shinbutsu in Edo

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shinbutsu in Edo 江戸の神仏 Kami and Hotoke in Edo

shinbutsu shūgō 神仏習合 - Syncretism of Shinto and Buddhism
shinbutsu bunri 神仏分離 - Separation of Shinto and Buddhism.

. shinbutsu 神仏 kami to hotoke .
- Introduction -


探訪・大江戸の神仏 - 日本のこころ - 1995


. shinbutsu　神仏と伝説 legends about Kami and Hotoke - the Deities of Japan .


. Jiun Onkoo 慈雲飲光 Priest Jiun Onko .
(1718 – 1804/1805)
founder of 雲伝神道 Unden Shinto // 葛城神道 Katsuragi Shinto
..... Jiun held that no distinction existed between Shinto and esoteric Buddhism, and that it would be impossible to learn the essence of Shinto without also understanding esoteric Buddhism.

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- - - The three deities most feared in Japan:

. Shinigami 死神 God of Death "Grim Reaper" .

. Binbogami, Binboo Gami 貧乏神 Bimbogami, God of Poverty .

. Yakubyoogami 疫病神 Yakubyogami, Deity of Diseases .
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- - - - - Chooonji 長遠寺 Choon-Ji 大田区南馬込



如意輪観音 Nyoirin Kannon, 地蔵菩薩坐像 Jizo Bosatsu
不動明王 Fudo Myo-O 地蔵菩薩 - Jizo Bosatsu


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. Fujizuka, Fuji-zuka 富士塚 Mound to honor Mount Fujisan .

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- - - - - Hachiman Sha 八幡社 江東区

Once on the day of the Shrine festival, a mother came with her child of about 3 years. When she wanted to pass over the bridge, the child suddenly begun to cry, so she stopped without crossing and the child stopped crying soon.
A short while later the bridge collapsed and about 1000 people were injured.
The mother felt it was the help of the Deities that saved her life.


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- - - - - Kaminakazato Fudo 上中里不動尊
Tokyo, Kita, Kaminakazato, 1 Chome−47−34


摩利支天 Marishi-Ten



不動明王 Fudo Myo-O


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- - - - - Koomyooin 光明院 Komyo-In / 上荻2丁目


Fudo Myo-O 不動明王　in the bamboo grove


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- - - - - Mejiro Fudo 目白不動尊金乗院 Konjo-In


Dragon sword of Fudo Myo-O 倶梨伽羅不動

. Mejiro Fudo 目白不動 .


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- - - - - Oota Jinja 太田神社 - 高木神社 Takagi Jinja
Ōta-ku, Chūō, 6 Chome−3 太田神社

. Kuroyami Tennyo 黒闇天女 Lady Ten Deity of the Darkness .
... the Binbogami of this shrine turned into a Deity to bring good luck, Fuku no Kami,
福の神になった貧乏神.
Kuroyami Ten 黒闇天 (こくあんてん） Kokuan Ten
a Buddhist Deity of the Tenbu　天部 the Devas of India .


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- - - - - Yanagimori Jinja 柳森神社 - Chiyoda, Kanda

. O-tanuki san　おたぬきさん the honorable Tanuki .

ta o nuku　他を抜く
"tanuki" can also be read "ta-nuki,"
or pulling away from the crowd, a symbol of victory.


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江戸の法華信仰 - 望月真澄 Mochizuki Shincho
江戸で
〈祖師〉といえば〈日蓮〉を指すほど人気を博した法華信仰。町人の願いに応えた現世利益の数々やその信仰形態を豊富な写真とともに紹介する、江戸の法華信仰ガイドブック。
第１章　江戸の神仏と信仰
第２章　江戸の神仏の儀礼
第３章　祖師と守護神の霊場
第４章　加持祈禱の隆盛
第５章　法華信仰の寺院・仏像・信徒
第６章　江戸の巡拝信仰
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江戸の神仏しめくくり　Edo no Shinbutsu Meguri
目白不動尊金乗院
根生院 - 南蔵院 - 亮朝院 - 津久井町の専念寺
願行寺 - 根津神社 - 東覚寺 - 大久寺 - 圓勝寺 - 上中里不動尊 / 上中里庚申堂
宗福寺 - 長遠寺 - 長遠寺の隣りの八幡神社 - 天祖神社 - 北野神社 - 熊野神社/南馬込 - 湯殿神社 - 新井宿薬師堂 - 大田区/本門寺 /妙見堂 - 十寄神社 - 遍照院
various Fujizuka
①船堀の富士塚（日枝神社） / ②桑川の富士塚（桑川神社）/ ③長島の富士塚（香取神社）/ ④今井の富士塚（香取神社）/ ⑤下鎌田の富士塚（豊田神社）/ ⑥上鎌田の富士塚（天祖神社）
江古田富士 - 庚申堂 - 下練馬富士 - 小御嶽神社 (Tengu) - 石観音堂
石神井 (Shakujii) : 禅定院 - 三宝寺 - 御嶽神社 -
杉並区 Sugita : 光明院 - 観泉寺 - 白山神社 - 西方寺 - 真盛寺 - 慈眼寺 - 宝仙寺 - 心法寺 -
- a page with many amazing photos !
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うわさの神仏　ー 江戸TOKYO陰陽百景
3 volumes by 加門七海 Kamon Nanami

