3/18/2012

Black Buddha

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Black Buddha Statue 黒仏 kurobotoke

This refers to various Buddha statues.

kuroi hotoke 黒い仏 Black Buddha
Name of a novel series.


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source : tom33aa

This is a secret statue at the temple Daitoku-Ji 大徳寺秘仏
黒仏(地蔵仏)

It is only 26 cm high and weighs 4.7 kg.
Most probably it came to Japan more than 1200 years ago.


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In Kakuon-ji temple, Kamakura
"Black Jizo festival" 黒地蔵祭り
is held on August 10 every year,.
The door of the Jizo-do house is opened from midnight 0:00 to noon and Black Jizo statue can be venerated.
In the legend, in order to alleviate the suffering of sinners to be burned in hellfire, this Jizo burned the fire on behalf of the guardian of hell. It was the reason that this Jizo statue has become a black sooty appearance.

Around 9:00 a.m. many people had already come in the inner precinct and the aroma of incense which was offered by worshippers was filled in the area in front of the Jizo-do.
source : kmachikochi.blog.


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The statue of Yakushi Nyorai at the Yakushiji temple in Nara are also black.
奈良薬師寺金堂


source : cpaint/nihon4


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黒仏いづこか春の光あり
kuro-botoke izuko ka haru no hikari ari

this black Buddha -
somewhere there is
the light of spring


. Yamaguchi Seison 山口青邨 .


source : rokusanta


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. Black Daruma 黒字の炭だるま .


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1 comment:

Gabi Greve said...

Rokuji Myoo-Oo, Rokuji Myō-ō 六字明王 Rokuji Myo-O
Enlightened King of the Six Words
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Rokuji Ten 六字天
黒六字 Black Six Words 黒仏 "Black Buddha"

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http://fudosama.blogspot.jp/2016/06/rokuji-myo-o.html
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