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Tono Fudo Monogatari 遠野不動明王物語
Tōno Fudō Monogatari
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Yanagida Kunio 柳田國男
Tono (Toono) 遠野 is an area in Iwate, Tohoku, where old legends abound.
. Tōno monogatari 遠野物語 Legends of Tono .
. Toono Matsuri 遠野祭り Tono Festival .
Tonogo Hachimangu Shrine
Temple Fukusen-Ji is Nr. 21 on the Fudo Pilgrimage in Tohoku:
. Fukusenji 福泉寺 Fukusen-Ji .
. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .
The following collection of Fudo Myo-O statues from the Tono area are inspired by this page
- source : dostoev.exblog.jp
All photos below, unless stated otherwise, are by dostoev.
His is a wonderful long BLOG about Tono and its many wonders
不思議空間 遠野
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Tōno is located in central Iwate Prefecture, in the floodplain of the Sarugaishi River 猿ヶ石川, surrounded by a ring of mountains. Mt. Hayachine sits at the northernmost point of the city where Hanamaki, Kawai and Tōno meet. At 1,914 meters it is also the city's highest point. Mt. Rokkoushi, (1,294 meters) dominates the landscape to the east and Mt. Ishigami (1,038 meters) is the highest mountain in the west. Together these peaks form Tōno's "big three" mountains. The highest points in southern Tōno are Mt. Sadato (884 meters) on the border of Sumida and Mt. Tane (871 meters) on the borders of Sumita and Ōshū.
There is an ancient legend that in the past the hills in Miyamori blocked the Sarugaishi River creating a large lake in the Tōno area. Miyamori itself is characterized by a series of valleys to the west of Mt. Ishigami that flow west into the Sarugaishi River just below the Tase Dam.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
Mount Hayachine 早池峰 is closely related to the belief in Fudo Myo-O.
- Mount Hayachine, see below for details -
ABC list of the places.
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Hassen Jinja 八泉神社 shrine Hassen Jinja
Located in Kamigo 上郷町, just a small shrine.
The center of worship here is Fudo Myo-O. Other deities are
弥都波能売神 Mizuha no me no kami
and
大荒神 Dai Kōjin - Kojin
Modern 上郷村 Kamigo mura has various parts
上郷町板沢・上郷町佐比内・上郷町平倉・上郷町平野原・上郷町細越・上郷町来内
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Inubuchi Fudo犬淵 不動尊
Inubuchi Tsukimoushichō Shimotsukimoushi, Tōno-shi
Close to Inubuchi no Taki 犬淵の滝 Waterfall, also called Shirataki, with a shrine called 白滝神社 "White Waterfall shrine".
The main festival for Fudo at the small hall is on the 28th day of the sixth lunar month.
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source and photos : jinsan/tak51inubuchi
犬淵の白滝 Shirataki Waterfall at Inubuchi
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Komedoori no Fudo 米通の不動尊 Komedori Fudo
Komedōri Tsuchibuchichō Tochinai, Tōno-shi / 岩手県遠野市土淵町栃内米通
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This statue stands on a huge boulder, almost like on a huge tortoise.
It is located near a river, which will eventually flow and bring the soul of a diseased person to the Paradise in the West 極楽浄土.
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Kotohata no Fudo son 琴畑の不動尊 Kotohata Fudo
Kotohata Tsuchibuchichō Tochinai, Tōno-shi / 岩手県遠野市土淵町栃内琴畑
The statue had been placed in the shrine
Hayachine Jinja 早池峰神社
But in the Meiji period, it had been placed in its own Fudo Hall 不動堂 to mark a distinction between Shinto and Buddhism.
Now the place is called
Shirataki Jinja白滝神社 "Shrine of the White Waterfall".
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Kotohatagawa 琴畑川 is the name of a river flowing in Tono.
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Mataichi no taki 不動尊 (又一の滝) Mataichi Waterfall
With a stone statue of Fudo Myo-O 不動の滝 Fudo Waterfall
related to Mount Hayachine
The waterfall is located at Mount Yakushidake薬師岳 (2038 m), East of Iwate volcano. It is about 20 meters long and 5 meters wide, .
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不動の滝 Fudo Waterfall
A little walk left of the Yakushi Hall 薬師堂.
