, occasionally also known as or ,
is a
sacred hill
Sacred Hill () is a disappeared hill in Kowloon, Hong Kong. It is where a historical boulder called Sung Wong Toi was previously located. Sacred Hill is also known as Hill of the King of Sung in some old maps. The name "Sacred Hill" is widely be ...
in
Ayabe Ayabe (Japanese:綾部) may refer to:
Places
*Ayabe, Kyoto, a city in the Kyoto Prefecture.
* Ayabe Domain, a feudal domain in Japan during the Edo period
* Mount Ayabe, a mountain in Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan
People
* Kakeru Ayabe (綾部 翔, born ...
,
Kyoto Prefecture
is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of Honshu. Kyoto Prefecture has a population of 2,561,358 () and has a geographic area of . Kyoto Prefecture borders Fukui Prefecture to the northeast, Shiga Prefecture ...
, Japan.
It is a , or physical embodiment of a , that is considered by the
Oomoto
file:Chouseiden.jpg, 200px, ''Chōseiden'' (長生殿) in Ayabe, Kyoto, Ayabe
, also known as , is a religion founded in the 1890s by Nao Deguchi, Deguchi Nao (1836–1918) and Onisaburo Deguchi, Deguchi Onisaburō (1871–1948). Oomoto is typ ...
religion to be its primary spiritual center. Mount Hongū is located on the grounds of , a shrine and garden complex which was declared by its founders
Nao Deguchi
Nao Deguchi (January 22, 1837 – November 16, 1918) was a Japanese religious leader who founded the Oomoto religion together with Onisaburo Deguchi. The origins of Oomoto began when she was possessed by a spirit called Ushitora no Konjin in ...
and
Onisaburo Deguchi
, born Kisaburō Ueda 上田 喜三郎 (1871–1948) was a Japanese religious leader. Together with his mother-in-law Nao Deguchi, he was one of the two spiritual leaders of the Oomoto religious movement in Japan. While Nao Deguchi is the of ...
to be the spiritual center of Japan around the turn of the 20th century.
History and religious significance
According to ''
Michi no Shiori
is a religious text written by Onisaburo Deguchi, the co-founder of the Japanese religious organization Oomoto. Composed in 1904 and published in 1905, it was one of Onisaburo Deguchi's earliest written works.
Contents
was first published in ...
'',
In 1935, a shrine building complex was destroyed by the police during the Second Oomoto Incident. The shrine building complex was never rebuilt.
Geography
The main building complexes in are located at the western and northern base of Mount Hongū. The
San'in Main Line
The is a railway line in western Japan, which connects Kyoto and Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West). It is the major railway line of the San'in region, approximately paralleling the Japan Sea, crossing Kyot ...
and
Yura River run along the eastern base of the mountain.
The summit of Mount Hongū is marked by a spherical stone marker.
See also
*
Mount Misen (Ayabe)
*
Mount Takakuma
() is a sacred mountains, sacred mountain in Anao (穴太), Kameoka, Kyoto, Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. According to signs on the mountain, it is located between the peaks of and , although some maps and sources identify Mount Takakuma w ...
References
Hongu
Hongu
Oomoto
Ayabe, Kyoto
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