Pilgrimage (henro) (05)
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Pilgrimage (henro, Japan)
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Spring
***** Category: Observance
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Explanation
Please read part 1 of this entry here:
Pilgrimage (henro) Part 1
Pilgrims at temple Nr. 55, Nankoo-Boo in Imabari, Shikoku.
Life is a pilgrimage!
A poster to promote the Shikoku Pilgrimage.
© Photo Gabi Greve
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My Pilgrims Guide
... group/Darumasan-Japan/message/424
... group/Darumasan-Japan/message/425
...group/Darumasan-Japan/426
Learn more about Pilgrims stamps books and all the equipment a pilgrim needs on the road.
... www.onmarkproductions.com/
Mark Schumacher
A pilgrimage to a Shinto shrine is called: Mairi
Three famous Shinto Pilgrimages
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
graves of the unknown -
pilgrims faces faded
into stone
Henro Pilgrims .. 遍路と無縁仏
Read some more of my Henro Haiku.
Shikoku Summer 2005
Gabi Greve
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竹林 上り下りの 遍路道
takebayashi nobori kudari no henromichi
bamboo grove -
the pilgrim's path leads
up and down
Gabi Greve, Shiraishi Pilgrimage, June 2006
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Early in his career, Santoka (1882-1940) was a henro.
autumn wind for all my walking . . . for all my walking . . .
"Where is the Way?" he was once asked.
"Under your feet," he replied.
Read a long article about pilgrims by Michael Hoffman .
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Related words
***** Grave (haka)
***** SAIJIKI of Japanese Ceremonies and Festivals
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posted by Gabi Greve @ 4/09/2006
6 Comments:
コメントありがとうございます。
四国、遍路のことも広く紹介いただけたら嬉しいです。
また、四国で会いましょう。
Thank you for a comment.
It is glad if you can also introduce the thing of Shikoku and a pilgrimage widely.
Moreover, let's meet in Shikoku.
flowers breeze
on the pilgrim's path ~
musical air
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The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage
The Saigoku Kannon Pilgrimage covers 33 temples dedicated to Kannon in Western Japan and is the most famous of Japanese pilgrimages. Kannon (sometimes Kanzeon or Kwannon) is the Japanese name for the bodhisattva Avalokitasvara, or Bodhisattva of Compassion, one of whose 33 manifestations (the only female one) corresponds to the Chinese bodhisattva Kuan-yin, known in the West as the "Goddess of Mercy."
Kannon's ability to take 33 different forms is the reason why there are 33 temples on this 1500-mile pilgrimage that stretches from Lake Biwa to Kobe and touches Japan's east and west coasts.
The pilgrimage route dates from the 11th Century, but many of the temples were pilgrimages in their own right beforehand and some date back to the 7th Century.
It's a "miracle pilgrimage," and each temple is associated with a miracle related to Kannon. At Kannonsho-ji, for instance, the temple is said to have been founded at the request of a merman.
With a full listing of all the temples !
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Pilgrims Haiku by Issa
Tr. David Lanoue
雪どけや順礼衆も朝の声
yuki-doke ya junrei shû mo asa no koe
melting snow--
the morning voices
of pilgrims
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行先も只秋風ぞ小順礼
yukisaki mo tada aki kaze zo kojunrei
his destination
only the autumn wind...
little pilgrim
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春風や小薮小祭小順礼
haru kaze ya ko yabu ko matsuri ko junrei
spring breeze--
a little thicket, little festival
little pilgrim
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親よぶや凧上ながら小順礼
oya yobu ya tako age nagara ko junrei
calling his parents
while his kite rises!
little pilgrim
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小順礼もらひながらや凧
ko junrei morai nagara ya ikanobori
the little pilgrim
while receiving alms
flies a kite
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散る花に順礼帳も開帳哉
chiru hana ni junreichô mo kaichô kana
into the scattering blooms
pilgrims
and Buddha
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http://haikuguy.com/issa/search.php?keywords=&romaji=junrei&comment=&year=
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fuji saku ya junrei no koe tori no koe
wisteria in bloom--
voices of pilgrims
voices of birds
Issa 1795
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cherrypoetryclub/message/31201
春風や 遍路飯くふ 仁王門
harukaze ya henro meshi kuu Niomon
spring breeze
pilgrims eating rice
Nio Gate
Masaoka Shiki,
tr. Ad G. Blankestijn
Haiku about the Nio Gate
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