Fujinomiya cityView of Fujisan from Mitsutoge MountainThe view of Fujisan from afar. “Gaifu Kaisei” by Hokusai and Mitsutoge MountainWorshipfrom afarThe beginning of Worship of Fujisan / 2 Fujisan, the fierce God of Fire, was a mountain to worship from a distance. Because of Japan’s highest solitary mountain, the magnificent and breathtakingly beautiful figure could be seen from a distance. A lot of places named “Fujimi”, Fujisan-View are widely located over the Kanto District, which shows what great gratitude people have to see Fujisan from afar. Among landscape Ukiyo-e woodblock prints popular in the Edo Period (1603 – 1868), many were the ones depicting Fujisan from a distance. Above all, “Fugaku Sanjurokkei (thirty-six views of Fujisan)” by Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849) made Fujisan and Ukiyo-e woodblock prints worldwide well-known and it exerted great influences on European artists such as Van Gogh. Two of his masterpieces are “Kanagawa-oki Namiura (the Great Waves off Kanagawa) ” and “Gaifu Kaisei (South Wind, Clear Sky)”. The latter is presumed to be depicted from Mitsutoge mountain, a famous view point of Fujisan whose access is from Misakatoge Pass or Lake Kawaguchiko. Whether it is true or not, many people admit that the view of Fujisan from its 1,785 meter-high peak is truly best in Japan. Dazai Osamu (1904-1948) also climbed it and wrote “Fugaku Hyakkei (one hundred views of Fujisan)”. Okada Koyo (1895-1972) frequented it and said, “The farther and higher a Fujisan-view spot is, the more fabulous Fujisan looks”. Looking up at Fujisan from a distance symbolizes the Japanese aesthetic consciousness. 14Yamamiya Sengen-jinja Shrine■e earliest Sengen-jinja shrine to pass down the original style of Fujisan Worship In place of the usual main shrine and hall of worship, a facility for worshipping Fujisan as the embodied God was built. It was surrounded only by ramparts made of lava stones. This form of ancient Fujisan Worship still remains here. It is valuable to recognize time-honored Japanese worship for nature. This shrine is said to have been the predecessor of Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine, the Head of Sengen-jinja shrines. A tradition says that erecting a shrine building in this old holy place incurs a curse from God of the Wind. When you look up at Fujisan with pure and deep prayer, you will see Fujisan larger and feel closer to your heart.Fujisan Hongu Sengen Taisha Shrine■e headquarters for the Sengen-jinja shrines throughout Japan with clear spring water from Fujisan in its precinct. This is the head of Sengen-jinja shrines in Japan and its origin dates back to the day when Asama-no-Okami was first enshrined to ease the volcanic activities of Fujisan. According to the historical documents of the shrine, the great eruption in the year of Seventh Emperor Korei made people confused and panicked all over Japan, and later Asama-no-Okami was enshrined at this shrine on the foothills in the year of Emperor Sujin (27BC). It was transferred to Yamamiya and finally, in 806 to Omiya, the present site where Sakanoue Tamuromaro rebuilt it. The Omiya area around Wakutama Pond with gushing spring water from Fujisan, could be a perfect site to appease the volcanic activities with its water. The present two-storied shrine called Sengen-style building was constructed by Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616) in the Edo Period.
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