ガイド諸氏が日本のことを説明するうえで日本語と英語の専門用語の学習は、結構骨の折れるものです。ここに紹介する方法は、日本語と英語の文章を左右に並べて対比させ、左側の日本文を読んでみてその中で英語でどういうのかわからない語句があったらすぐ右側の英文の中から探し出せるというものです。用いられている資料は、成田山新勝寺の和・英パンフレットならびに発刊文献、「シルバーボランティアガイド」の田中氏、雨宮氏、磯岡氏その他各氏の作成の文書からの引用等がもとになっていることをご了解くださるようお願いします。日本の事物を外国人に英語で説明するうえでお役に立てられればとの思いで作っています。
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22年前
1978年

History and Introduction
This temple has a history of 1060 years. It was founded by archibishop Kanjo in the year of 940. The Temple is dedicated to Fudo Myoo, the god of fire, the image of which was carved and consecrated by Saint Kobo Daishi (Kukai, the founder of Shingon Sect of Bhuddhism). The Emperor at that time was Emperor Saga, who requested for its making. It was kept at Takaosan Jingoji Temple in Kyoto. When Taira-no-masakado led a revolt against Emperor Suzaku in 939, Priest Kanjo received a secret order from Emperor Suzaku to suppress the revolt. He went to the district bearing the image of Fudomyo-o and performed a three week Goma rite for peace. Miraculously, on the final day of the Goma rite, on the 14th of February in 940, the revolt was suppressed completely.
Priest Kanjo, thus fulfilling his duty, prepared to return with the image of Fudomyo-o to Kyoto, but he found that it had mysteriously grown as heavy as a huge stone and could not be moved. Soon he heard the oracle of Fudomyo-o saying, "My wish has not been fulfilled. I wish to stay here forever and relieve innumerable people from suffering." Deeply impressed by the mercy of Fudomyo-o Emperor Suzaku ordered a temple be erected to enshrine the image on that spot. Then Naritasan Shinshoji Temple was established by Priest Kanjo.
The Temple attracts many followers and worshippers as the center of faith in Fudo. Visitors total somewhere between ten and twenty million a year. On its premises, the Temple has five structures designated by the government as important national cultural assets.
Chishakuin Temple in Kyoto officially proclaimed Naritasan as the cathedral of the Chizan-ha Sect of esoteric Shingon Budhism in 1951.

 年中行事

Profile of Narita City Population: 93,000 Households: 36,000.
Flanked by the Tone River to the north, take Inba to the west and an extensive plateau to the southeast, Narita City was born in 1954 when six villages and a town were incorporated into one. For more than thirty years, since, Narita has achieved dramatic development as an international city where historical establishments such as Narita-san Shinsho･ji Temple and Sogo Reido Mausoleum stand in harmony with modern facilities typified by the Narita Airport. Designated as a model international tourist area, the city embraces many other scenic spots and places of historic interest. The city also presents a variety of agricultural products and articles of folkcraft.

Tourist Pavilion

Narita Airport Since it was opened in 1978 (22 years ago, Narita Airport has accommodates about 330 flights a day of 50 airlines companies, linking Narita to more than 98 cities in 38 countries of the world Passengers in and out of the airport total 20 million a year, the fifth largest(65,000passengers a day on an average and 4,200 tons of cargo a day) in the world in the number of passengers and number one in cargo volumes. The airport has facilities built with advanced technology such as 4,000-meter runways and terminal buildings When expansion construction is completed, the airport will be one of the world's largest both in name and reality
Narita tourist pavilion Inside the hall are presented the temples and shrines as they were during the Edo Period together with the two floats which are paraded in Narita Gion Festival, and other vehicles of past times Tourist information is also provided by videotex and other means 9:OOam-5: OOpm (October through May) l O: OOam -6: OOpm(June through September) (Closed: Mon and year end period)

お護摩 大本堂に入りお護摩を参拝致します。成田山のお護摩は、弘法大師が開かれた真言密教の秘法です。成田山では開山以来一日も休む事なく、不動護摩法を修法されご信徒の諸願成就をお祈りしています。間もなくこの大本堂に僧侶が入堂されます。お護摩が修法されますと護摩壇の炉に火が入り、私達の煩悩を焼き尽くし、私達の願いが清浄な願いとして成就することを祈ります。お護摩の炎の中で導師の「修法の力」と「お不動様の力」が一つになり、そしてもう一つ私達の「心から祈る力」が加わりこの三つが一体となったとき、「霊験利益」を感じとれます。この時の状態を形で表されたのがお護摩です。ですから皆様がお受けになられるお護摩札はお不動様のご分身ご分霊です。ご自宅に帰られましたら清らかな所にお祀りされ、毎朝お水を上げてご真言をお唱えし、お不動様とのご縁を深めて戴き幸福で楽しくなるようにお祈り下さい。間もなくお護摩が始まります。ごゆっくりご参拝下さい。(お護摩終了後、諸札受場経由釈迦堂に向かう)

