TEMPLE - Shoinji Kannon Terao

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Shoinji Kannon Terao

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Shooinji 松蔭寺 Shoin-Ji, Terao
仙鶴山Senkakuzan 松蔭寺 Shoinji

横浜市鶴見区東寺尾1-18-1 / Yokohama city, Tsurumi ward, Higashi-Terao

The Kannon statue is 千手観世音菩薩 Senju Kannon with 1000 Arms.
The main statue is Shaka Nyorai　釈迦如来.

The temple was founded in 1334 by 妙環禪師 Zen Priest Myokan.
as a retreat temple for the priest from 鎌倉建長寺 Temple Kencho-Ji in Kamakura.
The name was first written 松音寺.

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shuin　朱印 stamp : 大光普照観音 Daiko Fusho Kannon

Jizo and Kannon in the garden

観音堂 Kannon Hall

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Also on the following pilgrimage :

鶴見七福神 - 布袋尊 Tsurumi Shichifukujin - Hotei
. Tsurumi Shichifukujin 鶴見七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck in Tsurumi .
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This temple is Nr. 11 of the pilgrimage
. 小机領三十三所子歳観音霊場 Kozukue Nedoshi 33 Kannon .
nedoshi 子年 （ねずみどし） refers to the year of the rat, 鼠 nezumi.

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Kannon with 11 faces and 1000 arms .

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TEMPLES - Shunan Seven Gods

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Shunan Seven Gods

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Shunan Shichifukujin 周南七福神 Seven Gods of Good Luck in Shunan

Benten　弁天
Bishamonten　毘沙門天
Daikoku 大黒
Ebisu 恵比寿
Fukurokujuu 福禄寿
Hotei 布袋
Juroojin　寿老人

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寿老神　閼伽井坊　山口県下松市 Akaibo
. ゑびす神 - 恵比寿 　清鏡寺　山口県光市 Seikyo-Ji .
福禄寿　荘宮寺　山口県周南市 Somiya-Ji
毘沙門天　多聞院　山口県下松市 Tamon-In
大黒天　鷲頭寺 / 妙見宮鷲頭寺 　山口県下松市 Myoken-Ji
弁財天　三光寺　山口県周南市 Sanko-Ji
布袋尊　冠念寺　山口県光市 Kannen-Ji
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is a city located in east central Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan.
As of October 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 143,959 and a population density of 220 persons per km2. The total area is 656.13 km2.
The modern city of Shūnan was founded on April 21, 2003, by the merger of the cities of Tokuyama and Shinnan'yō, the town of Kumage (from Kumage District), and the town of Kano (from Tsuno District).
Its name is derived from the first character (周) of the name of the former Suō Province (周防国), and the character for south (南), reflecting its location, comprising much of the southern part of the old province.
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LEGENDS - reiki divine turtle

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kame 亀と伝説 Legends about turtles, tortoise - Schildkröte



reiki 霊亀 a mysterious turtle, spirit turtle, divine turtle

The spirit turtle (Chinese: 靈龜 or spirit tortoise is a turtle found in Chinese and other East Asian cultures. It is believed by East Asian cultures, like other turtles in mythology, to represent longevity (壽命).
The sangō title "Reigizan" (霊亀山 "Spirit Turtle Mountain") belongs to several temples in Japan, including Tenryū-ji and Rinsen-ji in Kyōto, Hontoku-ji in Himeji, Daichō-ji in Uwajima, and others.
It is said the Kameoka Hachimangū shrine at Sendai is so-called because a spirit turtle appeared at the time of its construction. Stone statues of the creature can be found at Zenyōmitsu-ji and Kameoka Hachimangū in Mashiko, Tochigi.
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. The regency of 聖武天皇 Emperor Shomu Tenno .
During the reign of Shomu Tenno :
In 715, reiki 霊亀 a spirit turtle was offered.
Its left eye was white, its right eye was red.
It was quite big. On its back were seven stars.
On its left and right foot were signs of divination.
On its stomach were a red and white spot.

