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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 the Buddha of Medicine - Bhaisajyaguru
Legends from Tohoku 東北と薬師さん
Michinoku no Yakushiみちのくの薬師如来 仏像
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- source : letuce's room
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Legends from the Prefectures .
- Introduction -
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Below in ABC order of the prefectures:
Akita - tba
Aomori
Fukushima
Iwate
Miyagi
Yamagata
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Aomori 青森県
南部路 In the Southern Parts
七戸町 Shichinohe town
Yamaya Yakushidoo 山屋薬師堂 Yamaya Yakushi-Do Hall
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This hall used to be in the Southern Plain of Shichinohe.
That location was difficult to visit for prayers.
Once someone passed by, became very tired and took a nap, but then realized there was a wildfire. When he tried to run away his leg got caught in a vine. He fell down and hurt his eye on a udo plant (（独活、Aralia cordata）.
So until our times people come here to pray to Yakushi to heal their eye diseases.
And nobody is allowed to eat the udo plant.
The statue of Yakushi is made from one piece of the katsura tree 桂の木 (Japanese Judas tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum), dating back to the Heian period.
On the 8th day of the fourth lunar month ４月８日 (now celebrated on April 8) many people come here to pray.
The place was also used by the mountain ascetics and their hall for mountain worship was called 薬王院 Yakuo-In. During the Meiji period, it was re-named to Yakushi-Do Hall.
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In the precincts are two large 狛犬 koma-inu, dedicated by the shipping company of Hoeimaru Yohachiro 運送船頭宝永丸與八郎 in 1861.
Now there is no priest in residence here any more and the temple 瑞龍寺 Zuiryu-Ji, the clan temple of the Nanbu clan takes care of it.
- source : www.aotabi.com
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薬師の湯 Yakushi no Yu onsen hot spring
at Osorezan 恐山 - 青森県むつ市田名部字宇曽利山３－２
At the Osorezan Hot Spring area, there are many different kinds of baths.
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A small bath with beautiful green color, for men and women taking turns.
- Look at more photos from the various hot baths
- source : www.geocities.jp/nara_no_daibutu2
. Osorezan Taisai 恐山大祭 Great Festival at Mount Osorezan.
During the main festival in summer, many people come to get in contact with their lost loved ones through the blind Itako shamans.
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Fukushima 福島県
Kaki no ki 柿の木, 薬師様 o-tsuge お告げ persimmon trees and an announcement for Yakushi
In a small village in 北会津村 North Aizu there is a religious restriction 禁忌 related to the belief in Yakushi Nyorai, not to plant any persimmon trees.
Around the year 1922 the farmers tried to get rid of this restriction during the efforts to regulate farming land. Most elders of the villge did not agree to this but in the end they all called a priest and asked him to instruct Yakushi that from now on they would plant persimmon trees 「植えてもよい」.
And indeed, nothing happened when they started planting trees.
. Persimmon (kaki 柿)- Introduction .
耶麻郡 Yama Gun 高郷村 Takasato village
Yakushi Nyorai is said to be a deity to protect the abdomen 腹の神.
His festival in on August 8/9. Children 2 years of age have to visit the Yakushi Temple and lick at the moss of the steps 階段の苔 to keep them safe from stomach ailments.
There is also a Yakushi-Do 北山漆薬師堂
耶麻郡 北塩原村 at Kita Shiobara Village in Aizu.
. Aizu Wakamatsu 会津若松 Yakushi Pilgrims 薬師参り .
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Iwate 岩手県
岩手町 Iwate town
Yakushi Sama no Matsu no Ki 薬師様の松の木 The pine tree of Yakushi
Around 1940 the Pine Tree of Yakushi was sold. When the tree was cut down just like that, they found below it the figure of a woman who had been ill and died.
Sacred trees of a shrine should have a proper ritual before they are cut down. 神社の木は祈祷.
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Miyagi 宮城県
. Yakushi Nyorai Legends from Miyagi 宮城県 .