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今戸神社―かわいい？巨大招き猫が鎮座 - Imado Jinja
銀座八丁のお稲荷さん―狐口密集地帯！？銀座を行く - Ginza no Inari
秋葉原―最先端のＰＣ街、その主は天狗だった　 - Akihabara no Tengu

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渋谷―犬が南向きゃ、魔物がのさばる！？ - Shibuya - dogs and monsters
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上野―旧幕軍のサムライが徘徊！？お化けの宴会にご用心　- Ueno - old samurai
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. Ginza Hatcho Jinja 銀座八丁神社 Shrines in 8 Ginza districts .

1.幸稲荷神社 Saiwai Inari Jinja
2.銀座稲荷神社　Ginza Inari Jinja
3.龍光不動尊 "Fashion" Ryuko Fudo Son
4.朝日稲荷神社 Asahi Inari Jinja
5.銀座出世地蔵尊　Ginza Shusse Jizo
6.宝童稲荷神社 Hodo Inari Jinja
7.あづま稲荷神社 Azuma Inari Jinja
8.靍護稲荷神社 Kakugo Inari Jinja　
9.成功稲荷神社 Seiko Inari Jinja
10.豊岩稲荷神社 Toyoiwa Inari Jinja
- and 八官神社 Hachikan Jinja // 宝珠稲荷神社 Hoju Inari Jinja


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. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. - Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. densetsu 伝説　Japanese Legends - Introduction .


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Hieda Jinja Shrine

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Hieda Jinja 薭田神社（ひえだじんじゃ）
大田区 Ōta-ku, Ota ward, Kamata // Hieta Shrine



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Along with Rokugo Jinja, Mita Hachiman Jinja, and Unoki Hachiman Jinja, Hieta Jinja is one of the four candidates to be the Hieta Jinja mentioned in the Engi-shiki.

The shrine legend tells us that in the year 709 the Buddhist monk, Gyōki, made shintai (divine images) of Amaterasu Ōkami, Hachiman, and Kasuga and enshrined them. That the three shintai existed and were worshipped is probably a matter of fact, the existence of what is now the Hieta Jinja is more one of conjecture.

The first historical reference to what may have been a Hieta Jinja is in the Veritable Record of Three Generations of Emperors of Japan, published in 901. In the Engi Shiki, completed in 967, mention is made of two shrines in Ebara-gun, Musashi Province, Hieta Jinja and Iwai Jinja. In 1872 it was designated a gōsha: it is currently a kenmusha of Kamata Hachiman Jinja.

The shrine was basically destroyed in the firebombing of April 15, 1945, and while a temporary main hall was quickly put together it was not until 1954 that it was properly rebuilt. Further work was done in 2000. The koma-inu, dating to 1959, are relatively recent.

- In-ground Shrines:
Tenso Jinja 天祖神社
Sanjūban Jinja 三十番神社
Inari Jinja 稲荷神社
Yakuso Jinja 薬祖神社

- Deities in residence
Hondawake-no-mikoto 誉田別命
Amaterasu Ōkami 天照大神
Takenouchi no Sukune 武内宿禰
Kazuragi Sotsuhiko 葛城襲津彦
Kasuga Ōkami 春日大神

Note that the two kami, Takenouchi-no-Sukune and Katsuragi Sotsuhiko are semi-historical persons, father and son , and Takenouchi is said to have been an advisor to five emperors between 71 and 399. His 73rd generation descendant, Takeuchi Mitshiro (竹内睦泰), is the current custodian of what is a fascinating, if fanciful, family history.

- source and photos : Rod Lucas

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

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One of the enshrined deities here is the sun goddess, Amaterasu Oomikami, considered to be the creator of the Japanese people. On the right-hand side of the main structure there are three smaller shrines with their own torii gate. By one of the shrines there is a small pond with “pure water” written in kanji. In the pond you can see tiny fishes swimming actively.
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薭田神社(稗田神社)



東京都大田区蒲田3-2-10 Kamata
御祭神:誉田別命・天照大神・武内宿禰命・荒木田襲津彦命・春日大神
社格等:延喜式内社(小社論社)・郷社
例大祭:9月15日前後の土・日曜

