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20/08/2013

Ishiyama Joozan 石山丈山 Jozan

. WKD : Joozan Ki 丈山忌 Jozan Memorial Day .
May 23. 1583年(天正11年) - 1672年6月18日(寛文12年5月23日)
Poet and Scholar of Chinese poetry in the early Edo period.
Jozan had worked for Tokugawa Ieyasu and distinguished himself during the Summer Battle of Oasaka 大坂夏の陣.

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Shisen-do (詩仙堂, also known as Jozan-ji 丈山寺)
is a quiet hermitage at the foot of the hills, in the north-east of Kyoto city. It was built by retired samurai Jozan Ishikawa (1583-1672) in 1641, which makes the place more than 350 years old (and well conserved for this age!) Jozan devoted the later part of his life to studies, mostly Chinese classics and garden architecture. Jozan selected the name "Shisen-do" after the 36 classic Chinese poets portraits he had hanging in his study (but exactly what the link is, I don't know). These portraits are still visible today and, due to their old age, you are kindly requested not to take pictures of them (because, you know, no one knows how to disable the flash of a compact camera...)

Jozan-sama studied until his death at 90 years old. Quite exactly how the hermitage became a temple I can't tell from the little documentation that I have. But in the early 1700s the temple was owned and cared for by a series of Buddhist priests. Later in the mid 1700s, a zen priest or nun was chosen to be the keeper of the hermitage, and this tradition continues to this day.
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source : damien.douxchamps.net

Inside in a special room are paintings of the 37 Immortal Chinese poets.
shisen no ma 詩仙の間

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- - - - - HP of the temple in English- The Hermitage Shisen-Do

source : www.kyoto-shisendo.com

Ishiyama Jozan

風薫る羽織は襟もつくろはず　
風かほるはをりはゑりもつくろはす
kaze kaoru haori wa eri mo tsukurohazu

fragrant summer wind -
this haori coat has a neckband
with so many patches
Tr. Gabi Greve

Written on the 1st day of the 6th lunar month 1691, 元禄4年6月1日

Basho had stayed at Shisen-Do 詩仙堂 Shizen-Do hall with Sora and Kyorai. This is a small hermitage which Ishiyama Joozan 石山丈山 Jozan had build in Ichijooji 一乗寺 Ichijo-Ji, a district in Sakyo, 左京 Kyoto.

source :　itoyo/basho

. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

. WKD : haori　羽織　Haori coat and Basho .

. WKD : kaze kaoru　風薫 fragrant (summer) breeze .

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丈山の梅さきにけり詩仙堂
Joozan no ume saki ni keri shizendoo

the plum of Jozan
is blossoming now -
Shisen-Do hall
Tr. Gabi Greve

. Masaoka Shiki visiting temples and shrines .

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詩仙堂あかりのごとく百合咲けり原コウ子
詩仙堂まひまひつぶろ縞確か鈴木栄子
詩仙堂熟柿が落ちてくしや～に川崎展宏
詩仙堂花なき庭の添水かな貞永金市
詩仙堂道に干さるゝ炭団かな小杉余子
詩仙堂雨の扉の蝸牛田中王城

鬱蒼と夏木の気骨詩仙堂木津凉太
食用の茸出てゐし詩仙堂茨木和生
初冬の竹緑なり詩仙堂内藤鳴雪
唐椿白極まれり詩仙堂尾関佳子
花楓にて空紅し詩仙堂日原傳
甘干に軒も余さず詩仙堂松瀬青々
秋日和鉈豆干しぬ詩仙堂水落露石
鹿おどし背山昏れゆく詩仙堂柳田聖子
春の日や木賊色濃き詩仙堂鈴木貞雄
木洩日の尾の緋鯉なり詩仙堂瀧澤和治
添水よりも薪割る音の詩仙堂米澤吾亦紅
竹に来てつるむ鳥あり詩仙堂松瀬青々
茶梅ちる雨降る日ざし詩仙堂飯田蛇笏
葉末よりもみぢ始る詩仙堂高澤良一
うつぎ咲く緑の雨や詩仙堂佐藤春夫
一つ葉や文机古りし詩仙堂永沼弥生

source : HAIKUreikuDB

source :　shigaarch/Topics

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. . sennin 仙人 immortals, mountain hermits, poets .