Kinoshita no Yakushi 木ノ下の薬師 Yakushi from Kinoshita village
nabe Yakushi 鍋薬師 Yakushi and the cooking pot
nure Yakushi 濡れ薬師 Yakushi who got wet
Shiga no Yakushi 志賀の薬師 Yakushi from Shiga village
shio no Yakushi 塩の薬師 Yakushi and Salt
sugi Yakushi 杉薬師 Yakushi and the cedar tree
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Yamagata 山梨県
. Yakushisan, Yakushi San 薬師山 Mount Yakushi .
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. Yakushi no Yu 薬師の湯 / Yakushiyu 薬師湯 Yakushi Hot Spring .
お薬師さん 温泉 - Yakushi and Onsen Hot springs
many come with their own legend
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- - - - - reference - - - - -
Monsters, legends and Yakushi妖怪データベース
- source : nichibun yokai database
YAKUSHI NYORAI, YAKUSHI TATHĀGATA Buddha of Medicine and Healing
Yakushi literally means Medicine Teacher
Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli
(Jp. = Jōruri 浄瑠璃, Skt. = Vaiduryanirbhasa).
Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō薬師瑠璃光,
meaning Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
Commonly shown holding medicine jar in left hand.
Among the 88 temples on the well-trodden Shikoku Pilgrimage, 23 are dedicated to Yakushi, second only to the 29 sites dedicated to Kannon (Goddess of Mercy).
- source : Mark Schumacher -
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. Yakushi Nyorai - 薬師如来 - Introduction .
The Three Great Yakushi Statues of Tohoku 東北の三大薬師
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- source : letuce's room
tba
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. Yakushi Pilgrims INFO - INTRODUCTION .
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Legends from the Prefectures .
- Introduction -
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 place names .
many come with their own legend
. minwa 民話 Japaese folktales / densetsu 伝説 legends .
. O-Mamori お守り Amulets and Talismans .
. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .
. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011 .
A tribute to Tohoku.
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. Yakushipedia - ABC-Index 薬師如来 .
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Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 the Buddha of Medicine - Bhaisajyaguru
Legends from Tohoku 東北と薬師さん
Michinoku no Yakushiみちのくの薬師如来 仏像
- source : letuce's room
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Legends from the Prefectures .
- Introduction -
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Below in ABC order of the prefectures:
Akita - tba
Aomori
Fukushima
Iwate
Miyagi
Yamagata
..............................................................................................................................................
Aomori 青森県
南部路 In the Southern Parts
七戸町 Shichinohe town
Yamaya Yakushidoo 山屋薬師堂 Yamaya Yakushi-Do Hall
This hall used to be in the Southern Plain of Shichinohe.
That location was difficult to visit for prayers.
Once someone passed by, became very tired and took a nap, but then realized there was a wildfire. When he tried to run away his leg got caught in a vine. He fell down and hurt his eye on a udo plant (（独活、Aralia cordata）.
So until our times people come here to pray to Yakushi to heal their eye diseases.
And nobody is allowed to eat the udo plant.
The statue of Yakushi is made from one piece of the katsura tree 桂の木 (Japanese Judas tree, Cercidiphyllum japonicum), dating back to the Heian period.
On the 8th day of the fourth lunar month ４月８日 (now celebrated on April 8) many people come here to pray.
The place was also used by the mountain ascetics and their hall for mountain worship was called 薬王院 Yakuo-In. During the Meiji period, it was re-named to Yakushi-Do Hall.
In the precincts are two large 狛犬 koma-inu, dedicated by the shipping company of Hoeimaru Yohachiro 運送船頭宝永丸與八郎 in 1861.
Now there is no priest in residence here any more and the temple 瑞龍寺 Zuiryu-Ji, the clan temple of the Nanbu clan takes care of it.
- source : www.aotabi.com
.......................................................................
薬師の湯 Yakushi no Yu onsen hot spring
at Osorezan 恐山 - 青森県むつ市田名部字宇曽利山３－２
At the Osorezan Hot Spring area, there are many different kinds of baths.
A small bath with beautiful green color, for men and women taking turns.
- Look at more photos from the various hot baths
- source : www.geocities.jp/nara_no_daibutu2
. Osorezan Taisai 恐山大祭 Great Festival at Mount Osorezan.
During the main festival in summer, many people come to get in contact with their lost loved ones through the blind Itako shamans.
..............................................................................................................................................