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知多郡 Chita district 南知多町 Minami-Chita town

. Senju Kannon 千手観音 Legends about Kannon with 1000 arms .
During the reign of 元正天皇 Empress Gensho Tenno
there were two brothers, 勘少 Kanjo and and 藤六 Fujiroku, who made fishing nets and went fishing for a living.
In the spring of 霊亀元年 the year 715, their boat was floating and Kanjo tried to pull the net in.
There were no fish in the net, but small stones.
They threw away the stone and tried at a different place. But again, for seven times, they only got stones.
The brothers decided to accept the stones as a fish and kept them in the boat.
Now one stone turned into a big fish.
Much surprized they went home and in that night, they saw a strange light coming from the boat.
All the small stones seemed to shimmer and sparkle.
Kanjo took the small stones back home an they turned into
Senju Kannon 千手観世音菩薩 a Kannon with 1000 arms.
Now the two decided to built a Hall to venerate the Kannon.
Kannon appeared to them and told them, her real body was 阿弥陀仏 Amida Nyorai.
Now they had a vision that they should contact 行基菩薩 Saint Gyoki Bosatsu.
When 行基 Saint Gyoki heard about this, he built a hall and placed the statues of
阿弥陀 Amida, 観音 Kannon and 勢至 Seishi Bosatsu in it.
The hall was called Susa no Koji 須佐の古寺 the Old Temple from Susa.
It is now called 極楽寺 Gokuraku-Ji.
. Empress Genshō. Genshō Tennō 元正天皇 Genshō-tennō . (683 – 748)
. Gyooki Bosatsu 行基菩薩 Gyoki Bosatsu (668 -749) .




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銚子市 Choshi city

If the fishermen take good care of the sea turtles, they will have a good fishing harvest.
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umigame no tatari ウミガメの祟り curse of the Sea Turtle
Toward the end of the Meiji period, around 1912, some workers on a maschine boat on the Tonegawa caught a 海がめ sea turtle and ate it.
That day when they finished work and wanted to go back to the harbour, the sea suddenly turned wild and the boat capsized. Only one of the workers made it back to the shore alive.
Others found him mumbeling "this turtle, this huge sea turtle . . . " and then he breathed his last too.
The fishermen of Choshi say this was the curse of the sea turtle and have great respect for this animal.
. Legends from river Tonegawa 利根川 .
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At 御嶽神社 the Shrine Ontake Jinja there is a memorial tower for 海亀墓石塔 a sea turtle.
In 1967, while fishing for sardines, umigame ウミガメ a sea turtle got caught and was killed.
After that, they caught no more fish at all for one month.
Now the fishermen decided to put up a stone memorial tower for the turtle.
After that, fishing went on as usual.

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. Zenkai 禅海 Priest Zenkai coming on a turtle .




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Matsumae 厚岸郡 Akkesihi district 厚岸町 Akkeshi town / Atsukeshi

reiki 霊亀 a spirit turtle
In 1825, on the coast of Akkeshi a large Suppon 亀 （スッポン） suppon was caught.
When a fisherman named 惣助 Sosuke wanted to kill it, he saw tears in its eyes and stopped.
The other fishermen agreed to let it go.
Since then there were only very good catches in this fishing area.

suppon 亀（スッポン） soft-shelled turtle, Suppon turtle, Pelodiscus sinensis



......................................................................................... Hyogo 兵庫県
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明石市 Akashi city

. Sakumotsu Tonya - 穀物問屋 a grain wholesaler named 龜屋 Kameya .




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reiki 霊亀 a divine turtle
During the reign of 清和天皇 Emperor Seiwa Tenno (850 - 881) 白い亀 a white turtle was offered.




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. origin of Togura Onsen 戸倉温泉 Hot Spring resort .
along the river Chikumagwa 千曲川




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kame to sen 亀，鱣 (hamo 鱧 pike conger eel)
Once a man named 蔡譲 was on his way to China, when a typhoon came and he fell over board.
Suddenly one 亀 turtle and two hamo 鱣 sea snakes came and helped him.
It became custom in his family never to eat the meat of a turtle or pike conger eel after that.




