Thesourceof fiercemountanand1 i i 2ii i3 li4 il5 scencbeautyof theworshpBegnnngof theworshpPopuarizationVsitingaroundsacredwater pacesA road to theitFuji-koCircuitPilgrimageWorship-Ascentsumm After the eruptions subsided, Fujisan Worship began to spread in the form of “Worship Ascents” in place of “Veneration from afar”. Oshi machi, the holy site of Fujisan Worship, developed centering around Kawaguchi Asama-jinja Shrine. With 140 Oshi lodging houses at their peak, this machi was older than Yoshida Oshi machi which flourished with countless Fujiko followers in the Edo Period (1603 – 1868). As the result of the development of railways, Oshi lodging houses lost their functions. Traces of those days, however, are still found while walking around this silent place facing Fujisan. In old times Fujisan pilgrims from Kofu, Nagano and surroundings took the scheduled pilgrimage course; they enjoyed looking at Fujisan, the highest in Japan, at this pass along Old Kamakura-kaido Route called Misaka-ji Road and went down to pray at Kawaguchi Asama-jinja Shrine. In the east of the road, at the new Misakatoge Pass of the newly opened route in the Showa Period stands Tenka-chaya. In his stay at this lodging house, Dazai Osamu (1904-1948), a writer, composed a phrase; “Fuji niwa tsukimiso ga yokuniau” literally meaning “Fujisan looks excellent with an evening primrose” in his famous book, “Fugaku Hyakkei (100 fine views of Fujisan)”. Since the Heian Period (794-1185), it is said that those who climbed Fujisan for worship first purified themselves with the water here. At its side stands Haha no Shirataki shrine, a subordinate of Kawaguchi Asama-jinja Shrine, where Takuhatachichi-Hime-no-Mikoto, mother-in-law of Konohana-Sakuya-Hime was enshrined. Nowadays the way to the summit is open to everyone, however, there were times Fujisan, the fierce God of Fire, refused being approached. A legendary man called Prince Shotoku (574-622) went up and down this strange and holy top. The episode that he flew toward the soaring summit riding a black horse was drawn in a picture scroll of Prince Shotoku in the Heian Period (794-1185). The legend of Kurokoma Taishi says that he is presumed to summon up excellent horses throughout the nation and select the black one at first sight, then fly toward Fujisan and fly back after three-day-flight around Fujisan. Another legendary man was Enno Gyoja (a 7th-century ascetic), the founder of Shugendo (a sect of a combination of mountain worship with non-native religion of Buddha), who could fly freely with a supernatural power. They say that when he was exiled in Oshima island he practiced asceticism on Fujisan flying from there at night, but stayed there in the daytime. The first to climb Fujisan was actually Saint Matsudai (a 12th-century Buddhist), who built Dainichi temple on the peak after the cease of eruptions. Next to him was Kakugyo, the founder of Fujiko-worship. Worship-ascents began in this way. View of Kawaguchi area and Fujisan from Misakatoge Passa figure of Prince Shotoku on the black horseHaha no Shirataki waterfall View of Fujisan from around Tenka-chayaView beyond Kai Misaka-ji road by Utagawa HiroshigeCreation Worshipfrom afarThe first to climb Fujisan11Kawaguchi “Oshi” religious guidesMisakatoge PassHaha no Shirataki Waterfall
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