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17/12/2014

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08/05/2014

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Hikawa Jinja 氷川神社 Akasaka 赤坂
東京都港区赤坂6-10-12

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Japanese Shinto shrine in Akasaka, Tokyo, Japan. In Tokyo, it is the best known of the 59 branch shrines of the Hikawa jinja, which was designated as the chief Shinto shrine (ichinomiya) for the former Musashi province.

The shrine structures were constructed in 1730 under the patronage of Tokugawa Yoshimune. This became Yoshimune's personal shrine.
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赤塚氷川神社所蔵「- 礼図絵馬

- source : www.city.itabashi.tokyo.jp

. 氷川明神 Hikawa Myojin and 十一面観音Juichimen Kannon .
Around 950, a priest named 連林 Renrin ...

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amulet for finding a good partner

- Homepage of the shrine
- source : www.akasakahikawa.or.jp

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When the spirits of mountains and forests roam the streets of Tokyo
(2016) At this year’s Hikawa Matsuri in Tokyo’s Akasaka district I got to see three different dashi – traditional wheeled floats – being pulled through the streets. Accompanying them were elders of shrine wearing flat circular hats, as well as an impressive Tengu draped in orange. Tengu are a type of legendary creature found in Japanese folklore. Buddhism long held that the tengu were disruptive demons and harbingers of war. Their image gradually softened, however, into one of protective, if still dangerous, spirits of the mountains and forests.
- source : ikimasho.net/2016/09/27 -

. Tengupedia - 天狗ペディア　- Tengu ABC-List.

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Sampō-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple that was founded in 1394 (the first year of Ōei)
by Kōson Hōin of Daitoku-ji Temple in Kamakura.
The Benzaiten was enshrined on the small island located in Sampō-ji Ike pond.
To the south of Sampō-ji Temple there was the ruins of Shakujii-jō, a castle of the Toshima clan,
which used to control Shakujii in the last years of the Kamakura Shogunate.
Hikawa Myōjin is the shrine which served as a guardian deity of 石神井城 Shakujii Castle.
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. Shakujii Myōjinshi 石神井明神祠 Shakuji Myojin Shrine .

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もの食ふは氷川神社の秋祭
mono kuu wa Hikawa jinja no aki matsuri

to eat means
to go to the autumn festival
at Hikawa shrine
Tr. Gabi Greve

Kishimoto Naoki 岸本尚毅

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02/02/2014

Himekoso Jinja

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Himekoso Jinja 媛社神社
Shitateru Hime Jinja 下照姫神社 - see below

Let us take a look at the deities involved in this. There is a strong connection to the deities of Korea.

Akaruhime no kami 阿加流比売神（あかるひめのかみ）耀姫

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Akaruhime - Himekoso no kami

According to the Suinin Tennōki, called Himekoso no yashiro no kami (deity of the Himekoso shrine), and wife of Amenohiboko.
According to the Kojiki account, a woman of low rank in the Korean kingdom of Silla was impregnated by a ray of sunlight and gave birth to a red ball, which came into the possession of the king's son Amenohiboko.
The ball turned into a beautiful young woman, which the prince then made his wife. But the prince insulted the young woman, with the result that she returned to her "original home" (Japan), landing at Naniwa (near present-day Ōsaka), where she remained.

The Jinmyōcho of the Engishiki lists an Akaruhime Jinja in its section for the Sumiyoshi District of Settsu Province, and the shrine was likely one dedicated to this same kami. The Engishiki entry regarding the Festivals of the Seasons (shijisai) includes a note to the effect that the shrine Shitateruhime no Yashiro is "also called Himekoso no Yashiro."