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source : www.iwatetabi.jp
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Iwate Volcano － Iwate Kazan 岩手火山
1: Introduction
Iwate Volcano is an active volcano situated about 18 km north of Iwate City with three known records of eruptions even for the limited time span since Edo period. From March 1998 seismic activity became vigorous with crustal deformations suggesting underground movement of magma. It didn't lead to eruption, however.
... Higashi-Iwate Volcano repeated mountain-building activity cycles three times, each of which consisted of 10,000 to 20,000 years' eruptions followed by dormant periods. These are named Higashi - Iwate - Onimata stage, Higashi - Iwate - Hirakasafudo stage, and Higashi - Iwate - Yakushidake stage, respectively, in ascending order.
4.5 Higashi-Iwate - Hirakasa Fudo stage
About 30,000 yBP, NE part of Nishi-Iwate Volcano collapsed forming Yamakozawa debris avalanche. After this, Hirakasa Fudo Volcano was formed by 20,000 yBP with its center around the place where current Yakushidake stands. Hirakasa Fudo Volcano is a basaltic stratovolcano overlying Nishi - Iwate Volcano in the north and Onimata Volcano in the south.
4.7 Higashi-Iwate - Yakushidake stage
About 7,000 yBP, Hirakasa Fudo Volcano collapsed towards NE resulted in Hirakasa debris avalanche . . . Third Yakushidake lavas were erupted after the eruption of Oide scoria and distributed in NE rim of Yakushi crater, Fudodaira / Fudotaira 不動平, and north and east foot areas. owards the end of these activities, a little amount of silicic glassy ash ( Yakushidake - Fudotaira ash ) was ejected.
- source : gbank.gsj.jp/volcano-AV
東岩手－ 平笠不動 ステージ Hirakasa Fudo stage
平笠不動火山が2万年前までに形成された.
御不動平坂峰 Fudo Hirasaka
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Yobiishi, Yobi-Ishi 不動尊（呼石）shrine Yobi-Ishi
(maybe "stone to call the deity"
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This little shrine was originally built by 神田阿部マキ Kanta Abe Maki. Nearby is a small rivulet.
The deity venerated here is Fudo Myo-O, who's name is carved in the stone.
The name of the area is also 神田(カンタ) Kanta. Nearby villagers now take turns each year to care for the place.
- not related -
呼石大明神 Yobi-Ishi Daimyojin
A huge stone in Hanamaki, Iwate
- source : home.s01.itscom.net/sahara
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- Fudo TBA -
遠野不思議 第七百八十九話「不動尊(小烏瀬川)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十七話「不動尊(九重沢 奥宮)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十六話「不動尊(九重沢)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十五話「不動尊(荒川)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十四話「不動尊(女滝)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十三話「不動尊(東禅寺)」
- source : dostoev.exblog.jp
- - - and more deities to be explored
遠野不思議 第七百三十話「和野の経塚」Kyozuka
遠野不思議 第七百四話「多賀神社の御神体」Taga Jinja
遠野不思議 第六百二十話「早池峰神社仁王像？」Hayachine Jinja
遠野不思議 第五百九十五話「隠れキリシタンの仏像」Christian deities
遠野不思議 第四百六十一話「中妻観音」 Kannon
遠野不思議 第二百四十七話「綾織の疱瘡神」Hosogami - smallpox
- - - deity for the breast 乳神様
「土淵の白い鳥居の乳神様」
「乳母石」
「乳神の石」
「松崎の妻の神 乳神様(栄養不足の母親達の供養碑)
「乳神様」
- - - and more to explore
http://dostoev.exblog.jp/i23/
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Hayachine san 早池峰山 Mount Hayachine
at 1,917 m (6,289 ft), is the highest mountain in the Kitakami Range and the second highest in Iwate Prefecture after Mount Iwate.
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Mt. Hayachine is unusual in that it lies farther east than other large mountains on Honshu and the land in this area is the oldest in Japan. As such there are flower species that are unique to this mountain.
- - - the WIKIPEDIA !