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. Kameido cho 亀戸町 Kemeido, Kame-Ido "Turtle Well" .

. Tonegawa 利根川 / 刀禰川 River Tonegawa, Tone river .
kame and Kappa / kame no tatari カメのたたり the curse of the turtle

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- reference : nichibun yokai database 妖怪データベース -
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HEIAN - Nichibun Yokai Database

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Yokai Database

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Kaii-Yōkai Denshō Database 怪異・妖怪伝承データベース

The International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Nichibunken)

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A database of yōkai and mystery stories which have been collected from Japanese folklore.
The database is published by International Research Center for Japanese Studies.
The prototype was created on March 19, 2002, and the first live version was released on June 20, 2002.
The project supervisor is Kazuhiko Komatsu (小松和彦), a Japanese folklorist who is a professor of the study of yōkai.

The database includes verbal information, without visual information. Data are collected from:

Akira Takeda (竹田旦) "民俗学関係雑誌文献総覧" 1978
"日本随筆大成" 1975 - 1978
Kunio Yanagita "妖怪名彙"
Books of histories of Japanese local governments.

For each item, in the database has an abstract of around 100 characters.
The full text is searchable, and the database can be searched by name or the region where the item was found.
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Folktales of Strange Phenomena and Yōkai (Spirits, Ghosts, Monsters)
Paintings of Strange Phenomena and Yōkai (Ghosts, Monsters, Spirits)

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PERSONS - the Kano Painters

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Kano Painters

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Kano 狩野派 the Kano School of Painters

. the Kano Painters .
Kano Motonobu 狩野元信 - Kohogen 古法眼 (1434 - 1530)
Kano Eitoku 狩野永徳 (1534 - 1590)
Kano Yukinobu 狩野雪信 - Kiyohara Yukinobu 清原雪信 (1643 - 1682) - woman painter
Kano Kazunobu 狩野一信 (1816 - 1863)

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Once 狩野法眼 Kano Hogen painted ema 絵馬 a votive tablet of a horse.
But the horse left the plate every night and devastated the fields.
So eventually he painted some golden braidle to keep it in place.

It is also told about other animals, for example taka 鷲 an eagle flying away.

.................................................................................　Aomori 青森県
弘前市 Hirosaki city

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
At 革秀寺 the Temple Kakushu-Ji there was a painting of unryuu 雲竜 Unryu, a cloud dragon.
The dragon would go out every night to the nearby pond to drink.
To keep it in place, they put nails into its eyes.

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.................................................................................　Gifu　岐阜県
益田郡 Mashita district 下呂町 Gero

Once 狩野法眼 Kano Hogen painted a votive tablet of a horse.
But the horse left the plate every night and devastated the fields.
So eventually he painted some golden braidle to keep it in place.




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狩野元信 Kano Motonobu

Kurama soojoo 鞍馬僧正 a priest from Kurama
Once the Tokugawa Shogun had a dream. He saw 鞍馬僧正 a high priest from Kurama.
The priest asked to have his portrait painted by 狩野元信 Kano Motonobu
and hang the painting in the temple.
When the Shogun told this to Motonobu, he said he had the same dream.
But Motonobu could not paint the priest.
Suddenly a spider came from the ceiling and walked on the paper, making patterns.
Now Motonobu remembered and could paint the priest.




.................................................................................　Saitama 埼玉県
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比企郡 Hiki district 川島町 Kawajima town

. ryuu, ryū 龍　竜　伝説　Ryu - dragon legends .
狩野法眼 Kano Hogen had painted a mortuary tablet with a dragon for 比企家 the Hiki clan.
But the dragon left every night and devastated the fields.
They had to cut its neck to keep him fixed to the canopy.