. Konpukuji, Konbukuji 金福寺 / 金福寺 Konpuku-Ji .
In Kyoto, Ichijooji district - Ichijoo-Ji Konbuku-Ji 一乗寺金福寺 Ichijo-Ji
Another famous temple of this district with a "Basho-An" in his memory.

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10/03/2014

Otoyo Jinja Kyoto

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Ootoyo Jinja 大豊神社 Shrine Otoyo Jinja
Kyoto, 京都市左京区鹿ケ谷宮ノ前町１

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少彦名命　Sukunahikona no Mikoto
応神天皇　Emperor Ojin
菅原道真 Sugawara no Michizane

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This shrine is famous for its three guardian animals:

komanezumi 　狛鼠 / 狛ネズミ guardian mice
komatobi 狛鳶 guardian black kite
komazaru 狛猿 guardian monkey

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... A long entrance path leads to the shrine. There are not so many visitors, mainly Japanese people who come to pray for health, long life and happiness. There is something unusual about this shrine that sets it apart from other shinto shrines. The guardians of the shrine are mice!
Here a little more about the history of this shrine taken from the web.

Otoyo Shrine (大豊神社) is a small place of worship which is located on the South side of Kyoto’s Tetsugaku no Michi.
Here, instead of shrine dogs, mice guard the shrine. Why mice? Here’s the background story: First, you need to know that in Otoyo Shrine, Okuninushi-no-mikoto, the god of marriage based in Izumo Taisha (a major shrine in Shimane Prefecture), is worshiped as a deity. He was a descendant of Susanoo-no-mikoto, one of the gods in Japanese myths.

According to the Kojiki, which is the oldest historical book in Japan, Okuninushi went to another world. He arrived there and met Princess Suseri, daughter of Susanoo. They fell in love with each other at first sight. Then Susanoo commanded Okuninushi to sleep in a room filled with snakes, but Princess Suseri gave Okuninushi a snake scarf, said to be one of ten ancient treasures. The scarf helped him to sleep safely in the room. Susanoo imposed another ordeal on Okuninushi. Susanoo shot an arrow into a vast plain and made Okuninushi go to retrieve it. When he was searching for it, Susanoo set fire to the surrounding plain. The flames spread quickly and Okuninushi lost all means of escape. Suddenly a mouse appeared and told him that there was a hole in the ground. While he was hiding in the hole, the fire passed overhead. Then, the mouse gave him the arrow. Thanks to the mouse, Okuninushi escaped by a hair’s breadth. He finally married Princess Suseri.

Otoyo Shrine traces its origins back to this story. It is said that mice will bring the health, long life and happiness. The mouse statue on the left has a sake bowl, which means that if you worship here you will have a healthy baby. The one on the right has a scroll. In addition to these statues, there are figures of a monkey and kite (hawk) in this shrine. You can enjoy observing these fascinating animal guardians.

Enshrined at this shrine are Sukunahikona no Mikoto, Emperor Ojin and Sugawara no Michizane. Legend tells that this shrine was built in 887 as a prayer for the recovery of Emperor Uda from his illness.

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- source : www.kyotodreamtrips.com

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komatobi 狛鳶 guardian black kite
at Atago Yashiro 愛宕社 in the compound

a guardian to prevent fire

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komazaru, koma no saru 狛猿 guardian monkey
doing the Sanbaso dance, keeping evil influence away

at Hiyoshi Yashiro 日吉社 Hiyoshi Shrine in the compound

. Sanbasoo　三番叟 Sanbaso Dancer .

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Ootoyo Jinja 大豊神社 Otoyo Jinja, Kyoto
nezumi no ema 鼠絵馬 votive tablets
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One mouse holds a bag or jewel, for getting pregnant, (and rich and all . . .)
One mouse holds the scriptures, for the child to grow up in wisdom.

source :　blog.goo.ne.jp/mkmama/e

Clay bells with the two mice

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Cherry and plum blossoms together
In a rare occurrence, a cherry tree and a plum tree at a Shinto shrine in Japan's ancient capital of Kyoto are blossoming at the same time.