Fukushima 福島県
Kaki no ki 柿の木, 薬師様 o-tsuge お告げ persimmon trees and an announcement for Yakushi
In a small village in 北会津村 North Aizu there is a religious restriction 禁忌 related to the belief in Yakushi Nyorai, not to plant any persimmon trees.
Around the year 1922 the farmers tried to get rid of this restriction during the efforts to regulate farming land. Most elders of the villge did not agree to this but in the end they all called a priest and asked him to instruct Yakushi that from now on they would plant persimmon trees 「植えてもよい」.
And indeed, nothing happened when they started planting trees.
. Persimmon (kaki 柿)- Introduction .
耶麻郡 Yama Gun 高郷村 Takasato village
Yakushi Nyorai is said to be a deity to protect the abdomen 腹の神.
His festival in on August 8/9. Children 2 years of age have to visit the Yakushi Temple and lick at the moss of the steps 階段の苔 to keep them safe from stomach ailments.
There is also a Yakushi-Do 北山漆薬師堂
耶麻郡 北塩原村 at Kita Shiobara Village in Aizu.
. Aizu Wakamatsu 会津若松 Yakushi Pilgrims 薬師参り .
..............................................................................................................................................
Iwate 岩手県
岩手町 Iwate town
Yakushi Sama no Matsu no Ki 薬師様の松の木 The pine tree of Yakushi
Around 1940 the Pine Tree of Yakushi was sold. When the tree was cut down just like that, they found below it the figure of a woman who had been ill and died.
Sacred trees of a shrine should have a proper ritual before they are cut down. 神社の木は祈祷.
..............................................................................................................................................
..............................................................................................................................................
Miyagi 宮城県
. Yakushi Nyorai Legends from Miyagi 宮城県 .
Kinoshita no Yakushi 木ノ下の薬師 Yakushi from Kinoshita village
nabe Yakushi 鍋薬師 Yakushi and the cooking pot
nure Yakushi 濡れ薬師 Yakushi who got wet
Shiga no Yakushi 志賀の薬師 Yakushi from Shiga village
shio no Yakushi 塩の薬師 Yakushi and Salt
sugi Yakushi 杉薬師 Yakushi and the cedar tree
..............................................................................................................................................
Yamagata 山梨県
. Yakushisan, Yakushi San 薬師山 Mount Yakushi .
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. Yakushi no Yu 薬師の湯 / Yakushiyu 薬師湯 Yakushi Hot Spring .
お薬師さん 温泉 - Yakushi and Onsen Hot springs
many come with their own legend
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
- - - - - reference - - - - -
Monsters, legends and Yakushi妖怪データベース
- source : nichibun yokai database
YAKUSHI NYORAI, YAKUSHI TATHĀGATA Buddha of Medicine and Healing
Yakushi literally means Medicine Teacher
Lord of the Eastern Paradise of Pure Lapis Lazuli
(Jp. = Jōruri 浄瑠璃, Skt. = Vaiduryanirbhasa).
Yakushi’s full name is Yakushi-rurikō薬師瑠璃光,
meaning Medicine Master of Lapis Lazuli Radiance.
Commonly shown holding medicine jar in left hand.
Among the 88 temples on the well-trodden Shikoku Pilgrimage, 23 are dedicated to Yakushi, second only to the 29 sites dedicated to Kannon (Goddess of Mercy).
- source : Mark Schumacher -
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. Yakushi Nyorai - 薬師如来 - Introduction .
The Three Great Yakushi Statues of Tohoku 東北の三大薬師
- source : letuce's room
tba
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Join the friends on facebook !
. Yakushi Pilgrims INFO - INTRODUCTION .
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 Legends from the Prefectures .
- Introduction -
. Yakushi Nyorai 薬師如来 place names .
many come with their own legend
. minwa 民話 Japaese folktales / densetsu 伝説 legends .
. O-Mamori お守り Amulets and Talismans .
. Japan - Shrines and Temples - ABC .
. Japan after the BIG earthquake March 11, 2011 .
A tribute to Tohoku.
[ . BACK to DARUMA MUSEUM . TOP . ]
[ . BACK to WORLDKIGO . TOP . ]
- #yakushinyoraitohoku #yakushilegendstohoku #yakushitohoku -
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