by some pacific saury サンマ and was on his way home. When he was near the Fudo Hall, he suddenly became very tired and lay down for a nap. While he was sleeping, someone stole his fish.
People now say he was bewitched by a fox 狐にだまされた.

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At the beginning of the Meiji period there was an epidemy of a feaver disease 熱病 and many young people died.
So the villagers went to the Fudo Hall near the swamp and prayed for help. When they tried to lift the statue at the annual festival, it suddenly felt much lighter.

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浜松市 Hamamatsu

daija 大蛇 The Huge Serpent
Kanzawa, Tenryu Ward, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka

In the お不動様の池 Fudo Pond at the Fudo Waterfall of the hamlet 新切 there once lived a huge serpent. The creature seemed to have come from the Dainichi Pond 大日様の池 (or 峯神沢) nearby.
A young temple acolyte from the Dainichi Temple came here to fish and lost his fish hook in the pond. But the serpents dislike metal, so the serpent left the pond and soon after the water was also almost gone.

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In the pool of the 黒滝の渕 Kurotaki waterfall, sacred to Fudo Myo-O, it is not allowed to fish for "アノメ anome". If you do so there will be a divine retribution (Fudo no tatari タタリ / 祟り).
People who dare to pee into this pool will also be damned and die soon afterwards.

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松崎町 Matsuzaki

The main festival for Fudo is on the 28th day of the first month and 10th lunar month.
Once a villager took a sacred lot and did not like the result. So he moved the statue of Fudo. But soon he could not move his body any more 金しばり (sleep paralysis).
This was the punishment of Fudo Myo-O 不動尊の罰.

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沼津市 Numazu

yamainu 山犬 Mountain Dog
Ill dogs are not let into mountain villages, and if they enter anyway, Fudo will take the leash of the dog and lead him away. The villagers know well about the dangers of ill animals, especially ill dogs and pray to Fudo Myo-O to protect them from damage.


. 霊犬早太郎伝説 The legend of the spiritual dog Hayataro. .
"The Heroic Dog of Kozenji Temple", where Fudo Myo-O is venerated.




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日光市 Nikko

tengu 天狗 Tengu
At the waterfall 裏見滝 Urami no Taki in Nikko 下野国日光山四十八滝 there is a statue of Fudo Myo-O behind the waterfall. People who see it are greatly moved.
If an impure person comes to look at it, a Tengu will come down and take his life.



. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 visiting Urami no Taki .




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- - - - - Tokushima 徳島県
宍喰町 Shiikui

At 落合 Ochiai there was a stone statue of Fudo. When the farmers made a new road, they hit the stone and broke it. The next day the stomach of the stone worker begun to hurt. When he looked closer at the stone, he saw the broken statue, collected the pieces and put it on a safe place to be venerated again.

Once upon a time
when diseases were rampant and difficult to prevent,
people used to pray to Fudo Myo-O
"I will dance for you this year and hope you will keep me healthy in the summer!"
This is said to be the beginning of the Tokushima Awa Odori dance.

. Awaodori Dance 阿波踊り .
This is a special dance that originated in Tokushima (Shikoku) more than 400 years ago.



Narutaki waterfall鳴滝 in Tokushima town. Nearby is a statue of Fudo Myo-O.
鳴滝庵の大師堂 Narutaki-An, Daishi-Do for Kobo Daishi.
The waterfall has an 85 meter drop and is one of the largest waterfall in Tokushima. It bends and flows over three platforms, and the intensity of the flow is incredible after a hard rain.




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- - - - - Tokyo 東京都

kamisama 神様
Once a child pulled a small bronze statue of Fudo, with a rope from wisteria vine.
A grown-up scolded the child, but he had to suffer bad luck soon after that.

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文京区 Bunkyo

. Tengu 天狗 and the flying 岱雄 Taio .
at 小石川伝通院山内 Koishikawa Dentsu-In

. 小石川伝通院 Koishikawa Denzu-In, Dentsu-in .

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神津島 Kozushima, Kōzushima

karakane no hebi 唐金の蛇 bronze snake
At 不動様の池 the Fudo Pond a bronze snake wound around a human skull is venerated.

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目黒区 Meguro

. Meguro Fudo Temple 目黒不動 .