式内社と呼ばれる古い格式をもつ神社である、平安時代（十世紀）に編纂された『延喜式』の神明帳に記載され、また『三代実録』に貞観六年（864）「武蔵国従五位下蒲田神を以て並びに官社に列す」とあるのが、この神社であろうといわれる。
社伝によれば、和銅二年（709）僧行基が天照、八幡、春日の三神体を刻んで安置し、鎌倉時代（十三世紀後半）に日蓮が村民の請いをいれて開眼したと伝えられる。江戸時代（十七〜十九世紀後半）には隣接の栄林寺が別当であったが、明治初年（十九世紀後半）の神仏分離により独立し、旧社格は郷社に定められた。
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. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

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Fujizuka mounds

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Fujizuka, Fuji-zuka 富士塚 Mound to honor Mount Fujisan


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Fujizuka (富士塚) are small mounds, commonly found in and around Tokyo, which represent Mount Fuji.
During the Edo period (1603–1868), a cult arose around the mountain, one of whose major devotional rites was to climb to the peak. Pilgrims who were unable through age, infirmity or gender to climb Mount Fuji would ascend one of these surrogates instead. They were usually around ten feet high, and replicate the 10 stations on Fuji itself, from the foot of the mountain to the summit. Some were also situated so as to provide pleasant views of their surrounding area, such as the Moto-Fuji at Meguro.

Although they are not included among the objects that make up the Cultural World Heritage Site, there are many Fujizuka that have been designated as Cultural Properties by the national government of Japan or by local governments. Famous Fujizuka within the precincts of Tokyo include
the Shitaya-sakamoto Fuji (within the grounds of the Onoterusaki shrine),
the Nagasaki Fuji (beside the main shrine building of the Fuji Sengen shrine) and
the Ekoda Fuji (within the grounds of the Ekoda Sengen shrine).
One such Fujizuka is found at Shinagawa Shrine near Shinbanba station in Tokyo. According to the shrine's kannushi, Mr. Suzuki, the Fujizuka, built between 1869–72, is a relatively late addition, and is said to bestow the same benefit on those who climb it as climbing Mt. Fuji.
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source : Yoko Arisaka
Map of the many Fujizuka in Edo - said to be more than 60 !
Many are off limits now and can only be climbed once a year during the Festival when the climbing season of the real Mount Fuji starts in Summer.


Many shrines in Japan had a special boulder or mound where Fuji worshippers could "climb" to the top and perform austerities and offer prayers.
. Fujikoo 富士講 Fujiko, Mount Fuji worship group .



Hatonomori Hachiman Jinja 鳩森八幡神社

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Asakusa　浅草
. Fuji Asama Shrine 富士浅間神社 .

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Fukagawa　深川


Ando Hiroshige

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Funabori no Fujizuka 船堀の富士塚
日枝神社 Hie Jinja



Build with some lava rocks of Mount Fuji.
At the top is a small shrine of 浅間神 Asama Jinja.

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Imai no Fujizuka 今井の富士塚



Located at the back of 上今井香取神社 Kami Imai Katori Jinja (1564).
It was built with the lava rocks of Mt. Fuji in 1930. It is 2.5 meters high. One stone at its base dates back to 1751.

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Mizuinari Jinja　水稲荷神社 Shinjuku 新宿
Takada Fuji　高田富士


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On the north side of Hosen-ji Temple in the vicinity of Waseda University Building No.9 (in the grounds of the former Mizu-Inari-jinja Shrine), is the site of an Edo period landmark called Takada Fuji-zuka. From the middle of the Edo period (1603-1867), the divinity of Mount Fuji was a popular belief and in every region "Fuji-zuka" (Fuji mound) were constructed as replicas of Mount Fuji.
Takada Fuji was created in 1779 by Takada Toshiro, a landscaper from Takada Village and was the oldest of these mounds in Edo. It was about 5 meters high.
During 1905-1906, Waseda University purchased the grounds of the then Mizu-Inari-jinja Shrine and the Takada Fuji-zuka was destroyed. However, it was restored in the grounds of the current Mizu-Inari-jinja Shrine which itself was moved to the side of the city administered Kansen-en Park.
On the site of the original Takada Fuji-zuka now stands Waseda University Building No.9, a high rise building.
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Takada Tooshiroo　高田藤四郎 Takada Toshiro
Born I706 in Tajima no Kuni 但馬の国 (now Hyogo).
He climbed Mount Fuji for the first time when he was 16 and 34 times alltogether in his lifetime.

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Nagashima no Fujizuka 長島の富士塚
at Shrine 香取神社 Katori Jinja at 東葛西 Higashi Kasai



This hill is about 4 meters hig.
The top is covered with unregular boulders, the stones at the bottom are about more round.
At the top is a stone memorial with the inscription of 浅間神社 Asama Jinja.
This mound has been built in 1917 on request of the nearby villages of 長島 /b 桑川両村 Nagashima and Kuwagawa.

