29/11/2014

Shinnen and the Henro Trail

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Saint Shinnen Hoshi 真念法師
宥弁坊真念 Yuben-bo Shinnen


active around 1680.

His life work was to bring back life to the Henro pilgrimage in Shikoku by erecting more than 200 stone markers
四国遍路道指南(みちしるべ) Shikoku Henro Michi Shirube
and writing a travel guide, published in 1687.
He was also the first to add the numbers from 01 to 88 to the temples on the road
and erecting stone markers.

They are all about 77 cm high and rounded at the top.
The stone comes from Hyogo prefecture, go-eiseki 御影石, kakoogan 花崗岩 granite. They have been transported by ship to Shikoku and put in place with great diligence and effort by Shinnen.
Since the stone markers are mentioned in his book, he must have been putting them up before that, around 1680.
Before this, the Henro pilgrims have mostly been monks on their quest for Buddhism.
But after Shinnen published his book, more lay people began making this long pilgrimage.



stone marker in Sakaide town 坂出市青海町

39 (or 37) of his stone markers have not yet been found.
Now there is a group to study his lifework
四国遍路道学術調査研究会
click on any of the 24 entries to see a stone marker in detail with a map:
- source : www.shikoku-np.co.jp/feature


玉垣に隠れて建つ真念の道標
観音寺市八幡町 at Kannonji tonw, Hachiman village
琴弾八幡神社 near Kotohira Hachiman Jinja



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「左遍ん路みち 願主(ねがいぬし)

真念はその中で八十八カ所とそのルートを示し「四国遍路」の原型を示した。「八十八」という言葉は、真念以前の巡拝記にも見られるが、札所ごとに一番から八十八番までの番号を付けたのは真念であり、四国八十八カ所を創った人物と言える。
- source : www.shikoku-np.co.jp



真念の標石発見/江戸前期遍路解明史料に
a stone marker from Kagawa prefecture, Marugame town
- source : www.shikoku-np.co.jp/kagawa_news


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真念法師の旧お墓跡(高松市牟礼町塩屋)昭和55年2月 洲崎寺に移された
His grave in Takamatsu



真念庵(高知県土佐清水市下ノ加江市野瀬)
Shinnen-An 真念庵 a kind of shelter he erected for the lay pilgrims.



- at Takamatsu 香川県高松市亀水町

List of 37 stone markers
真念法師の道標(37基)詳細へ
- source : kukai1944.web.fc2.com/douhyou_sinnenhousi

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真念庵(しんねんあん) Shinnen-An - Bangai 番外札所 01
located at the Ashizuri Henro Trail あしずりへんろ道.
There is nobody in charge there, so the villagers of the nearby village at the foot of the mountain offer a stamp for the pilgrim's stamp book (and often some o-settai refreshments).
- - - More in the WIKIPEDIA !

erected aroung 天和年間(1681 - 83)by 宥弁坊真念



- take a virtual walk along the Ashizuri Henro Trail toward Shinnen-An
- source : d.hatena.ne.jp/boianuf



The pilgrim's stamp of Shinnen-An 納経印
Since it is given by a lay person of the village, there is no brush inscription, only some stamps in black and red.






納経印は墨印部分のみ二種類ある。通常は左のものであろう。墨印の文字は「奉納経 〔地蔵菩薩の種字「カ」〕本尊地蔵薩 〔梵字の「カン」?〕弘法大師 土佐幡多足摺打戻 市ノ瀬山 眞念庵」。
朱印は右が「日本第一霊場」、中央上が弘法大師の絵像に「大正三年土佐眞念菴千百年紀念印」(弘法大師による四国霊場開創千百年のことであろう)、中央下は宝珠に地蔵菩薩の種字「カ」、左下は「土佐ハタ一ノセ山眞念菴」。
右のものの墨印部分は「奉納経 本尊地蔵大士 土州幡多郡市瀬山 眞念菴」。
- source : goshuin.ko-kon.net/shikoku88


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「四国遍路道指南」 Shikoku Henro Michishirube
という江戸時代のガイド本を元に、俳優・西岡徳馬と娘・優妃が四国遍路を旅する。

Father and daughter Nishioka are walking along the Shikoku Henro path.
According to the diary of Shinnen.



- source : www.nhk.or.jp/matsuyama/henro1200


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Making Pilgrimages: Meaning And Practice in Shikoku
By Ian Reader
- google here for the parts about Shinnen :
- source : books.google.co.jp


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荒井とみ二 / 「遍路図絵」

四国遍路関連古書 List of old books about the Henro trail
from 承応2年 - 1653
澄禅 - 「四国遍路日記」 - 宮崎忍勝
to 平成18年 - 2006
- source : www5a.biglobe.ne.jp/~outfocus/eurail


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. General Henro Information - My Introduction .
四国お遍路さん Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku

to 88 temples in honor of Kobo Daishi Kukai




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