. Ennin - Jigaku Daishi 慈覚大師 / 慈覺大師 .
(794 – 864)
and Ōtori jinja 大鳥神社 Otori Jinja in Meguro, where Yamato Takeru is venerated as a deity.

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西多摩郡 Nishi-Tama district桧原村 Hinohara

Obusuna オズスナ様(産土神)
A Shaman can see the various features of this deity.
和田の山の神 Yamanokami from Wada is a snake, at 大沢 Ozawa it is a small snake, another is a huge snake, looking like a pregnant woman.
Basically the main features are that of Fudo.

. obosuna sama オボスナ様 / おぼすな様 Ubusuna deity .
deity for agriculture, especially the rice fields

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渋谷区 Shibuya

. Shoogonji 荘厳寺 Shogon-Ji .
Hatagaya Fudo  幡ヶ谷不動
藤原秀郷 Fujiwara Hidesato came here to pray for victory against 平将門 Taira no Masakado .

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豊島区 Toyoshima

. Mejiro Fudo 目白不動 Fudo with white eyes .
Kinjoo-In 金乗院 Kinjo-In

豊山新長谷寺 Shinchokokuji (Shin-Hasedera) in Toyoshima has a statue of Fudo Myo-O, made by Kobo Daishi himself.



When Kobo Daishi was in 荷沢河, 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai appeared to him and then changed into Fudo Myo-O.
The Deity wielded its own sword and cut off its left arm at the ellbow. A lot of smoke and flames came out of this burning wound.
Kobo Daishi made the statue just as he had seen this.




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- - - - - Toyama 富山県

The endoo煙道 chimney of the traditional kitchen stove oオ is called fudooフドウ.
It is said that Fudo Myo-O taught the farmers how to construct it.

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中新川郡 Nakaniikawa上市町 Kamiichi

te no ato 手の跡 traces of a hand
Around 1907, in a family they were 餅焚き grilling mochi rice cakes, when suddenly the shape of a hand appeared on the white.
A priest who had come around for begging told them:
"This is the trace of the hand of Fudo Myo-O, no doubt about it!"
He took three grains of rice from his begging bowl and left. When the family went after him for further information, he was not to be seen . . . he had vanished.
The special Mochi has been venerated in the family ever since.


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Kobo Daishi Kukai - Legends about Fudo
弘法大師 空海 




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Legends about Kobo Daishi Kukai .
 
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .


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. Narita Fudo 成田不動尊 .




....................................................................... Kagawa 香川県

. Fudo no Taki 不動の滝 Waterfall .
塩江温泉 Shionoe Hot Spring




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

. Tobi-Fudo 飛び不動 Flying Fudo .
白井市 Shiroi town 下戸沢 Shimotozawa



....................................................................... Tokushima 徳島県

. Narutaki 鳴滝 Narutaki waterfall .
鳴滝庵の大師堂 Narutaki-An, Daishi-Do for Kobo Daishi.




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. Mejiro Fudo 目白不動 Fudo with white eyes .






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Kobo Daishi climbed 月山 Mount Gassan and did water ablutions.
Suddenly in the water the figure of Fudo appeared. He hugged it and came to the surface.
He had mizuita 水板 a water plate with the image in his hands.



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Fudo Legends 10 - from Wakayama to Yamanashi

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- - - - - Wakayama 和歌山県

日高郡 Hidaka district龍神村 Ryujin "Dragon Deity"

daija 大蛇 huge serpent
At the waterfall Yumiki no Taki弓木の滝 / 弓木滝 Fudo Myo-O is venerated.



If people throw impure things into it, like feces of cattle, the mountain will move, the valley will shake and a strong rainstorm will come.
This is the doing of 滝の主 the Lord of the Waterfall, a huge serpent.




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- - - - - Yamagata 山形県

The 赤滝の不動様 Fudo from Akataki "Red Waterfall" has special powers to heal eye disease.
Sometimes he changes into 大蛇 a huge serpent and people who happen to wintess this are cursed. Therefore all are quite afraid of this place.

赤滝 Akataki - 黒滝 Kurotaki - Black Waterfall



. Waterfalls and Fudo Myo-O .