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Mt. Hayachine – mountain of the gods
The second highest mountain in Iwate
The Mt. Hayachine area consists of several peaks, notably its 1917m-high summit, Kengamine to the east and Nakadake and Keitosan to the west, extending over more than 10 kilometers. Mt. Hayachine is the highest peak in the Kitakami mountain range, and is counted in the book, “One Hundred Mountains in Japan”, by Fukada Kyuya (1903-1971).
The neighbors of the mountain, as well as the lord of the Morioka domain, felt deep reverence for it as a site of ancient mountain worship.
The appeal of this mountain lies in its various kinds of alpine flora, starting with Hayachine Usu Yuki So. Hikers have always been fascinated by this beautiful flora growing and blooming in such a harsh natural environment.
The area of this precious mountain and Mt. Yakushidake, a mountain south of Hayachine, is designated as a special natural treasure and a quasi-national park, and great care is taken to conserve its environment.
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The view from the top of the mountain is magnificent: a field of alpine flowers, a dense forest below, and the ridge lines of Mt. Yakushidake to the south. Around the summit, there are many oddly-shaped rocks which have become objects of religious faith. “Buchi Ishi,” located in the middle of the Kawara no Bo trail (see the picture above), has a folk story about a tengu (long-nosed goblin) that hit his head on this rock.
The second Sunday in June is the opening day of the hiking season at Mt. Hayachine. Many hikers from Iwate and other prefectures gather at the top of the mountain, which holds the innermost sanctuary of Hayachine Shrine. Surrounded by hikers, Shinto priests pray for safe hiking and the sacred local dance, Hayachine Take Kagura, is performed in dedication to the god of the shrine.
Hayachine Mountain Museum
Take Guest Houses
- source : mt_hayachine
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Hayachine Jinja 早池峰神社 Hayachine Shrine
Ooha sama 大迫様 - Ohasama is venerated in Hanamaki, Iwate.
located in the Take region of Iwate
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Seoritsu Hime no Mikoto 瀬織津姫命 / 瀬織津比売 / 瀬織津媛
(?? another name for Amaterasu Omikami 天照大御神)
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- source : www.genbu.net
Three young female deities of Hayachine 若き三人の女神
遠野三山の神々と「母の神」の社
早池峯神社 - - 瀬織津姫命 - Hayachine Jinja - Seoritsu Hime (Seori-Tsu Hime)
六神石神社 - - 大己貴命、誉田別命 - Rokkoishi Jinja - Oanamuji no mikoto
石上神社 - - 経津主命、伊邪那美命、稲蒼魂命 Ishigami Jinja - Izanami
伊豆神社 - - 瀬織津姫命 - Izu Jinja - Seoritsu Hime
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source and details : furindo/seoritu_toono
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Haraedo 祓戸
The tutelary kami of a place (do) for the performance of purification (harae).
... The haraedo no kami 祓所神 refers to the four kami mentioned by name in the Ōharae no norito for the Great Purification observed on the last day of the sixth month, namely
Seoritsuhime, Hayaakitsuhime (Haya-Akitsu-Hime), Ibukidonushi, and Hayasasurahime.
These four kami purify the Central Land from its imperfections (tsumi) and pollution (kegare), but since the four names are not found in the Kojiki and Nihongi, it is unclear what deities they might refer to in those two works.
Most theories suggest the four are the same kami produced by Izanagi during his purification at Awagihara. Motoori Norinaga, for example, identified Seoritsuhime with Yasomagatsuhi no kami (Yaso-Magatsuhi) ヤソマガツヒ / 八十禍津日神,
Hayaakitsuhime with Izunome no kami, and Ibukidonushi with Kamunaobi no kami.
Some theories further associate Hayasasurahime with Kazaketsuwakenooshio no kami, while still others suggest that the three kami of Sumiyoshi (Uwazutsunoo, Nakazutsunoo, Sokozutsunoo ) should be included with the haraedo no kami.
- source : Matsubara Seiji, Kokugakuin 2005
. 円空と瀬織津姫 Enku and Princess Seoritsu Hime .
Book by 菊池展明 Kikuchi
. Hayachine Kagura 早池峰神楽 .
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .
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Tono Fudo Monogatari 遠野不動明王物語
Tōno Fudō Monogatari
Yanagida Kunio 柳田國男
Tono (Toono) 遠野 is an area in Iwate, Tohoku, where old legends abound.