Since Kojiki mentions "Akaruhime no kami residing in the Himegoso Shrine of Naniwa," it is likely that Akaruhime later came to be known as Shitateruhime.
- source : Nishioka Kazuhiko - Kokugakuin

Shitateruhime　したてるひめ - 下照姫 / 下照媛
The daughter of the land deities (kunitsukami) Ōkuninushi and Takiribime, and who became the wife of Amewakahiko when he descended from heaven to negotiate for the "transfer of the land" (kuniyuzuri). When Amewakahiko died, Shitateruhime's wailing voice reached the Plain of High Heaven, and at his funeral, his father Amatsukunitama and other relatives mistook Shitateruhime's visiting step-brother Ajisukitakahiko for the deceased Amewakahiko. This error enraged Ajisukitakahiko, who flew off; Shitateruhime raised a eulogy to her brother in a style of verse known as hinaburi ("rustic song").
- source : Mori Mizue - Kokugakuin

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Shita-teru-hime-no-mikoto.
This goddess is popularly supposed to have been extremely beautiful, whence perhaps the name, which might be taken to imply that her beauty shone forth from under her garments as in the case of So-towori-hime
- source : www.sacred-texts.com

あかる姫まつり Akaruhime Festival
source :　junyasu.blogspot.jp Osaka

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Himekoso Shrine

The shrine is dedicated to a big name god (Engishiki Daimyoujin Taisha) and is listed in the engishiki book of shrine names. Four gods are worshipped, including Shitateruhime no Mikoto.
The origin of the shrine is very old as Shitateruhime no Mikoto was worshipped on Akume Mountain in 28BC. In 607, when the figure of the god was moved to the main shrine, the Emperor honored the ceremony with his presence. In 859, the rank of the shrine was raised.
Due to the fires of the Battle of Ishiyama in 1570, the shrine moved to its current location. It houses the guardian deity of the old Kohashi Village, and owns many cultural assets. One can learn the history of the culture of Naniwa (Osaka) from this shrine.

3-8-14 Higashiobase, Higashinari-ku
- source : www.city.osaka.lg.jp/contents

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There are very few shrines with the Himekoso name 媛社神社 in Japan.

Himekoso Jinja 比売許曽神社（ひめこそじんじゃ）
下照比売命を祀って
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鳥居と「古代吉備之國波多波良郷鉄造之神社」
裏に「秦郷鉄造之発祥之地」の碑
備中国下道郡秦原郷の地。
source :　kamnavi.jp/ym/hiboko

One is in Soja, Okayama.

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Shitateru Hime Jinja 下照姫神社　Shrine for Princess Shitateruhime
Fukuoka, Hakata - 福岡市博多区祇園

There is even the theory that this princess was Himiko.
下照姫は卑弥呼？

- source : www.jinjatootera.com

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. Shrine, Shinto Shrine (jinja　神社) - Introduction .

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10/01/2014

Hakusan Aichi

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Hakusan Guu 白山宮足王社 Hakusan shrine and
Ashioo Sha 足王社and Ashi-O Shrine "for the deity of strong legs"

愛知県日進市本郷町宮下５１９番地 - Aichi, Nisshin town

source :　www.lets-go-aichi.jp

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- deities in residence

Kukurihime no Mikoto 菊理姫命（くくりひめのみこと）Kukurihime no kami
- Eleven-faced Kannon
Izanami no Mikoto 伊弉冉尊（いざなみのみこと）
Oonamuji no Mikoto 大巳貴命（おおなむじのみこと）
- Buddha Amida

. The Hakusan shrines 白山神社 in Japan. .

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musubi mamori むすび守り - enmusubi himo えんむすびひも

amulets to find (and bind) a good partner or good fortune.

. Enmusubi 縁結, 縁結び, えんむすび　.

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sensugata omikuji 扇子型のおみくじ sacred lot in the form of a folding fan

. omikuji 御籤 sacred lots, fortunetelling .

. sensu 扇子 folding fan .

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At the right side of the main shrine is a smaller sanctuary called

source :　blogs.yahoo.co.jp/bo_village

Ashioo sha 足王社 Ashi-O shrine

for the deity

Ashinazuchi no kami 足名椎神（あしなづちのかみ) - （アシナﾂﾞチ）

This sanctuary had been a wayside shrine in the back of the main shrine, closer to the Iida Kaido road 飯田街道.
Once a lady with aching legs prayed her for better health and was soon healed, so now it is a deity for legs.