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東置賜郡 Higashi-Okitama district川西町 Kawanishi

bakemono ばけもの monster
While a monster was grilling mochi 餅 rice cakes, a 鯖売り vendor of mackerels hid in the ceiling and picked them up from there.
The monster thought, 火の神さま the God of Fire or Fudo Myo-O, has eaten them all.
Now the monster wanted to drink some hot Sake rice wine, but the mackerel vender stole the bottle too.
Again the monster thought, 火の神さま the God of Fire or Fudo Myo-O, has drunk it all.

. saba 鯖と伝説 Legends about mackerel, Makrele .

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最上郡 Mogami district金山町 Kaneyama

. Fudo Ryuma Dragon Horse 不動 龍馬 and the Kappa .

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shishi 獅子 Lion Head
昔は柳原集落にしか番楽の獅子頭はなかった。1890年ごろ、稲沢集落の人が柳原の獅子頭を奪ったらその人は亡くなり、その人が獅子頭を預けた人も亡くなり、不動堂に預けたら預けに行った人も死んだ。獅子が怒っているということで、話者の祖父が龍を彫り上げて、獅子は柳原に返した。

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Fudo Sama no Sugi no Ki 不動様の杉の木
昔、不動様の杉の木を切ってしまったら、オナカマに降りた神様が「残念だ」といい、伐った人は怪我をして買った人は病になり、木も川を流して運ぶ最中に嵐で酒田まで流された。御神木だった。

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南置賜郡 Minami Okitama gun 川西町 Kawanishi

A monster was once roasting mochi rice cakes, when a vendor of makerels 鯖売りpassed by. He sneaked to the roof and stole them all. The monster thought maybe お不動さま Fudo sama or 火の神 the Deity of Fire had eaten them.
So next he began to make hot sake. The vendor stole them too, but the monster again thought Fudo sama or the deity of fire had drunk it.

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南置賜郡 Minami-Okitama gun 中津川村 Nakatsugawa

At the hut near the charcoal kiln 炭焼き小屋 above the Fudo hall someone killed a cat and ate it.
He then became seized by the Inari fox 狐.

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西置賜郡 Nishi-Okitama district 小国町 Oguni

不動院 Fudo-In
分家して移ってきたとき、不動院が「温泉を出すか水を出すか」といったので、水を選んだところ、同家には清水が出るようになったという。

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kitsune キツネ fox
奉公人の男が朝草刈りに出たまま帰らない。不動院に見てもらったら狐に化かされたという。裏山に小豆飯を供えたらなくなった。男は5日目ごろ、村はずれで見つかった。

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酒田市 Sakata

不動尊の掛軸を粗末にしていると、家の者が病気になった。表装を直し、毎日拝むと家の主人は語った。

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. Shōnai 山形 - 庄内 - 伝説 Shonai Yamagata Legends .
- - akataki no Fudo sama 赤滝の不動様 Fudo from the Akataki waterfall
- - ryuu no hone 龍の骨 bones of a dragon at 不動堂 the Fudo Hall

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鶴岡市 Tsuruoka

. Ablutions at 月山 Mount Gassan .

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jookadoo no hi 常火堂の火
常火堂の火は羽黒山の聖火である。開祖が護摩を修めようとしたときに、不動明王が剣をふるって血を護摩木に注ぐとたちまちに火となって燃え上がったと言う。もしくは、開祖がはじめて山を開いたときに火玉と水玉を授けられ、荒澤に埋めて鎮火神と崇められたのが常火堂の根元であるとかいわれている。



Jookadoo 常火堂 Jokado Hall,
"the Hall of perpetual, sacred fire"

at the temple 荒澤寺 Kotaku-Ji at Mount Haguro is the place where mountain priest 蜂子 Hachiko, the founder of Haguro, trained himself in mountain asceticism.
The flame has been burning since his time.





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- - - - - Yamaguchi 山口県
萩市 Hagi city見島 Mishima

monjinsama モンジンサマ Monjin Sama
About 30 years ago, the child of one of 不動講 the Fudo Prayer Groups member became a stomach ache and its belly was swelling rapidly.
At the hospital they had no explanation and no diagnosis for this, but the child got worse and worse.
At the same time the first leader of the Fudo Prayer Group had a vision:
Monjin Sama e iku yoo ni モンジンサマへ行くように Go to Mister Monjin !
When he went to Mister Monjin, there was the same vision, saying
Y.M. の家を訪ねろ Go to the home of Mr. Y.M.
The child of this home was seriously ill, but even exorcistic rited did not help.
They tried to put some water into the mouth of the child, using 紙縒 a string made from twisted paper. Now siddenly the pulse became visible on the arm again.
Mister Y. M. was greatful the gods had helped his child.
He followed the advise of the group leader and made water ablutions for one week. By the end of this time, the child was almost cured.