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Meguro　目黒


Ando Hiroshige - and the 三田上水 Mita Josui waterway

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This is a picture of Meguro Fujizaka by Utagawa Hiroshige, April 1857.
The Fujizaka in Meguro was about 15 metres high and was complete with a Shintō Torii at its base and a zig zag path to a shrine at the top imitating the paths on the slopes of the real Mount Fuji. It was built in 1819 on land belonging to Kondo Juzō, an explorer of Hokkaido and a hatamato. In 1826 he was involved in a land dispute with a man called Hannosuke, the owner of a teahouse that was located in the area at the base of Meguro Shinfuji . He took the case to court and won. Hannosuke made threats and as a consequence Kondo’s son Tomizo, to avenge his father’s honour, attacked Hannosuke killing seven members of the family. Tomizo was exiled to Hokkaido and Kondo was exiled to Ōmizo Domain and place under house arrest in the care of the Lord of that Domain, Mitsuyasu Wakebe, who treated him with the utmost respect.
The story was adapted by Takeshiba Kisui for the Kabuki stage in a play entitled
‘The Incident at the foot of Meguro’s New Miniature Mountain’ (山開目黒新富士 Yamabiraki Meguro no Shinfuji).
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Meguro Moto-Fuji 目黒元不二

Meguro Moto-Fuji is a 12m high man-made Mt. Fuji at Kami Meguro, Meguro Ward
built by a Fuji-worshipping group of Meguro in 1812 (the ninth year of Bunka).
Asama Shrine 浅間神社 was dedicated at the summit, just as on the real Mt. Fuji
and at the opening of the mountain on June 1st, many would come on pilgrimages.
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. Onoterusaki jinja 小野照崎神社 Onoterusaki Shrine .
and the Fujizuka festival 富士塚祭り

... to celebrate the opening of the mountain climbing season of Mt. Fuji.
The "Fuji Hill", a miniature of Mount Fuji, is about 7 meters high. To climb it would bring the same spiritual merit as climbing Mt. Fuji itself.
The "Fuji Hill" of this shrine was constructed in 1828.
Once every three years the festival is especially large and the mikoshi palanquin is carried around in the neighbourhood. Only when a new emperor succeeds or a crown prince is born will the festival be held in this year too.

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- - - - - Shimokamata no Fujizuka 下鎌田の富士塚

There are at least two, one in 天祖神社 Tenso Jinja and one in 豊田神社 Toyota Jinja.



Built in the beginning of the Showa period by the Fujiko group 葛西講.
It has been rebuilt together with the re-moving of the shrine to its present location, now
江戸川区東葛西7-17　（中割天祖神社）Tenso Jinja

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. 鐵砲洲 Teppozu Fujizuka .
at Teppozu Inari Jinja 鐵砲洲稲荷神社

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The one in Toyota Jinja is about three meters high and rather new, built in 1916. The shrine itself is about 200 years old.
The Fujiko Group is 下鎌田割菱八行講. The main festivals are on the first of July and 28th of August.


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. Hikawa Jinja 氷川神社 Hikawa Shrines in Japan .


Ando Hiroshige

上目黒氷川神社　Hikawa Jinja 氷川神社 in Kami-Meguro
(大橋氷川神社)

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川口氷川神社 Hikawa Jinja
Kawaguchi 埼玉県川口市青木5丁目18番48号


source : ameblo.jp/yorozu39

Amulet with Fujizuka 絵馬 ema votive tablet


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富士塚に登り浦安祭かな
Fujizuka ni nobori Urayasu matsuri kana

at the Urayasu
festival I climb up
the Fuji Mound . . .
Tr. Gabi Greve

米倉典子　Yonekura Noriko

浦安稲荷神社 Urayasu Inari Jinja


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Urayasu Sanja Matsuri 浦安三社祭
Seiryuu Jinja （清瀧神社）/ Toyouke Jinja （豊受神社） / Inari Jinja （稲荷神社）
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Meguro ku 目黒区　Meguro ward

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Meguro (目黒区, Meguro-ku)
is one of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, Japan.
It calls itself Meguro City in English.
Meguro hosts fifteen foreign embassies and consulates.

The Higashiyama shell mound contains remains from the paleolithic, Jōmon, Yayoi, and Kofun periods.
The area now known as Meguro was originally two towns, Meguro proper and Hibusuma, all parts of the former Ebara District of Musashi Province. The two were merged into a Meguro ward for Tokyo City in 1932 and since then the ward has remained with no alterations to its territory.
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. Chayazaka 茶屋坂 Chayazaka "Tea Stall Slope" .
Meguro 目黒区三田二丁目 Mita second district, 中目黒二丁目 Naka-Meguro second district
and the story of - - - - - Meguro no Sanma 目黒の秋刀魚 Sanma fish from Meguro - - - - -

. Chiyogasaki district 千代ヶ崎 "Chiyo peninsula", Lady Chiyo .

. Himonya 碑文谷 Himonya district - Legends .

