Iwakura Resort

Japanese: 岩倉保養所 - いわくらほようしょ

A treatment and nursing facility for the mentally handicapped located in Iwakura, north of Kyoto. There was a legend that a sacred spring called Akanoi, which never increases or decreases, located in the grounds of Daiunji Temple here, was extremely effective for eye diseases and mental disorders. In particular, in 1072 (Enkyu 4), when Emperor Gosanjo's third daughter, Princess Kako, was possessed by a spirit, the emperor prayed to the gods and Buddha, and received a divine revelation that she should drink the water from Akanoi every day, and she was instantly cured. People who heard this story began to invite mentally handicapped patients to Daiunji Temple to pray to the principal image and drink the sacred spring.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

京都洛北の岩倉にあった精神障害者の治療･看護施設。この地の大雲寺の境内にある閼伽井（あかのい）と呼ばれる不増不減の霊泉が，眼疾および精神障害に卓効ありとする伝説があった。とくに1072年(延久4)，後三条天皇の第3皇女佳子内親王が〈もののけ〉につかれたとき，天皇が神仏に祈願されたところ神のお告げで，この閼伽井の水を毎日飲ませたところ，たちまち平癒したという。それを伝え聞いた人たちが，精神障害の患者を大雲寺に参籠させ，本尊への祈願と霊泉の飲用をさせることが行われるようになった。

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