32年前

Nio-mon Gate
This is Nio-mon Gate. This building houses a pair of statues called Nio or the Deva Kings (Kongo Rikishi in Japanese). The original one built in the same age as the Bell Tower in the year of 1706 was burnt down. The one you see today dates back to the year of 1830(170 years ago) and is an important national cultural asset designated by the central government. The pair of Deva Kings in front and another pair of statues in the back, one called Tamonten and the other called Koumokuten, ward off evil spirits out of the temple. These deities of indignation in front of the gate are called Naraen Kongo, the one on the right with his mouth opened emitting the sound of 'A' and Misshaku Rikishi, the one on the left with his mouth closed emitting the sound of 'N'. 'A' and 'N' are the first and last alphabets of Sanskrit language representing the begining and end of the universe or alpha and omega in Western philosophy. These two letters sometimes are interpreted as our birth and death as we are born with the mouth open and die with closed.

Komainu
These are Komainu, Korean dogs, the lion-shaped guardian dogs, squatting in a pair at the left and right sides of the entrance of a shrine or temple. (There are three types of guardian dogs; 1) Izumo-style, 2) Playing with a ball under its foot, 3) Holding a baby dog. They were brought into Japan as one of the influences of Chinese culture as talismans protecting against evil spirits. They guard the sanctity of the Shinto-shrine or Buddhist Temple by warding off devils.

53 Steps to Climb
These staircses have 53 steps, 3 steps, 17 steps and 33 steps respectively, with a total of 53. This figure coincides with the number of 53 sceneries of Tokaido Highway from Tokyo to Kyoto (514 km or 334 miles) painted in wood block prints by Ando Hiroshige. According to Kegonkyo, one of the Buddhist Sutra, a devotee Buddhist follower looking for religeous wisdom and mercy of Buddha, met 53 high priests before he could achieve the purpose after experiencing all kinds of hardship. You could get the ultimate realization of the supreme truth in Buddhism as the devotee apprentice did in olden days by climing up the very steep 53 steps to the top of the premise.

・仁王門：         １８３０+170　重文
                 (ORIGINALは、１７０１年鐘楼と同年）
　大本堂(四代本堂) １９６８年建立	- 2000年現在まで
　　　　　　　 　32年間、
                 大本堂内の不動明王は重文　
　940年前、1060年、寛朝大僧正（朱雀天皇／平将門）
　香閣：　　　　　 １８６８+32
　鐘楼：           １７０１+294
　一切経蔵：       １７２２+278
　聖徳太子堂：     １９９２+8

　薬師堂(初代本堂)
・光明堂(二代本堂) １７０１+299〜１８５８+142  
                 157年間の本堂　重文　
・釈迦堂(三代本堂) １８５８+142〜１９６８+32    
                 110年間の本堂　重文　
・三重の塔：       １７１２+288　重文　
・額堂：           １８６８+139　重文
　平和の大塔：　　 １９８４+16

294年前
１７０１年

Bell Tower 18.1 meter high, the bell weigning 1,068 kg. They gong the bell three times a day, in prayer of peace for the world. A priest pulls and releaces a wooden hammer suspended by sevral ropes. It was erected in the year of 1706 by Priest Shouhan who restored the Temple (first restoration)and has an irimoya-type of roof of copper, one of the traditional Japanese architectural styles. This is, together with Koumyoudou, the oldest structure remained today at the Temple. The bell was casted by Mr. Katori Masahiko, in the year of 1968.

Issaikyozo (All Scripture House) Issaikyozo (All Scripture House) was built by Saint Shohan in 1722( 278 years ago）. It houses a complete set of the Buddhist scriptures. They are kept in a kind of revolving bookshelf, several wooden bars stretching out of the shelf so that people can push the bar to rotate the shelf. It is said that once someone turns it around one round all the knowledged inside the scriptures can be transferred magically to the person.
It has a Hogyo type of roof with Kohai (a root of penthouse to protect visitors from the weather).

16年前

Three Storied Pagoda
The ashes of Shakyamuni Gautama, the founder of Buddhism, was buried under a stupa in the north of India 2500 years ago. As Buddhism was brought to China the Chinese pagoda was put to use in place of a stupa at a temple. Thus, the origin of Buddhist pagoda. It was erected in 1712（288 years ago), 25 meter tall. The Five Buddhas are enshrined in the Pagoda. Five Buddha Statues representing Five Different Wisdom of Buddha, or Gochinyorai in Japanese, Nyorai an honorific title of Buddha, are housed in the pagoda.
In each wooden relief on the wall you can see a carving of two Rakan or Buddhist Saints. There are 8 relieves altogether totaling 16 Rakans. The rafters, carved with cloud and water design, are made of single solid wooden blocks. It was restored to the original state in 1984 (16 years ago). One of the few remaining structures in this country, using many colors, of the mid-and-later-Edo period.