The weeping cherry tree and the weeping plum tree are in front of the main hall of Otoyo Shrine　大豊神社　. The shrine, which was built more than 1,100 years ago, is near a popular tourist site known as the "Philosopher's Path."
The plum tree, which is estimated to be 250 years old, is about 5 meters tall. The cherry tree stands almost 8 meters tall.

Every year, the plum tree is in full bloom around March 10th until the end of the month, while the cherry tree blossoms in early April.

Temperatures were unusually high in March, causing the cherry tree to begin to blossom late last week.
A shrine official says the cherry tree and the plum tree are blossoming together for the first time in 30 years. The blossoms are likely to remain until the end of this week.
source : NHK world news Mar. 26, 2013

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

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22/07/2013

Jonangu Toba Fushimi

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Joonanguu 城南宮　Jonan-Gu, Jonangu Shrine

During the Heian period, the deity to protect the country from evil was enshrined in this shrine. It was located in the South of the capital, and its deity is famous for protecting the "four courners".
Fushimi, Kyoto - 京都市伏見区中島鳥羽離宮町７

This shrine is famous for its various festivals according to old tradtions.

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Jonan-gu
is in the area that was under the peaceful rule of Emperor Toba.
It was a strategic gateway to the ancient capital of Heian-kyo (now Kyoto). It was also a beautiful riverside scenic spot on the Kamogawa River.
... Thus, it was seen as a prosperous sub-capital at the heart of culture and government over a period spanning more than 150 years of the emperors and ex-emperors.

Before departing on their pilgrimages, the nobility prayed for safe journey along the way as well as purifying themselves by abstaining from eating meat. In particular, the Ex-emperors, Shirakawa and Toba often chose Jonan-gu as a spiritual place to start their pilgrimages to Kumano. They would seclude themselves and do purificiation rites for seven days before departing on the pilgrimage of devotion which took a full month for the roundtrip. In those times, many people chose Jonan-gu because it impressed people with its lodgings, and it was believed that Jonan-gu was a suitable place to start from for a religious journey.
source : 99oji.blogspot.jp

Reference : http://www.jonangu.com/

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Joonan matsuri 城南祭 Jonan Festival
..... Joonanjin matsuri 城南神祭 Festival for the Jonan Deity
Third Sunday in October

This shrine is also called Mahataki Jinja 真幡寸神社.
On the festival day three mikoshi portable shrines decorated with Pine, Bamboo and Plum (Shoochikubai) are carried around in a large procession in the evening.
In former times there were also horse races and shooting competitions (Jonan yabusame).

腹あしき僧も餅くへ城南神
hara ashiki soo mo mochi ku e Joonanjin

even the mean monks
come to eat rice cakes -
God of Jonan

Yosa Buson　与謝蕪村

hara ashi 腹悪し to be mean, malicious

. Yakuyoke 厄除け amulets to ward off evil .

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

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Tobadono, Toba Dono 鳥羽殿 Toba Imperial Retreat villa
Toba Rikkyuu　鳥羽離宮　 Toba Palace
Fushimi, Kyoto

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Buson, one of the great poets of haiku of the late eighteenth century, was in fact very much a studio or desk poet. He composed his poetry at home, in his study, and he often wrote about other worlds, particularly the tenth and eleventh century Heian aristocratic world and the subsequent medieval period. One of his most famous historical poems is

鳥羽殿へ五六騎急ぐ野分かな
Tobadono e gorokki isogu nowaki kana

To Toba palace
5 or 6 horsemen hurry
autumn tempest

probably composed in 1776.
Toba palace, which immediately sets this in the Heian or early medieval period, was an imperial villa that the Cloistered Emperor Shirakawa (1053 - 1129) constructed near Kyoto in the eleventh century and that subsequently became the location of a number of political and military conspiracies. The galloping horsemen are probably warriors on some emergency mission - a sense of turmoil and urgency embodied in the season word of autumn tempest (nowaki).
An American equivalent might be something like the Confederate cavalry at Gettysburg during the Civil War or the militia at Lexington during the American revolution. The hokku creates a powerful atmosphere and a larger sense of narrative, like a scene from a medieval military epic or from a picture scroll.
source : Haruo Shirane - Beyond the Haiku Moment

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To the Toba Imperial villa,
Hurrying five or six mounted warriors
In a typhoon of early autumn.

