Junpuji and Senrigan

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Senrigan and Junpuji
Two demons or heavenly generals. They are very popular in China.

They protect the Mother Deity Maso.





Maso 媽祖, also known as the "Heavenly Empress Mother",
the Chinese protector goddess of the sea, is a syncretic deity who was originally the object of popular worship in Fujian Province in the Song Dynasty (960-1279). Worship of Maso spread throughout China during the Yuan Dynasty (1279-1368), when she was enshrined on ships carrying rice from southern China north to Beijing. During the Ming Dynasty, veneration of Maso spread through international trade to Taiwan, Japan, Korea, and Southeast Asia.



Maso is seated in the center of the rear of the hall, and is accompanied by numerous other deities, including the red and blue demons who stand before her. These demons, tamed by Maso, are actually the benevolent beings Senrigan and Junpuji, whose very names--literally "eyes that see a thousand leagues" and "ears that hear through the winds"--convey their powers.



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Nagasaki, Temple Kofuku-Ji


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Senrigan 千里眼




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Junpuji 順風耳




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Maso Bosatsu 媽祖菩薩
temple Fukuju-In in Hakone, Japan

The deity originates in Fujian, China. Around 906, there was a young girl that could read the sciptures of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. She also studied all the spells and incantations to protect people at sea. Later she was deified as MASO, and soon even as an incarnation of Kannon Bosatsu.
Soma sama 馬祖様

It is said that in Japan the famous Mito Daimyo 水戸光圀公, Mito Komon at the beginning of the Edo period, was one of her worshippers.



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The Maso Hall in Chinatown, Yokohama
媽祖廟, 横濱中華街


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From Taiwan



媽祖是漁民的守護神，身邊的千里眼和順風耳是媽祖收服的二妖，為媽祖「眼觀千里災，耳聽八方哀」。媽祖成為民間信仰的神祇，大約是在南宋以後，在台灣，從早期的移民社會到現在，信眾最廣，廟祠最多的亦是媽祖。

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Bosa Festival at temple Soofuku-Ji in Nagasaki
and HAIKU

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