2) 玉の輿に乗る💎

"To ride a jeweled palanquin"...
"to marry into wealth".

This rags-to-riches expression was born from the tale of Otama (お玉 later known as Keishō-in 桂昌院), a greengrocer's daughter who would become mother of the 5th shōgun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi (徳川綱吉).

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By the time Genzan had returned from his hiding place the boars were gone and the land was ready to be built upon.

As he stood marveling, the old monk appeared once more and revealed himself to be the god of the mountain, Achisaka Myōjin (阿智坂明神), in disguise.
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Genzan trained on Mt. Hiei under Genshin (源信), and like his mentor he was a deep believer in the Western Pure Land of Amida (西方浄土の思想).
Because of this, at the age of 47, he was inspired to go to the mountains west of Kyōto (西山-Nishiyama) to open a training hall.
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Yoshiminedera Temple（善峯寺） is dedicated to the eleven-faced thousand-armed Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva.
en.kyotokk.com/yoshimineder...
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