. Jiyuugaoka, Jiyūgaoka 自由が丘 Jiyugaoka district .

. Kakinokizaka 柿の木坂　/ 柿ノ木坂 / 柿木坂 Kakinoki slope district .
"Slope of the Persimmon Tree"

. Kamimeguro, Kami-Meguro　上目黒 "Upper Meguro" district .
Kami-Meguro was home to the hawks and falcons hunting grounds (takajo 鷹所）of the Shogun, first developed by Tokugawa Ieyasu himself, because he was an avid hunter.
takagari 鷹狩り hunting with hawks and falcons

. Komaba 駒場 "Horse place" district .
with hunting ground

. Yanagishima 柳島 Yanagishima district "Island of Willow Trees" .

. Yuutenji, Yūtenji 祐天寺 Yutenji district .

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歌川広重 by Utagawa Hiroshige - Meguro Fudo

. Meguro Fudo Temple 目黒不動 .
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Joojuu-in 成就院（ Tako Yakushi たこ薬師）Temple Joju-In



mochibana 餅花 New Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls
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Meguro Fudo Mochibana 目黒不動餅花

Meguro Fudō is a Fudō hall of Taiei-zan Ryūzen-ji, a temple of the Tendai Buddhist sect.
The worship of Fudō (the Buddhist deity Acala) had been fluorishing among common people since the Edo period,
and Meguro Fudō became one of the most popular destinations for pilgrims
as well as those seeking entertainment near Edo.
The temple town was always full of visitors.
This was one of the 江戸の三冨 'Edo-Santomi', three shrines that sold official shogunate 富くじ tomikuji tickets (lottery in the Edo period).
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. Meguro Temple Rakan-Ji 目黒の羅漢寺 500 Arhats .

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yuuhi, Yuhi no Oka 目黒太鼓橋夕日の岡　/ yuhigaoka 夕日が丘 Yuhi Hill
Meguro Taikobashi Drum Bridge
Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重

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Taiko-bashi bridge 太鼓橋

Taiko-bashi over the Meguro River was a stone bridge built by merchants of the Edo's Hatchōbori area
who used their private funds taking six years from 1764 (the fourteenth year of Hōreki) to complete it.
The bridge was called Taiko-bashi for its round shape and also for its resemblance to a drum.
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Meguro-ame 目黒飴（めぐろあめ） Candy from Meguro

Meguro-ame (candy) is famous as a souvenir among those visiting Meguro Fudō Temple.
Shops selling ame, awamochi or mochibana (types of rice cakes) lined the street in front of the gate of the temple.
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栗飯や目黒の茶屋の發句會
kurimeshi ya Meguro no chaya no hokku-kai (発句会)

rice with chestnuts -
the hokku meeting at the tea shop
in Meguro

. Masaoka Shiki 正岡子規 .

. WKD : kurimeshi 栗飯 rice cooked with chestnuts .

Near the present station of Meguro, there used to be a tea shop on the hill, with a view to Mount Fuji.



Fujimi chaya 富士見茶屋 "tea shop to view Mount Fuji"

Its speciality was sweet sake (amazake 甘酒) rice with bamboo shoots (takenoko gohan 筍飯) and, you guess it, kurimeshi 栗飯.




. Edo no takenoko 江戸の筍 bamboo shoots in Edo .

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歩き出す今日は目黒の祭かな
arukidasu kyoo wa Meguro no matsuri kana

they start walking -
today is the festival
in Meguro . . .

Kishimoto Naoki 岸本尚毅 (1961 - )

Meguro has a few famous festivals during the year.

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寺・神社の祭礼等の一覧表

寺社名	所在地	期日
瀧泉寺	目黒区下目黒三丁目20番26号	毎月28日が縁日 「甘藷まつり」は10月28日
八雲氷川神社	目黒区八雲二丁目4番16号	1月・5月の19日、9月の第3土曜日・日曜日 「剣の舞」は9月
碑文谷八幡宮	目黒区碑文谷三丁目7番3号	9月中旬 「桜まつり」は、桜の開花期間中
大鳥神社	目黒区下目黒三丁目1番2号	9月9日に近い土曜日・日曜日 （剣の舞は日曜日のみ）、11月の「酉の市」
上目黒氷川神社	目黒区大橋二丁目16番21号	8月の第4土曜日・日曜日
天祖神社	目黒区上目黒二丁目32番15号	9月第1土曜日・日曜日
中目黒八幡神社	目黒区中目黒三丁目10番5号	9月の第3土曜日・日曜日
十日森稲荷神社	目黒区中央町二丁目17番15号	10月第1土曜日・日曜日
烏森稲荷神社	目黒区上目黒三丁目39番14号	9月の第3土曜日・日曜日
熊野神社	目黒区自由が丘一丁目24番12号	9月の第2土曜日・日曜日
北野神社	目黒区青葉台一丁目16番2号	9月の第3土曜日・日曜日
高木神社	目黒区南二丁目1番40号	9月中旬

source : www.city.meguro.tokyo.jp/gyosei

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. Japanese Legends - 伝説　民話　昔話 – ABC-List .