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EDO - Omiya Hachiman

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Ōmiya Hachimangū 大宮八幡宮 Shrine Omiya Hachimangu

Ōmiya Hachimangū Shrine, also called Wada Hachimangū, was built by Minamoto no Yoriyoshi
in 1063 (the sixth year of Kōhei),
on his way back from the Early Nine Years' War, as a branch of Iwashimizu Hachimangū Shrine in Kyoto,
which was closely associated with the Minamoto Clan.
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Kurakake no matsu 鞍掛松 saddle-hanging pine tree

There is a pine tree with the bent trunk on the approach to Ōmiya Hachimangū Shrine.
Legend has it that when Minamoto no Yoshiie hung his horse saddle on a branch of this pine tree on his way to conquer Ōshū and so it was called "Kurakake-no-Matsu" (saddle-hanging pine tree).
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Kurakake no matsu

The stocks of the Minamoto Clan had risen immensely since the end of the Former Nine Years War in 1063. Lead by the astonishingly capable warrior, Minamoto no Yoshiie, the Minamoto rose with military power and earned the right to rule over the northern provinces of Japan.
But success brings with it its own trials and the Kiyowara, once allies of the Minamoto twenty years earlier in the Former Nine Years War, had begun proving themselves poor stewards in the north. Agitating against Minamoto rule far from Kyoto, house Kiyowara earned the ire of Minamoto no Yoshiie. Now known as Hachiman-taro - the Son of the God of War - the Kiyowara would soon have a fight on their hands.
Travel by horseback was convenient, but also tiring and on his way, Yoshiie stopped to rest in the area now known as Suginami City. Unsaddling his ride, Yoshiie found a pine tree on which to hang the saddle and allow his horse to rest. While peaceful for the moment, the subsequent three years would see some savage warfare in the distant north. Minamoto no Yoshiie would eventually emerge victorious, but on that day, in Suginami, the legendary warrior would rest, his future unknown.
With its twisted trunk bending towards the sky, Kurakake no Matsu - the saddle-hanging pine tree - lies on the road to Omiya Hachimangu Shrine in Tokyo's Suginami City. Surrounded by homes, roads and telephone poles, this lone pine tree has hundreds of years of legend behind it, a living memorial to one of Japan's most legendary sons.
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EDO - Yodobashi Shinjuku

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Yodobashi 淀橋 "Yodo Bridge"
former Yodobashi mura 淀橋村 Yodobashi village


Yodobashi is said to be the oldest bridge built across Kanda aqueduct.
It is said that when the third shogun Tokugawa Iemitsu performed falcon hunting in this place, the surrounding scenery reminded him of the place called Yodo in Yamashiro (Kyoto) and so ordered that the place be called Yodobashi.
There was a water wheel (Mizuguruma) nearby for hulling the rice and wheat from neighboring farming villages.
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Horinouchi Yodobashi Mizuame 堀之内淀はし水飴 Sweets