Beside the sanctuary is a stone to take away the pain.
itamitori ishi 痛みとり石

source :　www.hakusangu.org/ashi

If you stroke it, the pain in your leg will be healed soon.

source :　www.lets-go-aichi.jp

Praying here has also helped many professional soccer athletes, so this is also the

sakkaa no kamisama サッカーの神様 deity of soccer

. Soccer World Cup - Daruma amulets .

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waraji no omamori　わらじお守り amulet with straw sandals for strong and healthy legs

- Homepage of the shrine with more amulets
- source : www.hakusangu.org

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Ashinazuchi kagura mask

Ashinazuchi, most commonly translated as "foot stroking elder",
was the husband of Tenazuchi, hand stroking elder, and
the father of Kushinadahime.

- source : ojisanjake.blogspot.jp

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08/12/2013

Hine Jinja

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Hine Jinja 日根神社
大阪府泉佐野市日根野631 - Osaka, Izumisano City

Hine shrine is probably the only shrine for the pillow and bedroom.
If people coan not sleep, they come here to pray for good sleep.

anmin 安眠 to pray for beauty sleep

It also helps couples to get a child.

source :　www.geolocation.ws/v/W/File

The tabisho　旅所, where the mikoshi palanquins of the festival are carried to.

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makura matsuri まくら祭り pillow festival
4th - 5th May, 2013

source : www.goldenjipangu.com

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A rare festival of parading with about 25 pillows on a 5m long green bamboo carried on the shoulder. It originated when villagers offered rice bags tied on green bamboo sticks to soldiers going to battle.
- source : www.osaka-info.jp/en

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HP of the shrine
Amulets for
子授け・安産・安眠・お宮参り・七五三・厄除け・交通安全・新築・地鎮祭

anmin omamori 安眠お守り　for good sleep

cover for the pillow, in red, pink, yellow or green

- source : hine-jinja/sairei.

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. biyoo jisha 美容寺社 praying for beauty .

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船酔ひの残りし枕祭笛
funayoi no nokorishi makura matsuribue

still suffering
from seasickness - the flute
of the pillow festival

Inagaki Kikuno 稲垣きくの (1906 - 1987)

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. ryoomu fuda 良夢札 amulet for a good dream .
Matsushima Jinja 松島神社, Tokyo

. WKD : makura 　枕　（まくら)　pillow .

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26/06/2013

Honto-Ji Kuwana

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Hontooji 本当寺 / 本統寺 Honto-Ji, Hontoji in Kuwana 桑名

Kuwana was a famous castle town of the Matsudaira clan. 松平十一万石.
The temple Honto-Ji belongs to the Shinshuu Otani-ha sect of Buddhism 真宗大谷派, 浄土真宗.
It is a affiliated temple to the Higashi Honganji in Kyoto 東本願寺別院. Kuwana Betsu-In 桑名別院.
It is also called Kuwana O-boo 桑名御坊.
It has been founded in 1596 by the daughter of Saint Kyoonyo Shoonin 教如上人 Kyonyo Shonin (1558 - 1614),
Osahime 長姫.

source and more photos :　ito/chusinbu

When Matsuo Basho visited the temple in 1684, the head priest was the haikai poet
Ootani Takue or Takkei 大谷琢恵 Otani Taku-E, haikai name Koeki, Ko-Eki 古益.
Ko-Eki was also a haikai student of Kitamura Kigin 北村季吟 and thus a "haikai brother" of Basho.
They had a haikai party with other poets.

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Kuwana-juku (桑名宿, Kuwana-juku)
was the forty-second of the fifty-three stations of the Tōkaidō. It is located in former Ise Province in what is now part of the city of Kuwana, in Mie Prefecture, Japan. It was located on the western shores of the Ibi River 揖斐川 and is considered to be the eastern most point of the Kansai dialect. It is 28 km from the preceding post station of Miya-juku.

