Mudo-in, temple number 68 on the Kyushu 108 pilgrimage is a small rural temple to the southeast of Mount Kurokami near Takeo in Saga.
It claims some connection with the Shugendo center that was active on that mountain.
The temple was established in 1487.
The honzon is a standing Fudo. In the grounds are another small Fudo, and a Kurokami Eye Fudo, said to cure eye diseases.
It is also temple 26 on the Kyushu Fudo pilgrimage.
Unusually, for this pilgrimage, it was an inhabited temple with someone home.
The old priest showed me a photo of his brother, also a Buddhist priest, taken meeting the pope. According to my recent research, he is no longer the head priest at this temple but has been replaced by a much younger one. I strongly suspect he may be a son of the family.
Though it was late March, a single plum tree was sporting new blossoms. Another thing I noticed were the extremely worn small komainu.
The previous post in this series on day 71 of my Kyushu pilgrimage was the
Ono Tenmangu Shrine just across the valley.
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very nice, thanks for the Fudo !
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