is a {{Convert, 687, m, ft, adj=mid, -high, 0 mountain in
Sasayama,
Hyōgo Prefecture,
Japan. Another name is Mount Kosen-ji, literally, "Mountain of
Kosen-ji."
Religion and History
Mount Matsuo is one of the major objects of worships for the people in this area. On this mountain, a Buddhist temple named ‘
Kosen-ji’ was established in 645 by
Hodo Sennin. This temple was re-established by
Denkyo Taishi in the 9th century. The temple was burned by
Akechi Mitsuhide
, first called Jūbei from his clan and later from his title, was a Japanese ''samurai'' general of the Sengoku period best known as the assassin of Oda Nobunaga. Mitsuhide was a bodyguard of Ashikaga Yoshiaki and later a successful general under ...
in the 16th century, but re-established again by
Toyotomi Hideyoshi
, otherwise known as and , was a Japanese samurai and ''daimyō'' (feudal lord) of the late Sengoku period regarded as the second "Great Unifier" of Japan.Richard Holmes, The World Atlas of Warfare: Military Innovations that Changed the Cour ...
. In the
Edo period
The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional '' daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characte ...
, it is said that there were 28 monk houses in the mountain.
Kosen-ji was also destroyed as a result of the
Shinbutsu bunri, literally, Shinto-Buddhism-separation.
Sakai Castle once stood on the top of this mountain; however, it was destroyed after the decline of the
Sakai clan
The was a Japanese samurai clan that claimed descent from the Nitta branch of the Minamoto clan, who were in turn descendants of Emperor Seiwa. Serata (Nitta) Arichika, a samurai of the 14th century, was the common ancestor of both the Sakai ...
.
Access
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Furuichi Station of
Fukuchiyama Line
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Sasayamaguchi Station
is a passenger railway station located in the city of Tamba-Sasayama, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West).
Lines
Sasayamaguchi Station is served by the Fukuchiyama Line, and is located 58.4 kilometers from ...
of
Fukuchiyama Line
References
the Geographical Survey Institute in Japan‘Shinban Furusato Hyogo 50 San’, Hyōgoken Sangaku Renmei
Image:Kosen-ji1.jpg, Jizō statues among the ruins of Kosen-ji
Image:kosen-ji2.jpg, Other Jizō statues among the ruins of Kosen-ji
Image:kosen-ji3.jpg, Ruins of Kosen-ji
Matsuo