妙法寺 Myōhō-ji Temple, located in Horinouchi, Suginami Ward,
is the head temple of the Nichiren Buddhism and was known
as a temple with divine favor for expelling misfortune.
Watery candy from a candy shop called "Benkei" and
baked dumpling called "Ōdango"from dumpling shops
are famous as souvenirs for Myōhō-ji Temple visits.
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MYOHOJI TEMPLE
Founded in 1615, Myohoji Temple is situated in the southern part of Koenji, a 10-15 minute walk from the closest Tokyo Metro Stations. Its beautiful iron gate is a Japanese-Western blend design and is designated as an important cultural asset of Japan. In rainy season, usually in June and early July, around the temple's pond, lots of Japanese iris and hydrangea bloom so beautifully that a lot of people visit this temple to view them in the traditional atmosphere.
Also, this is a temple where you can participate in "Joya no Kane", and strike the temple's huge copper bell on New Year's Eve for free. The bell, cast in 1725, can be rung from midnight, but it's better to be there a little earlier because there is always a long line of people.
However, it will be worth the wait for a unique Japanese New Year's experience!
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in the Edo Period this area of the Ōmekaidō west of the Kanda river was part of Yodobashi Mura 淀橋村 (Yodobashi Village).
Supposedly, the 3rd Tokugawa shōgun, Iemitsu named this area.
The bridge used to be called Sugata-mizu no Hashi 姿見ずの橋 (Invisible Figures Bridge).
The reason was that in this area there was a legend that a certain Suzuki Kūrō (1371-1440) – the so-called "Tycoon of Nakano" – who hid his vast fortunes underground here. While burying his treasure, he became paranoid that the people helping him dig and carry the money might try to come back to steal his money. So, he killed the dudes who helped him bury it and threw their corpses into the river. People in the town saw a group of figures (姿) go over the bridge, but only one figure (姿) came back. So they named it the "Invisible Figures Bridge".
The Tokugawa shōguns used to make a long journey from Edo Castle to Mitaka for falconry. One time, Iemitsu and his entourage rested their horses by the bridge and heard the local story about the bridge's inauspicious name. He thought it was an unlucky name for the bridge. The view of the river crossing reminded him of the Yodogawa 淀川 (Yodo River) in Kyōto and so he commanded the people to name the bridge Yodobashi 淀橋 (Yodo Bridge).
Of course, it was a great honor for the people to have the shōgun rename their bridge, so they started to call their town Yodobashi. The famous electronics store, Yodobashi Camera began in the area that is now Shinjuku Nishiguchi. The name of the store and area comes from this bridge.
Actually this area made up a ward called 淀橋区 Yodobashi-ku, but was merged with 四谷区 Yotsuya-ku in the 1947 restructuring into the 23 Special Wards. The merged area became present day 新宿区 Shinjuku-ku.
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Yotsuya Okido 四谷大木戸 Big Gate at Yotsuya

Yotsuya Ōkido was the checkpoint established at Yotsuya in 1616 (the second year of Genna) to control those passing through
and packages going into and out of Edo via the Kōshū Highway.
In 1792 (the fourth year of Kansei), both the gate and the guardhouse were demolished,
so that people and horses could cross the checkpoint freely.
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EDO - Konno Shrine

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yashagami 夜叉神 Yasha deity -渋谷金王麿 Shibuya Konnomaru
At Azabu Kogaicho is 長谷寺 the temple Hasedera with a hall for the Yasha deity, 夜叉明王堂 Yasha Myo-O Do.
When Shibuya Shigeie build a castle, he had a stone statue of this deity buried in the Northern corner of the castle.
When later in the Edo period 阿部豊後守の臣安川繁成 Yasukawa Shigenari (1839 - 1906) lived here, he had a well dug out and they found the stone statue.
He kept it close to himself as his protector deity and sometimes saw Konnomaru in his dream, so he enshrined it. Later he had made 鬼の面 a demon mask with a features of Konnomaru.
The story is also told in Kabuki theater.

... Actor Ichikawa Ebizô as Shibuya Konnomaru Masatoshi

金王八幡宮 Konno Hachimangu Shrine
東京都渋谷区渋谷3-5-12 / 3 Chome-5-12 Shibuya



The Shrine was founded by the Shibuya clan in 1092.
河崎基家 Kawasaki Motoie (General of the Heian period), also called 渋谷重家 Shibuya Shigeie.
The Shrine was not destroyed in WWII and still shows the style of the Edo period.
Shinmon gate, Shaden, Haiden, Kaguraden, Homotsuden
- Deity in residence
応神天皇(品陀和気命) Ojin Tenno - Homutawake or Hondawake
15th emperor of Japan

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Konnō Hachiman Shrine 金王八幡社 Konno Hachiman Sha

Konnō Hachimangū Shrine 金王八幡宮 was said to have been founded in 1092 by 河崎基家 Kawasaki Motoie
who had built Shibuya Castle and become the founder of the Shibuya Clan.
It was also famous for a rare cherry tree named 金王桜 "Konnō- zakura" which blooms in the precinct with the mixture of single and double petalled flowers on each branch.
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At the end of the Edo period, the temple 澁谷山親王院 東福寺 Shibuyazan Shinno-In Tofuku-Ji was build next to it.
The eldest son of Kawasaki Motoie, 常光 Tsunemitsu, came here to pray.
He thus became an incarnation of the deity 金剛夜叉明王 Konno Yasha Myo-O. He then called himself
金王丸 / 金王麿 Konnomaru, Konno Maro.


