Hinomaru Yosegaki flag Shrine Stamps

[Tim269]

While I await the arrival of Dr. Bortner's book by snail mail, I have a question about shrine stamps on Hinomaru Yosegaki flags.

Was there any preferred or traditional location for placing the stamps on flags?
I've only seen pictures of one flag with stamps.

Thank you for your help.
Tim

[Staldion]

Hi,

The answer is: absolutly ! It's the white part of the flag !
I have seen them on the top or lower corner.

Mike's book is awesome, when I open it the time always seems to stop. You won't regret it !

Cheers,
Mat.

[Tim269]

Shrine Stamps

Thanks for clearing that up for me Mat.

The book, or I should say Tome, arrived yesterday. Fantastic.

Tim

[MikeB]

Shrine stamps

Hello Tim and Mat-
Thank you for the kind comments with regard to the book. An interesting study could be done on Shrine and Temple seals alone. The subject gets even more fascinating when they are combined with personal seals and those of other organizations. Regards,

MikeB

[Tim269]

Shrine Stamps

I was looking at the Obon Society's site the other daY. They had a picture of a flag covered with stamps. It was something to see. Right column row 15, here is a link to their gallery. http://obonsociety.org/yosegaki-hinomaru-gallery/

[Staldion]

Hi Mike, you're very welcome, thanks for your book ! M'y interest un theese flags grew a lot thanks to you.

Tim > Seems like a few stamps are printed several times. I suppose they got it blessed the more they could. I have a hachimaki full of temple stamps, each are different. I suppose someone made quite a long pilgrimage to got it blessed on so many temple. It also have the "Ki buun cho kyu" slogan.

If you want to see it just let me know I would be glad to share some pics.

Cheers,
Mat.

[Tim269]

Good Luck Flags

Mike.
No need to thank me. You did some outstanding research and produced an excellent book. For a newby like me it has been of inestimable help.

Mat,
If it isn't a bother I'd love to see the pictures.

Tim

[Staldion]

No pbroblem Tim, here it is :











Hope you like it,
Mat.

[Tim269]

Shrine Stamps

Mat,

Wow!!!!! Very impressive. Thanks for posting the pictures.

Tim

[GHP]

Buddhist Sutras are TOUGH!

This is a souvenir tenugui [handcloth] from making a pilgramage of 33 temples dedicated to Kanzeon (Kannon/Kuan Yin/Kwan Yin). English Wiki

The Bandō Sanjūsankasho (坂東三十三箇所) ("The Bandō 33 Kannon Pilgrimage") is a series of 33 Buddhist temples in Eastern Japan sacred to Goddess Kannon. Bandō is the old name for what is now the Kantō region,[1] used in this case because the temples are all in the Prefectures of Kanagawa, Saitama, Tokyo, Gunma, Ibaraki, Tochigi and Chiba. As is the case with all such circuits, each location has a rank, and pilgrims believe that visiting them all in order is an act of great religious merit.

The wiki page also provides links to all 33 temples



Most of the stamps tell which station it was: Bando #11; Bando #2, etc., very similar to getting your walking stick branded when you stop at each station on the Mt. Fuji Climb.

From the right side:

観音守護
Kan'non shugo [Kwan Yin Protects]

兜下
Kabuto sh!ta or Kabuto-sage
Below the helmet/ or helmet cord

武運
長久
Bu'un Chōkyū
Continued luck in the fortunes of war

念彼観音力
Nenpi Kanon-Riki
If He Evokes the Strength of Kan'non
O Rising Sun
衆怨悉退散
Shuon Sh!ttai San
All his enemies shall scatter and depart

[spiritually speaking ... but good during wartime]


坂東卅三観音霊場
Bandō Sanjūsan Kanon Reishō
Bando 33 Kanon Holy Sites
The old kanji 卅 is used for 30 -- it's an amalgam of 3 of the 十 kanji (10)
十十十

開帳巡拝祈念
Kaichō junpai kinen
Unveiling a Buddhist Image Circuit-Pilgrimage Prayer


出征軍人
Shussei Gunjin
Deployed Soldier
[space for name ... that has a shrine stamp] 殿 dono [formal for "san"]



The parts surrounding the Rising Sun are from Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra: the Kannon-kyo -- Kwan Yin Sutra [the italicized portion at the bottom of the linked page].