. Tōno monogatari 遠野物語 Legends of Tono .
. Toono Matsuri 遠野祭り Tono Festival .
Tonogo Hachimangu Shrine
Temple Fukusen-Ji is Nr. 21 on the Fudo Pilgrimage in Tohoku:
. Fukusenji 福泉寺 Fukusen-Ji .
. Fudō Myō-ō, Fudoo Myoo-Oo 不動明王 Fudo Myo-O
Acala Vidyârâja - Vidyaraja - Fudo Myoo .
The following collection of Fudo Myo-O statues from the Tono area are inspired by this page
- source : dostoev.exblog.jp
All photos below, unless stated otherwise, are by dostoev.
His is a wonderful long BLOG about Tono and its many wonders
不思議空間 遠野
under conctruction
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Tōno is located in central Iwate Prefecture, in the floodplain of the Sarugaishi River 猿ヶ石川, surrounded by a ring of mountains. Mt. Hayachine sits at the northernmost point of the city where Hanamaki, Kawai and Tōno meet. At 1,914 meters it is also the city's highest point. Mt. Rokkoushi, (1,294 meters) dominates the landscape to the east and Mt. Ishigami (1,038 meters) is the highest mountain in the west. Together these peaks form Tōno's "big three" mountains. The highest points in southern Tōno are Mt. Sadato (884 meters) on the border of Sumida and Mt. Tane (871 meters) on the borders of Sumita and Ōshū.
There is an ancient legend that in the past the hills in Miyamori blocked the Sarugaishi River creating a large lake in the Tōno area. Miyamori itself is characterized by a series of valleys to the west of Mt. Ishigami that flow west into the Sarugaishi River just below the Tase Dam.
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !
Mount Hayachine 早池峰 is closely related to the belief in Fudo Myo-O.
- Mount Hayachine, see below for details -
ABC list of the places.
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Hassen Jinja 八泉神社 shrine Hassen Jinja
Located in Kamigo 上郷町, just a small shrine.
The center of worship here is Fudo Myo-O. Other deities are
弥都波能売神 Mizuha no me no kami
and
大荒神 Dai Kōjin - Kojin
Modern 上郷村 Kamigo mura has various parts
上郷町板沢・上郷町佐比内・上郷町平倉・上郷町平野原・上郷町細越・上郷町来内
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Inubuchi Fudo犬淵 不動尊
Inubuchi Tsukimoushichō Shimotsukimoushi, Tōno-shi
Close to Inubuchi no Taki 犬淵の滝 Waterfall, also called Shirataki, with a shrine called 白滝神社 "White Waterfall shrine".
The main festival for Fudo at the small hall is on the 28th day of the sixth lunar month.
source and photos : jinsan/tak51inubuchi
犬淵の白滝 Shirataki Waterfall at Inubuchi
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Komedoori no Fudo 米通の不動尊 Komedori Fudo
Komedōri Tsuchibuchichō Tochinai, Tōno-shi / 岩手県遠野市土淵町栃内米通
This statue stands on a huge boulder, almost like on a huge tortoise.
It is located near a river, which will eventually flow and bring the soul of a diseased person to the Paradise in the West 極楽浄土.
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Kotohata no Fudo son 琴畑の不動尊 Kotohata Fudo
Kotohata Tsuchibuchichō Tochinai, Tōno-shi / 岩手県遠野市土淵町栃内琴畑
The statue had been placed in the shrine
Hayachine Jinja 早池峰神社
But in the Meiji period, it had been placed in its own Fudo Hall 不動堂 to mark a distinction between Shinto and Buddhism.
Now the place is called
Shirataki Jinja白滝神社 "Shrine of the White Waterfall".
Kotohatagawa 琴畑川 is the name of a river flowing in Tono.
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Mataichi no taki 不動尊 (又一の滝) Mataichi Waterfall
With a stone statue of Fudo Myo-O 不動の滝 Fudo Waterfall
related to Mount Hayachine
The waterfall is located at Mount Yakushidake薬師岳 (2038 m), East of Iwate volcano. It is about 20 meters long and 5 meters wide, .