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富士吉田市 Fuji Yoshida

日本武尊 Yamato Takeru
When 渡辺四郎 Watanabe Shiro was about 19 years old he said on a fine day "We have to cut the mulberries, because it will rain tomorrow."
Nobody believed him, but it happened this way. And a few more times he could see the future.
People soon came to see him and ask o-ukagai オウカガイ his oracle advise from his estate deity, Fudo Myo-O.
The Shinto priest 羽田吉章 Haneda Yoshiaki made an offering of a stone sanctuary for Yamato Takeru and they could have a 石占 stone oracle there.
While Shiro san was away in the war, his wife took over with the stone oracles.

. Prince Yamatotakeru 日本武尊 .

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東山梨郡 Higashi-Yamanashi district三富村 Mitomi

. Gonzaburo Fudo 権三郎不動 .
笛吹川 River Fuefukigawa "River where the flute was played"

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南巨摩郡 Minami-Koma district身延町 Minobu

kieta onna 消えた女 a woman disappeared
On the way from 梅ヶ島 Umegashima toward 古谷城 Odani castle there once walked a woman, suddenly shouting in pain and then disappeared.
At this place there is now a small sanctuary for Fudo Myo-O.

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都留市 Tsuru

Once there was a huge flooding and and the waterfall changed its course. In the water of the flooded fields something was shining. When the farmers pulled it out, it was a statue of Fudo Myo-O. They built a small sanctuary to pray for it. The sanctuary later burned down but the statue was rescued in time.


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yuuhidaki 雄飛滝  Yuhidaki waterfall
Horigiri, Izu, Shizuoka Prefecture 410-2418

. Waterfalles named "Fudo no Taki"不動の滝 .  
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The Yuhidaki Waterfall
Yuhidaki is a 30 meter waterfall located in Yamada Town in the northernmost part of Shuzenji Town in Izu City, Shizuoka Prefecture.
It flows down in two stages; the upper stage is 20 meter tall and the lower stage is 10 meter tall. The white lines of water flowing down on the columnar joint rock surface, which is typical to this region, are very beautiful.
The statue of Fudo Myoo is enshrined beside the bottom of the waterfall.



Double-flowered cherry trees that come into bloom in late April and hydrangea flowers that line the walking trail down to the basin in June offer wonderful color contrasts to the waterfall. In winter, on the other hand, the dashing flow of water freezes to create beautiful ice pillars. You will feel as if time has stopped when you see the sharp tips of ice plunging from above your head and protruding toward you.
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雄飛の滝 Yuhi no Taki waterfall




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Hachiman gudōkun 八幡愚童訓
Hachiman Gudokun (written around 1300)

Tales of the God of War Told to the Simple

"Hachiman Gudokun" is a history of temples and shrines that narrates the miracle and divine virtue of Hachimanshin (Shinto god of War) which is considered to have been compiled in the middle or late Kamakura period.


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The Mongols brought an advanced technology weapon that terrified the Samurai. It was an early form of "shock and awe". In addition to their clouds of arrows fired continuously, the Mongols also brought explosive Chinese bombs. These bombs were flung from Trebuchets.

An account from Hachiman Gudokun reads,
"The commanding general kept his position on high ground, and directed the various detachments as need be with signals from hand drums. But whenever the Mongol soldiers took flight they sent iron bomb shells flying against us which made our side dizzy and confused. Our soldiers were frightened out of their wits by the thundering explosions, their eyes blinded, their ears deafened, so that they could hardly distinguish east from west."
These "mighty iron balls" were flung and "rolled down the hills like cartwheels", they sounded like "thunder" and when they exploded "looked like bolts of lightning".
The Mongol shock tactics definitely worked in the opening engagement between the two armies.
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- quote Simpson, Emily Blythe -
Sovereign, Shaman and Bodhisattva :
A Medieval Reinterpretation of Empress Jingū in the Hachiman gudōkun