Shotoku-taishi-do Hall
It was erected in 1992 (H4)(8 years ago) . Inside on the wall are paintings of four seasons painted by Mr.Ooyama Chusaku. Shotoku-taish, as is named after, sat up himself the prince regent for Emperor Suiko in 593, proclaimed Budhism the official religion of Japan in 594, built Horyuji in 607 and died in the year of 622. He proclaimed Buddhism the official religion of Japan and is called the father of Japanes Budhism. The building was built in prayer of peace for the world out of reverence for the first article of the "Seventeen-Article Contstitution" compiled and enacted by Shotoku-taishi himself in 604, which stressed the value of unity and harmony.

32年前
1968年

Ko-Kaku Down back there we washed the hands and rinsed the mouth with water at the sacred basin as a symbolic act of purification of our body. The insence here is believed to purify our spirit and heart and cure a person of a disease. It was erected in 1968,32 years ago, when the new Great Main Hall was built. The iron structure was casted by Mr. Katori Masahiko, the great master of iron works and an intangible important national cultural asset designated by the government.

諸札受場
こちらは講札受場でございます。成田山よりご信徒に授与する「御守り札」のうち、家や店にお祀りするのが「御護摩札」であり、身体につけるのが「御守り」であります。「御護摩札」や「御守り」には様々な種類がありますが、数種類の「御守り」を一緒にお受けしても差し支えありません。いずれも不動明王のご分身ご分霊であります。

The Great Main Hall
The Great Main Hall, erected in 1968 in commemoration of the 1030th anniversary of the founding of the temple. The designer, Mr.Yoshida Isohati, is the greatest contemporary architect in Sukiya Style Japanese houses and in design of temple architecture. It is dedicated to conducting the daily Goma rite, the most important of all temple services. Here is enshrined the image of Fudo-myoo, the god of fire which is said to have been carved and consecrated by Saint Kukai in the year of . Saint Kukai founded the Shingon Sect of Budhism in the year of 806.

Senju-
kannon

Kanzenon-bosatu,
known as the Goddess of Mercy. The expression of the face is so tender and mervciful that it looks feminine, although it is actually a male deity. He made a vow to save all human beings and is always shown as an attendant statue of Amitabha. There are many different kinds of Kannon statues all having differeng features, such as the six Kannon, the 63 Kannon, Bato-Kannnon, and so forth, but the most common Kannon is the Sho-Kannon. kannon came to be widely worshipped with the spread of the Hokke-kyo (the Sutra on the Lotus of the Wonderful Law).

Buddhism仏教
Buddhism was founded by Shakyamuni Gautama in India in the fifth century B.C. Buddhism is a religion in which the ultimate goal is to attain enlightenment, a state of spiritual emancipation and freedom achieved by understanding and practicing the Buddhist teachings. Buddhism teaches that correct living and self-denial will enable the soul to reach nirvana, a divine state of release from bodily pain and sorrow.It was on Dec. 8 according to the popular Buddhist belief, that Buddha (Sakyamuni) reached his spiritual enlightenment when he saw the morning star fall after many years (some records say 12 years) of meditation under a linden tree.

Shaka-do(Buddha Hall)
Important Cultural Property (Nationally certified). The former main hall of the Temple, erected in 1858 (142 year ago). The image of Shakanyorai Buddha, the founder of Buddhism, is now enshrined here.
Gohyaku-rakan (Five Hundred Buddhist Saints)and Niju-Shiko(Twenty-four Paragon of Filial Peity) are carved in relief on the wooden siding walls and doors around the hall. It is truly characteristic structure of the Late-Edo Period.

Gohyakurakan
(Five Hundred Buddhist Saints) and Niju-shi-ko (Twenty-four Paragons of Filial Piety) are carved in relief on the wooden siding walls and doors around the hall. It is a truly characteristic structure of the Late-Edo period.

千手観音
The Kannon of this temple actually possesses 20 hands on her each side, and each of 40 hands is believed to save a creature in 25 different categories of existence. Therefore, 40 hands are regarded as one thousand hands, hence the name of the deity.
He is one of the deities constituting the six Kannon. He is sid to have 1000 hands and 1000 eyes but actually has 40 hands. He has one eye on each palm of the hand and the power to save 25 persons in each hand. Sometimes, he has 9 or 11 faces on his head. His hands and eyes symbolize his immeasurable mercy bringing salvation to manknd.
One thousand is an important symbolic number in Buddhism, especially associated with worship of Kannon. It is preached that one thousand is the number of perfection symbolizing the absolute love of Kannon.

