. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo 江戸の名所 .
. Sanjusangendo 三十三間堂 Legends .
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Sanjuusan Gendoo Sanjūsangen-dō 深川三十三間堂 Fukagawa Sanjusangendo Hall
Fukagawa Sanjusangendo / Fukagawa Sanjūsangendō
"Hall with 33 Spaces"
The Hall was located east of the Shrine Tomioka Hachimangu, present day 江東区富岡二丁目 Koto ward, Tomioka second sub-district.
The main statue was a 千手観音 Kannon Bosatsu with 1000 arms.
The Sanjusangendo Hall in Kyoto is quite famous for its contest of shooting with bow and arrow. The length of the shooting range in front of the hall was about 118 m.
In 1642, 弓師備後 the Bow Master Bingo had been living in Asakusa on land given to him by the Edo Bakufu government. He then built a similar large hall than the one in Kyoto.
On orders of 将軍徳川家光 Shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu the Hatamoto
吉田久馬助重信 Yoshida Shigenobu was allowed to perform izome 射初め, the ritual of the First Shot.
In 1698 the Hall was lost in a fire.
In 1701, it was re-built in the East of Tomioka Hachimangu.
In 1827, the Hall was demolished.
In the Edo period, the Shrine 矢崎稲荷神社 Yazaki Inari Jinja had been build to protect the Hall.
Hiroshige 広重
Edo Meisho Zue
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Sanjūsangen-dō Hall 三十三間堂 (Thirty-three "ken" hall)
the Sanjūsangen-dō Hall in Kyōto, and it was initially located in Asakusa.
It suffered a fire in 1698 and was relocated to Fukagawa in 1701.
Its grounds were used for archery practice and shooting practice, and
tōshiya 通し矢 (archery exhibition contests) were held in the main hall
during the Edo period of 1646 to 1852.
The record score was said to be established by 梶川勝蔵 Kajikawa Katsuzō,
a vassal of 石川備中守 the Ishikawa Bicchū-no-kami (Lord Ishikawa Bicchū),
who at the age of twelve, hit the target 10,011 times.
The hall was removed in 1872.
. source : Tokyo Metropolitan Library .
. Fukagawa Tomioka Hachimangu 富岡八幡宮 .
東京都江東区富岡 1-20-3
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. Sanjusangendo Hall in Kyoto .
657 Sanjusangendomawari, Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto
thirty-three ken 間 (length) hall
tooshiya 通し矢 Toshiya, Archery Competition at Sanjusangendo
ooyakazu 大矢数 Oyakazu, shooting many arrows
Taditionally, the contest is a ritual exercise intended to show young participants that an adult's life requires patience and self-control.
It used to be a show of the best archers from each domain in the Edo period.
The famous Hall Sanjusangendo in Kyoto, with 1000 statues of Kannon Bosatsu.
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. Legends and Tales from Japan 伝説 - Introduction .
. Legends from Fukagawa 深川, Koto ward, Tokyo .
Near the Sanjusan Gendo Hall in Fukagawa, there was an empty house where nobody had lived for a long time.
When someone finally moved in, he became very ill soon after. When the neighbours checked the house they felt a cold wind blowing through the rooms.
In the bedroom was an old pillow, which was maybe the originator of the wind and misfortune. So they burned the pillow. Out of the ashes came the smell of a human body burning.
After this ritual burning, the man was healed in no time.
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On the day of the festival of 富岡八幡宮 Tomioka Hachimangu a mother went there with her son of about 3 years. On the way they had to pass a large bridge, but the child only cried and never moved, so the mother went home.
Later she learned that the bridge had broken down on this day and more than 1000 people had died.
Now the mother knew that 神仏 the Gods and Buddhas had saved her and she cherished her child even more.
Tomioka Hachimangu is also called
Eitaijima Hachimangu 永代島八幡宮
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