山梨県甲斐市にあります『功徳院』の天井画のために描いた下図をデザインした御朱印帳です。 日本全国の社寺仏閣にお守りやお札をお作りになっている「丸井紙店」さんとのコラボ商品として、日本全国の社寺仏閣にて販売されます。 高貴な色として知られる黄櫨染（こうろぜん）を背景に、老若男女問わずお参りにご活用していただける落ち着いた仕上がりになっています。 ぜひお参りの思い出のお供にご活用ください。 【功徳院（山梨・甲斐市）】 https://eisui.net/eshi_eisui/seirenka_ryuozu/ 青蓮華龍王は八大竜王の八番目の龍王で、青い蓮の花が咲く池に住むと言われている龍王様です。 浄土には底の方から光を放ち五色の蓮華が咲く池がある、と経典の中に出てくる風景とどこかイメージが重なって、私の頭の中にゆっくりと頭をもたげてこちらを静かな眼差しで見ている青蓮華龍王の姿が浮かんだので、そのままのお姿を描かせていただきました。 昔から人々は雨が降らず日照りが続くと雨乞いをして龍神に雨を降らせるように祈りました。雨は田畑を潤し、植物を育てるとともに、大雨を降らせて川を氾濫させて大被害をもたらしもします。 総大将のような存在でもある青蓮華龍王は、人々の様子を黙って見ながら、各地を治める龍神へ必要な雨を降らせるよう指示を出すような存在だったのかも知れません。 そんな重鎮のような龍神なのだから、きっとひときわ身体が大きく、しかし穏やかな眼差しで人々を見守って居るのではないかと考えて、池底の光に照らされて柔らかに光る朝霧の中、物音ひとつさせず静閑と人々の生活を見守る青蓮華龍王の姿として表現しました。 私の住む早川町では、山々がこのような朝霧に包まれて朝日に輝く風景をしばしば目にすることがあります。 早朝の山は静かで、眠る生き物を包み込んで大きくゆっくりと呼吸しているように私には見えるのですが、その山の姿とこの青蓮華龍王の姿が重なるような思いで描きました。 ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ 御朱印帳『青蓮華龍王図』 ★使いやすい大判サイズ（180×120ミリ） ★お名前を書くのに便利な名札紙がセットになっています。 ★『青蓮華龍王図』の説明文付き！ Goshuincho “Seirenge Ryūō” This goshuincho features a design based on the original sketch created for the ceiling painting at Kutoku-in Temple in Kai City, Yamanashi. It was produced in collaboration with Marui Paper Shop, a company that creates protective charms and sacred paper items for temples and shrines throughout Japan, and is sold at religious sites across the country. The background uses Kōrozen, a traditional color long associated with dignity and refinement in Japan. With its calm and elegant appearance, the design is intended to be suitable for people of all ages. I hope this goshuincho will become a companion for your temple and shrine visits, preserving the memories of each journey. About Seirenge Ryūō Seirenke Ryūō is said to be the eighth of the Eight Great Dragon Kings and to dwell in a pond where blue lotus flowers bloom. When I read descriptions in Buddhist scriptures of ponds in the Pure Land, glowing from their depths and filled with lotus flowers of five colors, an image gradually appeared in my mind. I imagined Seirenke Ryūō slowly raising his head from the water and quietly looking toward us. That is the figure I painted. Since ancient times, people have prayed to dragon deities for rain during times of drought. Rain nourishes fields and plants and sustains life, but when too much falls, rivers can overflow and cause great destruction. I began to imagine Seirenke Ryūō as a powerful and dignified presence — almost like a commander among dragon deities — silently observing the lives of people and guiding the dragons of different regions to bring the rain that is needed. Because of that, I pictured him as an especially large dragon, yet one with a calm and gentle gaze. In the painting, he watches over the world in complete stillness, surrounded by soft morning mist illuminated by light rising from the depths of the pond. Where I live in Hayakawa, Yamanashi, I often see the mountains wrapped in morning mist and glowing in the first light of day. In the quiet of early morning, the mountains sometimes seem to me as though they are slowly breathing, gently embracing all the creatures still asleep within them. As I painted Seirenge Ryūō, I felt that his presence overlapped with those mountains. ＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊＊ Goshuincho “Seirenge Ryūō” ★ Large, easy-to-use size: 180 × 120 mm ★ Includes a name label for writing your name ★ Includes an explanatory card about Seirenke Ryūō