観音　
Kannon is the most popular Bodhisattva both in China and Japan. In Sanskrit he is called the "Lord who looks after all beings with a infinite pity. He is believed to be the incarnation of Pity and the spiritual son of Buddha Amitabha, and is often represented as an attendant to Amitabha in triad image. He refuses to become a Buddha until all beings are saved and is believed to be performing his task of salvation, visiting hell, converting cannibal witches and manifesting himself in the 33 various forms.

62年前

139年前

市川団十郎
この像は歌舞伎十八番を作られた事で有名な七代目市川団十郎です。成田山と市川宗家とは初代が子宝に恵まれずご本尊様に祈願して男子を授かった事から新作歌舞伎「成田山分身不動」を父子で上演して、お不動様に感謝し、以来屋号を「成田屋」と称して、現代に至るまで代々の団十郎とは篤い信仰で結ばれています。 額堂の裏に、あさひ観音（聖観世音菩薩二体）、天満宮（前に左右に紅白の梅）、その隣に三社（もとは下の光輪閣の近くにあった）：白山明神、金毘羅、今宮（大阪の商売繁盛のお宮）

Gakudo (Tablet Hall)
Important Cultural Property (Nationally certified). Erected in 1861 (139 years ago). The Gakudo Hall is a structure where large votive tablets (votive pictures of horses and the like) offered by devotees are displayed. It stands as good evidence of people's profound devotion to Buddhism in earlier times. It has an irimoya-type tiled roof.

Ema-A Votive Wooden Tablet with a ridge in the form of a roof on which is painted a horse. This tablet, usually a square or oblong piece of wood, is offered to a shrine or a temple in prayer for future good luck or often one's players are answered. Tablets displaying hopes for assistance in entrance examination can be found in the precincts of shrines or temples.

268年前

Aizen-
myoo

Komyodo Hall
Important Cultural Property (Nationally certified). An early main hall of the Temple, erected in 1701 (299 years ago). Dainichi-nyorai Buddha, the principal deity of the Shingon Esoteric Buddhism, is now enshrined in this hall. The outside of the hall is lacquered in red. It has an irimoya-type tiled roof.
The features of the original structure are well retained in the engraved ornaments. It is an invaluable work of the Mid-Edo period.
Dainichi-Nyorai(大日如来、Vairocana Buddha: vea) is the principal image of Buddha in the pantheistic esoteric Buddhism which identifies the entire universe as his body. He is called Dainichi because his light extends everywhere. He is represented by two kinds of Buddha image, constituting the world of wisdom and that of reason. He is the principal image of Buddha in the Shingon sect of Buddhism.
Aizome-myo-o(愛染明王), the god of love often found at the side of the Goddess of Mercy. He is portrayed with three pairs of arms and three eyes and painted red all over the body. He holds a bow and arrow as the symbol of love. Being the guardian god of love, he protects a married couple from discord, harm and danger. He is also worshipped as the patron deity of women of the gay quarters and dyers.

Fudomyoo

また、大塔の地下にはローマ法王、イギリス・エリザベス女王、アメリカ・レーガン大統領、ダライラマ、中曽根首相等、世界を代表する方々、十七通の平和へのメッセージがタイムカプセルに入れて埋設されています。弘法大師1600年ご遠忌の年である2434年に開封されます。

霊光館
昭和２１年に創立された歴史博物館施設で、第一展示室には常設展示で成田山の創建・成田山の興隆・成田詣でと門前町・成田山と市川団十郎・成田山縁起の美術品など五つのコーナーに展示され、豊富な資料が沢山あります。

Great Pagoda of Peace
Full height 58m (176 ft). The Pagoda was erected in prayer for eternal world peace in 1984.
The messages and prayers for eternal world peace of the world leaders of those days have been placed in the time capsule which lies under the ground beneath this Great Pagoda, and it will be open in the year of 2434, in commemoration of the year, 1600 years from the death of Kobo-daishi.
In the main sanctuary of the Pagoda, Myooden（2nd floor), are enshrined the image of Fudomyo-o as principal deity of the Great Pagoda, the height is 6 m high, and the images of the Four Great Myoos, the great Showa Mandala, and the portraits of the 10 saints of the Shingon Buddhist sect. In the sanctuary, Kongoden, on the fifth floor are enshrined the statues of five Buddhas, Gochi-nyorai.
Fudo-myoo不動明王
The Buddhist deity, an incarnation of Nyorai, usually representing fierce rage which conquers devils. He sits cross-legged on rocks with burning flames surrounding the statue. In the right hand, he holds a sword to smite the guilty and in the left, a coil of thr rope to tie up evildoers. He quides bigoted people toward the realization of the truth by subjugating evilspirits.