⁽⁰¹⁾世尊妙相具　我今重問彼　仏子何因縁　名為観世音
⁽⁰²⁾ 具足妙相尊　偈答無盡意　汝聴観音行　善応諸方所
⁽⁰³⁾ 弘誓深如海　歴劫不思議　侍多千億仏　発大清浄願
⁽⁰⁴⁾ 我為汝略説　聞名及見身　心念不空過　能滅諸有苦
⁽⁰⁵⁾ 仮使興害意　推落大火坑　念彼観音力　火坑変成池
⁽⁰⁵⁾ 或漂流巨海　龍魚諸鬼難　念彼観音力　波浪不能没
⁽⁰⁶⁾ 或在須弥峰　為人所推堕　念彼観音力　如日虚空住
⁽⁰⁷⁾ 或被悪人逐　堕落金剛山　念彼観音力　不能損一毛
⁽⁰⁸⁾ 或値怨賊繞　各執刀加害　念彼観音力　咸即起慈心
⁽⁰⁹⁾ 或遭王難苦　臨刑欲寿終　念彼観音力　刀尋段段壊
⁽¹⁰⁾ 或囚禁枷鎖　手足被杻械　念彼観音力　釈然得解脱
⁽¹²⁾ 呪詛諸毒薬　所欲害身者　念彼観音力　還著於本人
⁽¹³⁾ 或遇悪羅刹　毒龍諸鬼等　念彼観音力　時悉不敢害
⁽¹⁴⁾ 若悪獣囲繞　利牙爪可怖　念彼観音力　疾走無辺方
⁽¹⁵⁾ 蚖蛇及蝮蝎　気毒煙火燃　念彼観音力　尋声自回去
⁽¹⁶⁾ 雲雷鼓掣電　降雹澍大雨　念彼観音力　応時得消散
⁽¹⁷⁾ 衆生被困厄　無量苦逼身　観音妙智力　能救世間苦
⁽¹⁸⁾ 具足神通力　廣修智方便　十方諸国土　無刹不現身
⁽¹⁹⁾ 種種諸悪趣　地獄鬼畜生　生老病死苦　以漸悉令滅
⁽²⁰⁾ 真観清浄観　広大智慧観　悲観及慈観　常願常瞻仰
⁽²¹⁾ 無垢清浄光　慧日破諸闇　能伏災風火　普明照世間
⁽²²⁾ 悲体戒雷震　慈意妙大雲　澍甘露法雨　滅除煩悩燄
⁽²³⁾ 諍訟経官処　怖畏軍陣中　念彼観音力　衆怨悉退散
⁽²⁴⁾ 妙音観世音　梵音海潮音　勝彼世間音　是故須常念
⁽²⁵⁾ 念念勿生疑　観世音浄聖　於苦悩死厄　能為作依怙
⁽²⁶⁾ 具一切功徳　慈眼視衆生　福聚海無量　是故応頂礼

Line 23:
In the midst of contention, when faced with lawsuits,
Or when someone is terrified on the battlefield,
If he evokes the strength of Kan'non,
All his many enemies will scatter and leave.

--Guy

[MikeB]

Hinomaru Yosegaki flag with Shrine Stamps

Mat-
Beautiful tenugui! Thank you for posting.

Regards,

Mike

[Staldion]

My pleasure guys, thank for your kind words, glad you like it !

And thanks a lot to Guy-sama for making it speaks. I didn't imagine the temples were so far from each other, this is an impressive pilgrimage !

Cheers,
Mat.

[gunto]

Minotogawa shrine.