Kuwana-juku was located in the castle town of the Kuwana Domain. It is connected to Miya-juku through the Pass of 28 km (七里の渡し, Shichiri no Watashi) and served as the entrance for those going towards Ise Grand Shrines. Some travelers along the road would take ships across the inner Ise Bay from Miya-juku (located in present-day Nagoya near Atsuta Shrine) to Kuwana, thus avoiding numerous river crossings.

The classic ukiyoe print by Ando Hiroshige (Hoeido edition) from 1831-1834 depicts the tow large ships moored in the Kiso River, with other ships sailing away in the background.

At the end of the Edo period, Kuwana-juku had two honjin, four wakihonjin and 120 lesser inns.
During the Edo period, Kuwana was directly on the shores of the river, but after the Kansai Railroad built Kuwana Station, the city center was shifted further to the west.
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. Tokaido 東海道五十三次 - 42. Kuwana-juku 桑名宿 (Kuwana) .

. WKD : Kuwana matsuri 桑名祭 Kuwana Festival .

. From Kuwana along the 伊勢街道 Ise Kaido .

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The original memorial stone of the Edo period had been lost, this is a replica from 1937.

冬牡丹千鳥よ雪のほととぎす
fuyu botan chidori yo yuki no hototogisu

winter peonies
and plovers, like
cuckoo in snow
Tr. Barnhill

Winter peonies:
shall we call the plovers
cuckoos of the snow?
Tr. Helen Craig McCullough

A winter tree peony
Makes me feel the plover were
A cuckoo in the snow!
Tr. Oseko
source and haiku sweet :　kikyou0123

Mid-winter peonies
And a distant plover singing,
Did I hear a cuckoo
In the snow?
Tr. Yuasa

. Matsuo Basho visiting Temples .

Nozarashi Kiko - 野ざらし紀行
. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

This very special haiku by Basho contains four kigo!

. WKD : fuyu botan, fuyubotan 冬牡丹 winter peony .
kan botan 寒牡丹 "peony botan in the cold"
They usually blossom in early summer, but their buds are taken off to make them flower in winter. They get a little straw cover to keep out the severe cold.

One member of the haikai party, Tani Bokuin 谷木因 wrote the following:

釜たぎる夜半や折々浦千鳥

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04/06/2013

Hongan-Ji Temple

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Honganji 本願寺 Hongan-Ji, Hongwanji
Temple of the Primal Vow of Buddha Amida

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the collective name of the largest school of Jōdo Shinshū Buddhism (which further sub-divides into the Nishi and Higashi branches). 'Hongan-ji' may also refer to any one of several actual temple buildings associated with the sect.

Higashi Hongan-Ji, Kyoto

The Hongan-ji was established as a temple in 1321, on the site of the Otani Mausoleum, where Shinran, the founder of the Jōdo Shinshū (True Pure Land) sect was buried. The mausoleum was attended by Shinran's grandson (through daughter Kakushinni), Kakue. Kakue's own son, Kakunyo, became the first chief priest of the Hongan-ji and 3rd Monshu, and dedicated it to the worship of Amida Buddha. The Hongan-ji first gained power and importance in the 15th century, when Rennyo became its eighth chief priest, or Monshu. However, the Tendai sect, based on Mount Hiei, saw this expansion as a threat and attacked the Hongan-ji three times with their army of warrior monks. Rennyo fled to Yoshizaki, where he established a new temple compound.

During the Sengoku period, fearing the power of the monks of the Hongan-ji, Oda Nobunaga tried to destroy it. For ten years, he laid siege to the Ishiyama Hongan-ji in Osaka, one of the two primary temple fortresses of the sect.

In 1602, just after Tokugawa Ieyasu became Shogun, he declared that the Hongan-ji be split in two. Kyonyo, the 12th chief priest, or monshu, of Hongan-ji became the first of the new
Higashi Honganji (東本願寺), or Eastern Temple of the Primal Vow, while his younger brother Junnyo became the 12th chief priest of the original Hompa-Honganji (本派本願寺), or
Western Temple of the Primal Vow, often called Nishi Honganji (西本願寺).
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. Namu Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏 The Amida Prayer.