Nobody reads the Haiku without picturing a scene in his mind readily. The Haiku has three elements that arouse our sense of weirdness, uneasiness, and gloomy foreboding.
One is 'Tobadono', which stands for government by a retired emperor, with the possibility of political disturbance.
Another is 'mounted warriors', which represents a disquieting behavior or a riot.
The last is 'a typhoon in the early autumn', in which the first two climax as psychological suggestion of political turmoil, or a civil war. Besides, an autumnal typhoon is associated with a long severe winter.
Here in this respect, there is no substitute of the season word for 'a typhoon in the early autumn'. In the Haiku, fiction plays a very important role, but many agree that it ranks among his best haiku poems.
source : www.hokuoto77.com

To Toba's Hall
five or six horsemen hurry hard --
a storm-wind of the fall!
Tr. Henderson

To the castle of Toba
five or six horses hurrying
in the autumn storm
Tr. Sawa and Shiffert

to Toba Palace
five or six horsemen hurry --
an autumn gale
Tr. Ueda

The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.

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連哥（れんが）してもどる夜鳥羽の蛙哉
renga shite modoru yo Toba no kawazu kana

after composing linked verse
on the way home at Toba
the frogs . . .
Tr. Gabi Greve

The cut marker KANA is at the end of line 3.

. WKD : Yosa Buson 与謝蕪村 in Edo .

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The Battle of Toba-Fushimi (鳥羽・伏見の戦い, Toba-Fushimi no Tatakai)
occurred between pro-Imperial and Tokugawa shogunate forces during the Boshin War in Japan. The battle started on 27 January 1868 (or Keiō-4 year, 1-month, 3-day, according to the Japanese calendar), when the forces of the Tokugawa shogunate and the allied forces of Chōshū, Satsuma and Tosa Domains clashed near Fushimi, Kyoto.
The battle lasted for four days, ending in a decisive defeat for the Tokugawa shogunate.
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雁さわぐ鳥羽の田面や寒の雨
kari sawagu Toba no tazura ya kan no ame

geese clamoring
on rice fields at Toba—
frigid rain
Tr. Barnhill

Written in 元禄4年, Basho age 48.

. Matsuo Basho 松尾芭蕉 - Archives of the WKD .

Basho makes an allusion to a waka by the Tendai priest Jien 慈円 (1155 - 1225):

大江山傾く月の影さへて
鳥羽田の面に落つる雁がね

Ooeyama katamuku tsuki no kage saete
Toba ta no moto ni otsuru kari gane

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. Clay Dolls from Fushimi - 伏見土人形 .

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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).
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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

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. Abukuma Jinja 阿武隈神社 . - Fukushima

. Aburahi Jinja 油日神社 "Oil Fire Deity" . - Koka, Shiga

. Achi Jinja 阿智神社 . - Kurashiki, Okayama

. Agata jinja 縣神社 . - Uji, Nara

. Akabane Hachiman Jinja 赤羽八幡神社 . - Kita, Tokyo

. Akama Jingu 赤間神宮 . Shimonoseki

. Akatani no Yama Jinja 赤谷の山神社 . Niigata

. Akimoto Jinja 秋元神社 . Kyoto

. Ama no Iwato Jinja, Amanoiwato-jinja　天岩戸神社 Amano Iwato Shrine . Miyazaki

. Amanokoyane no Mikoto 天児屋根神 / 天児屋根命 / 天児屋命 .
- Amenokoyanenomikoto／Amenokoyanomikoto / Ameno Koyane