Shrine Ikejiri Inari Jinja 池尻稲荷神社



Inari no tatari いなりの祟り the curse of Inari
A man named 八郎右衛門 Hachiroemon liven here in the Edo period. All villagers were worshippers of the Inari Shrine and believed that the Inari Fox Deity would punish them if they did not behave well. Once Hachiroemon was disrespectfull during the New Year rituals and when he came home, his wife was bewitched by a fox. Hachiro wanted to help his wife and tried to locate the fox, even destroying a small sanctuary in the compound. The fox came out and apologized and took away the curse of the Shrine.


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Ikejiri Inari Jinja
東京都世田谷区池尻2-34-15
The shrine history tells us that it was founded during the Meireki Period (1655-1657) and served as the tutelary deity of the then Ikejiri and Ikezawa villages. Reflecting the powers attributed to it, it was worshipped as the Inari of both Protection from Fire and of Child Rearing. During the Edo Period, the shrine was well known for its
“Eternal Well,”(涸れずの井戸 karezu no ido) a spring which did not dry up even during the longest droughts. It was situated on what was then known as the Ōyama Kaidō, a main road connecting Akasaka-Hitotsuki Mura, now the area around the Toyokawa Inari Tokyo Betsuin in Motoakasaka, with the Oyama-Afuri Jinja in Iseyama in Kanagawa-ken and which in parts also served as a back road for the Tōkaidō.
The Eternal Well was said to be the first drinking water always available after the road left Akasaka-Hitotsuki and magical powers were quickly attributed to it. So much so in fact that according to the shrine notice board an exhortation from a kami, Yakuriki Myojin (薬力明神), enshrined at Kyōto's Fushimi Inari Taisha,
"Believe in the Kami, pray sincerely three times for recovery from your illness, drink the water of the spring as if it were divine medicine, and you will be cured by a God of Medicine, Yakuriki Myojin" was given wide circulation.
The water from the spring which fed the Eternal Well is still used in the Temizuya.
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Ikejiri Soshi-dō Kitazawa Awashima-no-yashiro 北沢粟島社 池尻祖師堂

Kitazawa Awashima Myōjin Shrine is situated in the precinct of Shingan-ji Temple of the Jōdo Buddhism established in 1608 (the thirteenth year of Keichō) as a chapel to enshrine the posthumous name plate of Yuki Hideyasu, the second son of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
When Shingan-ji Temple was opened, Awashima Myōjin was called upon from Kishū (Wakayama prefeceture).
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Shimo-Kitazawa 下北沢 is in Setagaya.
. Setagaya ku 世田谷区 Setagaya ward .

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. obi 帯 belt, sash .

. obidome 帯留 belt buckle for ladies .
- - - - - Sanada himo 真田紐 Sanada-himo ribbon // Ochiai Water Reclamation Center 落合下水道局 Gesuido Kyoku

. Ochanomizu 御茶ノ水 / 御茶の水 / お茶之水 / 御茶ノ水 "water for tea2 .

. Ochiai 落合 Ochiai district . - Shinjuku
- - - - - Ochiai hotaru 落合蛍 / 落合ほたる / 落合螢 fireflies at Ochiai

o-chiyobune, ochiyobune　お千代舟 O-Chio Boat
. daidoogei 大道芸 Daidogei street performance .


. Odaiba お台場 / Daiba 台場 Daiba district . - Minato

. Odawara joo, Odawara-jō 小田原城 Odawara castle .

. Odawara choo, Odawara machi 小田原町 Odawara district .
Chuo ward, Nihonbashi 室町 Muromachi and Honcho 本町 // Minami Odawara Machi 南小田原町 and Hon-Odawara Machi 本小田原町

. Odawara-jō 小田原城 Odawara castle . - Kanagawa

. Odenmacho 大伝馬町 / 御伝馬町 The Communications Center . - Chuo

. odori 踊り dance (Kanto) / mai　舞 dance　(Kansai) .

. Ōgaki-jō 大垣城 Ogaki castle . - Gifu

Ogasawara-ryū 小笠原流 "Ogasawara school" - Ogasawara ryu
a traditional Japanese system of martial arts and etiquette, formalised and handed down by the Ogasawara clan.
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. Ogawa cho 小川町 Ogawa district, "small river" .
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. Ogikubo 荻窪 Ogikubo district . - Suginami

. Ogu 尾久 / 尾久町 Ogu machi - district in Arakawa .

. ohaguro, o-haguro お歯黒 / 鉄漿 / おはぐろ Ohaguro, black teeth .