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Ishiyama Hongwanji
the twenty-first monshu, Myonyo
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Hiunkaku 飛雲閣,
a large tea pavilion, containing four Noh stages, one of which is thought to be the oldest in existence and the other being the largest outdoor Noh stage, and the Kokei no Niwa (虎渓の庭) garden.

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Hiunkaku　飛雲閣 Lit. flying cloud tower
Unique, three-storied timber building, roukaku 楼閣, built in asymmetrical design and located on the grounds of Nishihonganji 西本願寺 in Kyoto. Traditionally, it was believed to have belonged to Jurakudai 聚楽第 (built between 1584-86) for pleasure and entertainment, according to the wishes of Toyotomi Hideyoshi 豊臣秀吉 (1536-98), and transferred to Nishihonganji (c.1619). However, at present, many scholars think it more probable that Hiunkaku was built at about the same time the garden, Tekisuien 滴翠園, between 1624-44. It is situated in the southeast corner of the temple precinct and faces a pond called Sourouike 滄浪池 Soro-Ike (blue wave pond). A boat can carry visitors across the pond and anchor beneath the first story of the building. Steps are provided to climb up to the first floor. There is an undulating gable roof over the boat entrance and the water can be seen from the open translucent sliding screens shouji 障子.
Another access to the Hiunkaku is over a long stone slab bridge. Its length on the north & south sides of the bridge is 25.8m, the east side is 11.8m and the west, 12.5m. The first story interior is in the shoin style shoin-zukuri 書院造, with the study facing the pond. The study has two levels of floor space, of which the higher level has three mats. The study is called the Shoukenden 招賢殿 (invitation to wisdom hall) and has 7 1/2 mats with 2 1/2 mats in the alcove. Next to the study is the Hakkei-no-ma 八景の間 (a room of eight scenes), a veranda, and a tea ceremony room called Ikujaku 憶昔 (recalling old times).
The second story has a Kasen-no-ma 歌仙の間 (room of great poets), named after The Thirty-six Immortal Poets Sanjuurokkasen 三十六歌仙 painted on the wooden doors and walls. It also has a raised and lower level floor. There is a lightly railed veranda around the second story.
The third story, excluding a stair landing, is only eight mats in size. Katoumado 火灯窓 (ogee shaped windows) are on the north and east sides. Shouji with diamond-shaped latticework are covered with translucent paper. The paneled ceiling has paper pasted and gold leaf pressed on it. All the building's roofs are shingled kokerabuki 柿葺.
The first story roof has an undulating gable karahafu 唐破風, on one side, and on the opposite, northwest side, a hip-and-gable arrangement irimoya-zukuri 入母屋造.
The second story has a convex hip-and-gable roof with undulating bargeboards on three sides.
The third story has a pyramidal roof hougyou-zukuri 宝形造.
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kaku 閣 2-storied structure in a garden.
Something that is more splendid and elegant than an arbor or a simple pavilion.
The three most famous KAKU
----- the Golden Pavilion, Kinkaku 金閣
----- the Silver Pavilion, Ginkaku 銀閣
----- the Flying Cloud Pavillion, Hiunkaku　飛雲閣

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- - - - - kigo related to some famous persons

. Kakunyo Ki 覚如忌 Memorial Day for Saint Kakunyo .
文永7年12月28日（1271年2月9日） - 正平6年/観応2年1月19日（1351年2月15日）
He was the first chief priest of the Temple Hongan-ji, Kyoto.

. Shinran Ki 親鸞忌 Memorial Day for Saint Shinran .
Goshoo-Ki 御正忌 Memorial Services at Temple Hongan-Ji
Betsuji Nenbutsu-E 別時念仏会 Nenbutsu prayer Service for Shinran Shoonin
Otorikoshi 御取越　（おとりこし） "Passing into the New Year"
November 22 till 28. 28 is the death memorial day.