. Amatsu Jinja 天津神社 . Okayama, Bizen

. Amewakahiko Jinja 天稚彦神社 Amewaka no Hiko . - Shiga

. Anyoji 安養寺 Anyo-Ji, An’yō-ji . - Tokyo

. Aoba Jinja 青葉神社 . Sendai, Miyagi

. Aoi Aso Jinja 青井阿蘇神社 . Kumamoto

. Aoni Jinja 青鬼神社（Aooni Jinja ) Aoni Shrine . Hakuba, Nagano

. Aoshima Jinja 青島神社　Aoshima Shrine . Miyazaki

. Aoso Jinja　青麻神社 "Green Hemp Shrine" . - Miyagi, Sendai

. Aoto Jinja 青砥神社 . - Katsushika, Tokyo
- and Aoto Fujitsuna 青砥藤綱

. Arakuma Jinja 荒熊神社 . - Aichi, Chita 知多町

阿羅波比神社 Arawai Jinja / 阿羅波比社 Arawai no Yashiro, Matsue, Shimane

Arima Toosen Jinja 有馬　湯泉神社 Tosen Shrine in Arima Hot Spring Hyogo

. Arimichi Jinja, Aritoshi Jinja 蟻通神社 "ant path Shrine" . - Izumisano, Osaka

. Asagaya Shinmeigu 阿佐谷神明宮 . - Suginami, Tokyo
- hachinan yoke 八難除 avoiding the eight disasters

. Asama Jinja 浅間神社 . Shizuoka (Sengen Jinja)

. Asama Jinja 浅間神社 . Yamanashi. Kai Ichi no Miya 甲斐一の宮

. Ashigami Jinja 足神神社　 Shrine for the Deity of Legs - Uji Jinja 宇治神社 . - Ise, Ujiyamada, Mie

. Ashioo sha 足王社 Ashi-O shrine - Hakusan Guu 白山宮足王社 Hakusan shrine . - Aichi

. Aso jinja 阿蘇神社 Aso Shrine in Kumamoto . Kyushu
- Aso Shrine, Fukuoka 福岡県杷木町

. Atago shrines of Japan 愛宕神社 .

. Atsuta Jinguu 熱田神宮 Atsuta Jingu . 　Nagoya, Aichi

. Awashima Jinja 淡島神社 . - Nagasaki

. Awashima Jinja 淡島神社 . Wakayama

. Awashima Jinja　粟島神社 . - Uto, Kumamoto - 熊本県宇土市

. Awata Jinja 粟田神社 . - Kyoto

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. Adashino, Temple Nenbutsu-ji 仏野念仏寺 . Kyoto

. Aikyoo-In 愛敬院 Aikyo-In . - Miyagi
. . . . . 駒場滝不動尊 Komabataki Waterfall Fudo, near Abukuma 阿武隈

. Airaji 相良寺 Aira-Ji .
center - Shoojooji 勝常寺 Shojo-Ji
East - Enichiji 慧日寺 Enichi-Ji
West - Kami Unai Yakushi Doo 上宇内薬師堂 Yakushi Do Hall
North 北山薬師 Kitayama Yakushi - 大正寺　Taisho-Ji
South - Nodera Yakushi 野寺薬師 - 慈光寺　Jiko-Ji

. Aizenin 愛染院 Aizen-In / 願成寺 Ganjo-Ji . - Mie

. Aizu Yakushi-Ji 会津薬師寺 . - Fukushima. and 高田不動 Takada Fudo

Akashi sanjuusan kasho 明石西国３３ヶ所　 Kobe Pilgrimage to 33 Temples

. Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来 .

. Andoji 安渡寺 Ando-Ji .

. Anfukuji / Anpukuji 安福寺 Anfuku-Ji Anpuku-Ji . - 夕顔観音堂 Yugao Kannon Hall

. Anpukuji 安福寺 Anpuku-Ji, . - Yakushi, Amida

. Anichiji 阿日寺 Anichi-Ji . - Nara

. Anju Jizoo Doo 安寿地蔵堂 Anju Jizo Do Hall
Anamizu 穴水, Sado Islan, Ishikawa
me-arai Jizoo 目洗い地蔵 "Jizo to wash your eyes"

. Ankokuji 安国寺 Ankoku-Ji temples .
Hiroshima, Nagano

. Anrakuji 安楽寺 Anraku-Ji . Shishigatani 鹿ケ谷, Kyoto

. Anrakuji 安楽寺 Anraku-Ji . Fudo - Otani, Saitama

. Anryuuji 安竜寺 Anryu-Ji “Peaceful Dragon Temple”.

. Anzenji 安禅寺 / 安禪寺 Anzen-Ji .

