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Powerful iron Buddha head of Ningyocho Great Kannon-ji Temple
Oganonji Temple, which faces Ningyocho Street, is a temple of the Sho Kannon sect whose main temple is Senso-ji Temple. It is known for its large iron Buddha head with a height of 1.7m and a width of about 54cm, and the main deity of the Iron Seikanzeon Bodhisattva. The main deity is open on the 11th and 17th of every month. On that day, the door behind the statue of Kannon opens and you can see main deity.
But even when the door is opened, you can see something like a black shadow behind it. Let's go further. And let's worship from the side.
It's so powerful! The height of the Buddha's head is 1.7m. By the way, the face of the Great Buddha in Kamakura is 2.3m.
Bado stone and well
There is Bado stone in front of the stone steps leading to main hall. It is a hundred times a round trip between Bado stone and the main hall.
On the way back from worship, I found a well behind Baidu stone. Press the iron lever to pump water. Drinking seems to be beneficial, but saying, "I can't drink."
During the Kamakura period, when Masako Hojo relied on Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kyoto, he founded Shin Kiyomizu-dera Temple in Kamakura with an iron bodhisattva head as main deity. In 1258, the temple was destroyed by fire. The monk picked up the head of the Buddha from the burnt temple and moved it into the well. However, as the generation changed, the existence of the Buddha head was forgotten, and in the Edo period it was discovered in a well (Kurogane no Ii). In the early Meiji era, when the Shinto and Buddha separation order was issued, residents who regarded it as Anti-Buddhist movement tried to throw the Buddha head on the beach. Looking at it, residents of Ningyocho, Kamura Ishida, and Yamanaka U Base brought them from Kamakura and laid them at Daikanonji Temple. After that, the temple was burned in the Great Kanto Earthquake, but the Buddha head was safe. The Great Tokyo Air Raid, which burned up a nearby town, survived.
"The Wonder of Heisei"--After Great East Japan Earthquake, a strange thing happened.
After Great East Japan Earthquake, the priest Sekiguchi was surprised to open the door inside the main hall where the Buddhist head was enshrined. This is because the Buddha's head, which was always facing in front, turned slightly to the right direction (about 25 degrees). The Buddha statue standing in the foreground has not fallen. "I was surprised that the other Buddhist tools had not turned upside down at all." After seeing this "Mystery of Heisei," head priest decided to add the 11th day when the Great East Japan Earthquake occurred as a "day to think about Tohoku" and add it to the opening date.