#nariaiji

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A copy of the Nariaiji Sankei Mandara (成相寺参詣曼荼羅), a mandala depicting the layout of Nariaiji Temple (成相寺) in present-day Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture populated by various pilgrims dating to the Muromachi period (1336-1573)

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“A View of Amanohashidate” (天橋立図) by Sesshū (雪舟), painted 1501-1506, with Nariaiji Temple (成相寺) visible in the upper right, then known as Seyasan Nariaiji (世野山成相寺) rather than Nariaisan Nariaiji (成相山成相寺), located in present-day Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture

Ink and light pigment on paper, from the collection of the Kyoto National Museum

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Stone sculpted pagodas and images of various Buddhist deities on the grounds of Nariaiji Temple (成相寺) in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture

Photo by KimonBerlin on November 27, 2009

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The five-storied pagoda at Nariaiji Temple (成相寺) in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, a 1998 reconstruction of a structure dating back to the Kamakura period (1185-1333)

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The pilgrims’ hymn for Nariaiji Temple (成相寺) in Miyazu, Kyoto Prefecture, from a hymnal for the thirty-three temples of the western pilgrimage circuit dedicated to Kannon Bodhisattva (観音菩薩)

My own rough, tentative translation follows:

Number Twenty-Eight: Mount Nariai Nariaiji Temple (Shingon School) in Yosano District, Tango Province

Nariaiji, Miyazu City, Kyoto Prefecture

A hymn for Holy Kannon:

The roar of the waves And the rustling of the pines Flow together at Nariai, blowing across The bridge up to the heavens

Image from “Saigoku Sanjūsansho Goeika” (西国三十三所 御詠歌) edited by Tomita Haruyuki (冨田晴行), published by Ryūshōdō (隆昌堂) in Osaka, 1995 reprint of the 1973 edition, unpaginated accordion book