不動の滝 Fudo Waterfall
A little walk left of the Yakushi Hall 薬師堂.
source : www.iwatetabi.jp
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Iwate Volcano － Iwate Kazan 岩手火山
1: Introduction
Iwate Volcano is an active volcano situated about 18 km north of Iwate City with three known records of eruptions even for the limited time span since Edo period. From March 1998 seismic activity became vigorous with crustal deformations suggesting underground movement of magma. It didn't lead to eruption, however.
... Higashi-Iwate Volcano repeated mountain-building activity cycles three times, each of which consisted of 10,000 to 20,000 years' eruptions followed by dormant periods. These are named Higashi - Iwate - Onimata stage, Higashi - Iwate - Hirakasafudo stage, and Higashi - Iwate - Yakushidake stage, respectively, in ascending order.
4.5 Higashi-Iwate - Hirakasa Fudo stage
About 30,000 yBP, NE part of Nishi-Iwate Volcano collapsed forming Yamakozawa debris avalanche. After this, Hirakasa Fudo Volcano was formed by 20,000 yBP with its center around the place where current Yakushidake stands. Hirakasa Fudo Volcano is a basaltic stratovolcano overlying Nishi - Iwate Volcano in the north and Onimata Volcano in the south.
4.7 Higashi-Iwate - Yakushidake stage
About 7,000 yBP, Hirakasa Fudo Volcano collapsed towards NE resulted in Hirakasa debris avalanche . . . Third Yakushidake lavas were erupted after the eruption of Oide scoria and distributed in NE rim of Yakushi crater, Fudodaira / Fudotaira 不動平, and north and east foot areas. owards the end of these activities, a little amount of silicic glassy ash ( Yakushidake - Fudotaira ash ) was ejected.
- source : gbank.gsj.jp/volcano-AV
東岩手－ 平笠不動 ステージ Hirakasa Fudo stage
平笠不動火山が2万年前までに形成された.
御不動平坂峰 Fudo Hirasaka
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Yobiishi, Yobi-Ishi 不動尊（呼石）shrine Yobi-Ishi
(maybe "stone to call the deity"
This little shrine was originally built by 神田阿部マキ Kanta Abe Maki. Nearby is a small rivulet.
The deity venerated here is Fudo Myo-O, who's name is carved in the stone.
The name of the area is also 神田(カンタ) Kanta. Nearby villagers now take turns each year to care for the place.
- not related -
呼石大明神 Yobi-Ishi Daimyojin
A huge stone in Hanamaki, Iwate
- source : home.s01.itscom.net/sahara
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- Fudo TBA -
遠野不思議 第七百八十九話「不動尊(小烏瀬川)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十七話「不動尊(九重沢 奥宮)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十六話「不動尊(九重沢)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十五話「不動尊(荒川)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十四話「不動尊(女滝)」
遠野不思議 第七百八十三話「不動尊(東禅寺)」
- source : dostoev.exblog.jp
- - - and more deities to be explored
遠野不思議 第七百三十話「和野の経塚」Kyozuka
遠野不思議 第七百四話「多賀神社の御神体」Taga Jinja
遠野不思議 第六百二十話「早池峰神社仁王像？」Hayachine Jinja
遠野不思議 第五百九十五話「隠れキリシタンの仏像」Christian deities
遠野不思議 第四百六十一話「中妻観音」 Kannon
遠野不思議 第二百四十七話「綾織の疱瘡神」Hosogami - smallpox
- - - deity for the breast 乳神様
「土淵の白い鳥居の乳神様」
「乳母石」
「乳神の石」
「松崎の妻の神 乳神様(栄養不足の母親達の供養碑)
「乳神様」
- - - and more to explore
http://dostoev.exblog.jp/i23/
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Hayachine san 早池峰山 Mount Hayachine
at 1,917 m (6,289 ft), is the highest mountain in the Kitakami Range and the second highest in Iwate Prefecture after Mount Iwate.
Mt. Hayachine is unusual in that it lies farther east than other large mountains on Honshu and the land in this area is the oldest in Japan. As such there are flower species that are unique to this mountain.
- - - the WIKIPEDIA !
