Nookyoochoo stamp book

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Nookyoochoo 納経帳 Nokyo - Pilgrim's stamp book




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PILGRIMAGE STAMP BOOKS

Pilgrims usually carry a stamp book, which they typically purchase at the first temple or shrine along the circuit. The pilgrim pays the custodian at each temple or shrine to stamp/inscribe their book as proof of their visit. The covers of these books are often quite artistic.

朱印 （しゅいん）
Shuin = Stamps & Inscriptions. The pilgrim typically collects stamps and inscriptions from each temple/shrine on the circuit.

朱印帖 . 朱印帳　（しゅいんちょう）
Shuin-chou = Stamp Book in which the pilgrim collects stamps and inscriptions from each temple or shrine in the circuit.

納経帳 （のうきょうちょう）nookyoochoo
Noukyou-chou = Stamp Book. Another term for Shuin-chou

Details are here:
source : Mark Schumacher



There are stamp books for the many pilgrimages of Japan
and free ones for any temple a person visits.
I have a great collection myself, and I always enjoyed the priest writing the name of the place and adding the read seals.

Many temples print their very own stamp books with a pattern of the temple on the cover side.
The brocade covers of the more expensive versions are great works of art.


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Takasaki Temple Shorinzan　Darumaji 少林山達磨寺

. Shorinzan　Darumaji 少林山達磨寺 　

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from Shinto shrine Omi Hachiman
安江八幡宮のオリジナル朱印帳


More samples from Shinto shrines
source : kashiwade.net


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For the Shikoku Pilgrim, with hime Princess Daruma dolls
四国八十八ヶ所霊場　納経帳　雲柄
source : eitikai


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CLICK the images here for more samples !

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蜩や納経帳の山積みに
higurashi ya nookyoochoo no yamazumi ni

evening cicada -
the stamp books pile up
like a mountain

Ishizaki Soobin 石崎そうびん

source :　www.a.zaq.jp/haiku




蜩の声たたみ込む朱印帳
higurashi no koe tatamikomu shuinchoo

the voice
of the evening cicada is folded up
in my pilgrim's stamp book

Inoue Rakuko 井上良久子

source :　www.weblio.jp


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. 四国お遍路さん Henro Pilgrims in Shikoku .


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