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東京には、このような おふだが ある 神社や お寺が たくさん あります。しょうかいしましょう。
むさしみたけじんじゃ

1 武蔵御嶽神社（Musashi Mitake Jinja Shrine）
じゅうしょと う きょう と

お う め しみ たけさん

【住所】 東 京 都青梅市御岳山 176（Access :176 Mitakesan, Ome-shi, Tokyo）【URL】 http://musashimitakejinja.jp/

Musashi Mitake Jinja Shrine became widely known, when
Gyouki, a famous monk, enshrined a statue of god there
in 736 AD. People in power and samurais supported theshrine, and the armors, swords, and other treasures that they
donated are now classified as Important Cultural Properties.
Japanese wolf is enshrined there as a messenger of gods.
According to legend, a Japanese wolf saved Yamato Takeru
a long time ago. These days dog owners visit the shrine topray for their pet’ s health.

む さし み たけじんじゃ

武蔵御嶽神社じんだいじ

2 深大寺（Jindaiji Temple）
じゅうしょと う きょう と ちょう ふ

し じん だ い じ もとまち

【住所】 東 京 都 調 布市深大寺元町 5-15-1（Access :5-15-1 Jindaijimotomachi, Chofu-shi, Tokyo）【URL】 https://www.jindaiji.or.jp/The photograph on the left shows doorway to astore near the Jindaiji Temple. On a column is atalisman with a strange image of Ganzandaishi, amonk who lived in the Heian Period. This is how
he appeared when he chased away the god ofplague during an epidemic. Because he appeared
as a horned demon, the talisman is also referred

がん ざ ん だ い し

元三大師のおふだto as “Tsunodaishi no ofuda.” The talisman placed
みせいちぐち店の入口にはられたおふだin the doorway is believed to protect a home fromdiseases. The talisman is available from JindaijiTemple and other temples, that are related toGanzandaishi, in Tokyo and elsewhere is Japan,
and many people buy it to this day. Jindaiji Temple
is the second oldest temple in Tokyo (The oldestis Sensoji Temple in Asakusa). The temple is also
famous for the Daruma market held on March 3

じ ん だ い じ ほんどう

深大寺本堂

and 4. It is one of the largest Daruma market in

がん ざ ん だ い しJapan with more than 50,000 visitors each year.

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じ ょ うじゅいんたこやくし3 成就院（蛸薬師）（Jojuin Temple）
じゅうしょと う きょう とめ ぐろ く しも め ぐろ

【住所】 東 京 都目黒区下目黒 3-11-11（Access：3-11-11 Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo）【URL】 http://www.jyoujyuin.jp/

The talisman of Jojuin Temple depicts the figureof Akiha Gongen, the god of Akihasan Mountainin Shizuoka Prefecture. This god has a power toじょうじゅいんほんどう

え成 就 院本堂とたこの絵

extinguish fire and was widely worshipped in Edo, which suffered from frequent fires.
Tokugawa Iemitsu, the third shogun of Edo Period, enshrined this god to protect
Edo from fire. “Akihabara,” the famous town name, derives from Akiha Gongen.
People place this talisman in kitchen and other places where fire is used, in hopes ofpreventing a fire. (The statue of Akiha Gongen is currently not shown to the public.)
Jojuin Temple is also known as Takoyakushi. Jikaku Daishi, a monk who lived during
the Heian Period, created a statue of Yakushi Nyorai to pray for a cure, when hebecame ill. Jikaku Daishi threw this statue into the water on a boat trip acrossa stormy sea, and he was able to make a safe return. The statue later appearedback from the sea on top of an octopus. When Jikaku Daishi saw this, he createda statue of Yakushi Nyorai riding an octopus and enshrined it in the Jojuin Temple.

あき は ごんげん

秋葉権現のおふだ

The temple became known as Takoyakushi and is visited by people praying for theirhealth.

みやますみたけじんじゃ

4 宮益御嶽神社（Miyamasu Mitake Jinja Shrine）
じゅうしょと う きょう と し ぶ やく しぶ や

【住所】 東 京 都渋谷区渋谷 1-12-16（Access : 1-12-16 Shibuya, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo）【URL】 https://www.shibuyamiyamasu.jp

Wolf talismans are also found in Shibuya in
Central Tokyo. Leave the Sibuya Station,
climb the Miyamasu zaka, and there is atorii gate to a shrine on the left. Climb thenarrow stone steps, and Miyamasu Mitake
じんじゃ

しゅうへん

神社の周辺のようす
ねん
がつさつえい（2020 年 11 月撮 影）

Jinja Shrine is there. The two komainu

かこprotecting this shrine are Japanese wolves,じ だいinstead of dogs. Talisman of a Japaneseがいごとを していることがわかりました。
あなたも おふだを めぐる
たび旅を してみませんか。

is a statue of Aburi Fudo on the grounds,
and it is said to ward off suffering anddiseases with the smoke of incense. Thisis also a popular spot for smoking paperにほんおおかみのこま犬

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bills over fire and praying for wealth.

ひと

時代が かわっても、人びと
は おふだに いろいろな ね

wolf is also available at this shrine. There

いぬ

みやます み た け じんじゃ

ビルに囲まれた宮益御嶽神社とおおかみのおふだ

くまもとけん※コロナウイルスの えいきょうで、熊本県で しんゆうめい
こうされていた アマビエが、有名に なりました。
びょうひとアマビエは えき病から 人びとを まもると、いわれています。

“NIHON O MANABU” AJALT No. 44 , edited by
Association for Japanese-Language Teaching, 2021, pp. 40-43
https://www.ajalt.org/english/