. Ohanajaya お花茶屋 Ohanajaya district . - Katsushika

. oi 笈, oibako 笈箱 backpack of the Edo period . *


. oiran 花魁 the great courtesans .
geisha　芸者 Geisha
kawahori　かわほり night hawker, harlot
keisei 傾城 courtesan
yotaka　よたか　cheap prostitutes "night hawks" (B176)
yuujoo 遊女 prostitute, harlot

. Oitekebori, Oiteke-bori 置いてけ堀 / 置行堀 / 置いてけぼり "leave it behind" - canal .

. Olympics Tokyo Olympics 2020 - Olympiade .

. Okabasho 岡場所 "Place on a Hill", cheap pleasure quarter .

. Okachimachi 御徒町 Okachimachi district .

. okappiki 岡引 / 岡っ引 semi-official detective .

. oke 桶 bucket, barrel - okeya 桶屋 bucket maker .
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. Okusawa 奥沢地区 Okusawa district - Setagaya .

. Ookubo, Ōkubo 大久保 Okubo district, Shinjuku .
..... ookubo 大窪 "great sunken place", "great hollow"

. 大久保藤五郎 主水 Okubo Togoro Monto. (? - 1617) .

. onna 女 women of Edo .

. Onnazuka Jinja 女塚神社 . - Ota, Nishi-Kamata


. Onagigawa 小名木川 canal .

. Onchiseiyō (OnchiSeiyo, Onchi Seiyo) 温知政要 .
published 1731 by Tokugawa Muneharu 徳川宗春

. Ondenmura, Onden mura 隠田村/ 穏田村 Onden village "with secret fields" .
..... Shibuya, Jingu-Mae // Onden Jinja 穏田神社(穩田神社) Onden Shrine

. ondo 音頭　popular music and dance .

. onnagata 女形 female Kabuki actors .


. oogi uri, oogi-uri 扇売り vendor of hand fans .
o-harai oogibako お払い扇箱 "Buying back fan boxes" / oharaibako
- - - oogizukuri 扇子作り making hand fans - naishoku
- - - sensu 扇子 folding fan, hand fan - cooling down in Edo

. Ō-hiroma, oohiroma 大広間 O-Hiroma reception room . - Edo castle

. Ooi, Ōi 大井 Oi district "Great Well" . - Shinawaga

. Ooji, Ōji 王子 Oji district . - Kita

. 0oji Fudoo no Taki 王子不動之滝 Fudo Waterfall in Oji .
now in Nerima ward

. Ōoku , Ooku 大奥 Oku, "great interior" .
- - - Harem of Edo Castle

. Oome, Ōme 青梅 / おうめ Ome town . - Suginami
..... Omejima, ome-jima 青梅縞 striped fabrics, weaving from Ome
..... Musashi Mitake Jinja 武蔵御嶽神社
. Ōme Kaido 青梅街道 Ome Kaido Highway .


. oometsuke . oometsuke, Ōmetsuke 大目付 Ometsuke - Inspector General .

. Omi no kuni, Ōmi 近江国 Omi province .

. Oomiya, Ōmiya 大宮 Omiya, Saitama . - Saitama

. oomizu 大水, koozui 洪水 flooding .

. Oomori, Ōmori 大森 Omori district "Great Forest" . Ota ward
..... 大森和中散 Omori Wachusan medicine // Ōmori Kaizuka 大森貝塚 Omori Shell Mound and Park // 大森の海苔　Omori no nori sea lettuce

. Oosaka 逢坂 / 逢坂 / あいざか - "slope of the meeting". 大坂 Great Slope .
..... Ichigaya 市谷

. Oosaki, Ōsaki 大崎 Osaki district . - Shinagawa
..... 上大崎 Kamiosaki

. Ooshima Hakkaku, Ōshima 大島伯鶴 Oshima Hakkaku . - family of 講釈 Koshaku story tellers

. Ootemachi, Ōtemachi 大手町 Otemachi district . - Chiyoda

. Ootsuka 大塚 Otsuka "big mound" district . - Toshima

. ooya, Ōya 大家 Oya, landlord .


. Oranda　オランダ /　阿蘭陀　Holland .
..... Dutch learning 蘭學 / 蘭学　rangaku
..... Nanban art 南蛮美術 Namban "Southern Barbarians"


. Ōsaka-jō 大坂城 / 大阪城 Osaka castle .

. Oshiage 押上 Oshiage district . - Sumida
..... Oshinari おしなり Shopping, 東京スカイツリー Tokyo Skytree
..... 押上天祖神社 Oshiage Tenso Shrine / 高木神社 Takagi Shrine / 飛木稲荷神社 Tobiki Inari Shrine

. oshi-e, oshie 押し絵 / 押絵 raised or padded cloth picture .
fabric picture, lit. pressed picture

. oshiroi, o-shiroi (hakufun) おしろい / 白粉 white face powder .