Empress Jingu (traditionally 169-269 CE) is a legendary figure, appearing in myths of the gods in the earliest chronicles of Japan, the Kojiki (712) and the Nihon shoki (720). According to these accounts, she was a shaman as well as empress and the vessel through which the gods made known their will to the emperor. At Emperor Chuai's death, she took up the divine mission bequeathed to her husband and organized an invasion of the Korean peninsula, calling on the gods whenever her goal was frustrated. She returned triumphant to Japan, bore a son, and ensured his succession to the throne through her own period of rulership. Though the paucity of historical evidence has led to various theories regarding the story's factual basis, its importance as a legend is evident from its appearance and reinvention through over a thousand years of Japanese history.

This thesis charts what may perhaps be considered the first phase of that reinvention. In the later classical and medieval periods of Japan, Jingu's son, Emperor Ojin, was identified with Hachiman, a local god of increasingly central importance and an emblem of syncretic religious traditions within Japan. With the growing importance of Buddhism, both Hachiman and his mother were reimagined with Buddhists elements in their histories. Focusing on the Hachiman gudokun, a shrine-temple origins account written in the first decades of the fourteenth century, this thesis charts the developments of the Jingu narrative in various documents of the medieval period.
Highlighting three key roles of Jingu's character --ruler, shaman, and Buddhist-- I show how the Hachiman gudokun presented a version of Empress Jingu's story revitalized by contemporary developments in Buddhist and political thought, paving the way for the powerful martial image of Jingu that emerged during the Meiji Period.
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Das Hachiman-gudōkun (I) als historische Quelle, insbesondere zu den Invasionen der Mongolen in Japan
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「愚童訓」とは八幡神の神徳を「童蒙にも理解出来るように説いた」の意味である。諸本に書かれた書名によって
『八幡大菩薩愚童訓』及び
『八幡愚童記』などともいい、江戸時代初期に作成されたものの表題に附された訓に基づいて「はちまんぐどうきん」とも呼ばれる。
----- 甲種本
--- 上下二巻。
甲種本は、史上の異敵とその降伏(こうぶく)に関する事蹟が述べられ、上巻においては神功皇后のいわゆる「三韓征伐」、皇后の皇子であり八幡大菩薩とされる応神天皇の事蹟、文永の役における蒙古軍の襲来、対馬・壱岐への侵攻、九州上陸と九州御家人勢との戦闘の状況、箱崎八幡宮(筥崎八幡宮)の焼亡などが記される。
--- 下巻は弘安の役における思円上人・叡尊の修法、蒙古退却の奇瑞などを記述する。
甲種本の特徴としては、文永の役におけるモンゴル・高麗連合軍である蒙古軍の対馬・壱岐侵攻に関する史料となっている点である。また、箱崎八幡による奇瑞や神威の顕現によって度々蒙古軍が撃退されたことが述べられている。さらに、叡尊の祈祷による霊験の成果が強調されており、本書の成立に社寺の祈祷に対する朝廷からの恩賞問題が関わっていた可能性が指摘されている。(群書類従 第一輯 神祇部 巻十三 収録)
----- 乙種本
上下二巻。
乙種本は、八幡大菩薩の霊験・神徳について14章にわたって述べ、阿弥陀信仰との習合を説いた教義書的性格を持つ。
序にはじまり、
垂迹、名号、遷坐、御躰、本地、王位、氏人、慈悲、放生会、受戒、正直、不浄、仏法、後世の十四章からなり、各項目にわたり広大無辺なる八幡大菩薩の神徳霊験が述べられている。(続群書類従 第二輯 神祇部 巻三十) ...
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Saranuma Fudo 皿沼不動 永昌院 Eisho-In


東京都足立区皿沼1丁目4-2
1 Chome-4-2 Saranuma, Adachi, Tokyo 123-0862

- Chant of the temple
武蔵野の無情の流れ荒川の
心の宿の皿沼不動


Saranuma (swamp like a plate) is located in the North-East of Arakawa and has been under the control of the Edo Bakufu Government.
The temple 東叡山寛永寺 was erected in 1625
as The Hieizan of the East
and the whole swamp was under its protection. Around it many other temples were soon built too.
The center of the cult was 阿弥陀仏 Amida Buddha and the 念仏講 Nenbutsu chanting.
With the greater popularity of Narita Fudo they got a statue of Fudo standing in front 御前立不動明王 for prayers.