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Mt. Hayachine – mountain of the gods
The second highest mountain in Iwate
The Mt. Hayachine area consists of several peaks, notably its 1917m-high summit, Kengamine to the east and Nakadake and Keitosan to the west, extending over more than 10 kilometers. Mt. Hayachine is the highest peak in the Kitakami mountain range, and is counted in the book, “One Hundred Mountains in Japan”, by Fukada Kyuya (1903-1971).
The neighbors of the mountain, as well as the lord of the Morioka domain, felt deep reverence for it as a site of ancient mountain worship.
The appeal of this mountain lies in its various kinds of alpine flora, starting with Hayachine Usu Yuki So. Hikers have always been fascinated by this beautiful flora growing and blooming in such a harsh natural environment.
The area of this precious mountain and Mt. Yakushidake, a mountain south of Hayachine, is designated as a special natural treasure and a quasi-national park, and great care is taken to conserve its environment.
The view from the top of the mountain is magnificent: a field of alpine flowers, a dense forest below, and the ridge lines of Mt. Yakushidake to the south. Around the summit, there are many oddly-shaped rocks which have become objects of religious faith. “Buchi Ishi,” located in the middle of the Kawara no Bo trail (see the picture above), has a folk story about a tengu (long-nosed goblin) that hit his head on this rock.
The second Sunday in June is the opening day of the hiking season at Mt. Hayachine. Many hikers from Iwate and other prefectures gather at the top of the mountain, which holds the innermost sanctuary of Hayachine Shrine. Surrounded by hikers, Shinto priests pray for safe hiking and the sacred local dance, Hayachine Take Kagura, is performed in dedication to the god of the shrine.
Hayachine Mountain Museum
Take Guest Houses
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Hayachine Jinja 早池峰神社 Hayachine Shrine
Ooha sama 大迫様 - Ohasama is venerated in Hanamaki, Iwate.
located in the Take region of Iwate
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Seoritsu Hime no Mikoto 瀬織津姫命 / 瀬織津比売 / 瀬織津媛
(?? another name for Amaterasu Omikami 天照大御神)
- source : www.genbu.net
Three young female deities of Hayachine 若き三人の女神
遠野三山の神々と「母の神」の社
早池峯神社 - - 瀬織津姫命 - Hayachine Jinja - Seoritsu Hime (Seori-Tsu Hime)
六神石神社 - - 大己貴命、誉田別命 - Rokkoishi Jinja - Oanamuji no mikoto
石上神社 - - 経津主命、伊邪那美命、稲蒼魂命 Ishigami Jinja - Izanami
伊豆神社 - - 瀬織津姫命 - Izu Jinja - Seoritsu Hime
source and details : furindo/seoritu_toono
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Haraedo 祓戸
The tutelary kami of a place (do) for the performance of purification (harae).
... The haraedo no kami 祓所神 refers to the four kami mentioned by name in the Ōharae no norito for the Great Purification observed on the last day of the sixth month, namely
Seoritsuhime, Hayaakitsuhime (Haya-Akitsu-Hime), Ibukidonushi, and Hayasasurahime.
These four kami purify the Central Land from its imperfections (tsumi) and pollution (kegare), but since the four names are not found in the Kojiki and Nihongi, it is unclear what deities they might refer to in those two works.
Most theories suggest the four are the same kami produced by Izanagi during his purification at Awagihara. Motoori Norinaga, for example, identified Seoritsuhime with Yasomagatsuhi no kami (Yaso-Magatsuhi) ヤソマガツヒ / 八十禍津日神,
Hayaakitsuhime with Izunome no kami, and Ibukidonushi with Kamunaobi no kami.
Some theories further associate Hayasasurahime with Kazaketsuwakenooshio no kami, while still others suggest that the three kami of Sumiyoshi (Uwazutsunoo, Nakazutsunoo, Sokozutsunoo ) should be included with the haraedo no kami.
- source : Matsubara Seiji, Kokugakuin 2005
. 円空と瀬織津姫 Enku and Princess Seoritsu Hime .
Book by 菊池展明 Kikuchi
. Hayachine Kagura 早池峰神楽 .
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. Pilgrimages to Fudo Temples 不動明王巡礼
Fudo Myo-O Junrei - Fudo Pilgrims - INTRODUCTION .
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