|
Date
|
Event
|
|
Jan. 1
|
Buddhist ceremony of unveiling
the Principal Image of Buddha at Hase-dera (Hase Temple) |
|
Jan. 1-7
|
Nio-e (special service in commemoration
of the two Guardian gods) and Shusho-e (service held
at the beginning of the year to pray for the peace of
the state) |
|
Jan. 8-14
|
Go-Shinichi Mi-Shuho (esoteric ritual
held seven days after New Year's Day) |
|
Jan. 8-10
|
Butsumyo-e (ceremony of reciting the
names of buddhas of the past, present, future) at Hase
Temple |
|
Jan. 28-Feb. 3
|
Star festival at Hase Temple |
|
Feb. 3
|
Setsubun Festival (Bean-Throwing
ceremony) |
|
Feb. 8-14
|
Shuni-e (service in celebration
of the New Year in India) at Hase Temple |
|
Feb. 14
|
Dadaoshi at Hase Temple |
|
Feb. 15
|
Festival in commemoration
of the death of the Buddha Shakamuni |
|
Mar. 17
|
First day of a period of seven days
over the vernal equinox (Buddhist services held during
the period) |
|
Mar. 20
|
Day of vernal equinox |
|
Mar. 21
|
Shomieku (service in commemoration
of Kobo Daishi or Great Master Kobo, posthumous title
of Kukai, founder of Shingon Sect) in front of his true
statue |
|
Apr. 8
|
Buddha's birthday festival |
|
Apr. 22
|
Ceremony of offering peony
flowers at Hase Temple |
|
Apr. 22-May 7
|
Peony flower festival at Hase Temple |
|
May 5
|
Ceremony of thanking Bishop
Senyo for his virtue of providing benefit to people
|
|
June 15
|
Birthday anniversary of
Kobo Daishi |
|
June 17
|
Birthday anniversary of
Kokyo Daishi (Great Master Kokyo, posthumous title of
Kakuban, who founded the Buzan Division of Shingon Sect)
|
|
July 13-15
|
Bon Festival (originally
held from the 13th to the 15th of the seventh month
by the lunar calendar) |
|
Aug. 13-15
|
Bon Festival (put off a
month to hold the Festival nearer to its original dates
according to the lunar calendar) |
|
Sept. 20
|
First day of a period
of seven days over the autumnal equinox (Buddhist services
held during the period) |
|
Sept. 23
|
Day of autumnal equinox |
|
Oct. 1-Nov. 30
|
Momiji (maple-leaf viewing)
festival at Hase Temple |
|
Dec. 8
|
Service in commemoration of Shakamuni's
attainment of Buddhahood |
|
Dec. 12
|
Mystic incantation (darani)
service in commemoration of Kokyo Daishi (Great Master
Kokyo) |
|
Dec. 31
|
Buddhist ceremony of unveiling
the Principal Image of Buddha at Hase Temple |