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EDO - Sakasai district

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Sakura juku 佐倉宿
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Sakasai no watashi 逆井の渡し The Ferry Crossing at Sakasai
Utagawa Hiroghige
This was the beginning of Sakura Michi 佐倉道 the Sakura Road.
It crossed Nakagawa 中川 the river Nakagawa.
(sakasa-i means upside-down well.)
Sakasai was the name of a local lord, who had built 逆井城 the Sakasai castle in 茨城県坂東市 Ibaraki, Bando city.
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Sakasai Castle was the easternmost frontier of the Hojo territory
standing in opposition to the Satake, Yuki and other lords of the area.
For the time period, it is a fairly large and tough castle that made use of the river and wetlands surrounding it as a natural defense.
Sakasai Castle was abandoned after the Hojo were defeated by Toyotomi Hideyoshi in 1590.
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Sakasaibashi 逆井橋 Sakasai Bridge

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TEMPLE - Ryusenji Kannon Aoyama

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Ryusenji Kannon Aoyama

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Ryuusenji 龍泉寺 Ryusen-Ji, Aoyama
信康山 Nobuyasuzan 常法院　Joho-In 龍泉寺 Ryusenji

港区南青山2-8-25 / Minato ward, Minami-Aoyama

The Kannon statue is 子安観世音菩薩 Koyasu Kannon Bosatsu
The statue was made by 伝教大師 Dengyo Daishi.
Dengyo Daishi also made a statue of 薬師如来 Yakushi Nyorai.
. Dengyo Daishi Saicho 伝教大師最澄 (766 - 822) .

The history of this temple is not clear.
It was originally located in 赤坂一ツ木町 Akasaka Hitotsugi district.
The statue was then called 一ツ木観音 Hitotsugi Kannon.
Maybe the temple was relocated here by Tokugawa Ieyasu from 三河国 Mikawa, now Aichi,
where 徳川信康 Tokugawa Nobuyasu, the son of Ieyasu, committed suicide.
In 1642, priest 源譽 Genryo became the head priest there.
Genryo changed the name to 瀧泉寺 Ryusen-Ji.
After a fire in 1887, it was relocated from Akasaka.

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This temple is Nr. 29 of the
. . 山の手三十三観音霊場 Pilgrimage to 33 Kannon Temples along the Yamanote Line .

. Kannon Bosatsu 観音菩薩 Avalokiteshvara .

.Koyasu Kannon 子安観音菩薩 Protector of Children

. Ryuusenji, Ryūsenji 龍泉寺 / 瀧泉寺 Ryusenji-Ji Temple Legends .

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Matsudaira Nobuyasu 松平信康, (1559 – 1579)

was the eldest son of Tokugawa Ieyasu.
His tsūshō ("common name") was Jirōsaburō (次郎三郎). He was called also "Okazaki Saburō" (岡崎 三郎), because he had become the lord of Okazaki Castle (岡崎城) in 1570.
Because he was a son of Tokugawa Ieyasu, he is often referred to, retroactively, as Tokugawa Nobuyasu (徳川 信康).
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EDO - Miyamasu district

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River 宇田川 Udagawa is a tributary of the river 渋谷川 Shibuyagawa.
In a print by 長谷川雪旦　Hasegawa Settan, Yoyogi Hachimangu, there is a Shinto shrine on a hill, with the river Udagawa running below.
In the Edo period, there was a bridge, 五石橋 Goseki-Kyo over the river.
(Now this is around 神山町5番 Kamiyama, fifth sub-district.
It flowed into the Shibuyagawa close to Shibuya station, at the bridge 宮益橋 Miyamasubashi.

The Udagawa River is a tributary of the Shibuya River. Though now a culvert, its name lives on -- the district north of JR Shibuya Station is called Udagawacho. The Shibuya River used to flow round an elevated area, which was to the right of the land depicted in the print -- and which encompasses what are now Yoyogi Park and Meiji Shrine. Today it runs along part of Meiji-dori near Ebisu Station and then on into Tokyo Bay.
. Yoyogi Hachimangu 代々木八幡宮 .

