成田山深川不動堂（新勝寺東京別院）のお参りの記録(1回目)
東京都門前仲町駅

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The Fukagawa Fudōdō is a “branch” of one of the most important temples of Shingon Buddhism, the Narita-san Shinshō-ji (成田山・新勝寺 / なりたさん・しんしょうじ), located in Narita, a city in the prefecture east of Tōkyō, in Chiba (千葉 / ちば). And it is, just like its main temple, dedicated to Fudō Myōō (不動明王 / ふどうみょうおう) – called “Ācala” in Sanskrit, which is a bit less of a tongue twister. This powerful protective deity can be recognised by its fierce and often snarling look that is supposed to reliably scare off any kind of enemy. A particularly impressive wooden version of this “Ācala” made by the great sculptor Seikō Sawada (澤田・政廣 / さわだ・せいこう) (1895-1988) is greeting visitors right at the entrance to the old main hall of the temple. The wood from which this statue of a height of eight “shaku” (尺 / しゃく) (i.e. 2.5 metres) was made is said to have come from a 500 year old tree.