. Asakusa Kannon 浅草観音 . Tokyo
Temple Sensooji　浅草寺 Sensoji - fujikoo　富士講 Fujiko , Fuji pilgrims

. Arako Kannon 荒子観音 Arako Kannon Temple .
Nagoya, Aichi 名古屋市中川区

. Ashikuraji 芦峅寺 Ashikura-Ji .
雄山神社 Oyama Jinja and 岩峅寺 Iwakuraji, Toyama 富山県

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. abi jigoku 阿鼻地獄 / mugen jigoku 無間地獄 Avīci, Hell of Avici .

. ahirukusa moji 阿比留草文字 ahiru kusa characters .
..... jindai moji 神代文字 “scripts of the age of the gods”

. 赤倉山 Akakurasan - Akakura Fudo . - Tsugaru, Aomori
..... 津軽赤倉山神社 Tsugaru Akakura Jinja

. Akuro Jin 悪路神 the deity Akuro / Aterui .

. akushin, akujin 悪神 devil, Teufel - majin 魔神 .

. amadera 尼寺 nunnery (monastery for Buddhist nuns) .

. Amanoiwafune Ama no Iwafune, Ame no Iwafune .
天の岩船 / 和の斎船 / 天の磐船 / あまのいわふね / アマノイワフネ Boulder in Katano, Osaka

. amagoi no miya 雨乞宮 shrine for rain rituals .

. Amanoiwato, Ama no Iwato 天岩戸 cave where Amaterasu Omikami hid . - Miyazaki
- - - - - and - Amanoyasukawara　天安河原 Ama no Yasukawara 　

. Amaterasu Omikami 天照大神 .

. Ametsuchi Heaven and Earth .

. anafudoo　穴不動 Ana Fudo in a Cave .

. aramitama 荒魂 violent spirit - nigimitama 和魂 .

. Awagigahara 阿波岐原 Sacred Awagigahara Forest . - Miyazaki

. Azumi no Isora 阿曇磯良 .
- Azumi no Isora Maru 阿曇磯良丸 Isoramaru - Hakata and Hotaka shrine, Nagano
- Ame no Koyane no mikoto 天児屋根命 Amenokoyane

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Encyclopedia of Shinto - Kokugakuin Kyoto
source : eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp
- - - - - Shinto Terminology
source : eos.kokugakuin.ac.jp/modules

Green Shinto
- a blog by John Dougill operating out of Kyoto, Japan, which is dedicated to the promotion of an open, international and environmental Shinto.
source : www.greenshinto.com

Heritage of Japan - Neolithic till Nara period
Discovering the Historical Context and Culture of the People of Japan
- source : heritageofjapan.wordpress.com

ISF - International Shinto Foundation
source : www.internationalshinto.org

ISSA - International Shinto Studies Association 神道国際学会 - chairman: Kurimoto Shinichiro
source : www.shinto.org

Kyoto Monthly History articles 京都史跡散策会
about shrines and temples of Japan
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JAANUS - Terminology of Japaneses Architecture
source : www.aisf.or.jp

Marshall, Anne, Idaho University
Temple Architecture of Japan
source : www.webpages.uidaho.edu

SHINTŌ GUIDEBOOK - Mark Schumacher
source : www.onmarkproductions.com

Shinto Symbols
Nanzan University

Shugendoo, Shugendo Shugendō 修験道
- - - - -Where Shinto and Buddhism meet . . .
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Temples and Shrines -the Tale of Genji
These pages are a photographic guide to Japanese Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines, palaces, gardens, castles and pilgrimages, particularly those of historic or literary significance in the Kyoto and Nara areas of Western Japan.
source : www.taleofgenji.org

WHO'S WHO, WHAT'S WHAT - CLASSIFYING JAPAN'S BUDDHIST DEITIES
Mark Schumacher
source : www.onmarkproductions.com

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haiku reiku database 俳句例句データベース - HAIKUreikuDB
source : taka.no.coocan.jp/a5/cgi-bin/HAIKUreikuDB

kigo saijiki - kigosai
source : kigosai.sub.jp

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Shinto Shrines:
A Guide to the Sacred Sites of Japan's Ancient Religion
Author: Cali, Joseph; Dougill, John
University of Hawaii Press
..... fully illustrated guide to 57 major Shinto shrines throughout Japan, many of which have been designated World Heritage Sites or National Treasures
source : www.uhpress.hawaii.edu

Hardacre Helen Hardacre - Shinto (book)
The first comprehensive history of Shinto in any language, tracing the tradition's ancient origins through to modern day practice

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myoojin　明神 Myojin, see below
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Pilgrimage to 22 famous Shrines
名神大社二十二社参拝

この二十二社は長暦3年(1039年)、後朱雀天皇の制定によるといわれており、大小神社の首班に列し、名神大社とされている。
The shrines have their separate pages, see the ABC index.