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Miyamasu Chiyoda Inari Shrine 渋谷宮益 千代田稲荷之図

Chiyoda Inari Shrine was said to have begun with calling upon Fushimi-Inari in Kyoto
when 太田道潅 Ōta Dōkan built the Chiyoda (Edo) castle in 1457 (the first year of Chōroku).
After that, in 1602 (the seventh year of Keichō) when Tokugawa Ieyasu extended the Edo castle,
it was moved to Shibuya 宮益町 Miyamasu-chō.
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EDO - Suga district

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Suga cho 須賀町 Suga district
No sub-districts.

This district was established in 1872.
In 1878, when 四谷区 the Yotsuya ward was established, it was called 四谷須賀町 Yotsuya Suga district.
In 1911, the Yotsuya part of the name was dropped.

Kaigyojizaka 戒行寺坂 Kaigyoji slope

The slope starts in front of 宗戒行 Temple Kaigyo-Ji.
It goes down to in the Eastern directionn to 若葉二丁目 Wakaba second district (former 鮫河橋谷町 Samegabashi).
The bottom of the slope used to be called 戒行寺谷 Kaigyoji Valley.
On the other side is 宗福寺 Temple Sofuku-Ji.
Another name of the slope was 油揚坂 / あぶらげざか Aburagezaka.
In former times there was a famous Tofu shop making 油揚豆腐 Abura-age Tofu.
At 東福院 the Temple Tofuku-In there is also a legend about 豆腐地蔵 Tofu Jizo.

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EDO - Akayama Kaido Highway

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. Kaido 街道 The Highways of Japan .

. Akayama Kaido 赤山街道 Akayama Highway "Red Mountain" .

To promote the development of the Kanto region, Ina Hanzaemon built three roads to distribute material and people.
1 大宮道 Omiya Michi
2 越谷道 Koshigaya Michi
3 千住道 Senju Michi

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EDO - Zoshigaya district

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Zooshigaya. Zōshigaya 雑司が谷 / 雑司ヶ谷 Zoshigaya
豊島区　Toshima ward, first to third sub-district, part in Minami-Ikebukuro

Zoushigaya Fujimi Chaya　雑司かや不二見茶や　Fujimi Teahouse at Zoshigaya
Utagawa Hiroshige

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Heartlands: Zoshigaya

Small winding streets and low-rise houses.
Zoshigaya is only a short walk away from the malls, highways and flashing lights of Ikebukuro, but feels like a silent suburb in comparison.
This homely heartland has maintained its Showa-era (1926 – 1989) atmosphere, with winding lanes lined with family homes and small shops selling everyday conveniences.
A soft silence permeates the air around this shitamachi area that is heavy with history.
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EDO - Toyama district Shinjuku

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. Famous places of Edo / Tokyo .
Toyama cho 戸山町 Toyama district
戸山一丁目　－戸山三丁目 from the first to the third sub-district

This lowland area was originaly called 和田戸 Wadato.
Toyama 1st district was originally part of 戸塚村 Totsuka village.
In 1671, 代姫 Princess Chiyo Hime, the daughter of 徳川家光 Tokugawa Iemitsu married
Lord 徳川家光友 Lord Tokugawa Mitsutomo from 尾張 Owari, the villagers of this area were relocated
and the new building called 戸山荘 Toyama Villa.
The park was one of the great parks in Edo, beside 小石川後楽園 Koishikawa Korakuen Park.
The area was often hit by wind and water damage.
Later the area was called 戸山ヶ原 Toyamagahara and part of the army was located there.
In 1949, the area was called 戸山ハイツ Toyama Hights.
In 1981, the area was named Toyama cho 戸山町 "Toyama town" by the inhabitants.
This name is still used nowadays at shops and bus stations.

Toyama kooen 戸山公園 Toyama Koen Park

. Waseda 早稲田 Waseda district .

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