Thesourceof fiercemountanand1 i i 2ii i3 li4 il5 scencbeautyof theworshpBegnnngof theworshpPopuarizationVsitingaroundsacredwater pacesA road to theitFuji-koCircuitCircuitPilgrimagePilgrimageWorship-Ascentsumm At the original “Motohakko springs”, there are stone monuments engraved with number of sacred place and a name of enshrined dragon deity, thus we can distinguish from artificial ponds built later. For example, the “Deguchiike pond”, the first sacred place, enshrines deity of Nanda Ryuo, the “Wakuike pond”, the fifth sacred place, enshrines deity of Tokushaka Ryuo, and so on, of which the name was derived from Sanskrit. Also, it is interesting that legends associated with each pond remain. For example, the legend about “Shobuike pond”, the eighth sacred place, says an illness was cured by wearing iris on the body. We can see how Japanese coexisted with the nature of Fujisan with a free heart. When Fujisan’s volcanic activity was active, its appearance may have been a universal and symbolic image. However, since the Edo period (1603-1868) when volcanic activities and civil wars ceased, Fujisan has become a close existence and people have been pursuing their personal Fujisan in various fields such as Japanese painting, novel, poetry, music, and so on. The photos of Fujisan taken by Okada Koyo (1895-1972), a photographer who said, “Fujisan is of my life”, elevated the photograph as a modern expression method to the art level. Artists who interacted with and were influenced by Koyo are, starting with Yokoyama Taikan, a master painter famous for his Fujisan painting, Kawai Gyokudo and Kawabata Tatsuko as modern Japanese painting experts, and literary masters Kawabata Yasunari and Tokutomi Soho. What would it have been, the fascination in the Fujisan of Okada Koyo that attracted people that much? Koyo told that initially he had been crazy about the beauty of the appearance of Fujisan and then had come to be fascinated by its inside. He also told that his arrogance to conquer Fujisan had changed to the attitude to ask teachings from Fujisan. He photographed over 400,000 photos of Fujisan in his whole life. Nevertheless, he left words in his later years, “I have not photographed the same photo of Fujisan as one piece, nor have I finished photographing Fujisan of my heart”. We can see that photographing Fujisan was meant for Okada Koyo to be both an artistic activity and a faith. Since long ago, Japanese people’s image held by Fuji has been such naive and pure Fujisan that recalls the original landscape of their hometowns such as thatched roofs, paddy fields, water wheels, farm villages in snow, and so on. On the bank around Omiyabashi bridge over Shinnasho-gawa river, snow white dazzling Oshino Fuji together with about 100 rows of Yoshino cherry trees can be seen in spring. Why not rediscover Oshino Fuji that yet remains here and there while going around the Oshino Hakkai springs? Okada Koyo (1895-1972), who had a significant influence on Japanese art world as a photographer of Fujisan, met Fujisan seen from Oshino Village in 1916, because of which he devoted his whole life to photographing Fujisan. At the Permanent Exhibition, we can see about 50 masterpieces including the photo of “Kohan-no-haru (Lakeside Spring)” that became the design of Fujisan on the reverse side of the 1,000 Yen bill. It is located at Shiki-no-Mori Oshino Park where Oshino Fuji can be seen.Shobuike pond and stone monumentCollection of Koyo Okada Photo Art MuseumCreation Worshipfrom afar~Object of worship and source of artistic inspiration~ Fujisan of Okada Koyo23ⓒk.minehiroStone Monuments engraved with Eight Great Dragon KingsOshino FujiKoyo Okada Photo Art Museum
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