. otchanai ochanai おちゃない.おちゃない collecting hair fallen to the ground .
and sell it to wig makers

. Otowachoo　音羽町 Otowa district in Edo .
..... and 桂昌院 Lady Keisho-In.


. Owari, Tokugawa Owari Clan　尾張徳川 .

. Owarichoo 尾張町 Owaricho district . - Chuo, Tokyo
..... The Owari Domain (尾張藩 Owari han)


. "oya kookoo de gozai" "親孝行でござい" selling filial piety .

. ozenjo 御膳所 - 御弁当所 obentojo - "place to eat" .
御小休所 oshonbensho - "place to use a toilet"

御腰掛 okoshikake, 御立寄所 otachiyorijo, 御仲休所, 御休憩所 okyusokujo - "resting place" for the Shogun

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Narihira 業平 Narihira district
Sumida, Narihira 一丁目 - 三丁目 first to third sub-district



Named after . Ariwara no Narihira 在原業平 (852 - 880) .
Waka poet of the Heian period.

The Narihirazuka 業平塚 Mound for Narihira used to be in the compound of 南蔵院 Nanzo-In and 業平神社 Narihira Shrine.
Narihira had visited this area and the mound in in his memory. Legend says he died here.
The name of the bridge, 業平橋 Narihirabashi, is also very old.
In 1662 the bridge was built East of the Shrine 業平神社 Narihira Jinja.

The name of this area in rather new, since 1872 when 小梅業平町 Koume Narihiracho was formed, and renamed in 1930.
Now famous for being close to the Tokyo Skytree Tower.


source : edo.amebaownd.com/posts,,, 小梅業平町 Koume Narihira Cho
業平橋 Narihirabashi and 東京スカイツリー Tokyo Skytree


南蔵院も葛飾区に Nanzo-In has been moved to Katsushika ward.
It is famous for the statue of
. Shibarare Jizoo 縛られ地蔵 . しばられ地蔵 Jizo bound by ropes .

The old river 大横川 Oyokogawa is now almost completely reclaimed, to become
大横川親水公園 Oyokogawa Shinsui Koen Park.


The park has 5 zones :
釣川原 Tsurikawara, 河童川原 Kappakawara, 花紅葉 Hanamomiji, パレットプラザ Palette Plaza
and ブルーテラス Blue Terrace.

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小梅業平町 Koume Narihiracho became 東駒形四丁目 Higashi-Komagata 4th sub-district.
中ノ郷業平町 Nakanogo Narihiracho became first and second sub-district of Narihira.
In 1967, it merged with 平川橋1-5丁目 Hirakawabashi 1 to 5th sub-district to become Narihira.

The former Shrine 業平天神社 Narihira Tenjinsha, who gave the name to the area, was lost.

Another theory about the name includes the grave of a Samurai from Chiba,
里見成平 Satomi Narihira.


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. Yanagishima 柳島 Yanagishima district "Island of Willow Trees" .
Meguro ward 墨田区 toward Koto ward 江東区 :
墨田区業平 Narihira - 横川 Yokogawa - 太平 Taihei - 錦糸 Kinshi and Koto ward 江東区亀戸 Kameido


. Kinshi 錦糸 Kinshi district "brocade thread" .


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押上天祖神社 Oshiage Tenso Shrine
東京都墨田区業平2-13-6 / 2 Chome Narihira, Sumida

. Oshiage 押上 Oshiage district, Sumida .


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Narihira no shijimi 業平のシジミ / 　業平しじみ Shijimi corbicula shells from Narihira


source : www2.ssh.nir.jp/~y-yoshi-1234/azuma....

They are collected near the 業平橋 Narihirabashi bridge. They are rather small, but have an appealing taste.
They were sold in many parts of Edo.



. shijimi 蜆 (しじみ) corbicula . - Corbicula japonica


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. Narihira Ki 業平忌 Narihira Memorial Day .
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業平忌京に居たがる京をんな
Narihira ki Kyoo ni sumitagaru Kyoo onna

Narihira memorial day -
as a woman from Kyoto I want to live
in Kyoto

笠井百合彦 Kasai Yurihiko


業平忌かもめの声の潮さび
Narihira ki kamome no koe no shio sabi

Narihira memorial day -
the call of the seagulls
so sad in the tide

永方裕子




業平をうつつにすなる薪能
Narihira o utsutsu ni sunaru akigi noo

千原草之

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. Sumida ku, Sumida-ku 墨田区 Sumida ward, "ink field" .


. Famous Places and Powerspots of Edo　江戸の名所 .

. Edo bakufu 江戸幕府 The Edo Government .

. Doing Business in Edo - 商売　- Introduction .

. shokunin 職人 craftsman, craftsmen, artisan, Handwerker .

. senryu, senryū 川柳　Senryu poems in Edo .

. Japanese Architecture - The Japanese Home .

. Interior Design - The Japanese Home .

. Legends and Tales from Japan　伝説 - Introduction .


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