The shrines are located in Kyoto, Nara, Mie and Osaka.

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上七社 - - Top Seven
伊勢神宮 - Ise Jingu
- 内宮三重県伊勢市宇治館町
- 外宮三重県伊勢市豊川町
石清水八幡宮京都府八幡市八幡高坊 - Iwashimizu Hachimangu
賀茂社 - Kamo Shrines
- 上賀茂神社京都市北区上賀茂本山町
- 下鴨神社京都市左京区下鴨泉川町
松尾大社京都市西京区嵐山宮町 - Matsuo Taisha
平野神社京都市北区平野宮本町 - Hirano Jinja
伏見稲荷大社京都市伏見区深草薮之内町 - Fushimi Inari Daisha
春日大社奈良市春日野町 - Kasuga Taisha

中七社 - - Middle Seven
大原野神社京都市西京区大原野南春日町 - Oharano Jinja, Kyoto
大神神社（三輪明神）奈良県桜井市三輪 - Omiwa Jinja, Nara
石上神宮奈良県天理市布留町 - Isonokami Jingu
大和神社奈良県天理市新泉町 - Oyamato Jinja, Nara
廣瀬神社奈良県北葛城郡河合町川合 - Hirose Jinja
龍田大社奈良県生駒郡三郷町立野南 - Tatsuta Taisha
住吉大社大阪市住吉区住吉二丁目 - Sumiyoshi Taisha

下八社 - - Last Seven
日吉大社滋賀県大津市坂本本町 - Hiyoshi Taisha
梅宮大社京都市右京区梅津フケノ川町 - Umenomiya Taisha
吉田神社京都市左京区吉田神楽岡町 - Yoshida Taisha
廣田神社兵庫県西宮市大社町 - Hirota Jinja
八坂神社（祇園社）京都市東山区祇園町北側 - Yasaka Jinja, Gion, Kyoto
北野天満宮京都市上京区馬喰町 - Kitano Tenmangu
丹生川上神社 - Niukawakami Jinja, Nara
- 上社奈良県吉野郡川上村迫
- 中社奈良県吉野郡東吉野村小
- 下社奈良県吉野郡下市町長谷
貴船（貴布禰）神社京都市左京区鞍馬貴船町 - Kifune (Kibune) Jinja, Kyoto

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shrines dedicated to important gods

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myoojin taisha 名神大社（みょうじんたいしゃ）Myojin Taisha
とは、日本の律令制下において、名神祭の対象となる神々（名神）を祀る神社である
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myoojin 名神（みょうじん）Myojin は
神々の中で特に古来より霊験が著しいとされる神に対する称号で . . .
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myoojin sai 名神祭（みょうじんさい）Myojin festival は
国家的事変が起こり、またはその発生が予想される際に、その解決を祈願するための臨時の国家祭祀である。
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一覧
with a long list of more than 22 from all over Japan
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The title myōjin 明神 as applied to Japanese kami is believed to evolved from an earlier term myōjin 名神 ("eminent kami"), which was used in ancient works like Engishiki to refer to kami of particularly noteworthy power.
Under the influence of the homophonic myōjin 明神 ("shining deity") found in Chinese and Buddhist texts, the latter character combination came to be applied to indigenous kami as well.

. Myoojin, Myōjin, Daimyoojin 大明神 Great Shinto Deity .

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

. Pilgrimages in Japan - Introduction .

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. Kobayashi Issa 小林一茶 - Introduction .

餅搗や松の住吉大明神
mochi tsuki ya matsu no Sumiyoshi Daimyoojin

pounding mochi rice -
the pines at Sumiyoshi
Daimyojin (shrine)

明神の猿遊ぶや秋の山
Myoojin no mashira asobu ya aki no yama

the monkeys of Myojin
are playing away -
autumn in the mountains

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