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shuin 朱印 stamp


omamori お守り amulets for traffic safety




- Homepage of the temple
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paintings on the ceiling - CLICK for more photos !

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- Yearly Festivals 年中行事 -

Every month there are goma護摩 fire rituals.
Inarizushi (いなり寿司供物) Inari Sushi Ritual
Dorobo zuka (どろぼう塚供養共) Thief Mound Ritual
ペットお盆供養 O-Bon ritual for Pet Animals
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This temple is Nr. 25 of the
. Fudo Pilgrimage in Kanto / Bando .

. 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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Konzoji Hiyoshi Fudo Yokohama

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Konzooji 金蔵寺 - 日吉不動 Hiyoshi Fudo
Nr. 05 清林山 - 佛乗院 - 金蔵寺 Konzo-Ji

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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横浜市港北区日吉本町2-41-2
2 Chome-41-2 Hiyoshihoncho, Kohokuku Yokohama

A temple of 天台宗 the Tendai sect.
It was founded by priest Chisho Daishi 智證大師(814 - 891)on his travels to the Eastern provinces. He carved a statue of Fudo Myo-O and founded 23 temples in the region.
During the Edo period, the temple became quite rich.

It has a lot of colorful carvings on the walls, like dragons, phoenix, the three monkeys (no see no hear no speak evil) and more.
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. Chisho Daishi 智證大師 Enchin 圓珍 - 円珍 .


It belongs to the following pilgrimages:
武相不動尊8番 Buso Fudo Son Nr. 8
関東百八地蔵霊場85番
准秩父三十四観音霊場3番
横浜七福神寿老神

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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : tesshow.jp/yokohama...




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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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Shiboku Fudo Kawasaki

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Nr. 06 等覚院 Togaku-In - 神木不動 Shiboku Fudo
Shibokusan 神木山


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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神木不動のつつじ gate with azaleas

神奈川県川崎市宮前区神木本町 1-8-1
Shiboku Honcho, Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa

The main hall has been established in 1859.
The main gate dates back to 1898.
The temple also houses a statue of 毘沙門天 Bishamonten.

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This Fudo statue has been made in 2007. It is about 3,6 m high.
Many copies of the Sutras are offerings in its seat.

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o-fuda お札 stamp

- - - - - Homepage of the temple
- source : tougakuin.jp

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- - - - - Yearly Festivals年中行事

May 8 - - - 薬師如来大護摩
May 28 - - - 不動明王大護摩 Fudo Goma Fire Ritual
- reference source : tougakuin.jp/gyouji... -



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. shinboku 神木 sacred tree, divine tree .

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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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Tanashi Fudo Tokyo

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Nr. 10 田無山 Tanashisan - 田無不動 Tanashi Fudo

東京都 Tokyo
修行の道場 The second round: Austerities

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

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東京都西東京市田無町三丁目
3 Chome-8-12 Tanashicho, Nishi-Tokyo


Founded around 1620 by high priest 法印権大僧都俊栄和尚 with the name
法界山西光寺 Hokaisan Saiko-Ji .
Relocated to its present place around 1650.
In the Edo period, it was related to the shrine 尉殿権現社 Shodono Gongen Sha, now named
. Tanashi Jinja 田無神社 Tanashi Shrine .
After the Meiji restoration the temple was merged with 密蔵院 Mitsuzo-In and 観音寺 Kannon-Ji and got the name 田無山総持寺 Tanashisan Soji-Ji

It is so beautiful, it was elected as Nr. 73 of 東京百景 the 100 special sights of Tokyo.
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The main statue is 大日如来 Dainichi Nyorai.
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- - - - - Homepage of the temple
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Belongs to the following pilgrimage:
多摩八十八ヶ所3 Tama 88 Temples - Nr. 33
. Kobo Daishi Reijo 弘法大師霊場 Pilgrimages .

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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 - .

. Tanashi choo 田無町 Tanashi district Tokyo .
- Tanashi Jinja 田無神社 Tanashi Shrine

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