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. Kubutsu Ki 句仏忌 Kubutsu Memorial Day .
Ootani Kuubutsu 大谷句仏 Otani Kubutsu / Ootani Kooen 大谷光演 Otani Koen
February 6. 1875年（明治8年）2月27日 - 1943年（昭和18年）2月6日）
Priest at Higashi Honganji, Kyoto. Haiku poet.

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. Rennyo Ki 蓮如忌　Rennyo Memorial Day .
(1415-1499) 8th abbot of Hongan-Ji

Rennyo (蓮如) (1415–1499)
was the 8th Monshu　門主, or head-priest, of the Honganji Temple of the Jōdo Shinshū sect of Buddhism, and descendant of founder Shinran. Jodo Shinshu Buddhists often referred to as the restorer of the sect (Chūkō no so (中興の祖) in Japanese).
He was also known as Shinshō-in (信証院), and posthumously Etō Daishi (慧灯大師).
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

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chuukei 中啓 Chukei, ceremonial fan of a priest

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Many shine in brilliant silver and gold color coating.
It is not used to fan for fresh air, but sometimes hit to make a sound.
Sometimes it can be opened and a rosary or sutra book placed on it during ceremonies when sitting on Tatami mats.
This fan can also be placed in the collar when both hands are needed.

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木々もめを開らくやみだの本願寺
kigi mo me o hiraku ya mida no honganji

the tree buds, too
open up...
Amida's Hongan Temple
Tr. David Lanoue

春風や越後下りの本願寺
harukaze ya echigo kudari no honganji

spring breeze--
going down to Echigo's
Hongan Temple
Tr. David Lanoue

Saint Shinran spent some time in exile in Echigo.
On the way, when Shinran had to go to exile in Echigo in 1207, there was this pine where he sat down to rest, along the "beach road" 浜街道. There was a whole pine grove at the time of Sain Shinran.
The tree is maybe 500 years old.

西へちるさくらやみだの本願寺
nishi e chiru sakura ya mida no honganji

to the west
cherry blossoms scatter...
Amida's Hongan Temple

When Issa composed this haiku, early in Ninth Month of 1822, he was paying visits to some of his haiku students in Naganuma, a village in his home province of Shinano, present-day Nagano Prefecture--and so the poem must be either a memory or a pure invention. In fact, in his journal he prefaces it with the head-note, "Spring"-- underscoring the fact that this haiku, composed in autumn, doesn't pretend to depict a scene that the poet could have witnessed at the time.
He could be referring, then, to either one of the Kyoto temples or to a Honganji of Edo (today's Tokyo), where he spent much of his young adult life.
There are at least four Hongan temples: two in Kyoto (Higashi Honganji and Nishi Honganji) and two in Tokyo (Higashi Honganji and Nishi Honganji).
Tr. and comment : David Lanoue

鬼茨もなびくやみだの本願寺
onibara mo nabiku ya mida no honganji

even the thorn bush
bows low!
Amida's Hongan Temple
Tr. David Lanoue

. WKD : Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 in Edo .

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It is customary for the Monto　門徒 of Hongan-Ji to come for the Year-end cleaning, whipping all the tatami to get the dust out. This important event is usually featured in the TV news.

本願寺二百三畳冴返る
Hongan-Ji nihyaku sanjoo sae-kaeru

at Honganji
there are 203 Tatami mats -
cold comes back

稲垣美知子 Inagaki Michiko

. sae kaeru 冴返る cold comes back .
- kigo for spring -

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本願寺畳叩いて年用意
Honganji tatami tataite toshi yooi

Honganji -
beating the Tatami
preparing for New Year

吉川能生 Yoshikawa Hisao

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本願寺　憩う人なき　大銀杏

Hongan-ji temple,
no one rests under
the big ginkgo tree

West Hongann-ji

本願寺　北堀凉し　夏の鯉

Hongan-ji temple,
north moat is cool
summer carps

East Hongan-ji

- Shared by Naotaka Uematsu -
Haiku Culture Magazine, 2013

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